Mar 12, 2024 031224 AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

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IT IS 6:00.

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WE START 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 OF ALLEGIANCE.

THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING WAS PUBLISHED BOTH TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY CALLS FOR CHANGES TO THAT AGENDA. WE'LL CONSIDER THE AGENDA APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

NEXT, AS FAR AS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM ONE MEETING.

THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27TH.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS FROM, EXCUSE ME, THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 27TH.

MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECONDED BY DR.

HANKS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE FEBRUARY 27TH MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S FIVE IN FAVOR.

ALL THOSE ABSTAINING.

THAT'S THREE.

MOTION CARRIES. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

FIVE IN FAVOR, THREE IN ABSTENTION.

IN CASE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS WONDERING.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HERE, FOR THAT MEETING.

THE THREE OF US.

ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

WE HAVE TWO FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AT THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS MR. DANNY GETTYS, WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. GETTYS, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT LAURENCE, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ALL.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL A FEW TIMES ABOUT THE THE PROJECTS ONGOING, PARTICULARLY THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS, A GOOD, POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS.

I WAS AT THE I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR MOVING THIS THING FORWARD AFTER 40 YEARS OF OF WAITING.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

THE COMMUNITY IS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT, THE SCHOOLS ARE ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR KIDS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND THOSE YOUNGER KIDS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS.

I WAS I WAS AT THE MEETING THE 23RD WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED IN THE TONE THAT SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WENT.

IT TOOK A NEGATIVE TONE, WHICH KIND OF BOTHERED ME AS A AS A CITIZEN OF NORTH AUGUSTA, A TAXPAYER IN NORTH AUGUSTA, AS A NORTH AUGUSTA ALUMNI.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BOTHERED ME AND BOTHERED OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CELEBRATORY HISTORIC TIME FOR THE COUNTY, FOR NORTH AUGUSTA.

AND IT TOOK A TURN THAT THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN, I DID WANT TO EXPRESS THAT.

THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION OF, OF EQUITY IN FACILITIES.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THIS, BUT LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL FOUR NUMBERS 47,000, 62,000, 140,000 AND 253,000.

WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? THOSE ARE THE PER STUDENT EXPENDITURES AND THE FACILITIES PROJECTS DATING BACK TO AROUND 2014, TO WHAT IS COMMITTED UP TO THIS POINT THAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER.

THOSE ARE ROUND NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR, FOR THIS.

THAT 47,000 IS THE PER STUDENT EXPENDITURE AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL.

UNDERSTAND? WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS.

WE CAN'T SPEND $250,000 A STUDENT AT NORTH AUGUSTA.

BUT WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND INEQUITIES THROUGH THE COUNTY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO POINT AT US AND SAY WE'RE GETTING MORE AT NORTH AUGUSTA.

AND I THINK THE PERCEPTION THAT GIVES TO A COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OTHER INTERESTS, SUCH AS WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH, THAT KIND OF THING, IT GIVES A BAD PERCEPTION AND AN IMPROPER PERCEPTION. AND I DID WANT TO EXPRESS THAT BUT WON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.

THERE IS STILL NEEDS COUNTYWIDE.

I WANT ALL FACILITIES THAT HAVE BE THE BEST THEY CAN THROUGH THE COUNTY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, AND I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE ABOUT.

SO I HOPE FOR THIS NEXT ROUND OF SALES TAX MONEY, THIS THIS NEXT REFERENDUM, WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

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BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE NEEDS AS WE GET CLOSER.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO PUSH EVERYONE FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING AS ONE FOR FOR THE CAUSES AT NORTH AUGUSTA, WAGNER, MIDDLE VALLEY, ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER GETTYS.

THE SECOND PERSON THAT HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS MISTER EUGENE WHITE, WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AS ON THE TOPIC OF STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS.

MISTER WHITE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE TO GIVE YOU ALL EXTRA WORK, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT AN IDEA WHICH I THINK IS INTERESTING, WHICH I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER.

WE CURRENTLY ARE IN THE SEASON OF THE STATE OF ADDRESSES, SO WE HAD GOVERNOR MCMASTER GIVE THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS IN JANUARY.

THE PRESIDENT JUST GAVE HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST WEEK.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF AIKEN IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, AND SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PERHAPS HAVE A STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS.

I THINK THAT WE DO A GREAT JOB HERE OF PROMOTING AND PROJECTING THE VARIOUS THINGS AND THE FINE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO THIS PERHAPS COULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE JUST WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH, AS IT SHOULD BE, YOU NEVER CAN COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS YOU SHOULD ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE SAFETY, AND YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE, AND SO MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THOSE AREAS.

WE ALSO ARE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE A WORLD CLASS FACILITY IN THE NEW AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, WHICH WHICH WE CAN HOLD IT.

THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO ALREADY SHOWED INTEREST IN THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO COME TO THAT COMMUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT AND THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE FINE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR OUTGOING SUPERINTENDENT, AND TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM IN A VERY PROPER AND PUBLIC WAY, OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS OF THIS ROOM AND OTHER PLACES. SO WE CAN USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND THEN PERHAPS EVEN GIVE A SPACE TO OUR NEW INCOMING SUPERINTENDENT TO GIVE HIS VISION AGAIN ABOUT WHERE HE HOPES TO TAKE THIS DISTRICT AS IT MOVES FORWARD.

AS IT RELATES TO SCHEDULING, YOU CAN USE THAT SWEET SPOT THAT COMES AFTER TESTING IS DONE AND AFTER SPRING SPORTS ARE DONE AND RIGHT BEFORE GRADUATION, SO THAT YOU CAN ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYBODY'S FULL, UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AS IT RELATES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE DRESS, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, THE CURRENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU HOPE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

AND YOU CAN OFFER THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THOSE VARIOUS BARRIERS THAT YOU MAY FACE AS YOU'RE OVERCOMING THOSE THINGS.

AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE A GOOD IDEA TO KIND OF KICK OFF THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING SALES TAX VOTE IN IN NOVEMBER.

YOU CAN ALSO USE IT AS SORT OF AN EXPERIMENT.

SO COMMIT TO DOING IT THIS YEAR AND THEN COMMIT TO DOING IT NEXT YEAR AND JUST KIND OF SEE HOW IT WORKS.

YOU KNOW, IF IT WORKS WELL AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S GOOD PUBLIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM IT, IT'S A PRACTICE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE IF IT KIND OF FIZZLES, AND WE ONLY GOT, YOU KNOW, 20 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, THEN YOU CAN USE YOUR ENERGY AND INVEST IT IN OTHER PLACES.

