Apr 19, 2022 041922 AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING (trimmed)

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I WAS IN FAVOR OF THE 10% AND LOOKING AT IT EACH YEAR, BUT JUST TO GO OUT HERE AND--.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU OPEN THE DOOR, YOU START WITH COACHES AND HOW MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE I HEARD? WE GOT BANG ON THE TABLE.

WE GOT CAFETERIA WORKERS ON THE TABLE.

WE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN GETTING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE THIS YEAR, NOT EVEN 1%.

I THINK IT'S RECKLESS.

I THINK IT'S GAMBLING AND UNNECESSARY, FRANKLY.

WE GOT $12 MILLION WORTH OF REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE WANTING THINGS THAT ARE MOST OF WHICH ARE IMPORTANT.

WHEN WE START SHOWING THAT KIND OF FAVORITISM TO ONE GROUP AND I KNOW THE PROBLEMS THERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HEARD WHEN I CAME TO WORK IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1969 WAS THAT THE COACHES WEREN'T BEING PAID ENOUGH.

AND I LIVED THROUGH THAT AS AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT FOR FOUR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T KEEP COACHES AND WHAT MR. SMITH AND MR. SILAS SAY IS TRUE.

I'M FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM, BUT I'M NOT FOR TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE TO DO IT.

I'D VOTE FOR A TAX INCREASE BEFORE I'LL TAKE MONEY OUT TO FUND BALANCE, AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TAX INCREASES.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE PRUDENT, NOT RUSH INTO ANYTHING AND START, YOU KNOW, TAKING MONEY FROM HERE AND THERE AND ALL THE-- TO DO WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOME CONTINGENT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO.

IF--. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK--.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY WE DON'T HAVE READILY AVAILABLE TO US, AND I'M NOT INCLUDING THE FUND BALANCE, I DON'T THINK WE DO, THE FUND BALANCE DOES A LOT THAT YOU DON'T SEE. WE GET A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY FAVORABLE BOND RATE, AND THAT MAKES US MONEY BECAUSE WE CAN SELL BONDS AT A HIGHER INTEREST RATE THAN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT FUND BALANCE.

YOU TAKE THAT FUND BALANCE AWAY, YOUR BOND RATING IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE MONEY ON THE OTHER END.

WHEN WE SAY WE'VE GOT A $50 MILLION FUND BALANCE, THAT MEANS THAT PROBABLY AT THE TOP.

BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY OUT TO MAKE PAYROLL SOMETIMES.

OF COURSE, WE PUT IT BACK IN, BUT MONEY MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS A CASH FLOW KIND OF THING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ONE MONTH AND NEXT MONEY WE HAVE A LOT LESS MONEY BECAUSE WE HAD TO SPEND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE PAYROLL.

SO IT'S AN UP AND DOWN KIND OF THING ABOUT HOW MUCH CASH WE HAVE IN THE BANK.

AND ON AVERAGE, I'D IT'S SAY $50 MILLION, BUT AT SOME POINTS IT'S A LOT LESS THAN THAT PROBABLY.

MR. WELL, ENDING THE YEAR AROUND $50 MILLION, ESPECIALLY DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER BEFORE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX MONEY COMES IN, WE DO TAKE A DIP.

THE OLD DAYS WHEN FUND BALANCE WASN'T VERY LARGE, WE WERE ISSUING TANS TO PROVIDE SOME SHORT TERM FUNDING.

I DO YOU HAVE SOME QUICK NUMBERS.

SO THE COST OF ATHLETICS IS $106,000, THAT'S FOR THE 10%, THE 5% INCREASE.

NOW BAND, THERE ARE PERHAPS A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS THERE.

THE ONE THAT I LOOKED AT WAS WHAT IF WE INCREASE BAND 10% AND 5%? SIMILAR TO THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY WITH THE SALARY AND FRINGE $15,000.

AND THEN THE INFO THAT IS ON THIS CURRENT SLIDE, THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT PER 1%, THE SALARY AND FRINGE IS APPROXIMATELY $600,000 FOR NON-TEACHERS.

FOR THOSE GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES THAT AREN'T ALREADY ADDRESS THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THAT SLIDE NUMBER TWO.

MR. SILAS? RESPECTFULLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE-- IT'S NOT BEING PROPOSED TO INCREASE A COACH'S SALARY BY 40%.

IT'S TO INCREASE THE SUPPLEMENT--.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. THAT PORTION OF THAT COACH'S SALARY BY 40%, AND THAT'S TO GET US IN LINE WITH WHAT IS A BIG GAP, GET US IN LINE WITH COMPARABLE DISTRICTS TO CORRECT WHAT WE KNOW IS A HISTORICALLY LOW COACHES PAY THAT AS I TOLD MY STORY LAST WEEK IS YOU KNOW AITKIN COUNTY'S REPUTATION.

SO THIS IS BEING PROPOSED TO FIX AND BUILD-- BRING OUR REPUTATION BACK AS NOT BEING ONE OF THE LOWEST PAYING, YOU KNOW, COACHES SUPPLEMENTS IN THE STATE. AND THOSE WEREN'T MY WORDS THAT WAS-- THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS MEETING I TALKED ABOUT.

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IT IS HARD TO MAKE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, AND PART OF THAT IS A COUPLE OF THE DISTRICTS LIKE HORRY COUNTY AND FORT MILL, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEAD COACHES, THOSE ARE AREAS OR DISTRICTS WHERE WE LOOK TO BE A LITTLE MORE EQUITABLE, BUT YET THE HIDDEN PART OF THAT IS THEIR COACHES GET PAID EXTRA DAYS.

SO LITTLE--.

SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE WE'RE PRETTY EQUAL IN THOSE AREAS.

THEIR ADS, AND I THINK COACHES GET I THINK IT'S A 220 DAY SCHEDULE.

SO [INAUDIBLE] SOME EXTRA MONEY THAT THOSE AREAS COME IN.

SO THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY, IT WAS 40% ON THE SUPPLEMENT, AND BACK TO MY COMMENT AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT'S--.

I DON'T THINK--.

I'M NOT A FINANCIAL ANALYST, BUT I'M NOT SURE 1%, 500,000, OF $50 MILLION IS GOING TO AFFECT A BOND RATING.

DO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO, AS FAR AS A PREDICTION IS HOW 1% MIGHT AFFECT A BOND RATING?

[Special Orders of Business]

WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE SAID THAT WE COULD INCREASE RATINGS BY GROWING FUND BALANCE.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK, DID YOU USE FUND BALANCE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET? WAS IT RECURRING OR NON-RECURRING?

[Public Participation ]

I HAVE A QUESTION. WOULD YOU CONSIDER PUTTING A CAP ON TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE?

[Student Recognitions ]

OH, WE CAN DO IT FOR THE COACHES.

OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER GROUP IN HERE SCREAMING AND HOLLERING ABOUT IT, AND THEN SOMEBODY'S GOING TO CAVE AND WANT TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER ANOTHER $500,000. WELL, IT'S ONLY 500,000.

