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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF AUGUST 23RD.I CAME BACK AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ORDER, PLEASE. WE OPEN OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO PREPARE FOR THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND WE WILL FOLLOW THAT BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND, AS WE SAY, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OF ALLEGIANCE] THE AGENDA HAS BEEN CIRCULATED.
EVERYBODY'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
I'VE HAD NO FEEDBACK ON IT, SO WE WILL APPROVE THE AGENDA SUBMITTED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED? SO MOVED. SECOND BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S EVERYONE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE RECEIVED NO REQUEST FOR THAT.
SO WE WILL GO TO [INAUDIBLE] BOARD CHAIRMAN.
[INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA ARE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. EACH OF THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEY DO REQUIRE ACTION BY THE BOARD.
FIRST ITEM IS THE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE A LIST OF PERSONNEL THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EACH BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE THIS LIST IN THEIR AGENDA PACKET.
IT'S THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE LISTED ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
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SECOND. SECOND BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR THEN, OF APPROVING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD.PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
MR. LAWRENCE. TONIGHT I HAVE FOR YOU THE ADMINISTRATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF MCMILLAN PAZDAN AND SMITH, ALONG WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, MR. JEFFREY REYNOLDS, ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THE BUDGET FOR WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I'M DONNY LOVE WITH MCMILLAN PAZDAN AND SMITH.
I WANTED TO COME AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH PROJECT.
I'M NOT GOING TO RUN THROUGH THEM ALL.
I WAS JUST KIND OF WANTING TO REFRESH EVERYONE FROM BEFORE.
WE LOOKED REALLY HARD AT THE THINGS AT THE EXISTING SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE THINGS, THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH IS KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO A NEW SITE, AND SO WE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE FACILITY THAT THEY HAVE NOW AND ALL OF THE HISTORY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A REAL QUICK DIAGRAM OF HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE SCHEME THAT WE DID, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, HOW WE ORGANIZE THE BUILDING AROUND A LARGE OUTDOOR SPACE SO THAT STUDENTS COULD USE THAT SPACE DURING THE MORNING, DURING THEIR LUNCH AFTER SCHOOL , AND SO WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY BE OF VERY USEFUL AND STRONG THING FOR THE FOR THE SCHOOL GOING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, IF YOU REMEMBER, IS THAT WE WERE OVER BUDGET AND SO THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING TO GET IT BACK IN LINE WITH WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE TO MATCH UP WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE A SLIDE THAT COMPARES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE BUDGET FROM LAST TIME TO WHAT IT IS NOW.
SO THIS IS JUST REALLY JUST SHOWING YOU THE REVISED PROGRAM SPACES.
WE DIDN'T REALLY LOSE ANY SPACES.
WE WERE JUST ABLE TO TIGHTEN SOME THINGS UP, AND SO I THINK THAT REALLY WAS THE BIG THING WAS JUST TIGHTENING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE SPACES THAT WE NEEDED BUT THAT WE HAD WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXCESS.
THIS IS SHOWING WHERE THE EXISTING SITE IS VERSUS WHERE THE NEW SITE WILL BE.
I THINK IT'S ONLY ABOUT A MILE APART.
I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS BY NOW.
HERE IT IS AGAIN, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THE SITE WORK IS COMPLETED.
THE BUILDING AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION OF ANDERSON DRIVE AND [INAUDIBLE] ROAD WITH ATHLETIC FIELDS UP ADJACENT TO THE WATER TANK AND KIND OF BLEEDING OVER INTO WHERE SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE FIELDS ARE , AND THE FLOORPLAN FROM WHERE YOU ALL ARE SITTING, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THE FLOOR PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
THE BUILDING IS STILL ARRANGED THE WAY THAT IT WAS.
[INAUDIBLE] SO THE TOP THE UPPER TOP PART IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND THE CAFETERIA AREA.
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF YOUR DELIVERIES WILL BE.
WHERE ALL OF YOUR VISITORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
THE PURPLE AS YOU GO DOWN THE VERTICAL WING AND TURNS TO THE LEFT, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST FLOOR CLASSROOMS ARE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE ATHLETICS WING WITH ALSO THE FINE ARTS MIXED IN WITH ATHLETICS.
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THE OTHER VERTICAL WING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY AREA THAT HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE ROADS SO THAT THEY CAN BRING THEIR MATERIALS IN AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OUTDOOR WORK SPACE IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND YOU'LL AGAIN SEE HOW THE BUILDING IS ORIENTED AROUND THAT CENTRAL COURTYARD.THIS PART OF THE BUILDING IS TWO STORIES.
THE CLASSROOMS ARE STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER ON THAT ONE SIDE SO THAT WE MAXIMIZE OUR USE OF FOOTPRINT SO THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING UP ANY MORE SITE THAN WHAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO, AND I THINK IT REALLY GIVES US A NICE PROXIMITY SO THAT IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH NOW, IT'S REALLY SPREAD OUT AND SO NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE COMPACT AND A LOT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO GET FROM CLASS TO CLASS, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR CORE SUBJECTS, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT TO GET TO THE CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY OR TO PE, BUT STILL, IT'S A LOT MORE COMPACT THAN THAN WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY.
YES, SIR? FOR THE SECOND FLOOR AND I'M LOOKING AT IT REAL ZOOMED OUT.
IS THERE AN ELEVATOR? YES. WHERE IS THAT AT ON HERE? I'M NOT SURE HOW TO POINT, BUT IT'S THE UPPER KIND OF UP IN THE GREEN AREA.
THERE'S AN ELEVATOR AND THERE'S THREE, THREE SETS OF STAIRS TOO THAT ARE FIRE EXITS.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED.
OKAY, SO WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO THE EXTERIOR.
IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE IT DID BEFORE, BUT WE'VE STILL FINE TUNED IT A LITTLE BIT, AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATED EXTERIOR IMAGES FOR WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WILL WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
THEN THIS IS THE COURTYARD TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE EAGLES ARE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IS AN OUTDOOR DINING AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE DINING ROOM SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF GET YOUR FOOD AND GO RIGHT OUTSIDE AND BE ABLE TO EAT IN THE COURTYARD AND THEN GO BACK IN TO PUT YOUR YOUR TRAY AWAY.
BUT THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THE COURTYARD IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO WE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE COURTYARD IS GOING TO TURN OUT AND THEN THE ATHLETICS ENTRANCE INTO THE GYM, THE HIGH WINDOWS BEING INTO THE MAIN GYMNASIUM.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF A ALMOST A NIGHT VIEW OF WHAT THAT SPACE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY DRAMATIC ENTRANCE FOR YOUR BASKETBALL GAMES, VOLLEYBALL GAMES.
SCHEDULE-WISE, OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING DRAWINGS FOR A SITE PACKAGE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE GRADING, WHICH WILL PRECEDE THE FOUNDATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER THE STEEL FOR THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THE DELAYS THAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE HAD, HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING STEEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER THAT STUFF EARLY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT WHEN WE NEED IT AND TO HOPEFULLY AVOID ANY LATER COST INCREASES THAT IF WE WAIT LONGER, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE COST IS GOING TO GO UP ON IT.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THAT STUFF IN AND GET IT ORDERED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL DRAWINGS WILL BE SENT TO OSF AND TO H.G.
REYNOLDS FOR FINAL PRICING OF THE BUILDING PACKAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER SO THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE A GMP FOR THE BUILDING PACKAGE TO GO WITH THE OTHER TWO PACKAGES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY MOVING PRETTY FAST WITH IT, AND ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS AUGUST OF 25.
THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
THIS HAS THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT COSTS IN IT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE LOWERED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE'VE REDUCED SOME OF THE CONTINGENCIES AND COME IN WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED BUDGET RIGHT NOW OF ABOUT 65 MILLION.
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SO ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT.YES, SIR. [INAUDIBLE] SO IT'S ABOUT 152 NOW, AND SO WE REDUCED IT ABOUT 11,000 SQUARE FEET FROM WHERE IT WAS BEFORE WHICH.
SO IT DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET ALL OF IT BACK, BUT WE GOT A GOOD BIT OF IT BACK.
YES, SIR? I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU [INAUDIBLE] WHERE DID YOU [INAUDIBLE]? LAURA, YOU MAY WANT TO HELP WITH THIS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT REALLY WAS JUST THINGS THAT WE COULD SQUEEZE AND MAKE THEM A LITTLE TIGHTER.
