[00:05:08] IT IS 6:00 AND I WILL CALL THE JANUARY 18TH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER. [00:05:17] WE BEGIN ALL OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS PUBLISHED TO BOTH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS FOR CHANGES OR OBJECTIONS TO IT. AND [INAUDIBLE] IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTER IN SUCH ORDER AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE. THERE'S AN EMPLOYEE MATTER REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND FOLLOWING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE INTO EGULAR SESSION TO ANNOUNCE THE MATTERS CONSIDERED AND TO TAKE ANY ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE? MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL START EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A FEW MINUTES. [04:06:26] . SO WE HAVE CONCLUDED EXECUTIVE SESSION. [04:06:28] I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO LEAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ENTER REGULAR SESSION. [04:06:32] MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. [04:06:34] IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY MR. [04:06:36] MOULTON? ANY DISCUSSION? [04:06:39] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF LEAVING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURNING TO REGULAR SESSION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [04:06:43] THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES. [04:06:45] WE ARE IN REGULAR SESSION. [04:06:46] WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DID DISCUSS AN EMPLOYEE MATTER REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT. [04:06:53] THERE ARE NO ACTIONS DEEMED NECESSARY. [04:06:56] THEREFORE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. [04:06:59] SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. [04:07:03] SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION? [04:07:05] ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. [04:07:07] THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES. [04:07:08] WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.