Jul 12, 2022 071222 AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING (trimmed)

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[INAUDIBLE] THIS OUTSIDE BUYER SPOKE TO SOMEBODY AT ALLSTATE, ACTED LIKE HE WAS GLAD, READY TO GET HIS HAT BACK ON.

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND HIM A LETTER OF INTENT.

WE HEAR WE ALREADY READ HIS PRICE.

SO THAT WAS NO PUT A LETTER OF INTENT IN HIS HAND AND HE DISAPPEARED LIKE.

PEOPLE JUST WANT TO READ YOUR EMAIL COLUMN.

SO THAT TELLS HIS ANSWER.

BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS GET BACK TO WORK ON A DEAL.

PLEASE DON'T SAY YOU GOT TO BE LAUGHED OFF.

HE USED TO BE AN OFFICE AGENT IN YEARS BACK.

I THINK HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL AND BOBBY DUVALL.

I HAVEN'T PICKED HIM UP YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT MAN ENOUGH TO CALL AND SAY I CHANGED MY MIND, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, I'M KIND OF BACK TO HOPING THEY'LL THEY'RE GOING TO RECONSIDER THE CURRENT STATE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, BROKE DOWN IN SEPTEMBER.

SO, YEAH, I HOPE SO, BECAUSE THERE JUST AREN'T MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE CANDIDATES AND ARE LOOKING AROUND ATLANTA FOR A FEW MORE.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SPOOKED ALMOST BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING SO MANY CHANGES TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN.

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IT'S KIND OF TO SWEETEN THE POT A LITTLE BIT FROM WORKING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE A MONTH TO LOAD HOUR IN THE PART TIME UNLICENSED PERSON TO HELP.

SHE CAN DO SOME SERVICE RIGHT DOWN TO THE BONE AND SHE CAN LICENSE YOU.

SHE'S OVER.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HEAR HER WITH THAT IN MIND.

I THOUGHT I WAS LIKE MID YEAR WITHOUT OF.

YES. YES.

THANKS A LOT.

I FEEL A LOT OF STRESS AND PRESSURE OVER THAT BECAUSE OF THIS GUY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S WHO THEY'RE HIRING.

I MEAN, THAT IS ONE PROBLEM NOW IS I CAN ALWAYS.

OKAY I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER, PLEASE.

[Call to Order]

SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF YOU WOULD, JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND LETS SAY THE PLEDGE.

. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND I'VE HAD NO REQUEST TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO IT.

SO WITHOUT ANY NOW I WILL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MEETINGS REQUIRING APPROVAL THIS EVENING, THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 14TH, 2022.

SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING.

MR. CRANE SECOND MR. MOULTON A DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYONE. NOW FOR THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF JUNE 21, 22.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE MR. SILAS? YES MOVE TO APPROVE? AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. MOULTON? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYONE.

ON THE SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS.

[Special Orders of Business]

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NOTEWORTHY.

SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE PERSONAL, THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.

[Individual Items]

THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF CERTIFIED PERSONNEL FOR EMPLOYMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO PROVE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS MOVED BY MR. SILAS. SECONDED BY DR.

HANKS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYONE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

GOT HIDDEN BEHIND MR. NUESSLE. YEAH. MR. MOULTON IS SUPPOSED.

PROVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICY JICJ PAGING DEVICES AND CELL PHONES AND OTHER PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

THIS IS ON SECOND READING.

ESSENTIALLY, IT JUST ALLOWS STUDENTS TO USE THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONES AND SO FORTH IN CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREAS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS.

IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING? SO THIS MOVE BY SHEALEY.

SECONDED BY DR.

HANKS. A DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ON SECOND READING.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW, I THINK THAT IS EVERYBODY.

THE THIRD ITEM IS THE REVISION OF THE POLICY IHBH CHARTER SCHOOLS.

THIS IS ON SECOND READING.

WE DISCUSSED IT AND IMPROVED IT ON FIRST READING PREVIOUSLY.

THE MOTION TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING.

MOVE TO APPROVE POLICY.

MOVE BY MR. SILAS.

SECONDED BY MS. SHEALEY.

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

AND THAT'S THE ONE EVERYONE.

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EBCB BE SAFETY PLANS AND DRILLS ON FIRST READING.

NOW YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

AND IT'S COME BACK TO US.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS BY THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE REVISE THIS POLICY. SO THIS HAS BEEN REVISED AND NOW IT'S BACK ON FIRST READING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY? ALSO MOVE BY MR. CRANE, SECONDED BY MS. SHEALEY.

DISCUSSION? QUICKLY. MR. SILAS? WITH REGARD TO HIRING OF A DISTRICT.

I FORGOT THE EXACT TITLE.

THE POSITION OF A SECURITY GUARD.

WILL THAT PERSON HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW OR COMMENT ON THIS BEFORE WE HAVE SECOND READING AND MAKE ANY CHANGES OR RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES, WILL THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN? OR JUST. YEAH.

GOOD EVENING. BOTTOM LINE, WE JUST BASICALLY ADOPTED THE STATE'S LANGUAGE.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE STATE IS PRESCRIBING.

WHAT THE DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN SECURITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WILL BE DOING IS ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY.

I SEE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING POLICIES EBCB ON FIRST READING PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? THAT'S EVERYONE.

REVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICY ICA SCHOOL CALENDAR FIRST READING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY WERE NECESSITATED BY ADOPTION OF THE MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR, AND IT'S JUST UPDATING THE POLICY TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR.

IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE BY DR. HANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? MS. SHEALEY. ANY DISCUSSION? THEN OUR ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF POLICY.

ICA ON FIRST READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN.

THAT'S EVERYONE. NUMBER SIX IS THE REVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICIES IN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE POLICY.

IHAE PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON FIRST READING POLICY IHAQ CAREER TRANSITION TO WORK EDUCATION REVIEWED POLICY IHBC PROGRAMS FOR AT RISK DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

ALL THESE ON FIRST READING AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE IHAER PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO.

DR. MINOLFO, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS [INAUDIBLE].

DR. MINOLFO? DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THESE POLICIES OR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, OR WHY ARE WE DOING IT? MR. SMITH.

OH, YES, SIR. I'M SORRY.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, ALL OF YOU.

DR. BRADLEY, MR. NUESSLE AND BOARD. YES.

SO THE CHANGES TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

MRS. GLOVER AND I WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS TO GET THIS UP TO CURRENT LANGUAGE.

THE MAJORITY OF IT IS JUST FOLLOWING THE NEW REGULATION SINCE THE CHANGE IN 17, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

OKAY [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT.

SO THIS IS IT'S JUST CURRENT LANGUAGE.

THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION GAVE US A MODEL POLICY.

AND THIS POLICY JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING CURRENT REGULATION BASED ON THE STATE'S REGS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

SAME THING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE RULE.

IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, I BELIEVE, DELETE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE.

AND BECAUSE THE POLICY ITSELF PROVIDES ALL THAT INFORMATION, THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE WAS, WE DETERMINED, WAS UNNECESSARY.

FOR THE CAREER TRANSITION TO WORK.

THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDED CHANGES BY MR. LOTT OR FROM ANYONE ELSE IN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. SO THAT WAS JUST REVIEWED.

AND THEN THE PROGRAM FOR AT RISK DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS SAME THING WE FOLLOWED THEM ALL POLICY BASED ON WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE

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I DIDN'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT I KNOW THAT'S THE OVERVIEW.

LET ME GET A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IT IF NECESSARY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION CHANGES TO THESE POLICIES? MOVED BY MR. MOULTON, SECONDED BY MR. CRANE AND DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THESE POLICIES.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

AND THAT'S EVERYONE.

COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION.

WE ARE REQUESTING THE WE APPROVED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST THE USE OF ESSER FUNDS FOR PURCHASING SOFTWARE PROGRAMS TO OFFER COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION FOR K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES.

NOW WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS.

IN A SENSE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

SO MOVED BY DR.

HANKS. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. SILAS? ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF YOU'D LIKE.I DON'T THINK.