WE DIDN'T REALLY GET RID OF ANY PROGRAMS OR ANY SPACE.
OKAY, SO THE ONLY THING WE DID CUT OUT COMPLETELY WAS THE CULINARY ARTS CLASSROOM.
WE STILL HAVE A SPACE CAN WHERE THEY CAN DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THE ACTUAL CULINARY ARTS LAB THAT WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH WAS 3000 SQUARE FEET, WE CUT IT OUT COMPLETELY, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING.
IF I COULD ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
SO, WITH THE NEW DESIGN AND EVERYTHING WITH BEING MORE COMPACT, HOW MANY STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL IT HOUSE NOW? WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING THE BUILD OUT TO BE 330.
YES, SIR. CULINARY ARTS SO THAT IT'S A HUGE PART OF THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT.
IT'S DEFINITELY AN OUT OF DATE PART OF THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT.
I KNOW ABOUT GET INTO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I'M A LEAD THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WAS THEIR TAKE ON CUTTING THAT PROGRAM? DID YOU ALL DISCUSS THAT OR NOT? I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT LAURA DID.
WE ACTUALLY DID NOT DISCUSS IT THERE.
OKAY, YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CULINARY PROGRAM THERE.
[INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE A CULINARY PROGRAM [INAUDIBLE] FOOD NUTRITION.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU SAID IT, BUT I MISSED IT.
CONFIRMED A COMPLETION DATE AUGUST OF WHAT YEAR? 24. SORRY, I DID.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID 25, AND I WAS LIKE, MR. REYNOLDS. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD.
SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ONE REASON WE WERE TRYING TO GET THESE PACKAGES IN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
BECAUSE WE HAD SOME TIMELINES FOR EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? SPENDING CERTAIN MONEY BY CERTAIN DATES.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY.
THE FEDERAL MONEYS HAS TO BE EXTENDED BY 24 [INAUDIBLE] TAKE A MINUTE AND KIND OF TALK TO THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING ALL OF OUR GDP IS COMING IN JUST SOUTH OF 51.
THERE'S SOME [INAUDIBLE] ITEMS. [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WITH THE NEW DESIGN, IS THERE ANY IMPACT TO THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSES OR LIKE TO THE
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AG AREA, THAT KIND OF THING? ARE THOSE AREAS SMALLER? THE INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS REALLY WEREN'T IMPACTED AT ALL.THOSE WERE PRETTY MUCH ALL 800 SQUARE FEET ALREADY.
SURE. ONE THING THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WAS WE WENT TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR CURRENT LABS, WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE IN THERE, WHAT KIND OF SPACES ARE WORKING WELL FOR THEM OR NEEDED ADJUSTING.
SO WE REALLY TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THE SPACE THEY TRULY NEEDED, AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT THEY WERE STORING A LOT OF EQUIPMENT INSIDE THEIR LABS THAT IS NOW GOING TO BE LOCATED IN A PRE-ENGINEERED METAL BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE DRIVE.
SO WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THERE WERE SOME EFFICIENCIES IN SHRINKING THE ACTUAL LAB SPACE, BUT THEN PROVIDING A STORAGE BUILDING, AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY RIGHTSIZE THE LABS AND REDUCE THEM A LITTLE BIT FOR THE AGRICULTURE OR THE WELDING AND A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS AS WE JUST TOOK A DEEPER DIVE.
OKAY, I CERTAINLY ON BEHALF OF THE WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH AREA AND THE COMMUNITY, I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND THE THOUGHT AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY PUT IN TO THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I AM TOO, AND I JUST APPRECIATE, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO FAR BECAUSE THEY'VE WAITED SO LONG, AND SO I KNOW THEY WANT A TOP NOTCH FACILITY THAT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BRING TO THEM. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. REYNOLDS ABOUT THE BUDGET? WE DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP.
AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP.
WE REALLY APPRECIATED PRINCIPAL MR. [INAUDIBLE] ORGANIZING IT FOR US.
WE HAD ABOUT 20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE FORMER STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS COME TOGETHER AND JUST SPEND THE DAY WITH US AND GIVE US SOME REALLY VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND THE CULTURE AND JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING THAT WE WANTED TO CAPTURE IN OUR NEW BUILDINGS, WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY LOSING THE OLD BUILDING, BUT BRINGING THAT CULTURE INTO THE NEW BUILDING.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
WE HAD THIS FANTASTIC MOMENT WHERE EVERYONE WENT AROUND AND SAID WHAT THEY HOPE TO SEE IN THE NEW BUILDING, AND THAT'S WHAT'S CAPTURED ON THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, AND WE JUST REALLY ENJOYED HEARING THE PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL.
THESE WERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT WILL MAKE THIS SCHOOL FEEL LIKE IT BELONGS TO YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO REALLY PRESERVE AND HOW CAN WE INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION? WHO IS COMING THROUGH? HERE WE GO. SO WE DID THIS BY FOCUSING ON THREE AREAS.
ONE WAS THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND WERE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND HAD OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THEM FOR THE FUTURE? AND FINALLY, JUST THE LOCAL CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
WE BROKE OUT INTO THREE GROUPS AND WE ROTATED AROUND TO FOCUS ON THESE THREE TOPICS AND WE HEARD SOME WONDERFUL FEEDBACK ON WHAT REALLY MAKES THE AREA UNIQUE AND WHAT WE SHOULD CAPTURE IN THIS NEW BUILDING.
SO THESE WERE OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE TOOK FROM THIS FULL DAY SESSION.
THE FIRST WAS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY OF ONE.
THE SECOND WAS TRULY A CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE WANT TO NURTURE, AND WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN WE WANT TO PROVIDE THESE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS AND A PLACE TO REALLY DREAM BIG AND THEN GO AND DO BIG WITH WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED, AND THEN FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH SHOULD THIS BUILDING CAPTURE THE HISTORY AND PRESERVE IT, AND HOW MUCH SHOULD IT BE KIND OF MOVING INTO THE FUTURE? AND WE HEARD THIS WONDERFUL THEME OF THE BUILDING AS A BRIDGE, NOT A MONUMENT.
SO WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY EMBRACE THE PAST, HAVE A PLACE TO MEMORIALIZE IT, BUT REALLY USE THIS BUILDING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT GENERATION.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS THAT THEY GAVE US SAFE, WARM, INVITING, INNOVATIVE STATE OF THE ART.
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AND THESE WERE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US.SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO KIND OF INCORPORATE THOSE LOGOS OR COLORS INTO THE SCHOOL , AND THEN WE ALSO HEARD EVERYTHING FROM ARTIFACTS FROM THE OLD SCHOOL THAT WE'RE HOPING TO WORK. A FEW OF THOSE MATERIALS INTO THE INTERIOR DESIGN.
A LOT OF SCHOOL PRIDE IN THE WAR EAGLE MASCOT, THE COLORS.
SO, OUR DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING ON HOW TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE INTERIOR DESIGN.
WE DID BECAUSE WE COULD NOT ANSWER EVERY QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE DID HAVE A MOMENT WHERE WE WROTE DOWN SOME TOPICS THAT WE HAVE SINCE BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A DESIGN TEAM AND ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD THIS WONDERFUL QUOTE WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THESE DOORS, YOU'RE ENTERING A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY, AND WE JUST LOVE THAT, AND SO OUR DESIGN TEAM IS MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING SET, WE HAVE THE EXTERIOR DESIGN PRETTY MUCH SET AND BEING DETAILED OUT, BUT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THE INTERIORS NOW AND MAKING THIS SCHOOL FEEL LIKE IT BELONGS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. NOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO THIS EVENING IS APPROVE THE PLANS AS PRESENTED.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANS AS PRESENTED? MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART, SECONDED BY MS. SHEALEY AND DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PLANS AS PRESENTED.
THE PROPOSED NAME FOR THAT FACILITY IS THE SIX POINTS LEARNING CENTER.
DID YOU NEED TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU SAID IT ALL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE NAMING THE FORMER LLOYD KENNEDY CHARTER SCHOOL TO SIX POINTS LEARNING CENTER? MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. CRANE. ANY DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PROPOSED ONE TIME USE OF FUND BALANCE MONEYS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE NEED TO SAY, MR. LAURENCE. MR. TRAXLER. DR.