SO I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAD TO X THE BOX OF SHAME ABOUT HAVING TALKED TO THE VARIOUS FOLKS ABOUT THIS IDEA BEFORE I CAME AND SPOKE.

SO I HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT ANYBODY OR TALKED TO ANYONE ABOUT THIS IDEA YET, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BY EMAIL.

AND IF YOU THINK IT'S INTERESTING, I'LL BE OPEN TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY IDEAS THAT I MAY HAVE, WHAT LIMITED THEY ARE, AND IF NOT, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS AS A PRACTICE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.

ENJOY THE SUNSHINE.

THANK YOU, MR. WHITE.

BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY ENDORSE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND I HOPE THAT WHATEVER TIME IS APPROPRIATE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, DR. BRADLEY.

MAYBE YOU COULD PUT ME ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

YES, SIR. THE UH, THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

IS OUR PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ESSER FUNDING PLAN.

SO THIS CAN TAKE AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO TAKE.

BUT IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE ESSER FUNDING PLAN, YOU ARE WELCOME AT THIS TIME TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND MAKE COMMENTS.

OKAY, I DID A SLOW TEN SECOND COUNT.

I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE ESSER FUNDING PLAN, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

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THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IN OUR OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN.

THE SECOND ONE IS JUST A REMINDER, I'M GOING TO DO THAT NOW BEFORE I FORGET AND SKIP OVER IT.

AND THAT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO FILL OUT AND A FEW POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TO AS WELL, ARE DUE ON MARCH 30TH.

SO A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT'S DUE, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THAT.

THE LONGER ITEM, IT'S LABELED AS 24-25 BUDGET DISCUSSION.

SO, WE DID THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS THIS IS DONE JUST TO SET US UP A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS DONE IN THE VEIN OF THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY MADE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS AN INPUT TO THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WILL CARRY OUT THROUGH THE NEXT, REALLY THREE MONTHS.

SO THIS IS OUR INITIAL WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY VOTES.

WE'RE NOT APPROVING A BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT COMMITTING FUNDS.

THIS IS JUST AN OPEN THIS IS A DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT INPUT THE BOARD HAS ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREMENTAL AND LIKE, JUST AS A REMINDER, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GOT PRIORITIZED LAST YEAR, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT A GOOD AND DECENT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS NOT BAKED INTO THE BUDGET IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF OUR DISCUSSION LAST YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. IN THE FOLDERS THAT ARE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THE FOLDERS AT YOUR DESK, BUT JUST AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL THERE IS KIND OF THE LONG LIST THAT GETS CREATED EVERY YEAR OF DIFFERENT BUDGET REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME FROM DEPARTMENTS AND WHATNOT AND SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE ONE THING I WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A AND MR. TRAXLER IS HERE TO ASK ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE.

SO THIS REALLY IS JUST PROVIDING SOME INPUT ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

NOT THAT WE KNOW HOW TO PAY FOR IT NECESSARILY.

AND TO THAT END, WHILE THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS HAS PASSED A BUDGET, I BELIEVE THERE'S NO FIRM NUMBERS FROM THE STATE YET.

SO FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE FROM THE STATE, THERE'S NO FIRM NUMBERS, RIGHT? BUT ONE THING I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT MR. TRAXLER PUT ON PAGE TWO OF THIS HANDOUT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME WHAT WE'LL CALL BASE INCREASES THAT WE, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO.

SO THE STEP STEP INCREASES THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET, THAT WOULD GET A STEP INCREASE.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION ESTIMATE.

YOU KNOW HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE WHETHER WE GET IT YOU KNOW WOULD ESTIMATE BE OVER $1 MILLION.

THERE'S SOME WE ALREADY KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE IN COSTS TO INCREASE COSTS TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT'S LISTED $900,000, IS THE ESTIMATE ON ENERGY COSTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AND ESTIMATE BUDGET FOR IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND INCREASES IN CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES AND SO FORTH.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE ASSUMING WE HOPEFULLY WE GET INCREASED FUNDING, BUT WHETHER WE GET MORE FUNDING OR NOT, WE KNOW THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. THE WAY I THOUGHT, WE.

AND I'LL GO DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN A SECOND.

THE WAY I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THIS IS THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SUGGESTIONS ONCE I GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AND YOU TAKE ONE AND PASS IT TWICE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT I'M PASSING OUT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE RIGHT AWAY.

BUT, TRY TO GET A SENSE OF PRIORITY ON WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS OUR INITIAL INPUT INTO THE BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL USE IT, YOU KNOW, JUST A METHODOLOGY THAT ONCE WE GET THINGS KIND OF ON THE BOARD, WE'LL PICK, YOU KNOW, OUR RANK TOP FIVE.

AND THAT WILL KIND OF SHOW, IT'S A WAY OF MULTI VOTING TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT'S BUBBLING TO THE TOP.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NOT THE LAST DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT BUDGET.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BUDGET.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR WHAT'S ON YOUR MINDS AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GOING INTO THIS BUDGET PLANNING SEASON.

ALL RIGHT. IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THE PROCESS, I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE FLOOR AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE DAIS AND I'M GOING TO WRITE THINGS DOWN, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR MULTI VOTING TECHNIQUE.

ALL RIGHT.

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SO THIS IS AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EVERY BOARD MEMBERS THINKING.

AND. BUT I'LL START THE CLOSEST THING I COULD USE THAT I'LL START HERE, CLOSEST TO ME ON MY RIGHT WITH DR.

BRADLEY, AND GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK, SINCE WE HAVE, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO, BUT THE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOULD BE IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET, I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

BUT, DR.

BRADLEY. MY FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

I SAID THIS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK ON THE BOARD.

BEGIN, YOU KNOW, THE, IF A CHILD HADN'T LEARNED TO READ BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE, THE PROBABILITY IS THAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ SUFFICIENTLY WELL TO BE FUNCTIONING IN SOCIETY TODAY.

SO I THINK WE NEED IN A VERY NONSPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION TO PUT ATTENTION AND MONEY INTO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING IN THE THIRD, FIRST THREE GRADES AND THE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. THE WAY WE USUALLY DO THAT IS BY LOWERING PUPIL TO TEACHER RATIO.

PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMING WE DID A YEARS AGO.

WE HAD A PROJECT IN WHICH WE IDENTIFIED FIRST GRADE FAILURES.

THE KIDS WHO FAILED FIRST GRADE.

