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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORD COUNTY.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON MY COMPUTER RIGHT NOW.
THE SEEDING IS BEING CONDUCTED A HYBRID.
SO WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS AND STAFF IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS CONNECTING REMOTELY IS THAT THE BOARD IS NOT FINISH.
ADDRESSING ALL ITEMS LISTED IN OCTOBER, 2020 20 AGENDA.
THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM ON OCTOBER 21, 2020.
THE NEXT DAY TO FINISH THE AGENDA ITEMS. JOINING THE MEETING REQUESTS FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR KIDS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE 30.
BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND TALK TO ROBIN DOC PUSHING BERRY UP.
YOU RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.
BEFORE IT WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES REQUESTED THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 30 IN THE SAME MANNER.
THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO IMPAIRMENT NO LATER THAN 9:00 PM.
THE SECOND FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES NOW HOW'S IT NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION PLEASE READ.
THE MOTION, MR. OCAML VEDA MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, I DON'T SEE, UM, MR. CAMP, MALE CAMPBELL, MR. MEL CAMPBELL ON.
I DON'T SEE MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH MR. MEL CAMPBELL ABSENT.
SO MOLLY AND ROBIN, JUST LET US KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO.
THIS IS THE VISION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2020, WHICH IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND OTHERS ARE CONNECTED VIA REMOTE DEVICES.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE COUNTY CHANNELS, AND SO YOU CAN WATCH THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
WHEN THAT FINISHES, THEY WILL SWITCH IT OVER TO THEIR PUBLIC SESSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDING MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
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I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT APPROVING AGENDA IS THE INCLUSION OF MR. SMITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER UP.YES, YES, NO DALLY OR SHANNON SMITH TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AMERICAN FREEDOM, MITCHELL.
SO WHEN I HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IS FEEDING CAMPBELL, SORRY.
THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY CELEBRATION.
THANK YOU, DON WATTS, A BUNCH OF CELEBRATION THIS EVENING, UM, WANTED TO SHARE SOME REALLY EXCITING NEWS FOR, UH, FOR EVERYONE, ALL OF US HERE IN THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT IS THAT EACH YEAR, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE OF DISTRICT STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS THE ARDUOUS TASK OF SELECTING THE DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR, THE DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR REPRESENTS THE TALENTED, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT BECOMING DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS THAT BEGINS WHEN SCHOOL LEVEL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR ARE SELECTED IN APRIL.
THOSE WISHING TO COMPETE FOR DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR SUBMITTED DETAILED APPLICATION BY THE END OF JULY, AFTER THAT A SELECTION CONSISTING OF PARENTS, FORMER EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM ACROSS BUFORD COUNTY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND RATE AND RANK THEM USING A NUMERICAL SCORING SYSTEM.
THE FIVE HIGHEST SCORING APPLICANTS ARE NAMED AS FINALS IN THE LAST STEP OF THE DISTRICT LOAN.
THE FINALISTS ARE INTERVIEWED BY A SEPARATE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, COMPOSED OF JUDGES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, THE JUDGES BASED ON HOW WELL THEY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TEACHING METHODS AND THE CURRENT EDUCATION ISSUES.
AFTER THOSE INTERVIEWS, THE PANEL SELECTS THE DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THAT PERSON REPRESENTS BUFORD COUNTY AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR PROGRAM.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, WE HAVE THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO FOR YOU TO VIEW TONIGHT, WE PLEASE PICK AND PLAY THE VIDEO.
WE HAVE AMAZING TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT.
THEY ARE EVERYONE IN THE TOP FIVE.
ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE AMAZING
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AND I JUST FEEL SO BLESSED AND SO HUMBLED TO BE CHOSEN, TO REPRESENT OUR TEACHERS.FIRST GRADE TEACHER SAYS, THIS IS AN AMAZING HONOR.
IT MEANS SO MUCH PERSONALLY BECAUSE HARD WORK DOES PAY OFF EVERY DAY.
IT DOESN'T EVEN REALLY FEEL LIKE WORK.
I AM JUST SO THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO COME AND BE WITH THESE KIDS.
EVERYTHING I DO IS FROM MY HEART.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY HONORING YOUR PRIVILEGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT SHE'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR TEACHERS ARE THEIR HEART.
SHE IS SUCH A COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING AND CARING PERSON.
SHE REALLY PUTS HER SOUL INTO EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES WITH HER KIDS.
SHE MEETS WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SHE COLLABORATES WELL WITH THE PARENTS AND SHE'S ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO THINGS BETTER.
SO SHE'S JUST AN AWESOME WELL-ROUNDED LOVING PERSON.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER WITH A FROWN ON HER FACE.
ALWAYS A SMILE, NEVER A MEAN THING TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE, ALWAYS A POSITIVE COMMENTS WITH EVERYONE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
SHE JUST, SHE LOVES WHAT SHE DOES.
BUT THE YEAR IS USUALLY ANNOUNCED DURING A BREAKFAST RECOGNIZING EVERY SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, DUE TO COVID-19, THIS YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AS A SURPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I LEARNED FROM OLIVIA AND ELLEN YOU'VE INFLUENCED ME IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AT HOME, JUST SURFING 21 DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR, DR.
MEGAN FROM OTT ELEMENTARY, MEGAN HOLDS A DOCTORATE OF EDUCATION IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND A MASTER'S OF ARTS IN TEACHING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FROM ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY.
SHE HOLDS A GIFTED AND TALENTED TO SUCCEED AND IS CERTIFIED IN SHELTERED INSTRUCTION, OBSERVATION PROTOCOL FILE OPEN TO MAKE CONTENT MATERIAL MORE COMPREHENSIBLE TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE PALMETTO STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, SHE WEARS HER PASSION ON HER SLEEVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US AS TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS.
AND, UM, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT ARE SO AMAZING.
UM, BEAVER COUNTY IS JUST AN AMAZING DISTRICT AND AMAZING PLACE TO BE.
EVERYONE INSPIRES ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I AM SO HUMBLED AND I FEEL SO BLESSED TO REPRESENT BEAVER COUNTY AND OUR EDUCATORS THIS YEAR.
I CAN DO, IS, ARE YOU, UH, AT T ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW IN YOUR CLASSROOM? OR ARE YOU AT HOME? IT LOOKS LIKE YOU SET UP A BULLETIN BOARD IN THE BACK MORE THAN YOU THINK IN VIRTUAL LEARNING A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL.
YEAH, I GO DOWN TO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT STUDY AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 6TH AND SEVENTH, 2020 BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND MOTION MOTION BY EARL CAMPBELL AND SECOND BY COLONEL DYER, RIGHT THERE BEING NO HANDS UP.
UM, YES, IT SAID THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH MY VOTE.
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THE CHAIR, MELVIN CAMPBELL, THAT SELF EVALUATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS ALONG THE LINES THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING WITH BEDDING QUESTION BY QUESTION AND ADDING IT TO OUR, OUR BASE FOR THE EVENTUAL EVALUATION, WHICH PROBABLY BE A FEW MORE MEETINGS BEFORE WE COME TO A COME TO A COMPLETED LIST OF QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE HOW TO FORMAT IT.BUT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE OF A FIVE CHOICE EVALUATION.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT OUR 18TH QUESTION AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT, MAYBE AT LEAST ENOUGH WHERE WE GET A GOOD CROSS VIEW.
UH, I'VE GOT FOUR MEMBERS ON THE, ON OUR COMMITTEE AND, UH, SOMETIMES WE'RE THERE LONG, BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE BEEN WORKING GRACIOUSLY TOWARD COMPLETE PRODUCT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UPDATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE THERE BEING NONE.
WE'LL GO ON TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET, UH, ON OCTOBER 8TH, WE HAD TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, ONE WAS YOUR REVIEW OF OUR SOFTWARE AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UH, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING THE LIST, IT CAN BE FOUND IN BOARDEX UNDER OUR OCTOBER 8TH MEETING, UM, DOCUMENTS.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
THIS WAS JUST AN UPDATED LIST.
UH, COMPLIMENTS OF TANYA CROSBY, OUR CFO.
THE OTHER TOPIC WE LOOKED AT HAS BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC FOR PROTRACTED DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES OVER THE YEARS, WHICH IS OUR MINORITY AND WOMEN, UM, REPORT ENTERPRISE REPORT.
AND, UM, WE, IT WAS QUITE AN EYE OPENING MEETING, DR.
UM, MR. PYRE WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR ANOTHER COMMITMENT.
UM, KAYLEE JAEGER FROM PROCUREMENT DID SOME EXCAVATING AND DUG UP AN OLD SET OF MINUTES WHERE A BOARD PRIOR TO US ESTABLISHED THE 20%, UH, MARK.
AND IT WAS QUITE A FEE THAT KAYLEE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT MEMORIALIZED IN OUR POLICY MANUAL ANYWHERE IT'S NOT FOUND, UM, IN OUR PROCUREMENT CODES WERE HATS OFF TO KAYLEE FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
WE NOW KNOW WHERE WE GOT THE 20%.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE MEETING TAPE, BUT KAYLEE PROBABLY CAN.
UM, WE, UH, HAD EXTENDED DISCUSSION ABOUT MS. MRS. CROSBY BROUGHT TO US THAT THE STATE WILL BE INTRODUCING A NEW PROCUREMENT CODE, UM, PROBABLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, SOMETIME AND THE NEW YEAR.
AND, UM, INSIDE THAT PROCUREMENT CODE IS A 10%, UH, GOAL.
AND, AND AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN THE STATE ADOPTED A NEW PROCUREMENT CODE, SEVERAL OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE ALSO ADOPTED.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT OR THE NEW BOARD, UM, AFTER JANUARY, WE'LL BE, UH, PROBABLY REVISITING AND DECIDING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN REGARD TO THE NEW PROCUREMENT CARE RELEASED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONLY ONE BOARD ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT.
AND, UM, BEFORE I GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION, UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT EACH YEAR WHEN THIS REPORT, THE MINORITY AND WOMEN REPORT IS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, THE LANGUAGE IS VERY SIMPLE AND IT JUST PRESENTS TO THE BOARD THAT OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN OUR PROCUREMENT CODE, BUT IT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL, OUR 20% GOAL.
SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, SET UP THE MOTION, UH, LET ME PULL THAT UP.
COMMITTEE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE TO THE END OF THE EXISTING LANGUAGE IN THE REPORT.
UH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MOVES THAT THE FULL BOARD, EXCEPT THE ADDITION
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OF THE FOLLOWING VERBIAGE IN IT, UH, MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS, AND TWO CRIES REPORT, UM, BASE PURCHASES UPON THIS DATE AND DISTRICT PROCUREMENT POLICIES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PRUDENT JUDGMENT AND SOUND, FINANCIAL PRACTICE, INCLUDING COMPARATIVE PRICING, ALL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LONG-TERM QUALITY AND COST.ADDITIONALLY, AND THIS IS WHERE THE NEW VERBIAGE COMES IN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS MET ITS STATED GOAL OF 20% FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS AND TRIS.
I JUST COMMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SHOW THAT THE AX CONTRACT AROUND THAT WAS NOT A HALF JOE AND JOE, MY SUGGESTION WILL GET NOT TO SAY, LET'S SAY, SO MY SUGGESTION IS IT'S BACK CHECK AND GIVE SOME OF THE CONTRACTS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THEM.
I THOUGHT LAST TIME YOU BUILD THIS REPORT, MS. LAURA SHACK THAT YOU, THE NUMBERS DID NOT REACH THE 20%.
AND WE WERE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THE, UH, THE P DIDN'T THAT DIDN'T ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE THAT YOU SHOW THAT YOU HAD MET THE PERCENTAGE.
I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND WE FINALLY AGREED THAT THERE WASN'T ON THERE.
IT WASN'T NOT PUT IT ON THERE, BUT WE WERE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, REACHING THAT REQUIRED 20% AS THAT'S ONE OF MY COMMENTS.
THE OTHER COMMENT IS I DON'T, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE ARGUMENT THAT SAYS THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS 10% THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER REDUCING OUR REQUIREMENT.
UM, THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'D SAY YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT SAYS, OH, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY BOGEYS YET.
SO IS THIS THE NUMBER IS THIS, I CAN'T FIND IT FUNNY.
YOU SHOULD ASK, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION DURING THE FINANCE MEETING.
UH, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING.
WE ACTUALLY, KATHY, WE DID THE TRANSLATION IN OUR MEETING.
UM, RACHEL ASSISTED WITH THAT, UH, AND ROBIN LOOKING UP, WHICH PE TRANSLATED INTO THIS.
OH, E ROBIN, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU BY CHANCE? WELL, SHE'S LOOKING FOR THAT.
EXCUSE ME, TRADITION THAT THE BOOK, THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS BROADCASTING ON BOTH EACH AND NOW AND ALSO WANTED TO CHANNEL.
SO THERE'S THE BROADCAST, RIGHT? YEAH.
KATHY WILL, WHILE ROBIN IS, UM, PERHAPS LOOKING THAT UP.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I HA I HOLD MY HAND UP.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM MR. CAMPBELL AND THE OTHER MR. CAMPBELL.
SO, UM, NOW THE, THE DECISION TO GO WITH A LOWER BAR AT 10% WOULD BE A FUTURE BOARD'S DECISION.
UM, IT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE'S NEW PROCUREMENT CODE MODEL THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING OUT, AND IT WILL BE UP TO THE BOARDS WILL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO ADOPT THAT CODE AND WITH IT, THE EMBEDDED 10%.
SO I HOPE THAT THAT HELPS ANSWER THAT.
UM, A PIECE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IN COMMITTEE WAS TO GO BACK AND CONTACT COLLAGEN BECAUSE HAS IN A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION,
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THEY ACTUALLY WERE HITTING THEIR MARK AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING.UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TOUCH BASES WITH COLLEGE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR MAGIC FORMULA IS.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY AT OUR NEXT FINANCE MEETING, BRING IT BACK.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN REVISIT THAT.
UM, IT IS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE OF US TO EMBED INTO THE O E THE VERBIAGE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE MET THE GOAL OR NOT, UM, BREAD OF COURSE, UH, NAIL CAN, CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, DISMISS THAT IDEA.
IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD, WHICH THEY HAD NOT MADE ANY DETERMINATIONS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I DON'T THINK WE TOOK A BOARD VOTE, OR I DON'T EVEN THINK OUR COMMITTEE VOTED ON IT.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD NOW AS A NEW IDEA.
DO WE WANT TO ADD THAT WE'VE MET THE GOAL OR NOT? AND SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE BOARDS WILL TONIGHT.
DESKY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? IS THERE ANY KEY POINTS I'VE LEFT OUT HERE? UM, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, ONE WITH REGARD TO THAT THIS IS THIS, IT WOULD BE, UM, THE
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS MIRRORS THE LANGUAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST SENTENCE, UM, THAT IS PRECEDENT THERE.
UM, SO THAT IS, UH, TO KATHY'S COMMENT WITH REGARD TO MEL'S COMMENT.
UM, AND LIKE MS.
UH, WE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS.
I RECALL, UM, AND INFORMATION, I BELIEVE KAYLEE WAS GOING TO BE GATHERING THAT FOR US.
UM, BECAUSE WITH THIS PERCENT, WHILE IT IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE'S, UM, GOAL, WE HAVE SEEN OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THAT, AND THEY CLEARLY HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHY RECREATE THE WHEEL? UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I DID MAKE, UM, DURING OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WAS WITH REGARD TO THAT 20% NUMBER BEING EMBEDDED IN POLICY, UM, SINCE IT HAD BEEN BEFORE, I WANTED TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I ALSO SERVE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE THAT I HAD A CONCERN WITH PUTTING THAT PERCENTAGE IN THERE, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE CHANGE POLICY AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE READINGS.
UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE EVER WAS GOING TO BE A FUTURE CHANGE TO THAT PERCENTAGE, THAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND THE FULL BOARD WAS AWARE, UM, THAT BY PUTTING THAT 20% IN THERE, UM, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF HOW CHANGES OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S, I THINK ALL I HAD MR. SMITH, I AGREE WITH MR. MEL CAMPBELL, WHEN HE SAYS THE STATE FACT THAT HE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT, NOT LIKE TO GO DOWN ON THE 20%, BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS THAT CALLED IN COUNTY, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 50, SOME ODD MILES AWAY FROM IT, FROM THIS DISTRICT, IF THEY'RE MEETING THEIR METRICS, UM, HOW ARE THEY MEETING THEIR METRICS? AND THEN ALSO IN DETAIL, WHO'S ACTUALLY BEING DISPARATE.
IS IT BETWEEN, IS IT CAUCASIAN WOMEN? IS IT WOMEN OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN.
IT'S A DETAIL REPORT THAT WILL BE NEEDED.
BUT ONE THING THAT WE DO KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS TIME IS THAT THE ARMY, THEIR METRICS, THE QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT DID THEY DO TO MEET THEIR METRICS? I DO SEE A DOABLE IF THEY CAN DO A 20%, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO IS JUST, JUST AS A, AS, AS THE SAME, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OUR GREAT RESOURCES, RIGHT? I WILL DEFINITELY, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. CAMPBELL SAID THAT I WANT TO LET HIM KNOW THAT IT IS BEING DONE FOR THE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CANNOT DO A B FOR CHINESE.
SO I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THAT OUT, EVEN UP AND UP IN THAT STANDARD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
HEY, UM, I FOUND IT IT'S PE FREE NATURAL ADMINISTRATION PROCESS QUESTION.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT 20% AND HAVING, ADDING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE MOTION SHOULD SAY THAT WE MOVED THAT, UH, PE UM, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT HASN'T, UM, YOU KNOW,
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FOR THAT, WE JUST SEND THIS ON TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE.THAT'S JUST, IT'S A PROCESS QUESTION FOR ME, FOR SURE.
LET'S HAVE A, LET'S HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE, UM, PE 3.5.
I THINK, TANYA CLARIFY FOR US IN CHAT SIX, I THINK MAYBE IT WOULD BE BEST TO COVER ALL THE BASES THERE AND INCLUDE BOTH REFERENCES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I GOT YA.
MAKES SENSE, MR. CAMPBELL, MELVIN CAMPBELL.
I HEARD, YEAH, I, UM, THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SENTENCE, BUT I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT ADDITIONAL SENTENCE AS BEING, UH, A GENUINE, THE PICTURE OF THE OUTCOME OF YOUR, OF YOUR REVIEW.
SO WHY WOULD WE WANT TO ADD THAT SENTENCE THERE AND THEN SAY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE? SO THAT'S MY COMMENT, THEN I RESPOND.
UM, SO YOUR ANSWER WILL BE YES OR NO.
IS THAT STATEMENT TRUE? MALE? WHEN YOU GET TO THAT ON THE, ON THE WORK PLAN, THE DISTRICT WORK PLAN, IS IT TRUE? CAN YOU SAY YES TO APPROVE THAT PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION OR THE NEW OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, OR WILL YOUR BOTH BE NO, YOU ARE BEING PRESSED AS A BOARD MEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE ADMINISTRATION HALFWAY MET THAT GOAL, OR HAVE WE NOT, IT WILL BE A YES OR NO VOTE ON YOUR PART RIGHT NOW, MOST OF OUR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS WE'VE MET OUR TARGET.
WE'VE MET THE GOAL THAT THE BOARD HAS OUTLINED.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE SIGNING OFF ON HIS BOARD IS, IS YES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE REPORTS AND THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE, UM, GOSH, I HOPE I'M EXPLAINING THIS CLEARLY.
MY POINT IS BY ADDING THAT SENTENCE, YOU FORCING US ALL TO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRESENTATION AS, AS, AS AN ADEQUATE PRESENTATION ABOUT MEETING THAT GOAL ACCORDINGLY, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUBMITTING A POSITIVE REPORT.
WELL, NOW IT'S ABOUT MEETING THE GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
UH, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPUN OUR WHEELS AND WE'VE GONE ROUND AND ROUND, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D LIKE TO PUT SOME TEETH IN THERE, UM, AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
AND A FUTURE BOARD, YOU KNOW, CAN REVISIT OR A FUTURE FINANCE COMMITTEE CAN REVISIT THE ACTUAL GOAL.
WHAT PERCENTAGE FOR NOW IT'S 20%.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
SO MY CONCERN IS REVIEWING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS.
THIS SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN DONE, BUT ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF 2011 AND THE SECOND HALF OF 2015 IN THE LAB.
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE TRYING TO BEAT THAT AT ALL.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR, BUT I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH PUTTING THIS LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT MAKES IT AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TODAY.
AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT HOW OTHER SUCCESSFUL DISTRICTS, HOW ARE THEY EATING THIS? MR. EARL CAMPBELL HAS TOLD US TONIGHT THAT, UH, THAT, UH, MORE OF OUR MINORITY BUSINESS WOMEN, UH, CONTRACTORS NEED TO GET CERTIFIED.
UM, IT'S ALMOST TO BE LIKE SAYING, WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO GET 100, WHICH IS NOT REALISTIC, BUT EVERY STUDENT IS GOING TO GET A HUNDRED.
ARE WE GOING TO LOWER THE BAR AND NOT TAKE CERTIFIED PEOPLE TO GET 20%? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO GET TO THAT 40%? AND I, IT'S NOT ON THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENT.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN IS I RECALL HOW TO GET ALL THE WORK FOR YEARS.
IT'S NOWHERE NEAR 20% AT THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO RAISE THE BAR, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN RAISE IT FROM, I DON'T KNOW, 3% OR 4% OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN 20%.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
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WHEN WE MOVED FROM P E S O E EACH ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS, WE WILL BE CERTIFYING AS CLIENT FOR NON CLIENT.SO THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS STATEMENT STAYS THAT IT'S MET ITS GOAL OF 20%, THEN WE WOULD BE BOTH.
IS THIS COMPLIANT WITH WHAT THE EXPECTATION VERSUS WITH PE SYSTEM? IT ISN'T EXACTLY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT COMPLIANT WITH WHAT WAS LISTED? YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
SO I JUST, I DUNNO IF THAT CLARIFIES THINGS, MISS TRICIA, UH, THANK YOU, MATCHA.
UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ONCE MAXIMUM IS ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW SOME OF WHAT MRS. ROBIN SAID, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY FOR TONIGHT, IF, UH, UH, CAN WE KIND OF CONNECT, CAN THEY PUT THAT, UM, THAT MOTION BACK ON THE SCREEN FROM A PLACE, UH, WHERE THEY SAID THE DISTRICT, UH, WOULD BE BEFORE THE WAR TO HAVE THE DISTRICT MADE IT FOR TONIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL THAT WE PUT SOME TEETH INTO WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS A CHAIR SAID OUT OF HER OWN MOUTH TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE NOT MET THE, MET THE GOAL WITHIN A NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF YEARS.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS NOT WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING.
IT'S THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE BOARD HAVE BEEN DOING? THE RESPONSE TO GET THIS GOAL MET? YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE, JUST LIKE A TEACHER.
SO YOU PUT IT IN A, SHE CAN PUT, SHE CAN PUT ANY TESTS OUT THERE AND IT'S UP TO THE STUDENTS TO ACTUAL PUT THE WORK IN AND PASS IT.
BUT ALSO TO SOME DEGREE TO TEACH THE TDSB, OR WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO ACTUALLY TEACH THE MATERIAL THAT SHE'S JUST PUTTING OUT.
YOU CAN'T JUST PUT MATERIAL OUT IF YOU'RE NOT TEACHING THE MATERIAL.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAVE THE BOARD DONE? NOW? WE FOUND OUT THAT CONTENT COUNTY AS PRIORS HAS BEEN MAKING IT, BUT HAVE BEEN MAKING IT HAS BEEN MAKING THEIR MARK.
SO NOW THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED BEFORE THE, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? HOW HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL? HOW HAVE THEY GOTTEN THESE GOALS AND THESE THINGS SUCCESS I'VE DONE SUCCESSFULLY SO THAT WE CAN MIRROR THAT NOW, WOULD THAT, WOULD, THAT WOULD THAT BEING SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IT GOES TO THE DEGREE OF, SHE SAID, UH, THE CHAIR SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, DO WE LOWER OUR STANDARDS? ACTUALLY, THE QUESTION IS NOT DOING, BUT WE'D LOST OUR STANDARDS.
SHOULD THE PAPERWORK BE SO RIGOROUS? TELL PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OUR PAPERWORK IS SO RIGOROUS.
THE QUESTION IS, DO OUR PAPERS HAVE TO BE AS RIGOROUS AS IT IS BECAUSE EVERY JOB THAT WE HAVE IS I'M SURE FOR CERTAIN, IT'S NOT A MILLION DOLLAR JOB OR THAT IT DOESN'T COST ME, MAY NOT TO GIVE THE GIVE TO GET IT DONE.
AND WE HAVE WE HAVING TWO OR THREE, FOUR, FOUR CLASSROOMS PAINTING AT A BUILDING.
I'M SURE THAT'S NOT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT COULD, THE QUESTION IS TO OUR, IS OUR PAPERWORK TO REGULARS, TO RIGOROUS AND HOW, HOW HIGH OUR STANDARDS VERSUS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRING OR WHAT REQUIRES OF US OR INSURANCE REQUIRES OF US TO HAVE A JOB OF OUR CITIZENS.
SO THIS, THIS QUESTION CAN BE WORKED IN MANY WAYS AT A WORST SESSION THAT DAY, BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY A TOPIC THAT NEEDS THAT NEEDS MORE TIME THAN A RATIONAL OR EMOTIONAL DECISION TONIGHT.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS RIGHT HERE, I WAS AT, I WENT TO THE FINANCIAL MEETING.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THAT THIS QUESTION HAS TEETH IN IT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HOLDING THE BOARD, THE BOARD MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE, AND THAT'S OUR JOB TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME TALKING POINTS THAT I WANT TO BRING OUT TONIGHT.
SO IN TERMS OF MAYBE, SHOULD WE PEEL BACK SOME OF THE LAYERS OF WHAT WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO, UH, TURN INTO THE DISTRICT, CONTINUE TO BE CERTIFIED.
MAYBE WE HAVE THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT, MAYBE CALLING THE COUNTY MIGHT HAVE LOOKED AT THAT.
SO THESE ARE ALL, THESE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED THAT WE'LL TAKE FOR THE DIGGING AND FURTHER ANALYZING AND CLARIFYING.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRST OF ALL, IN THE MOTION ITSELF, IT'S THE LAST SENTENCE IT SAYS HAS MET INSTINCT BUBBLE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE STATED KNOW.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, 20% OF WHAT.
SO WHEN YOU READ THAT SENTENCE, ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS A BIG AND STATED FULL OF 20% FOR MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, 20% OF WHAT? SO CAN WE ADD SOME VERBIAGE THERE,
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20% OF ALL EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, 20% OF WHAT? SO I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. SMITH THAT THIS, UH, HAS TEEN.IT HAS, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE TIME.
SO I WILL PROBABLY GO FOR THIS BECAUSE I LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU FIND OUT IN POLITICS COUNTY.
AND I'D ALSO LIKED THIS NOTION TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCE THERE, ALL FAIR.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S THE BOARDS WILL TONIGHT, MAYBE TINA, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND 20% WAS A BOARD ACTION.
I REPEAT WHAT WE'RE TOOK ACTION AND SET THIS TO 20%.
NOW IT WASN'T LAST WEEK OR THREE MONTHS AGO.
UH, BUT IT'S, WELL-DOCUMENTED IN A SET OF MINUTES AND THE BOARD HAS NOT CHANGED IT SINCE.
SO THE 20% STAND UNTIL THE BOARD A FUTURE BOARD DECIDES TO CHANGE IT OTHERWISE.
THAT SHOULD CLARIFY WHAT THE 20% IS.
UM, IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE THAT THE BOARD DECIDES THEY WANT TO LOWER IT OR RAISE IT, WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THAT, THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A CHANGE THAT ANYONE IS RECOMMENDING THIS EVENING.
SO THERE'S THAT THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND IS WHEN, WHEN THE BOARD YEARS AGO IMPLEMENTED THIS 20% PIECE IN ACTION AT A BOARD MEETING, THEY DID IT IN INCREMENTS.
SO THEY WERE, THEY STARTED AT A BASE LEVEL WITH THE INTENTION OF IMPROVING UPON THAT EACH SUCCESSIVE YEAR.
WELL, AS IT WOULD TURN DOWN AND AS YOU APPROPRIATELY POINTED OUT, WE HAVEN'T MET THOSE TARGETS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO ENSURE IS THAT OUR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION, OUR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION INCLUDES SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE THAT SAYS WE HAVE HIT OUR MARK, WHATEVER WE HAVE DEEMED IT TO BE APPROPRIATELY, WHATEVER THAT GOAL IS, WE'VE HIT IT.
AND IF WE HAVEN'T HIT IT, THEN THE, THE, UH, OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION HAS NOT BEEN MET.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND BOARD MEMBERS RESERVATIONS TO HOLD OFF FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT THIS WAS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING, AND YOU HAVE THE VERITAS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I HAVEN'T ANSWERED OF THE COMMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO DO.
SO, UM, LET ME SAY, UM, WENT TO THE DELEGATION SOME YEARS AGO, ASKED HIM TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY WORK WITH MATERIAL COAL.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT IS TO OUR DELEGATION.
THEY HAVE NOT EASILY ADDRESSED.
UM, IT'S BLACK CONTRACT SUBCONTRACT, STEVE GREEN, IF THAT'S ALL THAT COMES WITH WORKING WITH THOSE GUYS WOULD BE TRYING TO GET IT STARTED BY NOTHING HAPPENED BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY WON'T SHOW UP AT THE MEETINGS AND, AND YOU HAVE NO UNDERSTAND BACK IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE NINETIES, EARLY NINETIES, YOU COULD GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE THAT CONTRACT WITH YOU, A LOT OF WORK, BUT IN THE EARLY NINETIES, A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TO DO SOME BUILDING THAT CHANGE.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE ONE PERSON, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE WORKER'S COMP INSURANCE.
YOU KNOW, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE NOT THING THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSUMPTION 27 MEETINGS.
I MEANT IT TOOK ON SOMETHING OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD YOU ARE.
I DID WANT TO CLEAR UP CLARIFY, UH, SOME POINTS THAT WERE BEING MADE THIS EVENING.
UM, ONE, UH, WE'RE RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO COLLEGE AND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, IN OUR RESEARCH AND
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MISSING, OR DID AN AMAZING JOB OF, OF THE RESEARCH.SHE, UH, REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, AND THERE W UH, TO SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR GOAL AND WHETHER THEY MET THEIR GOAL OF THE SEVEN THAT RESPONDED ALL OF THEM HAD A 10% GOAL, AND NONE OF THEM MET THAT GOAL.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT COLLEGE AND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, AND WE FOUND ACTUALLY THREE AUDIT REPORTS WHERE, UH, IN 2017, 18 AND 19, WHERE THEY HAVE A 10% GOAL AND NONE OF THE THREE YEARS, NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT NEED IT, UM, THEY WERE CITED AS A FINDING IN THEIR FINANCIALS, NOT HAVING, HAVING SUCH A LOW AMOUNT TOWARD THAT GOAL.
SO THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT AN AREA.
UM, WE WANT TO SEEK OTHER OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA, IN THE STATE TO, TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WELL, AND THOSE THAT ARE ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING, UM, DOING MORE RESEARCH TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE, ARE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL.
AND, UH, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO MIRROR SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS IN OUR DISTRICT TO RAISE THE PERCENTAGE, UM, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET, OR THE 20% GOAL ALSO, UH, THE 20% IS, UM, BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION IS 20% OF THE CONTROL BUDGET OF CONTRACTS AND SERVICE EXPENDITURE.
THAT'S THE EXACT LANGUAGE AND THE PE.
SO IT'S A CERTAIN BUDGET BUDGETED EXPENDITURES THAT ARE, ARE PREPARED AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING IN ALL FUNDS.
SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY THOSE COUPLE OF POINTS, UH, AS YOU CONTINUE TO YOUR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, WHAT TANYA JUST SHARED ABOUT COLTON IS NEWS TO ME, BECAUSE IN ALL OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IT WAS, UM, PORTRAYED THAT COLTON HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THEIR GOALS.
SO THAT MUST BE NEW INFORMATION THAT WAS GLEANED AFTER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR IT THEN.
UM, SO, UH, YEAH, I, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH HER THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND FIND THOSE THAT HAVE, UM, PUT INTO PLACE MECHANISMS FOR SUCCESS FOR THE DISTRICTS TO MEET THEIR GOAL.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL AFTER WE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION ON COLLEGE, BUT NOW I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHERE I STAND ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT WE HAD MADE IN OUR FINANCE.
NOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I STAND.
SO THAT'S REALLY THROWING A WRENCH IN THINGS FOR ME.
UM, JOANNE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF A BIG GAME CHANGER.
UM, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MEETING SHORTER.
WE'VE SPENT UPWARDS OF 20 MINUTES NOW TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOTION AS I READ THE MOTION.
THE POINT WAS THAT THE, THAT THE, OH, YOU'RE THE PE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL, IT HAD NO LANGUAGE IN IT TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT HAD THE DISTRICT HAD MET THE GOAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE GOAL IS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE MOTION.
NOT, NOT GETTING SIDETRACKED DOWN A RAT HOLE OF WHAT THE RATES SHOULD BE 20% OR NOT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT UNTIL YOU ALL CHANGE IT, IT IS 20%.
SO I THINK THAT ALL WAS BEING MANAGED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS CAN WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN TO THE OLD DAD, GIVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE DISTRICT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY MET A GOAL BY THE WAY THAT IS PANDEMIC IN OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT HOW HARD EVERYBODY WORKS, BUT NOT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE POSTPONED.
I THINK THAT THE TALK ABOUT THE 20%, UH, I THINK THE CHAIR HAS, UM, HAS LET THE DISCUSSION DRIFT TO FAR AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MOTION, INCLUDING THE CHAIRS TAKE RISH SPEECH ABOUT, ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST ADD
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THE LANGUAGE INTO THE, INTO THE, OH, AND THEN IF YOU DO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM CALL IT IN, WHICH HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MEET AND DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO 10, 15, 20, 25 OR 30%, BUT LET'S JUST VOTE ON PUTTING THE LANGUAGE IN.I'M GOING TO SKIP TO MR.
UM, TANYA READ SOMETHING, UM, THERE WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC AND I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS A PA TANYA, DID YOU MEAN THAT WAS AN AR PE MONITORING REPORT FOR 4.5 FOR THE MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER AND IT HAD 20% IN IT OR SOMETHING.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC REASONS.
THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF YOU'RE ALREADY THERE, ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL.
UH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH JOHN DOE AND THAT WE'RE KIND OF OFF TOPIC IN TERMS OF THE 20% TO THE DEGREE, BUT I STILL, I MIGHT'VE WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION IS WHEN WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A PE TO BE A JANUARY REPORT, OR SHOULD IT BE A DISCONCERNING REPORT THAT WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON? I ASSUME THAT WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH A PS, IT'S A MONITORING TO, THAT'S TELLING US EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH IT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT.
SO WE GET A LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE HOW WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THAT SITUATION.
SO I CAN'T ACCEPT IT SAYING THAT WE HAVE MET THE GOAL WHERE WE HAVE IT AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THE GOAL IS, BUT I CAN ACCEPT THIS SAYING WE HAVE MET THE GOAL BECAUSE THAT GOES DOWN TO MINUTES AND ALL YES.
THEN WE'LL TELL YOU A LIE TO THE PEOPLE.
ALL RIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS. SO MR. CAMPBELL SHOW, IF WE PUT, UM, IN FRONT OF IT, HAVE, HAVE WE, W W W WOULD THAT, UH, WOULD THAT BE BETTER FOR YOU I'LL HAVE THE DISTRICT MET? WOULD THAT BE BETTER? MY MIND SAYS WHEN RANDOM ADMINISTRATION DOES A REPORT, THEY'RE TELLING US WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T MET THE GOAL, SO THEY NEED TO TELL US THAT.
SO WHEN WE VOTE ON IT, IT BECOMES RECORD THAT WE HAVEN'T MET THAT GOAL AND WE CAN LOOK BACK AT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN EVENTUALLY MEET THE GOAL.
MAYBE IT WAS OUR FAULT, OR IT WASN'T THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL IS A GOAL.
REALLY NOBODY'S WALKING TOO HIGH.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
THAT LAST SENTENCE, THAT LAST SENTENCE, JUST US DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
I'M NOT FINISHED MADAM CHAIR, OR YOU HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP OR HOW MANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP FOLLOW-UP IS UP, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT INFORMATION OF COLIN CONNIE AND FROM INFORMATION TONIGHT, I'M STILL, I STILL TO, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MR. DARLING, PUT IT, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO WHEREVER THE 20%.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. MILLER, MR. MERRILL CAMPBELL, HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID ABOUT THE, THE, ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT THE STATEMENT IS SAYING ABOUT THE 20%, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE ALWAYS ASKING, DID YOU, OR DID YOU NOT MAKE THE GOAL? SO THAT THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT TWIST TWIST TO IT.
UM, IN, IN, IN REFERENCE TO THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF THE LANGUAGE HERE IS ALREADY IN OUR EXISTING PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY, UM, DIFFERENT PIECES, THAT LAST SENTENCE, THE KEY WORD HERE IS EXPECTATION.
WE ARE SETTING THE EXPECTATION TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET, OR WE HAVE MET THAT 20%
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GOAL.THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THE ACTUAL EXPECTATION WITH NIM TO THIS SAYING TO HIT OUR GOAL.
I MEAN, IF YOUR EXPECTATION IS ONLY TO FOLLOW WELL, THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
CAN I SEE EXPECTATION RIGHT NOW? THIS TAKES IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE BOARD HAS SET THE GOAL TO 20% AND YOU'VE MET IT.
SO THE EXPECTATION SHOULD BE, YES.
THE DISTRICT HAS MET ITS GOAL.
IS IT REALISTIC? I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT IT'S SET TO 20% RIGHT NOW.
THIS ROOM, I'LL LET YOU GO BECAUSE
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN THE DATA.
WE KNOW WHAT OUR PERCENTAGE IS.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE FALLEN SHORT.
IT'S NOT A SECRET IT'S GIVEN TO US IN LIGHT OF THE 20% EXPECTATION.
I I'M FEELING THAT, UM, AT THIS POINT WE DO NEED TO TAKE SOME MORE TIME ON THIS.
SO AT THIS POINT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MR. DALLY.
UM, AND BECAUSE TO WHAT MR. CAMPBELL SAID, I AGREE WITH THE LOGIC.
UH, HOWEVER, I WOULD TAKE THE POSITION THAT IF IT SAYS IN THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE
AND IF THE DISTRICT SAYS IT HAS MET THE GOAL AND IT HASN'T, THEN THAT'S A SERIOUS VIOLATION THAT INDICATES A SEVERE MANAGEMENT PROBLEM.
SO IF, IF THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MET ITS STATED GOAL, IF, IF THE COMMITTEE REVIEWING IT DOUBTS THAT THAT IS TRUE, THEY VOTE, NO, WE WON'T ACCEPT THE REPORT, COME BACK AND GIVE US MORE EVIDENCE.
BUT THE POINT IS, AS MS SHORTER SHERIFF, SHERIFF, IT SETS AN EXPECTATION THAT THE GOAL IS NOT TO WORK HARD.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THE GOAL IS TO PRODUCE A CERTAIN RESULT AND RIGHT NOW, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, IT'S 20%.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT TELLING US HOW HARD SHE WORKED AND WHAT SHE DID IS NOT THE FULL PICTURE IN STAGE.
THAT IS HOW PARTICULARLY IF THE BOARD HAS TO CONTINUE UNDER COHERENT GOVERNANCE AND IS PARTICULARLY THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE AND EVIDENCE THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO HEAR SINCE IT IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE DAILY OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS TOPIC OF THIS MOTION, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HANDS STILL OFF.
IF THERE'S ANY NEW INFORMATION, KEEP YOUR HAND UP.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, WE'VE JUST ASKED LET'S, LET'S GO TO THE VOTE ISRAEL LINE.
UH, ALSO I, I THINK I WOULD BE REMISSED IF I DID NOT MENTION TOO AS WELL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO ALSO TO SPEAK TO THE, TO MEETING THIS GOAL ON THE LIST AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, THEY ALSO, THEY EMAIL US A LIST WITH CERTIFIED, UH, BUSINESS MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER COMPANIES OUT CAME ACROSS THAT WAS NOT ON THIS LIST.
AND ALSO AS WAS A, A, A AFRICAN-AMERICAN PAINTING.
HELLO? YEAH, YOU ARE, YOU YOU'RE MUTED.
AND YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE OFF THE MOTION HERE.
I SAID THAT, THAT THERE WERE THERE, THERE WAS A PENDING COMPANY THAT WAS NOT ON THE LIST.
SO THAT WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MINORITY PENNY COMPANY THAT WAS NOT ON THE LIST.
SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS, WHAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO MORE HOMEWORK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET THE 20% DEBT.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS THIS QUESTION DOES HAVE TEETH IN IT.
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS QUESTION TODAY.
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JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT, UM, I BELIEVE MR. DOWLING SAID, JOHN, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE NEVER RECEIVED A REPORT.UM, ALREADY WOMEN BUSINESS, ET CETERA, WE'VE MET THE 20% WE'VE FALLEN SHORT.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO GET THE IDEA THAT WE WEREN'T GETTING HONEST INFORMATION FROM MY STANDPOINT, EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE IN BED, YOU KNOW, HERE, WHEN WE'D GOTTEN IT, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HONESTLY SAYING, WELL, WE HAVEN'T MET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE VOTE
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, COULD YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT? UH, YOU, YOU LET CERTAIN MEMBERS REALLY CARRY ON OFF TOPIC AND YOU WERE QUICK TO REMIND SOME OTHER MEMBERS THAT THEY WERE GETTING OFF TOPIC.
I ASKED THE CHAIR TO BE EQUITABLE IN HER TREATMENT OF ALL MEMBERS IN THEIR SPEECH TIME.
MADAM CHAIR OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE DEALT WITH QUITE A FEW ITEMS THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.
UM, AND SO WE WILL START OFF WITH THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WHICH IS VERY INFORMATIVE, AND WE TRY TO BRING THAT TO THE FULL BOARD EACH MONTH.
UM, SO MR.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE MET IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ARE, UH, MESSAGE TO US WITH JUST A FOCUS ON THE RED AND THE YELLOW LIGHTS.
SO I WILL GO THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY IN THAT FASHION, BUT IF YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING IN GREATER DETAIL, PLEASE STOP ME AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SPEAK IN GREATER DETAIL.
LET ME INTERRUPT YOU, MR. RONNIE, WE, WE, WE WANTED THAT CONDENSED THING FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A FULL AGENDA.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU UNDER THAT RESTRICTION FOR THE FULL BOARD.
STARTING WITH MAIN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU SEE, WE'RE IN GREEN LINES FOR BOTH SCHEDULE AND BUDGET BUDGET, AND ON SCHEDULE.
UH, THE FUNDING, UH, IS 15 MILLION, 691,000.
HE COVERED IN BETA DATE, 12 MILLION, 450,000.
AND THE PAY TODAY IS 7,671,000.
SO THAT PROJECT IS TRACKING NICELY.
WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED AND AVAILABLE IN JANUARY RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY ADDITIONS.
YOU SEE THAT WE ARE GREEN LIGHTS FOR BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
UH, TWO OF THE THREE WINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ARE NOW OCCUPIED OF THE THIRD WING.
UH, FURNITURE ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THAT WING TODAY.
AND IT HAS BEEN, UM, APPROVED BY OSF.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE YOU ABLE TO TAKE OCCUPANCY OF THE THIRD WEEK AND THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
SO AS YOU SEE, WE'RE FURTHER ALONG ON THAT ONE.
UM, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 9 MILLION, 882,000.
THE ENCUMBERED IN PAGE 9 MILLION, 162,000.
SO YOU SEE, AS WE'RE AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, THERE IS STILL A FUNDING AVAILABLE.
AND THE PAY TODAY THAT'S RIGHT NOW IS 7 MILLION,
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232,000.SO I WILL STOP RIGHT THERE AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON MAY RIVER AND RIVER, RIGHT? HEARING NONE.
I WILL GO ON TO THE SUMMER PROJECT UPDATES REAL QUICK.
UH, LAST TIME WE MET, UH, THERE WERE SOME YELLOW LIGHTS, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH THE IT PROJECT.
THOSE HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND, UM, THEY HAVE CHANGED TO GREEN.
UM, THOSE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER BID WITH IT'S EXPECTED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH TO GET THOSE, UM, ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION TO START ON THOSE.
SO IF YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE ROOFING PROJECTS THEY HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED, SO THAT WORK IS FINISHED.
YOU'D GO ON TO THE NEXT TEAM, MOLLY ALL, ARE YOU CONTROLLING HER ROUGH? OKAY.
UM, THE FIRST TEAM IS SWEEPY AND THOMPSON TURNER.
AS YOU SEE, THERE ARE NO, UH, YELLOW LIGHTS AT THIS TIME, EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD AND SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WHICH YOU SEE GREEN TEXT, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, SEWER REPAIRS OF BROAD RIVER, THE PAINTING OF THE INTERIOR COOSA.
I KNOW WE ARE FIRING UP THE GENERATOR FOR THE FIRST TEST, UH, NEXT WEEK.
AND I KNOW OSF INSPECTION OF THE GENERATOR AT COOSA EARLY NOVEMBER.
UM, ON DOWN, WE HAVE SEE THE BULK OF THE PRODUCT AND THE DISTRICT, UH, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
LADIES ALL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, SAFETY, SECURITY, VESTIBULES BEING COMPLETED.
THE PAINTING CAN BE COMPLETED.
OSCEOLA PAINTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED MOVING ALONG, UH, ST.
THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ATHLETICS COMPLEX, WHICH IS THE, THE TRACK AND THE FIELD AT WELD RANCH EARLY COLLEGE HAS BEEN WEIGHTED.
UM, SO THE REMAINING PROJECTS ARE THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THOSE WILL CONTINUE, UH, AS WE MOVE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT SUMMER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, MOVING ON TO THE MACMILLAN PASS AND SMITH AND HQ REYNOLDS PROJECT.
DID YOU SEE THAT'S THAT'S BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY ENTERING PHASE WHERE WE'RE CALLING TO BE, UH, AT BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG NICELY ON SCHEDULE UNDER BUDGET.
SO IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, UM, MOVING ON TO JUMPSTART A CEASE, AND IT WOULD BE CON YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, THE BULK OF ALL THEIR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED MINUS THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH AS WE SAID, ARE BEING BID OUT AND WE'LL BE, UH, STARTED UPON AND WORKED, UH, BETWEEN THE SUMMERS THAT WE SAID FROM NOW UNTIL THE START OF NEXT SUMMER.
AND, UH, MOVING ON DOWN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ALL THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AGAIN, MINUS HILL PENN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH SAFETY SECURITY TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
I MEAN, THROUGHOUT UP TO THE SUMMER AND FALL DOWN, UM, AND MOVING ON THE NEXT SLIDE, HILTON HEAD SCA OPENED T AND RED CEDAR, UH, THE PAINTING HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE KILLAM, UM, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
A LOT OF THE SAFETY SECURITY WORK AT SCA HAS STARTED WITH THE BEST OF YOU AND THE TECHNOLOGY WE'LL CONTINUE ON.
THE LAST GROUP IS ROSENBLUM CO AND CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION.
HERE ARE TWO YELLOW LIGHTS THEY HAVE TO DO WITH WALT RANCH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WELL RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK LATER IN THIS, UH, BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE MOLD REMEDIATION PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAS, UH, STALLED CONSTRUCTION FOR THE TIME BEING.
SO THAT HAS IMPACTED OR REFERENDUM PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON OLD.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN GREATER DETAIL LATER IN THE MEETING, IF THAT'S OKAY.
CAUSE I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON SUMMER PROJECTS, MR. EARL? YES.
SO Y UM, YEAH, I THINK WHAT YOU MEAN IS IT IS FUNDED UNDER FISCAL YEAR 2022 IS 8%
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BUDGET.IT IS PLANNED TO BE DONE THIS SUMMER.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SCHEDULING THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS QUITE HONESTLY, IN THIS SUMMER, THAT IS A DAUNTING TASK IS OUR SUMMER HAS BEEN REALLY COMPACTED DOWN THE SIX WEEKS DUE TO COVID DELAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY SHORT SUMMER THIS COMING UP IN 2021.
JJ DAVIS PROBABLY HAD TO BREAK THAT ROOF INTO TWO PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT ALL DONE THIS UPCOMING SUMMER, BUT YES, THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS UPCOMING SUMMER.