MURPHY, SOMEBODY. WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
TONIGHT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU A DEMONSTRATION OF SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT CAN HELP KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE AND SECURE ON A DAILY BASIS , AND IT ALSO MY PRIMARY GOAL AND WHAT I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IS NOT TO DETECT BAD THINGS IN OUR SCHOOL, BUT DETER THEM FROM EVER COMING TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL TOOL THAT CAN BE USED IN A DETERRENCE OF STUDENTS MAKING POOR DECISIONS, PARENTS MAKING POOR DECISIONS TO BRING LARGE KNIVES OR FIREARMS INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL NOT BE OF A METAL DETECTOR, BUT A WEAPONS DETECTOR, BECAUSE METAL DETECTORS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WHERE THEY USE IS DIVEST, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE OFF YOUR BOOKBAG AND EMPTY YOUR POCKETS BECAUSE ANYTHING METAL WOULD SET IT OFF, AND SO THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY OUT NOW CALLED BASICALLY THEY'RE SMART DETECTORS, AND WHERE YOU CAN KEEP ON THE MAJORITY OF YOUR ITEMS, YOUR KEYS, YOUR WALLET, YOUR CELL PHONE AND PASS THROUGH A DETECTOR THAT CAN CHECK YOUR BOOK BAG WHILE IT'S CLOSED. IT CAN CHECK YOUR YOUR PERSON, YOUR COAT FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND IT MAKES IT TO WHERE YOU DO NOT SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AS THEY'RE WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL.
SO IF WE PUT IT AT THE FRONT DOOR OR WE PUT IT AT A BALL GAME, IT WON'T SLOW THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OR REMIND YOU OF OUR LAST GRADUATION, AND THINK ABOUT WHEN WE TRY TO DETECT MANY PEOPLE COMING IN AND WE ENDED UP HAVING TO POSTPONE IT.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL TO USE THAT ON THE SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS, AND SO I BORROWED THE GENTLEMAN HERE FROM THE CONTRACTED COMPANY THAT'S ON STATE CONTRACT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A TALK THROUGH AND A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO KIND OF GET US A FEEL FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF.
SO MR. KEVIN WREN AND MR. SCOTT READS FROM A3 COMMUNICATION.
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THANKS. BOARD CHAIRMAN. DR.BRADLEY AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. LAWRENCE AGAIN, KEVIN WREN WITH A3 COMMUNICATIONS.
OH, JUST KIDDING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
THANK YOU. SO THE UNIT THAT YOU GUYS WALK THROUGH TODAY IS MADE BY A COMPANY CALLED CEIA.
CEIA HAS BEEN IN THE METAL DETECTION BUSINESS FOR OVER 55 YEARS.
IF YOU'LL SCROLL. SO MOST OF YOU, IF YOU'VE FLOWN SINCE AFTER 2000, SINCE 911, THEN YOU'VE SEEN CEIA AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT.
THAT'S WITH A B EVERY YEAR JUST WITH TSA ALONE, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE AIRPORT STUFF.
SO FOR BUILDING SECURITY, THEY'VE ALSO HAD THE FEDERAL CONTRACT.
SO ALL FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS, CAPITAL, WHITE HOUSE, ETC., ALL USE AS A COMPANY TO SCREEN ALL VISITORS COMING IN AND OUT OF THOSE THOSE INSTITUTIONS, AND THEN FOR EVENT SECURITY.
SO AGAIN, THEY HAVE ALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THERE. YOU CAN SEE DISNEY USES THEIR CEIA UNITS.
I LIVE UP IN ROCK HILL SO CEDAR FAIR IS HEROIN.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE OPEN GATE BEING USED SO YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH.
HE JUST STOPPED AND PUT HER OUT TO THE SIDE, WALKING THROUGH WITH BOOK BAGS, CELL PHONES, KEYS.
THEY'RE JUST WALKING THROUGH THAT DETECTOR WHEN IT GOES OFF.
HE WILL THEN SEND THAT PERSON OVER TO WHAT THEY CALL SECONDARY SCREENING.
SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT SYSTEM HAS DETECTED SOMETHING THAT IT DOES NOT LIKE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO NOW THEY'RE IN A SECONDARY LINE AND THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL DIVEST OUT METAL, GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT DETECTOR, OR BE HAND WANDED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ANY GUNS OR KNIVES ON THEM.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALREADY USING AND OR PURCHASING THE OPEN GATE UNITS.
THEY ALL VARYING DEGREES ON HOW THEY ARE USING THE UNITS, WHETHER IT'S FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, WHETHER IT'S EVERY KID EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S SOME RANDOM KIND OF PROCESS. EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL PROCESSES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEY ALL HAVE PURCHASED THE CEIA UNITS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT A LONGER LIST BECAUSE THE OPEN GATE IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE HAD THAT WERE FIRST IN THE FOREFRONT THAT SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO GET THESE UNITS, WE WANT TO USE OPEN GATES. SO THOSE ARE JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE USING IT, AND THEN.
I GREW UP ACROSS THE RIVER, SO I'M NOT A CAROLINA FAN OR A CLEMSON FAN [CHUCKLING].
I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT, BUT IF YOU ARE A CAROLINA FAN AND YOU'VE GONE TO SATURDAY FOOTBALL, YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH THE OPEN GATES, THEY HAVE ABOUT 90 OF THEM THAT THEY RUN FOUR EVENTS OVER AT USC.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. MR. CRANE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE LIVE PRESENTATION.
WALKING IN, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE IS A CLARIFICATION IN OUR DOCUMENTATION.
IT SAYS WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE AN OUTRIGHT AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE ONE OR TWO PER SCHOOL.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE PER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO I KIND OF HEARD YOU EXPLAINING IT EARLIER.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M A BAND STUDENT AND I WALK THROUGH WITH MY TRUMPET OR WHATEVER? HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK? DOES IT DELINEATE THAT? SO THERE WILL BE BAND STUDENTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS WITH LAPTOP COMPUTERS THAT ARE KNOWN ISSUES OF MITIGATE.
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SO THERE WILL NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL PROCESSES WITH THOSE STUDENTS.ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I FIGURED THAT WAS THE CASE. I JUST WANTED TO HEAR IT FROM FROM YOU.
MR. NUESSLE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THE APPEAL ON THIS SYSTEM IS THAT IT REDUCES FALSE ALARMS. IT DOESN'T DETECT ANY AND ALL METAL.
RIGHT. IT'S WHAT I GATHER FROM IT.
WILL IT DETECT A SMALL PISTOL? BECAUSE SOME OF THE MARKETING MATERIAL EMPHASIZES LIKE ASSAULT RIFLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IS IT GOING TO PICK UP ON POCKET KNIVES AND A REAL SMALL PISTOL? THE SYSTEM HAS SETTINGS, AND SO WE CAN DETERMINE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHAT SETTING, HOW WE WANT TO SET THE DEVICE UP.
IT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO THOSE THINGS.
OKAY, MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR US, SO I KNOW THE LOOKING BACK THROUGH NEWS ARTICLES LIKE ONE AT GREENVILLE AND ONE THE SPARTANBURG DISTRICTS USES A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
YES, SIR. THAT SEEMS SIMILAR WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY THAT'S ON A DIFFERENT STATE CONTRACT.
DID WE COMPARE THOSE SYSTEMS AND EVALUATE THAT ONE? BETWEEN THE TWO THAT ARE ON A STATE CONTRACT, WHAT DROVE US TO THIS ONE? THE TWO MAIN FEATURES THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE COST EFFECTIVENESS AND PORTABILITY.
THESE THESE DEVICES ARE TRULY PORTABLE, WHICH AS EACH ONE OF THEM IS 25 POUNDS.
WE COULD PICK THEM UP AND CARRY THEM RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST FACTOR OF ABOUT FOUR, IN WHICH WE'LL BE SAVING MONEY? THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE THIRD DIFFERENTIAL IS THE OTHER COMPANY DOES NOT FOLLOW AN INTERNATIONAL OR NATIONAL STANDARD.
THESE ARE ALL DICTATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON CERTAIN LEVELS OF WEAPON DETECTION.
OKAY, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUICK THINGS AND I'M DONE.