AND WE PUT THEM IN THE SPECIAL CLASSES WITH TEN MAXIMUM OF 10 OR 12 WITH A TEACHER.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ABOUT 50% OF THOSE KIDS IN THE THIRD GRADE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH SECOND GRADE.

THE REPEATING FIRST GRADE YEAR, TOOK CARE OF SECOND GRADE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK PRETTY MUCH ON GRADE LEVEL IN THE THIRD GRADE.

SO I MEAN, IT'S DOABLE, BUT IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROGRAM.

HAVING SAID THAT, MY SECOND PRIORITY WOULD BE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO UTILIZE OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM TO A MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN WE DO.

ONE PLACE FOR SURE THAT WE NEEDED IS WE NEED ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMING FOR KIDS WHO ARE UP FOR EXPULSION OR FOR DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS. THE, THIS PAST YEAR IN PARTICULAR, HAS PROVEN THAT WE DO NEED AN ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN JUST CIL.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING AWAY WITH IT, BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS A LIVE, INTERACTIVE KIND OF PROGRAM, NOT JUST SOME COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT WE PUT ON YOU KNOW, PUT ON THE NETWORK CLOSE, CLOSED CIRCUIT OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT THESE DAYS.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A DOABLE THING.

AND THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM BEING ABLE TO TEACH LIVE ON ONLINE SUCH AS PROGRAMING FOR SMALL SCHOOLS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE NOW, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE HAD VERY SMALL NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WANTING TO TAKE CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS AND CALCULUS IN SCHOOLS LIKE WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH AND RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA.

AND WE COULD DO THAT.

WE COULD HAVE ALL THOSE KIDS GO TO A CLASSROOM IN THEIR SCHOOL AT THE SAME CLASS PERIOD, AND HAVE ONE MASTER CLASS TAUGHT SOMEWHERE WHERE THOSE KIDS COULD INTERACT, DO INTERACTIVE LEARNING WITH THE TEACHER VIA DISTANCE LEARNING OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED NOW. I KNOW WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE WE DID IT BACK IN THE 80S AND THE PROGRAM DIED FOR LACK OF FUNDING OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IT WAS AFTER MY TIME, BUT WE DID IT.

SO I'M SURE THAT WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE NOW, WE COULD DO THAT.

I'LL STOP THERE.

THANK YOU, DR. BRADLEY.

DR. HANKS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PUT ON THE BOARD? IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN AT THE TOP OF MY LIST.

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CAN WE CONSIDER? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.

IT USED TO WORK DECADES AGO.

I'M DATING MYSELF.

BUT WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERING FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS? IT COULD BE A WAY TO GET FREE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING AND QUALIFIED TO COME INTO THE SCHOOLS AND JUST SET UP SOME TYPE OF TUTORING PROGRAM THAT WOULD WORK ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE EARLY ELEMENTARY LEVEL OR WHEREVER IT'S NEEDED.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE SCHOOLS, AND I JUST THINK IT'S A BIGGIE.

DOES THAT CAPTURE IT DR. HANKS? OKAY.

MR. BROOME. I VERY MUCH SUPPORT ONE AND TWO.

I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

OUR KATE PROGRAM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE LIKE A COORDINATOR POSITION THAT RUN OUT OF THE DISTRICT OR HOW THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT OUR DISTRICT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I THINK WE COULD DO MORE WITH SMALL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN OUR AREA, REVOLVING CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE IT AT TIMES, BUT I KNOW WE'RE STILL DOING SOME OF IT.

BUT I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT THERE'S A TON OF RESOURCES OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING, THAT WE COULD BRING INTO THAT BUILDING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES TO HELP THE DISTRICT, HELP THE DISTRICT, HELP INDUSTRY MAKE PEOPLE JOB READY WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL, IF THAT'S IF THEY CHOOSE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE, MY NUMBER ONE.

AND YOU CAN JUST CALL IT A KATE COMMUNITY RESOURCE OR INDUSTRY RESOURCE COORDINATOR OR EVER HOW SHIFTING GEARS AGAIN, OUR ATHLETICS IN THE DISTRICT AND SOME OF THIS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT INEQUITIES AND, THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT ATHLETICS ARE DONE, I'D LOVE TO SEE AN ATHLETIC COORDINATOR RUN OUT OF THIS BUILDING THAT LOOKS AT WE HAVE AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WHO'S GOT WHAT AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE WHAT AND HOW PROGRAMS ARE BEING RUN.

AND IF WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT MAYBE THE ADS MAYBE COORDINATED THE ADS, WE COULD GET ON A MUCH MORE EVEN SCALE WITH THE MAKING SURE THE BASICS ARE COVERED.

AND THEN AND I DO AGREE THAT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES THEY CAN HAVE, AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL.

I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT HAVING AN ATHLETIC COORDINATOR TO KIND OF COORDINATE THAT AND WHAT SPORTS MAYBE THERE'S ONE SCHOOL WANTS TO START UP ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AT A CENTRAL LEVEL, I THINK WE COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH THAT AS A DISTRICT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BROOME. MR. SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? ONE, TWO. UHHUH.

BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FIND SOME WAY.

AN ADDITIONAL PERSON.

TAKE UP FROM THE POSITIONS WE'RE LOSING FROM THE ELEMENTARY.

WITH THE CONCENTRATION ON.

EARLY CHILDHOOD.

ALSO, I AM FAMILIAR WITH A FEW THINGS OUT THERE IN THE MAINTENANCE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR PAY SCALE, LOOK A LITTLE BETTER FOR OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE TO ATTRACT SOME GREATER NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T RUN WITHOUT A PLUMBER.

WE CAN'T RUN WITHOUT ELECTRICIAN.

WE PROBABLY COULD, BECAUSE SOME OF US WERE IN THE DAY WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

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

YES, I'VE GOT THAT. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT AND MAYBE UPGRADE THE PAY SCALE.

AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT ENOUGH STUFF ABOUT HAVING A LACK OF A BETTER TERM FOR NOT HAVING IN FRONT OF THE

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I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I READ IN HERE.

I KIND OF LIKE THAT OUT HERE TOO, BECAUSE THAT THAT PERSON IN THAT POSITION.

WEAR SEVERAL HATS.

WOULD BE THE BRADLEY SAID EARLIER.

AND I'VE SEEN IT.

YOU ARE READING WELL, BY THE TIME YOU'RE IN THE THIRD GRADE YOU'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE.

WE MAY NEVER GET TO THE AWKWARD STAGE.

YOU DECIDE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. ALL RIGHT.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID SO FAR, BUT MY MAIN FOCUS NUMBER ONE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

I AGREE WITH DR. BRADLEY.

