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>> WELL, GOOD EVENING. WE'LL CALL THE MAY 23RD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER.
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WE START ALL OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING WAS PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE BOTH TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS FOR CHANGES, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS.
WE'LL ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS APPROVED.
WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE.
THOSE ARE THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF MAY 2ND, THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF MAY 8TH, AND THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 9TH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE THREE SETS OF MINUTES?
>> MOVED BY MISS REINHARDT JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MR. SMITH, ANY DISCUSSION?
>> I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON THAT MATE. [BACKGROUND]
>> I'LL GO THROUGH THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
IF YOU'LL JUST RESEND YOUR MOTION.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON MAY 2ND?
>> MOVED BY MISS REINHARDT JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MR. SILAS, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 2ND SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT WAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 IN FAVOR AND THREE ABSTAINING AND THE MOTION PASSES.
NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FROM MAY 8TH?
>> MOVE BY MISS REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY DR. BRADLEY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 8TH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> I'M ABSTAINING, DR. BRADLEY.
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING ARE APPROVED.
FINALLY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 9TH?
>> MOVED BY MISS REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MS. TYLER, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. ABSTAINING IS DR. BRADLEY.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTENTION. [BACKGROUND]. THAT'S RIGHT.
I GOT REMEMBER ONE PERSON IS MISSING.
THIS BRINGS US TO SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCE AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY SIGN-UPS RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING WHICH BRINGS US TO AND YOU'LL SEE THIS LATER ON IN THE MEETING.
BUT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY INPUT PERIOD FOR THE RETURN TO PERSON, RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE EVERY SIX MONTHS I BELIEVE.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP TO COMMENT ON THAT.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN, YOU CAN COME FORWARD.
I'LL JUST WAIT, JUST A LONG PAUSE TO MAKE SURE.
NO ONE'S HERE THAT WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT PLAN WHICH LEADS US TO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE TURNING IT OVER TO MR. PASTEL. FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANKS, SIR. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN.
ALSO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, MR. LAWRENCE.
MY RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING ARE ALL RELATED TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.
MISS PICCOLINO IS ATTENDING AN EVENT WITH HER DAUGHTER'S TONIGHT.
I'M PLEASED TO BRING THE CELEBRATIONS TO YOU AND LEAD THOSE FOR US THIS EVENING.
IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN US ON THE FLOOR, WE'LL CALL UP SOME SPECIAL STUDENTS AND BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE BEGIN TONIGHT FIRST WITH OUR FORAY HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION FOR OUR STATE, JOHN BURKE.
BURKE IS A STUDENT ATHLETE AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND IS THE REGION FOR FORAY CHAMPION AND FORAY UPPER STATE CHAMPION FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT CLASS.
HIS WIND MARKS THE VERY FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WRESTLING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
JOHN ONE IS HONOR, IN A DOMINATING FASHION, NOT GIVING UP A SINGLE TAKE DOWN OR REVERSAL ON HIS WAY TO CLAIMING THE STATE TITLE, FINISHED HIS SENIOR YEAR WITH AN OVERALL 42 AND TWO RECORD AND WENT ON TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN WITHOUT GIVING UP A SINGLE TAKE DOWN OR REVERSAL.
AT 6' 3 " TALL AND 260 POUNDS, HE'S ABLE TO EXECUTE LIGHTENING FAST, LOW, SINGLE LEG ATTACKS THAT HIS OPPONENTS AND THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION ARE NOT USED TO AND NOT USED TO DEFENDING.
OUR STATE CHAMPIONS JOINED TONIGHT BY HIS COACH, TRENT WILLIAMS AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MICHELE HEATER, ALSO IN ATTENDANCE IS FATHER THOMAS BURKE, SENIOR, BROTHER THOMAS BURKE JUNIOR, HIS SISTER EMMA BURKE, AND MOM, AMANDA TUCKER.
WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
[LAUGHTER] NEXT UP WE'LL CELEBRATE OUR NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, GRADUATING SENIORS.
I'LL CALL YOU ALL UP INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOUR PHOTOS.
GRADUATING SENIORS, JACOB LEE, AIKEN HIGH-SCHOOL AND AIKEN SCHOLARS ACADEMIES LUCA JOLICK AND JS.RIGHTSON OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS 2023, NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS AND NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.
THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION AWARDS THIS PRESTIGIOUS $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS IN EVERY STATE IN NUMBERS BASED ON THE STATE'S PERCENTAGE OF THE NATION'S GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
AWARDING NAMES ARE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL MAY 10TH.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THREE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES THIS YEAR, ALL WHO HAVE JOINED US TONIGHT IN CELEBRATION.
PLEASE COME FORWARD JACOB LEE OF AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL, TO BE CONGRATULATED BY YOUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.
[APPLAUSE] CELEBRATING WITH JACOB TONIGHT FROM AIKEN HIGH-SCHOOL, HIS COUNSELOR, MS. TRACY MCBRIDE, AS WELL AS HIS PARENTS, SEAN AND JAMIE MARCOVIC, AND HIS BROTHER DYLAN LEE, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS JAKE.
WE HAVE TWO NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS FROM AIKEN SCHOLARS ACADEMY HERE AS WELL.
LUCA JOLENE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
LUCA IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HIS PARENTS, DAN AND KARRIE JOLICK.
THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] JS RIGHTSON IS OUR FINAL NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT BEING RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.
JASON COME FORWARD, PLEASE, SIR.
JASON IS JOINED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, STEVE AND MELINDA DER, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AS WELL.
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THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.[APPLAUSE] THE PRIDE OF SILVER BLUFF WINTER GUARD JUST COMPLETED THEIR INAUGURAL YEAR AND STARTED COMPETING IN THE NOVICE CLASS IN THE CAROLINA WINTER ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION CIRCUIT.
THE CWEA CIRCUIT IS THE FIFTH LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY WITH GROUPS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE.
THE GROUP CLAIMED THE SOUTH CAROLINA BANNED DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN NOVICE CLASS AND WAS PROMOTED TWICE IN A PERIOD OF JUST TWO WEEKS TO SRA AND THEN TO AAA, DUE TO THEIR PERFORMANCE LEVEL.
THE WINTER GUARD THEN EARNED THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE AAA DIVISION AT CWA CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED AS PART OF TONIGHT'S SLIDESHOW DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MEMBERS ATTENDING, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, REECE LA FONTAINE.
IF YOU ALL WOULD STAY UP FOR A GROUP PHOTO AT THE END.
MACY HANSEN, BRENDA GARRETT, ZOE DAVIS.
SAY NAME FOR ME. KAELYN HIKE. REFOND RONNIE.
THERE YOU GO. AVERY BENNETT, SKYLER SACKLER, JORDAN HODGES., CAITLIN DAY, ANGEL MORTON , BRITTANY LOD HOPE.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION WINTER GUARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE WITH US THIS EVENING, MARLEY BRADLEY AND JOANNA PARKER.
CELEBRATING AND LEADING THE PROUD OF SILVER BLUFFS WINTER GUARD IS LANCE STOCKTON, BAND DIRECTOR IN JORDAN FINLEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU ALL COME BACK AROUND FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] IT IS OUR HONOR THIS EVENING TO SHARE THAT NEW ELLINGTON STEAM MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL AND SILVER ABOVE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN HONORED WITH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS ARE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAND DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION GIVES EACH YEAR TO SOUTH CAROLINA BAND PROGRAMS. THE AWARD INDICATES THAT THE BAND PROGRAM PERFORMED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL IN ALL SCBDA EVENTS, INCLUDING STATE MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL, ALL STATE AND REGION BAND CONCERT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND THE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL, AND EARN ENOUGH POINTS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF
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THE TOP BANDS IN THE STATE FROM NEW ELLINGTON MIDDLE-SCHOOL, WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, THEY'RE BAND DIRECTOR, MS. MALLORY BARELY, PRINCIPAL SHAUNTY DAGGER AND THE FORM OF BAND DIRECTOR, RETIREE, BONNIE MCNEIL.PLEASE COME FORWARD AND BE CELEBRATED.