DO WE WANT THE PRESENTATION? YES, PLEASE. DR.

BRADLEY? MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I DIDN'T GET A MOTION IN SECOND.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

RIGHT. DR.

BRADLEY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND MR. LAWRENCE, MISS DOVE, IS GOING TO PRESENT FOR YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE TASK FORCE THAT LOOKED AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO SHARE.

GOOD EVENING, DR. BRADLEY, MR. LAWRENCE, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

AND I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TEAM OF TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OUR ADOPTION PROGRAM OR ADOPTION COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. THERE WE GO. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, WE ARE REFERRING TO THE USE OF COMPUTERS TO SUPPLEMENT OR ASSIST CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.

SO MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE DAYS OF CCC LABS WHERE STUDENTS WENT DOWN TO THE COMPUTER LAB ONCE A WEEK AND ENGAGED IN ENRICHMENT AND REMEDIATION BASED, COMPUTER BASED.

SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE DAYS OF CCC.

MANY OF OUR CIA PROGRAMS TODAY INTEGRATE THE USE OF GAMIFICATION OR GAME PLAYING ELEMENTS TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ENHANCE LEARNING. THEY OFFER TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED INSTRUCTION THROUGH VIDEOS, AUDIO CLIPS, MODELING STUDENT OR TEACHER GUIDED INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS.

THEY HAVE TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED MANIPULATIVES.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING TODAY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT CLASSROOM TEACHERS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING.

SO CAI IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND IT IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE INSTRUCTION, DIRECT INSTRUCTION THAT THOSE TEACHERS PROVIDE.

HOWEVER, COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION DOES OFFER ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, WHILE TEACHERS ARE WORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUPS OR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS. BACK IN THE DAY WITH CCC, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE STUDENTS TO CCC LABS ONCE A WEEK FOR INTERVENTION.

OUR NEW 1 TO 1 INITIATIVE ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE THE USE OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WHILE ALSO OFFERING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT WHILE THEY'RE AT HOME.

OF COURSE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY PROGRAM, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS OUR WHY.

AND WE STARTED WITH OUR DISTRICT MISSION, SPECIFICALLY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION REALLY SUPPORTS AND SPONSORS THAT HIGH QUALITY AND STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

AND UNDER OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN STRATEGY NUMBER FOUR, FOCUSING ON HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.

EMPHASIZING PERSONALIZED LEARNING.

THROUGH WITH RESULTS IN MATHEMATICAL AND READING PROFICIENCY THROUGH INCLUSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND SYSTEMIC ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRESS MONITORING. IN ADDITION TO HOW CAI MAY SUPPORT OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, THEY ALSO OFFER US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE DIGITAL

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THROUGH THE PURPOSEFUL USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR 1 TO 1 DEVICES.

WHEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT CAI, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A CLEAR PROCESS THAT ALL OF THE TEACHERS ENGAGED IN TO EVALUATE AND SELECT THESE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE KIND OF DESIGNED A STEP BY STEP PROCESS THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW.

AND THEY DID THAT PRETTY WELL.

IT STARTED WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

SO WE SENT OUT A SURVEY TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY ACTUALLY THE FIRST QUESTION ON THAT WAS, DO WE NEED TO SEE A PROGRAM FOR THESE CLASSROOMS? AND YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON THE INPUT, THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS SURVEY WERE IN AGREEMENT.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM AGREED THAT WE DID NEED A CIA PROGRAM FOR OUR K THROUGH EIGHT CLASSROOMS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS SURVEY.

SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE STARTING POINT OF DO WE NEED A CIA PROGRAM? WE ALSO ASKED THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AND THOUGHT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS, HOW THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

AND SO WE KIND OF GOT ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION.

THAT INFORMATION WAS USED, YOU'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EVALUATION RUBRIC AND THE WAY WE EVALUATED THESE PROGRAMS, THAT INPUT WAS USED TO CREATE OUR EVALUATION TOOL.

SO ONCE WE KIND OF HAD OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE WENT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A RUBRIC THAT WOULD ENSURE EVERYONE, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE EVALUATED UNDER THE SAME CRITERIA.

WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT THESE COMMITTEES TOGETHER.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMITTEES, THE ADOPTION COMMITTEES WERE MADE UP OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES THAT WERE REVIEWING THESE PRODUCTS AND MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE USING THE PROGRAMS WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS. AFTER WE ACTUALLY DECIDED WE WOULD HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, SO WE HAD A K2 ELA COMMITTEE, THREE FIVE ELA COMMITTEE, SIX EIGHT ELA COMMITTEE AND A SIX EIGHT MATH COMMITTEE.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR K FIVE MATH CAI PROGRAM IS DREAMBOX.

THAT IS A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM.

SO BECAUSE THE STATE WAS CONTINUING TO FUND THAT PROGRAM, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN USING IT.

WE DIDN'T SEE A NEED TO FACILITATE A COMMITTEE, AN ADOPTION COMMITTEE FOR K FIVE MATH.

SO THOSE GRADE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO USE DREAMBOX UNDER THE STATE FUNDED PROGRAM.

WE ALSO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE THE STATE IS FUNDING AN ELA CAI THERE'S A LOT OF VOWELS GOING ON THERE, AN ELA CAI PROGRAM FOR OUR PALMETTO LITERACY PROJECT SCHOOLS.

AND SO THE STATE IS FUNDING THAT PROGRAM FOR THEM AND JB LEAVER IS PARTICIPATING WITH THAT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT AND THE EVALUATION PROCESS KIND OF EXCLUDES THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE USING THE STATE FUNDED PROGRAM THAT'S BEING PROVIDED FOR THEM.

ONCE WE HAD OUR COMMITTEES PUT TOGETHER, THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS MEET WITH THEM AND KIND OF GO OVER THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

WE DID THAT INITIAL MEETING VIRTUALLY.

SO WE WENT OVER THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS BEING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY ENGAGED AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE MEETINGS, THAT ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS PROCESS WAS WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER THAT YOU CAN GET TOGETHER TO REALLY DIG INTO THINGS. BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO ENSURE WE HAD A WAY FOR ALL TEACHERS IN ALL SCHOOLS TO HAVE INPUT.

SO ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS TO TAKE THE INFORMATION THEY GOT AT OUR MEETINGS, TAKE THAT BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS, SHARE IT WITH THEIR TEACHERS, AND GET INPUT FROM THEIR TEACHERS IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE WHERE WE WERE PRETTY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAD INPUT FROM AS MANY TEACHERS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.

IN THAT FIRST MEETING.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS GO OVER THE CRITERIA WE WERE USING TO EVALUATE THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH WITH THEM WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

THIS CRITERIA, AGAIN, WAS BASED ON THE INPUT FROM THAT ORIGINAL SURVEY THAT WE DID WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS SOME EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH ON GENERAL CAI PROGRAMS. SO WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER PROGRAM WE WENT WITH, THAT THE CONTENT PRESENTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS WAS ALIGNED IN DEPTH AND RIGOR TO OUR STATE STANDARDS,

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WE ALSO FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE REVIEWED THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE FOUND IN OUR FEEDBACK AND WITH OUR WORK WITH OTHER PROGRAMS IS THAT SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED A CRITERIA WITHIN OUR EVALUATION WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE EASE OF NAVIGATION FOR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THE MOTIVATION THAT THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDED FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOME FREQUENT PROGRESS.

MONITORING FUNCTIONALITY WAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT CRITERIA THAT WE LOOKED AT.

HAVING CLASSROOM TEACHERS ON THESE COMMITTEES WAS VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US INPUT AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM AND IT REQUIRES YOU TO DO THIS OR IT SAYS YOU NEED TO DO THIS, IS THAT EVEN REALISTIC IN YOUR CLASSROOM? AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY REALLY LOOKED AT THAT SO THAT WE WERE INSURED AHEAD OF TIME, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

AND IT WAS PRETTY REALISTIC.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH ANY PRODUCT THAT WE IMPLEMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT SUPPORT PLAN IN PLACE FROM OUR VENDORS.