I DON'T STRAPPING ROBOT 14, NUMBER TWO, GMT A MAGNET.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? OH, RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL GMP.
SO THIS NEXT ROUND OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ONGOING THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, SO NEXT, WE'LL GO INTO OUR DESIGN PROJECTS.
WE ARE UNDERWAY AS YOU'RE AWARE WITH, UH, ROBERT SMALLS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
UM, WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT WITH JE DUNN.
UM, WE'RE FINALIZING THAT CONTRACT, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC TIME NOVEMBER.
THAT SCHEDULE IS BEING FINALIZED.
SO AS SOON AS THAT'S FINALIZED, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE.
IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE A ZOOM MEETING AS IT WAS BEFORE, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING WHERE THE DESIGN WORK FOR THAT SCHOOL AND IT STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
NOW EVERYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
ONCE WE GET THAT DATE FINALIZED, UM, WITH, UH, BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS MOVING FORWARD NICELY AS WELL.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR CSUN THEN B CON UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER FOR THAT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED AS WELL.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE MOVED ALONG TO WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, EACH OF Y'ALL OR WHENEVER WE GET THOSE DATES, THE REFERENDUM CONTINGENCY LOG, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE TRACK THE ARC OF THE OWNER'S CONTINGENCY FOR THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS.
WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID USE, UH, SOME CONTINGENCY IN THE LAST MONTH.
IT HAD TO DO WITH ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR AND DO FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WAS NOTED AS THE OSF INSPECTION, AND THEY NOTED THAT THE MAIN BREAKER WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED TO BE PLACED.
AND SO THAT WAS ADDED TO THE PROJECT AND ABOUT $91,000 WAS A POSITIVE THING.
SO THAT WAS A USE OF OWNER'S CONTINGENCY.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE DOCUMENT THAT.
UM, THIS IS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE CLOCK WHO HAS A COMMITTEE THAT TRACKS THAT AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, AND I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ATTACHMENT DETAILS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT CINDY OR I CAN PUT IT IN FOR DOCTOR, SEND IT TO YOU, EMAIL IT, MAYBE IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ALREADY ONBOARD DOCS, QUITE HONESTLY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S SENT OVER RIGHT.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ROBERT, WOULD YOU JUST UPDATE US ON THE LESSONS LEARNED? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION ALMOST WENT RIGHT PAST IT.
UM, WE DID AN INTERNAL LESSONS LEARNED AND, UH, DAVID WAGNER WAS CVRE HEARING CONDUCTED THAT WITH OUR INTERNAL STAFF INTERNAL STAFF.
SO IF DAVID'S AVAILABLE TO KIND OF GO OVER THAT PROCESS AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT, I'LL END IT OVER TO
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DAVID WAGON.THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED TO REVIEW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST IN ORDER TO LEARN AND IMPROVE.
UH, THIS SHOULD BE DONE PERIODICALLY IN EARLY FALL IS ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A LESSONS LEARNED SESSION.
THIS LESSON LEARNED SUCCESSION WAS HELD OCTOBER 13TH WITH THE FOLLOWING BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CPRA HEARING PROJECT MANAGERS, ALEXANDER MARSHALL, TIMOTHY SUMMERS, MARK BREWSTER, AND MARK CO KEVIN KELLY AS SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WAS CVRE HEARING AND ROBERT ODDING COO WE'RE ALSO ATTENDED, UH, UM, MODERATED THE SESSION AS K-12 PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR CVRE HEARING PRIOR TO THIS PRIOR TO THE SESSION OF FORUM WAS SENT OUT TO EACH MEMBER, UH, ASKING EACH PERSON TO ORGANIZE THOUGHTS INTO TWO GROUPS.
ONE GROUP WAS TO SHARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED.
THE SECOND GROUP WAS DIVIDED AMONG THE PROJECT PHASES FROM PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSE OUT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS AND SOLUTIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
ONE START THE DESIGN PROCESS EARLIER.
THIS ALLOWS ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE DESIGNERS TO DETERMINE THEIR SCOPE OF THEIR PROJECTS MORE, MORE THOROUGHLY, AND PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR DOCUMENTATION TO TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WERE INITIATED PRIOR TO HAVING FULLY VETTED STANDARDS.
PROJECTS WERE DELAYED WHILE STANDARDS WERE DEVELOPED.
SO FUTURE IT PROJECTS WILL FLOW MUCH BETTER, THREE THE NEED FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH PRINCIPALS, THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE REGULAR STANDING MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS PROBABLY WEEKLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
ANOTHER IDEA IS TO DEVELOP A PRINCIPAL'S HANDBOOK THAT HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT DEFINES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES EXPLAINS PHASES IN TERMINOLOGY.
ALL OF WHICH GOES TO HELP EASE THE BURDEN OF HAVING A PROJECT AT THEIR CAMPUS FOR PAY THE PAYMENT PROCESS.
BY DOING TRAINING SESSIONS WITH NEW VENDORS, DEVELOP CHECKLIST AND PUT TOGETHER A FREQUENT A LIST OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND FREQUENTLY MADE MISTAKES.
SO VENDORS MAY KNOW THESE FROM THE BEGINNING FIVE, START THE CLOSE OUT PROCESS EARLY SHORT TO SHORTEN THE PROCESS WE PLAN ON HAVING OUR DOCUMENT CONTROL SPECIALISTS START THE RECORD, KEEPING PROCESS MUCH EARLIER AND ASSIST EACH OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS.
UH, WE PLAN ON HOLDING THESE FUTURE LESSONS LEARNED MEETINGS ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BASIS.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, MY QUESTION GOES TO ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT I'VE KIND OF LEARNED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, UM, ONE THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO WHAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED, WHICH WAS, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE BIDS CAME IN AT SIGNIFICANT OVERAGES OF WHAT WAS PROJECTED.
UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THAT PROCESS, UM, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE RESPONSES.
SO I THINK THE, THE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS AND THE ESTIMATING REVIEW PROCESS, UH, IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DURING THE DESIGN PHASE.
SO THOSE PROJECTS DO NOT EXCEED THE BUDGET.
THERE'S A BIT OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL CRUTCH THAT'S GIVEN BY THE CONTINGENCY PR UH, PROCESS.
I KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE MAY SEE IT AND SEE IT AS BEING AVAILABLE, BUT OUR REVIEW PROCESS IS VERY RIGOROUS MAKING SURE THAT, THAT IT IS LEGITIMATE REQUESTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE COSTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CONTRACTORS ARE LEGITIMATE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AT ALL.
I HAVE JUST ONE COMMENT, MADAM CHAIR, UM, FOLLOWING UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MR. DALLIN SAID, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANY TIME YOU USE MONEY OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND THERE, A LESSONS LEARNED, UM, AND IT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT DR.
NEVSKY SAID, WE HAD SOME THAT SEEMED DRAMATICALLY OVER AND SOME THAT SEEM FAIRLY PROMATICALLY HUNTER.
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SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE FROM, FROM THE HEADING, YOU GAVE US THAT THOSE ARE LESSON ON THAT LESSONS LEARNED, OR MAYBE THEY ARE, I'M TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.THEY ARE ON OUR LIST AND WE WILL MAKE SURE, UH, TO, TO DO OUR BEST TO PREVENT THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, OUR NEXT ITEM WAS, UM, EARLY CHILDCARE AND THIS WAS A MR. BALANCE REQUEST, UM, AS FAR AS CHILDCARE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND MS. WALTON, IF YOU COULD GIVE US THAT UPDATE.
THANK YOU, MR. ANDREW, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH PROVIDING A VERY SPECIAL SERVICE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES.
WE PUT THIS TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE HAD LOTS OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
WE HAVE SOME KINKS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT, BUT IT IS A FABULOUS PROGRAM.
AND I JUST AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE DISTRICT IS SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS WAY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST SOME FACTS TO, UM, THINK ABOUT CURRENTLY WE ARE SERVING 473 STUDENTS IN THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
WE ARE HOUSING THEM IN 24 SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE TWO HALF FLYING SCHOOLS AND THAT ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE MOST STUDENTS.
THE HIGHEST IS 76 STUDENTS AT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY AND 45 STUDENTS AT OCCI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SERVICING THOSE, UM, CHILDCARE.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO CALL THEM CHILDCARE, UM, AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE SET UP IN CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE SERVICING THOSE NINE OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE CHILDCARE, UM, PROGRAM ARE COMING FROM ESS.
AND THAT, THAT IS OUR, UM, SUBSTITUTE PARTNER.
THAT IS, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR, UM, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I HAVE KIKI SWINTON ON THE LINE WITH ME AS WELL, BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING OUR APPLICATIONS TOGETHER FOR THE NECK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SORRY, DSS, DSS.
WE WANT IT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW SO THAT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR PROVIDING THOSE CHILDCARE SERVICES FOR OUR TEACHERS.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC, PROACTIVE, SINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
IT'S PROGRESSIVE AND THE DISTRICT DID IT WITHOUT ANY PRODDING WITHOUT ANY PUSH.
SO I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT COULD BE HELD UP AS AN EXAMPLE TO A BROTHER AND SISTER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. DALEN SAID, THIS IS A BETTER WAY TO SHOW THAT WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES TANEY TEACHERS.
TO ME, THIS IS A BIG STEP JOB.
I, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST AGGRAVATING, LIKE WHAT JOHNSON? SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU ELISHA, I GATHER THERE'S NO CHARGE TO THIS, TO THE TEACHERS.
SO I THINK, OR THE CHEF, IS THAT CORRECT? THE ONES THAT ARE UTILIZING THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS IS A FREE SERVICE FOR OUR TEACHERS.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT DISTRICT'S GOING IN, UH, JUST, UH, ANOTHER TIDBIT, UH, STUDENTS ARE TENDING THEIR SCHOOLS FOR CHILDCARE.
SO IF PARENTS DROP THEM OFF IN THE MORNING FOR IF A TEACHER IS AT BLUFFTON ELEMENTARY AND HER CHILD GOES TO A CRACK AND THEN HER CHILD
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IS DROPPED OFF AT A CRACK.AND SO CHILDREN ARE IN THEIR HOME SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND THEY'RE NOT OUT PLACED.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL TO CREATE SOME ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JERKED AROUND.
SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE, OF THOSE STAFF DO YOU THINK UTILIZING THIS COULD BE UTILIZING IT? I MEAN, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT, I, I KNOW THAT THE SERVICE WAS WELL RECEIVED AND MOST OF OUR TEACHERS WHO COULD BE PROVIDED THE SERVICE IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO I, I WOULD BE, UH, OUT OF LINE PROBABLY TO SAY IT'S X AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT UNLESS KIKI, DO YOU HAVE, UM, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT SINCE YOU WORKED DIRECTLY WITH CHILDCARE LIST BY SCHOOL KIKI WAS THERE, MAYBE SHE'S NOT, BUT MADAM CHAIR WE'LL FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU.
UM, OH, WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING? THE DISTRICT WE DID, UM, ROUGHLY, UM, MS. CROSBY AND I DID A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST US PER MONTH.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $30,000 A MONTH.
UH, AND ALSO, WHAT ARE THE AGES OF THE KIDS THAT WERE, THAT ARE IN THESE THAT'D BEEN, UH, THAT GO TO DAYCARE? WE HAVE SERVICING AGE FIVE THROUGH 12 THERE'S THIS, THIS IS JUST JOKING THAT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE, UH, WE SHOULD DO EVERY YEAR, EVEN, UH, EVEN OUR COLBERT, MR. SMITH, I WOULD SAY YES, IF WE COULD SOMEHOW CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, IT WOULD BE A FABULOUS RETENTION TOOL.
AND IT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT COULD REALLY SAY.
WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE FINANCIALLY PROHIBITIVE, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SO PLEASED ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT WAS THE IDEA GERMINATED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL, NO ONE IN THE BOARD CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR HAVING PRODUCT OR COME UP WITH THIS IDEA.
SO I THINK THAT IT SHOWS A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE, UH, OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS ON BACKING TEACHERS UP.
AND THEY DID IT ON THEIR OWN, NOT WITH ANY PRIDING BY US ON THE BOARD.
SO I DON'T DOUBLE THE PLEASURE FOR ME.
ONE TO GO ALONG WITH THE QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE, UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE A WAITING LIST OR DID WE DENY ANYONE? UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN, THAN THE PERCENTAGE? NO, UH, MR. STEVENS, YOUR WEEK, THERE'S NOT A WAITING LIST.
WE DID NOT DENY ANY ELIGIBLE CHILD.
WE CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS YOUNGER THAN FIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SET UP UNDER THE LAWS OF DSS TO BE THAT KIND OF CHILDCARE PROVIDER, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD TAKE IN FACILITY CHANGES.
AND WE JUST WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TEACHERS WITH CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIVE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ABLE TO SERVICE THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOT DENIED ANYONE BASED ON WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SPACE.
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THAT IS CORRECT.THE OTHER SUGGESTION I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE THAT YOU PUT THIS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THEN THE BOARD CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, SO IS, CAN THE CARES OF FUNDING BE USED FOR, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WHERE THE WHOLE HYBRID CARES ACT IS BEING USED TO PAY THE ADDITIONAL COSTS RELATED TO, UM, THE SALARIES OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN THOSE PROGRAMS. YES, BECAUSE IT IS COVID RELATED.
IF IT IS BEYOND THE PERIOD WHERE IT HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON COVID, UM, THEN IT WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CARES ACT FUNDING I'M GONNA ASK.
UM, SO, UH, WHILE BRANCH EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, UH, WAS NOT, UH, THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN NOT GET ALL THREE HOURS.
UM, WILL YOU ASK ME THAT AGAIN? THAT QUESTION AGAIN WAS WELL BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, NOT EQUIPPED TO TAKE IN BABIES UNDER, UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD.
WE ARE NOT USING ANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'LL BRANCH EARLY COLLEGE MIGHT HAVE A CHILDCARE CENTER, WE COULD NOT BE, UM, COMMISSIONED TO RUN A DAYCARE WITH CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIVE FROM DSS.
CAN I SHARE THAT TEMPORARY LICENSURE? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DSS IS OFFERING TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHILE WE'RE IN THE COVID, UM, AS A, AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE OPERATED AS A CHILDCARE, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ONLY OPERATE WITH THE GRADES WITH THE AGES FIVE THROUGH 12.
SO IF WE DID IT, SO IF WE, IF WE, IF WE DID DONE A REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR, THEY WOULD, IT WOULD COST MORE THAN 30,000 MILES A MONTH.
MRS. WALTON, WAS THAT CORRECT? YOU SAID THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF WE, IF WE DID IT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEN IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD POSSIBLY BE MORE THAN $30,000 A MONTH.
WOULD YOU SAY? I WOULD SAY THAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT, UH, DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR, OUR, OUR CHILDREN OF THE AGE OF FIVE 12 ARE NOT GOING TO NEED CHILDCARE BECAUSE THERE'LL BE IN THE REGULAR CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
RIGHT? SO THE REASON WE HAVE THIS ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OF THE HYBRID, UH, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAD THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED IN TERMS OF, UH, THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND THEIR OWN FAMILIES ON THE DAYS WHEN, WHEN THOSE CHILDREN ARE NOT IN CLASS.
RIGHT? SO, SO DURING A REGULAR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HOPING THAT COVID GOES AWAY, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, UH, THE CHILDREN FIVE THROUGH 12 WOULD BE IN THEIR FULL ACADEMIC COURSE IN A CLASSROOM WITH A DIGITAL.
AND SO SHE CALLED ON ME, I WOULD SAY, I RIDE THAT ROLE BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, MY MOM WAS A, MY MOM WAS A TEACHER AND WE DID HAVE THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WAS PAID.
AND, UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CREATE IN THOSE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, UH, GOOD.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OUTLET OR, OR A WAY TO LOOK OF HOW TO MAYBE POSSIBLY OFFERING AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY TUTORING OR HELPING, UH, STUDENTS AFTERSCHOOL.
SO I WAS, UH, REFERRING TO MORE AND MORE OF THAT, THAT ALL LANDSCAPE.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S THE, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ITERATION OF THIS IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THERE'D BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, OUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO MS. SWAN, AND IT IS AN UPDATE ON THE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER OF THE STORAGE OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES AS WELL.
UM, MS. SCAVENGER, I'M GOING TO ASK MATT HUNT TO, UM, KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS FOR YOU.
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LEAST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID WHAT WE PROMISED.WE WERE WORKING ON GETTING THIS PROJECT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD.
AND MATT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO UPDATE YOU ON THE, UH, RFP FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES INVESTIGATION TOOL THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU.
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, THE PROPOSALS CAME IN AT THE CLOSE OF THE RFP AND, UH, WERE REVIEWED BY A DIVERSE COMMITTEE.
AND UPON OUR REVIEW, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE WAY THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS WRITTEN, PRESENTED ITSELF AS MORE OF A BUSINESS SOLUTION.
AND SO THEREFORE THE VENDORS THAT REPLIED WITH PROPOSALS, UM, WHAT IT ENTAILED THAT THEY ACTUALLY CREATED THE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR US.
SO AS A RESULT, THE RANGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO IMPLEMENT A BUSINESS SOLUTION WAS FROM $100,000 TO $400,000.
AND THESE PRO UH, THE PROPOSALS, UM, AND OUR MIND WERE THAT THEY WERE COST PROHIBITIVE.
AND SO WANTING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES, THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO CONTINUE OUR MARKET RESEARCH, AND WE REFRAME THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE A MUCH LOWER BID, UM, THROUGH AN RFQ PROCESS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS AN ACTIVE RFQ, UH, THAT WAS, UM, BETA ACTIVE ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK.
COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN OFF THE SHELF NOW AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING CUSTOMIZED.
UM, THERE ARE IN OUR, IN OUR RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED, THERE ARE ALREADY SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE, UM, THAT WOULD MORE EASILY SUIT OUR NEEDS, UM, THAT WOULD BE CONFIGURABLE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO, UM, OFFER AN OFF THE SHELF PRODUCT THAT CAME, UH, IT COMES ALONG WITH, UH, ADDED SUPPORT DURING IMPLEMENTATION.
WHERE ARE THE PROCUREMENT PEOPLE AND, OR THE LEGAL TEAM INVOLVED IN THE WORDING OF THAT INITIAL REQUEST FOR QUOTES THAT ENDED UP GETTING QUOTES FOR A BUSINESS SOLUTION RATHER THAN A STANDALONE PRODUCT OFF THE SHELF PRODUCT PROCUREMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE DEVELOP AN IN HOUSE, UH, PROGRAM THAT CAN DO WHAT WE WANT TERMS OF SERVICE? I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M SEEING THIS THING AS BEING A BIT COMPLICATED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE REALLY LOOKING FOR.
I MEAN, IT'S A FOLDER OF THE GRIEVANCES EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE FOLDERS CAN'T BE MADE DISTRICT-WIDE FOLDERS AND THOSE THINGS ARE SUBMITTED A CERTAIN REVIEW PEOPLE, BUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE ASK HIM FOR SOMETHING THAT'S THAT DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SKILLS, BUT MAYBE LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY.
MR. CAMPBELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE COULD DEVELOP AN IN-HOUSE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE SYSTEM NOW, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE WE LOOKED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD DO WITHIN OUR ABILITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON TARGET STORE INFORMATION CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW, UM, TITLE NINE REQUIREMENTS COMING OUT.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT WE WANTED TO AT LEAST DO SOME RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON TOP OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HERE NOW TO MAKE US, UM, AND ELECTRONIC STORAGE SYSTEM THAT WAS ACCESSIBLE BY ALL SCHOOLS, MS. WALTON, MAY I ADD SOMETHING, UM, AS WELL, UM, MR. CAMPBELL, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY AN AVENUE THAT WE ARE EXPLORING.
UM, BUT TO ELABORATE ON WHAT MS. WALTON IS TALKING ABOUT, THE OTHER, UM, ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT ANYTIME WE GO TO AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, UM, A WAY OF BACKING
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UP ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE EVENT OF A SYSTEM CRASH.AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE IS THE SECURITY AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF EVERYTHING, UM, BY THE NATURE OF GOING TO SOMETHING THAT'S AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, WE OPEN OURSELVES UP TO SECURITY RISKS.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON FOR DOING AN RFQ TO, UM, SEE WHAT OTHER VENDORS HAVE TO OFFER.
WILL THAT ALLEVIATE THE CONCERN FOR SECURITY AND OTHER VENDORS? I MEAN, THERE'LL BE HOURS, RIGHT? THE, THE, UM, THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS WRITTEN INTO THE, TO THE ACTUAL QUOTE AS A RECORD.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.
UM, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER, MR. STRINGER.
UM, YEAH, JUST TO, TO ANSWER MR. CAMPBELL'S QUESTION ABOUT KEEPING THE FOLDERS, UM, AT THE SCHOOLS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GET AROUND.
UM, SO THE FLAG WOULD GO UP IMMEDIATELY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL BECAUSE THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT THINGS WERE NOT GETTING TO THE DISTRICT.
UM, AND AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, SOME THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN GETTING LOST.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT FOLDER THING WOULDN'T WORK, AS WELL AS THE, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IS HAVING AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
ALSO IMMEDIATELY, THAT FLAG GOES UP IMMEDIATELY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
SO THE DISTRICT CAN FOLLOW UP AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO FILED THE COMPLAINT, WHICH WAS ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT MR. SMITH, UH, BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK YOU WERE AT THAT MEETING.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE INITIAL, UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S JUST SAYING IT COULD BE PUSHED UP, GOING TO BE PUSHED UP TO THE DISTRICT LEVEL FROM THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD KEEP THE FULL INDEPENDENTLY.
I WAS JUST DESTINED THAT THAT IS THE DATABASE WALL INFORMATION THAT WE REALLY DO WANT TO STORE THERE.
WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TARGETED ACCORDING TO FOLDERS, WHICH EVENTUALLY IS WHAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE JUST BE MONITORING IT.
ITEM SAYS COMPLAINTS SLASH GRIEVANCES.
NOW AGREEMENT SAYS, FOLLOW A VERY FORMAL PROCESS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS IS A COMPLAINT, THE SAME AS A GRIEVANCE.
IS IT DIFFERENT? HOW DOES IT DIFFER? WHAT THE STORY WOULD BE THE SAME? SO ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, I, I'M JUST NOT CLEAR.
THERE ARE GRIEVABLE OFFENSES AND AN INITIAL REPORT OF THAT WOULD COME IN.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM AND A STANDARDIZED PROCESS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS THAT PEOPLE, UM, LEGAL COUNSEL, DISTRICT LEGAL COUNSEL AND DISTRICT HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICERS WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE COMPLAINT OF THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT AT WHICH POINT IN TIME A WORKFLOW WOULD, UM, TAKE PLACE WHERE THE CASE WOULD BE ASSIGNED AND WOULD INVESTIGATED BASED UPON WHAT THE COMPLAINT WAS.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE A TEACHER FILES A GRIEVANCE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOUNDED, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S THE VERY NATURE THAT IT STARTS OUT AS A COMPLAINT.
THEY MAY FILE IT AS A COMPLAINT.
UM, THEY MAY FILE A COMPLAINT AS A GRIEVANCE, BUT IT IS UP TO THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, UH, THAT THE SYSTEM WILL MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE PROCESS IS IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY AND THEN THE DETERMINATION MADE ON THE, UH, ON THE OUTCOME END OF WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFENSE WAS AN ACTUAL GRIEVANCE.
THAT'S A FOLLOW-UP WE PUT IT DISMISSED ALL GRIEVANCES.
OUR COMPLAINTS COMPLAINTS ARE GRIEVANCES CLASSIFIED AS GRIEVANCES.
UM, AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, UM, A TITLE NINE VIOLATION MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A GRIEVANCE, BUT IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE A COMPLAINT.
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YOU'RE ALSO MUTED.WELL, OH, I KNOW YOU CALL ON ME.
UM, MY QUESTION WAS THE SAME AS MR. CAMPBELL'S.
I REMEMBER ON THE OCTOBER, UH, FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING, MRS. WALTON TOLD US SHE CAME TO US AND SHE TOLD US THAT, THAT SHE DIDN'T, SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD GET THAT THERE'S FINALLY A MODULE THAT CAN DO EVERYTHING.
THEY FOUND A MODULE THAT COULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED DONE.
AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT MODULE NOT, IS THAT, THAT MODULE NOT STILL AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT MR. SMITH? YES.
THAT MODULE IS STILL AVAILABLE.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MUNIS SYSTEM AND THAT'S THE SYSTEM WE ALREADY USE AS OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
AND WE USE IT SOME FOR HR FUNCTIONS, BUT THEN WE HAD THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF TITLE NINE KICK IN, AND THAT MOVED EVERYTHING TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FULL INVESTMENT INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AND A FULL BLOWN PROCESS THAT OUR CURRENT MODULE COULD NOT USE.
COULD NOT, WE COULD NOT USE THAT THEN.
SO IN ORDER TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE TO DO EVERYTHING IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STARTED TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING.
SO ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION IS IN ONE STORAGE SYSTEM.
SO YES, THAT MODULE IS THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT AT THIS POINT FOR WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH EXACTLY? WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES VERSUS WHAT DOES IT DO? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? LIKE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN WHAT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SYSTEMS THAT WE NEED AND WHAT IT DOESN'T DO? WELL, I CAN'T, SINCE I'M NOT A GURU ON THIS, THEY'LL PROPHETESS AND HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WOULD PUT WITH EMPLOYEE FILES, ANY GRIEVANCE THAT THEY WOULD FILE, AND IT WOULD TRACK THEM BASED ON THEIR, UM, EMPLOYEE NUMBER.
IT WOULD NOTIFY THE SYSTEM THAT A GRIEVANCE WAS IN THEIR COMPLAINT WAS IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO, IF WE WANT IT TO GO BACK IN AND PULL THOSE COMPLAINTS OUT BY CATEGORIES, BY TIMELINES AND BY, UM, UM, TITLE NINE VERSUS A REGULAR COMPLAINT, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS TO PUT ALL OF THESE, UM, INSTANCES OR ISSUES IN THAT ONE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN BREAK IT OUT BY CATEGORY, WHATEVER WE NEEDED.
MS. WALTON, CAN I CLARIFY THAT AS WELL? BY THE NATURE OF THE, UM, THE RFQ BEING WRITTEN AS INVESTIGATIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR VENDORS TO, UM, SUPPLY US THE SERVICE OF IS THAT IT ACTUALLY BUILDS AND STORES THE CASES SO THAT WE HAVE AN ARCHIVE OF THEM.
AND ALL OF THE CASES ARE STORED IN A STANDARDIZED ACCESSIBLE PLATFORM.
DON'T WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY STAFF IN HOUSE.
DO WE NOT HAVE TO DO THAT? DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE THEIR OWN SERVER? YES, WE DO.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BUILT OFF OF THE TECHNOLOGY STAFF CAN TAKE THE TIME OUT AND BUILD WHAT WE NEED OFF OF A PROGRAM AND ADD SOME ADD ON TO THE CURRENT MODULES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS FORFEITING TO GET THIS DONE FOR THE DISTRICT MR. SMITH, I THINK, AND MATT, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I BELIEVE WHAT WE NEED HERE IS A PROGRAMMER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PROGRAMMER ON STAFF.
HOW HAVE WE MET WITH THE IT TEAM THAT THIS, NO, WE HAVE NOT MY BACK DR.
RODRIGUEZ, UH, AT THIS POINT, CAN I, CAN I ASK THAT ITB, POSSIBLY UP TO SPEED ON THE OTHERS ON THIS PROJECT AND SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY, THE TEXT TAXPAYERS ON AND GET THIS PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
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I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LIKE MR. CAMPBELL, IT WAS A MALE CAMP AND SAID THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IN-HOUSE.AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A WEEK.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE OUR SERVER, WE HAVE A GREAT IT DEPARTMENT.
IT DEPARTMENT COULD POSSIBLY, I MEAN, THEY COULD, THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET THIS, GET THIS DONE.
WE WILL, WE CAN ENGAGE OUR, OUR IT TEAM AND, AND, UH, AND BRAINSTORM POSSIBILITIES MIGHT BE THERE.
AND I JUST REFERENCE YOU BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK YOUR, UH, YOUR STAFF A QUESTION OR, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, ASK YOU THAT VERSUS ASKING YOUR STAFF.
NO, NO DISRESPECT TO MRS. WALTON OR ANYTHING.
MR. SMITH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL ENGAGE OUR, OUR IT TEAM AND SEE WHAT ARE THE, UH, UH, POSSIBILITIES AROUND IT, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE, UH, KNOW OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT.
WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO COME BACK WITH US.
THANK YOU, NASA, FROM OUT THERE.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO THANK MRS. AL MRS. WALTON AND MS. DUNN FOR DOING THE FUCKING FOR DOING A JOB, UH, PUSHING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
UH, OUR NEXT ITEM THAT WE REVIEWED, UH, WAS SENIOR STAFF, A JOB CLASSIFICATION.
AND, UM, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THIS, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. SMITH.
WELL, ACTUALLY I'LL MR. SCRUBBERS, OR I WON'T CALL IT AN ISSUE.
I WILL SAY, UH, UH, ACTUALLY THE, I SENT YOU A AGENDA REQUESTS AND THE AGENDA REQUESTS THAT WERE READ, UH, THE GENERAL REQUEST WENT RED, UH, WHICH SENIOR STAFF MEMBER, WHICH STAFF MEMBERS ON SENIOR STAFF AND THE INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS CONFIDENTIAL.
THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE REQUEST THAT WAS SENT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE GOT THE TITLE FROM THAT WE HAVE, BUT MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WHAT, WHAT LED ME TO THIS QUESTION WAS CONFIDENCE IN BOARD MEMBERS, ACCESS TO ACCESSING DOCUMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, BORE LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN THE, A GRADE PRECAUTION TO ENSURE THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CONFIDENCE.
BOARD BOARD MEMBERS ARE BOUND BY OATH AND ALSO BY OATH AND OFFICE IN BOARD POLICY.
IN MY OPINION, LIMITING ACCESS TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR ME TO MAKE SOUNDS DECISIONS AND TO VOTE WITH CONFIDENCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO, UH, UH, TO THIS, TO THIS TOPIC.
UM, AND I JUST HAVE SOME, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.
IF I COULD ASK THEM AT THIS TIME, MY QUESTIONS ARE WHAT OTHER, WHAT, WHAT PORTAL TOOLS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE SAME STANDARDS APPLY TO DISTRICT STAFF? THIS HAS BEEN FILED AS, AS WE DISCUSSED IN, IN OPERATIONS.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, DID WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT VERIFY, BUT, OR CLASSIFIED CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS TO HAVE, UM, OR TO SIGN SOME CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENTS AS AN ISSUE, AS A REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT? WE DO NOT.
WE MANAGE STAFF AND STAFF CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF STAFF TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY, THAT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND OUR REGULATIONS THAT THEY MUST FOLLOW.
AND AT THAT POINT, UM, STANDARD PROCESSES, STANDARD PRACTICES FALL INTO PLACE.
WHEN YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT DEAL WITH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, ALL INFORMATION IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL.
SO THEREFORE WE GUIDE OUR ACTIONS, BUT FEDERAL STATE LAWS, AS WELL AS DISTRICT POLICIES.
SO WE KNOW FOR INSTANCE, MEDICAL HISTORY, UM, EMPLOYEES, PERSONNEL FILES, WHEN IT COMES TO SALARIES, IF THEIR SALARIES ARE, ARE BELOW $50,000.
SO THAT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH CONFIDENTIALITY.
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HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE THAT AN EMPLOYEE MUST SIGN OR TAKE AN OATH FOR CONFIDENTIALITY, SENIOR STAFF, UM, IS COVERED IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY.AND THAT'S HOW WE MANAGE THE WHOLE CONFIDENTIALITY PIECE, WHICH STAFF NOW I'M SURE I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
HOW WOULD YOU PREFER ME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MY QUESTIONS? SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MR. DALLY.
SHE STATED THAT YOU DEFINE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION BASED ON FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND DISTRICT POLICY WHO DETERMINES WHETHER A DISTRICT POLICY ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS BACKED UP AND SUPPORTED BY SOME KIND OF LAW OR STATUTE.
I MEAN, MY, MY PREMISE IS THAT SOMETHING CANNOT BE CONFIDENTIAL JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DECLARES IT CONFIDENTIAL.
IT HAS TO BE BACKED UP BY LAW.
AND ALL OF OUR REGULATIONS ARE ARS.
ANYTHING THAT WE LIST IN ANY ONE OF THOSE ARS IS BACKED UP BY LAW.
AND WHO VERIFIES THAT OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, OUR AR IS UPDATED PERIODICALLY AND THEY'RE ALWAYS UPDATED BY LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL FEDERAL LAWS.
SO IF I WRITE AN EMAIL AND SAY, THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SHOWN.
CAN YOU HOLD ON, ALEX, CAN YOU PROVIDE, UH, ONE EXAMPLE, JUST ONE OF A JOB DESCRIPTION WHERE IT'S THE NATURE OF THE POSITION IS CONFIDENTIAL.
UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THE, WHAT YOU CAN LOOK AT MY JOB DESCRIPTION.
AND I CAN FIND IT, AND YES, YOU CAN.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEND YOU A COPY? WELL, I'VE GOT IT HERE.
I CAN GO ON THERE WITH MR. SMITH.
UH, MRS. WARREN, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CONFIDENTIAL, UM, INFORMATION THAT IS NOT, UM, SHARED WITH ALL, WITH ALL THAT REQUIRED THAT IT BE SHARED BECAUSE IT COULD PERSONALLY HARM SOMEONE OR IT COULD BE WITHIN THAT PERSON'S RIGHTS, LEGAL RIGHTS, NOT TO HAVE INFORMATION THAT INFORMATION SHARED.
WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT, THAT CLARIFIES THIS DEFINITION? I USE THE LOSS MR. SMITH.
WELL, THE LAW TELLS ME THAT YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BASE IT.
SO IS THERE A CERTAIN LAW, LIKE A STATUTE NUMBER OR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE THE ATTORNEY OFFICE MIGHT BE USING IN THE DISTRICT? IS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OR THERE, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL LAWS, SEVERAL NUMBERS, NONE OF WHICH I COULD QUOTE TO YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION THEN WE'LL GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE AGAIN.
I'M JUST HAVING DIFFICULTIES FINDING, UM, ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE, IF ANYBODY, NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO LOOK UP A JOB DESCRIPTION OF AN EXISTING, WHERE DO I GO? UM, I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND IT, BUT JUST GIVE ME SOME GENERAL DIRECTION.
IT SHOULD BE IN OUR APPLICATION SYSTEM.
UH, WHO CAN ASSURE THE BOARD THAT THIS METRIC IS NOT BEING COMPROMISED OR VIOLATED?
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IS THAT QUESTION FOR ME, MR. SMITH? UH, YOU ARE DR.UM, WHOEVER YOU SEE IS FRENCH TO ANSWER THAT, UM, MRS. SMITH, IF IT WOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHO'S BELIEVED TO HAVE VALIDATED CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS.
SO IT'D BE THAT IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR THAT WOULD DEAL WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO BROKE THAT PROTOCOL.
SO IF IT WAS ME, IT WOULD BE DR.
RODRIGUEZ TO DEAL WITH ME ALSO, WHO ARE THE EMPLOYEES AND WHO ARE THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS, WHICH PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE ARE THE HOOP, WHO ARE THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE THESE, THESE, UH, THIS KIND OF CONFIDENTIAL IN THEIR, IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, UH, RIGHT NOW, MR. SMITH, UM, IT IS ASSUMED THAT ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE THIS.
IT IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THE SENIOR STAFF BECAUSE ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED OR REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ALL DISTRICT POLICIES, ALL DISTRICT POLICIES AT THAT POINT LEADS BACK TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY PIECE.
SO ANY EMPLOYEE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THAT.
I'M JOHN, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M JUST, I WAS JUST WONDERING THIS ONE THEN, BECAUSE, UH, YEAH, YEAH.
YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, AMONGST THE STAFF AND IS IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN WE VOTE, WE TAKE A LOT OF VOTES AND WE MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS ON A LOT OF MONEY AND FOR US TO LOOK AT INFORMATION FOR AN HOUR OR TWO, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST, IT'S VERY DISTURBING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME, THEN IT'S NOT TOWARDS THE STAFF OR, OR YOU AS TOWARD THE, TOWARDS, TOWARD THE BOARD.
AND THIS IS JUST SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION TO GET TODAY.
I STILL THAT WE ALL SHOULD HAVE IT.
WE MOVE TO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH WILL BE MUCH LESS CONTROVERSIAL.
UM, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS TO THE BOARD THAT THE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL TRACK, UM, BEING NAMED AFTER PERVERT GLAZE, UM, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SRC.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY NC OR PETERSON FERAL ROOFER ON THE CALL.
WE APPROVE THE RENAMING OF THE TRACK.
AND IF, IF, EITHER ANSWER YOUR CAROL OR ON THE CALL AND THEY MAY WANT TO READ, UM, READ THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'LL SECOND, THE MOTION AND THE MOTION.
SO EDUCATORS THAT ARE CAROL, ROUGHLY YOU LIKE TO REBUILD THE LETTER.
AND I PROBABLY SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
AND LET ME JUST MINIMIZE MY SCREEN HERE SO I CAN SEE THE LETTER.
UM, IT WAS WRITTEN ON SEPTEMBER 16TH OF 2020, AND IT READS DEAR SUPERINTENDENT AND BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
WE ARE WRITING TO REQUEST THAT THE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRACK BE NAMED THE HERBERT NATHANIEL GLAZE TRACK IN HONOR OF MR. HERBERT GLAZE.
MR. GLAZE IS AND HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN BUFORD COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 48 YEARS HAS BEEN NOMINATED 16 TIMES AS COACH OF THE YEAR, BOTH REGIONALLY AND STATEWIDE, AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME IN 2006, MR. GLAZE IS THE MOST WINNING TRACK AND FIELD COACH IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IS A TREASURE TO BOTH OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY.
MR. GLAZE HAS MADE HIS MARK ON BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE SCHOOL IS BETTER BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE AND INFLUENCE FOR THESE REASONS, THE BEAVERTON HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RENAME THE BUFORD HIGH TRACK, THE HERBERT NATHANIEL GLAZE TRACK.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ACTION.
WE FEEL THIS HONOR IS MOST FITTING FOR AN EDUCATOR OF THIS CALIBER.
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JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, UM, THAT MR. GLACE HAS AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF HELPING STUDENT ATHLETES GET SCHOLARSHIPS TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.AND, UH, IF MR. GLAZES ON THE CALL NOW, PERHAPS HE COULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN HE FIRST TOLD ME, UM, I WAS JUST STRUCK BY HOW MANY STUDENTS HE'S HELPED, WHICH TO ME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING IN THE HALL OF FAME, BUT MAYBE THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS.
UM, I THOUGHT I WASN'T HELP SOMETHING ELSE, BUT YOU GOT ME ON THIS ONE.
UM, NO, THIS IS JULIA AND HONOR, THAT WORDS CAN NOT SAY HOW I FEEL TO HAVE SUCH A HONOR RECOGNITION IS STILL UP ON ME.
YOU KNOW, UM, I CAN NOT IMAGINE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT IT WOULD COME TO THIS PARTICULAR DAY WITH FESTER TO THIS PARTICULAR POINT.
AND FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO DO THIS AND TO GET MAD.
I LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE AND MY SON WAS SHOT AND MY DAUGHTER FOR MY ABSENCE, AND I WAS NOT THERE FOR THEM FOR PARTICIPATING IN TRACK AND GOING IN THERE.
I LIKE TO THANK MS. SUMMERS WHILE SHE DOES IN MAKING SURE THAT IF A HIGH SCHOOL IS THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ALSO FOR THE SIC COMMITTEE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY TO BE STOWED US ON UPON ME.
I LIKE TO THANK ALSO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND ALWAYS BEEN THROUGH THE YEARS THAT WHEN I WAS COACHING TRACK AND GOING TO THESE BIG MEETINGS TO DECIDE DIFFERENT THINGS, I COULD ALWAYS SAY THAT, YES, WE CAN DO THIS, OR THIS WILL HAPPEN.
WHEREAS SOME SCHOOLS DID NOT HAVE THAT OPTION.
THEY COULDN'T TRAVEL, THEY CAN GO NOWHERE, BUT IT'S BEEN ALWAYS A WONDERFUL BANG.
AND WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWED SOME YEARS AGO, THE NEWSPAPER ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE BEEN COACHING AND YOU STARTED TRACK PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE HONORS AND THESE WARS AND EVERYTHING.
AND YOU NEVER TRY TO ADVERTISE THAT.
AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE GIRLS TRACK TEAM HAS WON 10 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TWO STATE RUN UP, WE WON 28 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS, MULTIPLE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF INVITATIONALS.
ALSO THE HEART OF FAM FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, A LOT OF FANS FOR THE COACHES, CLASSIC AND HALL OF FAME, BUT BEAUTIFUL CONNIE AND BEING AWARDED TWO TIMES THE COACH OF THE YEAR FOR GIRLS TRACK.
BUT AS THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANY DIFFERENCE, THE MAIN THING I'M HERE FOR IS THIS.
AND AT THAT TIME GOING, WE HAVE ABOUT 64 FEMALE ATHLETES THAT HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADUATED FROM TRI.
AND WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO IS WORK HARD.
MOST OF ALL, ACADEMICS COME FIRST HARD WORK, BEATS, TALENT, AND TALENT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF MY FRIEND MENTIONED THAT TO ME, HARVEY AND I, I BELIEVE THAT, AND THESE KIDS NEED TO BE REWARDED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND PREVALENT TODAY.
WE HAVE FIVE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE, ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, BUT I JUST LIKE TO THANK MY COACHES,
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YOU KNOW, FOR COACHING TRACK FOR 44 YEARS AT DUPONT HIGH SCHOOL.AND I CAN SAY THAT I HAD ABOUT 15 ASSISTANT COACHES.
ALL THAT TIME IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE ACT AS A FAMILY.
WHEN WE GET THERE, WE WORK TOGETHER, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, YOUNG COACHES AND I AM TO SHOW THEM THE WAY I KNOW MISS ALICE WALDEN IDENTIFY ME AS ME AND MOSES.
AND I'M THAT WAY TOO, THE ATHLETES.
AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE AND WORDS CAN NOT SAY, I MEAN, I, I WAS AT THE TRACK TODAY LOOKING AT SOME STUFF, AND I WAS THINKING THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I'M PREPARING FOR THAT.
AND THEN THAT THIS, SO, UH, THEY GOT ME ON THIS ONE, BUT AGAIN, IF A COUNTY IS THE ONE OF THE BEST CON IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEAUTIFUL KIND OF SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND WE ACTUALLY COMPETE WHEN YOU GO ABROAD TO THE DIFFERENT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT TRACK BETWEEN HILTON HEAD WILL BRANCH FOR HIGH BATTERY CREEK, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND MEMORABLE.
SO AGAIN, I AM PROUD OF THIS HONOR, AND I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY MY COACHES, BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED BECAUSE IT'S NOW MORE SO THAN ME.
I WOULD JUST FORTUNATE TO HAVE GIRLS THAT RUN WELL, I DON'T GET NO CREDIT FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE.
AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON IN MAKING SURE THAT THESE KIDS GET THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS MADE THE WORK I'VE DONE SPEAK FOR ME.
AND AGAIN, I THANK THE COMMITTEE THAT SIGHTSEE, I THANK FOR SOME OF US, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THANK EVERYONE FOR ALIGN ME WORKING WITH ME OR ALIGN ME TO HAVE THIS POSITION TO HAVE THE DIFFERENT HIGH TRACK NAM AFTER HERMAN DANIEL GRADES.
AND I MUST SAY, I DON'T KNOW, WHO'VE SEEN THE TRACK AND FOOTBALL FIELD YET, BUT IT IS A WORK OF ART AND AS WORK THAT'S WELL DONE, WE ARE IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND WE NEED TO COMPETE AS SUCH MANY TIMES, WE'D GO PLACES COMPETING AGAINST THE FIVE, EIGHT SCHOOLS AND WHATNOT.
AND WE DO, WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS CROWD.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS BOLD AND I THANK EVERYONE AND I'M SPEECHLESS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE TALKED A LOT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, UM, CANCEL ANIMAL.
AND THANK YOU, MS. SUMMERS FOR TRICKING ME TODAY AND TELLING ME TO GO OUT TO THE TRACK, TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE, BUT YOU CAN'T COME OUT THERE AND BE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION STUFF.
AND THEY ASKED ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND NOT COMING TO THIS, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MR. DELAYS, UM, JUST, JUST A MOMENT, JUST WANTED TO JUST SAVE IT FOR THE BOARD VOTE ON THAT.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE YOU, AND SECONDLY, UH, I WANTED, UH, TO JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER TIME WITH, UH, WITH THE TRACK PROGRAM AND THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAD ON THOSE KIDS.
BUT, UM, EVERY SCHOOL HAS SOMEBODY IN IT WHO KNOWS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE CERTAINLY THAT PERSON THERE, BUT I ALSO KNOW, UH, HAVING WATCHED YOU INTERACT WITH STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE TRACK TEAM OR THEY'RE NOT ON THE TRACK TEAM, I ASKED THE TEACHER, THEY'RE NOT ATHLETES.
HAVEN'T WATCHED YOU INTERACT WITH STUDENTS THAT YOU GENUINELY CARE AND YOU'RE GENUINELY INSPIRED.
UH, AND UNTIL REGULATIONS RADON.
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PROUDLY VOTES.THANK YOU, MR. GLAZE, ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL, BUT EVERY STUDENT YOU HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON, WE CONGRATULATE YOU.
AND WE CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO MEMORIALIZE THE CONTRIBUTION YOU'VE DONE WITH OUR COUNTY AND BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
THE LAST ITEM FOR THEIR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IS THE SUMMER PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY MR. SMITH TO JUST GO OVER THE SELECTION PROCESS.
AND I MAY HAVE BEEN, MAY HAVE BEEN MORE ELABORATE.
SO I'LL KICK IT OVER TO MR. SMITH.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OVER TO, UM, TO MR. TO MR. UM, OUT IN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE MR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM, BUT I THINK I'D GO AHEAD AND LET HIM, LET HIM TELL IT, TELL US WHAT HE TOLD US, UH, OPERATIONS CAN BE.
UM, I'LL GIVE KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROJECTS.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE SEND OUT, UM, A SURVEY TO ALL PRINCIPALS.
WHEN I CALL THE PRINCIPALS REQUEST LIST, UM, WE SEND OUT PAST PROJECTS AND ASK THEM TO LOOK OVER THE LIST AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL STILL NEEDED.
AND IF THEY ARE, UH, THEY USE IT, WE'LL RESPOND BACK WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED.
UM, AND THEN I ASKED THEM FOR ANY NEW PROJECTS, THOSE NEW PROJECTS ARE THEN BROUGHT INTO OUR DATABASE WHERE WE TRACK PROJECTS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
UM, UH, PRICE IS PUT TO, OR A COST ESTIMATE IS PUT TO EACH OF THE PROJECTS REQUESTED.
I ALSO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL ALSO FROM OUR, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, AS FAR AS PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONSULTANTS SUCH AS ROOFING CONSULTANTS THAT I'LL ASK THEM INFORMATION ON WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, WHAT THEIR PROJECT LISTS ARE, AND THEN THAT'S ALL COMBINED IN A DATABASE.
UM, WE BRING THE TEN-YEAR PLAN TO THE BOARD AT LATE IN THE YEAR, THIS YEAR.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, JUST BECAUSE WE GOT A LATE START, UH, WITH COVID.
UM, AND THAT'S THE TENURE PLAN.
UM, AT THAT POINT, ALL THE PROJECTS ARE IN THERE, LIKE RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE $37 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE SPRING IN PREPARATION OF APPROVAL OF THE UPCOMING SUMMER'S PROJECT.
SO IN THE SPRING, WE'LL START WITH THAT LIST AND THEN, UH, WE'LL NEED TO WORK THAT DOWN TO WHAT THE BOARD HAS SET AS A $20 MILLION GOAL FOR PROJECTS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND LET THE COMMITTEE, UH, FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS AND THEN WHITTLE THOSE PROJECTS DOWN THROUGH A COUPLE ITERATIONS BACK AND FORTH.
UM, I AM ALSO BEEN ASKED TO MAKE MY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AM WHITTLE IT DOWN AND PRESENT THAT TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE THEN REVIEWS THAT PROJECT LIST AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.
AND, UH, THE BOARD MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE MAY GO BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES WITH THE BOARD, BUT THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THAT FINALIZED IN THE MAY, JUNE TIMELINES, UM, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE UPCOMING SUMMER.
