[00:08:07] MIC]. OKAY. IT SEEMS TO BE TIME TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. [00:08:10] SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. TO ORDER, PLEASE. WE TRADITIONALLY START OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, SO I WOULD ASK EACH OF YOU TO JOIN ME IN OBSERVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REFLECT ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. NOW, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE DISSEMINATED THE AGENDA AND I'VE HAD NO FEEDBACK AS TO MODIFICATIONS, SO WE WILL APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES REQUIRING APPROVAL THIS EVENING. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 8TH. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MARCH 8TH. SO MOVED. MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MR. CRANE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF MARCH 8TH MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND THAT'S IT. YOU TOO, MR. SMITH? YES, SIR. I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU. UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS, WE HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS [00:10:04] EVENING. MISS PAULETTE BUFORD WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SEL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I'M SPEAKING ON SAL BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCERN. I AM A PARENT AND CITIZEN OF AIKEN COUNTY, WHICH WON SIGNED A PETITION BACK IN DECEMBER THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD, WHICH WE THE CITIZEN. WE NEVER HEARD ABOUT WHAT THE DECISION WAS MADE ONLY ABOUT FROM DR. VALLEY THAT CRT HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED. IF I'M CORRECTLY, BUT NOTHING ABOUT SEL, WHICH INCLUDES SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY, WHICH WAS A LETTER SENT BY MORRIS PEARSON, THE SUPERINTENDENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SENT TO ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND SURROUNDING SOUTH CAROLINA STATES, ENDORSING THE SEL WITH ALSO INFORMATION GIVEN WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND TWO REFERENCE FOR THE SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT. NO ONE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS OR SCHOOLS HAVE EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED SEL IS IN THE SCHOOL, WHICH WE KNOW IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PARENTS THAT IS SAYING THAT WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TOLD BY TEACHERS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY CHURCHES NOT TO TALK TO US AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE BACKLASHED BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. THEN WHY IS THE DISCUSSION OF SEL IS NOT BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE CITIZEN OR ADDRESSED. WHAT IS THE TRUTH? WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS? IT IS NOT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RACISM OR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR WITH OUR CHILDREN. WHY CAN'T WE GET THE TRUTH? OUR TAX MONEY IS BEING FUNDED FOR RACIAL DIVISION AND SEPARATISM. BEING IGNORANT HAS NO COLOR OR AGE YET WE ARE PROMOTING COLOR IS MORE PREVALENT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. RACISM IS TAUGHT AND IT'S A PREJUDICE WITHIN EVERY RACE. BLACKS ARE AGAINST BLACKS. BLACKS LOOK AT THE SHADE OF ONE SKIN JOB AND EVEN WHERE THEY ARE. WHAT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND? WHITES ALSO HAVE BEEN TARGETED WITH WHITE TRASH. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TEACH IN OUR SCHOOLS RACISM OR SEPARATISM BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY IN THE HOME. BULLYING AND FIGHTING IS AROUND THE STATES AND IT'S BEING TARGETED FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL. HONESTY IS THE ANSWER. IS IT TOO HARD FOR US AS CITIZENS TO GET ANSWERS FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE? WHAT IS BEING HIDDEN THAT IS NOT BEING EXPOSED? ALL WE ASK IS FOR ANSWERS. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR? JUST AS A GENERAL STATEMENT, WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY MISUSE OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN OUR SCHOOLS. BUT I WOULD INVITE ANYONE WHO HAS SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF OF SOME IMPROPRIETY, NOT ONLY OF SEL, BUT OF ANY KIND OF PART OF OUR CURRICULUM TO NOTIFY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HE WILL INVESTIGATE IT, I ASSURE YOU. SEL IS NOT A BAD THING. FOR YEARS IT HAD TO DO WITH TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER, SOCIAL SKILLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT HAS BEEN ONLY LATELY THAT CERTAIN POLITICAL FACTIONS HAVE TRIED TO TURN IT INTO A DIVISIVE ISSUE. AND YES, IT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING CHEMISTRY. YOU KNOW, WE USED TO THROW SODIUM IN THE COMMODE AT SCHOOL AND BLOW IT OFF THE WALL. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. YOU CAN MISUSE ANY PART OF THE CURRICULUM. SO IF WE, IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF AN INFRACTION THAT IS WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SUPERINTENDENT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE. MY PLACE HERE. WE'LL GO NEXT TO THE OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING EXCEPT TO NOTIFY TO REMIND BOARD MEMBERS THAT THE DEADLINE FOR FILING A STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST IS THE [00:15:03] 30TH OF MARCH. THANK YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW THAT. WE'LL NOW GO TO THE EIGHT ITEMS, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. FIRST ITEM, SAY ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. MS. HART HAS SUPPLIED US WITH THE LIST OF PERSONNEL WHO ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THE LIST IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF EMPLOYEES RECOMMENDED FOR EMPLOYMENT BY THE PERSONNEL OFFICE. SO MOVED. MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. SILAS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I WOULD ASK THEM TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED LIST OF EMPLOYEE PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT RECOMMENDED BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION APPROVED. NOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENDA, I MEAN, POLICY SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES THAT ARE BEING SUBMITTED. MOST OF THESE ARE FROM FIRST READINGS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. GLOVER TO WALK US THROUGH THESE. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MR. LAWRENCE. DR. MINOLFO LED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND SO IF THERE ARE PROCESS QUESTIONS, HE'S HERE, AND IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. SO WE'RE BOTH AVAILABLE. DO YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. CHAIRMAN. MR. MARTIN. YES, SIR. DID YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S OCCURRED? I WOULD SAY JUST A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT OF WHAT'S CHANGING AND WHAT IT IS THAT'S CHANGED. EXCELLENT. YES, SIR. SO UNDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND IB, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE IS THE FINAL STATEMENT IN WHICH THE DECISION OF ALL CONTROVERSIAL CURRICULUM WILL BE MADE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. HE'LL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THAT. AN ID SCHOOL DAY, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT POLICY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT POLICY HAS BEEN REWRITTEN AND WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. SO ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED HAS COME DIRECTLY FROM THEM. AND WE'RE USING THE CURRENT LANGUAGE AS IT'S ALIGNED TO STATE LAW. IN IDR, THE CHANGE HAS BEEN ON PAGE TWO OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE RULE IS A MAXIMUM OF 45 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR LUNCH OR RECESS. THAT'S JUST CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. THAT WAS WE WERE, PRIOR TO WHEN THE POLICY WAS EXCUSE ME, THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE HAD BEEN WRITTEN. IT WAS 40 MINUTES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING 45 MINUTES CONSISTENTLY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE LAST PAGE OF THAT 33RD PAGE OF IDR SCHOOL DAY WE JUST TOOK OUT PERMITTED ACHIEVEMENT CHALLENGE TEST. THAT TELLS YOU HOW OLD THE POLICY IS THAT SINCE IT'S BEEN REVIEWED, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE I ACTUALLY HAD BROWN HAIR. ORGANIZATION OF INSTRUCTION, I.E. WE DO HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WHICH IS GRADE SIX AND WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT REFERENCE IN THAT POLICY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE TO THAT, THAT POLICY. IG CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ADOPTION AND REVIEW, SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE WE WENT TO. WE REVIEWED IT AND WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD A MODEL POLICY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. SO WE TOOK OUT WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AFTER REVIEWING THE TWO, COMPARING THEM AND INSERTED THE MODEL POLICY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, I SHALL SAY EXACT SAME PROCESS. WE TOOK OUT WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY AND IMPLEMENTED THE OR APPLAUD THE THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY. SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION POLICY. HEALTH EDUCATION. IHAM THE ONLY CHANGE IS THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION DURING THE REVIEW OF THIS POLICY BACK IN JULY, I BELIEVE, AND WE WANTED TO INCLUDE TOBACCO AND VAPING, AND THAT'S ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE POLICY AND YOU'LL SEE THAT EDITION AS FAR AS THE PARAGRAPH CITING TEACHING ABOUT DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. DRIVER TRAINING. CURRENTLY, DRIVER TRAINING IS SUSPENDED UNDER PROVISO 1.40. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDED THAT STATEMENT. AND THE DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE DRIVER TRAINING AS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT BY STATE LAW. CAREER TRANSITION TO WORK. EDUCATION. THIS IS JUST A REVIEW. [00:20:02] THERE ARE NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES. MR. LOTT REVIEWED IT AND HAD NO RECOMMENDATIONS. OUR DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. IHVA WE'VE HAD A TITLE CHANGE, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD POLICY CHANGE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. MS. WILEY, OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS, HAS REVIEWED IT AND SUPPORTS THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS POLICY SPECIFICALLY AND FEELS THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT CURRENTLY, AS WELL AS STATE LAW. THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, AGAIN, A MODEL POLICY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. WE APPLIED THAT ONE AND REPLACE THE ONE THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD. NO MAJOR CHANGES. IT'S JUST USING MORE CURRENT LANGUAGE AND ALIGNED TO WHAT STATE LAW CURRENTLY SHOWS OR STATE REGULATIONS. PRIMARY AND PRE PRIMARY EDUCATION, IHBIR` THIS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE, WE DID MAKE SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, BUT AGAIN, IT ALIGNS WITH [INAUDIBLE] STANDARDS NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST STEPS IN OUR PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. NO, IT'S NOT FIRST STEPS. SO IT IS THIRD ELEMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS ALIGNED TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO ANY CHANGES THAT YOU SEE ARE SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED TO THE LAW. SUMMER SCHOOL. SOME OF IT WAS CHANGES RELATED TO HOW WE OFFER PROGRAMS IN OUR IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE SUMMER. YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WAS IN THE FIRST STATEMENT THAT HAD RELATED TO STUDENT INTEREST. WE OFFERED IT BASED ON THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED. THAT WAS THE REVISION. WE TOOK OUT ADVANCED ED SCHOOLS MAY CHARGE INSTEAD OF WILL CHARGE A FEE. IN THE EVENT THAT FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THEY COULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY. AND THEN WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO WHO IS SUPERVISING THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM. IHCD, ADVANCED COLLEGE PLACEMENT. THIS POLICY, WE HAD A MODEL POLICY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, IT JUST ALIGNS TO STATE STATE LAW. IHCDR WE DID SOME PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS, BUT ALL OF THESE ALIGN TO CURRENT PRACTICE AND IT OPENS UP AND IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE USING, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IJ WAS A POLICY THAT WE REVIEWED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY WITH LIBRARIANS, WITH OUR SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALISTS, NOT LIBRARIANS, OUR SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALIST. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROVIDED A MODEL POLICY THAT THE STATE BOARD APPROVED. AND SO WE ALIGNED OUR SCHOOL BOARD POLICY WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY. SO WHAT YOU SEE IS REFLECTIVE OF THAT SCHOOL BOARD, A STATE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY CHANGE, WHICH IS A VERY EXTENSIVE CHANGE FOR THAT POLICY. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS JUST GIVE DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO SELECT LIBRARY MATERIALS AS WELL AS OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN THE SCHOOL, AND THEN A PROCESS FOR CHALLENGING THOSE MATERIALS. AND THEN IJ IS THE FORM THAT THAT WILL GO IN THE STATE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. IF SOMEONE CHOOSES THE CHALLENGE MATERIALS THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE IN THE LIBRARY OR IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. IJK IS ANOTHER POLICY THAT IS SUPPLEMENTED OR SUBSTITUTED BY THE THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION MODEL POLICIES. AGAIN IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT CURRENTLY WE'RE DOING BUT ALSO REFLECTS WHAT CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE STATE. IJKA WAS A MODEL POLICY. MR. PENCILLE IN PARTICULAR DID REVIEW THAT POLICY ALONG WITH MS. GLOVER, AND THAT'S ALIGNED TO WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IN OUR DISTRICT, ALONG WITH WHAT'S WHAT'S BEST PRACTICE OR CURRENT PRACTICE, I SHOULD SAY. IJMBD BEGAN A MODEL POLICY. THIS IS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, AND IT'S REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT PRACTICE. IT'S QUITE A LONG POLICY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN IJNB-R USE OF TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS POLICY, EXCEPT WE DO. WE DELETED A STRUCTURE THROUGH A PARAGRAPH OR A BULLETED ITEM ON PAGE TWO THAT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE IN SCHOOLS. WE DON'T WE DON'T FOLLOW THAT PRACTICE. AND THOSE ARE ALL OF I POLICIES. RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE 1 TO 1. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SURE. WELL, THANK YOU, DR. MINOLFO, FOR AN EXCELLENT BRIEF PRESENTATION OF A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. [00:25:03] WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE I'M NOT BRIEF ABOUT ANYTHING. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING BRIEF THIS EVENING. WE DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE POLICIES AS PRESENTED BY DR. MINOLFO. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. CRANE. DISCUSSION. MR. CRANE. NOT SO MUCH A DISCUSSION, BUT I SPENT THE TIME READING THROUGH ALL THESE AND THAT TOOK A WHILE. SO I KNOW THE REVISIONS AND RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING TOOK A WHILE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS FROM EVERYBODY AND ALL THE CONTENT SPECIALISTS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITHIN THE SPECIFIC POLICIES AS WELL. I APPRECIATE THAT TIME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. NUESSLE. YEAH. SO GOING BACK, I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF A NIT, BUT GOING TO POLICY ICD-R ON ADVANCED COLLEGE PLACEMENT SPECIFICALLY TO STUDENT ELIGIBILITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE FIRST IN THOSE BULLET POINTS. THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS IN THERE AS FAR AS STUDENTS HAVE TO MEET COURSE PRE RECS IN THE FIRST BULLET POINT. THE SECOND BULLET POINT IS THAT STUDENTS MUST EXCEL IN THAT SUBJECT AREA AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PREREQUISITE COLLEGE PREP COURSE. SO ARE THERE SPECIFIC COURSES YOU HAVE TO TAKE BEFORE YOU TAKE A.P. CHEMISTRY, FOR INSTANCE? AND SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AP CHEMISTRY SPECIFICALLY, AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. I'M I READ THROUGH THAT OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I WAS AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIDS DO AND IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT JIVES IN MY HEAD. RIGHT. WHAT PREREQUISITES DO WE REALLY HAVE FOR TAKING AP COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOL? SO I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP THERE. SO FOR CALCULUS IN PARTICULAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE MATH COURSES PRIOR TO TAKING CALCULUS, BUT MR. POSTELL. FOR SOME WE WANT. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING FOR SOME OF OUR AP COURSES. WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COLLEGE PREP AND EVEN SOME HONORS COURSES. SO CALCULUS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE TO TAKE AB CALCULUS, YOU WANT THEM TO COME THROUGH THE PRE-CALCULUS CURRICULUM TO BE READY FOR THAT AND THEN TO DO WELL IN THAT, TO BE TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE AP. YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING SO I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP THERE AND IS THIS SPECIFIC ENOUGH THAT IT'S WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE OR I MEAN, I'M SORRY TO KEEP BUGGING THIS, BUT IT JUST I'M NOT SURE IF WE TURN KIDS AWAY FROM AP CLASSES OR NOT. AND WHY WOULD WE? WE DON'T WE DON'T TURN WE DON'T TURN THEM AWAY IN THAT WE DON'T SAY YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE AN AP COURSE. STUDENTS CAN SELF-SELECT INTO THE COURSE THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE. WE USE THAT AS GUIDANCE TO AIM THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR TO SAY, MAYBE IF YOU'VE ONLY COME THROUGH, SAY, ALGEBRA ONE, GEOMETRY ALGEBRA TWO, YOU MAY NOT BE READY FOR AP CALCULUS. HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE PRE CALCULUS NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE LOOK AT AP CALCULUS THE NEXT YEAR AND MATH IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THERE ARE OTHER OTHER COURSES WE DO THAT. SO IT'S MORE OF A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT OR GUIDANCE FOR US TO TO AIM STUDENTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU, MR. POSTELL. YES, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR AP. SURE. RESPOND, AP, BEFORE WE LEAVE IT. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. SO ON THE AP SUBJECT, I KNOW EARLY ON IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD, I'VE FIELDED QUITE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A DISTRICT EFFORT TO PUSH KIDS INTO AP, KIND OF OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. MAYBE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, GUIDING THEM TO, AND THEN WE PUSHED THEM INTO IT. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TO MEET SOME UNKNOWN OR UNSPOKEN CRITERIA. BUT I KNOW AT ONE TIME IT WAS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A VOCAL GROUP THAT I WOULD HEAR FROM OCCASIONALLY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THERE MUST BE SOME MOTIVES. AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT I'VE NOT HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IT LATELY. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? NOT SO MUCH A PUSH. WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE NATIONAL MATH AND SCIENCE INITIATIVE PROJECT, WHICH WAS IT'S A NATIONAL PROJECT TO GET STUDENTS READY FOR AP COURSES. SO THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO FIND STUDENTS WHO ARE CAPABLE AND WHO ARE DOING WELL AND GET THEM READY FOR A.P. COURSES SO THAT HOPEFULLY YOUR ENROLLMENT IN THOSE AP COURSES GROWS WITH TIME. THAT WAS MORE ABOUT EXPOSURE TO THE CURRICULUM AND GETTING STUDENTS PREPPED. [00:30:03] AND THAT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED TEACHERS TO BE TRAINED IN HOW TO TEACH STUDENTS TO BE READY FOR AP IN THE OTHER GRADES. SO FOR A ON THE MATH EXAMPLE, A PRE CALCULUS HONORS TEACHER MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT TRAINING KNOWING THAT MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS MOVE ON TO AP CALCULUS. SO JUST TO KIND OF GET THEM READY AND TEACH IT THE WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE TESTED, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT PUSHING. I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH AND CHALLENGE OUR STUDENTS. RIGHT, FOR SURE. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. BUT IT WAS IMPLIED THAT MAYBE WE WERE PLACING KIDS IN A.P. AND ENCOURAGING THAT THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE THERE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR ACADEMIC RECORD. SO I HOPE THAT'S NOT GOING ON ANYMORE IF IT WAS SO. WE DO USE SEVERAL KEY PIECES OF DATA TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE READY FOR AP COURSES, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE PSAT. WE USE TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS, LOOK AT GRADES. SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT TO SEE WHO'S READY. AND WE MAY IN SOME CASES SAY, YOU'VE DONE REALLY WELL IN YOUR HONORS COURSES LEADING UP TO THIS. WHY DON'T YOU TRY AN AP COURSE? YOU MIGHT BE READY FOR THAT. ENCOURAGING STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE EXPOSURE TO THE AP CURRICULUM IS SO MUCH BETTER AND STUDENTS DO SO MUCH BETTER IN COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THAT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T SCORE THE THREE OR HIGHER ON THAT AP EXAM. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING WHEN USED APPROPRIATELY. SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. POSTELL. YES, SIR. WELL, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT MR. SILAS SAID, BUT I THINK THAT WE AP COURSES ARE INTENDED FOR THE TOP LEVEL STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS WHO REALLY NEED TO BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN HIGH SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREA. THAT'S MY CONCEPTION OF IT ANYHOW. AND I THINK IF WE DON'T KEEP IT FAIRLY PURE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TEACHERS, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE CURRICULUM. YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER ENDS UP TEACHING TO THE MEAN, YOU KNOW, TEACHING TO THE AVERAGE OF THE CLASS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY PREPARATIONS AND THAT WATERED DOWN A LOT OF COURSES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE MEAN TENDS TO DROP BELOW OUTSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, OF COURSE, OF OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND JUST, YOU KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING. EXPRESSING A CONCERN. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY. YES, SIR. UNDERSTAND. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY I HAD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT STEMS FROM ONE PRINCIPAL THAT APPEARED BEFORE US SOME TIME BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHO OPENLY SAID THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE AP COURSES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF AP COURSES. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE TO CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE I POLICIES. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND THAT'S EVERYONE. MOTION TO APPROVE. NEXT IS THE REVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICY AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY JIH STUDENT SEARCHES, INTERROGATIONS AND ARREST. THIS IS ON SECOND READING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY ON SECOND READING? SO MOVED. MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON SECOND MS. SHEALEY. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL PERSONS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CHANGES TO THE FOLLOWING POLICY? JIH ON SECOND READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN. THAT'S EVERYONE. WE HAVE THE REVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICIES, ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND FILES, AND THESE ARE BASICALLY THE K POLICIES. AND MOST OF THESE ARE SECOND READING. I THINK THAT THERE'S ONE THAT'S FIRST READING AND THAT'S THE RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY KAKFKJI ON SECOND READING AND POLICY KLG ON FIRST READING. THIS IS THE MOTION. MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECOND. MR. CRANE. MR. CHAIR. JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THEY'RE ALL SECOND READING. I THINK THERE MAY BE A I MIGHT HAVE A TYPO HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A TYPO. IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK AND CLARIFY THE MOTION IF WE CAN JUST DELETE. [00:35:07] PARLIAMENTARIAN WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND ON AN ERRONEOUS PIECE OF INFORMATION HERE. HOW DO WE GET OUT OF IT? MAKE A NEW ONE? CAN I JUST DROP IT AND GO MAKE A NEW ONE? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DROP THE WHOLE MOTION AND LET'S START OVER. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE POLICIES. K POLICIES PRESENTED ON SECOND READING. MOVED BY MS.. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. CRANE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE POLICIES. ON SECOND READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE. OH, MY AGENDA. WE'VE GOT POLICY. KLJH A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ON SECOND READING. IT WAS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE I THINK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE ELEMENT. BUT SINCE I SAID, OKAY, POLICIES, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THAT'S HOW YOU STATED IT. CONSIDERATION AND ACQUISITION AND TRANSITION TO NEW SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE SOFTWARE. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO KEEP UP WITH THE THINGS THE MEAL BALANCE, INVENTORY SOFTWARE AND THE FOOD SERVICE ORGANIZATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND BY DR. HANKS. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEALS PLUS SOFTWARE. IT'S THE DISCUSSION. MR. CRANE? SO DO TWO QUESTIONS FOR WHOEVER BE APPROPRIATE. REALLY? JUST ONE. SORRY, JUST ONE QUESTION. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AFTER READING THROUGH EVERYTHING EARLIER, WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE OLD SOFTWARE IS GOING AWAY. THAT'S HOW IT'S KIND OF HOW I READ IT. YEAH. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, DR. BRADLEY. BOARD MEMBERS. MR. LAWRENCE? YES, SIR. THE ONCE OUR CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS IN SEPTEMBER, THE PROVIDERS NO LONGER ARE GOING TO OFFER THIS SOFTWARE MEALS PLUS THAT WE'VE BEEN WITH. THIS IS A ANOTHER PRODUCT, SAME COMPANY WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS. SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE FOLKS HAVE REVIEWED THAT BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD TRANSITION NICELY. IT WOULD BE A CLEANER TRANSITION FOR FOR CURRENT USERS. AND IT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION. IT WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE FUNDS. SO JUST I GUESS, A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE TO MAKE A CHANGE BECAUSE WHEN OUR CONTRACT ENDS, THEY'RE DONE WITH IT AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS. HOW DOES THIS COST COMPARE TO WHAT OUR CURRENT COST? IS THAT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO GET BACK TO YOU ON? THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE; RIGHT? WE DO. WE DO. WE'RE UNDER THE WIRE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. YES, MR. NUESSLE. MR. TRAXLER, THE THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED SAID THAT SPECIFICALLY THERE'S $10,000 IN SET UP RELATED FEES IN THE CURRENT YEAR. IS THAT LIKE A COST OF TRANSFERRING DATA OVER FROM ONE SYSTEM? WHAT'S THAT COST ASSOCIATED WITH? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF IT. SO RIGHT NOW IN THE SYSTEM, IT HAS STUDENT MEAL BALANCES. SO WHAT THEY OWE ON THEIR ACCOUNT, THOSE TYPE OF THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE TRANSFERRED OVER. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. TO US, IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME SOFTWARE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE COMPONENTS THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH FOLKS. SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, I SUSPECT INVENTORY NUMBERS WOULD BE SHIFTED OVER AS PART OF THAT, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE FOLKS TO OWN THAT SET UP. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK HOW THE COMPANY, CONSIDERING IT'S THE SAME COMPANY FOR BOTH PIECES OF SOFTWARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FAIR NUMBER FROM THEM FOR TRANSITIONING SYSTEMS OR NOT. THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS. YEAH, WELL, IT IS A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE. IT'S NOT AN UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING. SO WE THERE WILL BE SOME WORK INVOLVED AND THERE WILL BE TRAINING INVOLVED WITH THAT SET UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO THEY'RE PROVIDING PEOPLE TO COME AND TRAIN OUR FOLKS ONSITE. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. [00:40:02] YES. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION AND TRANSITION TO THE NEW SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE SOFTWARE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. RAISE YOUR HAND AND THAT'S EVERYONE. BE ITEMS. WE HAVE 12 ITEMS. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE 12 ITEMS WHICH WE WILL VOTE ON COLLECTIVELY AFTER WE GO THROUGH AND DISCUSS THEM. MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. SECOND. SECOND BY MS. SHEALEY., ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THESE 12 ITEMS. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. BEFORE WE BEFORE I COUNT THAT VOTE AND DECLARE IT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? I'M SURE THERE MUST BE. RATIFICATION OF EXPULSIONS IS PRETTY CLEAR. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT APPEAL, BUT THE BOARD IS STILL HAS TO RATIFY IT TO EXPEL THEM. THE SECOND OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRANSFER INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT REQUIRES THE DISTRICT BOARD'S PERMISSION, OUR DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ZONED FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES A RELEASE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD REQUEST TO ADMIT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM SEVILLE BLUFF A PERSON FROM SPAIN. REQUEST TO ADMIT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY TO SOUTH ASIAN HIGH SCHOOL. REQUEST TO ADMIT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL. REQUEST TO ADMIT FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM SPAIN TO SOUTH ASIAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND ESSER III ESOL CURRICULUM IS THE ADOPTION OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THIS IS ONE THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE TEACHERS, THE ESOL TEACHERS AND MIDWAY U.S., A FOUNDATION DONATION TO MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN JROTC PROGRAM. IT PROVIDES $1,778 THAT FOR THE JROTC UNIT TO COMPETE IN A CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM. AND IT ALSO BUYS THEM SOME A RIFLE TO SPORTING SCOPES, PELLETS, TARGET TEAM APPAREL AND OTHER INCIDENTALS. APPROVAL TO THE [INAUDIBLE] CONTRACT FOR PERISHABLE MILK PRODUCTS. GMP NUMBER 1 FOR AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ADDITIONS FOR PROJECT. THIS ONE IS AN ADDING SOME MONEY TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET TO.[INAUDIBLE]. THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL, SO IT NEEDED A LITTLE REFURBISHING. AND THEN NUMBER 12 IS THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, SCHEMATIC PLANS, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, DRAWING AND BUDGET CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS SIDE FOOTBALL STADIUM. ADA RESTROOM CONCESSION STAND. I BELIEVE WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON 11 AND 12. ALL RIGHT. I CAN DO THAT. DR. MURPHY, GOOD EVENING. OUT OF BRADLEY BOY. WELL, FOR ITEM 11, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT YOUR ATTENTION. AND YOU HAVE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE DID ASK FOR THAT CHANGE TO BRING UP THAT WING WITH A $250,000 ADDITION FOR PAINTING AND FLOORING. AND SO THEY DID ACCEPT BIDS. AND WE HAVE A GMP FOR THAT CONTRACT AT $16,060,529. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ENTER THE CONTRACT WITH THEM AT RISK WITH CASEY REYNOLDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AUDITORIUM WITH THIS ITEMS THAT WE ASK YOUR. ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS THAT ONE? DR. MURPHY'S AVAILABLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 11. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. NO. ALL RIGHT. [00:45:02] AND NUMBER 12. NUMBER 12. UM, GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. WE HAVE A DESIGN PLAN FOR THE VISITOR SIDE OF THE RESTROOM, IF NOT FOR THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. AND I HAVE TO ASK BARBARA PRICE FROM MPS TO GIVE US A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY GET. I'M BARBARA PRICE. I'M AN ARCHITECT WITH MCMILLAN AND SMITH AND PROUD TO BE AN AIKEN RESIDENT. THIS IS A RESTROOM CONCESSION AREA THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE VISITOR'S SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AT NORTH AUGUSTA. LET ME MAKE SURE I KNOW HOW TO PUSH THIS FORWARD. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. TECHNICAL HELP. GREEN LIGHT. GREEN LIGHT IS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO IS THERE A. HERE. THIS WILL BE LOCATED ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THE FACILITY ITSELF INCLUDES A CONCESSION AREA WITH A COVERED PORCH FOCUSING ON THE ROLL UP DOORS, ACCESSING THE CONCESSION AREAS. THERE WILL BE A MECHANICAL SPACE, ALSO A STORAGE SPACE FOR KEEPING FOOD PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE CONCESSION AREA. A MEN'S RESTROOM. A WOMEN'S RESTROOM, AND SOME SUPPORT SPACES FOR THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING WITH ASPHALT SHINGLES. IT'S A VERY UTILITARIAN, STRAIGHTFORWARD BUILDING THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ITS USE. IT THIS ISOMETRIC IS SHOWING THE PORCHES FOR ACCESSING THE CONCESSION AREAS. THE OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT IS ON THE 18TH OF MARCH. WE'VE SUBMITTED THE 95% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REVIEW FROM THE OSF FACILITIES GROUP. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE 100% DOCUMENTS FINISHED BY APRIL 15TH. AND THEN OUR OVERALL PROJECTS BUDGET IS 1.2 MILLION FOR THE NEW BUILDING AND SITE COSTS ANOTHER 400,000 FOR SOFT COSTS FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF 1.6 MILLION. SO THAT'S OUR, OUR OVERALL PROJECT. SO IT'S, IT'S WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVERTISE THE PROJECT IN THE MAY TIME FRAME. CONSTRUCTION COULD START IN THE MAY JUNE TIMEFRAME. WE THINK A FIVE MONTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS REASONABLE FOR THIS PROJECT AND GIVING NO SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES WHICH WHICH WE KNOW IS IMPACTING SEVERAL PROJECTS. BUT SO SO IT WOULD BE STARTED IN THE FALL WOULD NOT BE READY FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON, THOUGH. OKAY. DISCUSSION MR. SILAS. YES. NO QUESTION FROM A SURPRISE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A FINE RESTROOM AND I'M SURE IT WILL BE. WELL, A GOOD ONE FOR OUR VISITORS. EXACTLY. SO FOR DR. MURPHY AND THIS MAY PREDATE HIM, BUT JUST A COMMENT AS TO MAYBE WHAT'S DRIVING THIS NOW, WHEN DID THE NEED ARISE? BECAUSE I'M THINKING BACK TO SITTING IN THIS ROOM BEFORE I WAS ELECTED ON THE BOARD, AND SOME SELECTIONS WERE MADE BY SCHOOLS WITH HOW TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND TO PRIORITIZE THEIR NEEDS, OF WHICH I BELIEVE MINIMALLY OUT OF RESTROOMS OR WE'LL HAVE GOT A RESTROOM. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF OTHERS, BUT I DO RECALL NORTH AUGUSTA MAKING A DECISION AT THE TIME THAT THEY WANTED TO USE AT LEAST A MAJORITY OR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR TURF. AND THEN HERE WE ARE NOW SPENDING MORE MONEY ON A RESTROOM THAT WAS PROBABLY NEEDED THEN. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET WHAT WE WANT NOW AND THEN WE'LL GET WHAT WE NEED LATER. SO IF SOMEONE COULD ADDRESS THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. MR. CHAIR, I'LL ADDRESS THAT. YEAH, WHEN. WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE RESTROOMS, THAT THAT BECAME A PRIORITY FOR ME. AND I REALLY DIDN'T CONSIDER ANY THINGS THAT WERE DONE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. PRIOR TO MY BECOMING SUPERINTENDENT, I JUST FELT LIKE A RESTROOM FOR THE PATRONS IS A [00:50:01] BASIC NEED. AND I GUESS IT FIRST CAME TO MY ATTENTION. WHY? I KNOW WHY. I'D HEARD ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT REALLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN WE HAD VISITORS FROM BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA. EITHER I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER LAST FOOTBALL SEASON OR THIS FOOTBALL SEASON. ANYWAY, THE SUPERINTENDENT CALLED ME AND JUST JUST TO SHARE SOME SOME CONCERNS THAT THAT SHE HAD THAT THAT THERE WERE NO RESTROOM FACILITIES OTHER THAN PORTA-LETS. AND I THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL. I MEAN A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO THAT GAME AND SO SO THE VISITOR SIDE WAS PACKED AND ALL THEY HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM WAS PORTAL THAT. SO THAT REALLY, REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FACILITY, YOU GOT TO HAVE RESTROOMS FOR IT. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS MY THINKING. I APPRECIATE IT. CERTAINLY A NEED AND NO DOUBT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT. JUST A LITTLE CONSTERNATION OR HEARTBURN OVER WHY WE DIDN'T ADDRESS IT WHEN WE NEEDED IT. SO ANYWAY, MY POINT. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU EITHER. BUT ADMINISTRATIVELY, NUMBER ONE, CAN WE GET THAT EMAIL TO US THAT THIS PRESENTATION? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW PICTURES ONLINE OF PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I WOULD KIND OF ECHO MR. SILAS HERE. IT LOOKS GREAT. THE RESTROOMS THAT WERE BUILT AT SILVER BLUFF, PHENOMENAL. IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE HIXON THAT I WOULD USE THE WORD, GAVE US A VERBAL LASHING ABOUT THE LACK OF VISITOR SIDE RESTROOMS. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT IN RESTROOMS FOR VISITORS AT ALL. BUT I'LL JUST SAY WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FACILITY NEEDS THAT ARE UP THERE. CERTAINLY THAT BATHROOM IS A NEED. I CAN SPEAK FOR THAT. I SHARE YOUR CONSTERNATION, MR. SILAS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM SUPPORTING THE NEED. AND THIS IS THESE ARE DECISIONS MADE BEFOREHAND; RIGHT? RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THERE. BUT I KNOW I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER FACILITY NEEDS MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK WE'VE WE'VE BEEN PRETTY PROACTIVE THERE AS MUCH AS WE COULD BE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS FUNDS HAVE ALLOWED SO THAT. REALLY BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION. $1.6 MILLION FOR A BATHROOM. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG, PRETTY BIG RECEIPT FOR US. WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? WELL, GO AHEAD. NO, THIS IS A FUNCTION OF THE PENNY SALES TAX AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. DR. HANKS AND THEN MR. SMITH. SURE. MINE WILL BE QUICK. SO JUST SPEAKING FROM NORTH AUGUSTA, I WAS NOT HERE BEFORE THAT FIRST DECISION, I GUESS WAS DECIDED WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE TURF OR A BATHROOM. BUT ABSOLUTELY, I'M FULLY HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT IT IS TO HAVE A FACILITY WITHOUT RESTROOMS ON THE VISITORS SIDE. SO IN MY OPINION, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE CAN WE HAVE A CONCESSION STAND BUILT NEW WITHOUT ADA THAT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON RESTROOM FACILITIES AS WELL. CAN YOU REPEAT ALSO THE BEGINNING? THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BEGIN WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION BEGIN IN JUNE. OKAY. THANK YOU, SMITH. BACK IN THE DARK AGES, I WAS A TEACHER AND A COACH AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL. NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED THOSE BATHROOMS AND A CONCESSION WAY BACK THEN. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT THAT COMMUNITY IN THAT SCHOOL HAS NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. I DON'T HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I DO WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND THE FOLKS HERE THAT THIS BECAME A MAJOR ISSUE WHEN WE WERE AT THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. AND ONE OF THE MR. HIXON HELD UP A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PORTAL-LET. THAT WAS THERE VISITOR'S SIDE BATHROOMS. HE MADE HIS POINT. THEN SENATOR MASSIE AND ONE OTHER SPOKE UP ABOUT IT, TOO. THAT'S WHERE THIS DRIVE CAME FROM. AND I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT JUST AS. MR. CRANE OVER THERE AT MR. SILAS SAID THERE'S OTHER THINGS NEEDED TO, BUT I DO WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT IS NEEDED. [00:55:02] THAT PRICE IS A LOT FOR SUCH A SMALL THING. NOW I KNOW THEY GO HAVE TO RUN PLUMBING, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN SEWAGE, EVERYTHING IN A BIG WAY TO HANDLE IT. BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY WHERE IT HAS COME FROM, BECAUSE AND I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION SO MANY TIMES THIS BOARD HAS ASKED, CAN'T WE USE SOME PENNY SALES TAX MONEY OR REFERENDUM MONEY TO HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM? AND WE'RE TOLD NO IS DESIGNATED ONLY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT WAS ONE. NO, IT WAS IT. THAT WAS A REFERENDUM MONEY. YOU USING A PENNY SALES TAX. HOW CAN WE DO THAT NOW WHEN WE COULDN'T OWN OTHER THINGS? THAT REALLY IS GOT ME A LITTLE CONSTERNATION. OUR TAXPAYERS WANT TO KNOW. GO ON TO KNOW THAT TOO WELL. THE PENNY SALES TAX MONEY CAN BE USED AT THOSE THOSE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE DESIGNATED. AND NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THOSE FIVE PROJECTS. BUT PENNY SALES TAX WASN'T IN PLAY WHEN THOSE THE REFERENDUM WAS DONE TO BUILD THOSE NORTH AUGUSTA AIKEN [INAUDIBLE], ALABAMA CAMPBELL. THE SALES TAX CAME IN LATER. I DON'T MEAN TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE. I JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME FROM THAT MONEY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THE. WELL, NEW SCHOOLS THERE AT NORTH AUGUSTA. HIGHLAND HILLS ELEMENTARY, SO FORTH. BUT WE'VE GOT 1.6 TO DO THIS. I'M CONFUSED. THE THE NOVEMBER 2014 BALLOT FOR THE PENNY SALES TAX INCLUDED AIKEN HIGH NORTH, AUGUSTA HIGH, THE CAREER CENTER LEVELL MCCAMPBELL AND THE RCM CAMPUS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR NORTH AUGUSTA, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONE OF THE FIVE PENNY SALES TAX PROJECTS, THE 90 MILLION PROJECTS. AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE HAD TWO REFERENDUMS IN CLOSE SESSION THERE. 90 MILLION WAS MILLBROOK, BELVEDERE, HAMMOND HILL, HIGHLAND SPRINGS AND MIDLAND VALLEY. ANY TIME THE VOTERS VOTE ON THAT, THAT 90 MILLION HAS TO GO TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS. THE 1% HAS TO GO TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT COMES FROM 8% FUNDS. SO THESE ARE NORTH AUGUSTA IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE FIVE PENNY SALES TAX PROJECTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT I REMEMBER. BUT I KNOW YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY I REMEMBER IT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YES. MY LAST QUESTION WASN'T EXCUSE ME, WASN'T THE CONCESSION STAND ALREADY A PART OF THE PLAN TO HAPPEN? IT'S THE ADDITION OF THE RESTROOMS THAT WERE ADDED OR OVERLOOKED INITIALLY. WELL, KIM COULD PROBABLY HELP US OUT WITH THE TOTAL SCOPE OF THE INITIAL PHASE FOUR. I THINK CONCESSION STAND AND RESTROOM WAS ALWAYS BEEN A NEED FOR THE PHYSICAL SIDE AND THE BUILDING AND THAT WAS EVEN PART OF THE LONG RANGE PLANS IF WE GOT PAST THE 1%. WE HAD SCHEDULED SOME MAINTENANCE AND DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THAT. AND WHATEVER'S LEFT AT NORTH AUGUSTA, WHICH IS THE TWO BALL FIELDS AND RENOVATION OF THAT AUDITORIUM, THAT'S ALL STILL PART OF THE 1% OF THE SPACE. LET'S TRY THAT. THAT HELPED CLARIFY, BUT I'LL ASK THE QUESTION ANYWAYS. WE'RE NOT SHUFFLING THE DECK TO MOVE ANOTHER PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD. TIMELINE WISE, TO DO THIS EARLIER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? NO, NOT AT ALL. ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE 12 ITEMS THAT WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE. I COUNT, RIGHT? C ITEMS. BUDGET UPDATE. MR. TRAXLER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO WE WANTED TO TALK A LOT OF MONEY TONIGHT, DIFFERENT TOPICS. AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BRING FORWARD A BUDGET UPDATE. WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORK STUDY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH, APRIL 12TH, OUR FIRST READING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 19TH. BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL AND A LOT OF KEY TOPICS AT THIS POINT. [01:00:03] AND WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT WE BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THOSE ITEMS, WHETHER IMPACTS MAY BE AND REALLY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE START WORKING ON THE BUDGET HERE IN PUBLIC IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO I MENTIONED APRIL 12TH, APRIL 19TH, WE WOULD PER POLICY, WE WOULD ADVERTISE BY APRIL 25TH. AT FIRST READING, WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING MAY 10TH, AND WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR THE SECOND FINAL READING ON MAY 24TH. LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK IN THE MEANWHILE. WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS AT THIS POINT, THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS IN THE HOUSE HAVE FINISHED THEIR VERSIONS OF THE BUDGET, TYPICALLY 2 TO 3 WEEKS AFTER THEY'VE THEY'VE CONCLUDED WE'LL GET SOME ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ED. I'VE LOOKED THIS AFTERNOON THERE ISN'T ANY NEW INFO OUT, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN PLENTY OF INFO THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEETINGS, EMAILS, UPDATES, ETC. KEY PIECE OF LEGISLATION THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNOR'S FUNDING PLAN AND THIS IS BIG AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN A SECOND. BUS DRIVER PAY INCREASES IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS FOCUSING ON. IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. SO LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN PASSED IS THAT BUS DRIVERS WOULD RECEIVE A 5% PAY INCREASE BASED ON THE STATE'S MINIMUM BUS DRIVER SCALE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO APPLY THAT INCREASE TO OUR SCALE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE MINIMUM. BUT WE DO HAVE TO BASE ANY INCREASE ON THE STATE MINIMUM SCALE, STEP ZERO, AND THAT IS 8.44 AN HOUR. THE ODD PART HERE IS THAT STATE EMPLOYEES ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE A 3% INCREASE, ASSUMING THAT THE BUDGET GETS PASSED AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THIS POINT AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT BUS DRIVERS GET THAT 3% INCREASE AS WELL. SO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY COST ESTIMATES, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN 8% INCREASE ON THE BUS MINIMUM SALARY SCALE. THAT SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME STATE FUNDING. WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THAT AMOUNT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE HOPE THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION IS COVERED. MAYBE ALL OF THEM. UNENCUMBERED TIME AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC. IT'S BASICALLY ENSURING THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE A SET AMOUNT OF OF TIME EVERY DAY FOR PLANNING. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. NOW, WE'VE LOOKED WITH ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS TO SEE WHAT IT MAY TAKE TO GET US TO THAT. AND WHILE THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HEAVILY NOW, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. SO THAT GIVES US SOME TIME. I FORGET THE EXACT WORDING, BUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BY 7/1 OF 2023. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND IT'S LIKELY GOING TO TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, WE THINK IF IT DOES PASS. I WANTED TO MENTION THIS ONE. THE STATE IS LOOKING TO FUND TEACHER SUPPLY CHECKS AT $300 HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN 275 GOING BACK YEARS AND YEARS, OUR BOARD HAS PITCHED IN AN ADDITIONAL 25 BUCKS TO MAKE IT TO MAKE IT 300. THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. DO WE DO WE MAINTAIN IT AT 300 OR DO WE CONTINUE TO BUMP IT UP BY 25 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS? WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NEXT MONTH AND BEYOND. THIS NEXT ONE IS NOT A TYPO. WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM PBO, I GUESS IN LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH. IT SAID HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS ON THE EMPLOYER SIDE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO UP 18.1%. BASED ON THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE BUDGET. NOW, HOPEFULLY THOSE NUMBERS COME DOWN AS FAR AS TRUE BUDGET IMPACT. HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASE JANUARY ONE EVERY YEAR. SO WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS OUR BUDGETS, A 9.5% INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR, 21-22. SIGNIFICANT COSTS THERE, BUT WE'RE PART OF THE STATE'S HEALTH SYSTEM. [01:05:03] SO THEY THEY DICTATE THOSE NUMBERS. AND AND WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO THE BUDGET. [Call to Order] WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. YES. IT'S THAT 18.1% OF WHAT IT IS, AN 18.1% INCREASE ON PREMIUMS THAT WE'RE PAYING NOW, THAT THE PORTION THAT WE PAY. THE DISTRICT, THE EMPLOYER. YES. SO YOU TAKE THAT TOTAL AMOUNT MULTIPLIED BY 18.1 OR IT'S GOING TO INCREASE BY THAT AMOUNT? HALF OF THAT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY ONE. BUT YES, WHENEVER WE ESTIMATE THE BUDGET, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR AND I'LL BE INCREASING IT BASICALLY 9% AND LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR LOSS OF POSITIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT IT'S IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST TO US AND A SIGNIFICANT COST TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. THE 30 MILLION FOR AIKEN, FOR THE MOX SETTLEMENTS IN THE BUDGET, OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING. AND THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO HELP US CONSTRUCT THE NEW CAREER CENTER. THE SENATE WOULD PICK UP ITS BUDGET DURING APRIL. I LOOK TODAY JUST TO SEE IF ANY DATES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE EXACT DATES YET, BUT THOSE DATES MAY ALIGN WITH OUR BUDGET WORK STUDY AND WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET. WE MAY NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NEWS AT THAT POINT. AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS BASE OUR BUDGET ON WHAT'S MOST RECENT, WHAT MIGHT BE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE SESSION ENDS MAY 12TH. JUST SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE GOVERNOR'S FUNDING PLAN AS IT GETS AWAY FROM BASE [Special Orders of Business] STUDENT COST. EVERYBODY HAS HEARD BASE STUDENT COSTS FROM YEARS. A LOT OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT SCHEDULE THAT I SHOW, HOW IT'S TRENDED OVER THE YEARS, HOW IT SHOULD BE FUNDED AND HOW IT'S BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT GETS AWAY FROM THAT AND IT BASES FUNDING ON A STATE DETERMINED STUDENT TEACHER RATIO. THEY'RE USING 11.2. IT IS STRICTLY FOR FUNDING. IT'S NOT TELLING US THAT WE WE HAVE STAFF SCHOOLS AT A STUDENT TEACHER RATIO OF 11.2. THEY'VE DETERMINED A TEACHER FUNDING AMOUNT, 69,000 AND CHANGE THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO FUND US AT THAT'S BASED ON THE STATE MINIMUM AT A MASTER'S DEGREE STEP 12. THEY'VE ALSO REVISED WEIGHTINGS AS PART OF THIS. I WON'T GET INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS OF HOW THIS CALCULATION WORKS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE END RESULT OF OF THIS. I MENTIONED THAT IT GETS AWAY FROM BASE STUDENT COSTS AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN, THAT IT INCLUDES A $4,000 INCREASE IN THE TEACHER SALARY SCALE. THAT'S THE MINIMUM SCALE FOR THE STATE. SO THE STATE HAS ITS MINIMUM SCALE. AND IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT EVERY DEGREE, EVERY STEP, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE DISTRICT SCALE, THE STATE SCALE SIMILAR TO THAT, EVERY STEP, EVERY DEGREE WOULD GO UP BY 4000. THE BIG QUESTION IS THIS STATE HAS SAID THAT EARLY ON IT WAS IT WAS RELAYED THAT TEACHERS ARE GETTING A $4,000 INCREASE. AND I THINK THE IMPRESSION WAS, GIVEN THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE GIVEN A 4000 INCREASE. WELL, CLARIFICATION SHORTLY THEREAFTER WAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABOVE THE STATE MINIMUM DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE $4,000 TELLING US THAT WE HAVE DISCRETION. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE IN THE LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION. NOW, COVER THAT IN A SECOND. OVERALL FUNDING AS PART OF THIS GOVERNOR'S PLAN IS 227 MILLION. IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PARTLY STATE GENERAL FUND PARTLY. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO LOOK AT ANY NEW FUNDING AND I COULD KIND OF BALLPARK IT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, ALL RIGHT, AIKEN GETS ABOUT 3% AND WE'RE WE'RE IN THAT SAME BALLPARK HERE. OUR ALLOCATION CURRENTLY IS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE 7.2 MILLION COMPARED TO WHAT [01:10:03] WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I MENTIONED THE REVISED WEIGHTINGS, THINGS LIKE SPECIAL ED WILL HAVE A HIGHER RATING OF WAITING. DUAL ENROLLMENT WOULD LOSE SOME WEIGHTING THERE, SOME OTHER ADD ON WEIGHTINGS THAT WOULD GO UP OR DOWN. BUT WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THINK OF A PIE. SO THE STATE HAS THIS PIE FOR FUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL DISTRICTS ARE DEALING WITH THAT SAME WEIGHTING. SO THAT'S HOW THIS PIE IS GOING TO GET REDISTRIBUTED. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GOING TO GROW THERE. AND THAT'S THE SAME WAY WITH EFA, IF YOU COULD THINK OF IT THAT WAY. PART OF THIS PLAN SAYS THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDS AND LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET. THEY WOULD ROLL INTO A SINGLE LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE WOULD HAVE OUR EFA, WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND FOR A SALARY SUPPLEMENT. THOSE WOULD ROLL UP ALONG WITH EIA FUNDING FOR AT RISK STUDENTS, THE TEACHER SALARY INCREASE, TEACHER FRINGE AND AID TO DISTRICTS. SO THOSE ARE PARTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY MAYBE THE TWO THAT ARE MOST CONCERNING AID TO DISTRICTS HAS GIVEN US A BUFFER. IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME DISCRETION OVER FOR YEARS. BUT THIS AID THIS AT RISK FUNDING POT IS THE POT THAT WE FUND, EXCEL OUT OF AND SEAL OUT OF CURRENTLY. [Office of Board Chairman] ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN IS AS THIS FUNDING GOES AWAY, AS IT ALL FLOWS INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WE WOULD BE FUNDING SEAL AND EXCEL OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE'RE WE'RE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT WE'RE ALSO SHIFTING COST ALSO. [INDIVIDUAL ITEMS] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL BE DEALING WITH FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. [Personnel Appointments] WE WILL BE LIKELY FUNDING THOSE PROGRAMS THROUGH CARRYOVER. SO IT BUYS US A YEAR IF NECESSARY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THE 4000 TEACHER SCALE INCREASE AND I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SMALL AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE USED SOME DIFFERENT COLORS, BUT BUT I WANTED TO TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND HOW THE LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN. SO CURRENTLY THE MINIMUM TEACHER SCALE IS 36,000. FOR AIKEN, WE PAY A BACHELOR'S IN ZERO AT 41227. THIS IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES AND THIS IS CALLED A LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. SO AIKEN'S LOCAL SUPPLEMENT IS 5227. [Review and/or revision of the following “I” Policies, administrative rules, and files] IN HEARING THAT DISTRICTS HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE DISCRETION IF THEY'RE ABOVE THE STATE MINIMUM, WHICH AIKEN IS TO TO SET THE TEACHER SCALE AT WHEREVER, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT YOU COULD STILL PAY 41 TO 27. THIS BASE THAT WAS 30 SEATS IS GOING TO 40. THAT MEANS YOUR NEW LOCAL SUPPLEMENT IS 1000 TO 27. SAME END RESULT. I'M NOT IN ANY WAY OF SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT TEACHER SALARIES DON'T CHANGE. I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING. DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABOVE THE STATE MINIMUM AND THE NEW STATE MINIMUM WOULDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION AND THE LANGUAGE IMPROVISE, THIS HIGHLIGHT HERE IS KEY. IT GOES AGAINST WHAT I JUST SHARED. IT SAID THAT FOR 22-23. AND THESE STRIKE THROUGHS ARE HOW IT SHOWS RIGHT NOW. AND PROVISO THROUGH THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BUDGET SAYS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST MAINTAIN THE LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENT AT NO LESS THAN LAST YEAR. SO WE'VE HEARD THAT YOU HAVE DISCRETION. WE'RE READING THAT YOU THAT YOU DON'T. IF WE FOLLOW THAT, THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY 5000 TO 27 FOR A LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. ON TOP OF THIS NEW BASE, MEANING THE NEW BACHELOR ZERO STEP WOULD BE 45 TO [01:15:07] 27. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET AND HOW WE LOOK AT THINGS IN APRIL AND GOING FORWARD. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT LEGISLATORS ON THE SENATE SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WHERE THINGS ARE HEADING NOW WILL LOOK TO REVISE THAT LANGUAGE AND AND CLEAN THAT UP. BUT AT THIS POINT, AS WE'RE WORKING ON THE BUDGET, WE'RE GOING OFF OF THIS PROVISO LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THE THE LOCAL SUPPLEMENT CAN'T BE REDUCED. YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT. AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET PROCESS, WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE BUDGET REQUEST. WE'VE WE PLACED A TWO SIDED DOCUMENT IN YOUR PURPLE FOLDER. PLEASE LOOK OVER THAT. IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AS WE AS WE APPROACH THAT BUDGET WORK STUDY. WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT NIGHT. WE'VE HAD STAFFING ALLOCATION MEETINGS WITH SCHOOLS. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY. AND BASED ON ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS NEXT YEAR, WHERE WE'RE BUDGETING THOSE SCHOOLS, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SALARY AND FRINGE BECAUSE IT COMPRISES 90% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO THAT'S ONCE WE FEEL GOOD WITH THOSE NUMBERS WE'RE MOST OF THE WAY HOME. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE BUDGET UPDATES. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS FIRST ON THOSE MUST ITEMS, WHICH ALWAYS INCLUDE THE TEACHER STAFF INCREASE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE $4,000 INCREASE IN THE TEACHER SCALE SALE AS A MUST UNTIL WE HEAR OTHERWISE, BEST PAY INCREASES ARE A MUST. RETIREMENT INCREASES ARE A MUST. I DID MENTION IT RIGHT NOW. RETIREMENT IS 22.81% IS THE EMPLOYER PORTION. WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING UP AT LEAST 1% TO 23.81%. AND THERE'S AN INSURANCE SURCHARGE COMPONENT OF THAT. WITH INSURANCE GOING UP SO MUCH, I THINK IT'LL BUMP UP RETIREMENT EVEN MORE. I SUSPECT WE'LL BE PAYING IN EXCESS OF 24% FOR AN EMPLOYER RETIREMENT AMOUNT WORKING ON HEALTH INSURANCE. WE CONTINUE TO WATCH IT. EXCUSE ME. AND WORKED YOU TO FOLLOW THINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL AS FAR AS NEW STATE MONEY AT THIS POINT, I MENTIONED THE 7.2 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN. THERE SHOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL BUS MONEY TIED TO THOSE REQUIRED INCREASES. WE'VE HEARD THAT WE SHOULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP OFFSET THE TO HELP OFFSET THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE. IT MAY NOT OFFSET ALL OF IT. AND THAT AMOUNTS TO BE DETERMINED. WE WE HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THAT MAY BE YET. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE REQUIRED ITEMS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. GREEN. THANK YOU, MR. TRAXLER. ALWAYS, ALWAYS. VERY GOOD. WHEN YOU GIVE US INFORMATION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PALATABLE INFORMATION ACROSS THE BOARD. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE THIS SLIDE WHEN WE GET INTO THE IN-DEPTH BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. YOU ALWAYS SHOW KIND OF THE RATE OF STATE FUNDING, AND IT'S THIS CHART AND IT CHARTS WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DROPPED FROM THE STATE AND I DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT AN EXACT FIGURE FROM YOU, BUT WITH WITH THE PROPOSALS AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL SOME JUGGLING THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO EVEN WITH LET'S GET AWAY FROM BASE STUDENT COSTS AND ALL THIS. DOES THAT DOES THIS PICTURE BRING US MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE IS LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDING US AT? WELL, THE CHART YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS BASED ON BASE STUDENT COST. IT WOULD BECOME, I GUESS, OBSOLETE AT THAT. [01:20:01] IS THIS THEIR WAY OF MAYBE I COULD STATE IT THIS WAY, HAD THE STATE FULLY FUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FULLY FUNDED BASE STUDENT COSTS. THIS YEAR, AIKEN WOULD BE RECEIVING MAYBE 13 MILLION MORE TO 14 MILLION MORE ANNUALLY THAN IT CURRENTLY DOES. RIGHT. SO THIS THIS PLAN I MENTIONED 7.2 MILLION. SO THERE'S STILL A GAP BASED ON THAT. I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. BASED ON, THOUGH. SURE. SURE. SO I VIEW THAT AS A CREATIVE WORKAROUND TO GET OUT OF THE LAW THEY PASSED YEARS AGO SINCE THEY LIKE TO BEAT US UP ON FOOTBALL BATHROOMS. I'LL BEAT THE LEGISLATURE UP ON FUNDING IS AT THE LEVEL THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THIS AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE GIVING US UPDATES AS WE PROGRESS. A LOT OF CHANGES TO CONSIDER. AND I DON'T ENVY YOUR POSITION AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROLE. WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. SO LET'S JUST REMEMBER THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. NUESSLE. YEAH. SO. THANK YOU, MR. TRAXLER. I TOOK THAT AS YOU WANTED TO GIVE US BAD NEWS EARLY SO WE COULD GET OVER THE SHOCK BEFORE APRIL. BUT ANYWAY, SO THE. THE ONE THING I DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS IN APRIL, SO AND I UNDERSTAND THE SCHEDULE. WHAT I DIDN'T QUITE GET OUT OF THAT WAS THE THE PORTION THAT IF YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES WITH THE TWO VERTICAL. YEAH. THAT, I MEAN THE LIGHT GREEN PORTION I MEAN IS THAT THAT INCREASE FROM 36 TO 40 THAT'S, THAT'S FULLY FUNDED FROM ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE STATE OR IT'S NOT. NO. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I IMPLIED FROM YOUR DISCUSSION. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. SO RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR. NOTHING'S PINNED DOWN AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SENATE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT INCREASED COSTS WITHOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF INCREASED FUNDING. YES, SIR. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE MAY BE IN A IT'S NOT UNUSUAL NECESSARILY, BUT WE MAY BE BRINGING YOU A FIRST READING VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES BECAUSE THE SENATE'S VERSION OF THE BUDGET AND ANY COMPROMISES DON'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER OUR FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET. OKAY. MR. SILAS. THANK YOU, SIR. BUS DRIVER PAY REAL QUICK. BIG NEED. WE ALL KNOW THAT HERE ACROSS THE STATE WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME THINGS LOCALLY TO ADDRESS SOME NEEDS ON BUS DRIVER PAY OBVIOUSLY, AND GLAD TO SEE SOME MORE COMING FROM THE STATE. QUESTION THOUGH IS HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS SUPERVISOR PAY ACCORDINGLY I WOULD SAY. I THINK EACH AREA HAS A SUPERVISOR, IF I'M CORRECT, YES. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO AS I BUILD THE BUDGET, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THESE MOST ITEMS FIRST. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL COME BACK FOR THE BUDGET WORK STUDY AND SEE WHERE THINGS STAND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT MAKES SENSE. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS YET, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN SOME BUS DRIVER STEPS ALONG THE WAY. AND I MAY BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE THOSE ARE. IF MAYBE SOME BUS DRIVERS COULD BE ABOVE THE SUPERVISOR EVEN, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S PURE SPECULATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP THAT IT BE A CONSIDERATION. SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL. I RECEIVED NO INPUT REQUESTING AGENDA ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, SO WE WILL GO TO THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT, MR. LAWRENCE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS AND AND ONE OF OUR TEACHERS. AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE STUDENTS MORE FORMAL LATER. BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM BYRD ELEMENTARY, KAITLYN TOOLE, WAS A SOUTH CAROLINA REGIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNER AND WILL BE REPRESENTING US IN WASHINGTON IN THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO KAITLIN, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A MORE FORMAL RECOGNITION OF HER LATER. ALSO, AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LAURA HUFF HAD THE TOP CAMBRIDGE BIOLOGY SCORE IN THE UNITED STATES. WOW. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER AND I'M SURE WE'LL RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL AT A LATER TIME. [01:25:04] AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO THAT NEW ELLINGTON MIDDLE STEAM MAGNET SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAND DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IN THEIR MARCH SPOTLIGHT. SO THAT'S KIND OF NICE IF YOU CAN. I THINK YOU CAN FIND THAT ONLINE AND READ ABOUT AND READ ABOUT MALLORY BURLEY, WHO IS THE BAND DIRECTOR AT NEW ELLINGTON. SO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO AN ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AND SUCH ORDERS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE. STUDENT MATTER. A STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA 1 AND [INAUDIBLE] MATTERS. A CONTRACTUAL MATTER. AND THREE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. TWO FROM NORTH AUGUSTA AND ONE FROM JACKSON MIDDLE. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THOSE [INAUDIBLE]. MOVED BY MS. SHEALEY, SECONDED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE. LET'S TRY TO BE READY TO GO AT 7:30 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE. [Revision of the following policy and administrative rule] [Revision of the KA, KF, KJI, KLG, KLGA policies, administrative rules, and files] [Consideration of Acquisition and Transition to New School Food Service Software] [CONSENT ITEMS] [Ratification of Expulsions] [Out-of-District Transfer Requests – Transfers In] [Out-of-District Transfer Requests -Transfers Out] [Request to Admit Foreign Exchange Student] [Request to Admit Foreign Exchange Student] [Request to Admit Foreign Exchange Student] [Request to Admit Foreign Exchange Student] [ESSER III – ESOL Curriculum] [Midway USA Foundation Donation to Midland Valley High School NJROTC] [Approval to Award a Contract for Perishable Milk Products] [GMP #1 for Aiken High School Auditorium Addition Phase 4] [Schematic Design Plans, Design Development Drawings/Budget and Construction Documents for the North Augusta High Visitor Side Football Stadium ADA Restroom/Concession] [INFORMATIONAL ITEMS] [Budget Update] [02:19:21] I [INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERs] [OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT] [EXECUTIVE SESSION - Matters for Discussion listed in posted agenda.] [02:25:15] NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. [02:25:21] SO MOVE. MOVED BY. [02:25:24] HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. [02:25:27] ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [02:25:29] WE'RE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. [02:25:31] WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HEARD AN APPEAL FROM A STUDENT FROM AREA 1. [02:25:38] IS THERE A MOTION. [02:25:41] MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR EXPULSION ON THE [02:25:45] STUDENT INVOLVED. IS THERE A SECOND? [02:25:49] SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [02:25:50] ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO UPHOLD THE EXPULSION RECOMMENDATION RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. WE HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO NOTIFY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT BREACH OF CONTRACT BY TWO EMPLOYEES. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. I'LL SECOND. WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO READ. YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT? I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU, MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. I MOVE THAT WE DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE A AND EMPLOYEE B'S BREACH OF CONTRACT. OKAY, YOU CAN JUST STAY [INAUDIBLE] THE WAY MR. [INAUDIBLE] DID IT. I THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE. BUT HE GOT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THREE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. IS T HERE A MOTION ON THE FIRST NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL APPOINTMENT. HANKS SECONDED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND TO UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO APPOINT THE PERSON SO NAMED TO IN THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A SECOND A NEED FOR A SECOND PERSON AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IS THERE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDATION MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON AND SECONDED BY DR. HANKS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING THE PERSON RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO THAT POSITION RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE. AND WE HAVE A THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT. THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M SORRY, PRINCIPAL AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHOM THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THERE. IS THERE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THAT RECOMMENDATION. MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE POSITION OF PRINCIPAL AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. MOVED BY MR. CRANE, SECONDED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING THE RECOMMENDED PERSON TO PRINCIPALSHIP AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE. I ASSUME, MR. SMITH, DID YOU VOTE? YES, SIR. OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY DR. HANKS. ALL IN FAVOR. LET'S GO HOME. THAT WAS EVERYBODY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.