IT'S ONLY 1%.

IT MIGHT BE LESS BECAUSE THE FUND BALANCE [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY GONE DOWN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I'M AFRAID OF.

IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME THING.

I THINK WE'RE OPENING THE BARN DOOR AND THE HORSE IS RARING TO GO.

[INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T MEAN TO BE SO CONTRADICTING TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

NOW, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE YEAR AGO.

TWO YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THEM, AND THIS BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DO THAT.

AND WE'RE BACK AGAIN.

AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE'RE NOT REWARDING OUR COACHES.

WE'RE PAYING THEM THEIR SALARY FOR THE JOB THEY PERFORM.

IT'S NOT AN AWARD, IT'S PAYING THEM, COMPENSATING THEM IN A FAIR WAY.

I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT OTHERS OPENING THE DOORS SMART PEOPLE WORKING IN FINANCE IN EVERY DONE AND EVERYONE'S AT FOOTBALL GAMES.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT SO PEOPLE ARE WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND OUR COACHES ARE SAYING, WE'VE GOT TO GO.

WE'VE LOST SOME, I BELIEVE, LAST YEAR WE'VE GOT TO HAVE CONSISTENCY AND BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM IN OUR AREA.

AGAIN, I'M NOT CONCERNED I'M CONCERNED WITH DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE AND FOR THE BOARD, YOU MENTIONED $100,000 PER BAND.

IT WAS ABOUT $900,000, BUT JUST YES SIR. FOR BAND INSTRUMENTS.

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YES SIR. ONE TIME.

IT WAS. IT WAS ONE TIME.

YES SIR. I STAND CORRECTED.

ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FOUR HANDS.

MS. SHEALEY, MR. SILAS, MR. MOULTON, MR. SMITH.

ALL OPPOSED? ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

MOTION FAILED. NOW WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN THE SECOND.

MR. CRANE? JUST FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION [INAUDIBLE] MR. TRAXLER, STATE IS NOT FINISHED WITH THEIR NUMBER CRUNCHING UP TO THIS POINT.

WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT--? DO WE HAVE A DATE FROM THEM WHEN WE SHOULD EXPECT SOME FINAL NUMBERS? NOT NECESSARILY FINAL NUMBERS.

THE SESSION IS SCHEDULED TO END--.

BEAR WITH ME. JUST ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

SESSION SCHEDULED TO IN MAY 12TH.

TYPICALLY, WE MAY GET NUMBERS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT 2 TO 3 WEEKS AFTER THE END OF THE BUDGET VERSION.

SO IF THE STATE FINALIZED IN MAY, IT MAY BE EARLY JUNE BEFORE WE GET SOME NUMBERS.

LATE MAY. EARLY JUNE.

OKAY. WELL, THAT CLARIFICATION HELPS.

I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THE CONCEPTS WE JUST SPENT A FEW MINUTES GOING BACK AND FORTH ON, BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF ADJUSTING THE STANDING BUDGET UNTIL WE HAVE SOME MORE FINALIZED NUMBERS FROM THE STATE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO JUST SAY, HEY, HERE'S SOME EXTRA MONEY, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR US.

THAT MAY SHIFT AND THAT MAY OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITHOUT US HAVING TO EVEN DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT WE TOUCH THE RESERVE OR NOT. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT DOOR WIDE OPEN.

I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST THE BUDGET READING AT THIS POINT FOR IT.

THAT'S JUST COMMENTARY FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, AND MAYBE HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.

MY TAKE WAS WE WANT TO SEE SUPPLEMENTS GO UP, WE NEED TO SEE UNIVERSAL SUPPLEMENTS BETWEEN ATHLETICS AND BAND, AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT AS WELL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR EVERYBODY, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO LEAVE A SUBSECTION OF EMPLOYEES OUT.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

THAT'S IT. WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO AMEND THE BUDGET BEFORE FINAL ADOPTION, CORRECT? WELL, WE HAVE THE MAY 10TH MEETING AND THEN MAY 24TH, HOWEVER, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER YEAR, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET AFTER THE FACT. NOW IT DOES GET DIFFICULT WHENEVER WE'RE ADJUSTING SALARIES BECAUSE WE'RE ROLLING OVER AND SETTING UP PAYCHECKS AS SOON AS THE-- OR GETTING READY FOR JULY PAYCHECKS AS SOON AS THAT BUDGET IS APPROVED AT THE END OF MAY.

BUT YES, WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES-- WELL, I THINK SPECIFICALLY MAYBE ABOUT THE BAND.

I MEAN, IF WE WANTED TO DO FOR THE BAND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE COACHES, WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ONCE WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE FROM THE STATE AND SO FORTH AND SO FORTH.

YES. AND WE'LL ALSO GATHER THAT COMPARATIVE INFO FROM BANDS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? MR. MOULTON? MR. TRAXLER, I JUST CURIOUS.

I THINK WE'RE--.

FROM WHAT I COULD READ IN THE ROOM A MINUTE AGO, AND PROBABLY YOU INCLUDED AND I DON'T WANT TO GUESS THAT THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY UNDERFUNDED ON THESE SUPPLEMENTS AND WE'RE PROBABLY UNDERFUNDED ON--.

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SO I'M KIND OF WITH DR.

HANKS. I REALLY WANT TO SEE SOME NUMBERS.

I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND MAYBE NOT GIVE AS MUCH IN ONE AREA, BUT GIVE A LITTLE IN ANOTHER AREA, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE SATISFIED THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD TONIGHT.

AND HERE'S MY QUESTION.

ALL THAT TO ASK YOU THIS.

YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS, AND MR. LAURENCE, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS, WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO DO? I MEAN, IF WE GO BACK AND REHASH THE BUDGET JUST A LITTLE AND WE'RE ABLE TO-- IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE ON THE $4,000 ON THE TEACHERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REHASH THAT AND LOOK AT SPREADING THE WEALTH A LITTLE BIT, OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO KEEP IT AS RECOMMENDED? YEAH. PROBABLY YOU MR. LAURENCE.

SO, MR. MOULTON, MY PRIORITIES ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID TONIGHT.

HAVING THAT COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT GETTING THAT THROUGH THE STATE REQUIREMENT.

ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY A 1% INCREASE, IT IS SOMETHING.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TOPPED OUT ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE, SO ADDING THAT STEP FOR THEM.

SO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, ABOUT $615,000, THOSE WOULD BE MY PRIORITIES.

AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS ON THERE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT.

$80,000 FOR A SALARY STUDY SO THAT WE CAN TRULY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP MAKE THOSE COMPARISONS FOR US.

AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SALARIES ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE NOT ONLY COACHING AND BAND AND ACADEMIC SUPPLEMENTS GO, BUT ALSO THE VARIOUS SALARY SCALES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NOT TEACHER SALARY SCALES, SO . I DON'T KNOW--. ALL I DID WAS REPEAT THE PRIORITIES THAT I ALREADY HAVE UP THERE, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE TWO THAT GIVE EVERYBODY SOME KIND OF INCREASE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT. I JUST I THINK WE'RE HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I REALLY DO. I THINK WHAT MR. SMITH BROUGHT UP IS CERTAINLY IN THE GAMUT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I THINK WE SEE THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE COACHES.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE SUPPLEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE BAND.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S SALARY INCREASES NEEDED FOR PEOPLE OTHER THAN THE TEACHERS.

AND I LOVE I USUALLY SPEAK VERY HIGHLY TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND I WON'T CHANGE THAT, BUT I JUST THINK I'D LIKE TO LEAVE HERE THINKING THERE'S HOPE THAT WE COULD SPREAD THE WEALTH A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE LOOK AT POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT DIPPING TOO HEAVILY AT ALL AND MAYBE SOME, BUT NOT TOO HEAVILY INTO THE FUND BALANCE, SO.

WELL, THERE-- AND I SHARED LAST WEEK THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON OUR BUDGET REQUEST LIST THAT WE CAN'T FUND.

WE COULD FUND IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, IT'S MAKING USE OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, MAKING THOSE CHOICES THERE.

SO, YES, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A BALANCED BUDGET AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR NON-TEACHERS AS WELL, BUT IT'S MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.

FUND BALANCE, FOR YEARS, I THINK THE BOARD HAS HEARD ME LIST WHENEVER WE USE IT LET'S USE IT FOR NON-RECURRING ITEMS. WE USED IT FOR ONE TIME BONUSES THIS YEAR, CHRISTMAS BONUSES, WE USED IT FOR ONE TIME ATHLETICS FUNDING THIS YEAR, WE USED IT FOR ONE TIME BAND SUPPLEMENTS THIS YEAR, ONE TIME FURNITURE.

THE CONSISTENCY THERE IS THE USE OF ONE TIME, IT'S NOT RECURRING.

AND NOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO CAUTION THE BOARD TO AVOID USING IT FOR RECURRING COST.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE? GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

COULD YOU I'M NOT SURE I CAN. [LAUGHTER] MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY. NOW, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

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OPPOSED? ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU.

YOU GOT THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GO TO THE B ITEMS. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S A BIT--.

WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR AND 35 MINUTES, AND WE GOT A WAYS TO GO.

SO I'M GOING TO DECLARE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO NEED IT, LET'S BE BACK AT 20 MINUTES TILL 8:00.

WELL, 25 MINUTES TILL 8:00.

20 MINUTES TILL 8:00. I CAN'T READ THE CLOCK.

[Office of Board Chairman]

[INDIVIDUAL ITEMS]

[Personnel Appointments]

[Re-employment of Certified Personnel]

[Re-employment of Certified Personnel, Subject to Certain Conditions]

[Non-renewal of Identified Induction Contract Certified Personnel]

[Revision of Policy EDE Waste Management and Recycling]

[Revision of Policy GCFB]

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I GOT A COUPLE OF MISSING BOARD MEMBERS, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL DRIFT IN.

WE'RE AT THE B ITEMS. WE HAVE, I THINK ABOUT 16 OF THOSE.

14. SO WHAT WE DO ON THE B ITEMS, WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM.

THEN WE GO THROUGH AND DISCUSS EACH ONE AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO.

IF WE WANTED, WE HAD A PROBLEM, WE CAN PULL IT OUT AND CONSIDER IT SEPARATELY OR WHATEVER.

OKAY. FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THE B ITEMS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE B ITEMS ? MOULTON. AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR DISCUSSION NOW.

THE FIRST IS RATIFICATION OF EXPULSIONS, THIS IS A LIST OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO CHOSE NOT TO [INAUDIBLE] OR WHO WERE RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION, WHO CHOSE NOT TO APPEAL; THE SECOND ITEM IS THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR; THIRD IS THE OUT OF STATE-- OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO-- WHO DO NOT RESIDE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO WANT TO COME HERE FOR EDUCATION; THE NEXT ITEM FOUR IS THE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEAVE OUR DISTRICT AND GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT; FIVE IS THE REQUEST TO ADMIT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY TO SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL; SIX IS A TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS AND THOSE BOOKS ARE IN A CUBICLE BACK HERE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO LOOK AT THEM, I ASSUME YOU HAVE; SEVEN IS AWARDING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT WITH HONORS WAITING FOR THE GATEWAY SUMMER PROGRAM; EIGHT IS THE LEAVELLE MCCAMPBELL SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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DR. MURPHY, YOU HAD A PRESENTATION, I THINK, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS?

[Review and/or Revision of I Policies ]

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN.

BOARD MEMBERS. MR. LAURENCE. TONIGHT, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE MOVING ALONG WITH THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PROJECT OUT OF WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE'VE COMPLETED THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND TONIGHT, REPRESENTATIVES FROM MCMILLEN, PAYSON AND SMITH, ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, MR. DONNY LOVE AND SOME OF HIS ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS FROM REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION, JEFFREY REYNOLDS ARE HERE TO PRESENT A BIT OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS WELL AS ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AND MR. LAWRENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHOW YOU OUR PROGRESS FOR THE NEW WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

[2022-23 Budget - First Reading]

WE'VE JUST COMPLETED WITH SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT TO YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE AS EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WE ARE.

SO AS YOU THIS IS THE SITE I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.

I THINK THIS IS. SHE? WELL, THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT REALLY WAS THE WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO KIND OF GET IMMERSED IN WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SO THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE WAY THAT THE SCHOOL OPERATES AND JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE WERE WE WERE A PART OF THE SCHOOL SO THAT WE COULD KNOW WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. SO THAT GOING FORWARD WITH A NEW FACILITY, THAT FACILITY WOULD REFLECT THE VALUES AND THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF THERE.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT DURING THAT PROCESS.

AND SO REALLY IT'S A VARIED SCHOOL THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACETS.

AND SO WE WERE INTRIGUED WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND OF COURSE, AS ARCHITECTS, WE HAVE TO SHOW YOU OUR LITTLE COLORED DRAWING JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF OF WHERE THE IDEA GENERATED FROM.

SO THIS IS OUR JUST OUR FIRST CONCEPTUAL BUBBLE DIAGRAM THAT JUST SHOWS HOW WE'VE WANTED TO ORIENT THE SPACES SO THAT ALL OF THE SPACES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

PROGRAMING GOALS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT THERE WERE MANY GOALS AND THINGS THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT AS WE WENT THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE EXISTING SITE, AND AS WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING SITE, WE CAME UP WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO

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THE PROGRAM SUMMARY WAS BASED ON THE EXISTING BUILDING.

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE IS ABOUT 300, WITH ABOUT 30 ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3 TO 350 STUDENTS TOTAL FOR THE NEW PROGRAM.

WE ARE EXPANDING THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE NOW.

YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS WAS BUILT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND IT'S SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CONSOLIDATE THAT SPACE AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW TO SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT OVER WHAT IT IS NOW.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A REAL GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE EXISTING CAMPUS AND WHERE THE NEW SITE IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK SOMEBODY SAID IT'S NOT MORE THAN ABOUT A MILE APART.

SO WE'RE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE NEW SCHOOL ADJACENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WELL. MARTIN OKAY.

SO NOW LOOKING AT THE BUSBY CORBETT CAMPUS, YOU'LL SEE THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH THE LEFT HAND PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THERE IS AN EXISTING TRACK THERE.

THERE'S A WATER TOWER KIND OF UP IN THE CORNER THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEN THERE'S A PARK KIND OF DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO ROADS AT THE BOTTOM.

AND SO THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE FOCUSED ON PUTTING THE BUILDING AND UTILIZING THE UPPER PART OF THE SITE FOR THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.

SO AGAIN, THE EXISTING SCHOOL OFF TO THE RIGHT WITH THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION.

IS THIS WILL THIS POINT FOR YOU? SO WITH EXISTING BUILDING OVER HERE, THE NEW BUILDING KIND OF FITS NICELY INTO THE CORNER.

IN ORDER TO CONSERVE AREA, WE'VE MADE THE CLASSROOM WINGS TWO STORY FLANKED BY THE THIS MOSTLY STORY AND A HALF SUPPORT SPACES LIKE THE GYMNASIUMS AND THE DINING ROOM AND THE BAND.

AND THIS BUILDING ALSO HAS A K-8 COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL AS YOU SAW IN THE PROGRAM SUMMARY.

SO WE'VE ORIENTED THAT ADJACENT TO THE ATHLETICS COMPONENT, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.

BUT THIS IS BEING KIND OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE HERE WITH THE VISITOR PARKING, THE TWO STORY CLASSROOM WING THAT IS ORIENTED OFF OF THAT SPINE THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER.

THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AREA WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CAFETERIA AND KITCHEN AREA, SO THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE THIS PART OF THE BUILDING FOR NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES AND BE ABLE TO CLOSE OFF THE CLASSROOM WINGS SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP PEOPLE FROM WANDERING DOWN THE HALLS IN THE CLASSROOM. SO THINKING ABOUT THIS AS THE MAIN VISITOR ENTRANCE, THE MAIN STUDENT AND CAR DROP OFF AREA IS GOING TO BE OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE PRACTICE FIELDS LOOKING AT WHERE THE BUSSES DROP OFF AT BUSBY CORBETT WE WANTED TO TRY TO TO PUT THAT IN A SIMILAR AREA SO THAT THE BUSSES COULD DROP OFF AT ONE AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

AND SO WE HAVE OUR BUS LOOP THAT DROPS OFF ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE ATHLETICS ENTRANCE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MAIN GYMNASIUM AND THE AUXILIARY GYM HERE, SO THAT THE BUS LOOP IS HERE WITH STAFF AND ATHLETIC EVENT PARKING IN BETWEEN OR IN THAT LOOP FOR THE THAT'S CONSTRUCTED FOR THE BUSSES.

SO WE'VE SEPARATED THE BUS AND STAFF PARKING FROM THE STUDENT PARKING AND PARENT DROP OFF AREA.

AND AGAIN WE HAVE A BAND PRACTICE FIELD.

WE ARE GOING TO REUTILIZE THIS EXISTING TRACK AND FIELD THAT'S THERE ALREADY AND COMPLEMENT THAT WITH NEW BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS HERE WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTROOM AND CONCESSIONS BUILDING ADJACENT TO THAT, WITH A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FIELD UP AT THE UPPER MOST PART OF THE SITE.

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AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN AERIAL SHOWING WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT WITH THAT THE MAIN ENTRANCE THIS OR PARKING HERE.

THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.

STUDENT PARKING AND THE STAFF PARKING AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEHIND IT.

SO AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO TO HOW WE WE ARRANGED IT SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS AGAIN.

WE REALLY FELT LIKE THIS COURTYARD WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO HAVE A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO GATHER AT TIMES WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GATHER, WHETHER IT'S AT LUNCH OR BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL OR WHENEVER THE STAFF FEELS LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE.

BUT IT GIVES YOU ALSO IN IN NICE WEATHER, THE ABILITY TO KIND OF CUT ACROSS AND NOT HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT, WHICH WE FEEL WILL WE FEEL LIKE JUST THE ABILITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO INTERACT IN THIS COURTYARD IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE LIFE OF THE STUDENTS IN THE IN THE CAMPUS. SO BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THOSE CIRCULATIONS, BONDS, WE HAVE ONE HERE AND THEN ONE HERE THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A MAP TO GET AROUND TO ALL OF THE PLACES WITHIN THE BUILDING.

SO IF I'M A IF I'M A VISITOR, I'M GOING TO COME IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE RIGHT HERE.

I'M GOING TO PARK RIGHT THERE, COME IN, AND MY ADMIN AND GUIDANCE WILL BE HERE SO THAT I CAN COME IN AND BE BUZZED INTO THE BUILDING AND THEN BE SHOWN TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO WHETHER I NEED TO MEET WITH A TEACHER OR WITH AN ADMINISTRATOR.

IF I KEEP GOING DOWN THE HALLWAY, THEN I'M GOING TO THE DINING ROOM KITCHEN, WHICH ALSO IS CONNECTED TO THE COURTYARD WITH THIS CORRIDOR, SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN SPILL OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR DURING LUNCH AND SPILL OUT INTO THE COURTYARD DURING LUNCH AS WELL.

IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD, OUR SERVICE SERVICE WILL BE ON THE BACK SIDE HERE SO THAT THEIR ACCESS FOR THE TRUCKS WOULD BE OFF THE BACK RIGHT HERE.

AS WELL AS WE DO HAVE ACCESS INTO THE COURTYARD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES AS WELL.

THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, IS AN EXTERIOR COVERED SPACE SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN GO OUTSIDE, EVEN IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND UTILIZE SOME OF THAT OUTSIDE SPACE WITHOUT GETTING WET, EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUSLY IT'LL STILL BE OUTSIDE.

SO AS I SAID, AS YOU COME IN, THIS IS THAT MAIN CIRCULATING SPINE.

IF YOU COME DOWN THIS WAY, THIS IS OUR TWO STORY CLASSROOM WING HERE.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF OUR CORE CLASSES IN THESE TWO LEVELS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE SECOND LEVEL IN A MINUTE.

AS YOU MOVE AROUND THE CORNER, WE'VE GOT THE AUXILIARY GYM AND THOSE SUPPORT SPACES, THE MAIN GYM, LOCKER ROOMS AND CONCESSIONS FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS. AND THESE TWO ACTUALLY CAN BE USED SIMULTANEOUSLY.

IF YOU HAD DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON, YOU COULD MOVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE MULTIPLE GAMES, WHETHER IT'S BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AND JUST MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO.