SO THIS CRITERIA WAS PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GIVE INPUT AND TWEAKS.

THEY ACTUALLY WORKED ON CREATING THE RUBRIC.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAD AN EVALUATION WORKSHEET WHERE THEY HAD A RATING SCALE.

UNDER EACH OF THOSE SIX CRITERIA, WE IDENTIFIED DESCRIPTORS.

AND SO THEY HAD THEY WENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN SAYING STUDENT INTERFACE AND THEY GAVE SPECIFIC STATEMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO TO ADDRESS IN THESE PROGRAMS, AND THEN THEY EVALUATED EACH OF THOSE BASED ON THAT RATING SCALE.

SO YOU SEE A COUPLE OF CLIPS HERE FROM THE STUDENT INTERFACE AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN THEY USE THAT FINAL RUBRIC EVALUATION TO RATE AND SCORE TO TO COME UP WITH A FINAL SCORE FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. SO AFTER WE KIND OF WENT OVER ALL OF THIS WITH THEM AND WE GOT OUR FINAL RUBRIC CREATED, WE ALSO ALLOWED OUR ADOPTION COMMITTEES TO SUBMIT THE NAMES OF PROGRAMS THEY WANTED TO REVIEW. AGAIN, WE EMPHASIZED CLASSROOM TEACHERS THAT WE WANTED THEIR INPUT ON THIS, AND SO WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE SOME PROGRAMS I'M USING AND HAVE USED OR I'M FAMILIAR WITH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO WE TOOK THEIR SUBMITTED PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS THAT WE HAD SAID UP FRONT, HEY, THESE ARE SOME THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.

WHAT ARE SOME OTHERS YOU KNOW ABOUT? AND OUR DISTRICT TEAM KIND OF WORKED ON A TIMELINE AND WE WORKED WITH VENDORS TO SCHEDULE A VENDOR PRESENTATION DAY.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS ON APRIL THE 13TH, FOR ELEMENTARY AND 14TH FOR MIDDLE.

WE ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION DAY WITH VENDORS.

SO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CAI ADOPTION COMMITTEES WERE INVITED TO COME IN.

THEY HAD ALL OF THE VENDORS FROM ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED.

THEY DID 45 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS.

THEY GAVE THE TEACHERS ACCESS TO ALL OF THE PROGRAMS. THEY ANSWERED QUESTIONS.

TEACHERS WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE NOTES.

SO WE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY KIND OF JUST DIGGING IN.

THEY HAD THE RUBRIC WITH THEM SO THEY KNEW WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO ASK.

AT THE END OF THAT DAY, OUR DIRECTION TO THEM WAS, OR OUR REQUEST WAS FOR THEM TO TAKE THE ACCESS INFORMATION AS WELL AS ANY OF THE OTHER INFORMATION THEY GOT FROM THESE VENDORS BACK TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

SO WE THE VENDORS ACTUALLY GAVE US ACCESS FOR ANY OF THE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT COULD HAVE THOSE PASSWORDS, THE LOG IN PASSWORDS, AND SPEND SOME TIME REALLY DIGGING IN, USING THE RUBRIC TO EVALUATE THESE PROGRAMS. WE ASKED PRINCIPALS TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS BY PROVIDING SOME PROTECTED TIME FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO MEET WITH OTHER TEACHERS IN THEIR BUILDING TO REALLY LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS. SO THEY HAD FROM ABOUT APRIL 13TH TO MAY 20TH TO USE THE RUBRIC AND THEIR ACCESS TO REALLY GO THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. AND THEN ON MAY 20TH, THEY SUBMITTED A VIRTUAL A DIGITAL COPY OF THAT RUBRIC FOR EACH PROGRAM.

SO THEY HAD TO FILL OUT A RUBRIC FOR EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT WAS UP FOR ADOPTION.

AND THEN WE COMPILED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND HELD OUR CONSENSUS MEETINGS ON MAY 24TH.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSENSUS MEETINGS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OR A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE MEAN BY CONSENSUS. SO CONSENSUS IS REALLY ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT'S PARTICIPATING, AGREEING TO SUPPORT

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SO IT'S NOT EVERYBODY GETTING HAVING A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF EVERYBODY GOT THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED.

THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE DOING CONSENSUS.

IT'S MORE ABOUT, OKAY, THESE WERE THE FIRST CHOICES.

THESE ARE THE SECOND CHOICES.

AND REALLY KIND OF DIGGING THROUGH AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS TO COME UP WITH A DECISION THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM FEELS LIKE THEY CAN SUPPORT.

I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE DID IN ALL FOUR OF OUR ADOPTION COMMITTEES HAVE 100% CONSENSUS.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY WALKED OUT WITH THEIR FIRST CHOICE, BUT WE DID HAVE EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSENSUS.

THEY DID AGREE THAT, YES, THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT I FELT GOOD ABOUT IT ANYWAY.

AND SO THEY ALL WERE IN AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT THE DECISIONS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE OUR K2 ELA COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING IMAGINE LEARNING. AND THEY ARE CITING THE USE OF HIGH INTEREST TEXT, GAMIFICATION AND ORAL READING FLUENCY AS SOME OF THE STRENGTHS OF THIS PROGRAM. THE THREE FIVE ELA COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING A MINIMUM EXACT PATH BASED ON HOW THIS PROGRAM USED GUIDED PRACTICE AND MODELING TO SUPPORT INCREASED STUDENT COMPREHENSION OF READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES.

SIX THROUGH EIGHT.

ELA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS EXCEL, NOTING THAT THE GUIDED PRACTICE MODELS AND READ ALOUD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS SUPPORTING IMPROVED READING COMPREHENSION.

AND OUR SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MATH ADOPTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS DREAMBOX, CITING THE DIGITAL MANIPULATIVES AS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO BUILD STUDENTS CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF MATH. WHILE THE CONTINUOUS MODIFICATION OF STUDENT PATHWAYS BASED ON REAL TIME RESPONSES WOULD ENSURE AUTHENTIC DIFFERENTIATION FOR EACH CHILD.

AND AS A REMINDER, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS FUNDING AND EOACA PROGRAM FOR OUR PALMETTO LITERACY PROJECT SCHOOLS AND JD LEVER. AND SO THOSE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PART OF THIS BOARD AGENDA ITEM, BUT WOULD SERVE AS A COMPARISON.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BOTH PROGRAMS AND THE USE AS A CONTROL GROUP.

SO. IN SUMMARY, THE TEACHER ADOPTION COMMITTEES USED A STRUCTURED PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING, EVALUATING AND SELECTING THE CAI PROGRAMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT.

THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED AT THE ONSET OF THIS PROCESS INDICATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS RESPONDING AGREE THAT A DISTRICT WIDE CAI PROGRAM WOULD BENEFIT STUDENT LEARNING.

COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLAN.

THEY SUPPORT EFFECTIVE USE OF 1 TO 1 TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL PROFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THEY INCREASE OUR DIFFERENTIATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATHWAYS.

THEY PROVIDE ONGOING SOME ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE FOR OUR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION SETTINGS.

AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STANDARDS BASED LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS.

QUESTIONS. MR. CRANE? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.

I REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.

SO WITH THE CAI THAT THE STATE IS FUNDING FOR THOSE HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS WERE THOSE PROGRAMS OR I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S ONE PROGRAM OR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WERE THOSE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS? AND THEY JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE CONSENSUS.

SO THEY WERE NOT WAGLE WAS NOT PART OF.

SO THE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE PALMETTO LITERACY PROJECT, IT ACTUALLY IS PART OF WHAT THE STATE IS FUNDING IS A LITERACY CURRICULUM FOR THOSE SCHOOLS. SO WE DID FIND OUT ABOUT WAGLE AS PART WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO WE ALLOWED THEM TO PRESENT.

BUT IT WASN'T THE TOP CHOICE OF THE GROUP, BUT IT IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE STATE FOR THOSE OTHER SCHOOLS.

YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD COMPARISON.

YOU SAID SO.

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AGAIN, I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF CCC AS FAR AS GAMIFICATION.