[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] PLEASE WELCOME FROM SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR LANCE STOCKTON, AS WELL AS ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR, JORDAN FINLEY [APPLAUSE] AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS EXCITED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE USC AIKEN TO PROVIDE OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN EXCITING NEW COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE, THE MASTER TEACHERS SERIES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NOW DR. TIM LINTNER FROM USC AIKEN, WHO WILL PROVIDE A BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU KIM.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, PAIGE YOUNG AND I MET AND WE HAD AN IDEA.
THE IDEA WAS TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT USC AIKEN HAS WITH AIKEN COUNTY BECAUSE WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.
WE HAPPEN TO BE BIASED. WE HAPPEN TO ENJOY SOCIAL STUDIES.
WE WERE THINKING, HOW CAN WE GALVANIZE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, YOUR DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT AS WELL TO THINK OF WAYS TO RETHINK, RECALIBRATE AND CERTAINLY WITH THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE OF RE-FRAMING, HOW BEST WE CAN TEACH OUR STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY.
BECAUSE THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.
WE ARE SO PLEASED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HAD 16 MIDDLE-SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT COME ONCE A MONTH FOR EIGHT MONTHS, EVERY ONCE A MONTH ON TUESDAY NIGHT TO USC AIKEN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT GOODS SOCIAL STUDIES LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE STUDENTS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY CAME, IS FOR YOU.
TO THINK OF HOW THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB BETTER FOR YOU.
FROM REPRESENTING USC AIKEN, WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD AND PLEASED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HOSTED 16 EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS YOUR DISTRICT THAT THINK ABOUT WHAT GOODS SOCIAL STUDIES IS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY PRACTICE IT IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
PAIGE AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT WENT THROUGH OUR MASTER TEACHER SERIES PROGRAM.
AGAIN, BOARD, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING EDUCATORS THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL AT REPRESENTING WHAT GOOD TEACHING IS AND HOW GOOD TEACHING REPRESENTS ENGAGED, INFORMED STUDENTS.
WITH THAT, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP AND I WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU.
ALLISON BENNETT [LAUGHTER] DARA DENSMORE [BACKGROUND] LYDIA ISHIRKA.
I'M NOT SURE LYDIA IS HERE TONIGHT, SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
TERRY EVERRET. TERRY IS NOT HERE.
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LAURIE JAMES, JILL JEFFCOAT, JEREMY LAYMAN, LISA MCCALL, LATRICE MCLEVINE.I DIDN'T SEE LATRICE THIS OUT.
NO. OPHELIA MIXON, AMANDA VANCE, PALMER WIGGINS. TO LET YOU KNOW, THE PALMER IS A PRE-SERVICE EDUCATOR.
HE'S ONE OF MY STUDENTS AND WE WERE PLEASED THAT HE JOINED OUR GROUP THIS SEMESTER.
[LAUGHTER] NOW HE WILL. JEFF WILLIAMS. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS TONIGHT, THIS INCLUDES THE IN-PERSON RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE DO INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND AWARDEES.
DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, INTERMISSION THROUGH A SLIDESHOW HIGHLIGHTING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> IT IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE FANTASTIC THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY YOU'RE ACHIEVING. THAT DOOR CLOSE.
ON THE AGENDA THAT BRINGS US TO THE OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR FOR TONIGHT, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS.
THERE WAS A LIST GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF CERTIFYING CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THAT'S BEEN
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SCREENED BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND APPROVED THE PRINCIPAL OR SUPERVISOR, AND WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT LIST.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS?
>> APPROVED MAX REINHARDT JACKSON? IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. BY MS. TYLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
MOTION CARRIES. THE SECOND IS MOST OF OUR POLICY REVISIONS THAT WERE GOING OVER TONIGHT.
SECOND READING, BUT THE SECOND THING ON THE AGENDA IS A FIRST READING.
WE DID NOT GO OVER THIS LAST TIME.
IT'S A REVISION TO POLICY DKA PAYROLL PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES.
THERE ARE SOME OLD LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING TAKEN OUT.
THE REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CALENDAR CHANGES, BUS DRIVERS PAY CYCLE SWITCHES FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST TO AUGUST TO JULY.
THAT'S IN THE POLICY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO POLICY DKA ON FIRST READING MOVED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MR.SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE REVISIONS TO POLICY DKA ON FIRST READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
MOTION CARRIES. ITEM A3 IS THE SECOND READING OF REVISIONS TO POLICY GCOA.
THIS IS THE EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF ON SECOND READING.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST TIME.
PREVIOUSLY THE POLICY ARE CURRENTLY, BUT PREVIOUSLY THAT IS THE DATE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON NON RENEWALS WAS MARCH 15TH, WHICH IS WAY BEFORE THE END OF SCHOOL AND FAR AWAY FROM WHEN CONTRACTS ARE DUE TO BE SIGNED.
THIS WILL BE CHANGING THIS POLICY TO REVISE THAT DATE TO APRIL 30TH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY GCOA ON SECOND READING? MOVE BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. BY MR. SILAS, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE REVISIONS TO POLICY GCOA ON SECOND READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
THAT BRINGS US TO A SECOND READING OF REVISION TO POLICY GCQE, AS WELL AS POLICY GD, QC.
ONE IS PROFESSED FOR THE FIRST POLICIES FOR RETIREMENT AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND THE SECOND IS RETIREMENT OF SUPPORT STAFF.
WE'LL REVISE ON BOTH OF THOSE.
YOU MAY REMEMBER IS A TOTAL REWRITE AND WE'RE FOLLOWING A MODEL POLICY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICIES GCQE AND POLICY GDQC ON SECOND READING?
>> MOVED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MR. SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING POLICIES GCQE, AND GDQC.
ON SECOND READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
FIFTH. AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM IS AN UPDATE TO THE 2022 23 RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN, WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO UPDATE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATE TO THAT PLAN?
>> MOVE ON, MS. REINHARDT JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY DR. BRADLEY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE UPDATE TO THE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THE MOTION CARRIES.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE SIXTH ITEM, INDIVIDUALLY ITEM, WHICH IS A REVISION TO OUR THREE CODES OF CONDUCT, STUDENT CONDUCT, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE HAD PART OF A WORKSHOP ON THAT.
WE HAD A FIRST READING AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND THIS IS THE SECOND READING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE THREE CODES OF STUDENT CONDUCT?
>> MOVED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. BY MR. SILAS, ANY DISCUSSION? MR. BRUNE?
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO RE-LOOK AT THE CODE OF CONDUCT WHEN THE REFERENCE TO TARDIES WHERE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE AN EMOTION OR JUST A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW,
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BUT WE'RE IN THERE.IT GOES TO A SPALLATION ON TARDIES AFTER I BELIEVE IT'S 18, I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT GOING TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT THE HANDLE WOULD THE STATE BOARD HOW DO THEY HANDLE? TRUANCY OFFICE INSTEAD OF GOING TO SPALLATION IN DEALING WITH IT IN THAT MANNER OVER EXPULSION.
>> I'M A VISUAL PERSON I GOT TO SEE IT.
>> ON PAGE 25 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUING DISCUSSION, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THERE'S A PROGRESSION OF CONSEQUENCES FOR TARDIES AND THE 18TH TARDY CONSEQUENCES RECOMMENDED EXPULSION.
I'M REPEATING BACK WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME, YOU WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE NOT RECOMMENDED EXPULSION FOR THE 18TH TARDY, BUT JUST REFER THE FAMILY OR THE NAME TO THE TRUANT OFFICER.