AGAIN, MORE SUPPORT SPACE FOR THE ATHLETICS WING AND THEN THE SKATE SPACES WOULD BE HERE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR ACCESS FOR NOT ONLY TO BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE TO WORK ON PROJECTS, BUT ALSO FOR DELIVERIES AND MATERIAL DELIVERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE BUS LOOP AS THE BUS LOOP COMES THROUGH HERE.

ROTC, WE LOCATED ON THE END OF THIS SO THAT IT HAD ACCESS TO THIS AREA OUT HERE FOR DRILLING AND FOR OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO IF THEY IF THEY NEED TO, THEY COULD ACTUALLY COME OUT INTO THE COURTYARD AS WELL.

OKAY. SO THEN THE SECOND FLOOR IS REALLY JUST THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CORE CLASSROOM AREA THAT TERMINATES WITH THE MEDIA CENTER AT THIS END THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING.

SO WE'VE GOT ADMIN AND MEDIA CENTER TOGETHER.

SO ACTUALLY THE MEDIA CENTER COULD EVEN BE USED FOR SOMETHING AFTER HOURS TWO WITHOUT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME DOWN THE HALLWAY.

ALL THE REST OF THIS SPACE IS SINGLE STORY, BUT MOST OF IT IS.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S A HIGH VOLUME SPACE, LIKE THE GYMNASIUM OR IN THE CASE SPACES.

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AND THE COURTYARD, I THINK IS PARTICULARLY STRIKING.

THIS IS THAT THIS IS THAT OUTDOOR AREA THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A GOOD SPACE FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE MOST ALL OF THE TIME.

AND THEN THE THIS IS THE ATHLETIC ENTRANCE NIGHT VIEW SHOWING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE GOING TO A BASKETBALL GAME.

OKAY. WE ARE HERE WITH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN REVIEW.

OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO THE PRETTY MUCH TO THE END OF THE YEAR AT THE END OF NOVEMBER WITH OUR FINAL, FINAL DRAWINGS.

AND THAT'LL BE WHEN MR. REYNOLDS TAKES THAT.

AND HE'LL SPEND SOME TIME IN DECEMBER, IN JANUARY, PUTTING HIS FINAL PRICES TOGETHER SO THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE GMP TO BE SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR IN 23.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS BEING PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH ESSER FUNDS, IS WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE SOME EARLY BID PACKAGES SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THE TIME FRAME TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE BUILDING WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME LIMIT.

SO WE PLAN TO ISSUE AN EARLY SITE PACKAGE SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN THE SITE GRADING AS EARLY AS THE END OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S REALLY COMING UP PRETTY FAST.

SO REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY START THE 1ST OF JULY OR PROBABLY BY THE END OF JULY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF AS MUCH OF THE GOOD WEATHER AS WE COULD, BUT ALSO JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET STARTED BECAUSE NORMALLY A PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE A GOOD 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SO WE WANT TO GET IT GET IT GOING AS FAST AS WE CAN.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ISSUE AN EARLY FOUNDATIONS IN STEEL PACKAGE SO THAT ONCE THE SITE IS READY, THEY CAN BEGIN TO PUT THE FOUNDATIONS IN THE GROUND AND BEGIN THE WALLS GOING UP.

EVEN AS WE'RE COMPLETING THE FINAL DRAWINGS AND GETTING OUR FINAL APPROVALS FROM OSF AND FROM THE OTHER PLAN REVIEWERS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY A GOOD PLAN OVERALL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE BUILDING COMPLETED ON TIME, BUT STILL GIVE IT THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS IN TERMS OF THE DETAILS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE END AS OPPOSED TO IN THE BEGINNING.

AND SO. FOR THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE AT ABOUT $66 MILLION.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS A LITTLE IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE AT SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO GET IT BACK TO ABOUT 155,000 SQUARE FEET.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT 165,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN TRIM THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BID AS AN ALTERNATE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT WE HAVE AN AWARDABLE PROJECT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ON SUCH A TIGHT TIMEFRAME, WE WANTED TO AT LEAST GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE AND KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THE GOAL IS SO THAT THE NEXT TIME WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO PRESENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS THE FINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THIS IS THE FINAL ESTIMATE FOR THAT PHASE, WHETHER THAT WE WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE A DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE COULD WAIT UNTIL WE GOT IT SQUEEZED DOWN TIGHT ENOUGH TO TO KIND OF GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND LET YOU SEE IT.

SO WE'RE DAILY WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT SQUEEZED DOWN SO THAT WE CAN SQUEEZE SOME OF THE MONEY OUT OF IT.

BUT THIS IS PRETTY MUCH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT'S HURTING US A LITTLE BIT IS JUST THE VOLATILITY OF THE MARKET AND THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT IS GONE UP A LOT, EVEN SINCE SOME OF THE LAST PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON WITH YOU GUYS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN OVERCOME.

QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. SMITH. MICHELLE? MR. LEV I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

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I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND SOME THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CLARIFY JUST FOR THE PEOPLE IN WAGNER THAT MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWERS.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST BRIEFLY TELL US FOR THE CLARIFICATION AGAIN.

YOU MENTIONED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING THE REASON FOR DOING IT, WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING AS OPPOSED TO WHERE THE ORIGINAL SITE IS NOW.

CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING WHY WE'RE DOING THAT? SURE. AND I'LL GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, IF YOU WANT.

THE THE.

WE SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE EXISTING SITE, THE SITE WHERE THE SCHOOL IS NOW.

AND IT PRESENTED A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.

BUILDING A BRAND NEW SCHOOL THIS BIG ON A SITE LIKE THAT IS DIFFICULT ALL BY ITSELF.

TRYING TO KEEP THE THE SCHOOL OPERATING WHILE YOU'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT'S IT'S NOT EASY TO TO BUILD A PIECE AND TERRA PIECE DOWN AND.

BECAUSE IT CREATES SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH GETTING KIDS BACK AND FORTH TO CLASS AND GETTING KIDS IN AND OUT OF THE CAMPUS SAFELY.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES, I THINK WAS JUST JUST THE BEING ABLE TO DO IT WHILE THEY WERE KIDS THERE.

I THINK THE OTHER THING IS OR ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THE FACT THAT IT REALLY IN THE LONG RUN WOULD COST A LOT MORE MONEY TO DO IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT FURTHER AND DO IT A PIECE AT A TIME AND TEAR DOWN A PIECE AT A TIME SO THAT WE'RE DOING IT HERE IN ONE YOU KNOW, IN ONE SHOT IS A LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN IT IS TO DO IT THE OTHER WAY.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU REALLY WERE LIMITED THERE AS TO WHERE YOU COULD EVEN PUT IT.