I MEAN, OREGON TRAIL AND LIKE NUMBER CRUNCHERS AND ALL THAT.

I LIKE SEEING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO USE.

I MEAN BECAUSE I MEAN, JEEZ, WHO DOESN'T REMEMBER? Y'ALL DON'T MAYBE THE OREGON TRAIL, I MEAN AS A CLASSIC AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

APPRECIATE IT. MR. SMITH? AND MR. SMITH, [INAUDIBLE] . SO THE K THROUGH FIVE MATH.

SO THE STATE IS ACTUALLY FUNDING A PROGRAM CALLED DREAMBOX.

THEY STARTED FUNDING THAT IN 21 22.

WE DID NOT FULLY IMPLEMENT WE ACTUALLY HONESTLY, WE DID NOT FULLY IMPLEMENT EVEN LAST YEAR.

IT WAS NEW TOWARDS THE END OF 21 OR 2021.

SO THIS PAST YEAR WE KIND OF INTRODUCED IT.

WE DID A LOT OF PD IN SCHOOLS AND PEOPLE STARTED ORGANICALLY USING IT.

SO THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THAT.

WE JUST DID NOT SEE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF LET'S FIND ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PAY FOR.

SO THE PLAN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE IF APPROVED, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS TEAM OF TEACHERS WILL BE TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE FOUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT.

AND WE WILL ALSO PULL A TEAM OF TEACHERS TOGETHER TO DO AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT STRUCTURES MORE OUR USE OF DREAMBOX.

OKAY.DREAMBOX.

YES. YES.

SO THAT'S ELA.

COMING TO US FROM.

WHICH OF THESE? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU ARE.

THERE'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION IN MY MIND, BUT I JUST LIKE TO GET EDUCATED ON THAT.

PLEASE. NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

SO. WELL, FOR ONE THING.

SO WITH DREAMBOX, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR TYPICAL CAR PROGRAMS. ALL OF THE PROGRAMS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

WELL, THE THREE ELA ACTUALLY WILL INTEGRATE OUR MATH SCORES.

SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS TAKE THE UNIVERSAL SCREEN OR MAP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE.

THOSE SCORES IT WILL CREATE A PATHWAY.

DREAMBOX IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED IT'S WAY ABOVE MY HEAD.

BUT WHATEVER THE PROGRAM IS, IT ACTUALLY ADAPTS THE STUDENT'S PATHWAYS BASED ON THEIR RESPONSES.

SO IT'S A LOT OF MANIPULATIVES.

IT'S MORE ABOUT THAT CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING.

AND THE HIGH TECH COMPUTER PROGRAM THEY HAVE GOING ON WILL READ WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING AND ADJUST THEIR PATHWAYS AND WHAT THEY GET IN REAL TIME. SO THERE'S YEAH, IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS A DISTRICT WE DID NOT DO A WHOLE LOT OF LET'S GO IN AND MONITOR DREAMBOX THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS NEW.

WE DID A WHOLE LOT OF PD ON IT.

THE CURRICULUM TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS PROBABLY WERE IN ABOUT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOING PRIVATE SESSIONS ON THIS PROGRAM FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.

SO WE SAW A LOT OF INCREASE IN USE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, SO WE WEREN'T REALLY PRESSING BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON, BUT WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE USE.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD NEXT YEAR, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE FOR HOW TEACHERS ARE USING IT AND HOW WE'RE USING THE DATA, NOT JUST IN SCHOOLS BUT ALSO AS A DISTRICT.

AND IT WAS. I FELT IT WAS FAIRLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

WE HAD THAT [INAUDIBLE].

YES. SO ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS MONITORING REPORTS.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS.

TEACHERS REALLY OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE EASIEST DRILL DOWN.

THEY CAN PULL UP AND LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASS.

THEY ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASED ON WHAT STUDENTS ARE DOING TO GROUP THEM.

SO I CAN PULL UP.

THEY DID THIS AND IT WILL PUT THEM IN GROUPS I'M GOING OVER.

I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A CONCEPT RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT IT'LL PUT THEM IN GROUPS SO THEY KNOW WHO THEY NEED TO WORK WITH AND WHAT THEY NEED TO WORK WITH ON.

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. SO I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE PARENT COMPONENTS.

THERE ARE PARENT COMPONENTS TO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TO SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH PARENTS.

BUT YES, WE WOULD WANT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO HAVE AN INTENTIONAL WAY THAT WE'RE EXPLICITLY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THINGS WITH PARENTS.

AND I HEAR YOU SAYING WE'VE SO OBVIOUSLY WE'VE THOROUGHLY GOT TO THAT POINT YET.

BUT I WOULD I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MAYBE MORE.

IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

OKAY. MORE, YOU KNOW, ALL PARENTS ARENT GONNA LOOK AT IT, BUT THOSE THAT DO ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE IT AND BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

ONE LAST QUESTION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE].

I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

MURPHY TO ADDRESS.

WELL, THOSE THE COMPUTERS ACTUALLY IN THE COMPUTER LABS WE AREN'T CURRENTLY PURCHASING THEM.

AND MANY OF THE PRINCIPALS DID REQUEST THAT WE LEAVE THEM THERE, BUT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT IF ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE VERY MODERN UP TO DATE LAPTOPS, THEN WE ARE GOING TO START SUPPORTING THOSE.

AND SO SOME PRINCIPALS SAY, HEY, I DON'T NEED A LAB, LET'S USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

SOME PRINCIPAL SAY, I REALLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DURING TESTING TO HAVE A HARD LINE COMPUTER.

SO WE KIND OF LEFT THAT UP TO THE SCHOOLS.

[INAUDIBLE] MR. SILAS, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. HOW WERE YOUR COMMITTEES SELECTED? PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATION MEMBERS.

SO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PRINCIPALS SUBMITTED NAMES.

SO WE SENT THEM A SURVEY AND THERE WAS A SLOT FOR THEM TO DO A K2.

SOMEONE MAY HAVE VOLUNTEERED.

SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN VOLUNTOLD, IT MIGHT BE.

OKAY. AND ALSO, I MEAN, THERE ARE PROVEN ADVANTAGES TO CAI PROGRAMS. RIGHT. AND WE CERTAINLY IF WE'RE PAYING FOR IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE USED.

YES. THINKING BACK THREE YEARS TO A PRIOR PROGRAM AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHICH I WAS GLAD TO HEAR.

MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT THIS? ARE THERE USAGE REQUIREMENTS? WHAT KIND OF HAMMER ARE YOU GOING TO CARRY? ANY OF THAT? BUT SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YOU'VE GOT SOME IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND THE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THESE SAME COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE A PART OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS? YES. SO WHEN WE DID THEIR EXIT SURVEY FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE DID KIND OF AN EXIT SURVEY WHERE THEY SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL.

YES, I AGREE WITH THIS CONSENSUS.

I CAN SUPPORT IT COMPLETELY.

THERE WAS A QUESTION UNDERNEATH THAT OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SO WE WILL PULL THOSE TEACHERS BACK TOGETHER.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON BOARD APPROVAL.

GOOD. OF COURSE. YES.

SO I WASN'T PART OF ALL HOW THE PRIOR ONE WAS IMPLEMENTED AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT PLACE.

BUT I GUESS MY LESSON LEARNED FROM THE COMPLAINTS WOULD BE, YES, PAY ATTENTION TO THE PROCESS, HAVE THEM INVOLVED REALLY FOR BUY IN TO HOPEFULLY HELP YOU SELL IT. WE DID.

AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, WHEN WE STARTED PART OF THAT CRITERIA CONVERSATION WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PURCHASE AN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM FOR ANYTHING, THAT EVIDENCE IMPLEMENTING IT THE WAY THE EVIDENCE IS BASED ON A SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THOSE SAME RESULTS, THEN YOU'RE BETTER OFF TO FOLLOW BASED ON THAT EVIDENCE.

SO THEY ALL KIND OF WENT IN.

THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTIONING WITH THE LOGISTICS OF THIS IS WHAT THE PROGRAM RECOMMENDS IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPENT ON THIS PROGRAM.

SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT LOGISTICAL PIECE IS IT SAYS YOU NEED TO DO IT 2 HOURS A DAY.