>> I FEEL LIKE YES IT NEEDS TO BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A STUDENT THAT HAS GOOD GRADES THAT WE'RE EXPELLING WHEN ACTUALLY WE'RE DEALING WITH A TRUANCY SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF AN AMENDMENT, THEN WE COULD DEBATE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW SUCH THAT ON THE 18TH TARDY, WE REMOVE THE RECOMMENDED EXPULSION CONSEQUENCE AND SUBSTITUTE IT WITH A REFERRAL TO THE RIGHT AGENCY.
BUT IN THE DISCUSSION MATTER, GOING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S PARTICULARLY TARDY BETWEEN CLASSES AND BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE SYSTEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF ITS FIRST PERIOD THE STUDENT MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE CONTROL OVER GETTING TO SCHOOL ON TIME.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MAY BE PENALIZED FOR THE PARENTS OR OTHER ACTIONS.
ON EXPOLTION I JUST THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO HAVE A LEAD WAY TO LOOK AT IT CASE BY CASE.
THE ADMINISTRATORS, I THINK I DON'T FEEL LIKE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT IS.
>> JUST CONTINUING DISCUSSION.
I'M NOT IN DISAGREEMENT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE IT.
IN FACT, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN FOLLOW OR TAKE IT TO THAT LEVEL CURRENTLY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE POLICY.
WITH THAT IN MIND, MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE CHANGED.
MR. LARS, MS. BRAXTON, AND MR. WHITE COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
HAVE YOU SEEN SOMETHING COME UP FOR SOMEBODY RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION DUE TO OVER 18 TARDIES?
>> WE HAD ONE INSTANCE THAT I KNOW OF.
>> MS. BLOBS, AT WHAT POINT, IF I TEND TO SPEAK, WHAT TURN STUDENTS OVER TO TRUANCY WITH THE COUNTY?
>> I THINK I WOULD NEED HELP FROM MR. WHITE OR DR. MURPHY ON THAT ONE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. NUESSLE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND MR. LAURANCE.
TRUANCY WOULDN'T BE COVERED UNDER WITH TARDY.
WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE REFERRALS TO TRUANCY OR TOWARD THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE BECAUSE OF TARDIES.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT OUT-OF-SCHOOL ABSENCES THAT YOU'VE MISSED SO MANY DAYS OF SCHOOL.WE DEFINITELY CAN CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS FOR TARDIES, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE TRUANCY OR DEALING WITH OUR ATTENDANCE OFFICE, WE COULD PROBABLY USE TOO THE INFORMATION CLERKS TO WHICH THEY'RE TRUE TO THIS COURTESY TO HELP KEEP UP WITH INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE PROBABLY COULD REFER THEM TO SOME OF OUR STUDENT SERVICE WORKERS.
LET'S SHOW US THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST OPTION, PART IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO NOW.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WHITE WHILE HE'S UP HERE?
>> JUST CLARIFICATION, MR. WHITE.
WE'RE SAYING TRUANCY ONLY FALLS THROUGH IF THAT STUDENT HAS BEEN NOT SHOWING UP FOR SCHOOL FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, NOT NECESSARILY TARDY BUT SHOWS THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> NOT NECESSARILY TARDIES. YES, MA'AM.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING CURRENTLY FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS SAY, 15, 20 TARDIES?
>> RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, AT A SCHOOL LEVEL, OF COURSE, EACH TIME YOU HAVE A REFERRAL, THERE'S A CONFERENCE AND A CONTACT WITH A PARENT.
SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE STUDENT SERVICE WORKERS WHO ARE MAKING CONTACT WITH FAMILIES.
IF YOU'RE COMING TO AND FROM SCHOOL, A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS ARE COMING IN AND THEY HAVE AN EXCUSE, STUDENTS HAVE EXCUSES, MAYBE A BUS EXCUSE.
IT MAY BE I'M LATE BECAUSE I MAY HAVE A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.
BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPULSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TARDIES.
I THINK I'VE ONLY HEARD OF ONE.
BUT SCHOOL INTERVENTIONS ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW WHEN STUDENTS ARE REPEATEDLY TARDY FOR SCHOOL.
>> THAT ONE THAT YOU REFERENCED, IT SEEMS THAT IT'S EITHER NOT A BIG PROBLEM OR WHAT WAS THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THAT PARTICULAR PERSON [OVERLAPPING] WAS RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION?
>> CHAIRMAN NUESSLE, MR. LAURANCE, NUMBERS OF THE BOARD, I BELIEVE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WAS A CONTRACT VIOLATION WHERE THE SCHOOL HAD MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PARENTS BRING HIM IN FOR ATTENDANCE HEARING IS WE'LL INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO GETTING TO THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. BRAXTON AND MR. WHITE, WHILE THEY'RE STANDING UP? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
WHAT'S THE MORE DISCUSSION? DR. HANKS.
>> I'M SORRY. I THINK THIS WOULD BE FOR MR. LAURANCE.
IF WE LEAVE IT ON THE BOOKS AS IS, IS THAT JUST SAYING WE PRETTY MUCH DON'T USE IT BUT WE HAVE IT THERE AS AN OPTION? IS IT NEEDED?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S THERE AS AN OPTION.
I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HAD SCHOOLS THAT USE IT.
I COULD SEE A PROGRESSION BEYOND THAT 15TH TARDY SAYS AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR THREE DAYS, I COULD SEE THE NEXT LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE BEING 5-10-DAY SUSPENSION AS OPPOSED TO RECOMMENDING EXPULSION.
THAT WILL KEEP US IN LINE WITH THAT PROGRESSION THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE WITH CONSEQUENCES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME AS MS. BRAXTON AND MR. WHITE WERE MENTIONING, THE SCHOOL HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND THE SCHOOL HAS TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS.
THAT'S THE CASE WE RECENTLY SAW THAT WAS CERTAINLY HAPPENING.
THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE FOR THE STUDENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT CONTINUAL CONTACT WITH PARENTS AND COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS TO TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE TARDY PROBLEM.
LIKE MR. BROOME SAID, THAT FIRST PERIOD ONE IS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED FOR US BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, THAT'S NOT THE STUDENT'S FAULT.
NOW AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD, THEN IT BECOMES A STUDENT'S FAULT.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SEE THAT DIFFERENTIATION THERE.
>> BEING IN THAT AREA AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT, SCHOOLS HAVE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD OVER TO HERE TO GET TO SCHOOL.
>> OTHER DISCUSSION. JUST TO REMIND FOLKS WHERE WE'RE AT,
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RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS IS.THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW AND WHEN WE CAN NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, OR SOMEONE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CODES OF CONDUCT.
>> CAN I ALSO MAYBE CONSIDERING OUR DISCUSSION, MOVE TO TABLE THAT VOTE UNTIL CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO A POTENTIAL REVISION? I'M JUST ASKING TO DO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD.
>> MR. JASON WOULD WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE TO GET TO THE PRINTERS.
WE'VE GOT A VERY EARLY SCHOOL START DATE.
>> WHICH IS THE LAST WEEK IN JULY? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
[OVERLAPPING] ANYBODY CAN MAKE ANY MOTION.
SOMEBODY OVER HERE? MR. BROOM.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION.
THERE'S REALLY NO OUTSIDE AGENCY TO GO TO REPORT TARDIES LIKE SINCE WE'RE SAYING IT'S NOT TRUE.
SO THAT'S REALLY OFF THE TABLE.
>> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT MR. WATSON [OVERLAPPING] YES.
>> DR. HANKS. I DIDN'T SEE YOU AT FIRST. I'M SORRY.
>> NO, THAT'S OKAY. I'M NOT SURE IF MR. BROOM MADE THE MOTION, BUT IF WE CAN RESEND, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE LEAVE THE POLICY AS IS, SO THAT IT IS THERE IF WE NEED IT, SINCE WE RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS FOR.
>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE HAVE NOT MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION YET.
SO RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THING ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE THREE CODES OF CONDUCT.
THEN WE WERE HAVING A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION. DR. BRADLEY?
>> DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, SOUGHT OF WIN IT.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO SUSPEND OR EXPEL KIDS WHO DON'T WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. DON'T CONFUSE TARDY SO MR. BROOM ABSENCE IS BECAUSE THERE IS AN AGENCY THAT DEALS WITH THE EVIDENCE.
>> I THINK AS I'M THINKING THROUGH PROCEDURE AND WE'RE GOOD AT THIS, IS THAT IF THAT'S WHAT FOLKS WANT TO DO, I THINK YOU NEED TO VOTE THE MOTION DOWN AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE A DISCUSSION. DO YOU FOLLOW ME?
>> IS IT INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK IF THE DISTRICT HAS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION?
>> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT ON THAT 18 TARDY, WE GO TO THE NEXT LOGICAL PROGRESSION ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
NOW, I AGREE WITH DR. BRADLEY.
WHEN YOU THINK OF A STUDENT WHO WAS TARDY AND NOT GETTING TO SCHOOL, BUT I THINK THAT IF THAT'S DONE AND IF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS APPROVED, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROBLEM-SOLVE THAT AND COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO IT LATER.
>> [INAUDIBLE] DETERMINE SOME CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD.
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WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE THE PRINCIPALS RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO HEAD AND GIVE THEM THIS ONE? THE PARENT COME IN AND HAVE A CONFERENCE AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE PRINCIPAL OR THE APPROPRIATE PERSON AT THE SCHOOL.AND THEN IF THEY DON'T HONOR THE CONTRACT, WE GO TO EXPULSION.
>> IN THE INTEREST OF THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WE'RE UNDER, FOR ME I THINK I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH DR. HANKS IN TERMS OF VOTING FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ON SECOND READING.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DISCUSSION AND CERTAINLY ADMINISTRATIONS AWARE OF OUR CONCERN AND HOW TO APPROACH THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN CERTAINLY LET'S CONSIDER THIS NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF GIVING IT SOME THOUGHT TO HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
THAT WOULD JUST BE MY DESIRE RECOMMENDATION THAT.
>> THEN I'M GOING TO GET TO MR. SMITH NEXT, BUT I WAS LOOKING, I AM WRONG ABOUT YOU CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISCUSSION ON A MOTION POSTPONE IT.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO THAT WITH MR. SMITH.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY JOHN, YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT IS A GOOD WAY OF DOING IT.
I ASSURE YOU, MOST OF THE SCHOOLS, I CAN'T GIVE TO YOU ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THE SCHOOLS, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT GOING ON BETWEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR, AN ATTENDANCE CLERK OR GUIDANCE COURT, BUT TRY EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO DO IT FAIR [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
>> BUT YOU'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND, RIGHT MR. NESTLE?
>> AND WE CAN CHECK ME AMEND IT.
>> LET ME JUST PUT THAT IN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT TO TAKE OUT THE AUTOMATIC EXPULSION AND SUBSTITUTE A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS.
THEN SHOULD THE CONTRACT FAIL TO BE HONORED, WOULD GO TO THE EXPULSION.
>> I'M REPEATING BACK. THERE IS A MOTION BY DR. BRADLEY SECONDED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON TO REMOVE THE CONSEQUENCE FROM THE STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT FOR THE 18 TARDY THAT ALL OF THEM HAD THAT WAY, FOR THE 18 TARDY TO BE RECOMMENDED EXPULSION, AND SUBSTITUTE THAT CONSEQUENCE WITH GOING TO A BEHAVIOR CONTRACT.
I CAN'T REPEAT BACK EVERYTHING YOU SAID WITH THAT.
GO TO THE SCHOOL AND NEGOTIATE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT, WHICH IF THAT CONTRACT THE STUDENT FAILS TO LIVE UP TO, THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE RECOMMENDED EXPULSION.
>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INSERTING THE STEP WHERE WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PARENT RATHER THAN AUTOMATICALLY FAIL.
IF THAT FAIL TO DO THAT, THEN WE GO TO JUST THE WAY IT IS NOW.
>> SO THERE IS A MOTION A SECOND.
>> MISS. BREXIT HAS SOMETHING.
>> MISS. BREXIT HAS SOME SOMETHING.
>> QUESTION. SO 18 TARDY, WE LEAVE THE CONTRACT AND GO TO 21 TARDY FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF EXPULSION?
>> THAT WAS NOT THE AMENDMENT THAT DR. BRADLEY MADE.
>> I DIDN'T DEAL WITH THE NUMBER.
>> I'LL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS EXCEPT WHERE YOU NOW HAVE YOU GO TO EXPULSION AND SUBSTITUTE THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT, THEN FOLLOW THAT WITH THE EXPOSURE.
>> THERE WE'VE HEARD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AMENDMENT?
>> CLARIFICATION FROM DR. BRADLEY, HE'S ASKING FOR A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT WITH THE PARENT INVOLVED, NOT JUST TALKING TO THE STUDENT AGAIN FOR THE 18TH TIME, CORRECT?
>> IF THE PARENT DOES NOT HONOR THE FAIL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT OR DOES NOT HONOR IT THE KID IS RETARDED AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE EXPOSURE.
>> GO BACK TO ANYTHING BETTER.
>> MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
THAT IS ONLY AN OPTION IN MIDDLE OF HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT AN OPTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD JUST DEAL WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH.
>> IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF LEVELS.
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>> THERE IS NO RECOMMENDED EXPULSION CONSEQUENCE.
>> CORRECT. WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF RECOMMENDED EXPULSION AND CHANGING THAT.
IS THERE OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? MR. SMITH?
>> [OVERLAPPING] ENSURE A PARENT CONFERENCES IN THEIR 18TH AND 12TH AND THEY KEEP EXPULSION IN 19TH BECAUSE THESE PLUGS IN THE SCHOOLS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD FOR THE KIDS AND THAT WOULD BE MORE SENSIBLE TO ME.
>> TO DO A INDIVIDUAL CONTACT WITH THE PARENTS DO IT MUCH EARLIER DATE THAN 18.
YOU THINK ABOUT A KID GOING INTO CLASSROOM LATE 18 TIMES.
IF IT'S A CLASS THAT'S VERY VALUABLE, THEY CAN LOSE A LOT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND NOT ONLY THEY ARE GOING TO LOOSE LOT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO LOSE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING, GO BACK AND DO THEIR PAPERWORK ON HIM BEING TARDY AND THEY TRY TO HIT THE CLASS BACK ON TIME.
YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN THEIR JOBS AS FAR AS TRYING TO KEEP JUST DO THIS IN THE BUILDING WHEN THEY NEED.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY EVERY OFFICE REFERRALS IS GOING TO BE PARENT CONTACT SO THEY WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT ALONG THE WAY.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WE'RE DISCUSSING AN AMENDMENT AND TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO REDUCING IN THE NUMBER OF TARGETS BEFORE WE HAVE THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT.
I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT MECHANIC. PROCEED.
>> AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.
>> I COULD WITHDRAW AND RESTATE.
>> I WITHDRAWAL THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
THAT'S REINHART. I HAVE TO WITHDRAW HER SECOND.
>> I WOULD SAY 18 IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST INSERT THAT.
AFTER TEN TARDIES, WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT MEETING WITH THE PARENTS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, IF THE BEHAVIOR IS NOT MODIFIED, WILL GO TO EXPULSION.
THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO EXPEL THE KID AFTER 10 IF THEY DON'T DO IT.
>> NO THAT'S NOT WHAT MY RISK [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE MOTION NOW SHUT UP.
>> NO, NO. I WILL PREFER IT. GO AHEAD.
>> WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING WAS WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE A PARENT CONTACT COME HERE 19.
THEN IF THEY WERE TO GET THREE MORE OR FIVE MORE UNEXCUSED STUDIES I AM COMING AGAIN AND PUT IT BACK ON THE PARENTS AND THEN AFTER THE 18TH, LOOK AT EXPULSION.