NUMBER TWO, THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM, BUT SPECIFICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IMPLEMENT THE SOAR PROGRAM THAT WAS PROPOSED TO US. LAST MEETING AS A COMPONENT OF NUMBER TWO.

AND THEN MY NUMBER THREE IS A COST OF LIVING RAISE.

DO YOU THINK YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SOAR PROGRAM, DOES THAT FIT BACK IN NUMBER TWO OR IS IT.

IT CAN. YES, IT CAN GO HAND IN HAND.

THANK YOU, MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON. MR..

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO ADD? YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I JOTTED DOWN, THREE THINGS THAT THAT CAME TO MIND.

AND ONE AND AND I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS, AS I PUT SALARY STUDY RESPONSE.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE OR WOULD BE.

AND OF COURSE, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO EVERYTHING.

BUT I THINK OUT OF THAT STUDY, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PRIORITIES THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, A RECURRING BUDGET FROM A RECURRING BUDGET STANDPOINT.

SO THAT'S ONE THING DIFFERENT THAT I WAS THINKING, AND I KNOW THIS WAS A TOPIC OF THE LAST MEETING, BUT I BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO ATHLETIC TRAINER PROGRAM. GETTING BACK TO A FORMALIZED PROGRAM FOR ALL OUR SCHOOLS.

I THINK WE WERE VULNERABLE THERE.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS GOT SOME INFORMATION ON THAT LAST WEEK.

AND THEN ALSO NOTHING DIFFERENT.

I HAD EARLY READING SUPPORT, SO IT JUST PUT A TICK MARK BY THAT.

RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S PROGRAMMATIC OR PEOPLE, BUT WHATEVER THAT IS.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF HAVE THEIR TOP PICKS AFTER THEY LISTEN TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE SECOND.

MISS TYLER. MINE ARE ALREADY UP THERE ACTUALLY.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS COVERED.

THE SOAR PROGRAM THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO US.

I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET BEHIND THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO AMP UP OUR MENTAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND THE LAST IS THE I THINK WE REALLY NEED A VIRTUAL ALTERNATIVE FOR KIDS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION.

WITH THAT. AND THAT WOULD FIT IN HERE.

YEAH. SO MUCH LIKE YOURSELF, I'M GOING TO SAY KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE TOP THREE THINGS IN MY MIND ARE RIGHT NOW IF WE'RE ADDING EXPENDITURES, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY UP THERE.

SO. SUPPORT FUNDING, LOWERING PUPIL TEACHER RATIOS, ETC.

FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THAT WOULD PRIORITIZE WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I THINK CHANGES TO OUR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.

SO THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT STILL KEEP KIDS ON A PATH TO GRADUATE.

APPROPRIATELY. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND THEN I THINK A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY.

AND THEN FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S JUST THIS LAST ONE THAT MR. SILAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PANACEA.

BUT THE MODEL, WHICH WE TRY TO SUPPLY ATHLETIC TRAINERS HAS BEEN BROKEN THIS YEAR.

IT DOESN'T WORK. AND.

I JUST VIEW IT AS A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.

AND. BUT I'LL GET A CHANCE TO PUT THAT ON PAPER IN A SECOND.

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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE OUR TOP FIVE COLLECTIVELY? WE'LL DO LIKE A HARD TEN COUNT.

OKAY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT IS.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THESE WHERE FOLKS CAN SEE THEM.

AND THEN I GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY SO I DON'T MAKE IT FALL OVER AGAIN.

YOU MIGHT BETTER PUT A STURDIER EASEL ON THAT LIST.

I TRY TO BE REAL GRACEFUL ABOUT THAT.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP HERE.

IT WON'T TAKE A, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES.

USE THE RANKING SHEETS THAT I GAVE YOU.

AND THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER IF WE GOT 12.

TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO FIVE AND THEN DOING A MULTI VOTING TECHNIQUE LIKE THAT, I THINK WE'LL SEE THINGS BUBBLE TO THE TOP.

SO LET THE ADMINISTRATION KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

BUT FEEL FREE IN THE NEXT FIVE TEN MINUTES.

GET UP OUT OF YOUR CHAIR, COME OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN READ EACH ONE PROPERLY.

MARK DOWN YOUR TOP FIVE.

AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE MATH SHAKES OUT WITH SOME OF OUR.

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JUST ONE MORE MOMENT.

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SO WHAT WE DID, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, BUT IF THE BOARD CAN PROBABLY SEE IT, LIKE I SAID.

SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF OUR FIRST THOUGHTS AND INPUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PRIORITIES THAT MIGHT SHAPE OUR FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

AND WHEN I DID SO, THE BOARD GOT TO SELECT FIVE AND RANKED ORDER.

AND THEN IN KIND OF THAT REVERSE ORDER, WHATEVER WAS SOMEONE'S FIRST PICK, I ASSIGNED FIVE POINTS TO IT, AND THEN THE SECOND PICK WAS FOUR AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, AND THEN TALLIED UP THOSE POINTS.

AND THE INTERESTING THING IS WE ASSIGNED WE HAD 12 IDEAS ON THE BOARD AND WE ASSIGNED POINTS TO TEN OF THEM.

AND, AND I'LL SEND THIS OUT AS NOTES, BUT JUST IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME.

SOME OF THESE GET VERY CLOSE TOGETHER IN POINTS, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TOP FIVE, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE IN THE MIDDLE ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.

BUT CLEARLY THIS BOARD HAD.

THAT COULD MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR DISCUSSION.

BUT CLEARLY THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO WANT TO PUT A FOCUS, WHERE POSSIBLE FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

BEHIND THAT IS THE INTEREST IN THE REVAMPING OR CHANGING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AND ALSO A VIRTUAL EDUCATION EXPANSION.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THESE IN THE MIDDLE.

AND THAT'S I'LL TALK ABOUT THESE.

THEY'RE TRAILING THAT OF ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, PRIORITIZING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, THE ADDITION OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN HIGH SCHOOLS AS DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MODEL WE USE TODAY.

RESPOND. WE DID A SALARY STUDY, AND THAT'S GOING TO TELL US IF WE'RE BEHIND THE MARKET FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS AND WE NEED TO HAVE BUDGET TO RESPOND TO THAT.

AND THEN INCREASING THE MAINTENANCE PAY SCALE.

AND THOSE KIND OF ARE THE ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE THESE IN THE MIDDLE, A LITTLE MORE ELEVATED THAN THESE AT THE END.

SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT TURNED OUT.

SO I THINK I'LL TYPE THIS UP AND SEND IT OUT TO THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

BUT CLEARLY IT GIVES A SENSE OF THE INNER BUDGET PLANNING.