THE TOPOGRAPHY ON THAT SITE IS VERY DIFFICULT.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY STEPS THERE ARE AND HOW BUILDINGS ARE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND IT'S JUST REALLY A DIFFICULT SITE TO PUT SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY EVEN IF THE SITE WAS CLEAR, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PUT SOMETHING THERE NOW, BUT TO BUILD SOMETHING WITH SOMETHING ALREADY THERE WOULD MAKE IT EVEN THAT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. AND YOU MAY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TO THE COST OF THAT, TOO.

MIC] OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

IT HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME, BUT I JUST WANTED THE PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT ONE MORE TIME.

AND JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND WAGNER WOULD ALSO ASK THIS I'M THOROUGHLY PLEASED WITH THE WITH THE DRAWING AND EVERYTHING AND EXCITED ABOUT IT, LIKE I SAID.

BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE MENTIONED IS THE ARCHES THAT ARE THERE AT THE ORIGINAL AUDITORIUM.

NOW, THEY WERE WANTING TO POSSIBLY SEE IF THAT SIMILAR TYPE THING COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEW BUILDING.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S A CONSIDERATION, IF THAT COULD BE DONE OR THAT KIND OF THING? WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT HOW THAT WOULD FIT INTO THE BUILDING.

WE ARE USING A LOT OF BRICK ON THIS BUILDING AND SO IT WOULD BE EASY ENOUGH FOR US TO INCORPORATE SOME SOME FEATURES THAT WOULD REFLECT BACK TO THAT AUDITORIUM AT THE AT THE EXISTING BUILDING.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AUDITORIUM AND I KNOW WHY THEY LIKE IT.

SO. AND JUST A LAST BRIEF COMMENT.

I KNOW YOU WERE MENTIONING THE POSSIBILITY OF SCALING IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SAVE ON COST.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE WAITED SO LONG AND EVERYTHING.

AND I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY IT IS.

SO I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO SCALE IT BACK AT ALL.

AND WAS JUST WONDERING, I THINK YOU SAID AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THIS WOULD HOUSE ABOUT 350, PROBABLY MORE LIKE 330 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 330.

OKAY. HOW MUCH GENERALLY YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE, BUT ROUGHLY HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT WOULD COST IF YOU ADDED ANOTHER 30 TO 40 PEOPLE IN THAT? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING ABOUT THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GROWTH IN THE NEXT 8 TO 10 YEARS SO THAT WE DON'T

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WELL, THIS IS I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DR.

MURPHY, YOU MAY KNOW THIS NUMBER, BUT I THINK THE NUMBER THEY HAVE NOW IS LIKE 252.

SO WE'RE INCREASING IT OR WE'RE BUILDING IN CAPACITY FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED STUDENTS WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID IS WE IF WE DID LOOK AT CUTTING ANYTHING, IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE CORE CLASSROOM AREAS.

IT WOULD JUST BE MAYBE REDUCING SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE SMALLER AND NOT GETTING RID OF ANYTHING IN WHOLE, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT WOULDN'T BE GETTING RID OF ANY ANY CLASSROOMS AS MUCH AS JUST MAKING SOME THINGS A LITTLE SMALLER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MS..

RHINEHART-JACKSON AND MR. SMITH AND MR. CRANE.

BEAUTIFUL DESIGN, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN.

CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS FIRST FLOOR PLAN? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

CAN YOU POINT OUT THE CAFETERIA FOR ME AGAIN? THIS IS THE DINING ROOM RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. AND CAN YOU POINT OUT THE ENTRANCE FROM THE BUS LOOP.

THAT IS THERE? OKAY. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO WALK HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL TO GET TO THE CAFETERIA EVERY MORNING UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER ENTRANCE AVAILABLE.

IS THAT THE JRCT? THIS IS ROTC HERE.

YES. SO THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THIS ENTIRE DESIGN.

OKAY. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO WALK HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL TO GET TO.

YES. MM HMM.

OKAY. WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK BACK AT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. OH, GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. I GUESS THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT ONE REALLY CONCERNED ME AND, UH, PROBABLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BAD IN TWO OTHER THINGS THAT.

WITH CONCERN TO ONE IS.

THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR EXPANSION RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE'S GOING HOLD.

300 KIDS RIGHT NOW IS STILL A VERY SMALL HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN AT 240.

I KNOW THAT I WAS.

UH, PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL THAT WAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THIS.

AND OUR CAFETERIA WOULD HOLD 240 PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

AND WE'RE PUTTING ONE HERE FOR A 150 PEOPLE.

AND I KNOW PROBABLY OTHER [INAUDIBLE].

IT PROBABLY WOULD HANDLE IT WELL WITH 240, BUT I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT MAY NOT DO THE JOB IN THE FUTURE.

AND I KNOW MONEY IS TIGHT.

I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION IS CONCERNED RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT WAS THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME.

AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON THAT WE NEED MOST OF THE KIDS WILL GO TO THE CAFETERIA BEFORE SCHOOL.

MOST OF THE KIDS WILL GO TO THE CAFETERIA AFTER SCHOOL TO GET BUSSES AND HAVING THEM RUNNING OR WALKING, WHATEVER.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO SAY IT IN A SCHOOL? SOME'S GONNA RUN, SOME'S GONNA WALK, RIGHT? THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD CONCERN.

GOOD POINT SHE BROUGHT UP.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT RE LOOKED AT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT. I'LL START OFF BY THANKING YOU ALL.

YOU HAVE DONE A LOT A LOT OF GOOD WORK FOR US HERE AS AS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM FROM EVERYONE HERE.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND SINCE WE'RE ON THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN, I FLAGGED A COUPLE OF THINGS.

JUST I'M MORE JUST A QUESTION ON SOME OF THESE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT THE ONE CONCERN THAT THAT I SAW AND YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT'S THERE BETWEEN THE CAFETERIA AND THE ROTC WING, SORT OF AN OPEN ACCESS TO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET INTO THE COURTYARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT.

IN A WORST CASE SITUATION.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE HOLE INTO A BIG OPEN SPACE WITH WALLS ALL AROUND IT WHICH I KNOW IT'S NOT WALLS OR DOORS THERE, BUT I'LL JUST TOSS THAT OUT THERE.

AND IF THAT IS NOT A LEGITIMATE CONCERN BECAUSE YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AWESOME.

WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD BE FENCED IN, BUT JUST NOT PERFECT.

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IT WOULD HAVE SOME IT WOULD HAVE GATES SO THAT THE VEHICLES COULD DRIVE IN SO THE FIRE TRUCK COULD GET BACK IN THERE, OR AT LEAST THE FIREFIGHTERS COULD GET BACK IN THERE.

BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GATE.

SURE. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN. ALL RIGHT. SO SOME OF THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS MORE.

ANYTHING ELSE UP IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CORNER? I SEE THERE ARE TWO VAULTS.

IS THAT COMMON TO HAVE TWO VAULTS? YOU PROBABLY [INAUDIBLE] IT VARIES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.

AND WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES SEE VAULTS FOR PERMANENT RECORDS AND THEN WE SEE ANOTHER VAULT FOR TESTING MATERIALS.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CALL IT LIKE A IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A VAULT.