PARENTS NEED TO BE I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO COME IN THERE TWICE.
IT MAY DO A LITTLE MORE TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
>> I WAS JUST NOTICING THAT AT THE SIXTH TARDY WE DO HAVE DETENTION IN BEHAVIOR CONTRACT AS THE CONSEQUENCE ON THAT ONE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AS THE MAIN MOTION.
>> I'M GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN. AFTER 15 TARDIES WILL HAVE A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT MEETING WITH THE PARENT, AND THEN A VIOLATION OF THAT BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT WILL LEAD TO AN EXPULSION.
>> WHAT DR. BRADLEY SAID WAS THAT HE'S MEANT AMENDING THE MAIN MOTION SUCH THAT AT THE 15TH TARDY, IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDED OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THAT THERE IS ALSO A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT ADDED TO THE CONSEQUENCE.
THEN IF THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEN THAT WOULD LEAD TO A RECOMMENDED EXPULSION.
>> NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING TO THE 16TH TARDY BEING A RECOMMENDATION FOR EXPULSION.
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>> WELL, NO. AFTER THE 15TH TARDY IS WHEN WE INVOLVE THE PARENT AND THEN IT WAS STATED THAT AFTER THAT IF THERE IS ANOTHER TARDY AFTER THAT CONTRACT IS ESTABLISHED WITH THE PARENT THEN A RECOMMENDATION FOR EXPULSION.
TYPICALLY, IT COULD BE THE 16TH TARDY.
>> WELL, I THOUGHT WE WERE AGAINST THE 18TH TARDY BEING A RECOMMENDATION FOR EXPULSION.
>> IT WAS JUST A WAY OF INSERTING THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT AS A STEP FOR EXPULSION.
>> THE WAY IT READS NOW WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS WE GOT HAVE AMENDED TWO EXPULSION SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT.
>> I WANT STEP BACK. WE WILL HAVE DR. BRADLEY MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION.
IT WAS NOT SECONDED, SO WE'RE NOT IN DISCUSSION.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SECOND WHAT DR. BRADLEY MOVED IN THE AMENDMENT, THAT'S GREAT.
IF NOT, THE AMENDMENT WILL DIE.
DOES ANYBODY WANT A SECOND DR. BRADLEY'S AMENDMENT?
>> I WOULD. I WILL SECOND IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF AMENDMENT CHANGES [OVERLAPPING].
>> NO, SIR. WE CAN'T BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
IN A SENSE OF DR. BRADLEY YES YOU CAN AMEND HIS AMENDMENT.
YOU CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT. YES, SIR.
>> LET IT DIE. COME BACK AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT YOU WANT.
DR. BRADLEY'S AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND BUT I AM WAITING TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT AFTER THE 15TH TARDY BUT BEHAVIOR CONTRACT IS PUT IN PLACE WITH AFTER THE 18TH TARDY.
IN THAT CONTRACT AFTER THE 18TH TARDY, THAT EXPULSION IS AN OPTION.
>> WHICH HONESTLY IS PROBABLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS.
>> WHAT WE'VE GOT SO MR. BRUNO HAS MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION THAT BOILS DOWN TO THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE 15TH TARDY IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDED OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR THREE DAYS, THAT WE ALSO INSERT A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT.
>> THAT IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT?
DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION.
>> A QUESTION. MR. LAWRENCE, CAN YOU CLARIFY, DID YOU ALREADY SAY THAT WE DO A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT WITH A PARENT AT TARDY 6 OR 10?
>> AT TARDY 6 WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL CONTRACT AND AT THAT TIME WE DO LET THEM KNOW THAT WHAT THE NEXT SET OF CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
>> I DON'T HAVE A COPY BEFORE, MAYBE THAT'S IN THE DISCIPLINE CODE.
>> YEAH. THE THIRD TARDY IS A WARNING, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES A PARENT CONTACT.
SIX TARDY IS DETENTION WITH THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT, NINTH TARDY IS IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION ONE DAY, 12TH TARDY IS IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION TWO DAYS.,15TH TARDY IS OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THREE DAYS AND 18TH TARDY IS RECOMMENDED EXPULSION.
>> WHICH ONE OF THOSE IS PAIR CONTACT?
>> I THINK IT'S FINE THE WAY IT IS.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE BECAUSE I'M NOT SENDING ANY MORE DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A SECONDARY AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION THAT WOULD ADD A CONSEQUENCE TO THE 15TH TARDY OF A BEHAVIOR CONTRACT IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
THE AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION FAILS TWO IN FAVOR OF SIX OPPOSE, WHICH BRINGS US BACK.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS SLOWLY IN CASE THERE'S A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO PROPOSE, WHICH BRINGS US BACK.
THE MAIN MOTION STANDS AS IS ORIGINALLY STATED, TO APPROVE THE THREE STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, AS PRESENTED.
THAT MAY MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
I'LL PAUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY LAST-SECOND DISCUSSION OR OTHER AMENDMENTS.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE THREE STUDENT CODES OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.THE MOTION CARRIES. THE CODES OF CONDUCT ARE APPROVED.
WHICH BRINGS US TO A SEVEN-SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET.
AS YOU SAW IN THE ATTACHMENTS TO THIS, THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES, AND MR. TROXLER IS GOING TO COME UP AND GO OVER A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES.
BASICALLY, BECAUSE FUNDING INCREASED, WHICH CHANGED OUR OPTIONS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL HIS THUNDER.
BUT THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY BEFORE MR. TROXLER STARTS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS SECOND READING THAT WERE NOT IN THE FIRST READING AND THOSE ARE NOT APPROVED.
IT'S ALL UP FOR GRABS AND DISCUSSION. MR. TROXLER.
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, MR. LAWRENCE, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF POWERPOINT SUMMARIZING WHERE WE WERE A MONTH AGO.
IT'S BEEN APPROXIMATELY A MONTH SINCE THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET AND AS INDICATED, THEN WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO WORK IN THE MEANWHILE IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
AS A FIRST READING RECAP, THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN TAXES IN THAT FIRST READING, THERE WERE VARIOUS STATE FUNDING INCREASES THAT WERE REFLECTED STATE AID TO CLASSROOMS. THE FUNDING WE GET FOR STATE RETIREMENT BUS DRIVER SALARIES, AND OUR 388 ALLOCATION.
EXPENDITURE-WISE, WE INCLUDED A STEP INQUIRIES FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, THERE WAS A $2,500 INCREASE IN THE TEACHER SCALE, THE ROTC SCALE, THE PSYCHOLOGISTS SCALE, OT, PT, AND THE NURSE SCALES.
EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE TEACHER SCALE IS TREATED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT AS A TEACHER-LIGHT POSITION SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD A $2,500 INCREASE THERE.
THERE WAS A STATE-REQUIRED BUS DRIVER PAY INCREASE THAT REPRESENTED A 25% INCREASE ON THE STATE MINIMUM BUS DRIVERS SCALE.
OUR BUS DRIVER BEGINNING STEP INCREASED $2.28 AND THEN GRADUALLY AS YOU WENT UP THE SCALE IN STEP NUMBER, THERE WAS A 1% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES AT THAT TIME.
CONTINUING ON, THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER ANNUAL INCREASES.
THE RETIREMENT PERCENTAGE WENT UP 1%.
THE STATE RETIREMENT INCREASING FROM 23.812-24.81%.
WE HAD A HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, PROPERTY INSURANCE WORKERS COMP, AND OTHER SMALLER INCREASES.
THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET REFLECTED STAFFING ALLOCATIONS, THE BLOCK SCHEDULING, THE CAP ON THE ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZES.
WE HAD THE STAFFING AND BUDGET TEAM FOR THE OPENING OF HIGHLANDS SPRINGS IN THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
ANOTHER BIG, IT WAS ACCOMMODATING THE 30 MINUTES OF UNENCUMBERED TEACHER TIME AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT BY ADDING ONE TO TWO AID-LEVEL POSITIONS PER SCHOOL.