THE BOARD'S THINKING AS FAR AS HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIES.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WAS A USEFUL EXERCISE FOR YOU ALL.

TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND I'M SURE MR. TRAXLER WILL START PUTTING NUMBERS TO THESE WHERE POSSIBLE.

AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT EACH ONE AS APPROPRIATE.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE I MOVE ON? I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS DOWN.

SO IT'S NOT A DISTRACTION, BUT WE'LL SEE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. AND I GUESS JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF LEVITY, I GUESS THE THING I SHOULD HAVE PUT ON THE BUDGET PRIORITIES WAS SOME NEW EASELS, ONES THAT LEGS LOCK AND DON'T FALL OVER.

SO UNDER INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, A1 IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS.

SO THERE WAS A LIST OF CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT HAD BEEN SCREENED BY HR AND APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

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BRADLEY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR, THE MOTION CARRIES.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS A REVISION OF THE FOLLOWING POLICY.

POLICY KCAAA, STUDENT COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR THOSE OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, MR. MOULTON BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD AND DISCUSSED IT AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AS, AND THEN WE MADE A MOTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A PROPOSED REVISION TO THE POLICY THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE CHANGING THE AGE OF CONSENT BECAUSE THE LAW HAS CHANGED, I BELIEVE, OR KNOW JUST WHAT THE. YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT. POLICIES THAT OTHER POLICIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT HAVE CHANGED.

SO THIS IS REALLY AN UPDATE OF THIS POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING DONATIONS BLOOD DONATIONS AND BLOOD DRIVES TO RECOGNIZE CHANGES IN OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF THE REVISION TO POLICY KCAAA? MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY MR. SMITH? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST APPROVING THE FIRST READING OF REVISION POLICY KCAAA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND READING ON THAT NEXT MEETING.

THE NEXT ONE, WE'VE GOT A REQUEST RELATED TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PAY SCALE PLACEMENT.

IF YOU READ THE ATTACHMENT.

SO THERE IS A HARD TIME FINDING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

AND THIS IS CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE PLACEMENT ON THE PAY SCALE.

NOT CREATING A NEW PAY SCALE, BUT PLACEMENT ON THE PAY SCALE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUESTS RELATED TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST PAY SCALE PLACEMENT? I MOVE. MOVE BY DR.

BRADLEY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY DR.

HANKS? ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE REQUEST RELATED TO PAY SCALE PLACEMENT FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT, WE'VE GOT, I'M SORRY.

OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED.

MY BAD. WE'VE GOT CONSIDERATION OF AARP OR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

ESSER SPENDING. WE'VE GOT SPENDING REVISION NUMBER FOUR.

THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD AS AN ATTACHMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE REVISION FOUR OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN? ESSER SPENDING.

MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY DR.

HANKS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, ESSER SPENDING REVISION NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

THAT IS ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS WHERE WE WILL VOTE ON THESE AS A GROUP, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DISCUSS THESE INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE PRIOR TO A VOTE BEING TAKEN.

THE FIRST CONSENT ITEM IS A RATIFICATION OF EXPULSIONS.

SO THESE ARE EXPULSIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPEALED AND THE BOARD NEEDS TO RATIFY THOSE.

SECOND IS OUT OF, EXCUSE ME, OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUEST.

TRANSFERS INTO OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE GET A SOME STUDENTS WANTING TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM NEARBY DISTRICTS.

THE NEXT TWO ARE CHARITABLE DONATIONS.

SO THE PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS HAVE GIVEN A $10,000 GRANT AWARD FROM PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS SPECIFICALLY FOR GRANTVILLE AREA SCHOOLS.

THEN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WUNDERMAN THOMPSON DONATION IS GIVING $9,999 FOR THE WRESTLING TEAM AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL.

THE FIFTH CONSENT ITEM IS CONSTRUCTION BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR SCRUBBING AND CODING GYMNASIUM FLOORS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AS AN ATTACHMENT FOR 2024.

THE SIXTH CONTENT ITEM IS INSTALLATION OF FLOORING AT JD LEVER ELEMENTARY.

AND WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE PROPOSAL THERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

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THE SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL FOR EAST AIKEN ELEMENTARY, NORTH AIKEN ELEMENTARY, AIKEN HIGH, NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH AND SOUTH AIKEN HIGH.

WE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS.

A NUMBER EIGHT, BIDS WERE RECEIVED TO CONSTRUCT JUST PRIVACY WALLS AND OFFICE SPACE IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE, IF AND THEN NUMBER NINE.

LAST ONE UNDER CONSENT ITEMS. BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR VINYL COATED FENCING FOR TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, NORTH AUGUSTA AND HAMMOND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND WE ARE TO APPROVE THAT AS WELL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NON CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED? MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECONDED BY MISS TYLER.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE NINE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES. UNDER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, THERE IS ONE CONSTRUCTION STATUS REPORT.

FOR WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND DR. MURPHY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD EVENING, MISTER CHAIR.

BOARD MEMBERS, MR. LAURENCE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS CONSTRUCTION STATUS REPORT BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON THE SITE OVER AT WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH, WE HAVE A SCHOOL, SO OF COURSE IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE VIEW OF THE SCHOOL ITSELF.

AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN RELATION TO THE TO WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH OFF IN THE DISTANCE THERE.

AND THE ATHLETIC FIELD THAT IS THE PREEXISTING ATHLETIC FIELD THAT WE'RE USING TO LAY DOWN RIGHT NOW.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING INSTALLING DUCTWORK, TESTING PIPING, INSTALLING STOREFRONT GLASS AND RUNNING ELECTRICAL CONDUIT TO THE BUILDING.

JUST ANOTHER VIEW.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE COURTYARD SHAPE TAKING FORM THERE.

WE'RE DOING ROOF AND BRICK INSTALLS AS WELL.

AS WE'VE COMPLETED THE SUBGRADE BLOCK, THE RETENTION POND IS COMPLETED PLUMBING AND ALL SLAB WORK IS DONE NOW.

IT'S JUST AN UP CLOSE VIEW.

WHEN YOU SEE THE ROOF AND THE WHITE, THAT IS THE FINAL COATING OF THE ROOF.

SO THE ROOF THAT IS BLACK IS STILL THAT'S AT THE FOUR LAYER PORTION.

SO WE STILL GOT ONE MORE COAT TO GO ON THERE.

WE WOULD CONSIDER WE WOULD NOT CONSIDER THIS BUILDING DRIED IN YET.