THE GENTLEMAN ANSWERED PART OF THE QUESTION THAT HE SAID IT'S ONE YEAR OLD TECHNOLOGY.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUNTIME? THERE ARE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT RAN ALL LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH THESE SYSTEMS, AND DID WE BENCHMARK THEM AND DID ANY OF THEM TURN IT OFF BECAUSE IT WAS A HASSLE? SO NONE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT I'M AWARE OF.
HOWEVER, HILLSBOROUGH, WHICH IS TAMPA, THEY RAN THEM ALL LAST YEAR.
I DON'T WORK FOR THE MANUFACTURERS.
THE MANUFACTURER GAVE ME THIS LIST OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET DISTRICT PERSONNEL IN TOUCH WITH WHOMEVER THAT RAN THOSE OVER THE YEAR, AND AGAIN, CEIA HAS BEEN DOING THIS AS A LEADER FOR A LOT OF YEARS ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY, AND THE LAST THING [INAUDIBLE] TURN MYSELF OFF.
DR. MURPHY, IS THERE ANY RECURRING EXPENSE TO GO WITH THIS ONE TIME PURCHASE AS FAR AS STAFFING? DO WE KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESPOND TO ALARMS AND WHO'S GOING TO MONITOR THOSE ALARMS IN OUR SCHOOLS? AND DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY RECURRING COST INCREASE BECAUSE OF THIS? WHAT I CAN SAY IS THERE IS NO REOCCURRING COST.
THE TRAINING IS FREE WITH THE PURCHASE, SO WE'LL HAVE THE PRODUCT SUPPORT AND THE TRAINING.
THERE IS NO LICENSING FEE TO PURCHASE WITH THIS.
WE ARE PLANNING RIGHT NOW ON DEPLOYING IT WITH EXISTING PERSONNEL, BUT I PROBABLY WILL NOT GET INTO OUR RESPONSE TO THE ALARMS IN OPEN FORM , BUT HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH THE VIDEO OF THE GENTLEMEN SHOWED TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAD LIKE A SEPARATE LINE THAT THEY PUT PEOPLE OFF TO.
WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEGREGATE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SET OFF THE ALARMS. ABSOLUTELY. MR. SMITH. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM BEING PORTABLE.
PORTABLE ENOUGH TO TAKE THEM TO OUR FOOTBALL GAMES OR OUR BASKETBALL GAMES TO CHECK? I MEAN, ARE WE PLANNING TO USE THEM IN THAT CAPACITY? ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE WATERPROOF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THEM INDOORS OR OUTDOORS AND WE'LL HAVE THEM AT ALL MAJOR EVENTS , AND SO WHEN WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH IF WE NEED MORE, OUR PLAN IS TO TALK TO THE FEEDER PATTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF WE HAVE A MAJOR EVENT AT A HIGH SCHOOL AND WE CAN SHIFT THEM OVER, YOU CAN TRANSPORT THEM IN AN SUV OR PICKUP TRUCK.
SECONDLY, THIS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO ANSWER THIS IN OPEN FORUM.
WILL THESE DETECTORS BE PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AS PEOPLE ARE COMING IN OR INSIDE THE BUILDING AS PEOPLE COME IN, WE'RE GOING TO USE A COMBINATION DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY.
SO IT MAY BE SOME ENTRYWAY SCREENERS, BUT IT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIXTURE, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE SOME POP UP SCREENINGS BECAUSE WE FIND THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A DETERRENT BECAUSE AN ENTRYWAY SCREENER CAN BE DEFEATED BY A KID OPENING A SIDE DOOR, BUT IF WE HAVE CONSTANT SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, YOU KNOW, ON A SCHEDULE, OF COURSE, A
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RANDOM SCHEDULE, IT WOULD TAKE LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO SCREEN A CLASS AND KEEP MOVING.SO BASICALLY, WE KIND OF CONSIDER THE WAY WE DO OUR RANDOM DRUG SEARCHES AND INSPECTIONS LIKE THAT.
SO THE PLAN IS JUST TO HAVE A COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED LAYER OF PHYSICAL SECURITY USING THESE DEVICES, AND FINALLY, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHAT'S THIS GOING TO COST? THEY ARE $15,000 A UNIT, A LITTLE BIT OVER $15,000 A UNIT.
THAT'S ONE UNIT; IT COMES IN A PAIR.
YEAH, AND THAT IS BY FAR THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.
THE OTHER SOLUTION WOULD BE ROUGHLY $3,000 A MONTH PER UNIT TO LEASE.
DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT OPEN GATE ONLY A YEAR.
WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO? WHAT'S THE MAGIC? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT DETECTING WITHOUT GETTING TOO TECHNICAL? HOW DOES IT KNOW THAT THERE'S A WEAPON GOING THROUGH THAT? I WISH I WAS THE ENGINEER THAT MADE IT.
I DO NOT KNOW, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE WAY TO SAY CEIA IS YOU GOT TO DO THIS [CHUCKLING], RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT, BUT.
SO, YEAH, CEIA HAS BEEN IN INDUSTRY FOR 55 YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN A LEADER. THAT'S WHY TSA, ETC..
IF WE GO BACKWARDS AND YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDES BACK, BACK.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IT'S A TRADITIONAL, RIGHT, TRADITIONAL METAL DETECTOR WITH A BAR AT THE TOP.
RIGHT. THERE'S OTHER TECHNOLOGIES BUILT INTO IT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY CEIA IS THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN TAKE OUR TOP BAR OFF, WE CAN DO SOME REPROGRAMING OF OUR EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, ADD MORE SENSORS, AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE NOW CREATED THE OPEN GATE.
SO OPEN GATE WORKED WITH CEIA TO COME UP WITH A NEW DESIGN.
SO OPEN GATE IS A CEIA PRODUCT.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE DIFFERENT CARS AT BMW MAKES.
OKAY, I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT LAPTOPS POSE A PROBLEM.
BUT EVERY STUDENT HAS A LAPTOP.
RIGHT, SO UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT PUT THAT VIDEO ON.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A NUISANCE ALARM.
RIGHT. SO LAPTOPS, THEY ALL HAVE A HINGE, RIGHT? SO THERE IS A METAL BAR THAT RUNS ACROSS THOSE.
SO THE DETECTOR BELIEVES THAT THE LARGE LIKE K BAR KNIFE.
RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO CATCH A LARGE KNIFE, YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH A LAPTOP.
SO IT'S NOT THAT SUPER SMART DICTATING.
OH, THAT'S A LAPTOP, NOT A K BAR KNIFE.
THAT'S HOW WE GET AROUND THAT, BUT EVERY STUDENT'S GOT A LAPTOP, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GOT TO BE DEALT WITH FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY THAT COMES THROUGH THE THING.
WE DON'T HAVE IT HERE, BUT THERE'S VIDEO.
IT WORKS FAIRLY WELL AND IT REALLY DOESN'T SLOW DOWN.
OKAY, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
IS THAT A WORKING UNIT? YES, SIR. CAN YOU HAVE THE OFFICER WALK THROUGH? [CHUCKLING] [BEEPING] I'M CONVINCED, OKAY.
[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW IS IT POWERED? AND IF IT'S BATTERY, HOW LONG DOES THAT LAST? OKAY, SO IT'S POWERED BY ONE OF TWO BATTERIES THAT ARE IN THE BASE OF THE UNIT, AND SO EACH UNIT COMES WITH TWO.
I THINK THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] SOURCED.
MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE SOURCED, BATTERIES, AND EACH BATTERY, BASICALLY, WE GET ABOUT AN EIGHT HOUR RUN TIME ON THE COURSE OF A DAY. NOW, WE DID PURCHASE UNITS WITH A HARDWIRE AS WELL WITH A PLUG, BUT WE DID A MIX, AND SO WE CAN HAVE MAYBE THE ONE THAT'S FURTHEST FROM THE WALL BE BATTERY POWERED.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO IN AND SWAP BATTERIES OUT.
IS IT A TOTAL OF 16 HOURS? YEAH, SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING JUST STRAIGHT BATTERIES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET 16 HOURS OFF OF THEM, BUT HE EXPLAINED, SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE A TRANSMISSION SIDE AND A RECEIVER SIDE. TRANSMISSION SIDE DRAINS BATTERIES FASTER THAN THE RECEIVER SIDE.
SO YOU PLUG IN THE TRANSMISSION ONE.