IT CAN JUST BE A STORAGE ROOM.

STORAGE. OKAY. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT LIKE A BANKER VAULT.

IT'S REALLY JUST MORE OF A.

OKAY. THAT CLEARS THAT UP FOR ME.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. ON THE UPPER WALL, THERE IS A RURAL HEALTH.

AND THIS MAY JUST BE I'M JUST NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH WAGENER-SALLEY AS I AM SOME OTHER SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A RURAL HEALTH WAITING ROOM THAT WE PROVIDE RURAL HEALTH SERVICES AT WAGENER.

ARE WE PLANNING TO.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I JUST SAW IT. AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO DR.

MURPHY. AND THIS IS A PART OF SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE ENGAGING MR. NEEDHAM'S AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY WERE WANTING SOME COMMUNITY SPACE FOR SERVICES.

AND THIS IS JUST A MOCKUP OF WHERE THAT SPACE WOULD BE.

PERFECT. OKAY. I LIKE THAT.

NO PROBLEM THERE. JUST CURIOUS DOWN ON THE BOTTOM CORNER.

I DON'T I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH TERMINOLOGY CAT TWO AND CAT THREE IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.

THAT'S THE CAPE PROGRAMS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

LEFT SIDE. YEAH.

THE TWO TOP AND BOTTOM OF THAT IS CAT TWO AND CAT THREE AND MILLS LIFE SKILLS.

I GET. I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

THAT'S A SPECIAL AREA.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WASN'T SURE WHICH CIRCLE THAT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHY I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING KIND OF OUT LOUD WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT THE BUS BUS LOCATION BEING SO FAR AWAY FROM THE CAFETERIA, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO SWAP THE CAFETERIA SECTION WITH WHERE THE ROTC WING IS. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB.

IT JUST JUMPED OUT TO ME.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, TWO QUESTIONS I'VE GOT ARE NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION BUT POINT ARE NOT ANYWHERE ON WHAT'S HERE.

AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT THAT SOME OF THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES ARE GOING TO BE AT THE CURRENT SITE.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF BUILT IN THERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE OLD AUDITORIUM FOR COMMUNITY USE.

BECAUSE, YES, THE COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED THAT WE LEAVE THAT BUILDING IS BEAUTIFUL.

I'D BE MAD IF DID ANYTHING TO THAT BUILDING.

MM HMM. JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT AS WELL FOR THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN WAGENER, THAT HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT BUILDING AS THEY SHOULD.

YEAH, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH IT.

I'D ALSO ECHO MS..

SHEALEY, I'D LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THEME FROM THE OLD CAMPUS COME OVER.

I LIKE, LIKE WAS DONE AT LEAVELLE MCCAMPBELL.

WE SORT OF TRIED TO THEME AND I MEAN, I CAN SEE SOME OF IT ALREADY, BUT THERE'S I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.

AND I KNOW WE'RE EARLY IN THIS.

I LOVE WHEN WE START TO GET TO THE FINISHED PART PART WHERE YOU START TO SEE THE IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE WAR EAGLE PRIDE EVERYWHERE LIKE WE'VE SEEN AT THE OTHER CAMPUSES.

LATER ON, WE START TO SEE ALL THAT START TO COME TO LIFE.

YOU'VE GOT IT HERE ALREADY, BUT KUDOS ROUND OF APPLAUSE IS AWESOME.

I'M VERY EXCITED AND I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE BOARD THAT FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THIS GET THIS DONE WITH Y'ALL ARE DOING IT.

WE'RE JUST HERE. SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. SILAS.

YEAH, TWO THINGS.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WITH THE SMALLER STUDENT BODY, BUT WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THE GYMNASIUM? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THAT.

WELL, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'VE GOT A SPACE BIG ENOUGH TO COLLECT THE STUDENT BODY.

THAT'S THE SOURCE OF MY QUESTION.

AND I FELT LIKE WITH THE SMALLER STUDENT BODY, THE GYM'S GOING TO HOLD THAT.

OH, SO WELL BEYOND THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I THINK WE MADE IN MIDDLE VALLEY, WHERE WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CONCENTRATED ON A COMPETITION GYM INSTEAD OF THE AUXILIARY GYM BECAUSE SEPARATE TOPIC.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A SPACE TO HAVE A STUDENT BODY MEETING OR COLLECTION THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY IN ONE PLACE.

SO DIFFERENT TOPIC.

SO SECOND THING IS I ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO ARTIFICIAL TURF ON THE ATHLETIC FIELD, FOOTBALL FIELD.

THAT IS, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE FINAL, I GUESS, THE ALTERNATE PLANS WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR THE MAIN PROJECT FIRST AND WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE WITHIN THOSE TIME GATES.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE AND IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

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SO IT'S NOT IN THE PLAN AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT'S IN THE BACK OF OUR IT'S A CONCEPT BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, SO IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WITH SUCH A NICE FACILITY TO FINISH IT OFF.

SO THANK YOU. MR. SMITH.

THE PRACTICE FIELD IS WELL, IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NO. THIS IS THE PRACTICE FIELD HERE THAT WILL BE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

THANK YOU. I GOT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON 14TH.

MS. SHEALEY. JUST FOR QUICK CLARIFICATION.

THE SCHOOL WILL STILL BE ABLE TO USE THE OLD AUDITORIUM AS WELL, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD IMAGINE THE TOWN WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HELP US AND TO ALLOW US TO UTILIZE IT ONCE WE TURN IT OVER TO THEM AS WELL.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK SOME THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

AND ALSO JUST QUICKLY, IF WE CAN ANSWER THIS JUST ROUGHLY THE TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN WE'LL BE STARTING AND WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THE FINAL PRODUCT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING TONIGHT IS WE ANTICIPATE BEING READY TO START MOVING DIRT IN AUGUST.

THAT WOULD GIVE YOU ALL ABOUT A MONTH TO GET IT PRICED DURING JULY, AND THEN THEY WOULD HOPEFULLY START SOMETIME DURING AUGUST.

AND THEN WE WOULD FOLLOW UP THE SITE GRADING WITH THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETE IT WITHIN.

AND I'M 100% SURE ABOUT THE DEADLINE ON THE ESSER FUNDS, BUT SUMMER OF SUMMER OF 24.

SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

AND SO THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A FULL 24 MONTHS OR JUST ABOUT A YEAR TO GET IT COMPLETED.

AND SO IT'S A TWO YEAR PROJECT.

OKAY. BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, BARRING ANY UNFORESEEN GREAT MATERIAL DELAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, 24 MONTHS IS ENOUGH.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AGAIN IS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND WE'RE EXCITED.

OKAY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE 14.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? GO AHEAD.

UM, TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS, THEY'RE ALL HERE.

UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING A CHANGE, BUT I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING SOME OF THE CIRCULATION BACK OUT TO THE SCHOOLS.

IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE PROBABLY DO.

BUT I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE.

AND THEN FROM THE TEXTBOOK STANDPOINT, I MEAN, I RAN INTO SEVERAL FOLKS.

I'M SURE EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK THERE AND LOOK THROUGH THOSE AND HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH MISS GLOVER, MISS DOVE AS WELL ABOUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS AND WHAT THE STATE'S BEEN ADJUSTING THERE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS IT. JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

TO APPROVE ALL 14 ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYBODY.

WE'VE GOT THREE C ITEMS. DR. MURPHY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU RUN THROUGH THOSE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF THIS EVENING.

IT'S A QUICK CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

AND I'LL BEGIN WITH BELVEDERE.

LET'S SKIP TO THE GOOD PART.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS THERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.

AND SO THE EQUIPMENT IS PARTIALLY DELIVERED AND WE'RE INSTALLING IT AS WE SPEAK.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. THE CHANGE ORDER HAS BEEN APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THAT MONTH.

AND THERE IS AN OPEN CHANGE ORDER REQUEST FOR A FEW SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY OSF FROM OUR FINAL INSPECTION.

EXIT LIGHTS AND PANIC BARS ON SOME OF THE GATE AREAS.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE RIGHT NOW.

AND THE OLD FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WILL BE PRICED AND REMOVED PER OUR REQUEST.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.

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SO, BOTTOM LINE, FINAL INSPECTION, WE PASSED IT ON MARCH 4TH.

EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE.

THE FENCING, THE DRIVEWAY AND THE INSPECTION AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL.

WE'RE STILL WITHIN TIME AND ON BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO HAMMOND HILL.

THIS THING IS KILLING ME TODAY.

THE BIG NEWS IS WE'RE IN THE BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT? SO THAT WAS THAT WAS YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THAT BUILDING AS EARLY AS JANUARY THE SIXTH.

AND, OF COURSE, WE HAD SOME ISSUES SOURCING, SOME FIRE ALARM ISSUES, FIRE ALARM COMPONENTS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY EARLY THIS WEEK, AND I BELIEVE THEY ACTUALLY OCCUPIED THE BUILDING, I WON'T SAY BRIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OFFICIALLY.

AND SO THE HAMMOND HILL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY EXCITED.

THE FINAL INSPECTION IS COMPLETED AND BOTTOM LINE, WE'RE DONE THERE.

SO SITE WORK WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE.

THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS THE SAME THING.

WE'RE TRYING TO SOURCE IT.

IT'LL BE IN WE'RE THINKING TENTATIVELY IN JULY.

SO MORE TO COME WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYGROUND THERE.

AND SO THE PROJECT IS STILL ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE.

AND THE BIG NEWS AT HIGHLAND SPRINGS IS THAT WE NOW HAVE WALLS, WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME WALLS UP.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THE FOOTING, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE ROADWAYS GOING IN THERE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CMU WALLS ARE BEGINNING RIGHT THERE AT GRADE.

AND COMING UP FROM THE FOUNDATION, THIS WOULD REPRESENT AREAS E, THE CAFETERIA AND THE KITCHEN AND AREA A, THE MEDIA CENTER AND THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THE SLAB HAS BEEN POURED FOR AREA E, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE DINING ROOM.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING THERE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE WALLS.

AND SO THIS HAS TAKEN PROBABLY MAYBE 2 HOURS AGO.

SO I GUESS NOW, ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE.

SO THESE ARE PRETTY ACCURATE PICTURES, A PRETTY UP TO DATE PICTURE.

SO THE PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG QUITE NICELY.

IT IS ON TIME AND DEFINITELY ON BUDGET AT THIS EARLIER PHASE.

SO PENDING YOUR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE THINKING NEXT YEAR AROUND.

I WANT TO SAY GET ME RIGHT, KEVIN.

WE SHOULD BE COMING IN IN THE FALL OF 23, SUMMER OF 23, SUMMER OF 23, AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

POTENTIALLY. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, DR.

MURPHY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO REQUEST FOR INDIVIDUAL STUFF FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE MR. CHAIR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO FOREGO THAT TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL NEED AN EXECUTIVE.

WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO AN ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN SUCH ORDER AS THE BOARD [INAUDIBLE].

WE'VE GOT THE STUDENT TRANSFER FOR EACH STUDENT APPEALS.

GOT AN EMPLOYMENT MATTER.

EMPLOYEE CONTRACTUAL MATTER.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FOR REDCLIFFE, ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FOR RSM, ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FOR KENNEDY MIDDLE AND A LEGAL MATTER.

I NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE'RE NOW GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE WILL RETURN AFTER WE COMPLETE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE DO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

[INAUDIBLE] THEY'RE GOING TO THE RESTROOM.

I KNOW. I'M GONNA BE DONE BY 11:00.

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AND THE OTHER PERSON MISSING IS DWIGHT BARRY.

HE WENT TO THE RESTROOM.

MIC] WE'RE RECONVENING AFTER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR.

SO MOVE.

MOVED AND SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE'RE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING MATTERS THE STUDENT TRANSFER REQUEST.

IS THERE A MOTION? ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYONE.

THE TRANSFER REQUEST IS DENIED.

WE HEARD SEVERAL STUDENT APPEALS, ALL FROM EVERYONE.

FIRST STUDENT APPEAL.

WHAT WAS I? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM.

NO. ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WE JUST CALL [INAUDIBLE] APPEAL B, B, C AND D.

THE FIRST ONE WE HEARD.

IS THERE MOTION? MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UPHOLD THE REQUEST OF THE ADMINISTRATION, THE PRINCIPAL, FOR EXPULSION FOR STUDENTS B, C AND D.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

CAN WE DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY OR CAN WE DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME? ALL AT ONE TIME. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXPEL ALL THREE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WE HAD HEARINGS ON THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.

WE HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO NOTIFY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONCERNING A BREACH OF CONTRACT ON TWO EMPLOYEES.

MOTION. MR. CHAIR, 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.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE'LL DIRECT THE STATE.

WE WILL SEND A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

MEMBERS, WE RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FOR A ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT AT REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY.

MR. CHAIR, I MOVED THAT.

WE ACCEPT THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PRINCIPAL POSITION AT REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY.

SECOND. SECOND BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON A DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PRINCIPAL SHIP AT REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYONE. WE RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA HIGH SCHOOL . IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? I MEAN, IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UPHOLD THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT YOU SAID.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO HIS PRINCIPAL SHIPLEY.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA ELEMENTARY.

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IS THERE A MOTION. SO MOVE.

BY MS.. RHINEHART-JACKSON AND SECONDED BY MR. CRANE. ALL IN FAVOR.

THAT'S EVERYBODY. AND WE'VE RECEIVED SOME LEGAL ADVICE IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEALS.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO? SO MOVED.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR.

GOT TO GET A SECOND. OH SECOND.

YEAH. I'M RACING THE CLOCK HERE, MR. SILAS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN IS APPROVED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.