AND WE ALSO ARE STILL HAVING THE ISSUE SOURCING A SWITCH.

SO ONCE WE GET THAT SWITCH WE GET THE BUILDING DRIED AND WE CAN GET THE BUILDING AIR CONDITIONED AND WE'LL BE MOVING A LOT QUICKER.

HERE IS JUST A SHOT.

YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THE CURB AND GUTTER WORK IS BEING INSTALLED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING.

AND HERE I JUST WANTED TO WRAP UP WITH JUST A PICTURE OF THE AWNING AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING INSTALLED.

THIS $50 MILLION PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN LATE SEPTEMBER, AND THEN CURRENTLY OUR FINAL COMPLETION DATE IS SET FOR MID-NOVEMBER. BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO TO INCREASE THAT AS THE SUMMER GOES ON.

HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THAT AS THE SUMMER GOES ON.

LET ME SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE IT.

PINNING YOUR QUESTIONS.

MR. SMITH.

SO YOU A COMPLETION DATE IN NOVEMBER? ARE YOU LOOKING, HOPING, WISHING, BEING THERE BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR? ACTUALLY, I'M HOPING WISHING TO BE IN THERE BY INTERCESSION.

BUT INTERCESSION IS A IS A FLEETING TARGET.

WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THE TRANSITION OVER MORE THAN A WEEKEND.

I DON'T LIKE THE CONCEPT OF LEAVING ON A FRIDAY, COMING IN ON A MONDAY, SO WE'LL TRY TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE BREAK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR.

MURPHY? THANK.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR.

WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ITEM THIS EVENING.

AND MR. SILAS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE RECENT PASSING OF A FRIEND OF MINE AND A FRIEND OF AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MR. ANDREW YANG PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 23RD.

HE SERVED ON THIS BOARD IN MY DISTRICT FROM 1998 TO 2002.

SORRY. BRADLEY. I BELIEVE HE SERVED WITH YOU DURING THAT TIME.

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BRADLEY. AND HE CONTINUED TO BE A SUPPORTER AND ADVOCATE OF OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

HIS WIFE WORKED IN THE DISTRICT.

HIS LATE WIFE WORKED IN THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

HIS SON, LLOYD, IS A TEACHER AT MIDLAND VALLEY, AND I THINK HE'S GOT WELL OVER 20 YEARS.

SO NOT LONG AFTER BEING ELECTED ON THIS BOARD, MR. JOHN, ALONG WITH A LOT OF ADVICE, GAVE ME THIS SCHOOL BOARD PIN.

SO I'M JUST WEARING THAT IN HIS HONOR TONIGHT AND JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

YES, SIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DR.

BRADLEY. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SECOND WHAT MR. SILAS HAS SAID. I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH HIM FOR FOUR YEARS, AND HE WAS A FINE MAN.

QUITE THE GENTLEMAN.

HE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AIKEN COUNTY.

AND I APPRECIATED HIM VERY MUCH, APPRECIATED HIS SERVICE.

MR. SMITH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GETTING TO KNOW AND BECOMING VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIS WIFE.

SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF A FEW EVENTS THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP VERY SOON.

NEXT WEEK, NEXT THURSDAY THE 21ST OF MARCH, WE'VE GOT THE STARS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BANQUET.

SO WE'LL BE HONORING A LOT OF CATEGORIES.

WE'LL BE HONORING OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, OUR GYM, WHICH IS OUR GIVING EVEN MORE AWARD WINNER, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR, AND A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A BIG NIGHT.

IT'LL BE AT AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING AT 6:00.

WE HOPE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

IT IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL MEAL AND A WONDERFUL TIME OF CELEBRATING THE STARS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

ALSO THE WEEK AFTER, ON MARCH 26TH AND 27TH, WE'VE GOT OUR ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BOOKS.

SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD OVER SOME NOVELS THAT THEY HAVE HAVE BEEN READING.

AND IT IS IT IS QUITE A TOURNAMENT THAT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER AND YOU HAVE TO STAY AND WATCH THE BATTLE TO THE END.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING.

AND THAT WILL BE BEING HELD AT THE SIX POINTS LEARNING CENTER ON THE 26TH AND THE 27TH.

BUT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MR. LAURENCE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA WE HAVE FOR REGULAR SESSION.

BUT WE ARE IN NEED OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, IN SUCH ORDER AS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

UNDER STUDENT MATTERS.

THERE'S ONE STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO.

UNDER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. ONE IS AN EMPLOYMENT BREACH OF CONTRACT.

ONE IS AN EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES, AND THE THIRD IS AN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

FOLLOWING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION TO ANNOUNCE THE MATTERS CONSIDERED AND TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE? SO MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MR. SILAS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THESE ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

LET'S TAKE A SHORT FIVE-TEN MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL START EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE BOARD ROOM.

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THAT IS FOUR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? THAT IS ALSO FOUR.

AND WE SENT THE LAWYER HOME.

SO THERE ARE NO TIE BREAKERS.

WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

IS IT TIE FAIL OR DOES IT PASS? IT, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING HE'S LOOKING UP ROBERTS.

JUST ONE MOMENT.

YEAH. YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, MISS HART.

SO IN SOME SITUATIONS, TYPICALLY NOT IN SCHOOL BOARDS, CHAIRS DON'T VOTE AND THE CHAIRS THE TIEBREAKER IF THERE EVER IS A TIE, THAT'S NOT THE CASE BY OUR POLICIES.

AND TYPICALLY WHEN THAT'S THE CASE WHEN YOU HAVE A CHAIR THAT DOES VOTE AND THERE IS A TIE, YOU SIMPLY PUT IT TO ANOTHER VOTE OR ASK FOR A DIFFERENT MOTION, I SUPPOSE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENT MOTION.

UM.. LET'S SEE WHAT GOOGLE SAYS.

OKAY.

SENDING ME ALL OVER THE PLACE. YEAH.

SO. WHILE WE WERE LOOKING THAT UP, MAY I ASK A QUESTION THAT MIGHT HELP RESOLVE? MAYBE NOT. YEAH.

GO AHEAD, MR. SILAS.

THE I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHERE, I KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE TO ADDRESS OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM TO SUPPORT CASES LIKE THIS.

BUT I CAN REMEMBER ONE CASE, I THINK, WHERE THERE WAS ENOUGH SUPPORT IN OUR CURRENT VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WE COULD OFFER THAT.

DO YOU? MR. LAURENCE, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH THIS STUDENT'S CLASS LOAD, IF THAT IS AN OPTION THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED? THERE'S ONE COURSE THAT WE COULD NOT DO.