AND THAT IS HOW IT'S WORKED OVER THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
MR. DALLY, ROBERT, ONE THING I DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY TO IS, UH, WHEN THE OPERATIONS
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COMMITTEE AND YOU AND WHOEVER ELSE GET TOGETHER AND START WHITTLING DOWN THE LIST, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROJECTS THAT DON'T MAKE THE CUT? SO WHAT I HAVE DONE IS I TAKE THE, WE HAVE THREE COLUMNS OR I HAVE A COLUMN FOR THE ORIGINAL LIST.I THEN WE'LL HAVE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TO MOVE OUT.
SO LET'S JUST SAY, IT'S THIS SUMMER.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS IN 2021, AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT.
WELL, MAYBE IN 20, 24 AT THAT SCHOOL, THERE ARE, UM, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROJECTS.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A DELETE COLUMN.
SO I WILL RECOMMEND TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, PROJECTS THAT I SUGGEST TO BE DELETED.
AND, UM, IF EVERYBODY AGREES ON IT, IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AS BEING DELETED.
IF NOT, IT GETS PUSHED OUT INTO FURTHER YEARS TO BE CONSIDERED AGAIN LATER ON.
SO SOMETHING THAT, UH, THERE'S NINE KIDS DELETED, BUT DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT DOES GET RECONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE IF IT'S STILL NEEDED.
IT GETS PUSHED OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE YEAR IS FOR LATER CONSIDERATION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO PROJECT GETS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE, SO TO SPEAK.
I TRY NOT TO DELETE PROJECTS WITHOUT GETTING EITHER APPROVAL FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND OR APPROVAL FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE BEFORE DOING THEM.
UM, MY QUESTION IS IN REGARD TO THE, THE PRICE OR THE QUOTES THAT ARE LISTED HERE, ARE THOSE UPDATED ON A YEARLY BASIS.
AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR, FOR GOING ABOUT ATTACHING A DOLLAR FIGURE TO THOSE? DO YOU CONSULT THAT CERTAIN, UM, AUTHORITY ON THAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? THERE IS A WIDE GAMBIT.
SO WE HAVE A DATABASE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE KEPT UP FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
UM, SO SOMETIMES WE COMPARE IT TO PAST PROJECTS.
UM, WE MAY BRING IN CONSULTANTS TO GIVE US PRICING INFORMATION.
WE MAY REACH OUT CONTRACTORS TO GIVE US SOME, UH, COST ESTIMATES ON WHAT THEY THINK THAT MAY RANGE THAT MAY BE OR WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
UM, SO WE MAKE AN INITIAL COST ESTIMATE AND WE'VE USED CONSULTANTS TO GIVE A WHOLE REVIEW OF OUR, UM, COST ESTIMATING FOR THAT YEAR.
WE'VE DONE IT ALL DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THAT IS FOR THE INITIAL YEAR, UH, THEN THE DATABASE TRACKS A, UH, A INFLATIONARY NUMBER FOR WHEN IT GETS PUSHED OUT.
SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT THE PROJECT PUT ON IN 2013 AND IT GETS PUSHED OUT AND IT DOESN'T COME TO BE CONSIDERED AGAIN UNTIL LET'S SAY 2020, OR WE PROBABLY, IF IT'S THAT OLD, WE WOULD THEN REEVALUATE THAT NUMBER AND PROBABLY GET A NEW NUMBER AND NOT JUST TOSS THE EVALUATE THE INFLATIONARY FACTOR.
SO THERE'S NO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, SO THERE'S NO METHOD ON, IF THERE'S AN ITEM ON HERE, THAT'S FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, 2011 LIST AND YOU'VE BEEN ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION.
IS THERE A, OKAY, IF THIS IS FIVE YEARS OLD, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO REEVALUATE OR ARE YOU RELYING ON THAT ADJUSTMENT? UM, IS THERE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT SOMETHING'S BEEN ON THE LIST IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT THAT YOU WOULD READJUST THAT NUMBER? I MEAN, IT'S COMMON PRACTICE TO THINK FIVE YEARS OR MORE, THAT WE'LL LOOK HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER LIGHT PROJECTS.
AND IF IT SEEMS OUT OF LINE, WE'D REVISIT IT USUALLY IT'S IN THE YEAR THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SELECTED.
ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT UPCOMING YEAR, LIKE THIS SAY THIS FRAME, I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD F 20, 22, THOSE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST.
I'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THEM.
AND ANY OF THOSE THAT HAVE SOME AGE ON THEM, UM, WE'LL GO BACK AND REEVALUATE IT AND, OR MAY ASK SOMEONE RE-EVALUATED IT FOR US, SUCH AS A CONSULTANT TO REVISE THAT NUMBER BEFORE I BRING THAT TO THE
OR REVIEWED IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL IN LINE.
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COORDINATE WITH THE OVERALL TO ANY PROJECT OVER THE 10 YEARS? I MEAN, WE SPENT 20 BILLION, THAT'S 200 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, RIGHT.HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO REFERENDUMS AND OTHER GOAL ITEMS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AT THE END OF THE 10 YEAR DEAL? I MEAN, WHO COORDINATES THAT AND WHO MANAGES THAT DIRECTION? SO, ONE THING I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AS WE HAVE NOT HAD A $20 MILLION, UM, GOALS OR 10 YEARS, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST RIGHT HERE, AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THAT FOR FIVE YEARS.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD IT FOR THE LAST 200 MILLION, THEN I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW DO WE SAY IT'S IN THE TWO THOUGHTS, THE, THE, THE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND WHAT THE PRINCIPAL'S DESIRES ARE VERSUS THE 10 YEAR PLAN THAT THE DISTRICT HAVE ALREADY SET UP AND HOW THOSE THINGS PUSH TOWARDS EACH OTHER? WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE 10 YEAR PLAN IS USED TO DEVELOP THE SUMMER WORK PROJECTS.
UM, THE TEN-YEAR PLAN, TANES ALL PROJECTS, AS I SAID, THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED OR BEEN PUSHED OUT.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER PROJECT, THAT'S LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN A SUMMER AND REMAIN WITHIN THAT $20 MILLION GOAL.
SO PROJECTS MAY COME IN AND OUT, LET'S JUST SAY MAYBE IN THE TEN-YEAR PLAN, YOU CONSIDERED FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER, BUT NOT MAKE IT.
I MEAN, I HEAR YOUR ANSWER, THAT MY QUESTION IS, DO WE WITH ALEXA ANOTHER WAY, DO WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR PLAN THAT DRIVES THE SUMMER PLANS? I WOULD SAY YES.
ALL OF THE SUMMER PRANCE COME OUT OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN.
SO THE PRINCIPALS ARE MADE AWARE OF WHAT POTENTIAL PLANTS ARE BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THEIR SUMMER PLANS ON A YEARLY BASIS, OR DOING EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, AS A DISTRICT, A PROGRAM, OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM, THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY COORDINATE.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS IT COORDINATED OR NOT COORDINATED? THERE'S A, WHERE WE GO ON AS A PRINCIPAL, CONCEIVABLY COULD ACT FOR SOMETHING THIS YEAR AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED, AND THEN 10 YEAR PLAN, BUT IT'S WORTH TWO OR $3 MILLION.
AND NOBODY SAYS IT DOESN'T MEET THE 10 YEAR PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT I THINKS THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF THOSE, BUT I JUST, I JUST WANT TO PUT THE THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A QUARTERLY, THESE MANY PROJECTS WITH THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE ADDED TO A MAN.
AND THE REASON I SAID THAT I LOOKED BACK AT OUR REFERENDUM AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE SPENT, THE SIDE THAT WE DON'T BILL, AND I KNOW 10 YEARS, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS GOING TO BE IRRELEVANT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED EDUCATIONALLY WITH A NEW NORM.
AND SO I SUGGEST WE START LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT ANGLE.
AND THAT'S OUR JOB AS THE BOARD.
HOPEFULLY WE DO SUPPORT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE GOT TO LEAD AND WITH COORDINATION FROM, FROM THE STRUCTURAL PEOPLE.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE, THEY HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WANT TO GO CALL IT TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN 10 YEARS.
AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT TWO PIECES OF BITS AND PIECES UNTIL 10 YEARS HAPPENED.
I SUBMIT THAT IN 10 YEARS, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT.
AND THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, I DON'T THINK THEY BELIEVE IN A 10 YEAR PLAN.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION, MY APARTMENT A LOT IN THAT.
SO MY BEST ANSWER I CAN GIVE IS THAT YES, WE DO TRY TO COORDINATE THAT AND WE WANT TO COORDINATE FOR LOOKING OUT TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THE FIELD.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT ANSWER, BUT I WANT, I WANT YOU TO SAY, WE ALREADY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE WANT TO CHECK OFF THAT THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND I WILL BE NEEDED OR NOT NEEDED, BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
I KNOW THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE I LIKE US TO GO SAY, THAT'S WHY THE TEN-YEAR PLAN,
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YOU KNOW, INCORPORATES THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.SO WE HAVE OUR PROJECTIONS OF COORDINATES WITH PROJECTIONS, BUT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEEDED IN 10 YEARS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SAY, WE PULL OUT OUR CRYSTAL BALL, MAKING YOUR BEST EDUCATED GUESS ON THE AMPUTATION.
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT, ROBERT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT GUESS ALL 10 YEARS HAPPENING.
AND WE HAVEN'T GUESSED THAT'S, THAT'S MY THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WENT WITH THAT.
UH, ROBERT, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CIP BOOK WILL BE OUT MAYBE ROUGHLY, SOMETIME AROUND DECEMBER.
UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE WAITING FOR WAS THE 45 DAY NUMBERS.
ARE THEY DUE OUT THIS UPCOMING WEEK HERE IN FRONT OF US? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME.
WE'RE ABOUT, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE CLOSE.
I'M REALLY CURIOUS THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR TO SEE THESE 45 DAY NUMBERS.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF THE BOOK.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE LOST SOME STUDENTS TO OUR LOCAL, PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND, AND, UM, I, SO, UM, IS THERE A CHANCE WE MIGHT SEE THOSE NUMBERS PRIOR TO THE, UM, IF THAT IS REQUESTED, WHAT WE DO LIKE TO DO IS TO GIVE FEEDBACK OR THE ANALYSIS WITH THOSE NUMBERS, UM, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR NUMBERS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF INFORMATION WITH IT.
UM, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT THE REQUEST IS? IS THAT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD CHAIR? I MEAN, THE BOARD REVIEW THE RAW 45 DAY NUMBER DATA, AS SOON AS IT IS CALCULATED.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
RODRIGUEZ, I THOUGHT THE 45 DAY WAS NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER LOSS OF SERVICE.
SO WHAT IS IT? IT'S TYPICALLY AN OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND
LET ME SEE HORIZON, REPEAT HER MOTION PLEASE.
UM, I MADE THAT THE BOARD, MISSY AND REVIEW A 45 DAY STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOVEMBER 10TH, DANIEL
HOW ARE YOU VOTING? SORRY, I LOST CONNECTION JUST NOW.
UM, NO, I MEAN, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS, UH, YEAH.
UM, UM, MR. MR. OUTING, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF SOMETHING IS ON THE LIST FOR 15 YEARS THEN? HOW IS THAT A NEED? UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, SOMEONE COULD, THERE, IT'S NOT COMMON FOR SOMETHING TO STAY 15 YEARS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THERE FOR 15 YEARS.
LET'S SAY THERE IS, UM, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A BITCH, A CONCRETE BENCH AND A PATIO, OR SOME WISH THAT,
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UM, A CITY OR A LIFE SAFETY, IT'S JUST KIND OF A WANT, AND IT MAY BE THAT THE MONEY HAS NEVER BEEN THERE TO, UH, TO, TO FUND IT.BUT THAT ONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE, WHETHER IT'S A PARK OR AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM WITH A COVERED AREA.
UM, YEAH, SO WE WOULD KEEP THAT AS LONG AS IT'S CONSIDERED A ONE WE'D ASKED THE PRINCIPAL EVERY YEAR, IS THAT STILL A DESIRE? AND IF THE ANSWER IS, YES, IT WOULD STAY IN THERE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO FUND IT OR UNTIL WE NEED TO REMOVE IT OFF THE LIST.
SO THE KEYWORD WOULD BE A ONE, SO IT WOULD NOT BE A NEED THEN AT THAT POINT, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD NOT BE A NEED.
WELL, I TRY NOT TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON WHAT IS A WANT OR A DEED.
MAYBE WHETHER THINGS ARE LIFE SAFETY OR ASSET PROTECTION, BUT ANOTHER ACADEMIC SUPPORT COULD BE, UM, UH, AN ITEM.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, SOME PRINCIPALS MAY SEE IT AS A NEED AND OTHERS MAY SEE IT AS A ONE.
SO I TRY NOT TO MAKE THOSE JUDGEMENTS, RIGHT.
BUT MR. UH, IF MY MEMORIES ARE CERTAIN CORRECT, WE'RE BASING THINGS ON THIS LIST BASED OFF OF THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO KEEP ABRA CUBE, KEEP OPERATING, UH, WITH A SAFE MANNER THAT, THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE, ARE, ARE IMPORTANT, CORRECT? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT STUFF THAT JUST BEEN THROWN OUT AS A REFERENDUM.
THIS, THE THINGS THAT APPEAR ON THIS LIST WOULD BE, IT WOULD NEED TO BE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.
UH, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
IS THAT NOT CORRECT? THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED BY CAPITAL? OKAY.
ALSO MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT ON 2017.
I REMEMBER THE, IN THE, IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BUDGET, I MEAN, THE, THE RE THE UPPER, THE PERSON, THEY, EXCUSE ME, IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL OF THE BOND REFERENDUM, WHEN THE, WHEN THEY W W WHEN THEY WAS SCALED BACK.
I REMEMBER, I BELIEVE THAT THE PRINCIPAL AND YOUR OFFICE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID CENTER, THEY HIT THE ROOF ON IT.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A STRONG NEED THERE.
THE ROOF WAS CAVING IN, AND IT WAS A, IT WASN'T A DIRE NEED.
D D D DO YOU RECALL THAT? YES, SIR.
SO MY QUESTION IS IF IT WAS SUCH AN, A DIRE NEED, AND I WAS JUST LOOKING BACK AT IT, BECAUSE REMEMBER I REQUESTED THAT YOU SEND ME THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T SEE.
MAYBE I OVERLOOKED, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THERE.
AND I OVERLOOKED THAT ON THE PROJECTS, AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL IS PROPOSED TO BE DONE, UM, IN THE FUTURE AS PART OF THE RENOVATION OF HILL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS A DESIGN PROJECT AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO AS, AS, AS IT WAS NOT ON THE LIST THAT YOU SENT ME THAT WAS DONE WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, CORRECT? IT IS NOT ON THE LIST FOR THE LAW.
IT IS NOT BEEN FUNDED BY THE BOARD.
AND, AND, AND MY PURPOSE OF BRINGING THAT FORWARD IS BECAUSE IF, LIKE I SAID, I REMEMBER FOLLOWING THAT REFERENDUM AND IT WAS A DIRE EMERGENCY THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THE ROOF AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THE ROOF WAS CAVING IN ON THE STUDENTS.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE BEEN GOTTEN TO GOTTEN THAT ROOF TO HILTON IN HIGH SCHOOL BY NOW, THAT WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS MADE TO BE SUCH A DIRE, DIRE THING TO GET DONE.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NOTHING THAT MADE ME ASK FOR THIS PROCESS TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE KEEP, HOW, HOW WE, HOW WE PUT THE URGENCY VERSUS
AND THAT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN OF MINE.
SO, I MEAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE, WHERE WAS THE ROOT PROJECT YET? MR. SEEMED LIKE HE HAD AN ANSWER.
IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT COMMENT WAS MADE BY A BOARD MEMBER DURING A BOARD MEETING, WHICH CAUSED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITION OF THE ROOF.
WE ACTUALLY HAD OSF CALLED DOWN TO ACCOUNTING TO INSPECT IT, THAT OSF INSPECTOR, UH, RESPONDED BACK THAT IT WAS NOT CAVING IN.
AND HE DID NOT FEEL THAT IT NEEDED TO BE, IT WAS NOT A DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE HAS AS HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP, UM, DURING
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A BOARD MEETING.I MEAN, YES, THAT ROOF IS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
AND I W I HOPE WE GET THE FUNDING TO REPLACE THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE IT IS, SO IT IS THE LARGEST ROOF IN DIFFERENT COUNTY.
UM, IT'S AID IS SUCH THAT IT DOES NEED TO READ YOUR PLACE.
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN THAT NEXT ROUND OF PROJECTS, UM, WITH THE RENOVATION OF HILLMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WOULD BE ON THE NEXT REFERENDUM.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT DOES GET FUN.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IF YOUR OFFERS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, IT WAS A DIRE NEED OF CONCERN, I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL BRING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I CAN ASK A PROCESS QUESTION.
HOW DO WE, HOW WE ASSURE THAT THAT WAS BOUGHT TWO FOURS IS, UH, IS, IS WHAT LEADS TO WHAT NEEDS, WHAT PROJECTS THAT NEED TO ACTUALLY BE DONE.
AND THEN WONDERING HOW THE PROCESS ACTUALLY WORKS JUST FOR CLARITY, MR. ADI WAS, WAS THAT CONCERN BROUGHT FORWARD FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT, WAS THAT CONCERN BROUGHT FORWARD BY BOARD MEMBERS.
IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY BOARD MEMBER, AND THEN YOUR DEPARTMENT, JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY, I WISH I WASN'T HERE.
SO, SO THEN, THEN YOUR FARM UP WENT OUT AND GOT SOMEBODY TO COME AND REVIEW.
IT WAS PART OF A CONVERSATION THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS HAD TO DO WITH THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING UP.
AND IT WAS A COMMENT DURING A BOARD MEETING THAT THE ROOF WAS FALLING IN.
I BELIEVE A POINT WAS TRYING TO BE MADE.
THAT WAS A LITTLE OVEREMPHASIZE THAT SIZING THAT DESIRE, AND THAT DID CALL A CALL, WAS MADE TO OSF BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOMEBODY A CONCERNED CITIZEN ABOUT HEARING THIS.
SO OSF WAS BROUGHT DOWN AN INSPECTOR TO SEE HOW BAD THE SITUATION WAS.
AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THE CASE THAT THE ROOF WAS FALLING IN AND THEN NOTHING NEEDED TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
ALL THAT BEING SAID AND WAS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, IT IS A CONCERN OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
WELL, MY QUESTION WILL BE TO, TO MR. AUDIO OR DR.
WELL, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHO PUT THE ROOF ON THE LIST AT THAT TIME, THEN THE ROOTS HAS BEEN ON THE LIST, SPEAK BY OUR ROOFING CONSULTANT.
UM, OUR ROOFING CONSULTANT GOES OUT AND INSPECT EVERY ROOFS AND GIVES US A CONDITION REPORT.
AND WE'VE BEEN USING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD ON WHICH ROUTES TO, UH, TO, TO, WELL, ARE WE STILL USING THAT SAME COMPANY? THAT'S SAYING THAT WE'RE STILL USING THAT SAME ROOFING COMPANY TO BRING UP THE COMMENDATIONS THIS COMMENT, IF I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY, YES, WE ARE STILL USING THE SAME ROOFING CONSULTANT WE WERE USING THREE YEARS AGO.
WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WONDERING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, IT WAS IN, UH, IT WAS MADE THE CLEMENT ABOUT THE BOOTH READY TO KEEP IN WHICH MADE BY A BOARD MEMBER AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
AND IT WAS DURING THE DISCUSSION TO SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM OF APRIL, 2018.
AND I THINK THAT MR. AUDIT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE REMARK WAS HYPERBOLE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BUT, UH, I KICKED THE INSPECTOR, HIS WORD ON THAT QUESTION FOR YOU, ROBERT, I'M SURE IT DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE ROOFING, ET CETERA, AND THE DESIGN OF THE ROOF.
BUT IS THERE A TIMEFRAME THAT YOU TEND TO LOOK AT ROOF REPLACEMENT AND ARE THEY, ARE THOSE POCKETS AND AUTOMATICALLY PUT INTO THE LIST? YES.
15 YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO HE'LL LET HIGH SCHOOL AS A FLAT ROOF.
YOU SHOULD GET 15 YEARS OUT OF IT, AND YOU MAY GET AS MANY AS 20, IF YOU, IF IT'S OVER 20 YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON EITHER.
IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY LONG FOR THIS.
WE'RE GETTING UP IN THAT AGE, WE'RE HEADED THAT DIRECTION.
NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE'RE STILL USING THAT SAME COMPANY THAT WHO
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TOLD US THAT THAT ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED RIGHT AWAY.UH, THEY TOLD US THAT WE PAY ANOTHER COMPANY TO COME IN AND, AND GIVE AND GIVE ANOTHER, UM, AND GIVE US A SECOND OPINION.
AH, AND THAT WE'RE STILL USING THAT SAME COMPANY.
THAT'S A BIT CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE WOULD, THAT WE WOULD STILL BE USING THAT SAME COMPANY.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.
WE HAVE THAT BRIEF, THIS CAN FIND ANYONE ELSE, BUT THAT'S THE CERTAINLY ME, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CALL ALL AND GET THAT.
DEFINITELY GET A SECOND OPINION OFF OF YOUR OPINION.
THEN THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS STILL USING THAT COMPANY.
I JUST, UM, I'M SORRY, MR. SMITH.
UM, I JUST, UM, I'M NOT SURE I WASN'T HERE AT THAT TIME.
I'M JUST GATHERING WHAT I HEARD IN THE CONVERSATION TODAY.
BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, IT WAS NOT THE ROOFING COMPANY THAT SAID, YEAH, THE ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.
IT WAS, IT WAS A BOARD MEMBER THAT SAID THE ROOF NEEDED REPAIR AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT MORE THAN THE BOARD MEMBER, I REMEMBER ATTENDING THE BOARD MEMBER, THE BOARD MEETINGS AT THAT TIME AND LISTENING AND PAINTS IT TO THE BOND.
SO I BELIEVE IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RECORDS, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST A BOARD MEMBER, BUT PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC RECORD, THERE IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND THAT ROOF STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IF WE CAN REPLACE IT THIS YEAR, I'D BE EXTREMELY HAPPY WHERE WE'RE ON BORROWED TIME.
I WOULD SAY THE LONGER WE LET IT GO.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE EMPHASIS OF A BOARD MEMBER THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE HEAD.
SO MR. STRIVEN, JARED, IS THAT COMPLETED YOUR REPORT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, DR.
IT'S MORNING TO, UH, AS WE DO ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IS, UH, HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS IN OUR TSI SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL START WITH THAT UNDER NUMBER ONE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
STRATO AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE PRINCIPAL SHELTON.
STRATOS GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND, UM, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER SOME THINGS, IF WE COULD MOVE THE, UH, PRESENTATION TO SLIDE TWO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.
UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THE FIRST QUESTION, UM, IS, UH, WHAT TOOLS, HOW DO WE TEACH, UM, UM, LET ME GRAB MY SLIDE HERE AND FOR HOW DO WE TEACH, UM, I'M GOING TO START BY TELLING YOU THAT OUR, UM, PLATFORM THAT WE USE AND HAVE EMBRACED DURING THE COVID TIME AT HILTON HEAD, I MIDDLE-SCHOOL IS, UM, BOTH GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND ZOOM, WHICH IS PROBABLY A COMMON, UH, TWO PLATFORMS THAT ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
UM, BUT RECENTLY, UH, WHEN WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, WHERE WE FOUND A LEARNING, UM, EXTENSION WITH OUR LAPTOP COMPUTERS, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOOK TO OUR MINIO BOARDS IN THE CLASSROOMS, UM, AND SOME TEACHERS, UH, PREFERRED TO USE WEBCAMS. AND SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE ARE, UM, ABLE TO LET OUR VIRTUAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN LIVE CLASSROOM LESSONS WITH, UH, FACE-TO-FACE CLASSMATES.
UM, AND CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE 549 STUDENTS ON SITE AND 333 OF OUR STUDENTS LEARNING VIRTUALLY A LOT OF CREDIT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO MY COACHES.
UH, BOTH MY MATH AND LITERACY COACH WORK TOGETHER AND PRESENTED, UH, PDS FOR MY STAFF TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS.
CAUSE IT'S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS WE WOULD THINK, OR WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
UM, AND SO NOW THE TEACHERS ARE USING THOSE TWO THINGS, UM, TO SHARE INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS.
AND AS A RESULT, THEY'RE LEARNING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
AND, UM, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE QUESTION IS ABOUT DATA.
AND, UM, WHEN WE, SEPTEMBER 8TH TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED TO BE DONE BY NOVEMBER 11TH.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE, UM, DID ADMINISTER THE TEST.
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FRIDAY, WE OFFERED PARENTS THE OPTION TO COME INTO SCHOOL.AND 70 OF THE PARENTS DID TAKE US UP ON THAT OFFER.
SO STUDENTS DID COME INTO THE BUILDING TO TEST, UM, BUT THAT MEANT THAT 812 STUDENTS WERE STILL TESTING VIRTUALLY, UH, SOME WITH SUPERVISION AND MOST PROBABLY WITH NOT.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME OBSTACLES FOR THAT TESTING, UM, STUDENTS WHO WERE HOME UNSUPERVISED, UM, WE HAD SOME LAPTOP ISSUES, UM, AND WEA RAN INTO A LITTLE PROBLEM TOO WITH CONNECTIVITY.
AND SO, UM, WE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH THAT TESTING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK ON IT AND THINK, HOW DID WE DO THAT? BUT WE MANAGED TO TEST ALL OUR KIDS AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
SO I'M ONE OF THE FINALS, HOW THAT GOES.
UM, WHEN WE GET THERE, I DID WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TEST OUR ESOL STUDENTS IN THE SPRING AND THAT, UM, THE ACCESS TEST, UM, ALL OF OUR ESL STUDENTS TOOK THAT TEST AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO EXIT 21 OF THE STUDENTS.
THAT NUMBER IS TRANSPOSED ON THE SLIDE THERE.
UM, THAT WAS, UM, SHOULD BE 21, UH, EXITED THE PROGRAM.
IT'S THE ONLY SPRING DATA WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET, BECAUSE NONE OF THE OTHER TESTING FOR MAP OR THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TESTS WERE DONE.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DOING SOME IREADY DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR BOTH SPED AND ELL STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR OUR GAP STUDENTS.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME BASELINE DATA TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS SEMESTER.
UM, SO THIS QUESTION, HOW ARE WE INTEGRATING GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL AT OUR SCHOOL? UM, BASICALLY USED THIS MODEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, UM, THROUGH OUR SCHOOL-BASED PDS, OUR PLCS AND DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, UM, THERE IS A CON THIS IS A CONSISTENT STRATEGY THAT, UM, WE EMPHASIZE WITH OUR TEACHERS AND THEY IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR.
UM, BASICALLY IN LANGUAGE THAT WE USE WITH CHILDREN, WE SAY THAT THE TEACHER IS THE IDEA PERSON.
WHAT WE DO IS WHEN THE TEACHER DOES IT TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENT AND THEN THE YOU DO IS WHEN THEY DO INDEPENDENT PRACTICE BY THEMSELVES.
IT'S ALSO SUPPORTED BY TEACHER COLLABORATION.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE NEW TEACHERS COMING ON BOARD, UM, IT'S KIND OF A, HOW, HOW TO PIECE FOR THOSE TEACHERS THAT CAN BE SHARED BY OUR MORE VETERAN, UM, STAFF MEMBERS.
IT ALSO PROVIDES A FORMATIVE STRUCTURE FOR STUDENTS THAT BOTH SUPPORTS THEIR LEARNING, BUT IT ALSO INDICATES WHERE THERE IS ADDITIONAL, UM, TEACHING NEEDED AND WHAT STRATEGIES WE COULD USE ARE PUT TOGETHER BY THE TEACHERS ON THEIR PLCS.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM AND WHAT INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS WE ARE INCORPORATING.
SO MY THREE GROUPS, UM, THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON AT HILTON HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LOT OF THOSE CROSSOVER INTO EACH OTHER.
UM, SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING, UM, HIT TWICE WITH SOME OF THESE INTERVENTIONS FOR SPED.
UM, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE DID THIS PAST FALL WAS WHEN WE BROUGHT OUR SELF-CONTAINED STUDENTS BACK INTO THE BUILDING FOUR DAYS A WEEK, UM, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO THOSE STUDENTS.
THEY WERE STRUGGLING, TRYING TO, UM, LEARN.
UM, WE'RE VERY GLAD THEY ARE BACK IN THE BUILDING.
SPED STUDENTS ALSO SPED STUDENTS ALSO USE, UM, UH, IREADY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC BASELINE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING OR WHAT CONTINUING TO FINISH UP RIGHT NOW.
SPED STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THEIR TEACHERS IN THEIR INCLUSION CLASSES AS THEY WOULD NORMALLY DO.
THOSE ARE USUALLY IEP OR REQUIREMENTS AND THEY HAVE AN EXTRA RESOURCE CLASS.
UM, IF THEIR IEP HAS THAT ACCOMMODATION IN THERE, WE ARE ABOUT TO START OUR AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
UM, OUR FUNDS CAME IN THIS WEEK AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S SORELY NEEDED AT THIS POINT ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
YOU SAW ALSO HAS INCLUSION MODEL WHERE THEIR ESL TEACHERS WILL PUSH INTO THEIR CLASSES WITH THEM AND THEIR SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THOSE ENGLISH CLASSES.
UM, THESE ARE NOT NEW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF READING.
PLUS THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT I'VE USED IN THE PAST ISLET READING
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PLUS HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF READ ONE 80, OUR LICENSES, UM, RAN OUT ON THOSE.AND SO WE SWITCHED TO READING PLUS, WHICH IS A COMPARABLE PROGRAM FOR OUR LEVEL TWO AND THREE LEARNERS AS A SUPPORT CLASS.
AND THEN OUR HIGHER LEARNERS IN ESAU, UM, ATTEND A WRITING WORKSHOP.
NEWCOMERS CLASS IS AN ENGLISH CLASS THAT WE OFFER TO THE ENGLISH SPEAKERS WHO SPEAK ABSOLUTELY NO ENGLISH WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN, UM, AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING.
ONCE AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS GAP STUDENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, AND OUR TEACHERS AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW ARE 53 OF THREE OR 53% OF THEM ARE PSYOP TRAINED.
24 MORE WILL COMPLETE THIS TRAINING.
WE HOPE THIS YEAR IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, THEY WERE SLATED TO DO THAT LAST YEAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY COVID CAME ALONG AND THAT LAST SECOND CLASS WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO, FOR THEM TO ATTEND GAP.
STUDENTS HAVE SUPPORT CLASSES IN ELA AND MATH FOR THE IREADY PROGRAM.
UM, AND THAT IS ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR CORE CORE CLASSES.
AND ALSO THEY ARE, UM, IN THE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING INVITED TO BME AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE NEGOTIABLE.
UM, MY, MY FIRST AND FOREMOST ALWAYS IS, UM, STUDENTS AND STAFF'S SAFETY AND MUCH THOUGHT WENT INTO, UM, HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS WHEN WE DECIDED TO BRING STUDENTS BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS, UM, ALL THE PROCEDURES THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED, ARRIVAL, DISMISSAL, TRANSITIONS, BREAKFAST, AND LUNCH DELIVERY, STUDENTS GOING TO A LOCKER OR RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS ALL HAD TO BE VETTED.
AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM HAVE.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, UM, I FEEL THAT WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW, UH, AND STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE IN THE BUILDING ALL DAY AND THEY ARE MAINTAINING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO THESE PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE NON-NEGOTIABLE THINGS.
UH, I THINK COMMUNICATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING ON A WEEKLY BASIS WITH OUR, UM, PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, MANY THINGS THAT WE DO ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
THERE IS A NEWSLETTER WE POST ON TWITTER.
WE HELD GRADE LEVEL TOWN HALLS FOR EACH OF OUR, UM, GRADES SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY EXPLAIN TO PARENTS WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHEN THEY CAME IN THE BUILDING THE FIRST DAY, UM, ALL STUDENTS OR POWERPOINT ABOUT THESE EXPECTATIONS FIRST PERIOD ON THE FIRST DAY.
AND WE ALSO, UM, GAVE TOURS BECAUSE OUR SIXTH GRADERS WEREN'T, WE'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT BACK IN THE SPRING TIME.
SO THEY TOOK SOME TOURS AROUND THE BUILDING.
I DO WANT TO STOP FOR A MOMENT AND SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR FIRST KIDS CAME INTO THE BUILDING ON THAT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, UM, IT WAS A LITTLE EERIE BECAUSE THEY WERE TIMID AND THEY WERE SHY.
AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE SO MANY CONSTRAINTS AND COVID REGULATIONS WERE PUT INTO PLACE FOR THEM.
AND IT WAS KIND OF A, AN EYE OPENER FOR THEM THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS EPIDEMIC AND THAT THEY HAD TO MAINTAIN ALL THESE, UM, RULES, NEW RULES THAT WE WERE GIVING THEM.
AND, UM, IT HAS BECOME A LITTLE NICER OF AN ATMOSPHERE, UM, AS THE WEEKS GO ON.
I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WELL.
SO ANOTHER NON-NEGOTIABLE ATTENDANCE PARTICIPATION WORK COMPLETION.
THOSE ARE KEY PIECES FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
AND MY ONLY NEGOTIABLE ONE THAT I WROTE DOWN IS I DO HAVE FAMILIES WITH EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHO NEED US TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THEIR WHOLE PICTURE AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CHANGE THEIR CHOICE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE EITHER ELL.
THEY ARE SPED STUDENTS, OR THEY ARE GAP STUDENTS WHO, UM, REALLY NEED TO BE IN THE BUILDING WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
UM, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE ARE USING TO SUPPORT OUR FOUR CORES.
WE HAVE COLLECTIONS FOR ELA DISCOVERY EDUCATION FOR SCIENCE, BIG IDEAS.
MATH IS A NEW GROUP, A NEW TEXTBOOK AND SERIES THAT WE JUST, UM, UM, BROUGHT INTO THE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS FOR ALL FOUR CORES, UH, NEW SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT STANDARDS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AT, UM, HILTON HEAD ISLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, WHATEVER STATE STANDARDS
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THERE ARE FOR ELECTIVE COURSES, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THOSE AS WELL.INTERVENTION RESOURCES, EVERYTHING LISTED THERE, UM, IS BASICALLY SOMETHING WE HAD IN PLACE LAST YEAR.
UM, STETSON WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I USE TO, UM, DO SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF COVID, UM, WE NEVER FINISHED THE SESSIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BRING THOSE BACK AND SET THOSE UP FOR THIS YEAR SO WE CAN CONTINUE.
STETSON IS, UM, PD ON HOW TO WORK WITH A CO-TEACHER, UH, IN A CLASSROOM WHERE BOTH TEACHERS ARE, UM, AVID PARTICIPANTS IN THE LEARNING AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE FOR US SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH INCLUSION IN OUR BUILDING.
UM, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS OUR THREE TIERED SYSTEM, M T S S.
IT IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR OUR STUDENTS, UM, WHO ARE NOT DOING WELL EITHER ACADEMICALLY OR BEHAVIORALLY.
AND IT'S AN EARLY INTERVENTION, UH, PROCESS WHERE THEY ENTER A TIER ONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE THE SAME FOR EACH ONE OF OUR LOW GROUPS, THE SPED, THE EASEL AND THE LOWEST 25 PERCENTILE OF THE BEHAVIOR PIECE WOULD BE PPIS.
IREADY IS SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.
AND ALSO THE PSYOP TRAINING THAT OUR TEACHERS TAKE HELPS TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THAT TIER ONE PROCESS AS WELL.
IF THEY ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL AT TIER ONE, WE MOVE DOWN TO TIER TWO.
AGAIN, YOU SEE IREADY, THERE'S AN AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING PIECE THAT WE PUT IN A TIER TWO, AND THERE'S ALSO ADVISORY HOURS, WHICH ARE IN BOTH THE ELECTIVE.
I'M SORRY, THE FACE-TO-FACE SIDE OF OUR SCHEDULE.
AND ALSO THE VIRTUAL SCHEDULE HAVE THOSE PIECES IN THERE IN THE BEHAVIORAL PART.
OUR BMS WOULD GET INVOLVED AND PROBABLY FORM SOME GROUPS THERE FOR TIER TWO.
UM, IF THEY MOVE TO TIER THREE, ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, WOULD BE REPEATED.
THEY WOULDN'T BE, UM, TAKEN AWAY THE INCREASE IN MINUTES OR THE DAYS WOULD INCREASE FOR THE STUDENTS IN TIER THREE.
UH, AND, AND IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT AT THIS POINT, UH, FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT WORKING TO THEIR, UM, OR INCREASING IN THEIR SKILLS, THAT THERE'S POSSIBLE EVALUATION FOR SPECIAL SERVICES AT THAT POINT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UM, THERE IS NOTHING DIFFERENT ON THIS ONE FOR ELA, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE IF YOU COULD.
AND THIS WAS THE MAP DATA THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
IF YOU COULD MOVE THAT SLIDE JUST A TINY BIT.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING HERE AT HERE IS LONGITUDINAL MAP MEAN DATA.
IT IS REALLY THE ONLY DATA WE HAVE THAT IS NEW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACCESS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MATHEMATICS, THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS THERE FOR FALL OF TWO 19, THAT WOULD BE A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN THE FULL MEAN SCORE THAT WE JUST HAD.
TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GO FROM FALL TO WINTER, YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE THERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HOPE FOR AN INCREASE FROM WINTER TO SPRING.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPRING SCORES.
SO WE, WE THEN LOOK TO OUR FULL SCORES.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO FROM SPRING TO FALL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SLIGHT SLIDE BACK WITH STUDENTS IN THEIR SCORES, BUT THESE SCORES DON'T REFLECT THAT IN EITHER THE MATH OR THE READING.
SO, UH, I'M GOING TO KEEP THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD FOR, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST, UM, EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD JUMPING OFF POINTS FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, THIS SEMESTER ON THE SECOND SEMESTER.
UM, SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT STUDENTS TO BE DELIVERED DOWN.
SO WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH YOU.
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MR. CAMBRIA, I'M CALLING YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THREE MINUTES.MY NAME IS ANTHONY TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SAFETY PROTOCOLS OR LEARNING DAILY TEMPERATURE CHECKS, AND EVERY STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY AND VALUE IS NECESSARY IS VERY MUCH VALUED.
IF NOT ALREADY PRACTICED, MAYBE WORTH CONSIDERING IMPLEMENTING THIS PRACTICE PERSONNEL FOR CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES.
PERHAPS BOARD GOVERNANCE IN DISTRICT SHOULD CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING EQUITY BASED LESSONS, DELIVERY, AND ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, BUT DISTRICT EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD PROVIDE THIS SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR TEACHERS TO BE.
AND IT APPEARED THAT CERTAIN TEACHERS IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS WOULD BE BOARDS AND ARCHIVES.
IN SOME CASE IT'S AN EXPECTATIONS OR INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINED BY THE TEACHER.
THE ADVANTAGE IS BEING RECORDED AND ARCHIVE AND MADE AVAILABLE AS NEEDED OR ONE THAT IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE STUDENT, BUT THE TEACHER AND FOR THE SCHOOL, THE ADVANTAGES ARE OBVIOUS.
THERE ARE NO DISADVANTAGES OR HE CONVENED THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND EXPECTATIONS ARE PROVIDED AND ALIGNMENT OF DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY DOING THESE CHALLENGING, DUMB PRESIDENT THE TIMES AS ALWAYS QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK.
I WELCOME AS A STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THE COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR, TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT EITHER THIS SEMESTER OR THE SCHOOL YEAR, AS WE'RE DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE SCHEDULED TO ADJOURN IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION TO CHANGE THAT IS FREE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, YOUR AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING.
IT'S YOUR FUNDING THAT YOU GIVE TO THAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE PATIENTS? YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
I KNOW IT'S OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND.
I WOULD ASSUME IT'S OPTIONAL FOR THE STUDENTS.
UM, ARE, ARE YOU, UH, MAKING CONTACT WITH STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ATTEND? ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO THEIR PARENTS TO BOX THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD ADVANTAGE FOR THEM TO YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY ARE ON VIRTUALLY.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE MADE THAT CLEAR TO OUR PARENTS AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY ON A DAILY BASIS CALLING HOME, CALLING, UM, PARENTS, UH, AND JUST REMINDING THEM THAT STUDENTS ARE EITHER NOT ON AND THAT THEY NEED TO GET ON.
UM, AND WE USE A LOT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR, OUR FRONT OFFICE TO HELP US DO THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, IS THE TESTING ADEQUATE TO MEASURE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU? IS IT ADEQUATE TO MEASURE PROGRESS PER THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU
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BY TESTING, IMMUNE, OUR MAP AND THE IREADY, THE DIAGNOSTICS WE'RE USING? ABSOLUTELY.THAT'S GOOD DATA FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
STRATUMS INTRODUCED YOU AS OUR IB MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WHAT IS THE IBM DOING DURING THIS TIME OF COVID TO ASSIST YOUR SCHOOL? WHAT, WHAT SORT OF HELP ASSISTANCE ARE THEY PROVIDING YOUR SCHOOL TO MAINTAIN? WELL, OUR INVESTMENT IN AIB PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE YEARS.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M SORRY, CHECK.
YOU'RE ASKING WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND WE ARE UP FOR EVALUATION, BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, SO WE HAVE HAD SOME CONTACT WITH THEM.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE USUALLY WE LEAVE IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO SET THAT UP FOR US AND WE DO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I'D HAVE TO ASK WHAT, WHAT THE DATE IS AND IF THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED YET.
WELL, I KNOW YOU WERE, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING IN THESE UNUSUAL TIMES AS AN OUTREACH TO ASSIST YOUR FACULTY, UM, TO HELP MAINTAIN IB AND ITS PRESENCE IN YOUR BUILDING.
UM, I REALIZE IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS AN INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A, UM, A BIG PROJECT THAT WE DID, UM, THROUGH THE IB LENS THAT, UM, HAS BEEN ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS OUR, UM, PAINTINGS THAT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS DID AND THE HISTORIC LOCAL HISTORIANS.
UM, IT WAS JUST ON OUR WEBSITE, THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THE OTHER DAY, UM, DR.
LOUISE COHEN CAME IN AND ACTUALLY SAW HERSELF ON THE WALL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, SO, AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THIS YEAR FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, IT, IT TIES IN WITH THE LANTERN PARADE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DID LAST FALL.
AND WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN IN A DIFFERENT WAY THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT WE WILL STILL DO IT.
AND, UM, WE'RE HELPING TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SPREAD THAT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S SO HISTORICAL TO HILTON HEAD, UM, INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN WAS TO HAVE A RECEPTION AND THEN INVITE, UM, GROUPS IN TO SEE THE WALLS COVERED WITH THE PAINTINGS AND THE MURAL.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.
UM, AND IT DOES ALL COURSE ALL TIE IN WITH THE IB PROGRAM FOR US IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION IN YOUR ONE SLIDE, YOU SAID YOU INVITED THE PARENTS, UM, WITH ITS STUDENTS FOR TESTING.
DID THE PARENTS ACCOMPANY THE STUDENTS OR THE, THEY JUST, YEAH, NO.
THEY JUST DROPPED THEM OFF AT THE BUILDING AND THEY CAME INTO, WE HAD TO SET UP ROOMS THAT WERE SIX FEET APART AND THEY CAME IN TO TAKE THE BEST AND THEN THE PARENTS CAME BACK TO PICK THEM UP WHEN THEY WERE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT ONE SLIDE.
THE PARENTS CAME IN FOR THE TESTING WITH THE KID.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND BEFORE I EVEN ASK THAT QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THIS IS VERY DRY BAR, AND I CAN SAY ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT GOES INTO TRYING TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS THE SIGHT OF IT.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE DATA A LITTLE BIT, BUT MAP DATA, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
SO IF WE LOOKED AT THE MATH, PAUL CURRENT SIXTH GRADERS IN THE FALL.
SO THEY WERE FIFTH GRADERS THEN, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THE FALL OF 2019, THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIFTH GRADERS AND GO ON DOWN THE LINE.
THE SEVENTH GRADERS WOULD HAVE BEEN SIXTH GRADERS.
THOSE ARE LAST WEEK, A YEAR AGO, SCORES IN THE FALL.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR
AND NOW THEY'RE SIXTH GRADERS TO 13.2.
AND, AND THAT IS, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE TEST FOR MAP CHANGES FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A FORMAT FOR THEM.
THEY ARE USED TO THE ELEMENTARY, UH, LAYOUT OF THAT TEST AND IT DOES CHANGE.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN KNOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE FOR THEM.
WHEN THEY FIRST COME TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT IS THE ONLY
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SCORE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN WITH IN THE FALL.UM, AND THEY, AND THEY DID TAKE A PRETTY HIGH JUMP FROM FALL TO WINTER, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN THEY DID THE FALL TO WINTER TESTING.
SO, UM, I'M EXPECTING THAT TO COME UP.
UM, AND ONCE THEY GET USED TO THIS, UM, IT WAS A NEW SCHOOL, A NEW ENVIRONMENT AND A NEW FORMAT FOR A TEST.
UM, I'M NOT SHOCKED THAT THAT'S A TWO 13, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK.
THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST NUMBER THAT YOU GAVE A PROSTITUTE, NOT TAKE THAT AS A QUESTION ABOUT IT FURTHER DOWN.
SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THAT AS A CRITICISM.
I WAS JUST, JUST LIKE THE CHART ITSELF.
I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP THE SCORES AS LOW AS I MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED HAVING BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL SINCE MARCH.
SO, SO I WANTED TO SAY KUDOS FOR THEM.
I'VE USED THAT FIRST ROW AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY YOU SHARE WITH ME GO, HAVE YOU PREPARED THESE NUMBERS TO THE NEW END WEA? AREN'T WONDERING NEW DORMS THAT CAME OUT IN 2020? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I THINK WE'RE STILL WITH 2015, BUT, UM, I THINK DANIEL FALLON, HE MIGHT BE ON THE LINE AND HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR US.
I THOUGHT WE WERE STILL, IF HE'S NOT, I CAN FIND THAT OUT TOMORROW.
UM, WE HAVE THE NEW 2020 NORTH HERE.
WE ARE INCORPORATING THOSE INTO OUR ANALYSIS.
UH, AS WE CLEAN UP OUR DATA, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 2020, UH, ONE THING I HAVE FOUND SO FAR THROUGH THE PRINTED MULLER PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS IS, UM, THOSE NORMS. UH, THEY WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, FOR NWA.
UM, SO OF COURSE READING A 300 PAGE DOCUMENT FOR THAT TAKES SOME TIME AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE WHY.
UM, BUT YES, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING PRELIMINARILY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN ISD.
UM, WE HAVE COMPARED SOME OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE THE 2020 NORMS ARE READ SCORES.
UM, AND, AND SOME OF THE PRECURSORY THAT INFORMATION, UM, WE HAVE IS THAT THE NWA NORMS ACTUALLY DID SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF REGRESSION ON THE RED SCALE.
SO, SO MS. FRIEDA, THEN JUST BACK TO YOU, THANK YOU.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DATA AND YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL NORMS, RIGHT, AND THAT IS GOING TO INFORM INTERVENTIONS IN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND SO ON.
WELL, AGAIN, I EXPECTED THESE NUMBERS TO BE BORROWER CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR STAFF, YOUR STUDENTS, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING WELL.
THANK YOU, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING AND WE'LL ADJOURN, UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION, OTHERWISE, MR. CAMPBELL, OKAY.
A SHRED, A BLEND OF THOSE TESTING WITH THOSE FROM THE WINTER OF LAST YEAR TO ACTUALLY THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, THE QUESTION IS HOW DO THEY RELATE IN TERMS OF THE GNOMES? I'D BE LIKE, YOU I'D BE PLEASED THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE ANY GROUND SITUATION, BUT ON SOME COOL SO'S LEVEL AT THE WINTER MONTHS, OR, YEAH, I HAVE NOT CHECKED THAT 2020 NORMS. I WOULD HAVE TO GO AND LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE IF WE ARE ON BOARD WITH THAT.
AND I CAN DO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION, THE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM, I THINK ONE SPOT THERE.
YOU SAID THAT TWO STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO GO TO AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE THEY MAPPED WITH TEACHERS? GENERALLY ALL THE TEACHERS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT TEACHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THEIR INTEREST IN TUTORING, AND WE TRY TO ALIGN THE STUDENTS, UM, IF THEY'RE WEAK IN MATH AND WE TRY TO PUT THEM WITH A MATH TEACHER, UM, AND SO FORTH WITH ELA SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
UM, AND THEN SOMETIMES, UM, THE KIDS ARE GROUPED.