IS THAT LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE? NO. SO THEY KIND OF HAD THAT AS THEY WERE LOOKING.

LET'S JUST DO THAT RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. SO I'M INTERESTED.

TYPICALLY, WHEN THESE SYSTEMS ARE USED, WOULD IT BE INTEGRATED INTO LIKE A LESSON?

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SO IT WILL DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUALIZED, PERSONALIZED PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT, A PATHWAY FOR EACH STUDENT.

SO THAT MEANS I CAN LOG ON AND IT'S GOT ASSIGNMENTS FOR ME BASED ON MY CURRENT ABILITIES FROM MY MATH SCORE.

SO IT'S GOING TO SAY THESE ARE SOME LESSONS THAT YOU NEED BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INPUT INTO THIS PROGRAM.

BUT THERE IS ALSO THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS TO GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, I'M TEACHING A LESSON ON THIS TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE ALL OF MY STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY. SO THERE'S KIND OF IT'S BOTH LENSES.

SO I COULD HAVE WHERE I'M PULLING A SMALL GROUP IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM DOING SMALL GROUP READING.

GUIDED READING WITH THEM.

AND THREE OF MY STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON THEIR PATHWAY, WHICH IS REALLY PERSONALIZED.

SO THEY MAY NOT BE WORKING ON THE SAME ASSIGNMENTS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON ASSIGNMENTS THAT WERE GENERATED BY THE COMPUTER BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE AND SO ON.

ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU TALKED ABOUT, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE PHRASE WAS CONNECTED TO MAP TESTING.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW SOPHISTICATED IS IT AS FAR AS WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU DESCRIBE WAS IT WOULD TAKE A STUDENT'S MAP SCORE AND THEN CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED PATHWAYS, THE PHRASE YOU USE FOR THEM BASED ON THE MAP SCORE.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WITH THESE PROGRAMS ARE CAPABLE OF BEING THE ASSESSMENT LIKE WOULD WE NEED TO DO QUARTERLY BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS IF WE'RE USING THESE COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS? BECAUSE IT'S I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY.

I WOULD HOPE SO BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE TIME.

SO [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.

[INAUDIBLE].

SORRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT PULLED FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT STILL HAD IN THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD DO QUARTERLY BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I THOUGHT THAT.

SO THESE PROGRAMS, ALL OF THEM DO ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN, EXCEPT FOR THE DREAMBOX.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT THAT COULD BE ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS.

HOWEVER, THEY ALSO INTEGRATE MATH SCORES.

AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TEACHERS WERE REALLY THEY TOLD US WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE ASSESSMENTS.

WE FEEL THE SAME WAY.

SO WE REALLY LOOKED FOR PROGRAMS THAT WOULD TAKE OUR MATH SCORES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO ADMINISTER THESE.

SO WE'RE ADMINISTERING MAP.

IT'LL TAKE THOSE SCORES, GO INTO THEIR PROGRAM AND DESIGN A PATHWAY FOR EACH STUDENT BASED ON SCORES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT.

OKAY. AND I'M SORRY.

YEAH. JUST LAST THING IS, HOW WOULD WE YOU KNOW, FOR SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING I'M ROUNDING RIGHT ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THIS SUITE OF PROGRAMS. WHAT WOULD WE DEFINE AS SUCCESS? SO AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY, IS IT X AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT IN MATH SCORES? WHAT DO WE DEFINE IT AS SUCCESS? SO WE DO LOOK AT OUR MAP SCORES, BUT ULTIMATELY WE LOOK AT THOSE STATES SUMMIT OF ASSESSMENTS, TOO.

SO WE WOULD EXPECT IT ALL TO TRANSLATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE USING THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THE PROGRAM SAYS, THE EVIDENCE FROM THE RESEARCH FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

IF YOU USE IT 30 MINUTES A WEEK, THAT YOU'LL SEE SIX MONTHS GROWTH, OR YEARS GROWTH.

SO WE'D EXPECT ALL OF THOSE TO ALIGN THAT.

IF THERE'S GROWTH IN THE PROGRAM, THERE'D ALSO BE GROWTH ON THEIR MAP SCORES, WHICH ALSO ARE MAP SCORES, PROJECT READY SCORES.

AND SO WE'D EXPECT ALL OF THAT TO LINE UP.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM, PART OF IT WILL BE TO DEVELOP GOALS AS PART OF IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THANKS.

THAT'S ALL AHEAD. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

WE DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM.

JUST A MOTION. DON'T MOVE.

MOVE! IS THERE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF THE FUNDS.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYBODY.

NEXT ITEM IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, NUMBER ONE FOR 22 TO 23 FOR FUNDS ONE AND THREE.

MR. TRAXLER. GOOD EVENING, DR.

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AS A BRIEF RECAP, THE BOARD APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR ON SECOND READING ON JUNE 14TH.

WE MENTIONED THEN THAT THE STATE HADN'T FINALIZED ITS VERSION OF THE BUDGET.

WE ANTICIPATED SOME CHANGES AND AN AMENDMENT WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.

AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT AMENDMENT TONIGHT.

IN THE STATE'S FINAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS LARGELY BASED ON THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BUDGET WITH SOME SENATE COMPONENTS WHENEVER IT WAS APPROVED SUBSEQUENT TO OUR JUNE 14TH MEETING, AKIN ENDED UP WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 2,361,000. AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED A NUMBER OF ITEMS HERE.

TO ADDRESS SOME NEEDS.

AND THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE ADDING $750 TO EACH CELL ON THE TEACHER SCALE.

ROTC, OTPT SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST HERB SCALES.

SO THOSE POSITIONS ARE THE TEACHER SCALE AND THEN OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE TREATED AS IF THEY WERE A TEACHER POSITION. AND AS OF THE STATE, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT INCREASE $750 PER SALE.

SO ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE GOALS TO INCREASE STEPS ON TOP OF THE TEACHER SCALE.

EACH YEAR WE RECOMMEND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STEP, STEP 27 TO THE TOP OF THE TEACHER AND ROTC SCALE.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 172 TEACHERS THAT ARE TOPPED OUT.

THERE'S 172 TEACHERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE 3.25% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, BUT THEY AREN'T BENEFICIARY OF ANY STEP INCREASE BECAUSE THEY'RE TOPPED OUT.

WOULD A REQUEST FOR CREATION OF A TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION THAT WAS AMONG OUR HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. NOW THAT FUNDING ALLOWS, WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT IF ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE NEEDED ON THAT AND WHAT THAT POSITION WOULD PROVIDE.

WE HAVE AN EXPERT HERE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF INCREASING ATHLETIC SUPPLEMENT PAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN LENGTH.

THE SECOND FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE REFLECTED ONE FOURTH OF THE REQUESTED INCREASE IN ATHLETICS SUPPLEMENTS.

BASED ON THE REQUEST FROM [INAUDIBLE] ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, THIS WOULD THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT 40%, WHICH IS THE FULL REQUEST FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS.

THE LAST ITEM THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED IS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR SUPPLEMENTS.

WE HAD A BAND DIRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE HERE SPEAK TO IT AND DISCUSS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE ON THE BAND FIELD.

AND WE'VE PROPOSED UP TO FOUR SUPPLEMENTS FOR OUR LARGE HIGH SCHOOLS, UP TO TWO SUPPLEMENTS FOR OUR TWO A AND SINGLE-A HIGH SCHOOLS IN PART OF THAT WOULD BE DRIVEN BY THE SIZE OF THE BAND.

SO BASED ON BAND PARTICIPATION.

SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. SMITH? . SO A 4A SCHOOL LIKE SOUTHLAKE AND MIDLAND VALLEY AND NORTH AUGUSTA ARE CURRENTLY HAS ONE ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR.

THE REQUEST WAS FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS PER LARGE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, YES, IF ALL OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS WERE FILLED BASED ON THE SIZE OF A BAND, WE WOULD GO FROM SEVEN SUPPLEMENTS TO 29 SUPPLEMENTS.

THE ESTIMATED COST WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

[INAUDIBLE].