AT OUR FIRST READING, THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS 244.8 MILLION.
WE ALSO PRESENTED THAT NIGHT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE ARP ESSER INDIRECT COST.
IT WOULD IN ESSENCE BE ONE-YEAR FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY ADDRESS SOME THINGS.
AT THAT BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED BY THE BOARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING NONRECURRING DOLLARS FOR RECURRING TYPE CALLS.
WE WERE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE WENT BACK AND STUDIED THE BUDGET.
FOLLOWING THE FIRST READING, WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND REFINE BUDGET ESTIMATES.
WE CONSIDERED OPTIONS FOR THE INDIRECT COST AGAIN, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WITH THE FOCUS ON NON-RECURRING USES.
IN THE MEANWHILE, THE SENATE VERSION OF THE BUDGET WAS FINALIZED.
WE RECEIVED THOSE PROJECTIONS.
WHILE THERE WAS NO GREAT CHANGE FROM WHAT THE SENATE WAS ALLOCATING FOR
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K-12 COMPARED TO THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BUDGET AND LATER COMPARED TO THE HOUSE II VERSION OF THE BUDGET.WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE THERE BECAUSE IN THE PROCESS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT UPDATED OUR ESTIMATES BASED ON THE 135TH-DAY ADM NUMBERS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ACTUALLY SAW A DECREASE FROM THE 45TH DAY TO THE 135TH DAY.
HISTORICALLY, WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MAYBE A DECREASE IN FUNDING THERE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THE LAST MEETING, THE NEW STATE FUNDING FORMULA DOESN'T FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL FLOW.
WE'RE PART OF THE PIE NOW AND ANY IMPACT OF ANY DECREASE OR INCREASE IS LARGELY GOING TO BE A REFLECTION OF WHAT HAPPENS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS A WHOLE THERE.
EVEN THOUGH OUR ADM WENT DOWN FROM THE 45TH DAY TO THE 135TH DAY, THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IMPACTED US AND IMPACTED OUR PROJECTION.
IT ENDED UP BEING ABOUT $1.8 MILLION MORE THAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR REVENUE PROJECTION WITH THAT CHANGE.
IN TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL, WE'VE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LIGHTEST STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECTIONS.
WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT RECOMMENDATION FROM 1% TO A 3% COLA.
THAT'S FOR ALL OF THOSE NINE TEACHER AND TEACHER LIFE SCALES.
RECOMMENDING THE CREATION OF A POSITION FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION, THAT WAS A HIGH-PRIORITY ITEM IDENTIFIED BY THE ADMINISTRATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
CREATED A SECOND HEARING OFFICER POSITION BASED ON DISCUSSIONS FROM THE MAY 2ND SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
WE ADDED A STEP AT THE TOP OF THE TEACHER SCALE AND AT OTHER SCALES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 170 TEACHERS THAT ARE TOPPED OUT ON THEIR SCALES, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER TEACHER-LIKE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TOPPED OUT ON THEIR SCALE.
WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER 100,000 NON-RECURRING FOR SALARY STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED IN THIS NEXT YEAR AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE '24, '25 BUDGET.
WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, AND THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSAL, A $1,000 NON-RECURRENT BONUS ON PAY SCALES THAT WEREN'T IMPACTED BY THE JANUARY 24 OF 2023 DECISION ON BONUSES.
THIS LEAVES 694,000 NON-RECURRING IN THE BUDGET.
WE'VE SET THAT ASIDE UNDER THE SCHOOL BOARD'S LOCATION AT THIS TIME.
IF THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TONIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT OR DECISION IN THE FUTURE TO UTILIZE THAT THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD.
THAT WOULD BRING OUR GENERAL FUND PROPOSE SECOND READ INTO 248,982,000 AND CHANGE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> MR. TROXLER THE QUICK ONE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR PEOPLE.
INCREASING THE STEP TO THE TEACHER SCALE, THAT'S A 28TH STEP.
>> YES. THAT WOULD MAKE IT A ZERO THROUGH 28.
>> SO WE HAVE 29 STEPS ON THAT SCALE?
>> A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SALARY STUDY.
WE SPENT 250,000 LAST YEAR ON THE POPULATION GEOGRAPHICAL STUFF.
TO THAT PERSONALLY AND I DON'T THINK JUST TO BE POSITIVE TO NO ONE THAT I REALLY PERSONALLY COULD BELIEVE IT COULD BE DONE IN [INAUDIBLE] NOW WE ARE ASKING FOR $1000 FOR SALARY STUDY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE MOTIVE IS BEHIND THAT?
>> IT LARGELY WOULD TAKE ANY BIAS OUT OF IT.
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ASK A COMPANY TO LOOK AT IT'S GOING TO BE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.NEIGHBOR AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND OTHER SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOOK AT THE AREA AND DRAW COMPARISONS TO THAT, AND COME TO THE BOARD WITH UNBIASED RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A JEW PERSONALLY.
I'M PRETTY MUCH ALREADY SICK WITH WHAT WE DO BASED ON THE STATE SPEAKING FOR TEACHERS.
WE CAN GIVE WHAT THE STATE TELL US WE CAN GET IN.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO BACKWARDS BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR AHEAD OF WHAT THE MINIMUM IS.
THAT LEAVES CLASSIFIED IN ADMINISTRATIVE.
THIS STUDY MATH WOULD AFFECT THE MAPS.
>> THE STATE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FOR AN EASY COMPARISON OF US EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT, BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND BASED ON DEGREE.
THEY TYPICALLY ASK SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT WHAT THEIR TEACHER SCALE IS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WILL GET A REQUEST HERE THE END OF JULY, SOMEWHERE IN THERE ASKING US TO SUBMIT WHAT OUR TEACHER SCALE IS FOR '23, '24.
AT SOME POINT THEREAFTER, TYPICALLY MID FALL, THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL PUBLISH THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO DRAW EASY COMPARISONS THERE AND WE PROVIDED THAT TO THE BOARD IN THE PAST WHERE WE COULD SHOW WHAT OUR RANK IS ON TEACHER SCALE.
S THIS FOCUS WOULD BE ON OWN NINE TEACHER TYPE SCALES IF APPROVED.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. TRAXLER? >. MR. TRAXLER WHEN HAVE WE LAST DONE A SERVICE STUDY?
>> AS BEEN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, WE HAD ONE PERFORMED THINK IN 2014, 15.
IT WAS A LITTLE EXPANDED BECAUSE WE HAD REALLY A TOTAL REVAMPING OF OUR SALARY SCALES.
WELL, SO HAD NO SERVICE CREDIT.
SO WE DEVELOPED A SERVICE CREDIT FORMULA THAT'S USED FOR ALL NINE TEACHER POSITIONS.
IT'S BEEN EIGHT OR NINE YEARS.
THE NEW SCALES, THE NEW SERVICE CREDIT METHODOLOGY WENT INTO EFFECT, I THINK IN THE '16, '17 SCHOOL YEAR, FACED IN OVER THREE YEARS.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE THIS REQUEST IS AS A RESULT OF OUR DISCUSSION IN OUR DIRECTION IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO ADDRESS SOME ONES AND TWOS IN POSITIONS ALONG THE WAY.
>> JUST REFERRING THE BOARD BACK, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I THINK IT MADE IT INTO THE TOP TEN BUT IN JANUARY WHEN WE HAD A BUDGET WORKSHOP, JUST TO TRY TO GIVE WHAT ARE THOUGHTS ON PRIORITY WERE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID SIR.
WAS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SALARY ADJUSTMENTS TO STAFF ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
I THOUGHT WE HAD A DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPETITIVE SALARIES WERE AS A WHOLE AND WE COULD WORK TOWARDS THAT OR NOT.