UM, IF WE HAVE A GROUP THAT IS ALL LOW IN ELA, WE MIGHT TRY AND PUT THEM WITH IF THEY'RE ALL SIXTH GRADERS WITH A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER, SO THAT THEY'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PERSON.
AND, UM, THE TUTORING GOES A LITTLE SMOOTHER,
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NINE 16.I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS FREEDOM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT, UH, YOU ARE, UH, REALLY MOVING THAT SCHOOL TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE DIAL, LIKE, LIKE MR. DANDRIDGE.
I REALLY THOUGHT THERE'D BE A LOT MORE UNFORTUNATELY, OF A SLIDE WITH, UH, WHAT HAPPENED, UH, WITH THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS LAST SPRING.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BUILD TOMORROW? IT'S ALREADY PAST THE TIME MOST CHILDREN WILL SAY NO SECOND.
THANK YOU FOR COUNTY BOARD OF VISITORS MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS OCTOBER 21, 2020.
THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING.
IT'S BEING LIVE STREAMED BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL ON THEIR CHANNEL, AND ALSO ON YOUTUBE.
WE WILL CONTINUE ON OUR AGENDA AND WE WERE AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT GOAL NUMBER ONE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, MADAM CHAIRMAN, POINT OF ORDER.
UM, CHAIRMAN I KNOW ON LAST NIGHT WHEN WE ENDED THE MEETING, I KNOW THAT I MADE THE MOTION ADJOURN AND MR. CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION TO SECOND.
UM, ALONG WITH THAT, UM, I NOTICED AFTER THERE IT CLICKED OFF AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYONE VOTING TO LEAVE OR TO HAVE TO EXTEND THE MEETING OR ANYTHING.
I REMEMBER, UH, DOING THAT ON LAST NIGHT.
AND ALSO ALONG WITH THAT HAVE GOTTEN, UH, SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ABOUT, ABOUT MY, THE MUTE BUTTON, HOW, UH, MY BROTHER WENT ON MUTE LAST NIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY WITH ME WHILE I WAS TALKING, I'M NOT, I DIDN'T MASH IT.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SYSTEM OR WHAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE THINGS TO, UH, TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THEN MAYBE YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE THINGS TO THE ATTENTION BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE SEVERAL, UH, PHONE CALLS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, UH, THINGS THAT OCCURRED ON LAST NIGHT, ADDRESS YOUR TWO QUESTIONS, MR. SMITH OR PROVINCE.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, GERMAN WAS SECOND.
IT WAS VOTED ON VERBALLY AS OPPOSED TO THROUGH BOARD DOCS.
AND, UH, IT WAS ALL, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE GERMAN.
AND NUMBER TWO, IN TERMS OF MEETING PEOPLE, I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF COMMUTING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET ME ON TO INTERNET WITH MY, UH, DISTRICT ISSUED DEVICE.
AND I DON'T THINK LAST NIGHT I WAS EVER ON THE, UH, ON THE INTERNET THAT WE'RE NORMALLY ON, THEY PUT ME ONTO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU.
AND CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY.
UM, SO WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT.
UH, WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS AND WE WENT THROUGH, UH, MS. FREIGHTERS REPORT ON HILTON HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT ANYBODY STILL HAD AROUND THAT I BELIEVE MS. FRIEDA IS WITH US TODAY.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, ONE I'M WONDERING, UM, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL YOUR STUDENTS HAVE WIFI CONNECTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THAT, THAT LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY THAT YOUR STUDENTS HAVE, UM, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING WE DID SEND OUT SURVEYS TO OUR FAMILIES AND ASK THEM IF THEY NEEDED HELP WITH INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AND WE DID GET, UM, A GOOD DEAL OF PEOPLE WHO NEEDED SOME ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE PROVIDED FOR THEM THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S HOTSPOTS.
UM, THAT ALSO OUR GRADE WAS SOME OF THE CHOICES THAT, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE MADE.
HOWEVER, I FIND THAT OCCASIONALLY EITHER PEOPLE MOVE OR, UM, I STILL, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE'LL HAVE A FAMILY WHO WILL CALL
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AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.AND OF COURSE WE ARE STILL, UM, HELPING THEM OUT AND GETTING THEM THE, UH, THE FORM TO FILL OUT SO THEY CAN GET A HOTSPOT, UH, FOR THEIR, THEIR HOME.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW COMING IN.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOMEONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT SERVES AS A DIRECT CONTACT WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB? I KNOW THAT MILTON HAD THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND YOU ARE GETTING READY TO START YOUR AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE FROM BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY SERVING OUR STUDENTS.
SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY, UM, OVER IT PER SE.
UM, BUT UH, MANY OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK IN MY MAIN MAIN OFFICE HAVE, UM, CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW THEIR OR THEIR CHILD GOES THERE.
AND SO WE DO KEEP ABREAST WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND LET THEM KNOW WHEN WE, UM, ARE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.
SO THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING, I THINK, UM, WITH THEM THAT THEY MAY BE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN ACCEPT IN THEIR PROGRAMS. BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE SUMMERTIME, UM, SOME OF MY STAFF MEMBERS HAD CHILDREN THERE AND THERE WAS A CAP ON HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY COULD HAVE.
SO YEAH, WE WERE IN, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEY WERE, THEY, THEY DO HAVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS NOW WHO ARE VIRTUAL STUDENTS AND ARE IN THEIR PROGRAM, UM, WHERE THEY HELP THEM DURING THE DAYS THEIR PARENTS LEAVE THEM OFF IN THE MORNING AND THEY GET HELP FROM THEM.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT AND COMMUNICATE WHEN WE NEED TO WITH THEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MRS. MRS. FRIEDA.
UM, I WAS, I RE I THINK, I REMEMBER HEARING YOU SAY THAT, THAT YOU HAVE AT SCHOOL TUTORING AND THAT BUSES TAKE THE STUDENTS TO HOME AND AFTERNOON.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT? HOW'S THAT? WELL, EVERY YEAR THE DISTRICT, UM, A LOT, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, UM, SOME TUTORING MONEY AND, UM, IT, IT DEPENDS ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN THE GAP.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, MY LARGE ESL POPULATION, I GET SOME MONEY FROM TITLE THREE MONEY FROM ESOL FUNDS THAT HELPED ME TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS, TO PAY SALARIES AND ALSO TO PAY THE WOW.
AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE A D DO YOU DO ANY, ANY MONITORING ON THE RESULTS OF THE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING? CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP RECORDS ON THEIR ATTENDANCE AND, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE CHECK GRADES, UM, EVERY PROGRESS REPORT AND QUARTER TO SEE IF THE PROGRAM IS HELPING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY KIDS NEED THAT ADULT SUPERVISION, EVEN IF THEY'RE DOING HOMEWORK.
UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SELF-MOTIVATING AND CAN DO IT, BUT LARGELY OUR POPULATION NEEDS SOME HELP AND NEEDS SUPPORT, AND STANDING BY WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK.
UM, DO YOU, BY, BY A POSSIBLE, DO YOU THINK, DO ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS HAPPEN TO GET ANY ONE-ON-ONE? UM, SOMETIMES IT IS ONE-ON-ONE, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S A GROUP.
UH, WE TRY TO KEEP STUDENTS EITHER IN GROUPS FOR THE CONTENT THAT THEY NEED HELP WITH OR BY THEIR GRADE LEVEL.
UM, SO IF IT'S A GROUP OF SIXTH GRADERS, WE TRY TO PUT A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER WITH THEM.
UM, OR IF LET'S SAY IT'S A GROUP OF MATH STUDENTS THAT NEED HELP, THEN WE WOULD PUT THEM WITH A MATH STUDENT, A MATH TEACHER.
WELL, THANK YOU, MS. FRIEDA THERE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME HAVE A GREAT EVENING AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR PRINCIPAL, FREDDIE WALTON OF WHALE BRANCH.
HE'LL BE PRESENTING A CASE ON THE PRIORITY STATUS.
UM, I AM, UH, DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, UM, TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON WHERE WE STAND AT WELD RANCH, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, SO AFTER THE BRIEF PRESENTATION, I WILL BE AWAITING YOUR QUESTIONS.
CAN WE GO DOWN TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE?
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HM.I'LL JUST BASICALLY START WITH, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A PARTY SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY WE PRESENT TO YOU, UH, QUARTERLY.
UM, THE REASON WE ARE A PRIORITY SCHOOL BECAUSE WE FALL BELOW THE THRESHOLD AND, UM, ACADEMICALLY, UM, SCORING OVERALL SCORE OF 26 AND ACTUALLY WAS 25.59 AND 2018 19 SCHOOL YEAR.
HOWEVER, IN THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR, WE, UM, SCORED A 42 GOING UP 16.
SO WE DID GROW, UM, AND CONCENTRATION OF COURSE, UM, WAS ON MATH ELA AND WRITING THE THINGS WE EMPHASIZED AT WILLOW BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS THROUGH STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION FOR MATH, READING AND WRITING.
UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD A FEW PROGRAMS LAST YEAR, PRE COVID BEFORE, UM, THE NATION WENT, UM, ON LOCKDOWN, UM, TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS, THE WRITING, UM, ONE-ON-ONE SMALL GROUPS AND HAVING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COME OUT AND ASSIST US.
UM, OF COURSE OUR STUDENTS ARE ALL STUDENTS, NOT JUST MY STUDENTS.
STUDENTS RESPOND MUCH BETTER TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF SUCCESS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH.
AND WE'LL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTING OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE AN ADVANCED COHORT THIS YEAR, UM, CONSISTING OF ABOUT 22 STUDENTS IN BOTH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
UM, AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED RIGHT NOW IN ALGEBRA ONE HONORS AND IN EARTH SCIENCE AND ALSO AN ADVANCED WRITING COHORT.
UM, THIS IS, UM, AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR MY STUDENTS, UM, BECAUSE WHEN THEY LEAVE US AND THE EIGHTH GRADE, MOST OF THEM HAVE UP TO SIX CARNEGIE UNITS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WILL ALSO PREPARE THEM TO, UM, FOR THE ACCUPLACER TESTS FOR THE ACCUPLACER TESTS THAT THEY'LL TAKE, UM, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND POSSIBLY GET IN SOME COLLEGE.
UM, OF COURSE IT'S THROUGH THE ARTS, GETTING A BACKFEED, UM, ARTS IS A WAY OF EXPLORING MULTIPLE CONTENT AREAS.
SO THIS YEAR HERE, SINCE WE ARE WORKING MOST OF OUR STUDENTS FROM HOME, WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE THROUGH THE ARTS.
UM, SINCE WE CAN'T GIVE THEM THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE THAT THEY NEED, WE, UM, DO WRITING THROUGH MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, UM, ELA, BUT WE ALSO DO IT THROUGH, UM, BAND THROUGH ART, THROUGH MUSIC, THROUGH SPANISH.
UM, THAT WAY OUR STUDENTS GET A FEEL FOR WRITING IN EVERY AREA, RIGHT? WE ARE GENERATING, UM, OUR PLANS TO, TO, TO, UM, FOR INSTRUCTION TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, THE WORK THAT PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO OBSERVE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND INVESTIGATE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ZOOM.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED.
I, I LIKE TO CALL IT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING OUT OVERALL.
UM, FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS, EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH DATA DRIVEN THROUGH DATA.
UH, WE MEET REGULARLY JUST TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS THAT, UM, NOTIFY US WHEN STUDENTS ARE FAILING CLASSES.
THEREFORE WE MEET AS ADMIN ADMIN TEAM ALONG WITH OUR, UM, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, BMS DEAN OF STUDENTS, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, I OFTEN SPEAK ABOUT MASLOW'S HIERARCHY AND HOW WE HAVE TO MEET OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS BEFORE WE CAN GENERALLY DO ANYTHING IN EDUCATION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON ALONG WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS HERE, JUST A FEW OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE USING.
UM, MOST OF THESE RESOURCES ARE DISTRICT-WIDE.
UM, A FEW ARE TAILORED JUST TO WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT RUBICON, UM, ASSIST US DISTRICT-WIDE SO THAT IF A STUDENT LEAVES WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GOES OVER TO SAY PET SCHOOL AT HILTON HEAD, UM, WE'RE CLOSE TO TEACHING THE EXACT SAME THING, BUT GOOGLE CLASSROOM HAS BEEN A PLATFORM THAT WE'VE USED SINCE DAY ONE, UM, PROBABLY DISTRICT WIDE AS WELL, BUT I WILL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST TO GROUP OUR STUDENTS.
SO WE CAN GO IN AND SEE THE EXPECTATION FOR THE DAY, THE AGENDA AND, UM, GET THE BASIC STEPS.
AND THEN WE GO INTO ZOOM WHERE STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEIR CLASS AND A TEACHER TO GET THAT DIRECT INSTRUCTION, UM, FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN THEY GO INTO DOING THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN, UM, ACES, RACES, CUBES, THE FRYER MODEL, THE, THESE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ARE USED FOR A WRITING FOR MATH, AND EVEN, UM, JUST TO FIGURE OUT DIFFICULT WORDS.
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UM, AND MY VERY LAST SLIDE IT'LL SHOW OUR MAP DATA FOR, UM, FROM LAST FALL UNTIL, UH, UM, THIS FALL HERE AND THE DATA DID GO UP SOME, BUT WHEN I GET THAT SLIDE, I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH YOU.WE'VE DOING, WE ARE DOING, UM, IREADY DIAGNOSTICS AT WILLOW BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND AGAIN, MOST OF THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE USING IREADY.
UM, WHEN WE CREATED THIS SLIDE, WE WERE AT 88% OF STUDENTS COMPLETING, UM, MAP.
AND I READ DIAGNOSTICS, WHICH GIVES US THE DATA WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN CATERING LESSONS THAT WILL BETTER ASSIST, UM, OUR STUDENTS, OF COURSE, WE'RE USING THE SOLID KINDA WRITING RUBRIC TO ASSIST OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE WRITING PART OF THE ON STATE STANDARDIZED TESTS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GUIDING FEATURES THAT ASSISTED US LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD OUR LIVE WRITING EVENT, UM, PARTNERING WITH USC BUFORD.
SO THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT AND I SAW HUGE GAINS IN WRITING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, SO I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT WRITING.
UM, I LAST YEAR BEFORE, UM, COBRA HIT.
UM, MY STAFF MEETS REGULARLY, UM, WITH MYSELF AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND COACHES, UM, TO FILL THE GAPS OF LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS, YES, WE ALL WENT TO COLLEGE AND HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, OR WHATEVER THAT BACKGROUND MAY BE, BUT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WE NEED TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS.
SO WE MEET TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, UM, WEEKLY TO TRY AND FILL THOSE GAPS, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, BETTER ASSIST EACH OTHER, DOING THAT.
WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND USE A GRADUAL LEASE TO ASSIST.
UM, I HAVE TWO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES.
THEY, UM, MATH, A NUMERACY AND LITERACY COACH ALONG WITH ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
AND WE OFTEN MODEL, UH, THE MODEL I'VE USED SINCE BEING A KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.
AND THEN YOU DO IT AND IT'S, IT'S A WORK.
SO THAT THAT'S ONE BEST PRACTICE TOOL THAT APPEARS TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE UTILIZE, UTILIZE IT WELL, BRANCH FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL QUITE OFTEN.
WE HAVE TWO INTERVENTIONISTS THAT DO A PUSH IN MODEL.
WE HAVE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE WITH MR. FOWLER AND SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE WITH MS. PATEL.
UM, NOW THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THESE TWO TEACHERS IS WHERE UTILIZING MTSS IN BUFORD COUNTY, UM, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ON DIFFERENT LAYERS, UH, TEARS, MY APOLOGIES, AND WITH THAT TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO MEET WITH STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY.
SOMETIMES THERE'S ALSO SOME PUSH IN TIME IN THAT REGULAR CLASS.
AND SECOND PERIOD SCHOOL-WIDE WE HAVE AN INTERVENTION BLOCK.
SO STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT AS WELL DURING THAT INTERVENTION BLOCK TO MEET, UM, WITH THOSE TEACHERS AND ALSO AT THE TWO 45 BLOCK, THOSE STUDENTS ALSO GET AN ADDITIONAL DOSE OF ASSISTANCE, BE IT MATH AND ELA, OR BE IT JUST MATH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
WE DEFINITELY UTILIZE SMALL GROUP IN CENTERS.
WE HAVE PULL-OUT ROOMS IN THAT.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE TEACHERS JUMP INTO THE ZOOM ROOMS AND ASSIST, HAVE ASSISTANCE, JUMP IN AND ASSIST TEACHERS AND, UM, PULL OUT SESSIONS, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS, THE DAILY ENRICHMENT PRE-ALGEBRA SKILLS THROUGH KHAN ACADEMY IN OUR ADVANCED COHORT.
THIS IS BASICALLY TO GIVE SOME OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, SOME MORE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN, UM, ALGEBRA AND HONORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING THEM TO MEET THEIR SUCCESSFUL, UM, FOR ONE PASSING EOC, BUT DEFINITELY GETTING THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF MATH.
AND THEY GO OVER TO THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO AGAIN, I SAID, WE MONITOR WEEKLY, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH A LOT IN OUR ACCOUNT, OUR IME COUNSELOR, JUST TO SEE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE, ANYONE 70 IS OUR LIST, THE CONTACT PARENTS COMING WEEK, THERE'LL BE WRITING, THEY'LL BE WRITING CONTRACTS TO US TO SEND OUT TO PARENTS SO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS, UM, HOME VISITS, TO SOMETIMES JUST WAKE KIDS UP AND GET THEM IN.
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CHECK ON KIDS AND SOMETIMES TO DELIVER PRIZES FOR STUDENTS JUST CONSISTENTLY BEING ENGAGED AND ACTIVE AND, UH, FEEDBACK DURING CLASS.SO JUST BEING ALL AROUND AWESOME STUDENTS.
SO I DID A FEW OF THOSE THIS WEEK AND, UM, I WAS PLEASANTLY PLEASED WITH THE, UM, EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE ON THEIR FACES AND TO THESE COVID TIMES, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY ALWAYS FLEXIBLE, UM, RESPONSIVE AND POSITIVE TO STUDENT NEEDS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DO THE, UH, WE'LL BRANCH WAGON.
WHERE ARE WE GOING OUT TO ASSIST PARENTS HOTSPOTS OR COMPUTERS, OR JUST CHECKING ON STUDENTS? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN CLASS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, WE GET EMAILS FROM TEACHERS LETTING US KNOW THAT KIDS DIDN'T COME TO CLASS AND THEY MEET, LET ME START CALLING TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS THERE.
SO SOME OF THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE USING IS, UM, ADAPTED, UH, IN BUFORD COUNTY IS READY MATH.
WE USE LITERACY BY DESIGN AT WHALE BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH SRDB COLLECTIONS AND MIDDLE-SCHOOL DISCOVERY SCIENCE, BIG IDEA, MATH ADDITION, UM, TO THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
UM, AND I SAID EARLIER, WE DO, UM, IREADY SCHOOL-WIDE AND FOR OUR ADVANCED STUDENTS, WE'RE USING, UM, KHAN ACADEMY AND EDGENUITY SCHOOL-WIDE STRATEGY RACES TO IMPROVE WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.
SO STUDENTS KNOW WHEN THEY ARE IN, UM, WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING, IF THEY COVER, UM, THE ENTIRE ACRONYM, THEY WILL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL WRITING PIECE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, TAKING MAP, WE STARTED MAPPING LEAP WEEK.
WE HAD PARENTS BRING KIDS UP TO SCHOOL AND WE TESTED, UH, FACE-TO-FACE IN VERY SMALL GROUPS, UM, BEING AWARE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
UM, BUT AS YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, FALL OF 2019, THE MEAN SCORE WAS ONE 80 IN FIFTH GRADE, AND IT ROSE A FEW POINTS, UM, FOR THE FALL OF 2020.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHEN I'M SORRY, CURRENT OUR CURRENT FIFTH GRADE AND GO DOWN TO OUR, UM, THOSE FIFTH GRADERS ARE NOW SIXTH GRADERS.
THEY WENT FROM A ONE 88 TO A TWO OH FOUR.
UM, SARAH, I DON'T HAVE FOURTH GRADE NUMBERS UP HERE, SO YOU CAN COMPARE THOSE, BUT OVERALL THE SCORES OR ARE RISING.
SO WE'LL AWAIT THE NEXT TEST SESSION COMING UP IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE TO SEE HOW THESE NUMBERS ALL PAN OUT.
UM, BUT WE'RE USING THESE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW TO FILL THE GAPS AND CONTINUE PUSHING FORWARD TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA THAT'S? SO THE CIVIL MR. LAW, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME, IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT, AS WE LOOK AT THE FIRST LINE FOR BREAK BY, WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE 2019 EARNINGS FOR ONE 88.38.
YES MA'AM AND THAT'S WORK HORIZONTAL TO FALL 2020.
THOSE STUDENTS WERE FIFTH GRADERS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME FROM NOW SIXTH GRADERS THIS YEAR.
AND THE SCORE FOR MATHEMATICS IS ONE 93.9.
IF WE GO DOWN TO OUR EIGHT GRADERS AND YES, I WILL SHARE MY FAVORITE EIGHTH GRADERS THAT I WAS AN AP FOR THEM.
UM, IF I LOOK AT THE EIGHTH GRADERS MEANS SCORE, WHO WERE SEVENTH GRADERS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AT TWO 15, THEY'VE ACTUALLY GROWN TO A TWO 20.4.
ME SCORE, SET A AT FUN OR EFFICACY OF PRACTICE WITH JUST SCHOOL.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN GROWTH HAPPENING WITH THE CHILDREN FROM TIME AND PLACE, AND WE READ THEM THERE OR ZAMPOLLI, UM, AND I'LL TAKE YOU LESS.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE CURRENT GRADE EIGHT.
I LOOK AT THE READING SIDE, THEY WERE TWO OH NINE LAST YEAR AS A SEVENTH GRADER, BUT WHEN THEY SAT NOW, THEY WERE A TWO 11.9 18 THAT SAY, GO AHEAD AND ROUND IT UP TO A TWO 12, WHO DOES TO YOU AND YOUR TEACHERS BECAUSE EIGHTH GRADERS ARE THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CAMPUS.
I THINK IF I KNOW YOUR NUMBERS, YOU HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF YOUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED VIRTUALLY VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE, RIGHT? YES.
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YOU'RE HOW MANY, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE COMPETENCE THAT YOUR KIDS THAT ARE DOING VIRTUAL HAVE WHAT THEY NEED? THEY HAVE MY PIES, THEY HAVE CONNECTIVITY SO THAT, UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONNECTED AND LEARNING EVERYONE.I DO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE THINGS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE GIVEN UP 35 HOTSPOTS, UM, TO OUR FAMILIES AND THE WHALE BRANCH CLUSTER, WELL BRANCH, WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, AND TYPICALLY WHEN WE CALL THE HOUSES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY, IF PARENTS INFORM US THAT THE REASON THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONNECTED IS, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE WIFI CONNECTION, WE IMMEDIATELY PUT IN A WAIVER AND I TYPICALLY TAKE A HOTSPOT OUT TO THEM.
SO, AND THEY ALL KNOW THAT IF THEY NEED THAT, UM, IT'S JUST A PHONE CALL BEFORE WE'RE GETTING IT.
THANK YOU, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE BOARD WHO'S ASSUMING ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING, BUT THE PRESENTATION AS A LOT OF BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE BANDWIDTH AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, I CAN IMAGINE MR. CAMPBELL, THERE'S AN ECHO AND SO WE WERE MISSING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK IT'S SOMEBODY, IS THERE SOMEBODY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I HAD, UH, TROUBLE REALLY UNDERSTANDING OR HEARING YOU AND CLEARLY A FUZZ FUZZY PICTURE.
SO I'M SURE YOUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX.
BUT LIKE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO ALSO CONSIDER.
MY QUESTION IS HOW DOES THESE NUMBERS COMPARE TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE? SO APPLE, A SIXTH GRADER AND A FALL OR FALL IS TOOL FOR MATH.
THE AVERAGE SCORE IS TWO OH FOUR, TWO OH FIVE, TWO OH FOUR.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO WHAT SHOULD SHOULD HAVE, DO WE HAVE THAT DATA? UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT, UM, DATA FOR YOU, MR. CAMPBELL, BUT MY ULTIMATE GOALS SEE GROWTH, UM, AS WE TEST.
SO WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE FILLING A LOT OF GAPS RIGHT NOW.
SO ULTIMATELY, UM, YES, I WOULD LOVE ALL MY SIXTH GRADES TO BE ON GRADE LEVEL.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF THEM SCHOOL-WIDE, THEY'RE GROWING.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THE GROWTH FOR NOW AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE GAPS FOR WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
I LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS FROM HILTON HEAD MIDDLE IS ALSO PRIORITY SCHOOL AND I COMPARE YOUR NUMBERS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO, IF YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP MORE AND WE HAVE TO GROW FASTER AS A FORMULA, RIGHT, WE DEFINITELY HAPPENING.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO GROW MORE.
SO WE'RE TAKING THE STEPS TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, I'M NOT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
I BLOWJOB, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE FACTS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND DANIEL PROBABLY CAN HELP US LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE GOING DOWN.
SO WE'LL WORK ON THE FINAL NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW.
IT IS, UH, MR. BALLON OR MAYBE CHARLES BRADLEY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION, UH, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD, UH, MR. LAWTON, CAN YOU SHARE IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR HIGH LEVERAGE STRATEGY THAT YOU'VE DEPLOYED, WHETHER IT'S BEEN IN MATH OR READING, OR ONE PARTICULAR INTERVENTION THAT YOU'VE USED THAT HAS KIND OF ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE, THE, THE RELATIVE GROWTH THAT YOU'VE EXPRESSED? I THINK THE CONSISTENT USING THE CONSISTENCY,
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SIR, AND USING THE BEST PRACTICES TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS HAS GARNERED SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW.UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS AND STAGES AND THROUGH USING IREADY TO ASSIST US WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, I BELIEVE IT ASSIST US.
IT HELPS US AS A SCHOOL, BUT ALSO HAVING TEACHERS TO DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO WHAT STUDENTS NEED WHILE THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM.
ADDITIONALLY HELPS US TO GROW OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, YEAH, I THINK CONSISTENCY RIGHT NOW IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS FOR US.
AND IF I MAY TRY TO RESPOND TO MR. CAMPBELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS MATT DATA.
SO, UM, THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THAT, THAT I MAY BE AN INDICATOR OF WHERE YOU ARE.
BUT IF THE GOAL IS TO GET OFF OF THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS LIST, YOU REALLY HAVE TO EXAMINE WHERE STUDENTS ARE ON THE END OF YEAR STATE EXAMINATION.
AND THAT PERFORMANCE WILL PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU OVER TIME.
UM, YOUR ABILITY TO HELP YOU EVALUATE YOUR DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO BE REMOVED FROM THE STATE'S PRIORITY LIST.
AND SO OVER TIME THAT THAT PERFORMANCE IS ACTUALLY WHAT LANDS YOU ON WITH A PRIORITY DESIGNATION, NOT NECESSARILY THE MAP DATA COLONEL GEIER.
THANK YOU, MR. LAWTON, CAN YOU ME, WHAT SUPPORT, IF ANY, YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOUR LOCAL SURROUNDING COMMUNITY PORT FROM MY COMMUNITY? THAT, THAT WAS THE QUESTION, SIR.
WHAT I WAS IN COMMENT ABOUT THE MAP DATA BEING THEIR MAP DATA IS RELEVANT, OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T WASTE TIME PRESENTING THE MAP DATA OR AS, OH, WE ARE STEP OFF OF THE PRIORITY LIST AS A PRIORITY SCHOOL.
YOU PRESENTING TO ME THE MAP DATA.
SO THE REASON YOU'RE PRESENTING ME THE MAP DATA AND SAY, THIS IS OUR PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY.
AND IT MUST BE VERY RELEVANT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE END OF YEAR SCORES.
SO, YEAH, AND I WANT TO KNOW THE GROWTH SO THAT THE RELEVANCY, YOU KNOW, CAN NOT BE IMPEDED BY THE EXPECTATION THAT MR. WALTON SAID THAT HE IS, YOU KNOW, GROWING AND I'M COMFORTABLE.
I CAN READ, I SEE THE NUMBERS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE US TO GET OFF OF THAT PRIORITY LIST? BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVE TO THESE STATE NUMBERS, HOW FAST YOU GROW, IS IT AS POTENT AS WHERE YOU'RE GROWING TOO? THAT'S MY, THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING.
UM, IF I MAY, UM, MR. CAMPBELL.
SO WHEN I WAS READING, UH, FROM THE STATE, I BELIEVE THAT, AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, THEY, THEY WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON GRADE LEVEL, BUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, BECAUSE WE PROVED 16 POINTS, BUT THEY LOOK AT THE GROWTH THAT YOU'RE MAKING, HOW I'M NOT SURE THEY EVEN GIVE A CERTAIN MEASUREMENT OF GROWTH.
THEY WANT TO SEE UPWARD MOVEMENT THOUGH.
SO IN HAVING UPWARD MOVEMENT, YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE YOURSELF OFF OF THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS LIST.
AND I FELT CONFIDENT THAT LAST YEAR PRE COVID THAT WE HAD AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING OFF THE LIST, BEING THAT WE JUMPED TWO LEVELS THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON GRADE LEVEL WITH EVERY STUDENT, UM, BUT, UH, MAKING A SMART GOAL THAT WOULDN'T BE ATTAINABLE.
SO MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT, FREDDY.
UH, NOT THE REASON YOU SAID THAT YOU COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR GROUP LAST YEAR.
IT WAS BECAUSE YOU HAD AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU NEEDED TO GO.
YOU HAD AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU HAD TO JUMP AND WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO GO.
AND ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO RELEVANT TO THE AVERAGE NUMBERS ON THIS TEST.
AND I GUESS WE UP TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT FROM THIS.
YOU UNDERSTAND? I NEED, IF I NEED YOU TO SAY YOU NEED TO BE AT TWO 20 AND I CAN BE COMFORTABLE THAT YOU WENT FROM 200 MR. MILL, YOU IT IMMEDIATELY, MR. CAMPBELL CAN HEAR YOU.
IS THIS GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT? AND I GOT TO HAVE SOME RELEVANCY FOR THAT.
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UNDERSTOOD.I'LL GET THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE TRUST, SEND IT TO YOU IN THE BOARD.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HADN'T FINISHED THE STATEMENT.
SO MR. CAMPBELL, CAN YOU HEAR US NELL CAMPBELL NOW, COLONEL GUY, I'M SORRY.
MR. MAS, I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LIKE CHURCHES, MENTORSHIP, OR OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO ASSIST YOU OUTSIDE OF YOUR IMMEDIATE STAFF AND FACULTY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, UH, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT YOU'VE GOTTEN? WE HAVE, UM, LAST YEAR, UM, WE, WE STARTED, WE STARTED REACHING OUT TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, UH, MOUNT CARMEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OUR SCHOOL AND OTHER CHURCHES IN THE AREA HOOD IN THE AREA.
BUT ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HERITAGE, UM, FARMS THIS SCHOOL YEAR HERE WITH A GARDENING PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN REACHED BY A FEW OTHER, UM, GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ASSIST, BUT THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE COVID CRISIS HIT.
THEREFORE WE WERE UNABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED.
UM, SO THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT REACHED OUT TO US, UM, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, BUT DUE TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, SAFETY CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE UNDER, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO UTILIZE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUR WAY THIS YEAR.
UM, MR. MODERN, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE SHOWING GROWTH.
I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND DISCUSSIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, ABOUT DATA I ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD BE SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT LOSS.
UM, I LOVED HEARING ABOUT YOUR RANCH WAGON, UH, TALK ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND THAT FACE TO FACE VISIT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. PAUL'S QUESTION.
UM, THAT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED MS. FRIEDA YESTERDAY ABOUT THE N W E NORMS, WHICH WOULD TELL US WHERE TO GO.
AND I BELIEVE THE RESPONSE YESTERDAY WAS FROM MR. FALLON, THAT THERE ARE NEW 20, 20 NORMS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY REDO THEM AND THEY COME UP WITH NEW NEW NUMBERS.
AND SO HE WOULD BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU ALL AND TO US VERY SOON.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE TARGET, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, THAT THE NORMS, THE AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE NATION IS, IS WHAT WE ASPIRE TO AND HIGHER.
SO, UM, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO US SOON.
MR. SMITH IS YOUR, I DON'T KNOW MR. MR. UH, MR. MR.
UM, MICHELIN MY QUESTION IS, IS YOUR SCHOOL GIVING OUT PACKETS? OH, NO, SIR.
WE ARE, UM, UTILIZING OUR, UM, COMPUTERS.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD REQUESTS FOR PACKETS, UM, AND I WOULD PREFER THAT WE STICK WITH THE COMPUTERS.
UM, SO NO, THE ANSWER IS NO, WE'RE NOT USING PACKETS AT THIS TIME, SIR.
CAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER ANY STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL WHO POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN ISSUED ANY PACKETS TO MY KNOWLEDGE? NO, SIR.
MY SCHOOL HAS AN ISSUE OF PACKAGE.
I'LL ALSO, UM, HOW ELSE DO YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME? DO YOU HAVE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM? WE ARE ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH.
WE WILL START, UH, ABSOLUTE PROGRAM SERVED, BUT THAT PROGRAM WILL BE VIRTUAL.
LIKE MOST OF MY SCHOOL IS AT THE TIME, SO YES, WE JUST FINISHED UP IREADY AND ALL OUR MAP TESTING, YOU PULL THE DATA TOGETHER AND CREATING OUR SUBGROUPS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE STUDENTS HAVE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, UH, AFTER THREE 45.
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AND ALSO FOR YOUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHERE WOULD YOU GET YOUR FUNDING FROM? UM, OKAY, SO I HAVE A FEW PODS FOR FUNDING.UH, ONE POT WOULD BE TITLE ONE.
UM, THE OTHER WOULD BE PRIORITY.
WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $35,000 THIS YEAR, AND THEN THE FINAL PART WOULD BE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
MR. TERRY BEEN AN EMAIL THIS LAST WEEK.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING YOU SAID DURING THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WHEN FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE HOTSPOTS FOR YOU DELIVERED THEM, IS THAT WHEN YOU SAY I DELIVER THEM, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING INTO THE HOUSE, MY TRUCK AND DRIVE TO THE HOUSE, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE.
AND ALSO I BELIEVE THERE WAS A HEALTH AND SAFETY INCIDENT WHERE YOU ALSO PERSONALLY INTERVENED RECENTLY, I GUESS THERE.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, UH, I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DEDICATION THAT YOU PERSONALLY THINK YOU IS THINGS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED BY MS. FIDRYCH TOO.
UH, FORTUNATELY, UH, YOU HAVE PACKED GROWTH AND WE'RE ALL VERY CONCERNED.
THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT, UH, LOSING THAT GROWTH WITH THE SUDDEN ABRUPT, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE CORONA VIRUS LAST MARCH.
AND, UH, SO KEEP ON STRIVING FOR THE FURTHER GROWTH.
AND I DO THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US, C A U S A PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE DID NOT HAVE WHAT THOSE NORMS ARE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, FOR THE MAP TEST FOR MATH AND READING.
I'M ACTUALLY SCANNING THE NORMS AS WE SPEAK.
UM, SO I WILL GIVE YOU A DETAILED EMAIL MOMENTARILY, KEEP YOURSELF MUTED AND YOU'LL GET PICKED UP ON THAT, LIKE IN THE ROOM.
SCOTT WAS BACK BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION.
THIS COVERAGE, THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE, NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP ABOUT, HEY, IF THAT IS NOT TRUE, WHEN I HEARD
DOES THE CAM, COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
I'VE FED WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THREE APPARENTLY IS NOT TRUE.
MY POINT OF ASKING ABOUT PACKAGES WAS TO SEE
SO THAT WAS SOLELY MY QUESTION.
AND I HEARD MRS. ROBOT ASKING ABOUT THE RIVER.
THE HOTSPOTS WAS WORKING IN HOW RATHER RATHER THEY ARE, ALL THE STUDENTS WERE USING THEM AND WHEREVER THEY WERE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK OR NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.
SO IN RETURN, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHETHER STUDENTS WERE HAVING HOTSPOTS OR NOT REVEL SUITS WERE HAVING PACKETS OR NOT.
SO THAT'S JUST, JUST, JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR.
UM, SO I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF PARENTS AT ONE TIME CALLED BECAUSE THEY HAD DIFFICULTY.
SO, UM, THEY GOT A HOTSPOT TO A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET IT, BUT WHAT THEY DID IN THE MEANTIME WAS THEY WOULD COME TO THE SCHOOL, DOWNLOAD ALL THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, GO BACK HOME, COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT.
SO THE NEXT DAY THEY WOULD COME BACK AND UPLOAD THE ASSIGNMENTS SO THAT TEACHERS COULD GET THEM.
SO PARENTS ARE, OR WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH US, UM, DAILY TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.
WE ALSO HOSTED AT WHALE BRANCH, MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE'LL BRANCH MIDDLE ELEMENTARY, A PARENT TUTORIAL ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND ZOOM TO ASSIST OUR TEAM, OUR PARENTS, UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS AREN'T TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN.
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IT, WE HAD AN AWESOME RESPONSE FROM PARENTS, UM, BECAUSE THEY THEN GOT THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO HELP KEEP THEIR KIDS TO BE CONSISTENTLY SUCCESSFUL ON A DAILY.SO WE'RE TRYING A LOT OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE HELP DURING THIS, UM, COMPLEX TIME THAT WE'RE IN WITH COVID AND OUR NEW NORM.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ARE TASKED WITH DOING THANK YOU, MR. LAWTON, BECAUSE THE TEAMWORK MAKE THE DREAM WORK.
IT TAKES EVERYONE, AND IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, BUT HE HAD, AS MY OLD PRINCIPAL WOULD SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. LOCKEY, THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT STEP, UH, TRANSITION AT THIS TIME, UM, AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TSI SCHOOLS IN DARKER STRADDLES.
UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDE UPDATES AND OUR ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, I FIRST WANT TO THANK BO PRINCIPAL FREEDOM AND WALTON TO THEIR HARD WORK AND CONTINUED DEDICATION IN SERVING STUDENTS, TEEN PRESENT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND WE'LL ACCEPT THE DISTRICT.
SO THE BOARD MEMBERS, AS I TRANSITIONED TO THE PRESENTATIONS IN OUR ATSI SCHOOLS, I WANT TO REFRESH OUR MEMORY ON THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT.
UNDER THE, EVERY STUDENT SUCCESS, WE NOTICED THE SSA, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY SCHOOLS, MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT CLASSIFIES THEM AS SCHOOLS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT, THESE DESIGNATIONS AND THE STATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE OR EXPLAIN IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, DESIGNATION THAT DOCUMENT THAT'S
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THREE YEAR TERM WITH THE ONSET OF THE CORONA VIRUS.
IT EXTENDED THE TERM FOR OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS AND OUR PRINCIPALS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PRESENTING TO BE CLASSIFIED AS SUCH IS ONE OF THREE CRITERIA, LOWEST 10%, ANY SCHOOL TITLE, ONE OR NON TITLE ONE THAT'S BASED ON REPORT CARD OF THE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS AGAIN, OR POST 10, 10% WITHIN THE STATE, ANOTHER IDENTIFIER OR SCHOOLS THAT SCORE LESS THAN A 70% GRADUATION RATE FOR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS WITH CHRONICALLY LOW PERFORMING SUBGROUPS.
WHAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU THIS EVENING IS WITH REGARD TO OUR ATSI SCHOOLS.
THESE ARE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ANY SCHOOL WITH ONE OR MORE SUBGROUP OF STUDENTS PERFORMING AT OR BELOW THE FIFTH PERCENTILE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING CSI SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE SIX SCHOOLS THAT FALL WITHIN THIS CATEGORY.
THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH TONIGHT IS BUFORD ELEMENTARY.
OUR PRINCIPAL, THERE IS PRINCIPAL MELISSA COLLINS, AND WE'LL YOU'LL SEE THE UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS IS A SIMILARITY.
HAVE YOU SEEN ALREADY FROM THE UP LAST NIGHT ON THE UTILIZATION OF GUIDED QUESTIONS, EACH SCHOOL HAS FELT GUIDED QUESTIONS FOR PRESENTATION.
AND I WANT TO TAKE AWAY THAT WE WERE SHARING TO SHOW GROWTH AT OUR DARK DATA.
I WILL GET AN UPDATED COMPARATIVE DATA FOR YOU AS WELL.
ONCE I WANT TO PUT THAT APOLOGY TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS IN ADVANCE, ROBIN, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT TOOLS DO YOU USE? ACTUALLY, I APOLOGIZE.
HOW DO YOU PUT HIS ELEMENTARY HAS DONE SOME UNI GUIDANCE.
THEY CURRENTLY SERVE 223 STUDENTS.
A 59% OF THEIR SCHOOL POPULATION ARE ATTENDING.
FACE-TO-FACE 1% OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDING VIRTUAL.
THEY FOCUS ON A READING WRITING WORKSHOP, BOTH IN VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE THEY DIFFERENTIATE THEIR SERVICES FOR ESAU AND INTEGRATE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LESSONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT INSTRUCTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS COMMONALITY AMONGST THE UPCOMING.
OTHER BY SCHOOLS ARE FOCUSING ON STANDARD VASE INSTRUCTION, UTILIZING WHAT WE KNOW AS
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A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL, WHERE WE TEACH, WE MONITOR, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND WE REDIRECT OR LEARNING UNTIL OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD MATHS MASTERY, BUT IN A WONDERFUL THINGS THAT IF BE PUT ELEMENTARY ALSO FOR US TO RECOGNIZE IT THEY'RE A STEM SCHOOL.BUT IF YOU'VE NOTICED ON THE PRESENTATION, I HAD TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL HOLLAND.
SHE'S EMPHASIS ON SHE'S NOT ONLY STEM, BUT SHE'S BRINGING IT BACK INTO STEM, BUT SHE'S A STEAM SCHOOL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SCIENCE, BUT IT'S THE INTEGRATION OF OUR CONTENT AREAS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS THAT WE UTILIZE.
AND WHEN WE REFLECT BACK TO THE PRIOR TWO SCHOOLS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A COMMONALITY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE UTILIZED ON OUR SCHOOLS.
I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU EVEN IN THE PAST, IREADY IS NOW A PILOT, PREDOMINANTLY BEING ROLLED OUT IN ALL OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, IREADY READING.
WE DO KNOW THAT RE READY MATH IS A MAP AC ADOPTED BACK, TOLD US TO UTILIZE, BUT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL EFFORTS AT BUILDING THAT LITERACY, LITERACY SKILLS OF OUR TEACHERS, OF OUR TEACHERS, THE LITERACY KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CHILDREN.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA? THIS IS WHAT IT FENCE TAKE, TAKEN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT.
WE KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY, BUT WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS ARE RESOLVED OF IS HOW IN SHARING WITH US AT 31 OF HER STUDENTS THAT ATTEND OUR SUMMER RECOVERY CAMP, THEY SERVICE OVER 150 STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING.
HMM, 5% OF THE STUDENTS COMPLETED THEIR TESTING.
FACE-TO-FACE WELL, THEY, 15% CAN SIP COMPLETE THERE'S TESTING AT A WORK OF PLATFORM.
100% OF THEIR KINDERGARTENS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE KRA TESTING.
AND SHARING WITH YOU INFORMATION REGARDING THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS A TREND THAT'S HAPPENING IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.
AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
HOW ARE YOU INTEGRATING GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL? WE UTILIZE THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PRINCIPALS HAVE A COMMONALITY OF THIS IS A DELIVERY MODEL OF INSTRUCTION.
YOU DO I GIVE HIS WAY TO TEACH IT, DEMONSTRATES LEGALISM, LEAVE THE CLASS.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT INDEPENDENT OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING, WHEREAS YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS IN SCHOOLS, THAT THAT'S ALSO A TIME WHEN INTERVENTION IS A SLIDING IN, IN A VIRTUAL CONTEXT OR ONCE IN MY CLASSROOM, IN A FACE-TO-FACE.
SO THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO GIVE ME THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF WORDING, ROBIN, IF YOU CAN GO IN THERE.
SO WE'VE ASKED OUR, OUR PRINCIPALS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE INTRODUCTIONS.
THAT'S AN INFLUENCE LITERACY LEVEL, LITERACY INTERVENTIONS, A PUSH IN MODEL, RIGHT? WELL, THE MULTI-TIERED LEVEL OF SUPPORT, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE RECEIVING PUSHING MODELS OUT ONLY FACE TO FACE, BUT AS WELL IN THE APP, THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT ADDED A VIRTUAL CONTEXT, MS. HOLLAND HAS CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A MATH TUTOR WITH THE ATSI SUPPORT FUNDS THAT SHE RECEIVES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT SHE HAS SAID THAT THIS IS HER SECRET WEAPON, AND SHE HAS A JET FOR HER CAMPUS, RECENT RESOURCES.
SHE ALSO HAS A BEHAVIOR SUPPORT ASSISTED ACTUALLY PUTS TIME AND FOCUSING ON THE BEHAVIOR THAT ACTUALLY THE INTRANET SAID THAT'S UM, HOW DO I SAY IT'S FUNDED THROUGH TITLE ONE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE ASKED OUR PRINCIPALS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR, THE EMOTIONALS AND NON-NEGOTIABLES? WELL, IT APPEARS IF I WAS WORKING AT UCR ADELE, ONE OF THE NON-NEGOTIABLES IS WHAT BEING ABLE TO BE IN MEETINGS, RELATIONSHIPS CHOICE, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY TEAM MEMBERS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, BEING PART OF THE HUB WHEN WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.
AND HAVE YOU HEARD THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS APOLOGY KEEPS A DETAILED LIST OF STUDENTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
WE WILL LISTEN TO THEM TO CANVAS ATTENDANCE AND GRADING, WEAKNESS SUPPORT, BUT STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARD BASED INSTRUCTION.
LET'S TAKE THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SHE WORKS AT TIERING TIERED VOCABULARY WITH STUDENTS.
SO BY I KNOW THIS LEVEL OF GRADE LEVEL, WELL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL BUILDING LEVEL CARE AGAIN, SHE HAS THE, A IN STEM AND ACCELERATED AND IDENTIFIED GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AT BRINGING IN MORE CHILDREN INTO ACCELERATED PROGRAM.
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FOR A QUICK ONE.YOU CAN SEE HERE EACH CARLA SIMILARITIES AS THE OTHER SCHOOLS, MAYBE EVEN GO ON TO THE MTSS SLIDES.
AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CONSISTENCY OF I'M SORRY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT HAVING A CORE CURRICULUM AND HOW THEY'RE STARTING TO BREAK DOWN WHAT THEY USE FOR A LOWEST 25% TOOLS BEING UTILIZED FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS FOR OUR LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THE NEXT SLIDE LET'S GET THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
THAT'D BE GOOD AT A FINAL SLIDE IN IS HOLLAND SCHOOL, PLEASE.
SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AT OUR, AND I'LL JUST USE OUR FIRST CURRY GRADE.
FIRST GRADE LAST FALL, CHILDREN WERE AT A OF ONE 27.9.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ROUND IT UP TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN LAST FALL.
AND IF WE TAKE A LOOK TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW AFTER VETERAN, AND WE DROPPED DOWN TO THE, MY FIFTH GRADERS, WE RAN ON A SLIDE AND YOU CAN SEE A SIMILAR TREND HAPPENING IN MATH.
THAT'D BE VOTED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING HAPPENING WITHIN READING THAT THERE HAS BEEN GROWTH.
AND I ATTRIBUTE MUCH OF THIS TO THE CULTURE, CREATED THE REACHING UP OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND THE SCHOOL STAFF TO THE COMMUNITY, THE INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS BEING IN THE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND GETTING BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE LAST SLIDE PLEASE, AND ONE OF THE GOAL IS, IS SET, SAILING THEMSELVES TO SUCCESS.
SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK FYI ON WHERE BUPA EL IS.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WHAT I WILL DO AT THE END OF ALL THE PRESENTATIONS, IF THE BOARD HAS PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, I WILL MAKE NOTE, I WILL NARRATE THEM AND I'LL BE ABLE TO POST QUESTIONS TO YOU.
MA'AM IF WE CAN PULL UP BROAD RIVER ELEMENTARY BLADES.
SO AS WE GO AHEAD WITH BOARD RIVER, ONE THING I DO WANT TO BRING OVER, DOES HE TAKE, I SAID, I MADE MENTION OF SOME OF A SLIDE OF THE STUDENT POPULATION.