DEPENDING ON THE TIMING WITH THE OKAY..

TIE VOTE MEANS BOTH SIDES HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF VOTES.

IN THIS SCENARIO, VOTE IS CONSIDERED LOST..

RIGHT.. THROUGH THE LACK OF A MAJORITY.

YEP. IF THE VOTE IS A TIE AND HAS INCLUDED THE PRESIDING OFFICER ALREADY, SUCH AS THE CASE OF THE SECRET BALLOT, THEN THIS HAS LOST MOTION.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE ELECTING AN OFFICER, AND THEN.

YEAH. SO THE YEAH THE RULING FROM THE CHAIR STANDS, THE MOTION FAILS BECAUSE OF THE TIE.

AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO OTHER THAN TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION AND TAKE ANOTHER VOTE.

IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO? MR. CHAIR, COULD I COULD I ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT MR. SILAS? YEAH.

MR. SILAS HAD A POINT OF INFORMATION.

PLEASE ANSWER IT. SO DEPENDING ON THE TIMING WITH SOUTH CAROLINA VIRTUAL, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET THOSE OTHER THREE CLASSES IN.

ONE OF THEM WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO.

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SECOND. SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM MS. TYLER, SECONDED BY MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, TO UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO.

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

THAT IS FOUR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT IS ALSO FOUR, THE MOTION FAILS.

NOW LET'S LOOK FOR A COMPROMISE.

LET ME SEE. THAT WAS JUST THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT? NO, THE SUGGESTION.

MISS TYLER, DO YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED? YES. MISS TYLER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THE SUGGESTION FOR CIL WAS THE INITIAL COMPROMISE.

THAT WASN'T THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION.

SO THE POINT, THE POINT MISS TYLER IS MAKING, AND I'M GOING TO REPHRASE IT, IT IS THAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN THIS PARTICULAR VIOLATION POINTS TO AN EXPULSION RECOMMENDATION, WHICH LEADS TO A DUE PROCESS HEARING AND THE DUE PROCESS HEARING HAD AN ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT AS PART OF IT.

SO I UNDERSTAND MISS TYLER'S POINT.

I WAS SUGGESTING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO MOTIONS.

YEAH, YEAH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.

THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

BASED ON MR. LAWRENCE'S ANSWER, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE CAN PUT THIS STUDENT AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY, OFFER A VIRTUAL OPTION.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR MR. SILAS MOTION? JUST. NOPE.

ONLY A MOTION WITH A SECOND CAN BE DISCUSSED.

MR. SILAS HAS MADE A MOTION.

OKAY, SO MR. SILAS HAS MADE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION.

ONLY TO THE POINT AT WHICH A VIRTUAL OPTION IS.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT TO PLACE THE CHILD IN ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT UNTIL THERE IS A VIRTUAL OPTION.

THAT'S POSSIBLE.

THAT WAS A MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. SILAS, SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

DISCUSSION. MS. RHINEHART-JACKSON HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.

JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, SO ARE WE SAYING ALLOW THE YOUNG LADY TO GO TO CIL UNTIL.

I'M SORRY? EXCUSE ME.

THE STUDENT TO GO TO CIL UNTIL THE ONLINE OPTION IS VIABLE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION MADE? UNTIL AND IF, IT BECOMES AN OPTION.

QUESTION. MISS, DR.

HANKS.

THE ONLINE VIRTUAL CLASSES FOR HER SCHEDULE IS NOT AN OPTION.

ONLY TWO OF THE CLASSES WERE A POSSIBILITY, BUT THE THIRD ONE WAS NOT.

THREE. SHE'S GOT SHE'S GOT FOUR CLASSES.

THE STUDENT HAS FOUR CLASSES.

THREE OF THEM MAY BE MAY BE POSSIBLE, BUT NOT NOT NOT ALL FOUR.

NOT ALL FOUR OF THEM. NO.

WHEN YOU SAY THREE, MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO.

YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY TIMING.

AND SO IN MY MOTION.

BUT THE THING IS THOSE THOSE THREE COURSES ARE COURSES THAT WE'RE TYPICALLY OFFERING.

SO IT WOULD IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF FINDING OUT FROM THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

IF WE IF WE HAVE THEM.

THE STUDENT HAVE TO TAKE A, YEAH.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT? WE PUT A F ON A REPORT CARD.

I DROPPED THE WHAT? IT WOULD BE A DROP, BUT IT WOULD.

IT WOULD AFFECT OUR GPA.

MR. SMITH.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM MR. SILAS. MOTION? YEP.

AND WE'RE DISCUSSING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE A POINT, MR. SMITH? NO, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE.

OKAY. YEAH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF, JUST IN CASE.

WE. SO I'M NOT HEARING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE A LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT WE HAD A VIRTUAL OPTION AVAILABLE TO US.

IF WE PUT THE KID IN.

SEE. MR. LAURENCE, PLEASE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SO. THE VIRTUAL OPTION WOULD STILL BE IN LIEU OF EXPULSION, JUST LIKE CIL IS IN LIEU OF EXPULSION.

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AND OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OUR DESIRE IS FOR THAT TO BE A REGULAR OPTION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE BOARD AND ABLE TO GIVE THE HEARING OFFICER FOR, FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR VARIOUS REASONS RIGHT NOW THAT OPTION IS NOT FULLY REALIZED.

HOWEVER, IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT THE CONDITIONS COULD BE RIGHT, THAT THOSE COURSES WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE STUDENT SO THE BOARD COULD MAKE THAT DECISION. AND THEN WE WOULD WE WOULD LOOK AND SEE IF IF THE COURSES WERE AVAILABLE AND IF THE STUDENT COULD BE PLACED IN THOSE COURSES.

BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN 45 DAYS.

NOW, IT COULD HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, IN JUST A FEW DAYS IF THE COURSE IS ALREADY RUNNING AND SHE WOULD JUST PICK UP WHERE SHE IS, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE KEY TO IT, THAT THE COURSES ARE ALREADY BEING OFFERED TO OTHER STUDENTS.

AND WE COULD ADD HER INTO THOSE SECTIONS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE WHAT I HAVE TO FIND OUT IF THAT'S AVAILABLE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

NO, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT RIGHT NOW THOUGH.

MR. SILAS.

AND SO MY MOTION AS STATED WOULD THEN IF IT IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE STUDENT WOULD JUST REMAIN IN CIL.