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THE RECEIVER HAS TWO BATTERIES.IT'LL RUN FOR FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS, NOT TOUCHING IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW FOR THAT.
MR. MOULTON. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED THIS, DR.
MURPHY. I DIDN'T HEAR IT, BUT I MAY HAVE I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
RELIABILITY AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE OF THESE THINGS DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THESE THINGS? OKAY, SO I SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER.
WE HAVE A TWO YEAR WARRANTY, BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A 10 TO 15 YEAR SERVICE TIME.
MURPHY--RANDOMLY OR EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY? A COMBINATION. IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY.
LET ME NOT SAY THAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF ENTRY WASTE SCREENINGS, EXCUSE ME, AND RANDOM POP UPS.
SO WE'LL PICK AN ENTRYWAY AND SAY THIS ENTRYWAY WILL BE SCREENING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ENTRYWAY WILL BE SCREENED TODAY AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY BASED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AVAILABILITY. WE CAN DO SOME RANDOM SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.
KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE THREAT IS NOT INTERNAL.
THE THREAT IS USUALLY EXTERNAL AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DETER THE STUDENTS FROM MAKING THE POOR DECISIONS, BUT THAT'S YEAH , AND SO WOULD EVERY VISITOR AT EVERY SCHOOL GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM, GO THROUGH THE WEAPONS DETECTION. NOT NECESSARILY.
OKAY, WELL, I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU.
WITH THIS SYSTEM, LET'S SAY ONE GOES DOWN OR ONE UNIT GOES DOWN.
HOW QUICK CAN WE DEPEND ON SERVICE ON THAT UNIT TO GET IT BACK UP AND GOING? BEFORE HE ANSWERS THAT, I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO SHIFT RESOURCES.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO USE EVERY UNIT, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, AND SO IF WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE GOT A MAJOR EVENT, A MAJOR BALL GAME AND WE GOT SOME UNITS DOWN, WE STILL SHIFT THE RESOURCES AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP INVENTORY CONTROL.
I LIKE THE LOGISTICS ON THAT, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION.
HOW QUICK CAN WE GET THAT UNIT BACK UP? SO OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE UNIT.
RIGHT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'LL HAVE THREE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS IN IRMO.
[INAUDIBLE] 24/7/365 TECH SUPPORT THROUGH CEIA.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS IS THAT WE TAKE WE USE WHAT IS IT, $1.1 MILLION FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE THESE MACHINES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. SMITH.
ANY DISCUSSION? MR. CRANE. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I SUPPORT THIS.
1.1 MILLION IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BITE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
WE OKAY WITH THAT? YOU'D BRING IT TO US IF WE WEREN'T, BUT I WANT TO HEAR IT.
YES, SIR. SO JUST TO RECAP, IT'S OUR DESIRE TO HAVE ABOUT THREE MONTHS WORTH OF RESERVES IN FUND BALANCE, AND THAT WOULD TAKE US SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT AMOUNT, BUT IN NO DANGER ZONE WHATSOEVER.
MR. SILAS. I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO ANOTHER SUBJECT WHERE WE PROPOSED TO MAYBE USE ONE TIME OR FUND BALANCE FOR A PROJECT, AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF PUSHBACK ON USING THAT POT OF MONEY, AND I AM 100% SURE FOR AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP IS FOR INCREASING SECURITY AND IS A GREAT USE FOR IT, BUT I'M JUST POINTING OUT HOW IT WAS SUCH A IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM THEN, BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE.
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RECURRING COST. SO THESE ARE NON-RECURRING.THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN ANNUAL COSTS THAT WE DEALT WITH FROM THAT POINT FORWARD AT THE BOARD APPROVED.
I'M ONE THAT PUSHED BACK ON IT BEFORE AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE PUSHING BACK ON IT TONIGHT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN SOMETHING THAT WENT TO THE HEART OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE CONFRONT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND AS MR. TRAXLER SAID, THIS IS A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE.
IT'S NOT TO GIVE ANYBODY A RAISE.
I WOULDN'T VOTE TO GIVE ANYBODY RAISE TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE TONIGHT.
MR. SILAS, THAT WAS PART OF MY QUESTION.
DR. MURPHY SO THE WAY YOU INTEND, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
THIS IS A REAL DETERRENT IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE DOING A RANDOM SEARCH, AND BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT THAT WAY, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RECURRENT EXPENSES AS FAR AS HAVING SAFETY MONITORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS TO RUN THESE SYSTEMS. CORRECT? CORRECT, THE WAY WE PLAN ON USING THIS UTILIZING EXISTING PERSONNEL.
YEAH, IT'S A DETERRENT. YES, SIR.
MR. SMITH. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU AGAIN.
I DON'T MEAN TO BEAT YOU UP, BUT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM THESE GUYS AND YOU, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY IN-HOUSE TRAINING OF OUR PEOPLE TO TROUBLESHOOT ANY LITTLE PROBLEMS THAT MAY COME UP? ARE YOU GOING TO OFFER ANY TYPE OF IN-HOUSE TRAINING TO OUR PEOPLE? ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL BE TRAINING OUR PERSONNEL TO UTILIZE THE ACTUAL UNITS THEMSELVES, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR TROUBLESHOOTING? YEAH, LEVEL ONE BASIC STUFF, YOU KNOW, RESTARTING.
I DON'T WANT THEM USING SCREWDRIVERS [CHUCKLING].
SAME TOKEN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHECK LIST.
YES, SIR. I MEAN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRAIN WHOMEVER AT WHATEVER LEVEL THAT THEY NEED.
I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST IT, THOUGH, BECAUSE AS A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, YOU TAKE THE LIABILITY MONKEY AND YOU TAKE IT OFF OF MY BACK AND I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S BACK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WEAPON SCREENING DEVICE.
DO I WANT FACILITY MAINTENANCE GUYS WORKING ON THAT? AND NOW YOU TAKE THAT LIABILITY VERSUS CEIA KEEPING THAT LIABILITY.
OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE WALK THROUGH DEVICES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S EVERYONE. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
CONSENT ITEMS. WE VOTE ON THESE AS A GROUP.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME FOR CLARIFICATION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
FIRST, IS OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRANSFER INTO OUR DISTRICT THAT DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS THE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST TRANSFERS OUT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT WHO WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.
BOTH OF THESE REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.
THIS BASICALLY IS A GRANT FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
FOR SCHOFIELD IT'S $9,750, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT THE ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS BY PURCHASING SUBSTITUTES, QUALITY EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, STUDENT FIELD EXPERIENCES AND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER THREE MORE OF THESE, I THINK, AND THEY'RE ALL SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
THE FIFTH ITEM IS THE AIKEN SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB DONATION TO OAKWOOD WINDSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS A DONATION OF $3,307.85.
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SEVEN IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EQUITABLE ARTS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AWARD FOR THE VELMA CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.THE EIGHTH ITEM IS ABOUT ITEMS TO BE DECLARED SURPLUS AND A METHOD OF DISPOSAL, AND NINE IS THE ITEMS TO BE DECLARED ELECTRONIC SURPLUS AND THE METHOD OF DISPOSAL.
NOW, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS? MOVED BY MR. CRANE, SECONDED BY DR.
ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CRANE? ON THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM ASSUMING THE BOARD APPROVES THIS WHEN WILL WE HAVE THAT AUCTION? DO WE KNOW THAT YET? OR WILL THAT BE SCHEDULED AFTER WE VOTE? I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT DATE OUT THERE.
DR. MURPHY. IF WE KNOW; I KNOW IT MIGHT BE EARLY.
GO TO THE SOURCE. MR. CHAIRMAN, IT WOULD BE SCHEDULED AFTER YOU GUYS APPROVE IT, AND WE DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE, OF COURSE, ARE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SECURE AN AUCTIONEER AGAIN BY WAY OF SEALED BID, AND THEN WE WILL SCHEDULE THE AUCTION. THAT WORKS.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE NINE ITEMS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, UNDER THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS A PRESENTATION ON THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BRADLEY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MR. LAWRENCE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK KATE OLIN TO COME UP HERE, WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND THE DATA SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT TRANSITION, BUT WE DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR INFORMATION ON OUR SUMMER LEARNING.
BEFORE I GET STARTED ON OUR SLIDES, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE KIND OF THAT WHOLE BACK WALL.