WE'RE FINDING MANY PARENTS KEEPING THE KIDS HOME WITH KINDERGARTNERS RIGHT NOW.
IT IS NOT A STATE REQUIREMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT PHOTO THAT WE TRY TO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, MAYBE HIT BASH, ACTUALLY NOT SINCERE HERE.
I KNOW SHE WOULD BE STANDING ON A PLATFORM HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I JUST WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE HOME, WHO SHOULD BE ENGAGED AT SCHOOL, RIGHT? RIVER ELEMENTARY.
THIS IS OUR PRINCIPAL, CONSTANCE LEWIS, GOOD WINE.
SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OVER AT THE SCHOOL.
I DO CALL THIS AS MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR TEACHING.
AND YOU NOTICE IT'S ABOUT CULTURE FIRST, BUT MS. CONSTANCE, IT IS HAVING THE PARENTS INVOLVED, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT.
THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN IN FIRST GETTING THAT CONNECTION WITH FAMILY.
YOU HAVE TO SEE THE LEARNING MODELS THAT WERE UTILIZED THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND AGAIN, STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION.
THAT IS A KEY POINT THAT WE HAVE PUSHED AS AN ADMINISTRATION STARTED WITH DR.
THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH OUR PRINCIPALS.
MORNING MEETINGS TAKING THAT TIME TO HAVE THAT HUDDLE TOUCH BASE WITH ONE-ON-ONE CHECK-INS WITH OUR FAMILY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE USE ZOOM AS A CONFERENCING VIDEO TOOL AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
AS A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE SEESAW, I READY, READY, MATH.
AND WHAT'S UNIQUE WITH BROAD RIVER.
THEY HAVE SCHOLASTIC LITERACY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT THEY ADD.
EDUCATION IS OUR SCIENCE CURRICULUM.
SO WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS AGAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATA THAT YOU'LL SEE AS A LAST SLIDE AGAIN, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR, OUR KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENTS OR MAKE WE, UM,
AGAIN, GET RID OF THE BARRIERS, GIVE ACCESSIBILITY
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PRE ASSESSMENTS IN ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH HAS BEEN AS, UM, ADMINISTERED TO ALL STUDENTS.AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO IN A YEAR.
AND HE SHARED THAT HISTORICALLY THEY'VE BEEN TRANSIT SCHOOL THAT I MAY HAVE A STUDENT, BUT MAYBE ONE SEMESTER OR TRIMESTER DETECTED WHEN, OR I MAY HAVE A KID FOR A YEAR.
AND ACTUALLY THEY MAYBE LOCATED TO ANOTHER AREA.
WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A HIGH RENTAL AREA.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF STUDENTS ROTATING AND WE CLOSE TO, TO THE MILITARY BASE, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW WOULD THEY INTEGRATE THE GRADUAL RELEASE? ONE THING IS CONSTANT IS VERY NICE.
THE DIAGRAM THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS REALLY A NICE EXHIBITION TO LOOK AT, TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT IS REGULAR RELEASE AS A PITCHER.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS THE TEACHER MODELS.
WE THEN TO DO IT TOGETHER, WHICH IS KIND OF A WAY THAT THE TEACHER CAN SEE IF YOU'RE ON POINT OR NOT.
AND THEN AS YOU'RE DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY OR IN PAIRS, THAT'S ALMOST A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF WHERE A TEACHER CAN VOMIT OR WHAT NEED TO GO TWEAK A LITTLE HELP.
ME AND GARY, MAYBE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOUR HEALTH NEXT LINE.
SO WE ASKED THEM TO THINK ABOUT THE CURRICULUM.
WHAT ARE THE TOOLS YOU HAVE? YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HAVE THAT.
AND ACTUALLY HAVEN'T FOUND THE STATION OF TOOLS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED ON YOUR CAMPUS.
NEXT LINE IS ROBIN THE NEGOTIABLES AND NON-NEGOTIABLES SO THE TYPE OF QUESTION MANAGER, THE TYPE OF PARENT COMMUNICATION, UM, SOME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS, A LITTLE CREATIVITY LATITUDE FOR TEACHERS, SOME PRESENTATION TOOLS AND PLATFORMS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NON-NEGOTIABLES AS WELL.
CULTURE, YOU CAN SEE, WE GO BACK AND WE REMEMBER THE SECOND SLIDE IS ABOUT FAMILY HAVING THAT CULTURAL CLIMATE, POSITIVE ATTITUDE, STANDARD SPACE INSTRUCTION, MAKING SURE TO CURRICULUM THAT YOU'RE USING.
YOU'LL HEAR PRINCIPALS START USING THE LANGUAGE OF EBI, OKAY.
AND THAT'S A STATE INITIATIVE.
IT IS PART OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE AND MORE OF THIS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, ET CETERA.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 12 LOOP BOSS, AND THAT'LL BE IN ONE OF OUR PRESENTATIONS ON DATA DRIVEN AGAIN, BACK TO THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL AND BEING ABLE TO BE CLEAR, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WANT IN OUR SCHOOL FOR CURRICULUM.
SHE GAVE ME SOME VISUALS NEXT SLIDE WITH THE ID EIGHT MTSS.
OUR LAST SLIDE IS ELA ELA FOR MTSS, AGAIN, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE IN COLUMN ONE, IT GIVES ME LET GET ALSO INTO COLUMN TWO AND THREE IN BOTH THOSE SLIDES.
WHY DOES IT TAKE A MOMENT, PLEASE? THE DATA, IF WE TAKE A MOMENT, I'M LOOKING AT THE WORK AND GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE RED RIVER ELEMENTARY.
I KNOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHERS RIGHT NOW, AS I'M RIDING A BICYCLE, I NEED TO COMPARE MYSELF TO ME BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE ALMOST DO IN SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS SLOWS DOWN IN PRESENTING AND I CONTINUE TO SEE EVENING.
AND THEN THIS LAST SLIDE, THANK YOU, ROBIN IS A REFLECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF ORDINARY ELEMENTARY PRE CORONAVIRUS.
SO AT THIS POINT, ROBIN, IF WE COULD CROSS OVER PLEASE TO JOSEPH FAKE LIKE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, ELIZABETH RIVERA IS IN OUR SECOND YEAR AS A PRINCIPAL.
AND IF YOU GO THROUGH HER HANDOUTS, YOU CAN SEE THE PRECISENESS OF DECISION THINKING OF SOMEBODY.
YOU WILL NOT SAY SHE'S ONLY A YEAR TO PRINCIPAL.
SO IF YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY STRUCTURED AT HER WORK AND YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THIS IN THE LAST SLIDE.
NEXT NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE
HE'S ALSO INTEGRATING HIND READY.
AND I HAVE TO SHARE THAT BOTH, UM, JOSEPH SHANKLIN, AS WELL AS BROAD RIVER LAST YEAR HAD A VERY HEAVY INVOLVEMENT WITH, ON READING VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE WORKING WITH OUR, WITH OUR SHOULDER.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT A WAY TO DO THIS VIRTUALLY AS WELL.
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THANK YOU.SO WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DATA LIKE LOOKING AT, HE ACTUALLY WENT INTO GIVING US INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO READING 63% OF THE IDENTIFIED STUDENTS WITH AN IEP GRADE INCREASE HER MATH MAXIMAL IN MATH, 68% OF OUR STUDENTS.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE SECOND COLUMN, RIGHT? OUR T TEACHER TEACHERS SPECIAL EDUCATION MEAN HAS MAINTAINED, CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER.
IT WASN'T AT SUMMER K AND WE RENTED, WE WERE IN ISOLATION.
NOW THE TEACHING HAS MAINTAINED COMMUNICATION.
CHILDREN, STUDENTS WERE INVITED AND SOME ATTENDED SOME, UM, ACADEMIC RECOVERY CAMP.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION DID CAKE WELL, SUMMER REMEDIATION HIGH SCHOOL WAS CREDIT RECOVERY GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT, WHERE ACADEMIC RECOVERY.
AND WE ALSO WAS THE FIRST TIME TO GET AN ALGEBRA RECOVERY PLAN.
NOW WE'RE READINESS OF CHILDREN TRANSITIONING FROM EIGHTH GRADE OR GOING INTO ALGEBRA IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR GOING INTO ALGEBRA AS A NINTH GRADER.
SECOND FROM THE LAST BULLET IS SIGNIFICANT TONS OF BOOKS WITHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE WERE IN, UM, A VIRUS ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE WAS WHAT THE BOOKS IN CHILDREN'S HANDS THAT THE LEFT SIDE, THE STUDENTS, STUDENT READING, PLEASE GO AHEAD AGAIN, HOW THEY'RE INTEGRATING THEIR BREAD OR WASTE MODEL.
AND IT IS UTILIZED BOTH IN VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE.
AND I LIKED THE LAST YEAR WE EXPECTING WHAT WE EXPECT.
AND I ACTUALLY DROVE THAT ON THIS, ABOUT HER PRESENTATION IS HE VERY, IS INSPECTING WHAT SHE EXPECTS ON OUR CAMPUS, WHICH IS A KEY FOR MANY OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT MOVING THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE PREP AND WHAT ARE THE INTERVENTIONS.
YEAH, NOT A LOT OF FLUFF, VERY PRECISE AT THE WORK THAT IS FOR VARIOUS DOING ON HER AND FED HER CAMPUS.
AND NON-NEGOTIABLES YOUR LESSON PLAN FORMAT, MAYBE AN EMOTIONAL, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LESSON PLAN, SCHEDULE AND COMPONENTS OF THE BALANCED LITERACY.
YOU COULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT I WILL TELL ME WHAT IT MUST CONTAIN DAYS AND WEEK AT GRADE LEVEL TEAMS MEET, OKAY, YOU GOT TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE ARE MEETING TIME, A PULL OUT FOR STUDENTS WITH IEP AND SPECIAL SERVICES, THIS FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS SUPPLEMENTAL NEEDS, INSTRUCTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS DELIVERY, OUR CORE CURRICULUM.
AGAIN, THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE SEEING AMONGST OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND YOU DID SEE SOME OF THIS WITH A RICH MIDDLE, BUT TAKING A FIFTH GRADE COMPONENT AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE ON MTSS, PLEASE BE ELA.
THAT'S HOW THEY BREAK THEM WITH YOUR, WHAT WE'LL CLEAN, IMPLEMENTED WITH MATH PLEASE.
AND HE DID NOT GET ME IS A UTILIZATION OF EXTRA PERSONNEL, BOTH AT VAC AND ELA AS AN INTERVENTIONIST PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
AND HERE'S OUR DAD OR HER DAD OR TRENDS FOR OUR STUDENTS AT WHATEVER LEVEL METRIC, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE CAN GO TO OPEN T ELEMENTARY AS WELL.
NOW, AS THE PRINCIPAL OF JT PINCKNEY, THEY, THE WHOLE OF THE HOUSE, ONE OF THE NEWSLETTERS THAT I LOVE TO READ, OH, THE BACK, BACK IT UP QUICKER THAN I CAN.
SO WHAT ARE THE TOOLS LINES LIKE STANDARDS, UNITS OF INSTRUCTION READY, MATH BY RAY.
AND WE WILL KIND OF HAVE BEEN HEARD ON THIS A LOT IN THE STATE TO THAT PROGRESS MONITORING LIKE THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT MODEL THAT ATTRIBUTED TEAMS. I MEAN, TO SEE THE SOFTWARE SIBLINGS SIMILAR TO IN THE SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU, MISS ROBIN, THE CONDITIONS OF THE DEN.
RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, UNDERSTAND
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WHAT A LOT OF IT.AND RIGHT NOW, AS YOU WERE CONDUCTING TESTS AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A HYBRID MODEL, BUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TESTING WAS DONE ON OPT ACTUALLY DO ELITE WEEK.
AND IF YOU SEE, 90% OF THE STUDENTS TOOK THE MAP FACE TO FACE, AND I WILL SHARE ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN MY DIVISION, PUT THE PICK UP HER CHILD.
AND I WAS SPEAKING TO HER ON THE PHONE OVER SITUATION.
SHE'S LIKE, THERE'S OVER 200 PARENTS ARE JUST THEY'RE GIRLY, MEATY, FIRSTHAND.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AT BEING INVOLVED AT OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A PARAMOUNT, 10% OF THEIR STUDENTS TOOK THE MAP TEST VIRTUALLY THEY'VE COMPLETED THE IREADY DIAGNOSTIC TOOL.
THEY UTILIZE FONTS OR SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU CAN CONTINUE, PLEASE
SO AGAIN WITH THE CURRICULUM AND THE INTERVENTIONS FOR UTILIZATION, THIS IS ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT'S INTEGRATING STEPS THAT SIT ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR SUPPORT THE SILTATION MODEL.
DO YOU REMEMBER MS. FRIEDMAN PRINCIPAL FOR YOU TO SPOKE TO THAT ACCORD YESTERDAY? YOU'LL SEE.
ALSO THIS IS A STRATEGY OF CROSS UTILIZE THAT PRITCHETT BILL AS WELL ON THE BRENDA LOAN.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I LOVE THE FISHERS NEGOTIABLES PRESENTATION TOOLS, SOME SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS THERE AGAIN, IT'S A CONSISTENCY TO SAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE GRADES.
THESE ARE HARD ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES.
I'D BE WELL, THE LITTLE CAVEAT OF THE INTEGRITY OF INSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND EVEN BETTER.
YEAH, IT RESONATES THE CONSISTENCY NEXT ALIVE.
IF YOU COULD PROCEED, MR. ROBIN, THANK YOU.
SO THIS LIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY SHOWING THIS FISH BONE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR PRINCIPLES, MANY OF PERMITTED IN ADVANCE FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK.
WE'VE WALKED IN, UM, TAKEN A MINUTE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR ISSUES AND WHAT ARE CHALLENGES AND TRIES GIRL DOWN.
IF WE LOOK AT THE FIRST SEGMENT OF IT IS PROCEDURAL PROCESS OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE VERY POINT OF THIS, THAT OUR DATA INDICATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY POPULATION SCORES DOES NOT MEET THE EXPECTATION.
THIS IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS WITH HIM, THE CLASSIFICATION AS AN ATSI SCORE.
AND IF YOU THINK BACK NOW TO THE PRIOR SLIDES, A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN CURRICULUM AND BREAKING DOWN OF WHAT WE DO ON THE MTSS SLIDES IS THE IN PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN IEP.
AND AGAIN, THE SUPPORT CURRICULUM, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE EFFICIENT AT GRADE LEVEL.
FIND THE SLIDE, PLEASE, EDDIE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, THE TREND OF DATA.
AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST KEEP IT TO THE FIRST GRADE OF A FIVE AS OF LAST YEAR AT KINDERGARTEN, THIS YEAR OF FIRST GRADE, LOOKING AT THE TREND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, THAT FOLK OR CHILDREN.
AND AGAIN, RECOGNIZE ONLY 10% OF THE SCHOOL'S POPULATION AS A MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I PRESENTED, UM, INDICATE IN THAT TESTING VIRTUALLY MS. ROBIN AND
SHE HAD, SHE HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF DEMONSTRATES A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE HUMAN CAPITAL AT THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION.
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IF YOU READ THE LAST TWO POINTS, THEY DEMONSTRATE EVIDENCE OF A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL AND UTILIZATION.AGAIN, A STANDARD SPACE INSTRUCTION.
THE NEXT LIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A YOUNGER RESIDENT WHAT'S RESONATING AND HIS SIMILARITY AND WHAT THESE SCHOOLS HAVE DONE.
TESTING THE MAP THAT I READY, DIAGNOSTIC
WHAT RESONATES TO MYSELF WHEN I READ THIS AND I READ THAT I'VE READ THESE A FEW TIMES IS MEETING THE STUDENTS' NEEDS THAT, THAT GUN UP LATE.
AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BULLET NUMBER TWO, EMPHASIS UPON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL.
NOT ONLY AS ADMINISTRATOR, BUT HERE ON HER CAMPUS, SHE WILL SEE IF HE WILL SEE THAT AT V-NECKS ARTICULATE.
THE NEXT LEVEL, HE'S A RESOURCES, SPACE INSTRUCTION, REGULAR REVIEW DATA PROGRESS, MONITORING ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD WE BE WHEN WE DID THAT AND PUT THE LIBRIUM STRUCTURES.
NONE OF THOSE SHOVELS NONNEGOTIABLES THAT WHAT WE DO WILL BE RESEARCH-BASED.
I MENTIONED TO YOU A PRESENTATION PRIOR ABOUT EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS, SAME PHILOSOPHY AND THE LANGUAGE OF WE INSPECT WHAT WE EXPECT THAT THAT WAS ACCURATE, BUT HE ME INTO HER PRESENTATION CORE CURRICULUM SLIDE WILL DEMONSTRATE AGAIN, THE CONTINUITY WORKING ALONGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, KUDOS TO OWN THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES AND YOU WILL SEE THE SIMILARITY HAPPENING.
WHAT ARE MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT MODELS.
THIS IS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
AND THE FINAL SLIDE WE'LL GIVE YOU AGAIN.
THAT'S LOOKING AT A COHORT OF STUDENTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
I KNOW YOUR EYES NATURALLY GO TO THE FIRST COLUMN.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS SKIPPING THE MIDDLE.
I DID A SAY, AND THEN I GO BACK.
SO NOW WE GOT OUR FINAL ATSI ATSI SCHOOL, OUR SISTER SCHOOL TO WALES BRANCH, MIDDLE AND WHALE BRANCH, EARLY COLLEGE, MAYBE YOUNGER SISTERS COME UP.
WHAT DID A NICE THING TO HAVE YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FRONT PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION? ACTUALLY, IT'S A SHARP.
I HAVE TO SHARE THAT PRINCIPAL.
MELISSA IS NOT ONLY THE FISCAL WHALE HERE, ELEMENTARY.
SHE'S ALSO THE PRINCIPAL FOR OUR JAMES DAVIS EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
SO I HAVE TO PUT US TO THE WORK OF THE STAFF WHO KNOWS ALSO TO THE WORK OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OVER AT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
IF YOU EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY BOARD MEMBERS TO VISIT, PLEASE DO, UM, VERY POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
SO IF WE CAN GO TO, HOW DO WE TEACH? IT GETS IN THE OLYMPIA NATION REGARDING OUR CHILDREN.
PLEASE RECOGNIZE OVER AT WHEEL RANCH ELEMENTARY.
WE SERVE AS CHILDREN FROM GRACE, KATIE FOR OUR FIFTH GRADERS.
OUR SERVICE ON THEM IS THE ONE THAT IN SCHOOL, IT COMES OUT IMMEDIATELY TO STANDARD SPACE INSTRUCTION.
ROGER WILL LEASE MODEL DATA DRIVEN, LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING COMMUNITIES, BUT WE DON'T SCALE CS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH POINT I LIKE YOU'RE AHEAD OF ME, YOUR HONOR, BUT THANK Y'ALL CATCH UP TO YOU.
DID YOU GET HOLD RIGHT THERE? THANK YOU.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF THE GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL.
THE CAPACITY FOR THAT IS ACTUALLY BUILT UP IN OUR, IN HER PLCS.
THAT IS BECOMING A KEY COMPONENT.
WHAT MELISSA HAS SAID IT WELL, GRANT'S ELEMENTARY IS TAKEN ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND WORK WITH RICHARD, THE FULL POOR,
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AND A PRIOR CONFERENCE.IT HAS FOLLOWED UP WITH THIS WITH, WITH MEMBERS ON HER STAFF.
I LIKE WHERE SHE SNUCK IN THE ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE, I GUESS, ON THE CDO AND BOUGHT THAT NORMAL.
NORMALLY I'M A YES PERSON RIGHT NOW.
I HAD BEEN ON A NOTE US IF IT'S FOR TRAVELING AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SLIDE SEVEN.
AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK, UM, UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT'S ROBIN, IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK ON THE LANGUAGE RIGHT HERE, HANDS-ON LEARNING AND AESTHETIC INSTRUCTION.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO SAY IT SPEAK IS UNIQUE THAT MELISSA IS RECOGNIZING THAT I NEED TO DO ONE MORE THING A LITTLE BIT TO BE LIKE YOGURT.
THE CITY IS STILL OVER THERE WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU'RE A BALL OF ENERGY.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? AND I NOW THINK OF THAT WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONTEXT.
SO SHE'S TAKEN ON A FEW CHALLENGES AT THE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION AND SHE'S, SHE'S WORKING ON THAT WITH HER TEAM.
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HE'S A VIRTUAL STUDENT.
THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR SHARP ALSO PRACTICES HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO THE NON-NEGOTIABLES ARE, YOU WILL READ TO MY CHILDREN MODEL, INDEPENDENT READING
WORK WITH SOCIAL NURSING, ALL THE LEARNING IS TO PASS OUT AND WE RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION, YOU UTILIZE THIS FACILE AS ITS FRAMEWORK AS WELL.
IF YOU CAN COME UP JUST A LITTLE MORE, BUT FOURTH GRADERS, SAME COHORT OF STUDENTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME, THE PAUSE FOR ANY KEY QUESTIONS THAT I MAY FOLLOW UP, GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO OUR MADAM CHAIR.
AND THEN I WILL HAVE MR. DANIEL FALLON DO A FOLLOW UP ON OUR MAP THAT AS IT RELATES TO OUR PRIORITY AND TSI SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS REQUESTED.
I'LL JUST SAY IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF YOU ACTUALLY GET YOUR ANSWERS TO MOLLY AND ROBBINS WOULD, THEY COULD DISTRIBUTE TO THE REWARD, BUT LIKE YOU, YES MA'AM.
NOT ONLY THE GROWTH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I REALLY LIKED THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE PRINCIPLES, THE BASIC TOPICS COACHABLE NON-NEGOTIABLE.
AND I REALLY LIKE THE PRINCIPAL INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO TO ACHIEVE THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT.
DO YOU HAVE A SET OF DIFFERENT TOOLS, KINESTHETIC INSTRUCTION, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT DATA.
AND I ASSUME THAT AT SOME POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT QUARTERLY OR AT THE END OF THE YEAR CALENDAR YEAR, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING ALL OF THESE PRINCIPALS TOGETHER AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES.
SO THEY ALL KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER IS DOING.
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CAN SAY, WOW, I MIGHT TRY IT BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU ARE PLOWING THE GROUND AND THROWING LOTS OF SEED OUT THERE.AND SOME OF IT'S GOING TO GROW.
IT'S ALL GROWING AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.
AND SOME OF THEM IT'S GOING TO GROW FASTER THAN OTHERS.
AND SOME OF THESE PRINCIPLES ARE GOING TO GIVE THE OTHER PRINCIPALS THAT LIGHT BULB TIME.
OKAY, MARY
THEY ARE WORKING COHESIVELY AS GROUPS MEETING AS CLUSTERS.
THEY ARE GROWING AS A TEAM OF LEADERS AND THAT IS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BREAK POINTS, GO TO THEM AND THEN MODEL THE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AMONGST THEMSELVES.
TRAVIS, A BIG, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, COVID, WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT COVID RIGHT.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR A LIGHT BULB IN THERE SOMEWHERE, RIGHT.
IT'S THAT IT HAS BROUGHT FOLKS TOGETHER LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES IN A WAY THAT OTHERWISE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, AND SO, SO IF THERE'S ANY SILVER LINING THERE IN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, THAT IS ONE KEY POINT.
UH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, IN THE LAYOUT THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE HAD, UH, HOW WELL HERE AROUND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK.
AND IN THAT CONVERSATION, UH, MY DISCUSSION WAS AROUND WHAT IS OUR CORE INSTRUCTION? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GROUNDED IN OUR CORE INSTRUCTION IN? AND THEN WHAT IS IT THAT, UH, WE'RE USING AN INTERVENTION FOR TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE.
UH, SO, SO IF THE INTERVENTION IS, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU SHOULDN'T THROW ALL OF IT IN AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? ZERO IN ON THE CORE INSTRUCTION, THAT'S NOT WORKING.
THEN YOU SEE THE NEW ZERO IN, ON A TIERED INTERVENTION FOR GEAR, RIGHT.
IF THAT'S WORKING, KEEP GOING, IF THAT STOPS WORKING, GO TO TIER TWO, WHAT ARE, THESE ARE THE TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS THAT MAY, YOU CAN DIVE IN THOSE LATER, WHAT INTERVENTION IS MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A SORT OF A KEY POINT.
STRADDLES MENTIONED, UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SEE IN HERE GRADUAL IS CORE TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FRAME.
AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT SHE, UM, SHE MENTIONED IT HERE IN IS KUDOS TO OUR FRIENDS, RIGHT? AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KUDOS TO OUR PRINCIPAL.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ADD TO THAT, KUDOS TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND THE BUILDINGS AND OUR TEACHERS FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING WITH OUR STUDENTS, UH, IS CRITICAL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, THE OBVIOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE PRINCIPALS WENT INTO DOING THESE, A COUPLE OF COMMONALITIES THAT I THINK ARE KEY IS MOST SCHOOLS STATED STANDARD SPACE INSTRUCTION.
AND WITH THAT FOCUS TOP OF THEIR MIND, IF, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS, I'M SURE TALKED ABOUT STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION, BUT NOW IT'S ABSOLUTELY MORE FUN.
SO TO ME THAT SAYS, THEY ARE REALLY INVESTED IN THE STANDARDS AND PLANNING STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION AND THEY ARE USING SOME OTHER, UM, A VARIETY OF, OF WAYS WITH THE STANDARDS.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS PARTICULARLY, UM, HELPFUL THAT MS. RIVERA AT JOSEPH SHANKLIN ACTUALLY PROVIDED DATA ON THE SPECIAL ED POPULATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT GOT ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS.
SO TO SEE THAT, THAT I, IN PARTICULAR, I THOUGHT WAS VERY TELLING AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
UM, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COLONEL GEIER SAID ABOUT STRUCTURE.
IT'S, IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND I ALSO LOVE THOSE ISHIKAWA DIAGRAMS, CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES IN TO DEVELOPING ONE OF THOSE.
THEY CAN BE, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MAP SCORES, THERE'S A DRAMATIC INCREASE AND I SEE THE PATTERN ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOLS.
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THERE'S A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE LOWER GRADES.AND THEN THAT INCREASED TAPERS AS YOU MOVE UP IN GRADES.
IS THAT, IS THAT AN ANTICIPATED PATTERN? DR.
ANYTHING I COULD CARE FOR REVIEW OF OUR STANDARDS
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE RATE OF LEARNING IS HARD.
MR. DISTRIBUTOR, I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH, WITH NOT ONLY DOES THE CURRICULUM, UH, UH, THE STANDARDS, EXCUSE ME, DO THE STANDARDS GET TOUGHER, BUT THE RIGOR WITHIN THOSE STANDARDS AS THE GRADE LEVELS IN BREEDS, UH, CONTINUE, UH, TO GROW.
AND, AND SO, UH, THAT IS, UH, AN ACCURATE OBSERVATION ON YOUR PART.
I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU CONTINUE TO BRING ALL THIS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
YOU ARE A REAL PROFESSIONAL, AND I HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC GAINS THE CONFIDENCE THAT I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD GAME, WHEN THEY HEAR AND SEE YOUR WORK, IT'S A FAMILY BE
WELL, UM, DIDN'T STUPID YOUR ASS.
MY FIRST QUESTION, I NOTICED THE SAME THING AND WANTING TO KNOW WHY THAT WAS.
AND A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE IS SO THE MAP TESTING IS DONE FOR EIGHTH GRADE AND, UM, WHAT'S THE HIGHEST SCORE FOR MATH FOR BOTH THE MATH AND SILENT MR. FALLON INFORMATION WITH ME.
UH, SO IT'S, UH, I'LL, I'LL IT'S, I THINK IT'S SLIDE THREE OF MY POWERPOINT THAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH, BUT, UM, THERE IS, THERE IS NO TECHNICAL MAXIMUM SCORE, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO INTO IT, BUT EVERY SCORE HAS ITS OWN VALUE OF DIFFICULTY AND THE ROUSH UNIT OR THE RALPH SCALE, OR WHICH IS THE SCALE.
THE RED SCALE IS, IS, UM, RANGES, UH, AROUND, UH, ONE 12, UM, TO ABOUT A THREE 50, BUT IT'S NOT, UM, A STUDENT'S NOT GOING TO SCORE A THREE 50.
IT IS NOT A, UM, IT'S NOT A SCORE OR A TEST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SCORE A HUNDRED ON.
UM, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A FEW MINUTES.
I DON'T WANT TO DERAIL THE QUESTIONS ON THE GOOD CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THESE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR STAFF, THE TEACHERS.
VERY IMPRESSIVE WORK WE'RE DOING AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO THERE ARE NOT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I WILL HAVE DANIEL BALANCE, UM, BE ABLE TO WDA MAP, UPDATE THAT HELPED BUILD OR ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HAD REGARDING YOUR PRESENTATION, JUST TO BALANCE.
UH, THE SAME THING, I DO WANT TO DO A FALL MAP UPDATE WITH YOU, BUT I WANT TO TIE THAT BACK TO THE, THE LAST EIGHT SCHOOLS WE'VE SEEN.
SO THE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE IT'S IT'S INFORMATION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RELEARNING, IT'S NEW LEARNING.
UM, IT'S, UH, BUILDING UPON WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE GONE OVER WITH THE OTHER EIGHT SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CULMINATING DATA AT THE END, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT.
SO YOU HAVE THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE OF ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT, STARTING WITH MR. CAMPBELL LAST NIGHT, ASKING WHAT IS THE NORM, WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO HOW MUCH WHEN, WHEN ASKED TO MR. LAWTON, HOW MUCH DO YOUR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS NEED TO GROW IN MATH TO BE NORMAL OR EXPECTED OR WHERE THEY NEED TO BE? SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE ANSWER SOME OF THOSE, UH, IF NOT ALL QUESTIONS, BUT TO START REALLY QUICKLY, UH, FALL MAP, UPDATE, UM, B FOR COUNTY STUDENTS, AND THIS, IT DOES NEED TO SAY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH NINTH GRADE FOR THE FALL OF 2020 SCHOOL YEAR, UM, PARTICIPATED IN MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS MAP.
AND WE TESTED, UH, THOSE STUDENTS AUGUST 24TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21ST.
SO WHY SO EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AFTER BEING OUT SINCE MARCH, UH, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF ACT ONE 42,
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UH, ACT ONE 42, UH, COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE, UH, IS, IS A LARGE PORTION OF, OF LAW.BUT THE PART THAT AFFECTS US WITH, WITH TESTING CAME DOWN TO THEIR ACQUIREMENT OF DISTRICT PRETEST, ALL STUDENTS, KINDERGARTEN, THIRD GRADE NINE, READING AND MATH WITHIN THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SECOND HALF OF THAT IS WE MUST POST-TEST BEFORE WE LEAVE AT THE END OF THE 2020 CALENDAR YEAR.
SO THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF DECEMBER WILL BE SPENT WITH THAT POST-TEST.
SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING OF THAT, THAT AUGUST 24TH DATE, WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE STARTED SCHOOL, UM, WE WERE ALLOWED SOME FLEXIBILITY TO, AS, AS DR HAS MENTIONED AS, AS THE PRINCIPALS MENTIONED, UM, WE STARTED TESTING IN DURING LEAP WEEK.
WE HAD SCHOOLS BEING CREATIVE, UH, FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING TO ALLOW, AS WE SAW SOME OF THOSE REMOVAL OF THE BURDEN OF, OF, OF TECHNOLOGY, UM, TESTING DURING THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WEEK.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SCHOOLS FULLY USE THE 10 DAYS DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL.
UH, AND TO HAVE RITA MENTIONED, UM, LAST NIGHT ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY ISSUES THAT WE SAW AND, AND FULL TRANSPARENCY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THERE DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, YES, WE WERE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL AND THE 10 DAYS OF TESTING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WAS DEALING WITH SEVERE WILDFIRES.
SO PART OF THAT TECHNOLOGY CONCERNS, UH, WE'RE NOT BEAVER COUNTY, WE'RE NOT END UP GAY RELATED.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY, UM, FIRE-RELATED WITH THE, UM, INTERVIEWS ON THE WEST COAST.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE CABLING THAT THEIR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR INTERNET TO THE SERVER CONNECT CONNECTIVITY WERE ACTUALLY BEING MELTED BY THE FIRES.
SO WE'VE GOT TO THINK WHEN YOU THINK GLOBALLY, HOW, HOW TIGHT WE ALL ARE WITH THE NETWORKS, UM, HOW CLOSE THEY SEEM, UM, A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.
AND THAT WAS, THAT DID, THAT DID CAUSE US A LITTLE BIT OF CONDUCTIVITY ISSUES, UH, OVER THOSE 10 DAYS.
UH, BUT WHOLESALE, OUR, OUR, OUR STUDENTS WERE TESTED.
WE MET THE, THE LETTER OF THE LAW AS FAR AS ACT ONE 42.
NOW WHAT IS MAP? THIS IS A REFRESHER, BUT ITS MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
UH, IT IS A SUITE OF A FORM OF ASSESSMENTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED ALREADY, UH, ARE THE GROWTH ASSESSMENTS.
THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT, THAT DELVE INTO, UM, THE STRAND LEVEL.
SO WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING.
WE CAN, WE CAN MONITOR HOW THEY'RE DOING IN THE STRANDS OR THE GOAL PERFORMANCE AREAS OF THE ASSESSMENT, OTHER SCREENING ASSESSMENTS.
UH, THESE CAN BE OPEN WHEN THE WINDOW, OUR OVERALL OFFICIAL TESTING WINDOW IS NOT IF A NEW STUDENT WERE TO COME IN, UM, OR IF A STUDENT IS SHOWING RAPID GROWTH AND WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER TEST OF, HEY, HOW IS THIS STUDENT REALLY DOING? WE CAN GIVE A QUICK INTERIM DIAGNOSTIC USING THE MAP, A SUITE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AT THE EARLY GRADE LEVELS THAT THE K ONE GRADE LEVELS, WE HAVE VERY SKILL SPECIFIC NON-COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENTS IN READING AND MATH AS IT, THOSE STUDENTS CAN BE GIVEN FROM ANYTHING TO A PRE AND A POST TEST OF A UNIT OR A LESSON, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH PROGRESS MONITORING ON ACQUISITION OF, OF NUMBER SKILLS SOUNDS, UM, CONCEPTS OF READING.
UM, THESE GET INTO THOSE EARLY LEVEL ASSESSMENTS AND B FOR COUNTIES PARTNERED WITH NWA, UH, NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION, THE MAP ASSESSMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE SINCE THE FALL OF 2004.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A BATTERY OF LONGITUDINAL DATA THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR POPULATIONS ON A VERY CONSISTENT SCALE.
SO THAT GETS INTO WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT SCALE.
AND THE QUESTION FROM DR GOING, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM SCORE.
SO WHEN STUDENTS FINISH THE MAPS TEST, UH, THEY DO RECEIVE A W EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S TESTED WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, MEAN SCORES, IT'S A RISK SCORE.
UH, IF YOU, UH, WANT TO SLEEP WELL TONIGHT, YOU CAN READ UP ON WHAT THE RUSH UNIT IS, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT REPRESENTS A STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT AND HELPS MEASURE GROWTH OVER TIME.
SO IN A TO THINK OF THIS IS HIS FEET AND INCHES.
IF YOU HAVE A RULER, WHETHER YOU HAVE A MEASURING TAPE, A TAPE MEASURE, AN INCHES, AN INCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND A FOOT IS A FOOT.
SO WE CAN ACCURATELY MEASURE MULTIPLE THINGS USING THE SAME COMMON SCALE.
SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS MEASURE STUDENT PERFORMANCE
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REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT GRADE LEVEL THEY'RE IN, OR REGARDLESS OF THEIR ACADEMIC ABILITY ON GRADES, IT'S LIKE MARKING THE HEIGHT OF A STUDENT OR A CHILD AS THEY GROW ON THE DOORFRAME AND INCHES AN INCH, WE CAN MEASURE IT OVER TIME AND WE CAN SEE HOW FAR YOU HAVE GROWN ACADEMICALLY BETWEEN TEST EVENTS.SO WHEN I SAY THERE, THERE'S NO MAXIMUM SCORE, WELL, THERE'S NO TECHNICALLY MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT A HUMAN CAN GROW TO.
UM, AND, AND MR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH, UH, YOU SEE HIGH GROWTH THAT EARLY GRADES YOU SEE LOWER GROWTH AT, AT, AT, AT THE HIGHER GRADES.
UM, THINK OF THAT SAME THING WITH GROWTH.
WHEN WE ARE YOUNGER, WE HAVE MORE GROWTH SPURTS AS WE CONTINUE TO AGE, UH, GROWTH, UH, STARTS TO SLOW DOWN.
UM, YES, IT'S THE STANDARD JUSTICE TO CON COMPLEXITY, AND THAT IS REFLECTIVE IN THE NORMS. SO THAT'S NOT HERE.
THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, GREENVILLE OR, OR A COUNTY THAT'S GEORGIA, CALIFORNIA, ALASKA, THAT'S NATIONWIDE INSIDE OF THE NORMS THAT IS SEEN.
AND THAT IS EVIDENT IN THE NORMS, NOT JUST OUR BEAVER COUNTY RESULTS.
SO HOW HAS 2020 DIFFERENT, I'M JUST TALKING, YOU KNOW, NWA AND MAP ASSESSMENTS, UM, JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU AND PRESENT YOU THAT THE, THE ENCOUNTER OF STUDENTS THAT TESTED FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL.
SO AS, AS OUR STUDENTS WERE YOUNGER, OF COURSE, THEY HAD A LITTLE LESS INDEPENDENCE.
UM, SO WE SEE, YOU KNOW, RANGING FROM 34 TO 36% OF THOSE KINDERGARTNERS ARE, ARE COMING IN FACE TO FACE.
UM, FIRST TIME POSSIBLY IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, THEY'RE VERY YOUNG, SO THEY, THEY DID THE FACE-TO-FACE, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WE SEE THE NINTH GRADERS.
UM, WE SEE ALMOST A LARGE CHUNK OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE TAKING VIRTUAL TESTS.
SO WE, WE MET THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
UH, WE DID, UH, ALLOW FOR, UM, THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE A SECURE AND CONSISTENT TESTING ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WE HAVE NOT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT ONE THING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IN A NORMAL TESTING SESSION, UM, TEST START TIMES ALL OCCURRED DURING THE, THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY.
YOU KNOW, NOTHING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN 45, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THEY'RE ENDING BY, YOU KNOW, TWO 30, TWO 45 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR FALL 2020, OUR, OUR, OUR BUILDINGS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR SCHOOL TEST COORDINATORS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES, UM, DID EVERYTHING IT TOOK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, WE HAVE TEST TIMES, UH, START TIMES IN THE SYSTEM, UH, RANGING FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
OUR, OUR SCHOOLS MET OUR FAMILIES WHERE THEY NEEDED TO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT AS, AS SEAMLESS AND AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, DURING THESE TIMES, I WANT TO ALSO TALK AS WE TRANSITION TO THE LAST, WITH THE ACTUAL DATA, UH, AND TO MR. CAMPBELL'S QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, SIXTH GRADE MATH.
CAUSE CAUSE YOU ASKED ABOUT SIXTH GRADE MATH, AND NOW WE CAN SEE THERE.
SO THE SAME EXACT DATA THAT ALL EIGHT SCHOOLS HAVE PRESENTED INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, SO WE'RE ALSO GETTING TO THIS.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT, SAME EXACT DATA, SAME EXACT LAYOUT.
SO WE SEE FALL 2020 MEAN FOR KINDERGARTEN, ONE 48.
UH, WE FOLLOW THE NEXT LINE DOWN.
WE SEE THE CURRENT FIRST GRADE SCORING A ONE 64.8 AND MATHEMATICS THOSE SAME STUDENTS.
IF WE FOLLOW THEM BACK ONE CALENDAR YEAR, THEIR MEAN SCORE WAS A ONE 36.7.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING GROWTH.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE, I KNOW THAT THE QUESTION, WHERE SHOULD THEY BE? AND THAT'S, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, I'M I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE AS A SYSTEM NEED TO BE.
SO IN SIXTH GRADE MATH, AS THE EXAMPLE, UM, NWA WOULD SAY THE NORM FOR SIXTH GRADE MATH STARTING IN THE FALL WAS A TO 14.7.
AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY NEED TO GROW 8.1 POINTS.
NOW IS 8.1 8.1 RE POINTS, UM, ADEQUATE FOR ALL LEARNERS.
IF WE JUST SAY YOU MUST GROW EIGHT POINTS, OF COURSE NOT SOME STUDENTS AS WE'VE SEEN EVIDENCED IN ALL EIGHT SCHOOLS.
AND WE SEE, WE SEE A RANGE OF CURRENT LEGALITY OF THE GRADE LEVELS.
SO SOMEONE, A STUDENT MIGHT NEED TO GROW 14, 15 POINTS TO BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT THE, THE YEAR.
MY TWO NEED TO GROW ONE OR TWO POINTS, BUT NWA WOULD SAY, IF YOU START THE YEAR, UH, TWO 14.7, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, WE ROUND THAT
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TO TWO 15, IT'S THE MEDIAN IS SURROUNDED ME.EIGHT POINTS OF GROWTH IS WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AROUND THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE LAST THING YOU JUST SAID, DANIEL RENT OF EIGHT IS EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN.
SO, UH, JUST LIKE, UM, GOING BACK TO THE FEET AND INCHES AND GROWTH AND WHAT'S EXPECTED AND, AND EVERYTHING.
SO IF, IF AN AVERAGE STUDENT, UM, WHICH NW WOULD SAY OUT OF THEIR NORMS, UH, IN SIXTH GRADE MATHEMATICS IN THE FALL WOULD BE ROUGHLY A TWO 14 ROUNDED TO TWO 50.
SO THEY WOULD BE SCORING ROUGHLY A TWO 15 THAT'S RIGHT AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE, THAT SAME STUDENT TO MAINTAIN THE 50TH PERCENTILE OR GROW ONE YEAR BY SPRING, THEY WOULD NEED TO GROW EIGHT POINTS.
SO IS THAT JUST TRUE FOR SIXTH GRADE OR IS THAT THAT'S JUST SIXTH GRADE.
I WAS USING SIXTH GRADE BECAUSE THAT ONE, THAT ONE SEEMED TO RISE TO THE TOP OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO I JUST, I WANTED TO KEEP THAT SAME.
I DIDN'T WANT TO THROW IN A SECOND GRADE AND READING AND WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT SECOND GRADE READING SIXTH GRADE MATH WAS KIND OF THAT FOCUS POINT.
SO HOW TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE? MOST DEFINITELY.
EVERY GRADE, EVERY GRADE, EVERY SUBJECT, UM, WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, UM, WHAT'S TYPICAL GROWTH.
AND, AND DRILLING DOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR RC AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THEIR GRADE LEVELS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT GROWTH DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY STARTED, AS A MEAN, AND THEN DRILLING DOWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THE CLASSROOM.
EACH ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN PRESCRIPTIVE, TYPICAL OR EXPECTED GROWTH FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR.
IF IT'S A ROLL-UP FROM THE CLASSROOM OR THE STUDENT TO THE CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS AND GRADE LEVEL, GRADE LEVEL SCHOOL, THEN WE HAVE DISTRICT.
SO WE, WE ROLLED THOSE BERRIES, SPECIFICS, STUDENT, CHRIS PRESCRIPTIVE SCORES, AND WE START SLOWLY, UM, ROLLING THEM UP TO, TO A REPORT LEVEL AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
UM, GO TO THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS KNOW WHAT THE NORM IS AT EACH OF THOSE GRADE LEVELS.
LIKE YOU JUST GAVE THE TWO 14 TO 15 FOR THE SIXTH GRADE AS A TEACHER.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT.
SO THEN I, I KNOW I'M MEASURING GROWTH FOR MY STUDENTS, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE HOW FAR OR HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO LEAD, YOU KNOW, MORE THE NATIONAL NORM.
UH, ONE GOOD THING ABOUT W W ONE OF THE KEY BENEFITS OF NWA IS, UM, IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE I GET, I GET THE DATA FIRST, BUT HONESTLY, OTHER REPORTS THAT I USE TO CREATE THESE, UM, EVEN LAG BEHIND WHAT THE TEACHERS HAVE.
SO IF A TEACHER TESTS, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, UH, THEIR REPORTS ARE POPULATED THAT DAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M WAITING TO THE NEXT DAY TO, TO SEE THOSE REPORTS.
SO THOSE TEACHERS HAVE THEIR STUDENT SCORES, UH, AS THEIR, AS THEIR SCHOOL, UM, ROLLS THROUGH TESTING, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR SCHOOL NORM, THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL MEANS.
AND THEN AS WE CLOSE THE TESTING WINDOW, THEY GET THE DISTRICT MEANS, BUT ON ALL OF THOSE REPORTS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A STUDENT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S NORM, OR WHAT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S ANTICIPATED OR EXPECTED TYPICAL, UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ON THOSE REPORTS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT IN TERMS OF MR. LARKIN AND OTHERS.
I KNOW THERE'S A UNIFORM COM COMPONENT THERE, BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF GROWTH AND THE SIZE, IF THEY'RE BEHIND THAT TO GET TO THAT NORM MIGHT REQUIRE MORE THAN THAT.
THEY'RE COMING TO EIGHT POINTS AND STUDENTS NOTICE WHEN TEACHERS KNOW IT AND TEACHERS KNOW THAT WHEN ADMINISTRATORS KNOW IT, BECAUSE IT'S PASSED DOWN AND IT'S STILL SO ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH DID THEY GROW, NOT THE FACT THAT THEY GROW, HOW MUCH THEY GROW, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR POINT OF LEVERAGE SHOULD BE.
AND THAT'S INFORMATION LIKE DANIEL SAID IS THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND I WAS TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE INSPECTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AS OPPOSED TO JUST GENERALIZING
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THAT WE WILLING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING, OH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE DISTORTED SOMETIMES.BUT YES, UH, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I HOPE WE PICKED UP SOMETHING FROM IT.
ONE THING I LIKE TO ASK YOU, IF YOU'VE EVER DONE MEAN DATA, MEAN SCORES ARE VALUABLE.
HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A GRADE AT A SPECIFIC TIME AND SUBJECT AND SHOWN IT BY STUDENTS ON A BELL CURVE? SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT NEED IS ON A BUILDER.
HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT? I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M DOWN THE HALL IN MY OFFICE, I'M FEELING LIKE WE'RE CHANNELING SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UM, SO AS I WAS, I WAS CRUNCHING AND CRUNCHING ALL THE NORMS WHILE I WAS OVER HERE.
CAUSE I HEARD THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONVERSATION I KNEW IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A MUCH DEEPER CONVERSATION, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, SO, AND NWA THERE, THE NORMS IN 2020 ARE DIFFERENT AND I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE THEIR, THEIR DIFFERENCES.
UM, THEIR, THEIR METHODOLOGY IS THE SAME, BUT FOR THE 2020 YEAR, THEY'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED.
THEY'VE COME TO THE TESTING CALENDARS INSTEAD OF JUST GENERIC TIMEFRAMES.
BUT ONE THING THEY'VE GUARANTEED IS THEY'VE, THEY'VE GUARANTEED A, A MUCH MORE, UH, NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF TEST EVENTS.
SO YOU'RE GETTING TO THE BELL CURVE.
SO THEN WHAT, BASICALLY WHAT WE SAY IS WHEN WE SEE THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF THOSE NORMS, UH, AND WE LOOK AT, UH, TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS AWAY AND WE'RE GETTING INTO ALL THE NORM FOR DOING THE 68% OF THE POPULATION.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HERE, CHARTING OUT.
I HADN'T STARTED IT YET BECAUSE I FIGURED IF I GOT INTO THAT PROGRAM, I'D MISS QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I WOULDN'T AGREE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, BUT TO SEE WHAT OUR DISTRIBUTION IS, ONCE THEY'RE GIVING THESE, THESE, THESE, THESE STANDARD DEVIATIONS ARE, ARE, ARE MUCH TIGHTER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 20 AND 25 POINTS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS.
I'M LOOKING AT MUCH TIGHTER STANDARD DEVIATIONS IN THE 12 TO 14 POINT RANGE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M THINKING THE, THE, THE RIT SCALE ITSELF, WHILE IT MIGHT'VE DRIFTED A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE NORMS IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAR MORE ACCURATE FOR 2020.
UM, MR. CAMPBELL, I KNOW MS. FRIEDRICH, YOU CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST WENT WITH MAPS, THE NORMS WERE BASED ON JUST PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF NWA SAMPLE SIZE.
SO IT WAS ONLY DISTRICTS THAT GO FOR THE ASSESSMENT.
SO THEY WERE SKEWED VERY HIGH.