IF IT IS, THEN THERE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON MR. SILAS MOTION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. SILAS, SECONDED BY MR. RHINEHART-JACKSON, TO UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT ONLY, UP TO THE POINT IN WHICH IF THERE IS A VIRTUAL OPTION AVAILABLE, THEN TO PUT THE STUDENT IN THAT VIRTUAL OPTION, IF THAT IS AVAILABLE WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE. WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S TWO AND THREE.

THREE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THAT'S FIVE NOW.

MAKE A MOTION. MR. SMITH. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PLACE HER BACK AT NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL IN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION UNTIL A DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE ON A 504 OR AN IEP.

AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR MR. SMITH'S MOTION? LAST SECOND.

SO, I'M GONNA HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO REPEAT RESTATING THE MOTION.

SO WHAT? I KNOW I NEED TO DO IT, BUT MAKE SURE I HEARD IT.

MR. SMITH HAS MADE A MOTION.

DR. BRADLEY HAS SECONDED IT, AND THE MOTION WAS TO PLACE THE STUDENT FROM AREA TWO BACK AT THEIR SCHOOL IN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION UNTIL DETERMINATION IT UNTIL IT'S BEEN CONCLUDED WHETHER THERE IS A IF WE NEED AN MDR, IF THE MDR HAS BEEN HELD OR NOT.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD CORRECTLY? NO. WHAT I SAID WAS LET'S DETERMINE PUT IT BACK IN THE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.

LET'S, LET'S LET'S GET TESTING IN THERE.

LET'S FIND OUT WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO FIND OUT IF SHE QUALIFIES FOR 504 OR FOR A IEP.

I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

JUST A SECOND, DR. HANKS.

SO WE HAVE THAT MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND I KNOW I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT DR.

HANKS HAD HER HAND UP FIRST THAT HANKS.

SO I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A RESOLUTION, BUT CORRECT ME, MR. LAURENCE THAT 504 WILL BE A MOOT POINT.

HER OFFENSE THAT SHE MADE BEFORE A 504 WAS EVEN ESTABLISHED.

YOU DON'T GO AND REACH BACK TO TRY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT AN OFFENSE THAT HAPPENED SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU RECEIVED AN MDR. IN IN MOST CASES THAT THAT'S THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CASE HERE AS WELL.

AND JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, I DO BELIEVE WE COULD WE COULD GET INTO THREE COURSES.

I REALIZE THAT MOTION IS ALREADY FAILED, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THEM IN THERE.

THAT YOU ALREADY HAD THE FLOOR.

HANKS. UNDER THE FOURTH QUARTER.

YEAH, THE FOURTH COURSE.

THE FOURTH COURSE IS A COURSE THAT IS NOT OFFERED VIRTUALLY AT ALL.

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IT'S GOING TO LOWER HERGPR.

AND THEN SHE'S CONFRONTED WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING TO MAKE UP THE LOST CREDIT.

YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, IT'S IT'S A MORE PUNITIVE PUNISHMENT THAN IT SOUNDS.

AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT ONE CASE BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER ONE NOT, BUT WE LET 2 OR 3 KIDS SLIDE ON BASICALLY THE SAME FACTS.

AND NOW WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO REVERSE.

WE'RE GOOD ABOUT WANTING TO REVERSE DECISIONS LATER AND NOT BEING CONSISTENT.

AND THAT'S MY OBJECTION.

TO TO.

YOU KNOW, IF WE LET IT STAND, LIKE I SORT OF WANTED TO.

IF WE LET IT STAND WITH THOSE BOYS IN NORTH AUGUSTA.

I MEAN..

DR. BRADLEY.

THE OTHER CASE WE DISCUSSED.

WE JUST.

WE NEED TO, MISS TYLER.

I HEAR YOU.

YES, MA'AM. SO THE LONGER, THE LONGER THIS GOES, DISCUSSION GOES ON.

WE KEEP SAYING MAYBE SAYING A LITTLE TIDBITS HERE AND THERE THAT WE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT IS SECONDED THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.

THAT'S FINE. AND THE MOTION WAS TO RETURN THE STUDENT TO THE SCHOOL AND IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION UNTIL A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE ON.

HELP ME.

NDR. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK IT'S AN INCOMPLETE MOTION.

I SEE WHERE MR. SMITH IS COMING FROM.

BUT IF THE CHILD WERE TO GET AN NDR THAT SAID, YES, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A VOTE.

SO NOBODY VOTED IN FAVOR.

OKAY, EVERYBODY AGAINST.

MAKE A MOTION AGAIN.

ANYONE AGAINST THE MOTION? ONE, 234, SIX, SEVEN.

THAT'S SEVEN AGAINST.

ANYBODY IN ABSTENTION.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION FAILS.

IS THERE ANYBODY WANT TO PUT FORTH THE SAME MOTION AGAIN OR A DIFFERENT MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

YES, SIR. MR. BROOME, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LEAVE THIS SESSION AND GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.

I'M HAPPY. SECOND. SO WE HAVE.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH I DON'T THINK OF GOING BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE.

IS THAT A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SINCE I IMAGINE SINCE THE WE'RE AT A TIE ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.

AND IS ANYTHING WRONG? NO. YOU CAN GO IN. SO THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AND WE'RE GOING.

THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THAT'S TWO. MOTION CARRIES.

PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO IMMEDIATELY INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECONDED BY I HEARD MISS TYLER FIRST.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? GOING BACK TO REGULAR SESSION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE IN REGULAR SESSION.

WE WILL PROCEED WHERE WE LEFT OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A SUCCESSFUL MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO? YES. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UPHOLD THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION BY MISS TYLER.

SECOND, BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON TO UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HEARING OFFICER IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO.

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

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S TWO. THE MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 2.

WE'VE GOT TWO MORE ITEMS REQUIRING SOME ACTION.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS UNDER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS REGARDING A BREACH OF CONTRACT.

IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THAT BREACH OF CONTRACT? I MOVE THAT WE DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE A'S BREACH OF CONTRACT.

SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. SILAS, SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING EMPLOYEE A'S BREACH OF CONTRACT.

ANY DISCUSSION?

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THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT, WE DISCUSSED AN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES.

WHERE THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO FILL THAT POSITION.

IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THE CHIEF OPERATING CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES, MR. SMITH? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PERSONNEL.

SECOND. SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. SMITH, SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN FULFILLING THE VACANT POSITION OF SOON TO BE VACANT POSITION OF THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AGREEING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE ALSO DID DISCUSS AN EMPLOYMENT MATTER REGARDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

AND THERE'S NO ACTION NECESSARY WITH THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOVE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

SECOND. SECOND BY MISS TYLER.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP.

THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

Y'ALL HAVE MY.

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