MR. JEFFCOAT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS NEED TO STAND UP TO YOUR PART OF THAT.
THIS WHOLE GROUP JUST WORKS SO HARD TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS GET WHAT THEY NEED IN THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE A CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND SO I THANK YOU AND APPLAUD YOU, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM.
SO, AND I THINK WE HAVE A CLICKER NOW.
OKAY, [INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT WORKING.
I HAVE TO TURN IT ON. THERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH OUR GOALS.
WE ALSO, FOR THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTENT AND CREDIT RECOVERY, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXPLORATION AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'LL SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE LISTED.
WE HAD A BUNCH OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS.
THIS BOARD APPROVED THE USE OF ESSER FUNDS.
SO THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FUND OUR PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND FOR 23 AND 24, WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN INTO OUR ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE PROJECTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR EVALUATION QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE DID PARTICIPATION IN SUMMER POSITIVELY IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND DID WE SEE EVIDENCE OF STUDENT GROWTH? SO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT RAN FOR 16 DAYS.
WE DID CONDENSE IT BECAUSE BASED ON TEACHER FEEDBACK, TEACHERS WANTED THE MONTH OF JULY OFF.
SO IN ORDER TO RECRUIT TEACHERS, WE WE HONORED THAT AND OUR PROGRAM RAN FOR 16 DAYS.
SO OUR PROGRAM RAN FOR 6 HOURS A DAY, 7:30 TO 2:30, 6 HOURS OF THAT, THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR READING AND MATH, AND IN THIRD GRADE WE ONLY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE READING TO MEET THAT 96 HOURS.
WE PROVIDED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT NO CHARGE TO FAMILIES AND TRANSPORTATION.
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SO WE SERVED ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT HAMMOND HILL.SO HAMMOND HILL WAS SERVED, I BELIEVE, AT NORTH AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY OR MOSSY CREEK.
SO KATE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE DATA.
THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ELEMENTARY SUMMER PARTICIPATION, WE HAD INVITED NEARLY 3000 STUDENTS.
OF THOSE 1522 COMMITTED TO BE HERE AND 1469 ACTUALLY ATTENDED.
THE NUMBER THAT HAD ENROLLED WAS ABOUT 125 STUDENTS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR, BUT ON THE GOOD NEWS OF THOSE THAT HAD COMMITTED TO ENROLLING, 96% ATTENDED THIS YEAR VERSUS 79% LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS REALLY SOME GOOD NEWS WHEN WE LOOK AT PARTICIPATION BY GRADE LEVEL.
YOU'LL SEE WE HAD BIG INCREASES IN FIRST GRADE AND THIRD GRADE OVER LAST YEAR.
OTHER GRADE LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT.
AS JEANIE MENTIONED, WE WERE ENROLLED FOR 16 DAYS, FOUR WEEKS.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT OVER LAST YEAR.
UNLIKE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON CREDIT AND CONTENT RECOVERY, THAT'S THOSE ARE THE METRICS THAT WE USE FOR THOSE, AND THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS WE LOOK AT DO PRE AND POST TESTING AND LOOKED AT MATCHED SETS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE EXACT 1 TO 1 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NUMBER OF MATCH SETS BECAUSE SOME STUDENT MAY HAVE MISSED THE PRE TEST, DIDN'T SHOW UP AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE POST TEST, BUT STILL, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MATCHED PRE AND POST TESTS, PARTICULARLY SECOND GRADE WAS A BIG INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS ON THE READING SIDE AND ON THE MATHEMATICS SIDE.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN FIRST GRADE.
SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT EACH KIND OF GRADE LEVEL AND TRY TO REMAIN RELATIVELY CONSISTENT IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE DATA, ALTHOUGH IT DOES CHANGE A WEE BIT AS WE CHANGE ASSESSMENTS AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.
SO FIRST WE'LL LOOK AT KINDERGARTEN OVERALL IN THE GOAL HERE IS WE WANT STUDENTS TO FALL FROM THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY DOWN TO THE SOME RISK CATEGORY AND EVENTUALLY TO THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.
THEY'RE NOT AT RISK OF READING DIFFICULTIES.
WE HAD 13% FEWER STUDENTS IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY IN KINDERGARTEN THAN WE DID PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM, AND SO WE WANT TO SEE THE HIGH RISK GO DOWN AND THE LOW RISK COULD GO UP, AND SO YOU'LL SEE ALMOST A 7% INCREASE IN THOSE IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY AS WELL.
LOOK AT A COUPLE OF TARGETED SKILL AREAS.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS PRESENTATION IN YOUR PURPLE FOLDERS, BUT WE HAD 10.6% DECREASE AND LETTER SOUNDS A KEY FOUNDATIONAL SKILL IN EARLY READING RECALL LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE FIVE PILLARS OF READING INSTRUCTION AND THOSE CRITICAL COMPONENTS WORD SEGMENTING. ANOTHER CRITICAL SKILL SET, THE ABILITY TO KIND OF BREAK UP WORDS AND TO SEPARATE SOUNDS, 12.6% DROP IN THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY AT THE CONCLUSION OF SUMMER READING CAMP OR SUMMER CAMP AND ALMOST SIX AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN THOSE FALLING IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.
YES, SIR. I'M NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING YOUR GRAPHIC.
SO AT THE SIMPLEST LEVEL, WE WANT TO SEE THE PURPLE.
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SO THE BLUE IS THE PRETEST WHICH STUDENTS TOOK BEFORE CAMP STARTED.WHAT DOES THE 26.6 MEAN? THAT MEANT THAT 26% OF YOUR TOTAL POPULATION FELL INTO LOW RISK? THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THE GREEN? THE POST-TEST? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S AFTER SUMMER CAMP CONCLUDES.
SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME THEN IS THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT LOW RISK WENT UP, NOT DOWN.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOVEMENT WITHIN THE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
YOU HAD MORE STUDENTS IN THE LOW RISK THAN YOU DID AT THE BEGINNING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE SPRING BEFORE SUMMER CAMP STARTED, WE HAD 53% OF THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS WERE AT HIGH RISK. OF DIFFICULTY IN WORD SEGMENTING.
HOWEVER, AT THE END OF SUMMER CAMP WE ONLY HAD 40% FALL OF THIS GROUP, FALL IN THE HIGH RISK.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE IS YOU'VE GOT MORE IN THE HIGH RISK.
AT THE BEGINNING THEN, WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD THING? THAT'S CORRECT. THE GRAPHIC SORT OF SHIFTS THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
WE WANT THEM TO SHIFT DOWN INTO THE SOME RISK AND THEN EVENTUALLY GET THEM TO THE LOW RISK, WHICH IS LOW NO RISK AREA, AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE HIGH RISK AND THE LOW RISK AND SEE THE MOVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS, IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE COHORT.
BUT YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUALS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I COME FROM A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OF STATISTICS.
DID YOU DO MEANS IN THE TEST AS FAR AS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE? YES, DEPENDING ON THE ASSESSMENT ON THIS ONE, WHICH IS FAST BRIDGE, WE LOOK AT ONLY RISK CATEGORY AS WE MOVE UP AND WE LOOK AT BEGINNING IN THIRD GRADE, THE ASSESSMENT IS NWA MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
SO WE LOOK AT THEIR [INAUDIBLE] BAND LEVEL AND LOOK AT NATIONAL NORMS. WHERE DID THEY FALL IN THE SPRING? WHERE DID THEY FALL POST TEST AND LOOK AT THOSE AND THOSE ARE 1 TO 1 RELATIONSHIPS.
HOW MANY STUDENTS GREW? HOW MANY STUDENTS MAINTAINED? HOW MANY STUDENTS LOST GROUND? SO WE'LL GET TO THAT IN THIRD GRADE.
AGAIN FROM PRE TO POST, THE NUMBER FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 12%.
THOSE IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY, WHICH WE WANT TO SEE GREW AFTER SUMMER CAMP APPROXIMATELY 6%.
WHEN WE LOOK AT KINDERGARTEN MATH GROWTH OVERALL.
WE HAD MORE GROWTH IN MATH, ACTUALLY, THAN READING HERE.
16% DECREASE IN THE HIGH RISK, THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY AND A LITTLE OVER 9% INCREASE IN THOSE FALLING IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.
ANOTHER KINDERGARTEN KEY SKILL DECOMPOSING THE ABILITY TO BREAK APART A NUMBER.