AND THEN THEY CAME TO WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL EDUCATION STATISTICS AND THEY BECAME MORE DISTRIBUTED, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, THE NORMAL POPULATION.
AND NOW THEY'VE TAKEN ONE STEP FURTHER AND TAKEN OUT RAPID GUESSING THEY'VE TAKEN OUT, UM, OTHER NOISE FROM THE SAMPLE.
SO THESE STANDARDIZATIONS ARE, ARE GOOD.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THIS THINKING WHEN I TAKE THE DATA TO PUT IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID, CHART IT, LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT DOING WITH PERCENTILES AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE SHOULD SEE A VERY NORM DISTRIBUTION OF THE PERCENTILES, UM, AND THEN LOOK AND SEE HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
UM, SO YES, AS THE SAME EXACT THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THESE STANDARD DEVIATIONS, UM, THAT WERE MANAGEABLE, UM, AND IT MAKES THE, IT MAKES THE, THE THOUGHT OF DOING THAT WORK, UM, MORE MEANINGFUL THAN DOING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THE SCENARIO PATIENTS ARE SO LARGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA CAPTURE THAT 68% OF OUR POPULATION.
UH, BUT WITH THESE BEING TIGHTER, I THINK WE MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE, UM, THAT, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, ROLLING OUT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND SEEING WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE ON THAT BELL CURVE AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH, UM, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THAT I DO KNOW IT IS PRETTY MUCH IT'S TEACHER PRACTICE TO SHARE THE MAP SCORES WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THE NORMS ARE.
THEY KNOW WHAT THE FALL FALLEN NORM IS THE WINTER NORM AND THE SPRING SPRINGBOARD.
AND I CAN, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS, HEY, THIS IS YOUR MAP SCORE.
I LOOK AT, LET ME SEE YOUR GROWTH, BUT THIS IS THE NORM ACROSS THE NATION.
SO WHERE DO WE COMPARE TO THAT? SO I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU ALL THAT THIS IS STANDARD PRACTICE HAS BEEN SINCE 2004, THAT TEACHERS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TEACHERS DO KNOW THE DORMS, THERE'S A PRINTOUT.
I HAVE A DAY TEACHER'S CLASS, IT'S USUALLY UNDER DESKS ON THE WALL OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS AT IEP MEETINGS, SAY AGAIN, PLC AND PLC.
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MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL, AND TO ADD TO WHAT TRICIA WAS SAYING, THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, MAP SCORE ONLY IS USED A LOT OF TIMES, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS A DIRECTIVE OR SUPPORT FOR, FOR REGISTRATION OR, OR TO THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES OR RECOMMENDATION INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES.YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN LEVEL FOR MATH ACCEPTABLE FOR ALGEBRA ONE, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, GEOMETRY AND, AND, AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE RELEVANT TO OUR BASIC LEVELS OF THE KID.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT WHERE THOSE LEVELS ALL, DESPITE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SAID, A GROWTH PATTERN IS, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE CAN ASK STUDENTS WHO HAVE A RATE THAT'S THREE GRADE LEVELS BELOW TO DO THINGS THAT REQUIRE A DIFFERENT GRIT, UH, LEVEL, BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPROVING A LOT OF TIMES, THEY DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE THE CORRELATION.
SO YEAH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE UTILIZED QUITE A BIT IN THE SCHOOLS OR SHOULD BE AT LEAST ALL RIGHT THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTION.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I AGREE WITH MR. CAMPBELL WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU, MR. FALLON.
UH, THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY GUTHRIE, UH, MS. CROSBY.
UM, SO UNDER A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE HAVE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES.
UM, FIRST IS THE MONTHLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT.
UM, SO THE DISTRICT, UH, PROVIDED THE AUGUST 1ST THROUGH 31ST REPORT.
IT'S ABOUT 45 PAGES LONG, 41 PAGES LONG.
SO, UM, IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DETAIL THERE.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS REPORT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 23, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE NEWS, LEAH.
SO JUST, JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, AND, YOU KNOW, MOST SCHOOLS HAD A $3,000 RENEWALS SUBSCRIPTION.
THE DISTRICT HAD 14,000 AND MC RILEY HAD 7,000.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THERE WAS SUCH A DIFFERENCE AND WHY WHAT'S THE DISTRICT HAS THE NAME FOR A SECOND OR $2,000 RENEWAL CHARGE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC INVOICE, UM, WITH ME, BUT, UM, DR.
STRATOSE WOULD YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT PARTICULAR PURCHASE? THIS IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, PURCHASE.
UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT DETAILS WILL BE, UH, THE EVENING.
WE'LL BE CERTAIN TO GET THOSE TOO.
MS. CROSBY, I DON'T HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU INVOICE.
UM, MS. FIDRYCH WILL BE, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THAT OUT TO THE FULL BOARD ON TOMORROW.
I SHOULD BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, THE NEXT REPORT IS THE MONTHLY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REPORT AS WE CALL IT.
THESE ARE PURCHASES AND OUR CONTRACTS THAT ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR OVER, UM, PER BOARD MOTION.
UM, THIS IS BROUGHT, UM, MONTHLY TO YOU AND IDENTIFIES ANY PURCHASES OR CONTRACTS THAT IN, IN INDIVIDUAL OR IN TOTAL, UM, MEET THAT THRESHOLD.
SO THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
UM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
B ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT ONE? OKAY.
AND THE THIRD REPORT IN THIS CATEGORY IS THE BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET.
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THE REPORT DATE OF OCTOBER 15TH OF 2020.SO THIS IS FOR THE JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND PART, PART OF OCTOBER.
UM, THE, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, THE LEGAL SERVICES ARE ACTUALLY THE, UM, DISTRICTS, UM, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, UM, LOBBYIST.
UM, SO THAT 6,833 ON THE FIRST PAGE IS OUR DISTRICT LOBBYIST ASSISTS WITH LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
AND AGAIN, THE LARGER PURCHASE AT THE VERY END OF THE REPORT.
UM, ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS IS OUR SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP ALSO HAS POLICY SERVICES AND LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT IS, UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC, MR. THANKS, MAN.
AND SHARON, A TINY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON ACCOUNT 53, TWO OH ONE, WHICH IS THE LOCAL TRAVEL, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, ALL THE LINES AFTER THE FIRST LINE CORRESPOND TO, UH, TWO BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT TOP LINE, THAT 4,500, UM, THE TOP LINE IS ANY OTHER, IT'S A SORT OF A CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE.
IF ANY, UM, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS EXCEED A PARTICULAR BUDGET THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR FULL BOARD, UM, FOR THE USE TO, IN CASE OF OVERAGES IN ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I I'D MUCH RATHER SEE THE OVERAGE AND TO HAVE IT TAKEN OUT OF THAT AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE ON BUDGET.
SO, BUT YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT YOU HAVE JUST MENTIONED IS THE LOBBYIST SERVICES AND THAT'S THE, UH, UNDER THE LEGAL SERVICES, I GUESS THE STICKY THREE, ONE 900, CORRECT? YES.
CAN YOU LOOK INTO POSES? I RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IT'S 3,700, I THINK A MONTH.
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S QUITE THE RIGHT NUMBER THERE.
I RECALL LOOKING AT THAT AND SEEING TWO PAYMENTS.
SO, UM, I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, UM, 100 AND SOMEWHERE.
AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MS. CROSBY, UM, FIXES TO COVID-19 UPDATE, UH, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, JUST THREE QUICK THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ON.
UH, THIS EVENING, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR THIRD WEEK OF HYBRID INSTRUCTION, SCHOOL VISITS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE BEING EXECUTED WELL.
AND OUR STUDENTS AT EVERY LEVEL ARE RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL DESPITE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAPPENING AROUND THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, EXECUTING A HYBRID MODEL HAS COME WITH AN ABATEMENT OF HOW WE CONDUCT SOME OF THE MORE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL, LIKE RECESS, LUNCH, AND OTHER SCHOOL COMMUNITY GATHERINGS.
AND ALTHOUGH OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON ACADEMICS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER CRITICAL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL THAN NOW REQUIRE ATTENTION.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT STUDENTS CONNECTION TO ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS IMPORTANT.
NIKIA CAMPBELL AND MS. LAKEISHA SWINTON PROUDLY INTRODUCED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE YOUNG MAN OF DISTINCTION, A NEW INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING PROMISING MALE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
RODRIGUEZ AND I WERE PRIVILEGED TO SHARE OUR PERSONAL STORIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROUP'S INAUGURAL MEETING.
SO AGAIN, I'M SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ACKNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF COVID THAT WE MUST INSIST ON CREATING NEW PATHWAYS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH CAN EMANATE FROM THIS SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL, CONCERNING SAFETY, LIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY DONE.
WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NEW, NEW SAFETY PROTOCOL THAT INVOLVES TEMPERATURE CHECKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAMILIES WHO ARE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH OUR TRANSITION TO HYBRID HAS GONE WELL SO FAR, FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR ABILITY TO KEEP OUR BUILDINGS CLEAN AND OUR PEOPLE SAFE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'VE SEEN WHERE DISTRICTS HAVE REOPENED AND BECAUSE OF COVID OUTBREAKS HAVE HAD
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TO CLOSE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.WE BELIEVE THAT THIS KIND OF DISRUPTION IS SIMPLY NOT GOOD STUDENTS, ALTHOUGH COVID 19 DOES NOT ALWAYS PRESENT WITH A FEVER.
IT IS WIDELY KNOWN THAT FEVER IS ONE OF THE BODY'S FIRST REACTIONS TO INFECTION TO THAT END.
WE BELIEVE THAT MONITORING BODY TEMPERATURES CAN HELP DETECT DISEASE AND HELP US TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS OKAY TO BE PHYSICALLY RIGHT PRESENT FOR WORK OR FOR SCHOOL, TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT ADOPT THIS PROCEDURE AS A FOOLPROOF METHOD OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COVID WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A WORTHWHILE EFFORT.
AND LASTLY, ALLOW ME TO SHARE THAT WE'VE RECENTLY DEBUTED OUR COVID-19 DASHBOARD AND IT IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
THE ACTIVATION OF THIS DASHBOARD WAS INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS FIRST TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT COVID INFECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
AND TWO TO ENSURE A CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF COVID INFECTIONS THAT CAN EASILY BE TRACKED AND MONITORED BY INTERESTED PERSONS.
THIS DASHBOARD WILL BE UPDATED DAILY DURING THE WEEK, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PUBLISHED NUMBERS MAY FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON WHEN CASES ARE REPORTED TO US.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON A TWO WEEK WINDOW SINCE THE TYPICAL PERIOD RANGES FROM 10 TO 14 DAYS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES PER SCHOOL SINCE STEPPED FROM SEPTEMBER 28TH IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE DASHBOARD.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD REPEAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE DASHBOARD.
IT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR VIEWING.
I SHOULD MENTION, UH, THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY LED THIS EFFORT.
RODRIGUEZ ALSO HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE COVID OUTBREAKS HAPPENED WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO AVAIL OURSELVES TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TO AVERT, UM, THESE OUTBREAKS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I WAS WONDERING HOW ARE OUR LITTLE PEOPLE HANDLING THE COVERT, UH, COVID-19 UH, EPIDEMIC? HOW, HOW, HOW THE YOUNGER FOLKS HANDLING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU SAY YOUR APPROACH, ARE YOU REFERRING LIKE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YES, SIR.
SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, UM, PERHAPS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST SURPRISING, UH, PIECE TO ME AROUND THIS IS THAT OUR YOUNGEST STUDENT, RIGHT, WITH THE MATH REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE DISPLACED, UH, AND EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF, UH, CHALLENGE FOR, FOR, FOR THEM ON THAT.
AND, AND TO BE HONEST, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING FROM, UH, FROM OUR TEACHERS, THAT'S A GENERAL FORM IS THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REALLY A NON ISSUE, RIGHT? EMAR ADOPTING VERY WELL TO THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST WEEK, UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, REMINDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THEM.
AND, UH, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM TEACHERS AS I VISIT SCHOOLS, IS THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR THEM.
THEY SEEM TO BE DOING WELL WITH THE PROTOCOLS ARE OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE A FINE JOB, AN EXCELLENT JOB IN, UH, WORKING THROUGH THESE PROTOCOLS WITH OUR STUDENTS.
SO, UH, FROM MY PERCEPTION, I THINK THEY'RE DOING WELL.
I MEAN, I THINK FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION, I WOULD, UM, UH, REITERATE WITH JUST WHAT DR.
RODRIGUEZ SAID, UH, IN THE SCHOOL VISITS THAT I'VE, UH, I'VE HAD AN, THAT I'VE CONDUCTED, UM, NOT ONLY ARE OUR STUDENTS JUST DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
UH, I THINK WHAT I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ADULTS IN OUR BUILDINGS ARE MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS, PROCEDURES WITH FIDELITY AND CONSISTENTLY ACROSS SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I'VE SEEN THAT AT EVERY LEVEL AT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S QUITE FRANKLY, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED TO SEE.
I COMMEND ALL OF THE ADULTS WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS FOR BEING ABLE TO MANAGE ALL OF THIS CHANGE.
ALSO, SO LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
ARE THEY EATING LUNCHES IN, IN, UH, IN, UH, THE EVENING LECTURES? I WILL MAKE IT, MY QUESTION IS MORE, ARE THEY MOVING AROUND? ARE THEY, ARE THEY GOING TO RECESS HOW TO EAT THE LUNCH OR THEY JUST STANDING CLASH AND EDDIE'S DOING EVERYTHING FROM THE CLASSROOM? NO, SIR.
THEY, UH, THEY DO EAT LUNCHES, UH, IN CLASSROOMS. UH, THEY ARE OUT AT RECESS.
UH, THEY, THEY DIDN'T TAKE THEM OUT.
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UH, CONTINUE TO OBSERVE, UH, DISTANCING, UH, AROUND THAT DURING THE, UH, DURING THE RECESS.UM, SO I, I HAVE SEEN A VARIETY OF CREATIVITY, I WOULD SAY FROM OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN, UH, IN ORGANIZING OUR STUDENTS AROUND, UH, AROUND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN THERE'S ONLY ONE CLASS QUITE AT A TIME AND THEY CLEAN, THE, THE PLAYGROUND WANTS TO KIDS ARE GOING OFF OF THEM.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK WHERE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE? UM, SO WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED OUR SCHOOLS TO ACTUALLY MAKE USE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, TEACHERS ARE USING JUST OUTDOOR SPACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN ADEQUATELY PHYSICAL SOCIAL DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE, YOU ARE, UH, BEING ALLOWED TO HAVE BASKET BREAKS ON SCHEDULE STAFF CORRESPOND WITH THEIR DAILY SCHEDULE.
UM, ALSO, UH, LET ME SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
UH, DO WE, UH, ARE WE OFFERING HOTSPOTS TO OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL? NO, SIR.
WE HAVE HAD, UH, SOME TEAMS, MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE HAD SOME TEACHERS THAT HAVE REQUESTED HOTSPOTS THAT THEY NEEDED.
UH, AND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AVAILABLE.
SO, SO WE ARE OFFERING THOSE TO ALL DISTRICT STAFFS, BUT NOT ALL DISTRICTS BASKET, GET A HOTSPOT.
IT'S JUST, IF THEY NEED A HOTSPOT AND THEY REQUESTED, UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT REQUEST HAS BEEN MET.
I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE ASK TO ANSWER SOME QUICK, ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND, UM, ONE OF THEM IS, IS THE PROCESS OF NOW THAT WE'RE TAKING THE TEMPERATURE CHEST.
SO JUST IF YOU COULD WALK ME THROUGH, SO LET'S SAY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COMES TO SCHOOL AND THEIR TEMPERATURE IS TAKEN, AND LET'S SAY IT'S ELEVATED WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? YEAH.
SO AS A GENERAL, SO WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS, AS A GENERAL MATTER THAT STUDENT, IF THEY HAVE AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE BUILDING, THEY WOULD BE, UM, SENT TO THE NURSE'S OFFICE AND THEN A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OR A HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT, THAT TIME OF DETERMINATION WILL BE MADE WHETHER OR NOT, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S NEEDED TO BE CALLED FOR THEM TO, TO, TO, TO GO HOME OR TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO OVERALL PROTOCOLS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WRESTLED WITH INTERNALLY WAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY ARTICULATE WHAT THE STRUCTURES AND THE PROCESS NEEDED ME PROCESSES NEEDED TO BE FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE JUST FELT THAT THAT WAS UNTENABLE SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF, UH, ENTRY POINTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT HIGH SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT FROM MIDDLE, MIDDLE WAS DIFFERENT FROM ELEMENTARY.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE PROVIDED GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE ALLOWED THEM TO ACTUALLY HELP LIMIT THEIR OWN PROCESSES WITH REGARD TO HOW THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, ACQUIRE THE TEMPERATURES OF, OF FOLKS WHO ENTER IN THEIR BUILDINGS.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT IF A STUDENT IS, UH, HAS AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS AT THAT POINT? THE SAME? IT WILL, WELL, FOR SOME SCHOOLS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENT IS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE SAID FOR MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS, IF NOT ALL, IF THEY ARE A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT, THAT THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITY, UH, MOST OF OUR PRINCIPALS, UH, OPT TO HAVE THEIR TEMPERATURES CHECKED IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THEN IF THAT TEMPERATURE IS ELEVATED AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE THE NURSE ACTUALLY COME DOWN TO THE ROOM, NOTIFY THE PARENT, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IT'S NOT A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT.
THE PROCESS IS FUNDAMENTALLY STILL THE SAME.
IF YOU HAVE AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SCHOOL NURSE MAKE A PRELIMINARY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND THEN A DETERMINATION WOULD BE MADE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CONTACT THE PARENT TO REQUEST THEM TO TRANSITION FROM OUT OUT OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
THAT THEN ARE THE TEACHERS THAT THE STUDENT HAS BEEN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. ARE THOSE TEACHERS NOTIFIED? ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE CERTAINLY BECAUSE OF AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, THERE IS NO SCHOOL-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL, JUST BECAUSE A STUDENT HAS AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE.
WHAT WE, THE REASON THAT WE'RE TAKING TEMPERATURES IS WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS AN INDICATOR OF PERHAPS OF SOME, UH, HEALTH CHALLENGE.
AND WE OBVIOUSLY, IN THE AGE OF COVID,
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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT, UH, AGGRESSIVELY AND ASSERTIVELY, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE, UH, ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH THE ACTUAL ACQUISITION OF, OF, OF COVID.BUT WE DO THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE PARENTS NEED TO BE PRUDENT IN BEING RESPONSIVE TO.
SO IF A CONSTITUENT HAD CONSERVED, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS, IS THAT THE PRINCIPAL, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A BIT OF LEEWAY AS TO HOW THEY FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE SUGGESTED.
AND, UH, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, BECAUSE, UH, UH, UM, AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE RELATED TO COVID.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CATCHING ALL ELEVATED.
THERE'S SOME QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF ANY STUDENTS HAVING HAD ELEVATED TEMPERATURES JUST YET.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WITH, UH, OUR DESIRE AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INSPIRED IN THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR TEACHERS TO ENSURE THEM, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR REALM OF POSSIBILITY TO KIND OF, UM, UH, INSPIRE THEIR CONFIDENCE WHERE THIS IS WHY WE'VE KIND OF PROCEEDED WITH, UH, TEMPERATURE CHECKS.
ARE WE CHECKING THE, THE RATE OF DISCIPLINE REFERRALS NOW THAT WE'RE IN COURT, IS THE FACE TO FACE, OR ARE THERE BETTER BEHAVES OR ARE THERE MORE REFERRALS BEING SUBMITTED? IS THERE ANYBODY MONITORING THAT? SO MR. GAMBLE THEN IS, THIS IS OUR THIRD WEEK INTO, UH, UM, HYBRID.
SO WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UM, ESSENTIALLY I THINK WHEN WE HEARD FROM MS. FRIEDA YESTERDAY THAT HAS A STUDENT, CERTAINLY IN THAT FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL, UH, ARRIVED AT SCHOOL, THERE WERE, THEY WERE SOMEWHAT SUBDUED BEEN AWAY FROM SCHOOL FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, SO SHE ALSO DID SAY IF YOU CAUGHT IT, SHE ALSO DID SAY, THEY'RE STARTING TO WARM UP, WHICH IS GOOD.
THEY'RE FEELING COMFORTABLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY IS IN TIME OF CRISIS.
THE, WHEN IN FACT THAT KICKS IN UP PEOPLE ARE A LOT MORE VIGILANT AND RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT
UH, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERING QUARANTINE SINCE THREE JUNCTION OF CLASH AND ENTERED QUARANTINE, OR HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE? HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE ENTERED QUARANTINE? UM, AND IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FROM OUR NURSE AND GET THAT BACK.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL MISSING SCHOOL IF THEY'VE BEEN QUARANTINED, CORRECT.
WHETHER THEY HAVE, WHETHER THEY HAVE COVID OR NOT, NOT LIKE THEY'RE NOT IN CLASS, BUT WE, BUT WE ARE OFFERING VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.
AND, UM, HAS A DETERMINATION BEEN MADE YET IF THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IS GOING INTO CLARK? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET.
DO YOU HAVE THAT YET? THE VARSITY TEAM? THE VARSITY TEAM, SIR.
SO HOW MANY STUDENTS IS THAT? OKAY, APPROXIMATELY? I THINK 24.
AND LASTLY, HAVE ANY STAFF, HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERSHIP HAD TO INTERCOURSE TO, OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE AS MUCH WE'LL CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.
NOW I WOULD HOPE THAT'S ON THE TIP OF EVERYBODY'S TONGUE.
SO, WELL, YOU'VE ALL COME BACK TO YOU AFTER I ASKED YOU A QUESTION.
UM, SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM A CONSTITUENT.
WHO'S ALSO A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER IT.
SO THIS RELATES TO OUR HYBRID, UM, UM, DAYS OF THE SCHOOLS.
SO THOSE THEY'RE IN HYBRID HAVE MONDAY,
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TUESDAY, THAT'S THE AA DAYS, WEDNESDAY, THE SCHOOL IS EMPTY.AND THEN THURSDAY, FRIDAY IS THE OTHER FOR THE STUDENTS TO BP DAYS.
SO THE TEACHER'S QUESTION IS, UH, THE BEADING, EXCUSE ME, THE CLEANING DAY WEDNESDAY, IS THAT A DECISION MADE BY EACH SCHOOL AS TO WHETHER THE TEACHERS REPORT THAT DAY OR NOT, OR THEY, OR IS THAT A DISTRICT WIDE THING OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THE TEACHERS ON, ON WEDNESDAY? UM, SO ON WEDNESDAYS, WE, WE, WE HAD AN EXHAUSTIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
UH, BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER, WEDNESDAYS ARE DAYS WHERE TEACHERS HAVE CHOICE.
UM, UH, AND SO, UH, THEY, THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE BUILDINGS IF THEY PREFER.
THERE WAS A QUESTION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO LAFA.
IF THEY, THEIR HOMES ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH WIFI, OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN COME INTO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND WORK, BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER, TEACHERS HAVE CHOICE ON WEDNESDAY AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD, THEY SHOULD WORK.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING MR. WILLIAMSON.
UM, ARE WE EVALUATING TEACHERS DURING COVID-19? YES, WE ARE.
IN FACT, UH, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVALUATIONS RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, WHAT THIS PANDEMIC, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE? MS. WALTON? YES.
MR. SMITH, THE STATE HAS MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE EVALUATION MODEL, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN US A WAIVER OR MUCH REPRIEVE FROM THAT MODEL.
SO WE ARE EVALUATING TEACHERS.
THEY'RE BEING OBSERVED REMOTELY BY THEIR EVALUATORS.
AND, UM, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME LENIENCY ON THE SLS THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE TO DO, BUT WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING STATE GUIDELINES AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE REQUIRED US TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE GIVEN US VERY LITTLE LEEWAY TO CHANGE ANYTHING ALSO.
OH, WILL THAT BE A SAY THIS? UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS THE STATE'S POSITION ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS? UM, I WISH I UNDERSTOOD.
I UNDERSTAND THEIR POSITION IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVALUATIONS THROUGH THE SC LEAD AND SOUTH CAROLINA 4.0 RUBRIC.
THEY HAVE NOT WAVERED ANY OF THE EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE MUST DO WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS REQUIRED US TO DO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SLS AND, AND, AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? SO COULD YOU START, COULD YOU SEND A COPY OF THAT TO THE BOARD, A COPY OF THE EVALUATION MODEL? NO.
COULD YOU THE, THE, UM, UH, THE POSITION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UM, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT DOING EVALUATIONS? SURE.
I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT'S ALL POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE, UNDER TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THAT.
OKAY, GREAT, DAN, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND ALSO, CAN YOU HELP, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WHETHER IT BEEN, UH, DURING THIS PANDEMIC, HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE EVALUATION TO TEACHERS WHO ARE VIRTUALLY VERSUS IN THE BUILDING? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I SEE, HOW, HOW CAN WE EFFECTIVELY DO THAT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW, I MEAN, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? WELL, ALL TEACHERS STILL HAVE EVALUATION TEAM SET UP, PRINCIPALS HAVE DONE THAT AS THEY ALWAYS DO.
IF YOU ARE A VIRTUAL TEACHER, THEN YOUR OBSERVATIONS ARE GOING TO BE VIRTUAL OBSERVATIONS AND THE STATE HAS GIVEN SOME DIRECTION AS TO HOW THOSE OBSERVATIONS SHOULD BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED.
IF YOU ARE A FACE-TO-FACE TEACHER, THEN YOUR TEAM WILL VISIT YOU FACE-TO-FACE AS NORMAL.
UM, AND SINCE MS. MS. WALTON IS ON THE LINE, MAYBE SHE KNOWS DR.
RODRIGUEZ, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, SUBS THAT WERE GOING TO BE IN EVERY SCHOOL TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE DEMANDS OF THE TEACHERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH MS. WALTON JUST MENTIONED, EVALUATIONS ARE CONTINUING, AS CELLOS ARE BEING A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, LEEWAY WITH THAT, BUT ALL THE, THE FACE-TO-FACE COUNSELING, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMANDS ON TEACHERS AND THEY'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB.
WE TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL HELP FOR TEACHER TEACHERS.
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MS. FREDERICK, WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO, UM, CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.WE ARE, WE HAVE RUN INTO SNACKS BECAUSE SUBS ARE JUST NOT OUT THERE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SOME FEEL AFRAID OF GOING IN THE BUILDINGS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ESS TO DO DIFFERENT ADVERTISING COSMETICS, TO OFFER INCENTIVES, TO GET SUBS.
SO ON A DAILY BASIS, WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO PULL SUBS IN.
UM, WE ARE AWARE THAT TEACHERS ARE BEING ASKED TO DO A LOT.
WE HAVE AN IN FACT, OUR, UM, EVALUATION COORDINATOR, ANITA PARKER, AND WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STATE.
WE APPLIED ALONG WITH OUR COHORT GROUP IN THIS LOCAL AREA, IN THE LOW COUNTRY TO REQUEST THAT THEY GIVE US SOME LEEWAY ON EVALUATION, BUT THEY WILL NOT BUDGE.
SO YES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON SUBS.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE SUBS AVAILABLE, WE WILL PUT THEM IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. WALTON.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS THAT ARE SORRY IF THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP FOR MANY THINGS.
SO THANK YOU MUCH APPRECIATED.
WELL, TRUST ME, WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH ESS ON A DAILY BASIS ABOUT STATUS OF SUBSTITUTES, HOW WE CAN GET MORE AND WHAT THINGS THE DISTRICT CAN DO TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO COME AND SERVICE SUBS FOR US.
BRADLEY ARE OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS IMPLEMENTING STANDARD, UM, QUARANTINE POLICIES ACROSS, UH, I MEAN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE, THE, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ARE VERY WELL-TRAINED AND, UH, HAVE BEEN EDUCATED ON EXPECTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TO THEM BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH REGARD TO ATHLETICS IN TERMS OF THEIR, UH, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE DEPRESSED NUMBERS OF, OF, OF COVID INFECTIONS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
SO, UM, UH, WHO WERE FEELING, ACTUALLY FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ONE-OFFS, UH, AT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS WHERE WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF INFECTIONS, BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT OUR ATHLETES HAVE NOT REPORTED VERY MANY, UH, COVID INFECTIONS.
SO TO ME, THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, UH, UH, FAIRLY PRECISELY.
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO BOARD BUSINESS ACTION AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, IT'S THE EMOTION THAT WAS POSTPONED FROM OUR SOBER SIX 2020 MEETING THAT WAS MADE BY COLONEL DIRE COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT MOTIONS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE FORGE VOTE TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO ALLOW MR. SMITH BEHIND TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT.
SO I'LL LET, UM, MR. DYER, UH, READ HIS MOTION AGAIN.
AND MR. EARL CAMPBELL HAD SECOND THE MOTION.
MADAM CHAIR, THE MOTION OR YOU FOR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO PUBLICLY EXPRESS ITS DISAPPROVAL OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WILLIAM SMITH'S ACTIONS RESULTING IN MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF BOARD POLICY THREE DOT FOUR ROMAN NUMERAL NINE, THAT STATES MEMBERS SHALL MAKE OFFICIAL VISITS TO SCHOOLS.
ONLY UPON KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLE BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT UNNECESSARILY INTERFERE WITH DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL OR WORK LOCATION OR WITH THE WORK BEING PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THAT SCHOOL OR WORK LOCATION.
SO MR. SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND AT THIS POINT IN TIME UNDER THE ADVISORY OF MY ATTORNEY? I HAVE NO COMMENT.
DO YOU WANT TO EXPOUND ON YOUR MOTION ON THAT, BUT A FOAM FLOOR? NO, I WOULD CALL THE QUESTION.
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I GUESS I'LL PUT MY QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR, AND YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN GET RIGHT ANSWER.UH, AND THE DATES IN QUESTION AND THE COMPLAINANT WAS SCHOOL IN SESSION WHERE THE CLASS IS BEING HELD IN THE SCHOOL WHERE THE CLASS IS BEING HELD IN, IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
THERE WERE, UM, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF THE DATES I BELIEVE, BUT NOT, UH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL.
SO THE POLICY SAYS THAT OFFICIAL VISITS SHALL NOT UNNECESSARILY INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF OPERATIONS GOING ON, UH, IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE CLASSES DID NOT START UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH.
OH, I GUESS I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. SMITH A QUESTION OR TWO, BUT, UH, I'LL TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD THAT HE'S BEEN COUNSELED BY LEGAL ADVICE NOT TO RESPOND.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.
I THINK IT'S A REPEAT OF THE, OF LAST YEAR'S ATTEMPT TO, UH, SILENCE MR. SMITH.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S A MATTER OF STYLE VERSUS SUBSTANCE.
AND I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD THAT PARAGRAPH SIX OF THE DUTIES OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS TO VISIT THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MR. SMITH WAS STRAYING FROM THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW HE WAS INTERFERING WITH DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION.
THANK YOU, MR. DALLAS, JUST FOR, UH, FOR CLARITY TO YOUR QUESTION.
UH, TWO OUT OF THE THREE DAYS, UH, SCHOOL WASN'T SAFE, IT WAS IN SESSION, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW, UH, W W CLASSES DID NOT RESUME UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH? NO, SIR.
WE HAD, UH, VIRTUAL CLASSES TAKING PLACE, UH, EIGHT.
SO HOW COULD MR. SMITH INTERFERE WITH THAT PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
THAT'S THAT'S FOR Y'ALL TO DETERMINE NOT ME.
I'M SORRY FOR YOU ALL TO DETERMINE NOT ME.
I'M RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SORRY.
I'M ASKING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE CONDUIT TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BUILDINGS.
SO YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF PROCESS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BUILDING THAT MR. SMITH COULD NOT, COULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT ON THE DATES, TWO OF THE DATES THAT SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN VIRTUAL CLASSES TAKING PLACE, BUT THAT THOSE WERE CLASSES IN SESSION.
SO, SO THE IRISH OF THE DOJ, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I FIND THAT, UH, INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL.
I DON'T THINK, FRANKLY, FRANKLY, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO WHY DON'T YOU DROP IT? YES.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING MR. SMITH'S REQUEST FOR THE, UM, COMPLAINT, UH, HE REQUESTED VIA EMAIL TO THE CHAIR, UM, AND MADAM CHAIR, YOU DENIED HIS REQUEST.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE YOU COUNSELED ON THAT.
IF SO, WHO COUNSELED YOU, UM, TO DENY MR. SMITH'S REQUEST TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT? I DISAGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT, MR. SMITH, FOR THE COMPLAINTS.
I DON'T HAVE THE EMAIL DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, OR EXCUSE ME, THE DOCUMENTS YOU ASKED ME TO DOCUMENTS.
THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR HIM AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE BY APPOINTMENT.
THEY WERE AVAILABLE UNREDACTED.
HE HAD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
AND HE SAID, TWO WEEKS, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S DONE THAT OR NOT, WHERE HE COULD REVIEW.
DO THEY VIEW THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT HE WAS ASKING FOR? UM, MAY I CLARIFY? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD MY QUESTION.
UM, IF I MAY, BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER, I DON'T WANT YOU TO WASTE YOUR TIME.
HE REQUESTED AN ACTUAL HARD COPY TO RECEIVE, TO TAKE WITH HIM, NOT TO
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THE BU AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, MEMORIZE WHAT HE SAW AND, AND LEAVE.UM, AND THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED.
HE, HE WAS PERMITTED AS YOU SAY, TO COME IN AND SEE THEM, UM, TO SEE THE COMPLAINT, THE SINGLE COMPLAINT.
UH, SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAME TO THAT DECISION? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU RECEIVED COUNSEL, IF YOU WERE TOLD TO DENY HIM THAT IF THAT WAS YOUR OWN DECISION, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TOOK PLACE THERE.
I WAS FOLLOWING THE PROCESSES IN PLACE, THE DISTRICT AND THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED THE FIRST TIME AROUND MAYBE, UH, THE SUMMER OF 2019.
SO I WAS FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCESS.
NO, I DID NOT RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE.
SO THAT WAS YOUR DECISION, CORRECT? IT, HE WAS FOLLOWING THE PROCESS THAT THE BOARD DECIDED AT THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE OR NOT WAS LAST SUMMER.
AND AS I RECALL, YOU AND MR VALLEY WERE NOT PRESENT IN ALL OF THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WHERE HE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THAT PROCESS.
MISS LAW HAS ALSO, I CLARIFY WITH MR. WALTON, DOES THE PERSON WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A COMPLAINT OR READINGS FROM AN EMPLOYEE OF BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GET A COPY OF THE READINGS AND HER ANSWER WAS NO, THEY DO NOT.
THEY GET TO KNOW THE CONTENTS OR THE, UM, THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT IT IS PAILS AT THE DAY OR THE SUBJECT, AND WHO IS, I BELIEVE GIVING THE KARMA WAS FILED OR COMPLAINT, BUT THEY DO NOT WALK OUT THE DOOR WHERE THEY COPY OF THE COMPLAINT, ALL THAT FIRST ADDRESS, THAT ISSUE.
IF I MAY, UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM MS. WALTON.
I'M JUST INTERESTED IN YOUR RESPONSE TO MR. SMITH.
NOW, THIS WAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
WASN'T A HARD COPY OF A GRIEVANCE, WHICH ARE, UM, PROTECTED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND WHEN I REPLIED TO YOUR RESPONSE TO MR. SMITH, I, I GAVE CERTAIN SCENARIOS WHERE IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL FOR HIM TO HAVE A REDACTED COPY.
UH, PERHAPS EVEN IF NECESSARY, IF HE WANTED TO SEEK COUNSEL, UM, AND ON HOW TO RESPOND THIS EVENING, HE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT COMPLAINT SO THAT HE COULD SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF IT WITH HIS COUNSEL.
RODRIGUEZ HAS APPROPRIATELY ROUTINED, UH, COUNSEL IN THIS MATTER.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR, UH, FOR MR. SMITH AS WELL, SINCE HE WAS THE RECIPIENT.
UM, AND BASED ON HIS COMMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE DOES HAVE THAT, BUT, UM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FOR HIS PURPOSES, HE COULDN'T HAVE A COPY OF THE, OF THE COMPLAINT.
IT'S NOT A GRIEVANCE, IT WAS AN EMAIL, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES IT, UM, SUBJECT TO A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, UM, DISCOVERY.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY APPROPRIATELY REDACTED TO PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES NAME, ALWAYS.
UM, BUT I, I'M STILL NOT GETTING AN ANSWER.
THIS HAS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN LAST SUMMER.
SO YOUR DECISION TO FOLLOW THOSE PROTOCOLS MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE, BUT I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO MADE THE DECISION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS YOU, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN ATTORNEY TOLD YOU, DENY MR. SMITH, THE COPY.
IT WAS THE BOARD'S DECISION LAST TIME.
AND YOU WERE THE ONE, EXCUSE ME, LET ME FINISH.
YES, NO, I'M, I'M AGREEING WITH YOU.
EITHER RELEASE IT REDACTED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE BOARD'S DECISION, WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS.
WE DID IT THE LAST TIME BY THE BOARD'S DECISION.
SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE GONE BY A BOARD'S DECISION NOW.
SO MR. STRIVEN HERE, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO FOLLOW UP FROM MR. DARLING'S LINE OF THOUGHT, UM, MEMBER, SHELL MAKE OFFICIAL VISITS TO SCHOOLS ONLY UPON KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPAL, AND THEN THERE'S A PERIOD.
UM, I THINK IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THAT THAT SENTENCE WAS VIOLATED.
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I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO DELVE INTO THE OTHER PARTS.UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE VISITS WERE MADE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPAL.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO GO PAST THAT PERIOD.
I THINK ESPECIALLY THE VISITED OR THE ATTEMPTED VISITED 10 30 AT NIGHT WAS CERTAINLY WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPAL, BUT THE FACTS WERE ESTABLISHED.
THE BOARD ASKED FOR THE FACTS TO BE VERIFIED JUST IN CASE THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT ACCURATE.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN ESCAPE THAT SENTENCE AND THE FINDINGS OF FACT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, UM, MR. SMITH, LEE SMITH.
I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN THE REASON I SAY THIS BECAUSE SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT BEAUTIFUL, KIND OF FROM JUNIOR TEAM, LET'S TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S NOT A GOOD BUSINESS.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY HE CAN RETURN.
AND THE MORE IT DOES NOT, THAT'S NOT GOOD BONE, BUT YOU PROBLEM CAMPBELL, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL, BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE TRANS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
I AGREE WITH DAVID THAT THAT IS A BOARD POLICY.
AND, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.
NOW, IN MY MIND, WE'RE BLOWING THIS THING WAY OUT OF PROPORTION AND IN TERMS OF HOW TO RESOLVE IT.
BUT, UH, UNLESS THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I DON'T AGREE WITH Y'ALL THAT WE'RE NOT OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE, AS A BOARD, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE AND HOW WE RESOLVE IT CAN BE VERY SIMPLE SIMPLIFIED IN MY MIND.
BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT GOES BEYOND JUST WE'LL HANDLE IN HIS BUSINESS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY THOUGHT ON IT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT A MOTION, THE WRAPPER AND WILLIE LAND, HE SAYS, BUT I THINK HE ALREADY BEEN REPRIMANDED THERESE OF OUR DIALOGUE AND OUR DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, WHAT HE DOES WITH IT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, SOOTHING, A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT EMPLOYEE IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT FROM HERE ON MR. GUYER.
I JUST WANT TO READ TO YOU ALL FROM THE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2016, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION ABOUT BOARD'S ABILITY TO EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL AND BOARD MEMBERS ACTION, 2016 OPINION, UH, AS MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN THE EARLIER OPINION, RELATER OPINION THAT WE'VE GOT, AND THAT IT GIVES EXAMPLES OF THAT.
THIS GIVES EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CASES, SIMILAR INSTANCES IN OTHER STATES, AND IT USE IT.
THERE'S NO, NO, UH, LAW, NO COURT JUDGMENT, IT'S ALL OPINIONS BY DIFFERENT ATTORNEY GENERALS IN DIFFERENT STATES.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE STATUTE AND SAVE SOUTH CAROLINA THAT PROHIBITS WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DO.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ YOU SOME STATEMENTS FROM THAT OFFICE OF THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL PROVIDED THAT WHILE THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCIPLINE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS BY FIND EXPULSION SUSPENSION, OR EVEN REPRIMAND AS THE GERM IS COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD.
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THE POWER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION THAT WHILE HAVING NO FORMAL LEGAL EFFECT AS A SANCTION CRITICIZES, WHAT THE BOARD PERCEIVES TO BE IMPROPER CONDUCT, IT GOES ON AND REFERS TO A CASE AND A NEW YORK STATE WHERE IT SAYS AGAIN, THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THAT BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE COMMISSIONER CONCLUDED A BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CENTURY OR REPRIMAND ONE OF ITS MEMBERS.HOWEVER, A BOARD MAY CERTAINLY CRITICIZED THE ACTIONS OF A BOARD MEMBER OR EXHIBITING OR JUDGMENT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT A BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOT POWERLESS TO EXPRESS ITS DISAPPROVAL OF ACTIONS OF A MEMBER IN VIOLATION OF THE BOARD STANDARDS, RULES, OR BYLAWS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION SAYS.
THIS IS NOT A SECTION AND IT'S NOT A REPRIMAND.
IT SIMPLY STATES THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT APPROVE OF THE ACTIONS OF ONE OF ITS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS VOTE IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT A STATEMENT.
DO YOU APPROVE UPBEAT ACTIONS IF YOU DO, DON'T VOTE FOR THIS MOTION, IF YOU DON'T APPROVE OF THE EXACTIONS AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU VOTE FOR THIS MOTION.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MR. GALVIN.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE BOARD MEMBER AMONG THE 11 OF US WHO IS NOT VIOLATED A BOARD POLICY NOW.
AND THEN, SO, UH, THAT HEIGHTENS MY VIEW OF THE HYPOCRISY BEHIND THIS WHOLE THING, UH, AS TO MR.
UM, NO ONE, I AM DELIGHTED THAT THAT, THAT MR. GAIA IS ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RULING THAT IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
UM, HOWEVER, NO ONE IS DISPUTING THE FACT THAT THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IN THIS CASE, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOW LEVEL VIOLATION.
IT'S A CONTINUED IF THE HYPOCRITICAL CONTINUE WAY RATION OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE SPENT $16,000 ON LAST YEAR TO TRY TO HUMILIATE AND IN A LEGAL TERM, CHILL MR. SMITH.
SO THE BOARD HAS CERTAINLY HAS THE POWER TO DO IT, BUT THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE NO MORAL INTEGRITY NOT TO DO IT IN ORDER TO JUST RAILROAD SOMEBODY.
AND LASTLY, IN APRIL, THE CHAIR SAID, AND I QUOTE HER, WE HAVE POLICIES, BUT THEY'RE CHEST GUIDELINES IN QUOTES.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO CARRY THIS, APPLY SQUISHY ON LET'S VOTE SO THAT WE CAN NOT EMBARRASS OURSELVES ANY FURTHER.
MR. MRS. AND THE LAST POINT, THE ANSWER THAT THE CHAIR GAVE TO MS. MOORE, MS. SHORTY SHACK IS THE MOST, ONE OF THE MOST DISINGENUOUS STATEMENTS I HAVE EVER HEARD A CHAIR MAKE.
AND SO YOUR LAST POINT AGAIN, THANK YOU.
AND I WOULD, UH, I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR TO NOT THINK THAT WE'RE VERY NEGATIVE.
UM, MR. BATTLING, TO, TO YOUR LAST POINT, I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF ANYTHING.
I THINK THIS IS ADDRESSING OF THE BEHAVIOR.
ANYBODY THAT ENTERS INTO A SCHOOL HAS TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT OFFICE TO THEN RELATE IT TO THE PRINCIPAL FOR MANY, MANY REASONS, FOR LOCKDOWNS, FOR FIRE DRILLS, FOR STUDENTS' SAFETY, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST THE PRACTICE AS EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
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ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE AND FOR MR. SMITH NOT TO COMPLY, BUT THAT REGULATION, IT JUST, IT JUST BAFFLES ME.TEACHERS FROM OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE.
IT'S COMMON COURTESY, BUT IT'S ALSO A SAFETY INSURANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT I THINK THAT THIS BEHAVIOR HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL AS A VIOLATION OF OUR POLICY.
SO THE PRINCIPAL SAW HIM IN THE BUILDING AND HAD A REACTION TO IT AND YET WERE REPRIMANDING HIM FOR NOT CHECKING IN THE PRINCIPAL KNEW HE WAS, THERE WAS NOT IN STRUCTURE.
UM, MR. AND YOU MENTIONED THE WORDS, MORAL INTEGRITY.
I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, I OAK SOME INTEGRITY IN SOME VALUE TO OUR, AND I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT MS. SPRINGER SAID, THIS IS A BEHAVIOR IT'S AN APPROPRIATE, SAFE.
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE ACCUSING MR. SMITH TO DOING.
SO WHY DON'T YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND NOT JOHN, YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AN ISSUE THAT IT ISN'T, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS MISCONSTRUING THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. SMITH HAS NOT TOLD HIS SIDE OF THE STORY YET.
AND THAT'S A FACT BASED ON THE EMAIL THAT THE BOARD REVIEWED AND WE HAVE TO GO ON MEMORY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY OF IT.
SO FORGIVE ME IF MY MEMORY IS UNCLEAR, UM, IT WAS NOT SPELLED OUT HOW MR. SMITH WAS DISRUPTIVE.
WAS, WAS HE WALKING INTO CLASSROOMS, INTERRUPTING INSTRUCTION? WAS HE BEING LOUD AND BOISTEROUS? WAS HE TURNING CARTWHEELS IN THE HALLWAY? WHAT WAS THIS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR? AND MY FINAL QUESTION.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN ANOTHER THING, THE ONLY REASON WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TONIGHT IS BECAUSE MR. GUYER PUT AN ILL-ADVISED MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITHOUT EVEN HEARING MR. SMITH'S SIDE OF THE STORY.
SO MY QUESTION FOR MR. STRINGER IS WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT? IS IT TO TOUR THE SCHOOL? IS IT TO ATTEND A PERFORMANCE BY STUDENTS? IS IT TO DELIVER CUPCAKES TO THE FRONT OFFICE? WHAT IS AN OFFICIAL VISIT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
I ASKED FOR THAT MADAM CHAIR AND OFFICIAL VISIT IS WHEN YOU SWIPE YOUR BADGE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THEN WE NEED TO ADD THAT VERBIAGE TO OUR POLICY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT CLEAR.
AND I DON'T, I MEAN, FOR ME, THAT'S NOT MY DEFINITION OF AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION.
SO, AND, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DO AS WELL.
I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR HERE.
WHEN THIS MOTION IS DISPOSED OF, I INTEND TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PERMIT MR. SMITH, TO HAVE A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT.
MADAM CHAIR VOTING IS NOW OPEN.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX THREE, ONE.
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CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA WADS.DAVID'S DRIVEN GER CATHY ROWE, VINE, TRICIA DENDRITE, AND RICHARD GUYER.
THE ONE UPSTAIRS IS MELBOURNE CAMPBELL AND, UH, DR.
I KNEW THAT THE, UM, MS. ORISHA, MR. ANDREW, PRIOR TO YOURS, MY APOLOGIES.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
I MOVED THAT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 22ND, 2020, THAT BOARD MEMBERS BADGES WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE ONLY.
AND SECOND, DID, CAN YOU, UM, DID YOU HEAR THAT ROBIN SAY THAT AGAIN? I MOVE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 22ND, 2020, TOMORROW AT BOARD MEMBERS BADGES WILL PROVIDE TAXES TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE MO AND THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MS. ROBOT.
I AM BRINGING FORWARD THIS MOTION BASED ON SOME CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHEN, BUT WE LEARNED THAT BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK.
ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS.
WHEN WE ENTER INTO A SCHOOL BUILDING OUR PARENTS, OUR FAMILIES, EVERYONE IS COUNTING ON THE OFFICIALS IN THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO'S IN THEIR BUILDING, AROUND THEIR CHILDREN.
STAFF MEMBERS NEED TO BE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE SAFE, THAT THEY KNOW WHO IS THERE.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE ACTUALLY THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT I THINK THAT BY DOING THIS AND ALLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE, UM, WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR VISITS TO THE SCHOOLS, WHICH WE ARE MANDATED TO DO, WE WILL JUST GO THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE, CHECK IN AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT WAY.
SO THAT IS THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS MOTION.
SO, SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING HERE, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I CAN ALSO BE, UM, A PARENT, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, I CAN ENTER THIS SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BY SIGNING IN WHAT HAVE YOU WITH OR WITHOUT THE BADGE.