AND THAT WAS THE GENESIS OF IT JUST LIKE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS ON HERE THAT CAME FROM OUR PRIORITY LIST.
>> MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT AND REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION.
>> WE WERE PRESENTED A LIST OF POSITIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, ALL OF THOSE SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET.
THOSE UPDATES. I JUST SAW THIS ONE THAT WAS BROKEN OUT FOR THE FACILITY.
>> SO THE LISTING WAS A LISTING OF BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF SCHOOL REQUESTS, DEPARTMENTAL REQUEST, DISTRICT LEVEL REQUESTS.
>> THERE WAS ONE GROUPING THAT HAD ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT THE KING WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE UPGRADE?
>> YES. NOT UPGRADING, BUT GETTING IN LINE WITH OTHER POSITIONS ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE.
>> BUT THEY ARE IN THE BUDGET?
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET IF PRESENTED ON SECOND READING.
>> SECOND BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY DR. BRADLEY, SECONDED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING
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AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION. MS. TYLER.>> I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE DECISIONS THAT DR. BRADLEY WAS SPEAKING OF.
SINCE THAT PREDATE MY PRESENCE ON THE BOARD, CAN I FIND OUT WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE PLEASE?
>> WHEN THE SALARY SCHEDULE WAS DEVELOPED, I GUESS IN '15, '16, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT SCALE HAD A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE INCREASE PER STEP THAN THE OTHER SCALES.
I THINK THEY WERE ALL AT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT AND THAT ONE WAS AT ONE AND A QUARTER PERCENT, SO GETTING THAT IN LINE WITH THE OTHER ONES.
AND ALSO THE CHIEF SCALE WAS THE SAME WAY.
IT HAD A ONE AND A QUARTER PERCENT INCREASE PER STEP.
AND ALSO IT STOPPED AT STEP 15 SO INCREASING IT UP TO STEP 25, ALONG WITH THE OTHER SCALES.
AND SERVICE CREDIT WASN'T INCLUDED FOR THOSE HIRES.
WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GETS IT IN LINE, GETS BOTH OF THOSE LEVELS IN LINE WITH THE OTHERS AT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT PER STEP, AND INCLUDING SERVICE CREDIT AS PART OF THE G SCALE.
>> BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OLD DISCUSSIONS ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC WE HAVE NOT UPGRADED ANY OTHER POSITIONS FROM A LEVEL ONE TO A LEVEL TWO.
>> NO. WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS.
>> THE QUESTION I WAS REALLY TRYING TO ASK, THEY SAID THERE WAS A LIST OF POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CALLED DIRECTORS AND YOU WOULD RECOMMEND IT THEY MOVE TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHICH WOULD BE A SALARY INCREASE.
>> WE DID HAVE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.
IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
NO UPGRADES OF ANY CURRENT POSITIONS FROM DIRECTOR TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THEY'RE NOT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE ADDITION OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SCALE WHICH HAS A.
>> WHAT'S THE COST OF THAT, THAT IT WAS LIKE A MEMO THAT WE GOT.
YOU KNEW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT?.
>> I'VE READ, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THIS BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS LIST I BELIEVE IT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THERE SHOULD BE A COPY IN YOUR PURPLE FOLDER.
I BELIEVE IT. IT'S ON THE TOP OF THE THIRD PAGE, NEAR THE TOP OF THE THIRD PAGE.
>> I GOT TOO MANY DIFFERENT PAGES.
>> SO YES, THAT LIST ON PAGE 3 OF THOSE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU SEE THE COST OF THOSE OUT TO THE RIGHT THERE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL ON THAT THERE'S JUST INDIVIDUAL.
>> FOR THOSE FOUR DIRECTORS, IT WILL BE.
I JUST SEEM TO REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION WE HAD MIGHT'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU GOT ON THE BOARD, MS. TAU.
BUT WE HAD A DISCUSSION WHERE WE WERE PRETTY FAVORABLE TO DOING THAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DISCUSSION NOW OR NOT.
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
WHEN WE GOT THOSE ORIGINAL NUMBERS FROM THE STATE ON WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE, A LOT OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE ADD GOT SET ASIDE.
WHEN WE GOT THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM THE STATE, WE DIDN'T BRING THAT ONE BACK UP.
>> I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT RECEIVING
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THE ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT I WAS NOT HERE LAST TIME BECAUSE OF ILLNESS, BUT I KNOW I FLEW OUT BUT EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO PUT BACK IN ON THE EXTRA MEGAN AND EIGHT.THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED IF WE LOOK AT PUTTING BACK IN.
WE GOING TO FEEL LIKE I MISUNDERSTOOD THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION BEFORE I MADE THE MOTION.
>> NO, I MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
I ANSWERED THE WRONG QUESTION.
>> RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING AS PRESENTED, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE DISCUSSION?
>> I HAVE A CONCERN. I'M CONCERNED UNDER THE SAME RECLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS, IT MENTIONS THAT EIGHT TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISORS WOULD NEED OR NEEDS TO BE MOVED FROM SUPERVISOR ONE PAY SCALE TO SUPERVISOR TWO PAY SCALE.
AT THE CURRENT RATE NOW, AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH OVERTIME, A BUS DRIVER WOULD MAKE MORE THAN THEIR SUPERVISOR?
>> MAY DEPEND ON THE SITUATION BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISORS, MAJORITY OF THEM DO DRIVE ROUTES AND THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEW BUS DRIVER PAY SCALE ROUTES TOO BASED ON THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
>> BUT IF THEY DON'T DRIVE AROUND.
ALL OF THAT WOULD BE BASED ON PAY RATE, THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY'RE DRIVING, HOW MANY OVERTIME HOURS THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR.
KEEPING IN MIND TOO THAT HOPEFULLY, IF WE WERE TO SAY WE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE THE BUS DRIVER SCALE MORE COMPETITIVE, WILL ATTRACT FOLKS AND AS IT DOES, WOULD SAVE FOLKS FROM DRIVING HOPEFULLY, SECOND AND THIRD ROUTES, WHICH WOULD REDUCE OVERTIME PAY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WITHOUT HAVING SPECIFICS TO THIS SITUATION OR THAT SITUATION.
>> LISTEN, SO SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, I WOULD SUGGEST WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT.
WE CAN COME BACK AND WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE 650,000 ACCESS AT ANOTHER TIME.
WITH THESE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE DISCUSSION IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED AT THAT POINT.
>> YEAH AND THOSE REMAINING FUNDS ARE NON-RECURRING.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW.
>> BUT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BALANCED, RIGHT?
>> THE LEFTOVER FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FOR POTENTIALLY A FUTURE TIME TO CONSIDER, THOSE ARE NON-RECURRING.
>> I KNOW THE FRONT, THE REVENUE IS NON-RECURRING.
>> YEAH. THAT'S ALL I WAS SAYING.
>> TREY ON THE SALARY STUDY, I KNOW THAT AND I GUESS I'VE ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE MOSTLY NON-TEACHER TYPE POSITIONS, BUT GOING INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND CRAFT TYPE POSITIONS, THAT WOULD INCLUDE.
>> WE WOULD ASK WHOEVER'S CONDUCTING THE STUDY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE TEACHER SCALE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EASY COMPARISON FOR THE TEACHER SCALE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
EVERYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED?
>> I ASK THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION BECAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE IN THIS SAME STUDY.
COULD THEY STUDY THE WAY WE DO OUR MAINTENANCE INTO DISTRICT VERSUS WHAT WE OUTSOURCE PLUS WHAT WE DO IN HOUSE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH THAT STUDY? OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE CRAFT PEOPLE YOU'RE HIRED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THEM ON A DIFFERENT SCALE, BUT MAYBE LOOK AT WHAT WE DO JUST TO SEE IF THE WAY WE'RE DOING OUR MAINTENANCE IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
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>> MY GUESS IS THAT THE GROUP THAT'S DOING SALARY COMPARISONS MAY NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DO THIS KIND OF STUDY.
YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE EXPERTS.
>> SINCE WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE SALARIES I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD BOUNCE INTO IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BROAD THEY LOOKED AT STUFF.
>> I WANT TO THROW ONE QUICK CAVEAT AND I'M GLAD MR. BROOME BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING TRADESMEN, ESPECIALLY IN MAINTENANCE.
I RECENTLY WAS TOLD THAT TO BRING A PLUMBER INTO THE DISTRICT THEY WOULD STARTED OUT MAKING $16 AN HOUR.
AT SOME OF THE INDUSTRY AROUND, THEY WILL START 28, $30 AN HOUR.
I KNOW WE CAN'T PAY THAT STUFF.
THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MAJOR PORTION OF THIS STUDY LOOK AT OUR CRAFTSPEOPLE BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIX AIR CONDITIONERS, KEEP TOILETS FLUSHING, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S NUMBER 1 TO ME AS FAR AS OUR KIDS.
WE GOT TO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE COMFORTABLE.
>> YES. THE PLAN WOULD BE TO LOOK AT ALL POSITIONS THAT AREN'T ON THE TEACHER SCALE.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING, INCLUDING WHAT'S BEEN ADDED SINCE THE FIRST READING AS PRESENTED.
I'M GOING TO GO TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING AS PRESENTED PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE A BUDGET.
OKEY-DOKEY. THAT COMES TO THE END OF OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. MOVES US TO OUR B CONSENT ITEMS WHICH WE'LL VOTE ON AS A GROUP, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM INDIVIDUALLY PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE.
FIRST IS THAT THE BOARD HAD A LIST OF EXPULSIONS THAT WE'RE NOT APPEALED, THAT WE HAVE TO RATIFY.
SECOND, THERE'S A LIST OF REQUESTS TO TRANSFER INTO THE DISTRICT FROM SOME NEIGHBORING DISTRICT.
THIRD, THERE ARE FEW REQUESTS TO TRANSFER OUT OF AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT.
FORTH, THERE'S REQUEST TO ADMIT FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS OR EX STUDENT, EXCUSE ME.
I'LL GET THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS AS NEEDED.
FIFTH, THERE'S A LIST OF LOCAL BOARD APPROVED COURSES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THOSE, YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NEW.
THOSE ARE PRE-EXISTING CLASSES THAT WE'VE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
SIX, WE HAVE A CHANGE ORDER FOR WE HAD SOME WORK DONE.
THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS. WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE MONEY BACK, I GUESS FROM THE CONTINGENCY.
THERE IS A CHANGE ORDER FOR WE HAD A WORK DONE FOR EXTERIOR SIGNS AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND THIS IS A CHANGE ORDER FOR CREDIT OF OVER $29,000.
SEVENTH, THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER THAT IS ALSO A CREDIT FOR OVER $66,000 IN REFERENCE TO THE RESTROOM AND CONCESSIONS AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH.
THOSE ARE THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS. WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE SEVEN CONSENT.
>> DR. BRADLEY, MOVED TO APPROVE THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS. MR. SMITH SECONDED IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ITEMS TONIGHT, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WHICH BRINGS US TO MR. LAWRENCE'S SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JUST VERY BRIEFLY.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT TODAY I HAD MY FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND I ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM.
I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE BEST ADVICE THAT I GET COMES FROM OUR STUDENTS.
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BUT THEY SAMPLED SOME FOOD FROM CHARTWELLS THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW CONTRACTOR FOR SCHOOL LUNCH AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THEY WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH THAT.THEY GAVE ME SOME ADVICE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODIFIED CALENDAR AND THE BLOCK SCHEDULE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR INPUT ON THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY AND EVEN THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I GOT ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS ON IT.
I DO ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT LAST NIGHT WE CELEBRATED OUR RETIREES AT A VERY NICE DINNER AT NEWBURY HALL.
I THINK THAT WAS ATTENDED BY A GOOD MANY OF OUR RETIREES AND I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT WE HONORED OUR SENIOR SCHOLARS AT A DINNER AT USCA CONVOCATION CENTER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HONORED STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LAWRENCE. WE DO NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.
IN SUCH ORDERS THE BOARD DEANS APPROPRIATE.
WE HAVE THREE STUDENT MATTERS, EACH ONE OF THEM BEING A STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA 1.
WE HAVE THREE STUDENT APPEALS FROM AREA 1.
WE HAVE THREE OF EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.
WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT RELATED TO JD LEVER, ADMINISTRATIVE OF APPOINTMENT RELATED TO MELBOURNE, AND THEN AN EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE.
FOLLOWING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION AND ANNOUNCE THE MATTERS CONSIDERED AND TAKE ANY ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THESE ITEMS?
>> MOVED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY MS. TYLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THESE ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
>> LET'S TRY TO BE IN THE BOARD ROOM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN 10 MINUTES.
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WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.[03:59:47]
WE NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.[03:59:50]
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>> MOVE BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON. IS THERE A SECOND?
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SECOND BY MR. SMITH, ANY DISCUSSION?[03:59:56]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF LEAVING EXECUTIVE SESSION,[03:59:58]
RETURNING IRREGULAR SESSION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.[04:00:00]
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.[04:00:02]
WE ARE IN REGULAR SESSION.[04:00:04]
WHILE WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,[04:00:06]
WE HEARD FIVE MATTERS.[04:00:08]
WE HEARD THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS, WE HEARD TWO STUDENT APPEALS,[04:00:13]
STUDENT APPEAL A AND B.[04:00:15]
IS THERE A MOTION IN REFERENCE TO STUDENT APPEAL A?[04:00:19]
>> I RECOMMEND THAT WE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
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>> THE MOTION BY MR. REINHARDT JACKSON SECONDED BY MS. TYLER TO UPHOLD
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THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION REFERENCE TO STUDENT APPEAL A DISCUSSION.[04:00:33]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.[04:00:36]
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.[04:00:39]
THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION IS UPHELD AND STUDENT APPEAL A.[04:00:42]
AS FOR THE MATTER OF STUDENT APPEAL B, IS THERE A MOTION?[04:00:46]
>> I RECOMMEND THAT UP ALL THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION.
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>> MOTION IS MADE BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON SECONDED BY MR. SMITH TO UPHOLD
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THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION IN REFERENCE TO STUDENT APPEAL B. ANY DISCUSSION?[04:01:00]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.[04:01:03]
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.[04:01:06]
FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS A STUDENT APPEALS C ON THE AGENDA AND THAT WAS NOT HEARD.PERSON WASN'T HERE AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED.
WE HAD THREE EMPLOYMENT MATTERS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FOR J.D LEVER ELEMENTARY. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> I RECOMMEND THAT WE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> MOTION MADE BY MS. REINHARDT'S ACTIONS SECONDED BY MRS. TYLER TO ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT FOR J.D LEVER ELEMENTARY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
MOTION CARRIES. WE HAD A SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FOR MILLBROOK ELEMENTARY.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDS TO THAT?
>> I RECOMMEND THAT WE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION.
>> I SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. REINHARDT JACKSON'S SECONDED BY MYSELF TO ACCEPT THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT AT MILLBROOK ELEMENTARY DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
MOTION CARRIES. LASTLY, ON THE AGENDA, WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE.
IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE?
>> I MOVE THAT AFTER REVIEWING THE RECORD OF THE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE AND DISCUSSING IT DOING EXECUTIVE SESSION, THAT THE BOARD FIND THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE GRIEVANCE ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND THE BOARD DENY THE REQUEST FOR ANY FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.
>> THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. REINHARDT JACKSON SECONDED BY DR. HANKS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIES.
>> MOVED BY MS. REINHARDT JACKSON SECONDED BY DR. BRADLEY.
DISCUSSION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. WHERE HERE ADJOURNED.
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