THOSE IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY FELL ABOUT 13 AND A HALF PERCENT, AND THOSE IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY GREW ABOUT ALMOST NEARLY 18% AT THE CONCLUSION OF SUMMER READING CAMP.
NOT AS MUCH GROWTH IN THIS TARGETED SCALE.
ONLY ABOUT A FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN THOSE DECREASE IN THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY AND A SIMILAR OF THOSE FALLING IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY ABOUT 5%.
WE MOVED TO FIRST GRADE READING GROWTH.
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PERCENT INCREASE IN THOSE FALLING IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.WORD SEGMENTING NOT AS MUCH GROWTH, BUT STILL SOME KIND OF NOMINAL INCREASES.
HERE WE HAD A 1.4% DROP IN THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY.
WE HAD A 7.7% DROP IN THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY, AND WE MOVE TO MATH FOR FIRST GRADE.
AGAIN, A 7.7% DROP IN THOSE FALLING IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY DECOMPOSING 6.6% DROP.
FIRST GRADE, WE MOVED TO PLACE VALUE A 6.2% DROP.
NOW WHEN WE MOVE TO SECOND GRADE, OUR TESTS CHANGE.
THIS IS A READING AND A MATHEMATICS, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THESE ARE MATCHED STUDENTS.
DR. BRADLEY, HOW MANY, 1 TO 1 DEMONSTRATED GROWTH? HOW MANY MAINTAINED THE SAME LEVEL AND HOW MANY DROPPED? SO IN SECOND GRADE READING, WE HAD IN THE SAME MATCHED COHORT SET OF STUDENTS.
45% DEMONSTRATED OVERALL GROWTH IN READING.
ABOUT 53% OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS.
ON THE MATH SIDE, WE HAD NEARLY 60% THAT DEMONSTRATED GROWTH.
AGAIN MATCH PAIRS 1 TO 1 ON THE PRE VERSUS POST TEST.
WE LOOK AT TARGETED FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS FOR SECOND GRADE AUTOMATICITY, THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY RECITE NUMBERS FROM RECALL AS A RESULT OF REPETITION.
YOU CAN SEE WE DROPPED 11.9% IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY AND A 13% INCREASE IN THOSE FALLING IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.
NOW, THIRD GRADE IS AS MS. GLOVER MENTIONED SOLELY AIMED AT READING PROFICIENCY.
IT IS GOVERNED BY SOUTH CAROLINA'S READ TO SUCCEED ACT, WHICH BECAME A LAW IN 2014 AND STATES THAT A STUDENT MUST BE RETAINED AT THE END OF THIRD GRADE IF THEY FAIL TO DEMONSTRATE READING PROFICIENCY.
SO AT THE END OF SPRING, WHEN WE GET OUR RESULTS ON S.C.
READY, CERTAIN STUDENTS ARE INVITED FOR PARTICIPATION INTO SUMMER READING CAMP TO PREVENT.
TRY TO REMEDIATE. TO PREVENT THAT RETENTION.
WE HAD A 85% PARTICIPATION RATE OF THOSE THAT INVITED AND ACTUALLY ATTENDED, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.
IT WAS THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION RATE OF ALL THE GRADE LEVELS, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR OVERALL READING GROWTH, WE HAD NEARLY 62% DEMONSTRATED GROWTH IN THIRD GRADE, ABOUT 4% MAINTAINED AND 34% DROPPED OR DID NOT DEMONSTRATE GROWTH.
MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
WE ALSO HAVE FIVE SUB STRANDS, THE HIGHEST ONE IN THIRD GRADE.
HIGHEST GROWTH RATE WAS IN VOCABULARY.
DETERMINE CLARIFY WORD MEANING.
AS WE MOVE TO FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, WE MEASURE THOSE SAME STRAND AREAS.
IN FOURTH GRADE, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 50% THAT DEMONSTRATED GROWTH IN OVERALL READING THE HIGHEST STRAND AREA IN FOURTH GRADE WAS GROWTH IN LITERARY TEXT, LANGUAGE, CRAFT AND STRUCTURE.
A LITTLE BIT SHY OF 50% OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED OVERALL GROWTH.
HOWEVER, NEARLY 60% DID DEMONSTRATE GROWTH IN THE ALGEBRAIC THINKING AND OPERATIONS STRAND AREA.
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FIFTH GRADE IS ACTUALLY OUR LOWEST GRADE.WE HAD ONLY 32% DEMONSTRATE READING GROWTH IN THIS AREA, AND IT'S PROBABLY NO SURPRISE IF WE GO BACK TO THAT EARLIER SLIDE. THE LOWEST AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WAS ALSO IN FIFTH GRADE, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST.
THERE IS DEFINITELY A CORRELATION TO GROWTH IN SUMMER PROGRAMS AS IT IS TO THEIR ATTENDANCE.
HOW MANY OF THOSE 16 DAYS DID THEY ATTEND? MATH FIFTH GRADE HAD IT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IN THEIR READING AND WITH ABOUT A LITTLE OVER HALF DEMONSTRATING GROWTH OF THESE STUDENTS AND THAT I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT FIFTH GRADE, AND MS. GLOVER WILL NOW REVIEW THE REMAINING SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CONTENT AND CREDIT RECOVERY UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, I HAD A QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEFT.
I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I NEED TO HEAR IT FROM YOU.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CATEGORY LIKE THE KINDERGARTEN IN NUMBER SEQUENCING AND THEY ALL STAYED ABOUT THE SAME, THERE WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM HIGH RISK TO SOME RISK TO LOW OR EVEN THE THIRD GRADERS THAT DID NOT SHOW ANY OVERALL GROWTH, ABOUT 35% OF THEM IS THAT INFORMATION ON THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS RELAYED.
DOES IT FOLLOW THEM BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM? YES, THESE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEIR CURRENT TEACHERS NOW.
THEY'VE MOVED TO A GRADE LEVEL AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, BOTH FROM THE OUR PERFORMANCE MATTERS, ANALYTIC SYSTEM ENRICH OR THE NWA TEACHER PORTAL THEMSELVES.
YES, MA'AM. WE MET OBVIOUSLY AND AS A TEAM AND REVIEWED THIS DATA IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR TOO WHICH AREAS DO WE NEED TO SHORE UP AND WHAT CURRICULAR CHANGES DO WE NEED TO MAKE? GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MM HMM, AND WE HAVE JUST SOME PICTURES.
SO NEXT WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER ACADEMIC RECOVERY.
SO THIS WAS FOCUSED ON THE FOUR CORE MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES WE HAD 500 PARTICIPANTS AND 450 OF THOSE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 91 TEACHERS, AND YOU CAN SEE A LIST BY SCHOOL AND THEIR PERCENT OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION.
AS A DISTRICT, IT WAS 90% SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION.
SO WE FOCUSED ON INITIAL CREDIT CREDIT RECOVERY AND WE HAD AN ALGEBRA ONE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS RISING NINTH GRADERS AT SILVER BLUFF.
SO 1043 COURSE ENROLLMENTS EDMENTUM INSTEAD OF APEX AS OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM, BUT WE DID HAVE FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO STUDENTS WOULD BE WORKING IN EDMENTUM WITH TEACHERS THERE TO SUPPORT.
WE HAD 832 CREDITS EARNED WITH AN 80% PASS RATE, AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 29 SUMMER GRADUATES ADDED TO THAT INITIAL GROUP OF GRADUATES.
OUR NEXT SLIDE HAS THE NUMBERS BY SCHOOL.
WE ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR COVID RECOVERY SERVICES AND COMPENSATORY SERVICES THAT WE OWED STUDENTS FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOT HAVING A TEACHER THERE OR NEEDING TO MAKE UP TIME WITH STUDENTS.
SO THAT WAS HELD FROM JUNE 6TH TO JULY 29TH, AND WE HAD THOSE STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.
THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN SITES AT THE SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAD SEVEN SCHOOL COUNSELORS, EIGHT NURSES, 80 SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, 49 BUS DRIVERS AND 16 STUDENT WORKERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IN OUR ESSER PROGRAM BUDGET, WE BUDGETED $3 MILLION FOR SALARY AND FRINGE, AND LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER,
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WE SPENT MORE THAN THAT.WE LAST YEAR SPENT $4.1 MILLION ON SALARY AND FRINGE AND SUPPLIES, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE, REMEMBER, WE CHANGED THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY TEACHERS AND BUS DRIVERS TO WORK FOR US IN SUMMER PROGRAMS. SO THIS YEAR, FEWER STUDENTS, FEWER TEACHERS, $2.6 MILLION IS WHAT WE SPENT.