UM, IF IT'S OFF SCHOOL HOURS, UM, IS THERE A SIGN IN PROCESS IF NO, ONE'S AT THE FRONT DESK, WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT DESK? AND THE REASON I AM, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS SCENARIO A LITTLE BIT? WHY, WHY GOING THERE AFTER HOURS? WOW.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING AFTER HOURS SAY, UM, WELL FUNCTION, WELL, NO, MAYBE YOU'RE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, SO JOHNNY HAD, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND I TOO OPTED OUT OF IT.
I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY ACCESS TO ANY SCHOOL BUILDING BECAUSE I FIRMLY, FIRMLY BELIEVE ANYONE THAT'S IN THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING HAS TO BE KNOWN TO SOMEONE IN THE FRONT OFFICE THAT ALERTS THE PRINCIPAL OR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
IF THERE WAS A LOT, NOW THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THAT SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
YOU HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE FROM AN OFFICE AND SAY, SO, AND SO IS IN MY CLASSROOM, THIS VISITOR FOR SAFETY REASONS THAT EVERYBODY EITHER SIGNS IN OR IS NO, I GOT YA.
SO I CAME UP WITH THIS SCENARIO.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE EVEN NEAT THINGS IN, IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
UM, SOMETIMES I MIGHT NEED AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT OR SET UP FOR A SCHOOL PLAY.
UM, ARE WE, I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ADMIN, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, UH, IN THOSE SCENARIOS, IS EVERYBODY REQUIRED TO SIGN IN? ARE THERE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, THAT THE PRINCIPAL TYPICALLY TAKES, UM, TWO VOLUNTEERS.
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ALL RIGHT.SO SHE IS PROVIDING THE DOOR OPEN.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN GET IN BY HERSELF.
NO PARENT CAN JUST STOP THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IN, BUT OUTGOING HAVING HER OR HIS KNOWLEDGE.
SO IT'S UP TO THE DOORS THAT JAR, AND THAT'S HOW FOLKS CAN GET IN.
I'M GOING TO SAY AGAIN, THE DOOR WOULD BE A JAR AND THAT'S HOW FOLKS COULD GET IN.
I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SCENARIOS WHERE, UM, EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.
RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, JOANNE, I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A CHAIR AND AS A FORMER TEACHER, I DO IT'S YES.
I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BOARD MEMBERS MAY ACTUALLY ENTER SCHOOL BUILDINGS, UM, WITH, OR WITHOUT A BADGE, UM, ON AND OFF HOURS, UM, JUST LIKE OTHER PARENTS DO AND SOME VISITORS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T THINK BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO HAVE THEIR BADGES HAVE FULL ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PREVENT HERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY, UM, CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD THAT HASN'T BEEN VETTED.
UM, UH, CERTAINLY IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HAD A, YOU KNOW, A QUESTIONABLE LEGAL BACKGROUND OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND THAT THAT'S LIKELY TO COME TO LIGHT, UH, THEN THE NEWSPAPERS CAN SNIP THAT OUT PRETTY READILY.
SO I, I DON'T PUT A WHOLE LOT OF STOCK IN THE SAFETY PIECE HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT BOARD MEMBERS ENTERING MIGHT PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE BUILDING.
I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTIONING ABOUT VETTING, UM, UNDERSTANDING BOARD MEMBERS, BACKGROUNDS, AND WHY WE DON'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
UM, I THINK WE BETTER SET AN EXPECTATION THEN THAT THERE WILL BE NO COMMITTEE MEETINGS HELD AT SCHOOLS.
I REMEMBER MY BADGE DOES NOT ALLOW ME BY MY DECISION.
MY BADGE NOT ALLOW ME ENTRANCE INTO THE SCHOOL, BUT I CAN REMEMBER STANDING WHEN WE HAD THE AD HOC POLICY COMMITTEE.
I CAN REMEMBER STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR 20 MINUTES POUNDING ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS FIVE O'CLOCK AND THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE BUILDING TO LET ME IN, OR THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING, BUT THEY WERE IN ANOTHER FIVE CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
SO IF THAT'S ALL SORRY, IF THAT'S THE WAY WE, IF THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO WORK, IT THAT'S FINE WITH ME, BUT JUST BE JUST I, AND I DON'T BUY THE LINE THAT, UM, TEACHERS NEEDED TO FEEL SAFE FROM US.
I THINK TEACHERS NEED TO FEEL SAFE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THE QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING IS THE, UM, MR. DAL AND, UH, PER FOYER, ANY COMMITTEE MEETING AT ANY SCHOOL HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE, I BELIEVE THE, WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.
CAUSE I BELIEVE I WAS AT THAT MEETING TOO, IS THERE WAS SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION AND THE DOOR WAS NOT OPEN, BUT THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS ARE, ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INTERRUPTING ONCE AGAIN.
SO I SEE, UM, 11 THAT THIS IS TITLED WRONG, BUT THE MOTION IS CORRECT ON MY SCREEN.
IT SAYS YOU STILL HAVE THIS UNDER COLONEL GUYERS MOTION, BUT IT SAYS, THAT ACTUALLY SAYS MS. DANDRIDGE MOTION.
THAT'S THE TITLE OF IT BECAUSE THE MACHINE CAME AFTER THAT.
THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING IN.
HOW ARE YOU VOTING? NO, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL.
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MELVIN CAMPBELL ON NICE TICKETS NOW.THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, SEVEN THREE, THE THREE NO'S WERE DOWLING, MELVIN CAMPBELL AND WILLIAM SMITH.
I'M WITH THAT, THE BOARD RELEASE.
I'M GOING SLOW ROBIN, A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST MR. SMITH TO MR. SMITH SHAPING.
SO YOU'RE SAYING GIVES MR. SMITH A COFFEE UNREDACTED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT REDACTION.
IF THE LAW REQUIRES THAT ANY ASPECT OF THAT BE REDACTED, I WOULD ASSUME WE WOULD FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT IF THERE IS NO MALL REQUIRING THE REDACTION OF A, OF A PUBLIC DOCUMENT AND EMAIL, THEN THERE'D BE IT.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE UP TO THE ATTORNEY.
I, I WOULD IMAGINE, UM, AND THE LAW, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR ME TO SPECIFY THAT.
UM, BUT I MADE THE MOTION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY FAIR TO MR. SMITH TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE DETAILS AND NOT HAVE TO GO FROM MEMORY.
UM, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING HIM AT A DISADVANTAGE TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF TO SHARE WITH HIS COUNSEL AND I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO HIM.
UM, AND, AND I'M SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, IF THE LAW SAYS THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT THE NAME OF OUR EMPLOYEE, THEN, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD DO THAT.
UM, I ASKED, UH, MR. SMITH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU HAD TWO WEEKS TO COME IN AND LOOK AT THE COMPLAINT? UM, NO ONE WOULD HAVE STOPPED YOU FROM MAKING A HANDCUFF.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE STOPPED YOU FROM TAKING A PICTURE OF THE COMPLAINT.
NO ONE WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU DID NOT COME LOOK AT THE COMPLAINT.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE I ALREADY HAVE MY ATTORNEY.
I HAVE NO COMMENT TO YOU OR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, MR. PORSCHE, BECAUSE I SO BELIEVE THE BOTTOM LINE PART THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR, OUR TEACHERS RIGHTS AND FEELINGS AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UM, AND FEEL THEY HAVE AN AVENUE TO, TO COMMUNICATE.
SO, SO I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS BECAUSE I AGREE THAT MR. SMITH SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
UM, BUT HE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT.
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, UH, MR. SMITH WOULD ONLY NEED THIS FOR LEGAL RAMIFICATION BECAUSE HE DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WHAT'S ON THERE ALREADY, BUT, UH, IF HE, IF HE'S NOT GONNA RESPOND AND SAY, HE'S WAITING FOR HIS ATTORNEY, THEN HIS ATTORNEY CAN ALSO REQUEST THAT DOCUMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND FORTH OVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND WEST RUN WEST PROPER PROCEDURES, OBVIOUSLY THIS THING GOING TO END UP WITH SOME KIND OF LEGAL PROCEDURES.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO DEFEND THAT AS OPPOSED TO WHETHER WE DID THE RIGHT THING OR THE WRONG THING BY MR. SMITH.
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WE DIDN'T DO IT THE FIRST TIME AND I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T WAIT, LET THE LAWYER REQUESTED MS. ROBOT.I SEE THAT MR. WILLIAMS IS ON CALL.
I JUST, UM, IT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
I GUESS YOU CAN SAY MR. WILLIAMS. YES.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. VOLUME'S ABOUT RELEASING A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT, UH, UNREDACTED TO MR. SMITH.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THAT? WELL, I GUESS IF I WANT TO CLARIFY, ARE WE GOOD BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN REVIEW WITH THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ONE WAS THE COMPLAINT AND ANOTHER WAS OF SOME LEGAL ADVICE THAT I PROVIDED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO I GUESS INITIALLY FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST THE COMPLAINT OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BOTH DOCUMENTS? IS THE MOTION.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY UP TO THE BOARD.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO REDACT IT, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO RELEASE RELEASING IT TO MR. SMITH, I WILL SAY ULTIMATELY IT FUNDAMENTALLY BECOMES SORT OF A DUE PROCESS ISSUE AND DUE PROCESS REQUIRES NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
UM, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE NOTICE, UM, WHETHER YOU WANT TO RELEASE IT OR NOT IS UP TO YOU.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU DISCUSSING EARLIER WAS A, A FORMAT THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM NOTICE.
UM, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIM TO REVIEW, WHICH IS ALL THAT THE LAW REQUIRES.
HE HAS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF.
AND YOU COULD DO THAT BY HAVING HIM REVIEW IT, OR BY GIVING HIM A COPY, IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE BOARD.
SO I ECHO, UM, MALLEABLE SENTIMENT THAT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT THE, AS I ALREADY SAID, THE PROCESS OF THE DISTRICT NORMALLY, AND THE COMPLAINT IS NOT, UH, A COPY IS NOT GIVEN TO THE SUBJECT.
SO WHY CAN'T HE ONE REVIEW THE COMPLAINT WITH HIS ATTORNEY HERE AT THE DISTRICT CAMPUS ATTORNEY ASKED FOR A COPY.
UH, AND TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE THAT LODGED THE COMPLAINT.
I DON'T WANT THE EMPLOYEE TO BE, IT IS A STRONG WORD, BUT, UH, DANGEROUS, PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT I DON'T WANT THE, THE, I DON'T WANT EMPLOYEES TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE OR UNSAFE OR HARASSED OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE, WE NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND FEEL THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME FORWARD.
SO MY PREFERENCE, I AGREED THAT MR. SMITH HAS HAD MORE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE DISTRICT TO REVIEW IT.
UM, HE COULD BRING HIS ATTORNEY, CERTAINLY.
UM, I, I'M GOING TO WRECK, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT.
HE'S ALREADY HEARD IT AND HE'S ALREADY SEEN IT ON A SCREEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED MANNER.
AND I USED THAT AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED, I THINK IF SHE'D GO THROUGH THE ATTORNEY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION IS OR SHACK.
UM, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN I CAME TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO REVIEW EXECUTIVE SESSION DOCUMENTS, UM, THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT IN MY FOLDER.
UM, AND NEITHER WAS, UM, UH, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, LEGAL DOCUMENT.
SO I ACTUALLY, I MEAN, I MADE THE TRIP TO THE OFFICE AND I DID NOT HAVE THE DOCUMENTS IN THERE.
HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO VIEW THEM AS WAS STATED ON THE SCREEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THAT'S, UM, IT'S NOT THE OPTIMAL WAY TO VIEW, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND LOOK AT WORDS IN THE
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THINGS, YOUR PHRASE.SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE, PARTICULARLY FOR MR. SMITH, MR. WILLIAMS SAID, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD.
WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO YOUR VIEWING WHERE WE CAN GIVE THEM A COPY.
VALENTINA MAKES SOME GOOD POINTS.
HIS ATTORNEY, UM, COULD TAKE THE COMPLAINT.
IT'S REALLY A SHAME THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS WE'VE SHOWN EXCESSIVE CONCERN FOR ONLY ONE OF THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED.
AND I THINK WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND NOT JUST ONE PIECE OF IT.
IN ALL FAIRNESS TO ALL PARTIES, I RESPECT BOTH PARTIES.
AND I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN MR. SMITH, HIS DUTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE TO LOAD ON THAT.
UH, THREE SIX, ONE ABSTENTION.
MR. NELL CAMPBELL, THE SIX NO'S ARE EARL CAMPBELL, CHRISTINA WADS, DAVID'S DEFENDER, CATHY ROBOT, TRISHA FENDER, AND RICHARD DYER.
SO NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING, TO FINISH THE LAST FEW ITEMS UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, THE REST OF THE AGENDA, OR WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, WHATEVER THE COURTS WILL IS.
SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY CAROL CAMPBELL TO EXTEND THE MEETING UNTIL WE FINISHED THE AGENDA.
AND MR. GUYER, NEDA SECOND, THE MOTION MR. SMITH.
UH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING BY RAISING THE HAND.
I WOULD SAY I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN.
UH, COULD YOU CLARA? YOU SAID YES.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT MR. EARL CAMPBELL MADE THE MOTION, UM, PRIOR TO YOU PUTTING YOUR HAND UP, SO LET'S VOTE ON HIS, IF IT FAILS, WE'LL VOTE ON YOURS.
WELL, ACTUALLY MADAM CHAIRMAN, UH, MANAGED TRUSTEE, MADAM CHAIR TO BE CONSISTENT.
UH, YOUR POLICY I BELIEVE IS TO PUT THEIR HANDS UP SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE DID, SINCE WE WERE DISCUSSING OUR POLICIES AND I BELIEVE YOUR POLICY IS, UH, MR. SMITH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT YOUR HAND UP AND I'LL BE BY FOLLOWING YOUR POLICY.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MR. CAMPBELL DID.
SO COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? I THOUGHT MR. CAMPBELL HAD ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND ALREADY BEEN SECOND.
BY THE TIME YOU PUT YOUR HAND UP, SIR, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
AND WE'RE IN THE SAME ROOM, SO YES.
IT'S PROBABLY EASIER FOR ME TO HEAR THIS.
UM, DID ANYBODY ELSE, DID ANYBODY ELSE SEE THE C-CLASS ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE FINE.
YOU WANT TO THROW IT OFF? INTERESTING.
MR. DOWLING WAS THE ONE I THINK YOU SECOND.
RIGHT? SO THE MOTION IS TO, UH, ADJOURN.
MOTION BY WILLIAM SECOND BY JOHN DARLING.
MR. SMITH, HOW ARE YOU VOTING?
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UH, THE MOTION THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, IT SAYS, UH, IT SAYS MOTION TO POSTPONE COLONEL GUYER OUT OF OCTOBER 66 EXECUTIVE SESSION.THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON'T HAVE, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, ON THE SCREEN, ON THE SCREEN.
YES, BUT THE VAL THE BALLOT THAT WAS SENT TO ME, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS.
SO MR. SMITH, MS.
SO THAT'S THE HEADING, EVEN THOUGH THE MOTIONS ARE SEPARATE, UH, HOLD ON.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? SO THE MOTION, THE REASON WHY IT SAYS A MOTION PROPOSED FROM CORONAVIRUS, THE SAME QUESTION IS BECAUSE THIS DISCUSSION AND ALL THESE OTHER MOTIONS ARE UNDER THAT HEADACHE FOR THE AGENDA, BUT THE MOTION YOU'RE VOTING ON IS WHAT'S IN A WHITE, WHITE RECTANGLE IN THE BOX.
MADAM CHAIR, I'LL BE BY COMPREHENDED THAT, BUT THE WAY I WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT HERE WITH THIS, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL DIFFERENT MOTION.
THIS WOULD BE A MOTION UNDER THE, TO CONTINUE THE MEETING OR NOT CONTINUE MEETING.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS UNDER THE SESSION OF MR. GEIER.
I THINK THIS IS JUST A GENERAL EMOTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS UNDER A, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'VE GIVEN IT.
WHAT GIVES THE, THE, THE NOTION THAT THIS MOTION HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COLONEL, WITH THE COLONEL COLONEL GUY'S MOTION.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP ME CLARIFY? CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH COLONEL GUY'S MOTIVE MOTION TO, TO CONTINUE TO MEET OR TO HAVE TO, OR TO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING UP THERE.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S THE SPOT WE'RE ON THE AGENDA.
BUT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ABOUT IS NO THAT THE MOTION FAILED.
SO WE'RE NOT, UM, A JOURNEY NOW, BUT THE SIX NO'S WHERE KURT CAMPBELL WANTS STRIPPING YOUR ROBOT, GOODRICH AND DIRE.
SO NOW MR. EARL CAMPBELL CAN MAKE HIS MOTION.
SO NOW, NOW ROBIN, THAT EMOTIONALLY MADE BY EARL TO CONTINUE THE MEETING UNTIL FINISHED AND KIND OF GUY, OR SECOND, CAN YOU PLEASE POST THAT? YES, MA'AM.
SO LET'S HAVE A FIVE INVESTOR INVESTOR DOWLING.
HOW ARE YOU VOTING FOR THIS? IS THE BATHROOM BREAK.
NO, THE MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN TWO ONE, THE TWO NO'S ARE DALLYING AND SMITH.
AND THE ONE OBSESSION IS MELVIN CAMPBELL.
SO LET'S GIVE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK TILL NINE 30 SO PEOPLE CAN USE THE RESTROOM.
WE ARE ON UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, THE DISCUSSION OF THE TAX BILL DISCREPANCY AND I'LL UM, HAVE CONNIE CROSBY SPEAK? YES.
UM, ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, UH, AFTER ATTENDING A BEAVER COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, ON THE AGENDA WAS THE SCHOOL DEBT MILLAGE, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S DEBT MILLAGE.
UH, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE BUDGET ORDINANCE, WHICH CONTAINED A 36.6 NIL RATE FOR DEBT SERVICE, SCHOOL DEBT SERVICE, AND THE COUNTY'S RECENT MILLAGE SETTING OF 36.3 MILS, UM, WHICH WAS ALSO
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FORWARDED TO THE BOARD AND OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS ON AUGUST 24TH, UH, AN EMAIL, UH, FROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S.SO, UM, THE COUNTY DID NOT TAKE UP THE MATTER, UH, AS FEELING AS IF, UM, THEIR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COUNTY HAD NO AUTHORITY OVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DEBT, SERVICE MILLAGE, AND REFER THE MATTER BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO I HAVE PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE PAST ACTIONS OF THE BOARD AND THE DATES OF DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS MILLAGE RATES AND, UH, THE CALCULATIONS THAT A SUMMARY OF THE CALCULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, UM, TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO SUBSTANTIATE THE 36.6 RATE.
SO, UM, AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS, I PROVIDED TWO DRAFT MOTIONS, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE WERE OUR ONLY OPTIONS AT THE TIME.
AND THEY WERE TO REFER FROM ONE RATE OR THE OTHER.
UH, BUT SINCE THEN, UH, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FRANNIE HEIZER, OUR BOND COUNSEL, WHO IS WITH US THIS EVENING, UH, AS WELL AS CHAD COWEN OF HILLTOP SECURITIES IS ALSO ON THE CALL ON THE ZOOM CALL TO THIS EVENING.
BUT I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD THAT YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR FROM MS. HEIZER TO NOT THIS EVENING, UM, IN ORDER TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, MS. HEIZER, IF YOU WOULD, UM, UH, JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND, UM, DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD, SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
I'LL BE GLAD TO, UM, THE, TO DRAFT MOTIONS THAT I THINK ARE BEFORE YOU ARE CONTAINED IN, UM, IN THE MEMO FROM MS. CROSBY ON OCTOBER, THE 20TH ARE CERTAINLY ACTIONS THAT, THAT Y'ALL CAN TAKE.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO INFORM Y'ALL OF IS THE FACT THAT BUFORD COUNTY, THE BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL, UM, HAS FILED A LAWSUIT, UM, OR AN ACTION.
I MEAN, NOT SAY LAWSUIT, THEY HAVE FILED AN ACTION IN CIRCUIT COURT, ASKING THE JUDGE TO, UH, PROVIDE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A JUDICIAL ORDER FOR A PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO, UH, EXERCISE THEIR DUTIES OR THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THAT ACTION, UM, IS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY BECAUSE ALL OF THIS RELATES TO THE, UM, MILLAGE THAT IS SHOWN ON THE TAX BILLS AND TAX BILLS NEED TO BE PRINTED AND NEED TO GO OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PAY THEIR TAXES.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR Y'ALL TO DECIDE OR CONSIDER, UM, FILING A MOTION TO INTERVENE, WHICH WOULD BE AN ACTION ON THE SCHOOL.
DISTRICT'S PART TO SAY TO THE COURT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS LAWSUIT ALSO NOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT REALLY RECOMMENDING THAT TO Y'ALL.
UM, I'M JUST GIVING YOU THAT OPTION.
AND SO, UM, I REALLY AM NOT SURE THAT I'M IN A POSITION TO RECOMMEND OR NOT RECOMMEND, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THE DIFFERENCE OF THE 0.3 MILS IS APPROXIMATELY $600,000.
UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY A SIZABLE AMOUNT, UM, WOULD NEVER WANT TO SAY THAT $600,000 WAS NOT AN AMOUNT TO, TO PAY ATTENTION TO, HOWEVER, IN COMPARISON TO, UM, YOUR ENTIRE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, WHICH ARE, UM, 72 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, IT WOULD REALLY BE Y'ALL'S DECISION ABOUT WHETHER, UH, THE $600,000 IS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE IN COURT.
THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT, THAT THE, UM, I THINK THAT THE COUNTY IS CORRECT IN THAT COUNTY COUNCIL PLAYS A ROLE IN SETTING IN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON OPERATING MILLAGE, HOWEVER, FOR DEBT SERVICE VILLAGE, THAT IS A FUNCTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
SO THE FACT THAT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE OR THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY COUNTY COUNCIL IS OFF BY THREE MILLS.
THE FACT THAT THERE'S A DISCREPANCY, I DON'T THINK MEANS AN AWFUL LOT IN REALITY.
YES, THERE IS A DISCREPANCY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT DISCREPANCY IS NOT GOING TO REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON, UM, ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE SCHOOL BOARD OR YOUR TAXPAYERS.
SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE CLARIFYING COMMENT AND, AND FRANNIE, I THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY SAID THREE MILS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY 0.3 THIRD OF THE MILL THAT, UH, THAT DECIMAL POINT.
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SEVERAL QUESTIONS.SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, DID THIS, DID THE AUDITOR EVER PROVIDE, UM, HIS WORK SHOWING HOW HE ARRIVED AT 30, AT 36.3 TO THE DISTRICT? I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THAT.
UM, AND WE OBVIOUSLY FROM THIS, UM, DOCUMENT, IT'S CLEAR THAT HOW WE, I MEAN, THERE'S CALCULATIONS HERE OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE 36.6, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS WOULD SHARE, YES.
THIS WAS SHARED A DETAILED REPORT WITH EACH PRINCIPAL PAYMENT AND EACH BOND ISSUE.
EACH INTEREST PAYMENT WERE ALL DETAILED OUT AND SENT OVER ON JUNE 2ND, I BELIEVE TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
SO MS. UM, UH, HIGHS ARE, SO IF WE WANT TO GO WITH THE 36.6, WHICH IS WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS RECOMMENDED AND HAS DOCUMENTATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT RECOMMENDATION, DO WE, UM, IT'S IT'S AS YOU POINTED OUT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, DEBT SERVICE, UH, MILLAGE.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE AUDITOR AUDITOR WHO SETS IT DO WE IS OUR ONLY OPTION TO TRY TO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ENFORCE, BUT KEEP THE 36.6, OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO TAKE THE LEGAL ACTION.
UM, DO, IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO HANDLE IT OR NO, BECAUSE THE FACTUALS ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT THE, UM, I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE 36.6 DEBT SERVICE BILLS ON THE TAX BILLS IS TO, UM, IS TO HAVE LEGAL ACTION OR, OR THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND REQUEST THAT HE, UM, CHANGED THE NUMBER FROM 36.3 TO 36 POINT Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A GOOD BIT OF TIME SPENT THE SUMMER, UH, IN, UM, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE AUDITOR AND INFORMATION AND SENT BACK AND FORTH.
SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT THAT, THAT, UH, DISCUSSION WOULD, UH, WOULD CHANGE HIS BOND OR THAT HE WOULD, UH, EXCEED TO A REQUEST FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY ACTION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN TAKE TONIGHT, OR, YOU KNOW, AT, AT A, AT A MEETING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE 36.3 TO BE CHANGED TO 36.6 Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THAT MILLAGE NUMBER THROUGH ANY ACTION OF YOUR OWN.
WE POSTPONE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL WE SEE THE RESULTS OF THE FORENSIC AUDIT.
I THINK THAT'S A KEY PIECE, UM, THAT THE AUDITOR, UM, BASED HIS CALCULATIONS ON.
SO, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING IF WE SAID WE WANTED 36.6 AND THEN A LOT OF IT CAME BACK AND SAID THAT HE WAS RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO BE, BUT I JUST THINK WE SHOULD SEE THAT AUDIT FIRST.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT AUDIT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
WE POSTPONE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL AFTER THE AUDIT RESULTS ARE GIVEN TO US.
MR. CHAIRMAN, YOUR MADE THE MOTION AND MR. EARL CAMPBELL'S SECOND EMOTION YOU POSTPONE, UM, WHY CONCERN, UH, IS THE, IS THE TOP? YES, THE, THE, UM, UM, THE COMPANY, THE FORENSIC AUDITOR IS PLANNING TO DO THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING, BUT THAT'S WHAT LIKE TWO, THREE WEEKS FROM NOW.
AND OBVIOUSLY TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
UM, W I PRAY NOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR AGAIN FROM YOU, MS. HEIZER, UM, WHAT'S WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS REGARDING THAT? I THINK THAT, THAT BY NOVEMBER THE 10TH, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR Y'ALL TO AFFECTIVELY SEEK LEGAL REDRESS OF THIS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR AT THE SAME TIME, THE, UM, THE, UM, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THE 0.3 MIL DISCREPANCY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HUGELY MATERIAL IMPACT ON YOUR, UH, DEBT SERVICE AT, UH, I THINK, UM, YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS.
SO TO BALANCE ONE FOR THE OTHER IT'S REALLY
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Y'ALL'S DECISION.AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NOTHING WRONG WITH WAITING.
UM, AS LONG AS WE ALL REALIZE THAT THE 36.3 PROBABLY WOULD STAY ON THE TAX BILLS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, COULD CERTAINLY POTENTIALLY BE RECTIFIED, UH, NEXT YEAR WHEN THE TAX BILLS GO OUT.
SO BASICALLY EITHER ONE OF THESE MOTIONS, THEY HAVE NO TEETH, RIGHT? THEY'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH A SHOW WHEN YOU'RE AFFIRMING WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT KNOWLEDGE, CORRECT.
THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT LIKE IT OR NOT, THE LAW ALLOWS THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO SET THE MILITARY, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WHETHER WE THINK IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, THAT'S HIS OR HER LEGAL DUTY.
UH, AND I THINK FRANNY HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO WRECK US.
NUMBER TWO, UH, 600,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT CHALLENGING IN COURT WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY ALSO.
SO, UH, SINCE RANDY SAYS, AND I, I TEND TO, IT SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME THAT WE CAN ADJUST IT OR ADDRESS IT NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE'RE TAKING ON A FIGHT THAT WILL NOT SERVE US WELL, IF WE GO FOR 36.6, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, I'M SURE.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MR. ALLEN, UH, MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO TILT IT.
THE WINDMILL THAT IS A COUNTY AUDITOR.
I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S WORTH IT.
UH, I AM CONCERNED THOUGH, YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE THAT TAX REVENUE AS A RESULT OF THE KOBE IS GOING TO BE DOWN.
SO I THINK I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF EVEN AT 36.3, A REGENERATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PAY.
HOWEVER, AS MS KAISER SAID, WE CAN ADJUST TO THAT NEXT YEAR.
I ALSO AGREE WITH, UH, MR. STRIVEN JUROR, THAT WE SHOULD WAIT AND GET THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT.
AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT DO THE PROSTITUTED FOR US ABOUT THIS ISSUE ABOUT HOW MILLAGE IS SET UP AND HOW WE DID OUR WORK.
WE WERE NOT GIVEN A RESPONSE FROM THE AUDITOR AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CAN'T TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ACTION THAT I THINK WOULD BE REASONABLE.
AND WE CANNOT GO INTO A LEGAL THING.
IT'S GOING TO BE TOO LATE AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PAY OFF, UH, TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
SO I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD POSTPONE AND WE SHOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY TYPE OF LEGAL ACTION IF THIS JOB THANK YOU, ROBIN, DO YOU HAVE THE NOTION UP THERE? YES.
FRANNIE, YOU MENTIONED COUNTY COUNCILS CAN ACTION THAT THEY'RE PURSUING, WHO'S REPRESENTING THEM IN THERE.
DO YOU KNOW, IS IT THEIR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL OR SOMEONE ELSE? UM, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.
SO, SO THIS IS A POST HOME AND DAVID, DAVID, NOT TO A SPECIFIC DATE.
WHICH I, AS I MENTIONED IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THEM, FOR OUR AUDIT FIRM IS IT'S GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 10TH.
CAUSE THEY'RE FINISHING THE TESTING, I THINK RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
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IS OPEN.THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, NINE ZERO ONE.
THE ONE ABSTENTION IS MR. WILLIAM SMITH.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION OF CHANGING THE DATE OF THE NOVEMBER WORK SESSION.
I WAS APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CHANGING THE DAY.
THE REASON IS RIGHT NOW, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING BUSINESS MEETING IS NOVEMBER 10.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UM, WORK SESSION ON NOVEMBER 20 AND 21, WHICH IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
AND THAT IS THE WEEKEND RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS THE 26TH.
SO KNOW PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TRAVEL PLANS.
SO IT SEEMS THAT THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE, UH, THE EARL THE WEEKEND BEFORE, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, NOVEMBER FRIDAY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 14.
SO IF THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE INTEREST OF THAT, SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION.
MR. DALLY, UH, HOW MANY, HOW MANY MEMBERS APPROACHED YOU? AT LEAST TWO.
SO WE'D STILL HAVE A QUORUM IF WE DID.
I I'D LIKE TO QUOTE EARL CAMPBELL WHEN HE WAS CHER SAID THAT THE, UH, WE VOTED ON A SCHEDULE.
AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, YOU MISSED THE MEETING.
AND I WOULD ASK THE CHAIR IF, IF, UM, IF I, OR A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE SAID THEY COULDN'T MEET TO MAKE THE WORK SECTION, WHICH SHOULD YOU BE STILL BE AS, UH, UH, ACQUIESCING TO OUR REQUEST.
HOSTS CAN RESPOND TO THAT BY SAYING IT WAS AN AGENDA REQUEST.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RESCHEDULED THE NOVEMBER WORK SESSION TO NOVEMBER 13TH AND 14TH.
NOW, IF TWO, IF TWO BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO, UM, MAKE THE NEW SUGGESTED DATE.
WELL, WE LOOK FOR A THIRD, UH, DATE SINCE WE ARE ACCOMMODATING LESS THAN A QUORUM TO RESCHEDULE A MEETING.
THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR SOME TIME AND VOTED ON BY THE BOARD.
UM, WE'LL WE ALSO PROVIDE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
I'M I'M FLEXIBLE, BUT IT MAY BE THAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
I HOPE THAT WE WOULD, OF COURSE CONSIDER THEIR AVAILABILITY.
SO BAKER MOTION AFTER THIS MOTION.
SO WHAT IS THE MOTION? I DON'T SEE IT JUST YET.
YOU WANT TO REPEAT IT? WE DROVE OUT AND MOTION WAS TO CHANGE THE DATES, THE NOVEMBER WORK SESSION TO NOVEMBER 13 AND 14.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHO, WHO ARE THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS? I ALSO ASKED TO CHANGE IT FOR HIM.
WELL, I GUESS WE GUESS WE KNOW WE PROBABLY GOT THE VOTES.
JUST ARGUE ABOUT THE LEAST LITTLE THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
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DABBLING.MR. EARL CAMPBELL, THE MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT TWO.
THE TWO NOS ARE FAILING IN SMITH.
SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION ON SOME OTHER, THE CHANGE, THE DATE ANOTHER TIME.
YOU DIDN'T CHANGE IT ANOTHER TIME.
THAT'S WHAT MR. SHACK WAS ASKING.
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S AN ISSUE MS. ORISHA.
I WOULD JUST SUGGEST, JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S AN EVEN HANDLING OF SOME BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTS AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS.
AND I THINK THAT'S AT THE HEART OF IT.
AND I THINK MEL, YOUR COMMENT IS WELL TAKEN, BUT THERE'S A SENSITIVITY THERE.
UM, AND, AND IT, AND IT SHOOTS RIGHT TO THE LEADERSHIPS HERE.
I WOULD JUST IMPLORE YOU AS YOU GO FORWARD AND YOU RECEIVE REQUESTS TO, UM, WEIGH THEM ALL EVENLY.
YOU, YOUR HAND DID NOT GO BACK DOWN.
IS IT BACKED UP? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT'S ALL.
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO THE USE OF THE 8% BONDS FOR WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS REMEDIATION WORK RELATED TO OLD ISSUES.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR STAYING WITH ME TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT ITEM THAT NEED TO ADDRESS.
I'LL TRY TO BE SHORT OF IT, COVER IT COMPLETELY.
AND SO IF I GO TOO FAST, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST KIND OF A BRIEF HISTORY ON HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK MR. KEVIN KELLY WITH CVR ERIE TO TALK ABOUT POE'S WORK.
AND THEN, UH, TAWNY CROSBY, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE FUNDING AND HOW IT COULD BE FUNDED.
SO AS YOU MAY BE AWARE ALREADY, WE DID RUN INTO AN ISSUE, UM, DURING THE DEMOLITION OF AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND WELL BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, THE COMMITTEE CONDITIONS WERE SIMILAR.
WE WERE DEMOLISHING THOSE UNITS, UH, IN THE WALL CAVITY ITSELF WAS FOUND A WATERBORNE, UH, SUBSTANCE OF CONCERN.
UH, WHAT OCCURRED OVER TIME WAS THERE WAS A BUILDUP OF WATER IN THE WALL CAVITY, WHICH CALLS THE MOLD ON THE FORM.
AND THAT WAS A WATER, UH, WATER TO LOVING MOLD THAT THREE WITHIN THE WALL.
AFTER FINDING THAT WHEN WE STOPPED THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN DID TESTING OF BOTH THE ROOM AND THEN THE OUTSIDE ROOM.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS DURING THAT TESTING WAS THAT THE ONLY RELEASE OF THE SUBSTANCE WAS WHEN WE WERE DEMOLISHING, UH, THE AREA AND DISTURBING IT, BUT AREAS OUTSIDE WERE, UM, NOT A CONCERN.
AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FOUND.
SO WE HAD WE'D HIRED, UH, INDOOR AIR QUALITY FROM, UH, CON THEY CONDUCTED THESE TESTS AND WE ASKED THEIR ADVICE.
UM, THEY HAD STATED THAT, UH, THERE WAS NOT A CONCERN WITH AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE WAY THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ARE ISOLATED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS. SO THERE IS ENOUGH FEAR OF THAT MIGRATING BEYOND THE CONSTRUCTION AREA.
UM, SO THAT WAS THEN THAT INFORMATION WAS TAKEN TO PARENTS AND IT WAS TAKEN, UM, STAFF AND TO ALSO, UH, SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS.
AND WE WENT OVER THOSE ISSUES AND WE DID PROVIDE OPTIONS AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY FELT SAFE STAYING IN THE BUILDING OR MOVING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WAS OFFERED.
UM, THE, WHAT CAME OF THAT WAS THAT THERE WAS NO, UH, OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE WERE, THERE WERE COMMENTS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THE MAJORITY OF FELT COMFORTABLE REMAINING IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.
SO THAT IS, UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE CAUSE OF THE MOLD WAS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE ORIGINAL BUILDING IN THAT, UH, THE AIR CONDITIONING DID NOT HAVE THE SLEEVES THAT
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WAS STOPPED.UM, WIND-DRIVEN RAIN THAT GETS INTO THE LOUVERS, OUTSIDE THE BUILDING FROM GETTING INTO THE WALL CAVITY.
THERE IS ALSO THE OVERFLOW FROM THE CONDENSATE PAN WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT OVER TIME, THERE'S THE BUILDUP OF THE WALL OF WATER IN THE WALL CAVITY THAT CONDITION OCCURRED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
UM, THERE ALSO WAS NOT, WHAT'S CALLED A WEEP HOLE TO ALLOW THE WATER TO LEAVE, UH, THE WALL CAVITY.
UM, SO ONCE, UH, UH, WE DID BEGIN THE REMEDIATION WORK, UM, THAT INVOLVE PUTTING NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE ON THESE CONSTRUCTION AREA TO BRING, UM, ALL THE AIR THROUGH FILTERS AND THEN DISCHARGE THE OUTSIDE.
THE AREA WAS CLEANED MATERIALS THAT COULD BE SALVAGED.
THEY WERE SAVED, WERE BROUGHT OUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE TEACHERS.
UM, IF THESE MATERIALS ARE IN THOSE AREAS AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, AND AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE COMPLETING THE REMEDIATION OF THAT.
AND I'LL ASK, UH, MR. KEVIN KELLY WITH, UH, CVRE HEARING TO EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO OCCUR IN THESE.
IT WOULD BE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU.
THE REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR FOOTPRINT UP THERE, JUST TO BRING BACK TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHAT PART OF THE BUILDING WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO WORK ON RIGHT NOW, THE BLUE POD IS THE AREA THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT HAS THE MEDIATION GOING ON NOW.
AND THE RED BOT IS ALSO UNDER THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
THESE ARE ALL PART OF YOUR PLANT AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS SWAMPING OUT SOME OF YOUR HPAC SYSTEM.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, THE REMEDIATION IS, HAS IT BEEN DONE IN THE BLUE POD, THE ASSAD REPAIRS, THE DEMOLITION PART OF IT ON THE INTERNAL SIDE OF IT HAS BEEN DONE.
UH, BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE FINAL REPAIRS TO THAT BECAUSE THERE IS SOME DETERIORATION THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE LOUVERS AND THE AEGIS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LOUVER, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER THE CHAIR.
THE CHAIR IS KIND OF YOUR MARKER.
THEY GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE IT'S AT.
WHAT MR. RODNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THIS LUBER IS A PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT IT HONESTLY DOESN'T HAVE A WAY TO GET OUT OF IT.
WIND-DRIVEN RAIN HAS A WAY TO GET INTO IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY WASTER FACTOR WE HAVE INVOLVED HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE SITE AND ISSUE, WHICH WE'LL GET TO HERE IN JUST A SECOND TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS SOME OPTIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH RENDERINGS ON HOW WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE POP TO THE FACADE OF THE FACILITY AND KIND OF, OF A SIGNATURE ON HOW, WHEN WE GO INTO PAIRINGS, THE BLOOPERS, SINCE WE REFER TO THESE AS BLUE POD RED, FIVE DELPHI, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE SOME OPTIONS ON HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT SIGNATURE RIDE WITH THEM.
CAN YOU OPERATE? BUT HE'S DOWN ONE MORE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THE ELEMENT IS TO, OF COURSE, DO THE REMEDIATION OR CONTINUE THE REMEDIATION TO REPAIR THIS ASSAD, UH, NORTH.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING ABOUT GOING AHEAD AND CONTINUING ON IN DOING THE YELLOW POD HPAC SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO SOME SITE DRAINAGE AND THINGS I BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE THE TOTAL FIGURE OUT.
THE, UH, THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT I'M DISCUSSING, UH, HAS YOUR AUDIENCE GO A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON THAT IF YOU ENVISION, BUT IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE YELLOW POD, THAT'S A REDUCTION IN THAT WE FEEL THAT THE BEST, UH, JUDICIARY RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE FACILITY AND JUST REMOVE ALL, WHAT IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THAT'S IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
IF HE GET OUT ONE ROBIN, HE SHOULD HAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT'S THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ONE PAGE AHEAD OF THAT.
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THERE IT IS.NOW YOU'RE GETTING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO RIGHT THERE.
NOW THIS IS ALSO JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE CONTRACT, AT WHAT PART OF THE CONTRACT WE'RE INTO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE EIGHT WEEK AND EQUALLY.
AND THEN THERE IS A COURSE, THE CATHOLIC DEAN WEEK, WHICH ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IN THAT THERE IS NOT THE SAME FACADE ISSUES ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS THERE ARE ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO THERE IS NO RENDERING TO SHOW YOU, BUT, UH, AS, AS PRETTY MUCH SPELLED OUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE IS TO INCREASE THE SCOPE, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DNF POINT OR NOT IN OUR, UH, PLAN MAINTENANCE PLAN RIGHT NOW UNDER THE 18 DAC.
BUT WHILE WE'RE THERE MITIGATING OUT THE AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS THAT IT WOULD BE UNDER YOUR BEST TO INTERESTINGLY ALSO THERE IS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A SLIGHT COST INCREASE FOR SOME SLIGHT FOR RESCUE SITE DRAINAGE, DUNG AS FULL TITLE.
BUT ANYWAYS, IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS MOISTURE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THAT IS THAT THIS WAS A FLIGHT, A FLAT SURFACE, MR.
AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT THE WATER IS GOING TO EAT THIS.
SO PART OF OUR CONTRIBUTING BY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, WE ALSO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
SO WHAT I THINK ABOUT I WANT TO DO IS STOP HERE BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WAYS OF PAYING FOR IT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT OCCURRED AND THE REMEDIATION WORK THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
I JUST HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
UH, ROBERT, UH, UH, WE GOING TO CHECK, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CHECK OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT BY THIS COMPANY AROUND THE TIMEFRAME THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY DID THESE TUBES? SO I HAVE TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.
WE DID CHECK OTHER BUILDINGS BUILT IN THIS TIMEFRAME.
UM, IN 1999, UH, THE OTHER BUILDINGS BUILT IN 2000 OR 18 MCCRACKEN.
AND, UH, THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, THESE WERE NOT BUILT BY THE SAME CONTRACTOR OR DESIGNED BY THE SAME DESIGNERS AND WE DID, AND MR. KELLY CAN GO IN GREATER DETAIL, BUT WE DID CHECK THE DETAILS OF THOSE BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONDITION HAD BEEN COVERED.
AND WE DID FIND THAT IT HAD BEEN COVERED IN THE DETAILS OF THAT.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE MONEY FOR THE REMEDIATION, BUT I'M, I'M CON A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHY IN 2020, WE HAVE TO BORROW FROM 2020 TO 28% MONEY.
WHY CAN'T, WHY CAN'T WE USE 21 8% MONEY? ISN'T IT, IT SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREME CASE OF ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF BE OUR NEXT CONVERSATION.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THAT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PAYING FOR IT.
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS, BUT WE'LL COVER THAT SHORTLY.
SO I'LL, I WILL HOLD OFF MY QUESTIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS, BUT IT'S, IT WAS FAULTY WORK DONE ON, ON THE CONTRACTORS AND THE DESIGNERS PART.
DO WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, UM, TO REMEDIATE THIS BEYOND US, SCRAMBLING, TRYING TO FIND MILLIONS TO FIX IT? HAS THAT BEEN EXPLORED? I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
COULD YOU REPEAT IT? WELL, LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED THE PROBLEM FIXING IT? UH, YES.
SO THE TWO AVENUES WE DID LOOK INTO WHO BUILT THESE, UM, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTION CONTROL CORPORATION.
UM, THEY ARE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE AND PASSED AWAY SOME TIME AGO.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE INSURANCE ROUTE AND, UM, SO OUR RISK MANAGER DID, UH, MEET ONSITE WITH THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER.
AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR POLICY DOES HAVE A MOLD EXCLUSION.
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UM, TALKING ABOUT SOME, UH, FLOOD COVERAGE.AND, UH, THERE, WE MAY GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, ON THAT THE ADJUSTER IS SUBMITTING THAT FORWARD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 20 TO $25,000 RANGE.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UH, SOME DAYS ONCE YOU BROUGHT IT IN HERE AT NUMBER ONE, IT SAID SUN DRAINAGE FOR FOUR WAYS TO THE NEARBY POND AND MARSH.
AND THEN I THINK THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO, UH, DRAINING TO THE NEARBY PELICAN MARSH.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUNOFF GOING INTO THE POND AND MARSH, AND HAVE WE CHECKED WITH THE WATER PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT CONTAMINATING THE POND? SO I'LL ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO THE PROBLEM IS IT'S JUST FOR THE MOST PART IT'S FLAT AND THE BUILDING WAS BUILT AT A FLAT ELEVATION.
THAT'S A VALUE ENGINEERING THING HAS DONE A LOT OF TIMES TO SAVE MONEY.
IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE RAISED UP AND IT COSTS MONEY TO RAISE THE BUILDING UP.
SO THE PROBLEM IS THE WATER IS JUST SITTING THERE.
AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLLECTING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF A DRAINAGE AND THEN PUTTING LIKE A FRENCH STRING SYSTEM WHERE A PIPE, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL ABSORB WATER IN THE AREA AND CONNECTING OUR DOWNSPOUTS.
AND OUR CONDENSATE CONDENSATE FROM AIR CONDITIONING IS A PERMITTABLE DISCHARGE, CAUSE IT IS CLEAN WATER THAT YOU'RE DISCHARGING INTO MARCHES, RIVERS, WHATEVER.
AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE STORM WATER COMING OFF THE ROOF AND THAT'S IT FERMENTABLE DISCHARGED.
SO WE'LL ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TYING INTO THIS IS ALLOWED TO BE DISCHARGED INTO PONDS AND IN MARSHES AND GROUNDWATER, I GUESS YOU CAN TAKE IT AROUND.
THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DO YOU WANT TO GO ON TO THE, UM, THING FOR IT? YES.
UM, GIVE SOME, UH, TONYA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ME? YES, I WILL.
UM, SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSION THAT THERE WAS 8% FUNDS.
UM, TYPICALLY THIS SORT OF REQUEST IS, UH, COMMITTED IN A FUTURES, UH, YEARS, 8% FUNDS.
SO IN ESSENCE, UM, WHAT WE WOULD DO WAS, WOULD BE TO ADD THE, THESE DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT LIST THAT IS COMING UP IN THE SPRING AND FUND IT.
UH, BONDS WOULD BE ISSUED IN THE SPRING OR THE SUMMER, EXCUSE ME FOR, UM, THE PAYMENT OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, THERE IS SOME PRECEDENT WITH THAT.
UH, THERE WERE SOME, UH, BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL ROOF, UH, REPAIR, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF MILLION, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND, AND OTHER REPAIRS THAT POPPED UP THAT WERE RELATIVELY SERIOUS, THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY WERE SIZABLE AMOUNTS.
SO THIS IS TYPICALLY THE WAY WE MANAGE THAT.
UM, THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, THERE IS THE LAND PURCHASE MONEY FROM THE SALE OF, UH, BURROWS AVENUE OR THE LAND PROCEEDS AND PURCHASE, UH, THE SALE OF ROSA AVE.
1.2 MILLION, UM, THAT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, HOLDING ONTO THAT FOR POTENTIAL LAND PURCHASE OR AN EMERGENCE, ANOTHER EMERGENCY CAPITAL NEED THAT MAY COME UP.
UM, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION TO USE THAT AND, UH, SUPPLEMENT WITH THE 8% FUNDING, UM, THERE, AS FAR AS UNUSED 8% FUNDS THAT WE WOULD ROLL FORWARD.
UM, THE PROJECTS ARE NOT YET COMPLETE AND THE, ALL OF THE BILLS DUE THIS YEAR ON OUR SUMMER PROJECTS HAVE NOT ALL FLOWED IN.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED UNTIL THE SPRING IN ORDER TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD, UH, ANY OF THE CLOSED, UH, NEWLY CLOSED PROJECTS THAT WE WILL HAVE.
UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE SIZE THAT YOU SAW LAST SPRING, WHICH WAS 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT WAS AN ACCUMULATION OF SEVERAL YEARS.
SO, UH, IT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO COVER THIS, UM, UH, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BRING ANY UNUSED FUNDS TO THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.
SO, UH, AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADD IT TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT 8% PROJECT LIST APPROVED THAT, AND WE CAN FUND IT WITH THE CASH OF, UM, THE CASH RESERVES THAT WE HAVE ON HAND AND 8% OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT NOT YET COMPLETED.
SO WE DO HAVE CASH, UH, CASH RESERVES, UM, SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE, THIS OUT NOW
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AND WITH THE REPLENISHMENT OF THAT, UM, THAT IN THE, IN THE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE BONDS ARE ISSUED.SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME.