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YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER MUSIC TEACHERS AT THOSE SCHOOLS.

REMEMBER, THOUGH, THIS ISN'T TREY'S REQUEST HERE.

THIS IS A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE BAND DIRECTOR.

SO THEY HAVE IN MIND WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE, I'M SURE.

[INAUDIBLE].

WE MIGHT NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS BECAUSE I'VE GOT A QUESTION BUT, MR. [INAUDIBLE], I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, THAT'S ALL.

MR. TRAXLER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO MR. LAURENCE AND MR. TRAXLER, I APPRECIATE YOU, THE DISTRICT, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE COMMITMENT TO RECONSIDER THIS REQUEST, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE ATHLETIC SUPPLEMENTS, WHICH I'VE MADE QUITE A BIT OF NOISE ABOUT, AS SOME OTHERS HAVE, AND TO THE BAND SUPPLEMENTS AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

[INAUDIBLE]. I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION, YES I HAVE A QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A BRIEF COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE ADDITIONAL STEP.

AND IN THE BRACKETS, 172 TEACHERS ARE TOPPED OUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL STEP.

DOES THAT REDUCE THE 172 OR IS THAT AFTER.

IS THAT. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY TOPPED OUT AT 20 SEATS WHO WOULD MOVE UP TO 27.SO ALL 172 WOULD GET? YES. OKAY, COOL.

I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN JUST AS A COMMENT, I'LL ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MY PEER HERE HAS SAID.

I'LL START WITH BAND AS I WAS THE BAND KID.

SO GREATLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS THERE.

AND I THINK SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO PULL IN FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL JUST CONVERSATIONALLY WITH FOLKS.

BUT I WOULD IMAGINE EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS HAS ALREADY HAS PEOPLE IN MIND, PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT TO A POINT WITHOUT A SUPPLEMENT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT BEING BEEN ADDED.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE, WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PUSH THAT UP AS WELL.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THIS LIST.

I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY LONG WISH LIST.

AND WHAT HAS RISEN TO THE TOP HERE, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS AND EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. MR. NUESSLE? I'M BUILDING OFF OF WHAT MR. SMITH COMMENTED ON ANY OF THE SUPPLEMENTS THAT AREN'T FILLED.

THAT MONEY WOULD NOT STAY WITH THE SCHOOL.

IT WOULD COME BACK INTO THE DISTRICT BUDGET.

RIGHT? TYPICALLY NOT.

THE DISTRICT HAS A PRACTICE AND IT'S MORE OF OUR ATHLETIC SUPPLEMENT.

SO WHEN YOU USED ATHLETIC SUPPLEMENTS, THE SCHOOL HAS THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THOSE FUNDS TO BE UTILIZED TO HELP SUPPORT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS NOW.

HISTORICALLY, THAT'S BEEN RCM AND WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH.

MAYBE THEY AREN'T FIELDING A AND I'M THROWING OUT EXAMPLES HERE.

IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY ACCURATE, BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FILL OUT A BOYS AND GIRLS JV SOCCER.

SO THEY REQUEST THE USE OF THOSE UNUSED SUPPLEMENT FORMS OR SUPPLEMENTS SUBMIT A FORM.

WE PAY THOSE DOLLARS EXCUSE ME.

AND IT HELPS SUPPLEMENT THEIR ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

DO WE HAVE? THE ONE THING I REMEMBER THIS IS ALMOST JUST CURIOSITY.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND WE HAD THE LIST OF PRIORITIES, I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE 199 TEACHERS THAT WERE TOPPED OUT AND WEREN'T GETTING A STEP. AND THAT'S NOW 172.

HAVE WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE RETIRE? AND THOSE ORIGINAL NUMBERS WERE AS OF MARCH, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, YES OR SO.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS AND THIS 172 WAS AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS MIGHT HAVE RETURNED.

WE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE THAT HAVE LEFT.

BUT, YES. AND JUST TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, THE NUMBER OF BAND SUPPLEMENTS FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS IS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BAND.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FROM BAND DIRECTORS WAS FOUR FOR 4A,TWO FOR 2A 1 ADDITIONAL FOR ONE A.

WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION THAT IT BE UP TO BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BAND.

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I LIKE THAT. YES, SIR.

THE ORIGINAL REQUEST AGAIN, WAS FOR 4A SCHOOLS TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER.

BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT IT BE TIED SOMEHOW TO THE SIZE OF THE BAND.

SO IF YOU HAD A LARGER SCHOOL THAT MAYBE HAD A SMALLER BAND, MIGHT NOT BE A NEED FOR ALL OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS.

I BELIEVE THOSE SIZES ARE SPECIFIED IN THE.

BUT WE ARE PROVING. RIGHT.

IT'S NOT LISTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

WE HAVE SOME GENERAL IDEAS OF THINGS.

YES, SIR. BUT IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED.

IT WILL BE A FREE FLOATING.

IT WILL BE.

IT'S JUST EASIER THAT WAY.

YEAH. I SORT OF GOT A LITTLE HEARTBURN ABOUT GIVING.

YOU KNOW, WE GET ALL THESE REQUESTS FOR SUPPLEMENTS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING.

AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM, THEY GET THE MONEY.

THAT'S SORT OF LIKE BUYING A COUPLE OF TIRES AND THEN SAYING, I NEED A CAR TO PUT THEM ON.

IF THEY DON'T NEED TO SUPPLEMENT, WHY GIVE THEM THE MONEY.

I ASK JUST THE QUESTION I'M ASKING? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. WELL, I DO THINK IT GOES BACK TO A HISTORY OF SOME OF THOSE SMALLER SCHOOLS MAY NOT HAVE THE GATE THAT SOME LARGER ONES DO, BUT WE FOUND OUT KIND OF WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE GATE AND THAT KIND OF THING.

AND I JUST THINK I DON'T KNOW IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PERSIST ON IT.

DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? AND I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHT ON THE HEARTBURN.

BUT I WAS ON THIS BOARD WHEN THAT WAS PASSED MANY YEARS AGO, AND THE SMALLER SCHOOLS WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS WEREN'T BEING ABLE TO GET.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME SPORTS THAT THEY DIDN'T OFFER.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD GO IN AND HELP, BUT.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE BOOSTER CLUBS AND SO FORTH THAT CAN RAISE THE MONIES THAT ARE NEEDED NOWADAYS TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT WAS PUT IN.

I CAN SEE THE HEARTBURN.

I FEEL IT SOMETIMES, TOO, BUT AS SERVING AS A COACH, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF A SMALL SCHOOL, WAY BACK, WAY BACK, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND IT WAS A I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MOVE THEN.

AND I STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE TODAY BECAUSE THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT AN EQUAL THING.

I'M JUST SAYING I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S THERE AND I HOPE THAT KIND OF HELPS A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THE MONEY BECAUSE OF THE PLEA FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH THE SMALLER SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL DECIDES THAT THEY'D RATHER HAVE THE MONEY THAN THE SUPPLEMENT? I MEAN, THAT'S HYPOTHETICAL.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM THE MONEY AND THEY CAN THEY CAN CHOOSE TO USE IT FOR A SUPPLEMENT OR THEY CAN USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I THINK THAT THE REASON I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT IS BECAUSE THEY CONVINCE ME THAT THEY NEED THE SUPPLEMENT, NOT THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL MONEY.

SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL.

I WILL CLARIFY.

IT MAYBE IM MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THERE ARE SET NUMBER OF SUPPLEMENTS APPROVED IN THE SCHEDULE.

SO IF IF A SCHOOL RECEIVES SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THEY COULDN'T SAY, ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FOOTBALL SUPPLEMENT WITH THESE MONIES.

THIS IS MORE FOR OPERATING COST OR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE CREATION OF AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT IN SOME OTHER SPORT BESIDES THE INTENDED SPORT FOR THAT SUPPLEMENT. SO LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? TELL ME EXACTLY AS FAR AS THE SUPPLEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON AS FAR AS THE SUPPLEMENTS? THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED INCLUDED A 10% INCREASE IN HOW SCHOOL HEAD COACH AND AIDE SUPPLEMENTS.

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THAT'S FOR. THAT'S FOR IF YOU HAVE A COACHING SUPPLEMENT.

WE ARE RAISING THAT SUPPLEMENT SALARY.

YES. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE RAISES.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER.

SOMEWHERE IN HERE, I HEAR WE ARE GIVING ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS.

THE THE ONLY ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS ARE WITH THE BAND.

SUPPLEMENTS CURRENTLY BAND.

I'M GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU, DR. BRENNAN.

IF I MAY, MAYBE THE ANSWER TO YOUR CONCERN IS THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, WE ASKED FOR A REPORT OF THOSE CASES WHERE SUPPLEMENTS WERE NOT USED, AND THEN YOU'D GET A GOOD FEEL FOR. ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT A MOTION AND WE NEED A MOTION MOVED BY MR. SMITH. SECONDED BY SECOND.

MR. SILAS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. SMITH? FIRST OF ALL, YOU EVERYONE IN HERE KNOWS HOW TICKLED I AM TO SEE THIS FOR BOTH BAND AND SPORT.

BUT BEING IN A POSITION TO.

[INAUDIBLE] .

THREE WEEKS. MAYBE THREE AND A HALF BEFORE THEY PLAYED AT THEIR FIRST GAME.

[INAUDIBLE]. AGAIN, I'M NOT PRESSING THIS ISSUE. I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE'S 50%.

THAT'S THE REQUEST FROM THAT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS .[INAUDIBLE]. OUR HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ARE GETTING WHAT? [INAUDIBLE] ARE GETTING 20% . THEY RUN.

SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ALL WEEK LONG.

THOSE MAJOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT GO ON AT NIGHT.

THERE'S PRACTICES EVERY DAY, TOO, UP INTO THE NIGHT AND.

IT'S NOT EQUAL.

CAN I SHARE THE NUMBERS? SURE. SO THIS IS FOR A 0 TO 4 YEAR FOOTBALL COACH AS AN EXAMPLE, THREE A OR 4A $10,000 IN CHANGE.

2A AND SINGLE A 8200 AND CHANGE FOR AN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL RIGHT AT 4700 MIDDLE SCHOOL HEAD COACH RIGHT AT 4400 AND THEN A MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT AT 2400.

SO WHILE IT IS INCREASING 40% OR 20% OR 50%, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HEAD COACH SALARY IS LESS THAN THE ASSISTANT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN, OF COURSE, AS EXPECTED.

THEN THE VARSITY HEAD COACH SUPPLEMENTS.

PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT AND SAY THIS.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CLOSING THE GAP AND THAT'S NOT EQUAL.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF ANYTHING, THAT 50% FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

NOW, I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IS CHEERLEADERS SPONSORS IN THIS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE BASKETBALL COACHES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? THEY WORK AT IT A LITTLE LONGER AND HARDER.

ALL SUPPLEMENTS INCREASED BY THAT LIKE AMOUNT DEPENDING ON WHICH LEVEL THEY ARE.

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IN BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL ON DOWN THE LINE.

IT'S A 40% INCREASE IN THIS SUPPLEMENT.

OKAY. I'M UNHAPPY WITH THAT PORTION OF IT.

I JUST DON'T SEE THE EQUITY THERE.

I DON'T SEE THE REASON FOR IT.

AND I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.

I. THE GAP IS ALREADY TOO CLOSE FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WERE DONE.

JUST GETTING DONE.

WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S EASY TO SAY, WELL, IF WE PAY MORE, WE GET MORE.

NO, THE POSITIONS AREN'T THERE TO GET THEM.

I'M HAVING PROBLEM WITH THAT, FOLKS.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH.

YOU THINK ABOUT THAT HIGH SCHOOL COACH STARTS OUT ON A SUNDAY.

MOST OF THEM ARE IN THERE WASHING THEIR UNIFORMS, FOLDING THEM, GETTING READY.

AND THEN THEY SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY GRADING FILMS, LOOKING AT FILM PLANNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK.

THEY COME MONDAY, THEY GO TO 7 TO 8:00 AT NIGHT AND THEY GO ALL WEEK LONG.

THEY HAVE A LAX DAY ON THURSDAY AND THEN THEY GO FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING.

THEY'RE BACK IN THERE AGAIN, TAKING CARE OF INJURIES, LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THEY'RE GRADING FILM.

THERE'S A PLETHORA OF THINGS THEY'RE DOING.

MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN'T DO ANY OF THIS.

AND IT WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME, THOSE SUPPLEMENTS, I THINK, ARE ALREADY FAIR.

AND I'M SORRY IF SOMEBODY DON'T AGREE, BUT I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD THAT THERE'S NOT EQUITY THERE.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SAYING I KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS DECIDED ON THAT FIGURE.

AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME OF THEM THAT WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE TO COME AND EXPLAIN TO US.

MAYBE WE WOULD UNDERSTAND MORE.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T LIKE THAT THAT ONE THING ABOUT IT.

MR. DR.

HANKS? MR. TRAXLER, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE REQUEST WAS AND WE'VE ARGUED THIS BACK AND FORTH FOR THE PAST.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS TO GET THE 40% APPROVED, BUT THAT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE TEAM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER OR THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, CORRECT? RIGHT. THAT'S ACCURATE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

IT FUNDS ENTIRELY WHAT WAS REQUESTED BY THIS GROUP OF [INAUDIBLE] VERSUS THE STEP BASES THAT WE HAD INITIALLY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WOULD ADD THAT THE MOTION BE MODIFIED [INAUDIBLE] THE SECOND? MOTION DIES FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

IF NOT THE VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF ADMINISTRATION.

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

THAT'S EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE THIS MUCH TIME SPENT ON GETTING A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SOME RELIEF.

MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

B ITEMS. SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION DUE THIS IS A REQUEST TO.[INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY. NO THAT WAS WITHDRAWN AND YOU HAD PRINTED YOURS OBVIOUSLY BEFORE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION DUES.

WE HAVE TO PAY DUES ANNUALLY AND THIS IS THE TIME AND WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE DUES WHEN WE GET TO IT OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST.

THESE STUDENTS WHO ARE REQUESTING TO TRANSFER INTO OUR DISTRICT AND THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE REQUESTING A TRANSFER OUT OF THE DISTRICT TO ATTEND SCHOOLS IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.

SUBMISSION OF A USDA FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM GRANT.

THIS IS A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF FREE, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THROUGHOUT SCHOOL DAY.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2022 OUTDOOR VIDEO DISPLAY SCOREBOARDS FOR AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THAT'S A SELECTED DART.

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THE 2022 REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS IN CLEARWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE RECEIVED A BID FROM AG REYNOLDS FOR THAT $135,700 CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR A NEW CAR LOOP AT J.D.

LEVER ELEMENTARY PAVING PROJECT.

IT'S A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,615.

WE NEED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET BY THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE SEVEN BIG ITEMS. IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS? MOVED BY MR. CRANE.

IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY MS. SHEALEY ANY DISCUSSION? MR. CRANE. THANK YOU.

ON THE OUTDOOR VIDEO DISPLAY SCOREBOARDS.

WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THAT AS FAR AS THE CAMPUSES? IS IT EVERYWHERE? GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.

WE'VE SELECTED THREE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THEM AT ALL.

AND THEN SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH INSULATION, WE MAY TAKE A LOOK AT MAKING THE STANDARD ACROSS ADDITION TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF BOARD.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THESE SEVEN ITEMS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED? I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE IN FAVOR.

[INAUDIBLE] ITEMS THESE ARE JUST FOR INFORMATION.

[Informational Items]

WELL, DR.

MURPHY, WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE CONSTRUCTION STATUS REPORTS.

AND THEN A SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE FACILITY'S CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE A VERY BRIEF CONSTRUCTION UPDATE TO SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE EXCITING NEWS THAT AIKEN HAS BEGINNING.

OH, GREAT ITS DOING IT AGAIN.

IT'S BRAND NEW. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AIKEN HIGH ON THE AUDITORIUM ITSELF.

NOT VERY MUCH. YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS JUST THE CONSTRUCTION.

IT STARTED WITH ROUGH SITE GRADING AND UTILITIES ARE IN PROGRESS.

WE'VE DEMOLISHED THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AND THE CONTRACTOR IS PREPARING TO INSTALL A TEMPORARY TUNNEL BETWEEN THE THE NEW AREA AND WHERE THE THE EXISTING BUILDING IS FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS.

OSF IS SCHEDULED TO INSPECT THE TEMPORARY BUILDING AT THE END OF AUGUST.

THIS $16 MILLION PROJECT IS CONTINUING ON SCHEDULE AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

OVER AT HAMMOND HILL, WE'RE BEGINNING PHASE TWO.

AND AGAIN, PHASE TWO IS BASICALLY THE CAFETERIA AS WELL AS A AN ADDITIONAL TECH AREA.

I WANT TO SAY A TECH LAB AREA FOR THAT.

BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT WE'RE ALREADY INSTALLING SOME OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

AND THE WORK BEGAN LAST WEEK.

AND INSIDE THE NEW ADDITION OF PHASE ONE, WE'RE CONTINUING ON WITH THE PUNCH LIST SO THAT SCHOOL IS PROCEEDING AS PLANNED AS WELL.

HERE. YOU CAN SEE WE REMOVED ALL THE EXISTING MOBILES FROM THAT AREA AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT NEW PARENT QUEUING LANE.

AND SO THE TREES ARE ALSO BEING REMOVED FROM THE AREA AS WELL.

DEMOLITION IS ONGOING IN THE EXISTING SEVEN CLASSROOM AND EIGHT CLASSROOM WINGS AND DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING CAFETERIA AND KITCHEN HAS NOT YET STARTED.

WE ARE INSTALLING THE NEW LVT FLOORING IN THE EXISTING TEN CLASSROOM WING AND HAVE COMPLETED ABOUT 80% OF THAT INSTALLATION.

THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE FOR A MARCH 2023 COMPLETION AND IS ON ITS $15 MILLION BUDGET.

ON OVER TO HIGHLAND SPRINGS.

AGAIN, A LOT OF SITE PREP IS STILL GOING ON OUT THERE AND WORKING.

CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING WITH CONCRETE, WITH MASONRY, CONCRETE AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. ROUGH END AS WELL AS IN-WALL MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL ROUGH END AS WELL.

ALL SLABS ARE ON GRADE AND COMPLETE.

THE ROOF STRUCTURE FOR AREA IS ALSO IN PROGRESS.

THIS $44 MILLION PROJECT IS CONTINUING ON SCHEDULE AND WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR AUGUST 2023 AS THE MOVE IN DATE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PENDING YOUR QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DR.

MURPHY? MR. MOULTON. I THINK IT'S A QUICK ONE.

THANK YOU, DR. MURPHY. HAMMOND HILLS ARE WE HAVING TO DEAL WITH NO CAFETERIA AND ACTUALLY PREPARING FOOD OFFSITE AND BRINGING IT IN?

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YES. WE'VE PURCHASED A VEHICLE AND WE'RE ABLE TO RUN THE MEALS BACK AND FORTH.

IS THAT GOING OKAY? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

I'M JUST ASKING AS FAR.

SET UP A TEMPORARY SERVER LINE NEAR THE FRONT OFFICE.

THEY'RE COOKING OUT OF [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S GOING VERY WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, DR. MURPHY, FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, QUALITY CHANGE, ORDER NOTIFICATION.

THIS IS JUST THE LIST OF ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRED THIS YEAR UP TO DATE.

YES, THE SMALL ONES THAT ARE UNDER THE 15,000 THRESHOLD.

SO WE ONLY HAD ONE. AND THIS IS A CREDIT FROM SIGNS UNLIMITED FOR 1500 DOLLARS.

1540 DOLLARS, TO BE EXACT.

OKAY. THIS IS SPRINGS REAL QUICK.

DID I SEE SOME WORKS THE BEGINNING ON THE ACCESS ROAD COMING DOWN TO BELVOIR TO CLEAR THE ROAD UP AT THE TOP? DID I SEE IT SOME? OKAY. OKAY.

YEAH. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS THAT IT'S NOT ON HERE.

BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

[Individual Board Members]

HANKS. I'M SORRY.

SURE. AREA TWO ADVISORY.

WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD WHOSE TERMS ARE EXPIRING CRYSTAL MORELAND, TARA MOON AND JOY MURDOCH, ALL OF WHOM ARE WILLING TO STAY ON FOR ANOTHER TERM.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO FILL THE SEVENTH SEAT THAT HAS BEEN EMPTY ON THAT COUNCIL FOR A WHILE.

AND THAT'S TANIA GRANT OF NORTH AUGUSTA.

SO WE SUBMIT THEIR NAMES FOR APPROVAL FOR THE ADVISORY TOO.

SO YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION? YES. SECONDED BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE RECOMMENDED ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYBODY.

IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE WAS ANOTHER ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO APPOINT? OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP IT.

WE'LL COME BACK AND GET IT WHEN THE TIME COMES.

ALL RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.

[Office of Superintendent]

JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO REPORT THAT WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE STATE'S BUDGET PROCESS, AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ALLOCATED $30 MILLION OF THE MOC SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS MONEY IS DESIGNATED FOR A NEW CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEGINNING PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

ALSO, WE ARE UP TO OUR NECKS IN PLANS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THOSE THINGS ARE WELL UNDERWAY.

WILL BE WELCOMING ALL OF OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HERE FOR OUR ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ON JULY 26 AND 27.

AND FROM THERE, WE'LL JUST BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM FROM HAVING STUDENTS RETURN.

SO ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF THE SUMMER.

[Executive Session]

WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSIDERING FOLLOWING MATTERS AND SUCH ORDERS, THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO HIT EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OFFICE OF FINANCE, SFS EMPLOYEE UPDATE CONTRACTUAL ISSUE.

I'M SORRY, THE CONTRACT UPDATE IS A DIFFERENT ITEM.

CONTRACTUAL ISSUE IS THE CONTRACTUAL CONSIDERATION PERTAINING TO A PROPOSED PURCHASE CONTRACT REGARDING ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY AND ALTERNATIVE ACCESS TO CAMPUS. FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN THE REGULAR SESSION TO ANNOUNCE BUSINESS CONSIDERED OR DISCUSSED AND TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS AS NECESSARY ON THE MATTERS HEARD.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. CRANE, SECONDED BY MR. SILAS? DISCUSSION.

MS. SHEALEY? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GO BACK FOR JUST A MOMENT TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

I DID GET CONFIRMATION AND I COULD ADD ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY.

WELL, CAN WE DO THAT WHEN WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? I CAN WAIT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR.

I GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE CAN COME BACK.

MADAM ATTORNEY, CAN WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT? IT GOES ON THE AGENDA,

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PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE WILL VOTE ON THE AREA FOR PERSON WHEN WE COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION IN OPEN SESSION.

OKAY, GREAT. I.

OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THAT'S EVERYBODY. BE BACK IN OPEN SESSION NOW.

WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE MANAGER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SECOND. SECOND.

YEAH. SECOND.

A DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EVERYONE. WE ALSO HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO.

ENTER INTO A CONTRACT PERTAINING TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.

A FORMAL MOTION? YEAH.

MR. CHAIR, I MOVED TO THE BOARD, APPROVED THE OFFER OF A PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL LAND AND ACCESS, AS DISCUSSED AND BRIEFED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT'S THEIR SECOND. IT'S LIKE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? THAT'S IT. JUST A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

OH. [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY.

SHEILA HAS A NOMINATION FOR THE AREA FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

YES, I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADVISORY FOR COUNCIL.

I WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE REAPPOINT MR. BRIAN DERRICK FOR ANOTHER TERM AS CHAIRMAN FOR THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

VERY GOOD. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO, MR. DIRECTOR, YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE REFORM ADVISORY COUNCIL.

NOW IT'S THEIR MOTION TO ADJOURN.

NO, DR. HANK, SECONDED BY MR. CRANE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN.

THAT'S EVERYONE. STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.