SINCE WE SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT ON SUPPLIES LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND AS MUCH.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL COST THERE.
2.6. WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SUMMER OFFERINGS, OUR EARLY LEARNING BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT WAS FOR RISING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS HELD AT AIKEN ELEMENTARY FROM JUNE 6TH TO JUNE 30TH.
AND WE HAD 20 STUDENTS ENROLLED WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 15 ONE TEACHER, AND WE HAD A 90% PARTICIPATION RATE, 20 INVITED, AND 18 ATTENDED.
WITH THAT AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 15.
THEY DID HAVE PRE AND POST TESTS AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT GROWTH HERE FOR THOSE STUDENTS LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
ONCE WE LOOKED AT THIS DATA FURTHER, THOUGH, WE NOTICED WITH SHAPES, MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS HAD ALREADY MASTERED SHAPES WHEN WE HAD GIVEN THE TEST THEY DIDN'T NEED THAT PORTION.
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT, 26% GREW.
WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST STEPS WHERE WE DO COUNTDOWN TO FOUR K, COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN, AND SO THAT'S A HOME VISITATION PROGRAM, AND WE HAD SIX TEACHERS PARTICIPATE, 33 STUDENTS AND FIVE HOME VISITS COMPLETED PER STUDENT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR XSEL PROGRAM HELD INTO THE SUMMER SUMMER AND OUR STAFF ARE ALREADY ON CONTRACT DURING THAT TIME, BUT WE HAD SIX STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THEIR YEAR AT XSEL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TWO STUDENTS WILL TRANSITION BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL OR THEY ALREADY DID TRANSITION BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL AND THEN 75% OF THE STUDENTS WERE CLOSER TO THEIR GOAL OF RETURNING.
WE HAVE OUR INFUSION WRITING CAMP EVERY SUMMER THAT'S RISING EIGHTH GRADERS GOING INTO ENGLISH ONE.
WE ALSO HAD 303 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR SUPPLEMENTAL VIRTUAL PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S AIKEN COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMY, AND THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET AHEAD, AND THE GEOMETRY HONORS PROGRAM WE OFFER TO AIKEN SCHOLARS ACADEMY STUDENTS WHO AS THEY'RE STARTING THEY HAVE NOT HAD IT, AND THEN THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES LISTED STUDENTS CAN TAKE THOSE IF THEY WISH TO OVER THE SUMMER AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY WE HAD 100% PASSAGE RATE, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM, AC GATEWAY.
SOME PICTURES OF THAT FABULOUS PROGRAM.
IT'S A STAPLE AROUND OUR COUNTY, AND THEN THE FINAL PROGRAM WAS OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SUMMER ACADEMY, HELD AT THE CAREER CENTER FOR 160 STUDENTS WHO SIGNED UP, AND WE DID PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR AREA, FOR STUDENTS. WE HAD TEN PROGRAM OFFERINGS, ALL ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN CAREER CLUSTERS, AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES THERE TO SHARE FOR YOU.
SEEING THOSE STUDENTS DOING ALL OF THOSE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES THAT THEY LOVE TO DO, AND THEN OUR STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WAS AND IN THE SURVEYS THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN.
SO THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE.
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AMAZING. SO, MR. CRANE OR ANY QUESTIONS? ANY HAVE A QUESTION? MR. CRANE.THIS IS MAINLY A POINT OF CURIOSITY.
HOW DO YOU DO P.E THROUGH VIRTUAL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THEY ARE GIVEN EXERCISES THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
THEY HAVE THEIR HEALTH COMPONENT, BUT YEAH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EXERCISE AND THAT'S INTERESTING.
IT IS INTERESTING. WE HAVE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VIRTUAL PE, AND MS. GLOVER I THINK PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON EXERCISE LOGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AT LEAST THE PARENTS HAVE TO SAY YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, OH YEAH, COACH, I DID TEN PULL UPS OR WHATEVER.
YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MS. GLOVER. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31.
MR. TRAXLER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO COMMENT OR ARE THERE QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS? MR. NUESSLE HAS A QUESTION.
YES, MR. TRAXLER, MY MEMORY FAILS ME.
WHEN IS OUR FISCAL YEAR END FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WE HAVE A JUNE 30 YEAR-END.
I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU IN A PREVIOUS MONTHLY REPORT, BUT WHEN WE SEE LOTS OF LET'S TAKE SALARIES WHERE WE'RE ONLY SPENDING 74% OF BUDGET, AND IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THAT ONE IS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE JULY SALARIES IN MANY INSTANCES COUNT TOWARDS A PREVIOUS YEAR.
EMPLOYEES THAT ARE 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES ARE PAID ON A JULY THROUGH JUNE CYCLE.
SO IT'S ALMOST OPERATING ON A CASH BASIS.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT'S NOT REFLECTING THE JULY EXPENDITURES, THEY'RE TIED TO SALARIES.
WELL, THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET, RIGHT.
IS THAT RELATE BACK TO THE EFFECT OF RUNNING WITH VACANCIES OR IS IT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? IT WILL BE SOME REFLECTION OF VACANCIES, BUT A LARGE MAJORITY OF IT IS GOING TO BE THOSE LESS THAN 12 MONTH VOTES THAT ARE PAID IN JULY, AND IT OPERATE IN THIS BEING REFLECTED MORE ON A CASH BASIS.
OKAY, SO WHEN WE HAVE FUNDS LEFT OVER IN THE BUDGET LIKE THAT, DO WE SIMPLY TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT USE FOR THEM OR DO YOU PUT THEM IN THE FUND BALANCE? THEY'RE ROLLED INTO FUND BALANCE.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT IF IT'S THE EFFECT OF VACANCIES.
YEAH, THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THINGS OUT FOR THE YEAR AND PREPPING FOR THE AUDIT, MOVING THINGS AROUND.
WHEN I SAY MOVING THINGS AROUND, CLEANING UP THINGS AND A VARIETY OF FUNDS, WE HAVE SOME FUNDS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS [INAUDIBLE] AND READING COACHES AND SOME OF THOSE WHERE THERE'RE SHORTFALLS AND WE'RE SHIFTING THOSE TO THE GENERAL FUND TO THOSE TYPICALLY DON'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER YEAR END.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER FUNCTION THIS IS GOING TO PLAY IN HERE.
SO THAT SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, IF I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT BUDGETED MONEY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE VACANCIES WE DIDN'T FILL JUST ROLLING INTO THE FUND BALANCE, AND THEN SOMEHOW YOU DON'T MEAN.
YES, SIR. JUST HISTORICALLY, WHERE WE'VE SEEN IT MOST IS PROBABLY CUSTODIAL.
THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WE'VE SEEN IT MORE ON THE TEACHER SIDE.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ARE SHIFTING FUNDS.
THOSE ARE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, BUT YES, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING COUPLE OF YEARS.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS.
BRINGS US TO THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.MR. LAWRENCE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I THINK THAT THE SUMMER PROGRAMS PRESENTATION PRETTY MUCH COVERS MY UPDATE.
I DO WANT TO THANK MS. GLOVER FOR THE MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND JUST REITERATE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SAID.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING.
WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO AN ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN SUCH ORDER AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE EMPLOYMENT MATTERS. A CONTRACTUAL MATTER AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT AND LEGAL MATTERS.
THE LEGAL UPDATE. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT, GIVE US ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION MOVED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. SECONDED BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.
WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAD A DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYEE MATTER.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION OF SOME EMPLOYEES CONTRACTUAL MATTERS AND IT'S THEIR EMOTION CONCERNING THE CONTRACTUAL MATTER. YES, SIR.
I MOVE THAT WE DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EMPLOYEES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I AND J'S BREACH OF CONTRACT.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MS..
RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF MAKING THE COMPLAINT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYBODY.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT [INAUDIBLE] RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY DR. HANKS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A CHIEF OFFICER OF INSTRUCTION.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AGAIN, THAT'S EVERYONE.
SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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