UH, TANYA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FISCAL 2022.
SO THEY'LL, THOSE WILL BE, UM, WE WILL ISSUE BONDS IN, UH, I BELIEVE WE ISSUED 8% BONDS IN, UH, AUGUST THIS YEAR, LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST FOR THE SUMMER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO WE USUALLY BOND, UH, UH, FOR THE PROJECTS FOR THOSE UPCOMING PROJECTS.
I WAS JUST ASKING HIM, CAUSE THE PROPOSED MOTION SAYS 20, 23 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS WRONG.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IN THE PROPOSED MOTION, THERE IS AN AMOUNT IN PARENTHESES.
IS THAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT I'M OUT IN PRINT SEES EIGHT, A 1,840,500.
UM, IF I CAN THERE'S UM, TWO OPTIONS.
SO IF YOU, THE FULL AMOUNT IS 3 MILLION, $375,500.
IF THERE IS A CHOICE NOT TO DO THE ADDITIONAL HPAC WORK, YOU DON'T WANT US TO KEEP GOING AND JUST DO THE REMEDIATION OF THE HPAC PRODUCTS.
AND WE'D ALREADY STARTED THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE 1,840,500.
SO IT'S WHETHER YOU WANT TO JUST FIX WHAT WE STARTED OR KEEP GOING IN THE OTHER WINGS AND ATTACK THE OTHER HPAC PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE NOT DEALING WITH IT.
SHOULD WE KEEP GOING? IF WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON SITE, WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS AT HAND, WE'D LIKE TO JUST KEEP DOING ONE AND ADDRESS THEM ALL AT ONE TIME.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE USE OF FISCAL YEAR 2022, 8% FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $375,500 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMEDIATION, ADDITIONAL HV, HVAC INSTALLATION, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AT BOTH WHALE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WHALE BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CAN I HOLD ON TONYA, IF I CAN.
I BELIEVE IT IS FYI 2023, FYI 2022 IS SUMMER 21 PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
SO WHAT WE HAVE NOT APPROVED AS FAR AS I'M AWARE IS F LIKE 20, 23.
AND SO WE WILL APPROVE THOSE AND BOND THEM IN THE SAME YEAR, WHICH WILL BE APPROVED IN THE SPRING BOND IN THE, IN THE SUMMER.
THE FISCAL YEAR IS USUALLY AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL SUMMER WE DO THE WORK.
SO, UM, THE BOARD APPROVED LAST, UH, SPRAYING F 2022, WHICH ARE SUMMER 21 PROJECTS.
SO DAVID YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINE WITH THE 20 CORRECTIONS TO THE 23.
SO YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE RIGHT FISCAL YEAR, MR. DOLLY, UH, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, WHAT IS THE CURRENT POPULATION PERCENTAGE VERSUS CAPACITY OF WILBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL? I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF MY HEAD.
IS THERE SOMEONE WHO DOES PRESENT? I THINK I CAN GIVE YOU THE CAPACITY IN LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE MICKEY DOLLAR.
WOULD THAT BE A FAIR BALLPARK FIGURE FOR YOU? WELL, IF THAT'S THE BEST, IF THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO.
SO, UM, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS WELL BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE COUNT JJ DAVIS AND WILLMON BRANCH ELEMENTARY IS ONE SCHOOL.
SO, UH, IT'S THE PAST THE IS 724 AND IT HAD 458 STUDENTS WHILE BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL'S CAPACITY IS EIGHT 64 AND HAD 361 STUDENTS.
SO WHAT'S THAT PERCENTAGE AMOUNT TOO.
I DON'T HAVE A CALCULATOR HANDY.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE YOU GOT HEAR IT.
SO WHALE RANCH ELEMENTARY WAS 63%.
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THE SCHOOLS ARE AT BEST HALF FULL.UM, THANKS FOR NOT MOVING ON TO THE NEXT, UH, PERSON.
UM, I'M STILL REELING FROM THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MOLD COVERAGE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN LOW LINE LAND.
HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN THE CASE? HAVE WE NEVER HAD THE MOLD COVERAGE? I'M SHOCKED AT THIS? YEAH.
TO OUR RISK MANAGER, MOST COVERAGE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL TYPICALLY ALLOW, UH, FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S PRETTY COMMON EXCLUSION FROM OUR POLICIES.
SO WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT WHEN I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
WHEN I BROUGHT IN FOR STATINS ATTENTION, SHE SAID, IT'S PRETTY COMMON.
NOT THAT THAT'S ALWAYS EXCLUDED.
AND SHE DIDN'T THINK WE'D HAVE MUCH OF A CHANCE OF GETTING A CLAIM WITH IT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME MONEY OR IT LOOKS LIKE WERE POTENTIAL TO GET A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE FLOODING OF THE WALL IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING.
MADAM CHAIR, ROBERT IS A THREE, THREE SEVEN 5 MILLION TOTAL PRICE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM AND YEAH, YEAH.
AND THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH BOTH BUILDINGS, THAT SHOW, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS A PAY ME NOW FOR THAT ADDITIONAL OR PAY ME MORE LATER? EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO KEEP GOING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE AND IT WILL COST MORE LATER IF WE DO IT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS, ACTUALLY, UM, I HAVE A MOTION.
THIS MOTION IS ALL HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE SAME, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SAME DISCUSSION, UH, AFTER THIS MOTION IS OVER.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, YEAH, JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
SO, NO, THERE'S NO FURTHER, UH, FANS OFF, SO WE WILL HAVE OPEN VOTING PLEASE.
THE MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT TWO ONE, THE TWO NOS ARE SHAQ AND THE ABSTENTION IS, UH, RACHEL WAS NASTY.
I HAD SOME PRIOR OBLIGATION AND I AM BACK, BUT I MISSED MOST OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO I, I FELT I NEEDED TO ABSTAIN.
SO NOW MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE A MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CHANGE, THAT WE CHECK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS PROMOTE ALL BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS FOR MODE.
IT'S JUST, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHECK IN FOR MOLD? UM, AFTER MR. OUTING JUST SAID THAT THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INSURANCE FOR, UH, AS COMMON, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THE INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, WHAT WE REALIZED IF I BUY HER CLEARLY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT REALLY CHECK FOR MOLD MOLD, OCCASIONALLY, UNLESS THERE POSSIBLY BEEN A CALL OR SOMEONE POSSIBLY SAY THAT
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WATER IS LEAKING SOMEWHERE.AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS THE, THIS IS A SITUATION THAT'S CALLED NOMINALLY.
WE, WE, I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE MORE BETTER PRECAUTION BY CHECKING IN HAVING SOME TYPE OF SOME TYPE OF STANDARD OF LOOKING LOVE, LOOKING FOR THIS BECAUSE, UH, AVENUE, AS WE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE SITUATION AS A SITUATION HAS OCCURRED IN WA WELL BRANCH AREA I'VE BEEN TOLD, AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS THAT THERE ARE MOST IN OTHER BUILDINGS AND OTHER SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S THE CASE.
THEN WE WOULDN'T JUST NEED TO FIX THIS, THIS SITE.
WE WOULD NEED TO FIX ALL THE SIDE BECAUSE I'M SURE TONIGHT WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT WE GATHERED WAS THAT WE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT OUR TEACHERS US ARE SAFE AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TH THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEIR HEALTH, THAT THEY HEALTHY ENOUGH TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS.
AND I'LL ASK STUDENTS ARE, ARE HEALTHY AS WELL FROM BEING IN THE, IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WHEN WE WELCOME BACK, WELCOME THEM BACK FULLY.
SO WHAT BETTER TIME NOW THAN TO CHECK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SEE WHICH SCHOOLS POSSIBLY MAY HAVE MOLD, MOLD, THE MOLDS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THESE BUILDINGS, UH, THAT THEN NOW, SO AT THAT PRESENT TIME, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, TONIGHT, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT WE PUT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF FIRST.
SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW THAT WE, THAT, THAT THEY DIDN'T CHECK THE WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SOMEWHAT CAN SKIN.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CHECKS THIS CURRENTLY BY MAINTENANCE OR ANYONE THAT WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UNLESS SOMEONE CALLS OUT THERE FROM US THEN MRS. JENNIFER STAYTON GOES OUT AND SHE DOES A TEST.
AND SHE SEES, WHERE WAS SHE GUYS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE TEST SHE SENDS OFF.
UM, SEVERAL, UH, THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
CAUSE IT'S WAY MORE COMPLICATED.
UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT MOLD, PLEASE SEND THEM TO US.
SO MR. SMITH, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ANYBODY THAT HAS COMPLAINTS, PLEASE HAVE THEM SENT TO US.
WE HAVE A FORMAT FOR THAT IS AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY, UH, FORM.
IF THEY SUBMIT IT, WE WILL CHECK THE AREA.
AND I MEAN, GENERALLY I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S THE TIME TO DISCUSS ME, SENDING THEM TO YOU.
THE POINT IS RATHER THE BOARD.
WE JUST SAID THAT WE TAKE OUR AS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, SEARS, EVERYTHING THEY SAY, SO WE TO MAKE A DECISION.
WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ARRIVE THAT WHEREVER, WHEREVER WE ARE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD OF WHAT WE SAID TONIGHT ON THIS, NO IS NO OFFENSE TO YOU, MR.
I THINK HE'S ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
THANK YOU, MR. ODEAN CONTINUE.
SO ONE OF THE FACTORS IN YOUR OFFICE, YOU'RE FROM THE LOW COUNTRY, YOU'RE VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THERE IS MOLD IN THE AIR, EVERYWHERE WE GO.
AND IF I GO OUT AND IN SOME FASHION, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MOLD IN EVERY SCHOOL.
IT IS THERE, IT IS IN THE OUTSIDE.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS THAT THERE'S A DECREASED AMOUNT INSIDE THE BUILDING COMPARED TO OUTSIDE.
AND THE OTHER THING WE LOOK AT IS WHEN IT IRRITATES SOMEBODY, OR IF THERE IS, IF THE LEVELS ARE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE NEAR AND STATION.
SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME PROTOCOL BECAUSE IF YOU JUST SAY, GO TEST, EVERY BUILDING WILL GO AND TEST EVERY BUILDING, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING YOU DO HAVE TO.
SO WHAT WE DO IS TEST IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
AND WE LOOKED FOR THAT CONDITION WHERE, UM, THE LEVEL IS LESS THAN IN MOST ALL CASES.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE OUTDOOR.
AS WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERN, THE OTHER TIME IS WHEN THERE IS AN IRRITANT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, UM, PEOPLE'S TOLERANCE TO MOLD IS ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND SO SOME PEOPLE CAN BE OUTSIDE AND HAVE NO ISSUE.
AND SOME PEOPLE CAN GO OUT IN THE SAME AREA AND HAVE AN EXTREME REACTION.
SO IT DOES GET MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST SAYING, GO OUT AND TEST EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO FIND MOLD EVERYWHERE.
IT'S AROUND US IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S JUST THE IN CASE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE IN.
AND I CAN ALSO TELL YOU IN THIS ROOM, IT'S
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WAY LOWER THAN IT IS OUTSIDE AND FROM WHAT I'M SEEING, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS AN IRRITANT AND IT'S NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY WHO LEVELS WE AREN'T HERE.DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT'S WHERE JUST GOING OUT AND BLANKING TECH BLANKET TESTING IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY JENNIFER STATE.
HE DID TALK ABOUT IS THE EPA HAS GUIDANCE ON HOW TO TEST FOR MOLD IN SCHOOLS.
AND WE RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THAT GUIDANCE AND THE PROTOCOLS THAT TO DO IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DO.
UM, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER TWEAKS.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT, UH, GUIDANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT IN ALL OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO, I MEAN, I, I WOULD BE ALL FOR, IF YOU SAID THE MOTION WAS TO, TO IMPLEMENT THE GUIDE.
SO THE EPA GUIDANCE OF CLAIM OF, I THINK IT'S CALLED INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHO WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING HIM.
SCHOOLS IS NOT A RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A MADAM CHAIR.
I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE DRIVING, DRIVING THE EMOTION OR SAYING WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS HE'S ASKED TO WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
I THINK THAT'S A BIT MUCH WITH HIM BEST IN BETWEEN HIM EXPLAINING, CAUSE PLAY VERSUS DRIVING, DRIVING, DRIVING THE MOTION WHERE IT, WHERE HE WANTS IT TO GO POINT OF ORDER, POINT OF ORDER.
MADAM CHAIR, LAST TIME I CHECKED, I CALLED POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE I SAID THAT I THINK IT WAS HIS JOB TO DRIVE, TO DRIVING THIS VOTE TO WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE.
AND, AND W WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR, UH, WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, OF, OF THAT? I MEAN, I DIDN'T HEAR A RULING.
I JUST HEARD YOU CALL MR. CAMPBELL, ARE YOU IGNORING ME? OR
AND I STAYED, I STAYED AT, I GAVE YOU A SITUATION AND I STAYED IN WHY I CALL A POINT OF ORDER.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO YOU CALL ALREADY CALL ON ME.
I CALLED OF, AND I SAID, I GAVE YOU A SITUATION.
AND I TOLD YOU THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK I'M OUT OF ORDER OR YO, I'M TALKING THAT YOU WILL SAY MS. SMITH OUT, OR YOU RULE, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU OR CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR THAT JUST TOOK PLACE ALL NIGHT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CORRECT BEHAVIOR.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR THAT TOOK PLACE.
I STILL DON'T THINK YOU HEARD ME, MR. SMITH.
I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR YOU, YOU WENT AHEAD.
YOU JOHN, TO IGNORE WHAT I SAID.
AND HE SAID, MR. CAMPBELL, GO AHEAD.
AND DO YOU BELIEVE MR. ADI HAD FINISHED? I HAD ALREADY CALLED ON MR. CAMPBELL AND BEN, YOU SAID MR. AUDIT.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT.
I HAD ALREADY GIVEN THE FLOOR TO MR. CAMPBELL.
THAT IS MY, GO AHEAD, MR. CAMPBELL.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE CAN'T HEAR YOU YEAR BECAUSE I SAID I DON'T WANT THEM.
I NO LONGER WANT TO ENTERTAIN THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT I HAD TO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE GAME.
I THINK THAT IT MOSER IN THE SCHOOL.
WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE MOLD IS AT AT THIS TIME.
AND IF THERE'S ANY MORE IN ANY SCHOOLS, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MOLD OR THERE'S ANY MORE PERIOD.
I THINK THAT WE OWED THE CONSTITUENTS ENOUGH TO KNOW WHERE THERE'S MOLD IN THIS DISTRICT.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE SAVED THIS AFTERNOON THAT, THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE GUIDED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THAT WAY.
AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING THE BEST DECISION, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THEM.
SO I THINK A PREVENTATIVE, PREVENTATIVE MEASURE PUTTING IT IN PLACE WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TO DO NOTHING.
AND AT THE END, WE DID NOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
I THINK THAT, THAT WE WILL BE SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, YEAH, WE KNOW THERE'S MOLD IN THE BUILDING, BUT UNLESS SOMEBODY BRINGS IT TO SOMEONE'S ATTENTION, THEN, THEN, THEN, THEN
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WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH IT.YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S MOLD EVERYWHERE, BUT THERE'S NATIONAL.
THERE'S NO MOLD IN THE HOME I LIVE IN.
AND I MEAN, TH TH TH THAT I'VE HEARD THAT I KNOW OF THAT, THAT I SEE.
SO I MEAN THAT, TO SAY THAT I, I THINK THAT'S A BIT MUCH TO YOU SAYING THAT THERE'S MOLD EVERYWHERE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S UNHEALTHY AND THAT'S, THAT'S POSSIBLY TOXIC.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SEE THAT COMING FORWARD, BUT TO ME ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE VERY TROUBLESOME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING, MOVING OFF WHAT THE BOARD HAS SAID TODAY.
THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS.
NO, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER NASTY.
I CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION AS WRITTEN, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION, UM, A SUGGESTED CHANGE, WHICH IS, UM, THAT THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OBTAIN QUOTES FOR HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO HAVE ALL FACILITIES CHECK FOR MOLD.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING AN AMENDMENT, AN AMENDMENT.
SO GO AHEAD AND STATE IT AGAIN.
YOU'RE ADDING AFTER BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOLS MOTION THAT THE DISTRICT OBTAIN A QUOTE TO HAVE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOLS CHECKED FOR MOLD.
I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE FIND OUT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO HAVE, UM, THE ACTUAL FACILITIES CHECKED FOR MOLD AND WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE SCOPE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ROBERT BRINGS UP A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT EPA GUIDELINES.
UM, I KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, LEVELS OF, OF MOLD AND TYPES OF MOLD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSULT AN EXPERT AND OBTAIN A QUOTE.
UM, ROBERT GETTING BACK TO, UM, HOW WE PAY IT, SHOULD WE UNCOVER THAT OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE MOLD, SHOULD THE BOARD GO FORWARD WITH SEEKING, UM, WHAT THIS WOULD COST TO INVESTIGATE? UM, I'M DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND I'M LOOKING UP LAST YEAR, HOUSE BILL THREE ONE TWO SEVEN, WHICH IS, UM, UH, IN SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
UM, A COMMITTEE IS FORMED TO LOOK INTO REGULATING AND REMEDIATING MOLD IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, HOW TO PROGRESSED? WAS THERE ANY FUNDING ATTACHED TO IT? UM, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT? OKAY.
UM, AND THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE CALLED THE MOLD AND ABATEMENT AND REMEDIATION STUDY COMMITTEE.
SO IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MOVING FORWARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR, UM, OUR LOBBYIST, UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT IS AND IF WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE UNCOVER A FEW THINGS GOING FORWARD? IF THERE'S SOME OTHER ASSISTANCE WE CAN HAVE.
SO MR. SMITH, YOUR HAND, MR. SNAPPY? UH, YES, ACTUALLY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT WITH SQ HER MOTION, UH, IN RESPONSE TO OUR EMOTION.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT CHECKS IT.
UH, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WILL COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING UNLESS WE WERE GOING OUTSIDE AND GETTING SOMEONE OUTSIDE TO COME IN AND CHECK IT.
BUT FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD IN THE MEETING AND THEY, MR.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING MAYBE AT THIS TIME, OR MAYBE I'M MAYBE I DID, MAYBE I DIDN'T, UH, UNDERSTAND IT CLEARLY, BUT FOR MAZDA, AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT ANYTHING.
UH, THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT MOTION.
UH, AND SECONDLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET, WE HAVE A FIRE, WE HAVE FIRE ALARMS CHECKS, WE HAVE SMOKE SMOKE DETECTORS CHECKS.
WHY WOULD WE NOT GET AIR CON AIR QUALITY CHECK IN OUR BUILDINGS? I MEAN, THOSE ARE SIMPLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL ACROSS THIS DISTRICT.
AND IF A BOARD MEMBER IS TO SAY, WE'RE QUESTIONING THE PRICE OF IT, YOU KNOW, TH THIS, THIS GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH THE BAR REFERENDUM SAFETY, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SAY, SAY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S KIDS SAFETY OF KIDS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS
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WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN, WHEN IT'S, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MO THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, YOU KNOW, MY MOM TAUGHT ME BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND ALSO SHE HAS, SHE, SHE HAD UNDERLINED I'M THE ONE WITH ONLINE ISSUES ISSUES.
AND WHEN SHE WAS, WHEN SHE WOULD BE AT WORK, THE BREATHING, THE MOLD IN ONE OF THE BUILDING THAT SHE WAS WORKING IN, IT, IT DIDN'T JUST AFFECT HER.
SO WHEN IT COME DOWN TO CHECKING THE BUILDERS OUT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S COSTLY.
SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR BOARD MEMBERS OF THAT.
IT'S MY, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT IF SOMEONE FILES A WORK ORDER, THEN, UH, WE'RE RISK MANAGER WHO I BELIEVE IS NOT AN ENGINEER VISITS THE BUILDING AND TESTS THE AIR QUALITY.
UM, THAT TO ME IS NOT THE SAME AS CHECKING, UM, FIRE EXTINCT, UH, FIRE ALARMS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, IT'S KIND OF, WELL, IF IT'S A COMPLIANT, WE'LL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH IS ASKING FOR IS JUST THAT A ROOT CHECKS BE ADDED TO THE SHOPPING LIST OF TESTING THAT WE DO.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE, UH, CONSIDERING, ESPECIALLY THE COST OF FIXING IT ONCE IT DEVELOPS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUILDING TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR ANY POTENTIAL MOLD PROBLEMS. AND THEN, UH, WE CAN SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T GET A COMPLAINT, SO WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO CONDUCT SAFETY AND HEALTH.
I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ADDED TO THE, UH, ROUTINE BY EXISTING STAFF.
THANK YOU, MR.
I THINK WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING ASKED AND WHAT JUST BEING UNDERSTOOD.
I THINK WE COVERED THIS THE LAST TIME WHEN ROBERT DID HIS PRESENTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR MOLD WOULD REQUIRE THE INTO, TO THE IMPERVIOUS, UH, SURFACES, WHEREAS DOING A HAIR QUALITY CHECK, THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING, BUT A ROUTINE SOMEONE COMES IN WITH CAUSE THE EPA GUIDANCE AND THAT'S RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE AS BAD TOO, LOOKING FOR MORE, WHICH YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIND.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AM CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE LOWER LEVEL SCHOOLS HAVING A MOLD PRESENCE.
SO I WOULD AGREE WITH WILL A SUGGESTION OR JOHN'S SUGGESTION, WHICH I DON'T THINK WAS THE SAME AS WILL'S, BUT JOHNSON.
YES, WE DO THEORETICAL CHECKS FOR MOLD BECAUSE RATIO HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN WE FIND OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST, BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS TO BE CHECKED FOR MORE WEED, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG UP DIGGING INTO THE FOUNDATIONS OF EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND TEST CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN EACH PART OF THE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT AND ROBERT CAN CHIP IN IF HE WANTS TO, BUT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT QUESTION, SORRY, YOU'RE MUTED.
UM, SO CAN WE SEE THE MOTION? I CAN'T SEE THE MOTION AMERICANS.
THE AMENDMENT IS TO SAY THAT NEIGHBOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CHANGE OR CHECKING ALL THE, OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE MOLD.
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I JUST, I THINK THAT RACHEL IS NOT TRYING TO NEGATE THE OPTION TO CHECK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO LOAN.SHE'S JUST, SHE'S JUST TRYING TO ASSESS THE COST FIRST BEFORE THE BOARD WOULD PROCEED.
AND I THINK IT'S A PRUDENT STEP.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT NEGATES, UM, WILL'S OR JOHN'S SUGGESTIONS, UM, TO CHECK THE SCHOOLS.
SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT, CAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, SO ROBERT, YOUR SUGGESTION WAS TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, UH, EPA GUIDELINES FOR YOU, MAYBE SAY IT LOUDER EPA GUIDELINES FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY.
WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS THE MOTION THAT'S HERE.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS WITH THAT.
UM, I JUST, I JUST THINK THIS IS FROM ROBERT'S EXPLANATION.
I WAS HEARD THAT, HEARD IT ON THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO, UH, THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING AT ALL.
UH, MR. DARWIN, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS, ESPECIALLY IF THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT 40 OR 50% CAPACITY, UH, EVENTUALLY YOU GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD.
SO LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM IS.
DISTRICT-WIDE INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE BUILDINGS ARE WORTH KEEPING OPEN.
YES, MATT AND JARED, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK MR. SMITH IF HIS ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO CONDUCT THE AIR QUALITY TESTS, UM, BASED ON WHAT ROBERT WAS DISCUSSING, THAT WOULDN'T COST ANYTHING, OR IF IT WAS TO OBTAIN FURTHER TEST, LIKE THE ONES THAT, UM, MR. CAMPBELL WAS REFERRING TO ACTUALLY TO DOOLEY ONE THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE THE DISTRICT, BUT IN THE, IN THE ESSENCE, I'M SITTING HERE PROCESSING THIS CONVERSATION AS WE'RE GOING ON.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY SHOULD, WE SHOULD START OUT, POSSIBLY START OUT WITH THE ONE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO DO WHAT DO, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I WILL SUPPORT YOUR EMOTION BECAUSE YOUR MORE, YOUR EMOTION WILL BE A MORE INTENSE, UH, CHECK FOR MOLES UPON SCHOOLS THAT MAY GET MAYBE QUESTIONABLE AFTER THE CHECK THAT I INSINUATED ON THAT THEN I MADE MENTION TO EARLIER.
SO I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING YOUR EMOTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
YES, MA'AM ROBERT, CAN YOU CONFIRM SOMETHING FOR ME? SO IN THE, UH, INDOOR AIR QUALITY CHECKING THAT THIS THING DOES, WELL, THERE'S NO COST OR TO DO THAT, BUT, BUT DON'T THINK DON'T MAKE SENSE.
DOES ANY OF THAT GO UP TO LABS THAT THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED TO SAY, WE HAVE TO PURCHASE? THERE IS A COST STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THE FILTERS.
WE HAVE TO SEND IT OFF TO LABS.
I THINK TO MR. SMITH'S POINT, IT'S NOT, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME COST AS, UH, UH, AS A MUCH LARGER THING, BUT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT EVEN THAT DOES HAVE A COST, EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL, AND IF I CAN MAKE TWO SMALL POINTS, UM, IF WE DID THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, MISTAKEN IS IN CHARGE OF FOYA, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, A LOT OF OTHER STUFF, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE THE TIME OR THE ABILITY TO DO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
WE, WE WOULD HIRE AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO COME IN AND DO THAT.
SO I DO AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF GETTING CLOSER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.
QUITE FRANKLY, I'M GOING TO ASK HIM, HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THIS? IT'S NOT SOMETHING TYPICALLY DONE.
SO I GOT TO FIGURE OUT THE OTHER THING I JUST LIKE TO STATE IS THAT PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE DID INDOOR AIR QUALITY'S AND WORLD BRAND SALE AND WILLOW BRANCH MIDDLE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND THE BOOK WITHOUT DOING DESTRUCTION.
AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING, DOING DESTRUCTIVE TESTS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I'VE HEARD WHAT MR. ALI JUST SAID.
UM, AT THE END OF THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT NEEDS IT TO BE A RIVER MRS. STATE AND CAN DO IT.
WE HAVE A WHOLE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO BLANCHE YOU.
THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE BOARD'S FUNCTION.
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THE BOARD FUNCTION ON THIS MOTION IS TO GET THIS PASSED AS THE EVA PASSES OR NOT THE PASSES WHEREVER WE SEE THE CITY SERIOUSNESS INTO THIS AND RIVER, WE ARE THE SAME WAY.WE, WE, WE, WE W WE WENT TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE VOTERS WITH A REFERENDUM SIDE OF THAT.
WE HAD SAFETY, SAFETY CONCERNS.
THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS IS A HEALTHY CONCERN IS IF THIS IS JUST AS SERIOUS AS SAFETY, WE TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT BABIES LIVES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE, HUMAN BEING LIVES.
SO THIS TOO, THAT IS, THAT IS THE SAME.
UH, WE HAVE THE MASS, THE SAME ENERGY WE MATCH WITH OTHER THINGS WITH THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO THAT THAT'S ALL I'M AT RIVER WHO GOT TIME TO DO THIS OR NOT WHERE THE DISTRICT DOWNSTREAM THAT, THAT IS, THAT, THAT DOES REALLY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENT, RIGHT? EARL CAMPBELL.
WAS WATSON GEIER AND OBSESSION WAS TRISHA FIDRYCH.
SO SINCE THAT MOTION CARRIED WITH THE AMENDMENT, THERE'S THE ORIGINAL MOTION HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH THE AMENDMENT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, ROBERT REGARDING THIS MOLDING? OKAY.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS, MR. SMITH.
UM, I, I THINK THAT WE HAD AN ICON TO PASS AWAY, TO PASS AWAY ON THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIFTH THROUGH THE 15TH, OCTOBER 15, MRS. FRIEDA, UM, MRS. CEDAR MITCHELL.
AND I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE SHOULD, WE WOULD BE REMISS AS A BOARD IF WE DIDN'T GIVE HER, HER FAMILY, UM, UH, UH, A DECLARATION OF SOME THINGS ON THIS BOARD.
UM, SHE HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW IT WAS THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOARD BOARD MEMBER AND THIS COMMUNITY, AND SHE'S DONE A WHOLE LOT.
SHE'S FOUGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, UH, ME TODAY, I'M POSSIBLY ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF HER, HER WORK AND, UH, TO HELP OUT MY COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE, UH, GREAT FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS, UM, TO THIS, TO DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATOR TO DO A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE ARE ENGAGED WITH THAT ARE NOT UNDER THE BOARDS, BUT US AS SUPPORT SUCH AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, SO HEAD START, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'VE ENGAGED, GAUGING THOSE OUTSIDE ENTITIES.
UH, TO WHAT DEGREE YOU'RE GETTING, BOTH OF YOUR HANDS ARE STILL OFF YOU GAMBLE.
DO YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MR. O'BRIEN AND ALL IN FAVOR.
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AND THIS IS YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
THE LEAMINGTON LIGHTHOUSE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS COMPLETED BY THE EARLY 1880S.
BY THE 1930S, THE CAMP AROUND THERE WAS CALLED CAMP MCDOUGAL.
IT WAS USED BY THE MARINE CORPS DURING WORLD WAR II.
THERE WERE BARRACKS A HOSPITAL AND EVEN A BOXING RING FOR LATER ON, THERE WERE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS PLACED ON THE BEACHES OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THE COAST GUARD MOUNTED PATROL, PATROL THE BEACHES.
THERE WERE A LOT OF AMMUNITION SUPPLIES THERE ON THE ISLAND.
SO THE MEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOOT THE RATTLESNAKES THAT, UH, BOUNDED THE ISLAND, ALL OF THAT AMMUNITION WAS VERY HEAVY AND GETTING IT FROM THE DOCK DOWN TO CAMP.
MCDOUGALL CAUSED PROBLEMS. THE MARINES ARE CREDITED WITH PAVING OUR FIRST ROAD ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET THAT AMMUNITION DOWN TO THE CAMP.
I'M NATALIE HEFTER FROM COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LINE SCHOOL HISTORY TAB, JUST OVER 2 MILLION OYSTERS IN HERE.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY START ARE MARICULTURE AND OH SEVEN.
THEY LOVE THE BUFORD SINGLE OYSTER.
THE MOTHER NATURE ONLY GIVES YOU A FEW OF THEM.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO ACTUALLY START GROWING THEM TO MEET DEMAND.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AREA, CHESAPEAKE BAY, AS A KID, MESSING AROUND WITH OYSTERS ALL THE TIME.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU DO PROBABLY 40, 50,000 OYSTERS.
WE SHOULD BE UP AROUND QUARTER MILLION, GET A LITTLE SHOW AND TELL HERE, WE'RE PULLING THESE BIGGER ONES OUT AND THEY'LL GO INTO A BIGGER MESH BAG.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, EASILY, THREE INCHES IN A ROLL BAR IN 12, RIGHT? LET ME HAND YOU THESE BACK, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO DROP THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT THREE ENJOY JOISTER, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO GO GET YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE GOT ACCOLADES ALL DAY LONG.
IF THE PEOPLE IN BUFORT LOVE THEM, THERE'S A NEW FOR PEOPLE, NO OYSTERS.
FRANK BRUNEI FROM THE NEW YORK TIME HEAD, OR SHE WAS OUT AT THE ORDINARY, WHICH IS A FINE RESTAURANT, JAMES BEARD AWARD-WINNING CHEF.
THEY HAD EIGHT OYSTERS ON THE MENU.
HE ATE, ATE ONE OF EACH AND THEN HE CALLED CHEF LOT OVER AND, UH, POINTED TO OUR PUBLISHER AND SAID, THIS WAS THE BEST CHOICE I'VE EVER EATEN.
AND, UH, HE WENT AND ATE THREE DOZEN MORE AND THEN WENT ON TWITTER, 300,000 FOLLOWERS AND SAID, CONNIE, THESE WASHERS ARE THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
A LOT OF PHONE CALLS CAME FROM OUT OF STATE AND WE'RE JUST NOT SET UP TO SHIP OUT OF STATE YET.
UH WE'RE WE GOT TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
FIRST WE'LL DROP THE TAX AND THE WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THIS SHIFT, BUT THE RV IS GOING TO BE AROUND 70 A MICRON.
SO THERE'LL BE CAPTURED ON THIS SHIP.
IT LOOKS LIKE COFFEE GROUNDS IN HERE.
THAT'S CAPTURED HERE, PUT THEM IN THESE CUPS WITH FILTERED SEAWATER.
THEN WE'LL TAKE A SAMPLE OF THAT AND PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, THE SIZE AND HOW MANY WE HAVE DETERMINES HOW MUCH FOOD THEY GET BACK IN THE TANK.
WHEN WE RELOAD THE TANKS WITH FILTERED WATER,
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SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR AT LEAST 21 TO 25 DAY CYCLE.IT'S LIKE HAVING A LOT OF LITTLE PUPPIES.
I LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY THAT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF OYSTERS IN THE WILD.
IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR OUR MARKET DEMANDS.
SO I WENT UP HATCHERIES AROUND THE EAST COAST, LEARNING FROM THEM, HOW THEY DO IT.
AND EACH HATCHERY HAS ITS OWN LITTLE WAYS OF DOING IT.
WHAT WORKS IN A HATCHERY SAY IN NORTH CAROLINA MAY NOT WORK IN A HATCHERY HERE.
WHAT WE DO HERE MAY NOT WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SO YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR OWN LITTLE NICHE.
PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE GRAIN IS A SINGLE OYSTER.
UH, IF THE, IF THE GRAIN OF, IF THE CRUSHED SHELL IS TOO BIG, WE'LL GET MULTIPLE SETS ON IT.
THEN WE'LL GET A CLUSTERED OYSTER.
WELL, WE GET THOSE IN THE WILD ALREADY.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GROW A CLUSTERED OYSTER ONCE THEY SET AND THEY CAN ONLY DO IT ONE TIME.
SO THEY, THEY SUBMITTED THEMSELVES TO THAT PIECE OF A CRUSHED SHELL.
THEN THEY START GROWING THEIR OWN SHELL.
WE DO A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH DNR, UH, D HECK, UH, FDA, UH, OVER IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER HATCHERIES, UH, WEATHER CHANGES THINGS.
WE JUST HAD A COLD SNAP THE OTHER DAY, UH, IT'S SLOWED DOWN OUR GROWTH OR OYSTERS, ONE OF THE NEXT, OR YOU STILL RFA WANTED AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE.
THIS IS A REFRACTIVE METER AND I'M MEASURING THE SALINITY IN THE WATER.
AQUACULTURE IS FROM OUR DEFINITION IS IMPOUNDMENTS ON LAND TRIP FARMS, CATFISH FARMS, THAT'S AGRICULTURE.
THIS IS MARICULTURE, WHICH IS IMPOUNDMENTS AT SEA, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT 1800 OYSTERS IN HERE.
WE'VE GOT WATER COMING IN FROM ST.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THAT NICE BRINY, BRIGHT FLAVOR.
YOU TASTED THE OCEAN, TASTED THE CITY.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE PROCESSED TONIGHT TOMORROW MORNING.
AND BY MID MORNING, THERE'LL BE ON THEIR WAY TO CHARLESTON
THEY TYPICALLY CALL THIS THE SINGLE LADY.
YOU WANT TO SEE THAT NICE CHINA, WHITE KIND OF BODY.
AND YOU WANT TO SEE THAT LIQUOR IN THERE.
THEN YOU JUST WANT TO SOMEBODY CUT THE BOTTOM OF THAT MUSCLE.
AND THIS OYSTER IS READY TO BE EATEN.
I LOVE HIM RAW COOKED, STEAMED ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET THEM.
UH, SOMETIMES I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON ON THEM OR A MINION NET, A LITTLE BIT OF HOT SAUCE I JUMPED AROUND, BUT I'LL TAKE HIM ANY WHICH WAY I CAN GET THEM.
BUFORD COUNTY IS REALLY UNIQUE AND IT'S WATER.
WELL, THEY CALL OUR RIVERS RIVERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY RIVERS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY TITLE ACTUARIES THAT HAVE FLOW IN AND FLOW OUT FROM THE OCEAN.
THEY'RE NOT FROM WAY UP IN COLUMBIA PASSING BY ALL KINDS OF RIVERS AND TOWNS AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR WATER QUALITY AND THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT OUR WATER STAYS CLEAN.
CLEAN WATER IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND DIRTY.
OUR CONNECTION WITH THE WATER BODY WITH THE MARSH IS, IS DEFINES WHO WE ARE.
AND, UH, AND THEY'RE REALLY, UH, REALLY GOOD AT PROTECTING
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HOME FIRE DRILLS.GIVE YOUR FAMILY A PLAN OF ACTION IN HOME FIRE.
YOU MAY HAVE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO GET OUT.
SO WHEN YOU DRILL SHOW EVERYONE TWO WAYS OUT OF THE HOUSE, PICK A SAFE MEETING SPOT AND GET THERE IN UNDER TWO MINUTES, THEN PRACTICE HOME FIRE DRILLS, AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR.
SO EVERYONE KNOWS THE SOUND AND EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY HEAR A SMOKE ALARM, GO TO READY.GOV/FIRE DRILL AND LEARN HOW TO PREPARE YOUR FAMILY FOR HOME FIRES.
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY.
WELL, I'M DAN MORGAN WITH A TROOP TWO 50, ONE OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
I'M THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE FOR OUR TROOP AND ASHTON MORGAN IS ONE OF OUR EAGLE SCOUT CANDIDATES.
AND HE IS HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
I LIKE TO PRESENT THESE COMFORT HEATING BEDS.
AND WE DID THIS FROM DONATIONS FROM TWO SCHOOLS AND ONE CHURCH.
AND WE HAD VOLUNTEERS COME FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME HELP US AND FILL THESE BAGS.
AND WE MADE 64 OF THEM IN VARIOUS SIZES.
AND I DID THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF ONE TIME WE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND DOGS HAD ATTACKED OUR CHICKENS AND ANIMAL SERVICE HAD COME HELP US.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THEM TO HELP THEM.
I ALSO HAVE ALWAYS LIKED ANIMALS LIKE HELPING ANIMALS AND LIKE BEING NICE TO ANIMALS, BUT MAINLY THE CHICKENS AND GIVING BACK TO THE ANIMAL SERVICE.
OR WE HAD VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND ANYWHERE ELSE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE INVITED BECAUSE I GAVE FLYERS TO BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND ROBERT SMELTER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AND EXPERIENCED SOLDIERS CAME.
AND IF THEY HAD THE EXPERIENCE, THEY COULD, I ASKED THEM TO TRY TO SELL IT TOGETHER.
UH, FIRST DO A PICK A FABRIC, OR THEN YOU WOULD CUT TWO IDENTICAL PIECES OF FABRIC, AND THEN YOU WOULD TURN THEM INSIDE OUT SO THAT THE PATTERN WAS ON THE INSIDE.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SO THE OUTSIDE WITH LIKE A HALF INCH GAP FROM THE EDGE OF THE FABRIC, AND THEN YOU WOULD FLIP IT OUT AND THEN FILL IT WITH THE MATERIAL.
SO RICE BEANS OR WHEAT, AND THEN YOU WOULD SELL THE OPENING TOGETHER.
SO WE DID SQUARES, SMALLER SQUARES, LIKE NINE BY SIX.
AND THEN WE DID, UH, LIKE RECTANGLES FOR A LONGER ANIMALS.
AND THEN WE DID BIGGER ONES FOR LIKE BIG DOGS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
TO BE HONEST, LIKE HUMANS COULD FIND COMFORT WITH THE, IF THEY'RE LIKE COLD OR SOMETHING.
SO WE HAD THE MATERIALS TO MAKE IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD BLANKETS AND TOWELS THAT WE ALSO DONATED THREE BOXES OF TOWELS AND BLANKETS.
AND THEN WE HAD LIKE 10 DOG TOYS.
THIS WAS NOT AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT.
SO I HAD TO PLAN AND LEAD THIS PROJECT WITH VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIND A WAY TO GET DONATIONS, BUT OUR FUNDRAISE TO FIND A WAY TO FULFILL THE PROJECT, TO GIVE IT AND HELP THE ANIMAL SERVICE.
I MEAN, CAUSE WE DO A LOT OF SURGERIES HERE.
WE SPAY AND NEUTER OVER 7,000 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE DOWN FOR STAFF, BUT THEN THE ANIMALS.
WE WANT THEM TO BE COMFORTABLE AS WELL.
SO WE USE THESE EVERY DAY AND ALSO WE USE THE SMALL ONES WHEN WE GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL KITTENS IN THAT ARE CHILLED.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT USED TO DO THAT.
SO THESE, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE MOST USED ITEM AT THIS FACILITY.
ONE REASON ANIMALS GO DOWNHILL QUICKLY IS BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURE DROPPING AT THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO HEAT THEM UP QUICK AND THESE ARE WHAT WE USE MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH ANIMALS COMING IN AND THEN ALSO THE ANIMALS AFTER SURGERY.
SO THESE ARE IN THE MICROWAVE, A LOT OF ANYTHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KEEPS ANIMALS WARMS, WE ALWAYS IN NEED.
SO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAVE BEEN DOING EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS FOR YEARS.
AND AS THEY DO THESE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THEY HELP BENEFIT PLACES LIKE THE ANIMAL SERVICES HERE AND B FOR COUNTING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'S OUR TROOPS ALL THROUGHOUT BUFORD COUNTY.
AND AS THEY GO IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
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A LOT OF TIMES THE CHILDREN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT BOY SCOUTS.THEY COME THROUGH AND DO RECRUITING AND COME THROUGH AND TRY TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, BOYS AND GIRLS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN THE BOY SCOUTS.
AND IN THERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER.
AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS A LOT OF TIMES JUST TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE REACHING OUT THROUGH FACEBOOK AND THROUGH OTHER WAYS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, BE ABLE TO SHOW, HEY, HERE, THERE'S THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROJECT.
WHETHER IT'S A GROOMING A TRAIL SOMEWHERE OR GOING OUT AND HUNTING ISLAND HELP CLEANING UP THE AREA OR A BEACH SWEEP, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT, AND SO IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE TROOPS ARE ALWAYS GOING OUT THERE AND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET SERVICE AND GIVE THEM SOME GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BE ABLE TO, TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY GREAT SERVICE PROJECTS AND SHOW THAT THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ARE TRULY THERE TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO BUILD UP THE CAMP.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE ANIMAL SERVICES CAMPUS, THEY CAN COME TO HILTON, EDGY, MAINE, OR OUR SABBY FOR COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES AND ANYTHING FROM TOWELS.
WE USE A TON OF BLEACH, A TON OF SOAP TOYS, TREATS, CAT CARRIERS, DOG, CARRIERS, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY.
GALAXY A GIANT SPIRAL DISK 100,000 LIGHT YEARS ACROSS, THERE ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 200 BILLION STARS IN THE MILKY WAY, ALL ROTATING AROUND A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER, BUT WHAT BINDS ALL THESE STARS TOGETHER? WHAT KEEPS THEM FROM SLINGSHOTTING OUT INTO SPACE.
IT'S THE SAME FORCE THAT KEEPS THE EARTH IN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, THE MOON IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH AND CAUSES THIS APPLE TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
GRAVITY 16 HUNDREDS, SIR, ISAAC NEWTON DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED GRAVITY.
HE DEVELOPS THE LAW OF GRAVITATION TO EXPLAIN THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS.
HE FOUND THAT THE CLOSER TWO OBJECTS ARE THE MORE FORCE THEY EXERT ON ONE ANOTHER.
AND THE MORE MASSIVE AN OBJECT IS, THE MORE FORCE IT HAS.
HE CREATED A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA TO DESCRIBE THIS FORCE OF ATTRACTION AND SHOWED THAT THE SAME GRAVITY THAT PULLED THE APPLE TO THE GROUND WAS WHAT HELD THE MOON IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH.
GRAVITY IS THE FORCE THAT ORGANIZES ALL OF THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE.
EACH OF THESE STATIONS, IT REPRESENTS A CLUMP OF MATTER IN SPACE, THEIR SIZE OR THEIR MASS IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THEIR NAMES.
SO THE MORE LETTERS THEY HAVE IN THEIR NAME, THE HIGHER THE FORCE THEY EXERT ON THEIR NEIGHBORS.
NOTICE THAT OVER TIME, THE MATTER COLLIDES AND CLUMPS TOGETHER WAS LAW OF GRAVITATION WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AT DESCRIBING THE MOTIONS OF CELESTIAL BODIES THAT IT HELD UP FOR NEARLY 230 YEARS USING NEWTON'S MATH, ASTRONOMERS WERE ABLE TO ACCURATELY PREDICT THE ORBITS OF ALL THE PLANETS, INCLUDING THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE, EXCEPT FOR MERCURY.
MERCURY HAS SEEMED TO BE ZOOMING AROUND THE SUN SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN EXPECTED.
ENTER ALBERT EINSTEIN IN 1915, HE PUBLISHED HIS GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY, WHICH IMPROVED UPON THE LIMITATIONS OF NEWTON'S WORK EINSTEIN'S THEORY, BROUGHT SPACE AND TIME TOGETHER INTO AN ENTITY NOW CALLED TIME.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE AND ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS DISTORTS SPACE TIME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS STRETCHY FABRIC TO REPRESENT SPACE TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MATTER CURVES SPACE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A MORE MASSIVE OBJECT SPACE, TIME IS CURVED MORE.
SO THE LARGER OBJECT HAS A LARGER GRAVITATIONAL FORCE.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE OBJECT, THE MORE CURVED SPACE TIME IS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE HOW THE MORE MASSIVE OBJECT HAS A STRONGER GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BY THE RATE AT WHICH THE MARBLE FALLS INTO IT.
OBJECTS ARE NOT ALWAYS FALLING IN.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE ORBITING IN SPACE, JUST LIKE PLANETS ORBIT AROUND STARS.
THEY'RE MOVING FAST ENOUGH NOT TO FALL IN TO THE STAR,
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BUT SLOW ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T ESCAPE OUT INTO OUTER SPACE.NOW IN OUR DEMONSTRATION, THE MARBLES ARE EVENTUALLY FALLING IN TO OUR STAR, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S FRICTION IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE.
THERE'S NO FRICTION TO SLOW THEM DOWN AND THEY JUST BASICALLY ORBIT INDEFINITELY.
WE CAN ALSO SEE THAT AS THE PLANETS GET CLOSER TO THE STAR, THEY ORBIT MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE SPACE-TIME IS MORE STRETCHED THERE.
AND IF WE HAVE A REALLY MASSIVE PLANET GOING AROUND THE STAR, IT ACTUALLY CAUSES THE STAR TO WOBBLE.
AND THAT'S HOW ASTRONOMERS LOOK FOR PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS.
THEY LOOK FOR THE WOBBLE EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY ALSO SUCCESSFULLY PREDICTED GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, ANY OBJECT MOVING THROUGH SPACE TIME, CREATE SMALL RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE.
DETECTING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES WOULD PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE CONFIRMING EINSTEIN'S THEORY AS WELL AS GIVE US DETAILS ABOUT MAJOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
THE PROBLEM IS ONLY MASSIVE EVENTS SUCH AS THE COLLISION BETWEEN TWO BLACK HOLES WOULD CREATE WAVES LARGE ENOUGH TO BE DETECTED.
AND EVEN THEN WOULD ONLY CAUSE A DISTORTION 1% OF THE DIAMETER OF AN ATOM BY THE TIME IT REACHED EARTH, AMAZINGLY GRAVITATIONAL WAVES WERE DETECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016 IN AN EXPERIMENT CALLED LIGO OR THE LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY GRAVITATIONAL WAVES MIGHT HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE SUCH AS DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY, WHICH MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE UNIVERSE, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN OBSERVED DIRECTLY.
THERE IS STILL MUCH TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT GRAVITY SCIENTISTS HAVE YET TO DEVELOP A THEORY THAT COMBINES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GRAVITY WITH THE QUANTUM WORLD AT THE VERY SMALLEST SCALE.
BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU LOOK UP AT THE STARS, THINK ABOUT THE INVISIBLE FORCE, ACCELERATING YOUR FEET INTO THE GROUND, THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN AND ALL THE STARS THAT ARE GALAXY AROUND THE SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE AT ITS CORE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE? DON'T PROVIDE EASY ACCESS, ESPECIALLY TO NARCOTIC MEDICATIONS, INVENTORY, YOUR MEDICINE CABINETS, ESPECIALLY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SAFELY DISCARD, OUTDATED, OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS PROPERLY.
DID YOU KNOW, BUFORD COUNTY HAS MANY LOCATIONS FOR YOU TO DISPOSE YOU ARE OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS.