Mar 26, 2024 032624 AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

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I WILL CALL THE MARCH 26TH MEETING OF THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER.

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.

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.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE WAS AN AGENDA PUBLISHED TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

I HEARD NO REQUESTS FOR EDITS OR CHANGES TO THAT.

SO WE'LL CONSIDER THE AGENDA APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO APPROVE THIS EVENING.

THAT'S THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING FROM MARCH 12TH.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12TH MEETING? SO MOVED. MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MISS TYLER.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 12TH REGULAR MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S ONE ABSTENTION.

MOTION CARRIES. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND I SEE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TONIGHT.

JUST BEFORE WE GET STARTED WE DO FOLLOW BOARD POLICY BED WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS.

AND JUST JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR TO KEEP THE FLOW OF THE MEETING.

I WAS TELLING SOME FOLKS BEFORE THE MEETING, WE DO LIMIT IT TO TWO PEOPLE IN FAVOR AND TWO PEOPLE AGAINST A SIDE OF AN ISSUE.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THE POLICY, BUT ALSO IT'S OUR PRACTICE THAT THIS IS NOT A IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH.

RIGHT. YOU'RE HERE TO YOU'RE HERE TO TALK AND WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE HEARD.

ALL RIGHT. I SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE'S NO RESPONSE, SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT UP FRONT.

WE'LL START OFF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THE SUBJECT OF, IN GENERAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

AND I'LL ASK DR.

PANOFSKY TO COME FORWARD.

HE WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO DR.

TIFFANY. OH, YEAH.

PERFECT. I'D LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN NUESSLE FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK AGAIN TODAY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK A FEW BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

MURPHY FOR THEIR INFORMATIONAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAST 5 TO 6 WEEKS, BOTH SIDES HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE TASK AHEAD OF US.

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN AIKEN COUNTY SHOULD BE EMPLOYED DIRECTLY BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HAVING A HEAD OR LEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER WILL ENSURE RETENTION, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND OVERSIGHT ON THE CARE DELIVERED TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

I HAVE CANDIDATES IN MIND FOR THE HEAD TRAINER POSITION AND FIVE TRAINERS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WILLING TO COME TO AIKEN COUNTY TO BE UNDER THIS PERSON'S LEADERSHIP.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO OTHER TRAINERS THAT THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY FOUND TO PLACE IN THOSE TWO OTHER SCHOOLS.

THAT IS A LEAD HEAD TRAINER WITH 50% EFFORT DEDICATED TO ADMINISTRATION AND 50% EFFORT DEDICATED TO CLINICAL COVERAGE, AS WELL AS SEVEN FULL TIME ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN EACH OF OUR SCHOOL POSITIONS.

I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO OPEN UP POSITIONS FOR APPLICANTS TO APPLY AND BE INTERVIEWED.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS FROM OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES STANDPOINTS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

IF WHEN THE BUDGET IS PASSED, THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PATIENT AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.

HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES WILL NOT WAIT AROUND FOREVER AND WOULD LIKELY BE PATIENT FOR US.

THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO THIS PROCESS TO BE EFFICIENT, AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES DESERVE SOME RESEMBLANCE OF A PLAN HEADING INTO THE SUMMER.

THERE ARE THREE ENTITIES THAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THE COMMUNITY OF PARENTS.

AND WE COULD SEE THAT TODAY, WITH ALL THREE OF THESE ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER WITH THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS BEFORE US, KNOWN AS THE SITE OPPORTUNITY.

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I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS, BUT THE DATA.

BUT THAT WILL JUST MAKE THAT NOBODY WILL LISTEN TO THAT.

ANECDOTALLY, NON-DISTRICT SCHOOL COMPETITION WILL DECREASE.

I HAVE HAD PARENTS AND COACHES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS SAY THAT THAT THERE IS NO IT'S NOT ATHLETIC TRAINER COVERAGE.

THEY WILL SEEK GAMES ELSEWHERE.

THERE WAS A LACROSSE GAME AT FOX CREEK IN WHICH A PLAYER BROKE BOTH THEIR TIBIA AND FIBULA DURING THE GAME, THE ATHLETIC TRAINER WAS PRESENT AND PLACED AN AIR CAST ON THE STUDENT TO MAKE THEM SUITABLE FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AS A PARENT, IF I KNEW MY CHILD WERE TO TRAVEL TO A SCHOOL THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY ATHLETIC TRAINING SUPPORT, I WOULD PRESS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND THE COACH TO TAKE THAT TEAM OFF THE SCHEDULE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.

WE DO NOT NEED TO LET THIS BECOME A PROBLEM.

AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN BE A LEADER AND AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.

IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

YOUR COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PROFESSIONAL AND ANYBODY I'VE EVER TALKED TO, IT'S BEEN MET WITH OPENNESS.

ALL OF YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR INBOX WITH ALL MY CONTACT INFO.

I'M VERY OPEN TO DISCUSSION AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON ANY PARTICULAR PART OF THIS TOPIC.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I PERSONALLY WOULD HAVE STAYED TO LISTEN TO DR.

TIFFANY, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY EXIT AFTER THAT AS MY FIRST GRADER.

SO I'M HERE FOR 12 MORE YEARS, HAS A PLAY THAT JUST STARTED SIX MINUTES AGO AT SUGARCREEK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

PANOFSKY. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL DR.

JOHN TIFFANY UP, WHO IS SPEAKING ON THE NECESSITY OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

TIFFANY, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR LETTING ME BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

MR. LAURENCE DR.

MURPHY. SO I'M SPEAKING IN THAT WE DO NEED ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD PASS THE MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO FUND THE WHOLE PROGRAM, AS DR.

PANOFSKY HAS TALKED ABOUT.

BUT WHY DO WE EVEN CARE ABOUT ATHLETIC TRAINERS? I MEAN, WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY DO? AN ATHLETIC TRAINER IS SO MUCH MORE THAN PUTTING A SPLINT ON.

SO ATHLETIC TRAINERS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE COACHING STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATHLETES ARE AT THEIR PEAK PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO PEAK PERFORMANCE, NOT ATHLETES, NOT ONLY ATHLETICALLY BUT MENTALLY, BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS WORK TO MAKE SURE THE ATHLETES HAVE A FULL STRENGTH, CARDIO AND FLEXIBILITY PROGRAMS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC SPORT.

SO EACH SPORT HAS A DIFFERENT NEED, AND THOSE ATHLETIC TRAINERS CAN HELP WITH EACH OF THOSE NEEDS.

I THINK ABOUT A FEMALE SOCCER PLAYER.

FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS TEND TO TEAR THEIR ACLS MORE.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS ARE OUT THERE HELPING SO THAT THOSE FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS HOPEFULLY DO NOT TEAR THEIR ACL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS COMMUNICATE WITH THE COACHING STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION SO THAT ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE DONE CORRECTLY.

BUT WE'RE REALLY ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

I THINK ABOUT INJURY PREVENTION, INJURY PREVENTION, CONCUSSIONS.

OH MY GOSH, IF WE COULD START BASELINE TESTING.

IF YOU REMEMBER, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID BASELINE TESTING OF EVERY ATHLETE.

WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.

NOW THAT'S A HUGE THING THAT WE COULD START DOING.

FIELD CONDITIONS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, HEAT CONDITIONS.

WHAT ARE THE FIELDS LIKE? THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS HELP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, THE COACHES TO DO THAT.

THE APPROPRIATE REST AND THEN THE APPROPRIATE NUTRITION AND THE APPROPRIATE HYDRATION.

WE KNOW THAT INJURIES CAN BE PREVENTED IF ATHLETIC TRAINERS ARE THERE HELPING.

INJURY TREATMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, THE INJURY TREATMENT THERE AT PRACTICES.

THEY'RE MAKING SURE BECAUSE A PRACTICE BEING HAVING THE ATHLETIC TRAINER AT A PRACTICE IS PROBABLY MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVEN AT A GAME SITUATION.

I'VE BEEN ON THE SIDELINES AT FOOTBALL GAMES.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS ARE THERE, BUT THEY ARE THERE HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ATHLETES ARE AT THEIR PEAK PERFORMANCE, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HURT THEMSELVES.

BUT IF THEY ARE HURT, THEY'RE THERE READY TO GO.

I'VE GOT AN ARTICLE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA HERE THAT SHOWED THAT A GRAY COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC TRAINER BEFORE A BASKETBALL GAME IN 2023, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR WHOLE SCENARIO, LIKE THE DAMIR HANLON SITUATION AT BUFFALO BILLS, AS TO IF SOMEONE WENT DOWN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SURE ENOUGH, THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME ATHLETE GOES DOWN, SEIZES ON THE COURT IMMEDIATELY.

ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF IS OUT THERE STARTING CPR.

THE KID IS GREAT NOW, BUT WOW, THINK ABOUT IF THEY WEREN'T THERE.

SO THE ATHLETIC TRAINER I HAVE, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMEONE HERE THAT'S ACTUALLY HAS HAS HAD MORE THAN ONE CONCUSSION WITHOUT THE CONCUSSION HEALING HERE.

IF ATHLETIC TRAINERS WERE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTING SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME.

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THIS THE STUDENT NOW HAS SOME DAMAGE THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET AROUND, HE'LL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME.

BUT IF AN ATHLETIC TRAINER WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN THE AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOLS, THIS STUDENT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE MULTIPLE CONCUSSIONS THAT HE'S HAD.

SO I THINK ABOUT THE ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF AS A TEAM.

AND SO THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS WORK.

YOU HAVE THE THE HEAD TRAINER, YOU HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINERS AT EACH SCHOOL, BUT THEN THEY NEED SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY NEED A TEAM.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE TEAM INCORPORATE? THE TEAM WOULD INCORPORATE AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.

I HAVE AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AT HIS PRACTICE THAT SAID, WE WILL BE THE PEOPLE.

YOU NEED MEDICAL DOCTORS LIKE MYSELF.

MY PRACTICE I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO ANOTHER INTERNAL MEDICINE DOCTOR WHO WOULD WORK WITH THAT.

YOU NEED PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, DR.

PANOFSKY'S RIGHT THERE AND THEN YOU NEED ACTUALLY MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T WE WE CAN GET, BUT WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE TO HELP.

SO YOU NEED THE TEAM.

SO THE ATHLETIC TRAINER AND THE TEAM, AIKEN COUNTY COULD HAVE A WORLD CLASS ATHLETIC TEAM TO HELP THESE STUDENTS PREVENT INJURIES, TREAT INJURIES.

SO AND THEN THE ATHLETIC TRAINER CAN ALSO HELP THE ADMINISTRATION WITH PHYSICALS, WITH FORMS, WITH CONCUSSIONS, WITH CONCUSSION FOLLOW UPS AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SO I'M ASKING THE AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD TO PLEASE PASS THE BUDGET.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE EXCESS MONEY THAN WHAT IS EVEN BEING THOUGHT ABOUT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS COMPLETE TEAM TO HELP OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

NOT ONLY ON THE ATHLETIC FIELD, BUT IN THE CLASSROOM.

THANK YOU. 10 SECONDS LEFT.

THANK YOU, DR. TIFFANY.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD THERE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT TONIGHT AND SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THERE WAS FOUR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC TONIGHT.

SO SIX PEOPLE SHOWED UP TONIGHT WILLING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THAT.

AND I WANTED THAT EVERYBODY HERE TO KNOW THAT.

OKAY. NEXT SUBJECT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

MR. JARED SOLOMON WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ON THE TOPIC OF ADMINISTRATION.

MR. SOLOMON.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SPEAKING AFTER TWO DOCTORS.

NOT ON MY TO DO LIST TODAY, BUT I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH IT.

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.

I WAS ADVISED BY SEVERAL NOT TO SHOW EMOTION, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS ISSUE AFFECTS SO MANY CLOSE TO ME, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS IS 100% FACTUAL, WITHOUT BIAS FROM A CONCERNED PARENT WITH AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

MY NAME IS JARED SOLOMON.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF JACKSON AND SILVER BLUFF HIGH COMMUNITY SINCE 2012.

AFTER COMING BACK FROM MY THIRD TRIP TO IRAQ.

ANYTHING FROM HELPING WITH THE HOOK AND COOK TO JACKSON YOUTH SPORTS, TAKING PICTURES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES TO HELPING THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM, I GOT PLENTY OF WITNESSES IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

I HAVE SOME GRIEVANCES, HOWEVER, WITH THE SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD LOVE TO BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION RATHER THAN HERE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO SO.

I HAVE A YELLOW PIECE OF PAPER SOMEWHERE.

IT MIGHT BE BACK THERE. ANYWAYS I'LL GET BACK TO THAT PIECE OF PAPER, BUT THAT'S THE REASON THAT I CAN'T DO THAT WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAD A GAME AT FOX CREEK.

I WAS AN ASSISTANT SOCCER COACH AT SILVER BLUFF, AND WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OCCUR.

WE HAD TWO OF OUR PLAYERS THAT WERE KICKED OFF THE TEAM, AS OF THE RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD FOUR BEING SUSPENDED FOR THREE GAMES.

I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE ADMINISTRATION REQUESTING A RETURN CALL SO I COULD DISCUSS THE PUNISHMENTS.

IT WAS THE SCHOOL'S DECISION TO KICK THEM OFF THE TEAM.

I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE.

I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE ASKED TO GIVE SOMEBODY A RESPONSE, YOU SHOULD GET THAT RESPONSE.

THAT'S WHAT BEING A GROWN UP IS.

ALL I WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS.

I DIDN'T GET THAT, SO I TOOK TO FACEBOOK.

I URGED PARENTS TO APPEAL DECISIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THESE ACTIONS THAT I WANTED PERSON TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LISTED IN THE ESSENTIAL, ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT POSITION DESCRIPTION OF A CERTAIN ADMINISTRATION MEMBER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

GRANTED, WE AS COACHES WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT STUDENTS THAN.

ADMINISTRATION, BUT AT A AT A MINIMUM, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW THEIR NAME AND TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT.

THEY ARE ATHLETES. THEY ARE STUDENT ATHLETES.

THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION.

[INAUDIBLE] HAS A DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES CORE BELIEFS, WHICH STATES, QUOTE, ALL STUDENTS HAVE DIGNITY AND WORTH END QUOTE AS WELL AS QUOTE ALL STUDENTS ARE UNIQUE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH END QUOTE.

REGARDLESS OF THE DECISIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE, NONE OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT WERE PUNISHED FELT LIKE THEY WERE TREATED UNIQUELY.

ON A CONSTANT BASIS, I'VE HEARD STUDENTS ARE WALKING THROUGH THE HALL AND THEY ARE REFERRED TO BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS HEY YOU OR HEY GIRL.

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SO SINCE I WAS NO LONGER A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SCHOOL, I MADE ANOTHER FACEBOOK POST.

ONCE AGAIN REMAINING PROFESSIONAL WITH NO CURSING OR DEROGATORY COMMENTS.

I HAVE THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING TO PROVE IT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF IT. SO I STAYED IN THE STANDS FOR THE NEXT TWO SOCCER GAMES AND ULTIMATELY I DIDN'T MIND BECAUSE I ONLY DID THIS AND STARTED THIS FOR THE BOYS.

THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WE DO THIS FOR THE BOYS, FOR THE GIRLS.

FRIDAY, MY WIFE CALLS TO INFORM ME.

AIKEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE AT THE HOUSE TRYING TO SERVE ME WITH A TRESPASS WARNING.

I LEFT EARLY FROM WORK AND I WENT TO HANDLE THIS AND WAS INFORMED THE TRESPASS WARNING WAS BECAUSE OF A FACEBOOK POST.

TRESPASS WARNING, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, IS A CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT DOCUMENT THAT KEEPS A CERTAIN PERSON FROM PROPERTY.

AND THIS PROPERTY HAPPENED TO BE SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, 64 DESOTO DRIVE, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.

THAT MEANS I, AS A PARENT OF A SENIOR, AM NO LONGER ABLE TO ATTEND MY SON'S HOME GAMES.

I COULDN'T ATTEND ANY OTHER SPORTING EVENTS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOOSTER CLUB, AND I CAN'T EVEN WALK MY SON OUT ON SENIOR NIGHT FOR THE SPORT HE'S PLAYED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

NOR AM I ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE SPORTS BANQUETS.

I MET WITH A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE YESTERDAY.

I WAS INFORMED THE REASON THE TRESPASS WARNING WAS DUE TO SOMEONE ACCUSING ME OF BEING PRESENT AT PRACTICE, AFTER I HAD ALREADY BEEN EXCUSED FROM MY VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

I HAVE EVIDENCE SHOWING I WAS NOT AT THE SCHOOL ANY OF LAST WEEK, EXCEPT FOR THE GAME ON THURSDAY, WHICH I REMAINED IN THE STANDS.

EVIDENCE I HAVE WITH ME RIGHT HERE, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN ANY EVIDENCE OF ME BEING AT THE SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

ANOTHER REASON TRESPASS WARNING WAS WARRANTED WAS BECAUSE I ASKED TWO CURRENT TEACHERS IF THEY HAD ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING UP IN REGARDS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

I VOICED MY OPINION, WHICH I'M ALLOWED TO DO.

I SIMPLY WANTED TO BE A VOICE FOR THEM.

IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD NOT SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND AND FEAR OF RETALIATION.

AS A PROUD SUPPORTER AND DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GREAT COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE, WHY WAS MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TRAMPLED ON? AND WHY WAS I TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL? WHEN YOU ENTERED THIS BUILDING, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A STICKER ON THE MAIN DOOR.

IT SAID, PROUDLY SUPPORTING SOLDIERS.

I WANT YOU ALL TO PRETEND TO PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES.

THE SHOES OF 100% DISABLED COMBAT VETERAN, TWO TOURS IN IRAQ.

WOULD YOU FEEL SUPPORTED? I CHALLENGE THE BOARD FOR AN IMMEDIATE REVOCATION OF THE TRESPASS WARNING, SINCE IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF ME VOICING MY VALID CONCERNS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN.

IF SOMEONE CAN SIMPLY PLACE A PARENT ON TRESPASS FROM THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL FOR PERSONAL REASONS, SHOULD WE NOT LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS AND CREATE SOME POLICY CHANGES? THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FOUR SECONDS LEFT.

THANK YOU, MR. SOLOMON.

THE LAST PERSON THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I JUST SAW AND I JUST NOTICED IT'S ONE CARD, BUT I NOTICED IT'S TWO, TWO NAMES.

WERE YOU BOTH SPEAKING? OKAY. AND EMMA.

OKAY, SO EMMA BRASWELL IS GOING TO SPEAK TO US ON THE ELIGIBILITY FOR SOFTBALL AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EMMA BRASWELL.

AND THIS THAT'S MY MOTHER, SANDRA BRASWELL.

I'M A SENIOR AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO ENROLLED IN THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM THERE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR HELP ON MY BEHALF FOR THE DISTRICT TO SEND A REQUEST TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEM TO GRANT A WAIVER BASED ON MISINFORMATION. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO JENNIFER AUSTIN AND TRACY MOORE AT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON THIS INFORMATION.

THE REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IS AS FOLLOWS.

I STARTED CONDITIONING WITH THE SOFTBALL TEAM IN OCTOBER, MADE IT THROUGH TRYOUTS IN JANUARY, FUNDRAISED, TOOK MY TEAM PICTURES AND SENIOR BANNER MY SENIOR BANNER PICTURE BEFORE I WAS INFORMED IN FEBRUARY OF MY INELIGIBILITY.

FEBRUARY 20TH, THE DAY OF OUR FIRST SCRIMMAGE, MY MOTHER WAS CALLED BY A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WE HAD NEVER MET AND WAS TOLD I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE.

BASED ON MY FIRST SEMESTER, THE FALL SEMESTER, I HAD ONE CREDIT WHERE I NEEDED TO.

SO WE STARTED WITH MIDLAND VALLEY TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE ISSUE WAS NOT BROUGHT UP UNTIL OUR FIRST SCRIMMAGE.

WE WERE INFORMED THAT IN THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR KNEW I WAS INELIGIBLE.

HE WAS WORKING ON IT, SENDING OUT AN APPEAL AND FIGHTING ON MY BEHALF.

WE WERE TOLD BY MY PRINCIPAL, SHELDON HIGGINBOTHAM, AND MY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, JUSTIN MEDLOCK, THAT THERE WAS A RULE CHANGE WITH OUR NEW BLOCK SCHEDULE BEING IN PLACE.

WE ASKED WHY OUR OWN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS RULE CHANGE TILL NOW, ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT PUT OUT FOR THE ATHLETES TO SEE SINCE IT WAS NEW, NEWLY CHANGED.

AFTER ALL, THESE QUESTIONS REMAINED UNANSWERED.

WE WERE DIRECTED BY HIGGINBOTHAM TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE AND THE DISTRICT.

WE PULLED INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY AS OF FEBRUARY FROM BOTH WEBSITES, BOTH STILL STATING IT WAS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR PASSING GPA, AND A LIST OF CLASSES IN WHICH I HAD PASSED PREVIOUS TO THIS THIS FALL SEMESTER.

AFTER NOT RECEIVING A CALL BACK FROM ANYONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OR THE DISTRICT, WE HAD A MEETING AT MIDLAND VALLEY WITH HIGGINBOTHAM AND OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MEDLOCK.

AT THIS MEETING, WE WERE INFORMED OF AN APPEAL THAT WAS NEVER DONE.

BUT THEY HAVE BOTH MADE CALLS AND I QUOTE THEM.

DURING THIS MEETING, HIGGINBOTHAM BROUGHT UP A WORK CREDIT SINCE I WORKED AT TIFFANY PEDIATRICS FOR DR.

JOHN TIFFANY. HIGGINBOTHAM OPENLY TOLD US, EMMA.

SO IF THIS I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FOLLOWING YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE MAKING A PERSONAL COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMEBODY AT THE SCHOOL, IT'S IT'S NOT OKAY.

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OKAY. I'M SORRY. I JUST COULDN'T TELL.

HIGGINBOTTOM OPENLY TOLD US THIS WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION THEY HAVE DONE IT FOR GINGER PROCTOR SON ZEB PROCTOR BEING THAT SHE'S A TEACHER.

WE WORKED HARD ON FILLING OUT THE ENTIRE PACKET AT WORK, BUILDING MY OWN HOPE BEFORE HIGGINBOTTOM EMAILED SAYING HE WOULDN'T USE IT AND WOULDN'T SIGN HIS NAME ON IT SINCE IT WAS BACKDATING RIPPING AWAY MY SENIOR SEASON ONCE AGAIN.

WITH THE HELP OF DR.

TIFFANY AND A LAWYER, WE CALLED AND FINALLY GOT SOMEONE AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WE QUESTIONED APPEALS, WE WERE TOLD APPEALS GO THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION NOT ONE PERSON STATED THIS BEFORE.

AFTER BEING TOLD THIS, WE WORKED HARD IN GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE STATE BOARD, AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY NICE AND CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY HAVE ZERO RULE CHANGES SINCE 1988.

THEY WANTED MEDLOCK, RED AND THE DISTRICT TO REQUEST A WAIVER BASED ON MISINFORMATION IN SECTION C, ONE A IN THE ATHLETIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

THE DISTRICT REFUSED TO GET TO GET THE REQUEST TO REQUEST THE WAIVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY FEEL AS IF THERE IS MISINFORMATION.

EVEN DR. MURPHY STATES IN THE EMAIL BACK TO US, THERE IS A DELUGE OF MISINFORMATION, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO ADD TO IT OR INTERVENE.

THEY BEGAN TO BLAME ME.

AND WHILE WHILE KING LAURENCE WAS RUDE AND LAUGHED ABOUT MY SITUATION, STATING THIS WAS ALL IN THE GRADUATION CONTRACT I SIGNED, BUT NEVER READ NOR HAVE A COPY.

BOTH EMAILS I RECEIVED BACK FROM DR.

MURPHY AND MR. LAURENCE WERE THEN RUNNING IN CIRCLES AND REFUSING TO REQUEST A WAIVER THAT THE STATE IS WAITING ON.

I HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THIS, I WOULD HAVE PICKED UP A FEW CLASSES OR DONE ANYTHING THAT I COULD HAVE TO HAVE MY SENIOR SEASON BACK.

ANY OF THE INFORMATION WE FOUND OUT AT THE TIME WAS NOT CLEAR, AND TO NOT STATE THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER.

THE ONLY REASON WE FOUND THE CREDITS I NEEDED A MONTH INTO THIS WAS FROM THE STATE.

I GENUINELY HOPE THAT ALL THIS INFORMATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY IS CLEANED UP AND PROVIDED FOR EACH ATHLETE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE. I ALSO REALLY HOPE YOU CAN ALL HELP MY SITUATION BY GETTING THE REQUEST SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, OR AT LEAST CONSIDERING IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU, MISS BRASWELL.

THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[INAUDIBLE] MR. BROOME SAYING I AM MISTAKEN.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE SAME SUBJECT FOR THIS ONE.

SO MR. BROOME IS THINKING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[INAUDIBLE] DID YOU ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ON THE NEED FOR ATHLETIC TRAINERS? SO WHEN I'M TRYING TO SUMMARIZE THINGS TOGETHER THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

SO MISS ASHLEY BRITTON IS GOING TO SPEAK ON THE SUPPORT OF ATHLETES.

AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

I HAD I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE ATHLETIC TRAINING WHAT I HAD TO SAY REALLY KIND OF FELL IN LINE JUST A BIT WITH IT.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, MR. JIM BROOME. I KNOW YOU GUYS DEAL WITH A LOT OF BIG ISSUES AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SMALLER MAY NOT BE AS RELEVANT, BUT JIM REALLY DOES GET INVOLVED IF IT'S A CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY, HE'S THERE FOR US.

BUT I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENED AT SILVER BLUFF WITH OUR SOCCER TEAM.

OUR ATHLETES REALLY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE.

IT STARTED LAST SEASON WHEN WE HAD TO GET MR. BROOME INVOLVED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE REGION CHAMPS.

AGAIN, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE FIGHT THAT HAPPENED AT A SOCCER GAME WITH FOX CREEK.

THAT WAS A HUGE DEBACLE.

I WAS A PARENT IN THE STANDS, WATCHED THE ENTIRE THING.

I AM ABSOLUTELY FOR PUNISHMENTS THAT ARE JUSTIFIED, BUT THERE WERE FOUR BOYS ON THAT TEAM THAT WERE UNJUSTLY PUNISHED.

THE VIDEOS AND FROM THE STANDS WE CAN SEE OUR PLAYERS TRYING TO DEFUSE A FIGHT, AND THEY WERE PUNISHED BECAUSE THEIR HANDS WERE ON THEIR TEAMMATES TRYING TO STOP A FIGHT. AND SO THESE FOUR BOYS WERE INAPPROPRIATELY PUNISHED FOR, FOR THIS INSTANCE.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS AND THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE ALL THE WAY FROM

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THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE RIGHT HAND NECESSARILY KNEW WHAT THE LEFT HAND WAS DOING, AND IT CERTAINLY WASN'T COMMUNICATED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT REACHED OUT FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION AND FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.

AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE SITUATION THAT MR. SOLOMON BROUGHT UP.

WHICH I KIND OF THINK IS A LITTLE UNFAIR FOR A SENIOR PARENT WHEN I READ THE PUBLIC FACEBOOK POSTS.

I'M NOT ALWAYS AN ADVOCATE FOR FACEBOOK TO PUT ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BUT THAT IS HIS RIGHT.

AND HE HAS A SENIOR STUDENT THAT'S PLAYING THAT HE'S MISSING OUT ON.

THERE WERE NO SAFETY CONCERNS IN THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POST.

IT WAS REALLY MORE OF KIND OF HIS DISCONTENTMENT WITH THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION FOR BETTER WORDS.

BUT I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED THE EQUALITY ON OUR SPORTS TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SPORTS ARE REPRESENTED WELL.

THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, THAT THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE COACHES AND WITH THE PARENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND HAVING LETTING THE PARENTS HAVE A SAY SO IN SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.

AND JUST AS A LAST LITTLE ADD ON, THERE WAS AN INSTANCE LAST GAME WHERE WE HAD A PLAYER GO DOWN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ATHLETIC TRAINER.

WE HAD JACKSON FIRST ALERT, AND WE ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE FOR THOSE VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE EMS OR A VOLUNTEER SERVICE PERSON THERE, SOMETIMES THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING IS LESS THAN WHAT'S NEEDED.

FOR INSTANCE, THIS CHILD WAS DOWN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND I GOT UP OUT THE STANDS AND WENT OVER THERE AND I SAID, WHERE'S THE MONITOR? NOBODY EVEN HOOKED THE CHILD UP TO A MONITOR TO SEE.

OBVIOUSLY HAVING SOME RESPIRATORY DISTRESS DIDN'T EVEN PULL OUT A PULSE OXIMETER.

AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BAND AID FOR THE NO ATHLETIC TRAINER.

SO I DO AS A TAIL END SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL, BUT IN FAVOR OF COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR ATHLETES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BRITTON.

THAT THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REQUEST FOR THIS EVENING.

UNDER OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN, I JUST HAD A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE BOARD.

AND IS THAT JUST ONE LAST REMINDER THAT STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST ARE DUE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ETHICS COMMISSION FOR BOARD MEMBERS, MARCH 30TH. AND IT'S MARCH 26TH.

OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO MR. LAURENCE. I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE'RE PLEASED TONIGHT TO HAVE WITH US MR. NATHAN LOBAUGH, THE PRINCIPAL AT GLOVERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND HE IS GOING TO SHARE IN OUR SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT SECTION, SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT GLOVERVILLE.

CHAIRMAN NUESSLE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT LAURENCE, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO SPOTLIGHT GLOVERVILLE ELEMENTARY THIS EVENING.

GLOVERVILLE ELEMENTARY IS A SPECIAL PLACE.

WHEN I GOT THERE THREE YEARS AGO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID TO ME WAS WELCOME TO THE HIDDEN GEM OF THE VALLEY.

AND AND THAT IT IS IT IS A HIDDEN GEM.

AND TO START US OFF, BACK IN JANUARY, DURING OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL MEETING, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS SHARED WITH US, NEW TO THE SCHOOL, DURING HER INTERVIEW PROCESS AND COMING TO GLOVERVILLE ELEMENTARY, SHE SAID, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY I'M GOING TO GLOVERVILLE AND PEOPLE QUESTION WHERE GLOVERVILLE WAS AND WHAT GLOVERVILLE WAS ABOUT, AND SHE SAID IT TOOK ME LESS THAN A MONTH TO REALIZE HOW SPECIAL GLOVERVILLE IS AND THE CARE THAT THEY HAVE, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT FOR THE WHOLE CHILD.

AND THAT'S THE START OF OUR JOURNEY THIS EVENING WITH SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US.

AND ONE OF THE WEE THINGS WE ARE BIG ON ARE STUDENT CELEBRATIONS, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT BEHAVIORALLY AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OUR JUNIOR BETA CLUB, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU'LL SEE AS WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THEIR THEIR HEAD AND LEADING THE WAY ON, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP OUR SCHOOL BECOME BETTER.

STUDENTS CELEBRATE READING BY SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE THEY GAINED FROM BOOKS, NOT ONLY WITH TEACHERS AND OTHER ADULTS IN THE BUILDING.

THEY SHARE WHAT THEY READ, AND IT'S POSTED ON THE WALL SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE READING.

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AND IT GETS IT GETS TO BE A LOT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THEM STRIVING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.

AND THEN WE DO THE ACADEMIC PIECES THROUGH SEVERAL AWARDS DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND GLOVERVILLE IS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COME OUT TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL, ONE OF WHICH IS MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE GONE FROM JUST ATHLETICS, ATHLETIC ATHLETES COMING TO THE SCHOOL TO READ TO OUR STUDENTS AND WELCOMING TO THE SCHOOL.

THIS YEAR, THE DECA ORGANIZATION WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DO AND MAKING COFFEE AND SHARING THAT WITH THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS READING IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THEN THE BAND MEMBERS HAVE JOINED IN TO COME AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO COME AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE CUPS THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS EVENING, THE CANDY IN THERE, IT COMES FROM UNITY OUTREACH, AND THEY'RE A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR SCHOOL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS PAST WEEK TO CELEBRATE EVERY STUDENT AS WE GET READY FOR THE BREAK, WAS BRING A SMALL BAG OF CANDY FOR THEM.

AND THAT'S JUST SMALL A SMALL WAY THAT THEY COME AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL.

THIS PAST DECEMBER AND OUR NIGHT OF LIGHTS EVENTS, THEY PROVIDED FOOD FOR EVERY FAMILY THAT CAME THROUGH THAT NIGHT.

AND THEN WE'RE PROUD OF OUR WATCH DOGS PROGRAM, WHERE WE HAVE FATHERS AND GENTLEMEN COME INTO THE BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, TO PATROL THE HALLWAYS AND MENTOR STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE PARTNERS WITH UNITED WAY AIKEN THE AIKEN SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME AND GET INVOLVED WITH OUR CLASSROOMS. AND THERE'S MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT'S IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGHOUT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT US RECEIVING.

OUR STUDENTS LOVE TO GIVE BACK.

THIS JUST THIS PAST MONTH MONDAY, THE AIKEN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER CAME TO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE STUDENTS DID A DRIVE TO COLLECT ANIMAL DOG FOOD, CAT FOOD, TOYS FOR THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER, AND THEN IN [INAUDIBLE] TWO SATURDAYS.

I BELIEVE THEY WILL GATHER AT THE SHELTER TO READ TO THE ANIMALS.

AGAIN OUR JUNIOR BETA CLUB ORGANIZED A BLOOD DRIVE FOR US TO HAVE IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP.

AND THEN THIS PAST CHRISTMAS, THEY DECIDED ON THEIR OWN TO CREATE A DRIVE TO BRING TO THE NURSING HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY.

AND THEN OUR STAFF DOES THE SAME.

WE PARTICIPATED IN AIKEN UNITED WAY'S BE A BUNNY PROGRAM, WHERE THE STAFF CREATED EASTER BASKET EASTER BASKETS TO GIVE TO THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE AT A NURSING HOME OR MIGHT NOT RECEIVE SOMETHING FOR EASTER.

AND IT CREATES HELPS CREATE A WONDERFUL CULTURE, NOT ONLY RECEIVING, BUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S JUST A SNIPPET OF HOW WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN OUR PTO PLAYS A VITAL ROLE.

THEY ARE BIG IN FUNDRAISING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, AS LONG AS IT BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, THEY ARE ALL FOR IT.

AND SO THEY PARTICIPATE WITH THE THE SHOOTING STARS PROGRAM.

THEY PUT ON EVENTS SUCH AS OUR BIG EVENT, THE VALENTINE COURT.

IT'S A BIG FUNDRAISING EVENT, BUT THEY HAVE MOTHER SON EVENTS, DADDY DAUGHTER EVENTS, AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND EVERY, EVERY GRADE LEVEL GETS A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR STUDENTS TO GO ON FIELD TRIPS.

SO THEY'RE NOT AS HIGH.

THEY HAVE REPLACED RECESS EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

THEY'VE HELPED MATCH THE DISTRICT WHEN THE DISTRICT REPLACED OUR CAFETERIA TABLES, THEY HELPED MATCH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL THE SAME DURING THAT TIME.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED, AN IMPORTANT PART TO GLOVERVILLE.

AND THEN STAFF RECOGNITION AND FUN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HAVE OUR STUDENTS CELEBRATE, BUT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF FOR THE JOB WELL DONE THAT THEY DO.

THEY COME IN AND THEY WORK HARD EVERY DAY.

THEY WANT TO SEE OUR STUDENTS GROW AND THEY WORK HARD TO DO THAT.

SO WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS JIMMY ROONEY, STATE FARM EVERY MONTH SPONSORS A TEACHER OF THE MONTH AND UNITY OUTREACH

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AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TRIES TO FIND WAYS TO HELP MOTIVATE THE TEACHERS TO GET THROUGH THE MONTHS, WHETHER IT'S A LUNCH OR BRINGING IN DIFFERENT SNACKS. AND THEN THE TEACHER LEADERS LOVE FOR WHEN WE HAVE HOLIDAYS OR EVENTS TO COME AROUND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CAR LINE TO DRESS UP, AS YOU SEE HERE. AND VALENTINE'S DAY SO THE KIDS CAN HAVE A LAUGH AND ENJOY IT GOING, COMING TO SCHOOL AND GOING HOME AND THEN DRESSING UP IN THE INFLATABLES AROUND HALLOWEEN TIME FOR THAT, SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY IT.

SO THAT IT CREATES, AGAIN, ANOTHER POSITIVE CULTURE.

AND WE CAN'T LEAVE OUT ACADEMICS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STRIVE ON IS ACADEMIC GROWTH FOR EVERY CHILD.

WE LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH CHILDREN AND HOW CAN THEY GROW.

AND IT'S JUST NOT SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM.

YOU SEE HERE, WE HAD DURING READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK, STUDENTS WERE READING UNDER THE STARS AS OUR SHOOTING STARS OR THROUGH FIELD TRIPS OR MAKING MATH FUN.

AND THEN SCIENCE FUN AS THEY WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE HOW MANY RUBBER BANDS YOU COULD PUT AROUND THE WATERMELON.

AND THAT WAS OUR FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS.

AND THEN IN THE BOTTOM, USING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND MATH TO HELP DEVELOP, DEVELOP, DEVELOP AND CREATE A ROLLER COASTER.

AND THE TEACHERS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM, BUT THEY KNOW ALMOST EVERY SINGLE KID IN THE SCHOOL AND HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR NEEDS AND THINGS THAT ARE MET? HOW CAN WE DO THAT? HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GROW? AND LOOKING AT THIS PAST YEAR'S SCHOOL REPORT CARD, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THAT WE MADE GAINS IN WAS THE GROWTH OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AND AS WE SAY, LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.

AND THAT HELPS OUR GROWTH BE BETTER THAN WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR THIS MORNING.

AS YOU LEAVE, GAIN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND THE STUDENTS BUY IN TO THAT.

AND IT'S EVIDENT WITH THE GROWTH THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN HOME.

TO WRAP THIS UP THIS PAST FRIDAY.

I'VE HAD A TEACHER OUT ON FMLA SINCE OCTOBER, AND I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL LONG TERM SUB IN THERE.

SHE'S A RETIRED TEACHER, AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AT GLOVERSVILLE.

AND SHE SAID, MR. LOBAUGH. I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF SCHOOLS.

I'M A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR MYSELF, BUT I NEED YOU TO KEEP MY NUMBER ON SPEED DIAL BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND A NEW HOME.

AND THAT MEANS A LOT, BECAUSE CULTURE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SCHOOL, AND THE BETTER WE CAN MAKE IT, THE BETTER SUCCESS WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THAT MEANT A LOT FOR SOMEBODY WHO SPENT OVER 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION TO SAY, I'VE FOUND A NEW HOME.

AND AND THAT COMES TO ME A LOT FROM OUR A LONG TERM SUB.

SO THAT'S GLOVERVILLE IN A NUTSHELL.

I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO SPOTLIGHT IT.

AND I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO ENJOY IT.

THANK YOU SIR [APPLAUSE].

MR. LOBAUGH OF OUR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE.

WE WERE THIS PAST YEAR.

YES, YEAH, VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO DEFINITELY WANTED TO BRING THAT UP WAY SO SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND YOU KNOW WE TALK OCCASIONALLY BUT BUT YOU.

YOU KNOW, GLOVERVILLE IS A SPECIAL PLACE.

I KNOW THAT MR. SMITH'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT HERE TONIGHT.

SO I WANT TO BRING TAKE HIS PLACE AND BRING A LITTLE SPECIAL ATTENTION OR EXTRA ATTENTION TO GLOVERVILLE, BECAUSE THAT'S HIS BABY.

RIGHT. AND SO HE HE CERTAINLY KEEPS A CHECK ON YOU REGULARLY.

AND SO YOU DON'T SEE ME THERE REALLY AT ALL FOR THAT REASON, I GUESS A FORMER PRINCIPAL AT GLOVERVILLE, I THINK.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

SO AND HE'S GOT GRANDCHILDREN THAT GO THERE.

SO SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS, THOUGH.

YOU MENTIONED THE VALENTINE COURT.

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT RAISED THIS YEAR? AND THIS IS A YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

THIS IS NOT A ONE OFF YEAR.

THIS IS THE 52ND YEAR OF IT IN A ROW.

THIS PAST YEAR WE RAISED JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN $17,000.

AND, AND THE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL SUPPORT AND GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THE PTO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.

AND AND AS THEY SAY, IT REALLY DOES TURN THE SCHOOL UPSIDE DOWN FROM JANUARY TO THE FRIDAY BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY.

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EDWARDS AT ONE OF OUR LAST PRINCIPALS MEETING WAS TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GETTING INTO THE THICK OF IT, WHERE IT BECOMES REALLY HARD BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND SPRING BREAK TO KEEP EVERYBODY MOTIVATED TO KEEP GOING.

AND I SAID, MAN, IT'S LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AFTER VALENTINE COURT COMES.

BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL FUNDRAISER.

AND EVERY DAY THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL AND THE KIDS LOVE IT.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, OUR PTO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB AND SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT.

YEAH IT'S JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AT GLOVERVILLE.

YES, THAT YOU EXPERIENCE AND THIS MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE TO THE SCHOOL TO BENEFIT THE STUDENTS, AS YOU SAID.

SO I MEAN, AND AGAIN, IT'S A YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THING AND ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION AND I'LL, WE CAN MOVE ON IS I THINK I ATTENDED AN ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS AT YOUR SCHOOL ONE EVENING.

YOU HAD SOME OTHER EVENT.

WAS IT A? THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS THE INTRODUCTION TO WATCH DOGS THAT EVENING.

AND I JUST WANT TO TELL THEM WHAT I, WHAT I SAW I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A TIME IN A TIME, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE VERY BUSY FOR.

AND IT'S HARD TO GET YOU KNOW, PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND BE INVOLVED.

BUT AT GLOVERVILLE THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS A ROOM FULL OF MEN.

RIGHT. OR WAS IT MIXED COMPANY? THAT WAS THAT WAS MEN.

THAT'S CORRECT. ROOM FULL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THAT WAS THAT A PICTURE OF THEM? WELL, THIS I WAS GOING TO AFTER YOU SPOKE.

YEAH. SAY THIS WAS THIS PAST FRIDAY AND THIS WAS MUFFINS FOR MOMS AND LADIES WERE STANDING OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT FIT THEM INTO THE CAFETERIA. AND IT WAS THE SAME THAT YOU.

IT'S JUST AMAZING. SO GLOVERVILLE IS A SPECIAL PLACE.

BELIEVE EVERY WORD OF IT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US HERE TONIGHT AND SHARING ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THE FIRST WHICH IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS OR SO THERE WAS A LIST OF CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT WAS SCREENED BY HR AND APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND WE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. HOLD ON A SECOND.

WE'VE. I'M SORRY.

MR. LAURENCE HAS A POINT OF ORDER.

YEAH. MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE THERE'S A TYPO ON THERE THAT MISS HART NEEDS TO EXPLAIN AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT GET THAT ADDRESSED ON BEFORE THE BOARD TAKES ACTION.

PROCEED. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION. THERE IS ONE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR REGARDING THE START DATE FOR CANDIDATE NUMBER 78.

THAT SHOULD HAVE A START DATE OF EFFECTIVE MARCH 27TH, 2024.

ADMINISTRATION MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN YOUR BOARD PACKET WITH THIS ONE CORRECTION OF THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.

THANK YOU, MISS HART.

I WAS NOT AWARE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO ONE THING WILL HELP ME OUT IS THAT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF HOW THIS COULD PLAY OUT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.

IT WOULD HELP ME OUT IF NOBODY SECOND THAT.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR MISS RHINEHART-JACKSONS MOTION.

HEARING NONE. THE MOTION FAILS FOR THE LACK OF A SECOND.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS WITH THE START DATE VERBALLY AMENDED BY MISS HART? SO MOVED. MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY MR. MOULTON.

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

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE NEXT IS WE'VE GOT A SECOND READING OF POLICY KCAAA.

STUDENT COMMUNITY RELATIONS, REFERRING TO BLOOD DONATIONS THAT HAD SOME CHANGES MADE TO IT AT THE SUGGESTION OF MR. MOULTON AND OH IT'S ON MY AGENDA.

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WE JOKE.

OKAY, SO THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT BACK, BUT LEFT IT ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THE THE SO IT IS STILL ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED.

SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE RIGHT WAY RIGHT WAY TO ADDRESS THAT IS MAYBE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A REQUEST TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

AND WE'D LIKE FOR US NOT TO CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT.

SO I WILL JUST ASK FOR A MOTION IF ANYONE HAS ONE, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO PLACE ITEM A2 TO TABLE ITEM A2.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THE MOTION BY MR. SILAS IS TO TABLE ITEM A2 TO THE NEXT MEETING, A FUTURE DATE TO OKAY, TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CHAIR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN THEY PLAN AGENDAS. SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

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

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE TABLED THAT AGENDA ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. JUST CHECKING.

WE ARE DOING THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT AND LAST INDIVIDUAL ITEM REFERS TO THE SOAR PROGRAM PROPOSAL.

SO JUST SO FOLKS KNOW AND TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WHERE IT WAS PRESENTED IN AN INFORMATIONAL WAY.

THE BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH.

AND THE PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY COMBINING RESOURCES OF MULTIPLE PROGRAMS IN A WAY TO BETTER ALIGN SERVICES TO MORE EFFICIENTLY SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO MAY OTHERWISE DROP OUT OR GET EXPELLED OR OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, NOT ATTEND SCHOOL TO KEEP THOSE KIDS ON TRACK.

AND THERE WERE, I BELIEVE, SEVERAL.

IT'S IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT SEVERAL FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM IN THIS REALIGNMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE SOAR PROGRAM? MOVED BY MRS. RHINEHART-JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I HEARD SECOND BY MR. MOULTON, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES. THAT PROPOSAL IS APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A LIST OF TEN CONSENT ITEMS AND THESE CONSENT ITEMS WHILE WE WILL VOTE ON THEM COLLECTIVELY, WE CERTAINLY WILL CAN DISCUSS THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND I WILL REVIEW THE GENERAL TOPICS OF EACH ONE BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.

THE FIRST ONE IS WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF EXPULSIONS THAT WERE NOT APPEALED THAT THE BOARD MUST RATIFY.

SECOND. WE'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT OF OF PERSONNEL TO REPRESENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE FIRST STEPS AIKEN COUNTY PARTNERSHIP BOARD.

IF YOU'RE THINKING IS THAT SOMETHING NEW, YES, IT IS IN THE SENSE OF THE BOARD DIDN'T APPROVE THAT PREVIOUSLY, NOW WE DO.

THEN THERE IS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR STARTING I THINK IN JULY.

THEY'RE STILL ON TUESDAYS SAME GENERAL FORMAT WITH A FEW MODIFICATIONS ON DATES ON WHICH TUESDAYS.

THEN WE HAVE OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS PEOPLE WANTING TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

THEN THAT'S FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT IN IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SIMILAR LIST OF PEOPLE WANTING TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF TRANSFERS IN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH A LIST OF TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.

NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST, BUT THEY WERE [INAUDIBLE] TEXTBOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THERE, AS WELL AS ELA FOR MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, ETC.

AND THAT'S FOR OUR APPROVAL THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE TEXTBOOKS.

NUMBER EIGHT.

THERE'S A SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HIGH INTENSITY TUTORING GRANT FROM AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS TUTORING GRANT CAN BE UP TO $1.6 MILLION TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING DISTRICT WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION FOR EARLY

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NUMBER NINE.

THERE IS A DONATION REBECCA AND DANNY JEWELL DONATING TO MOSSY CREEK ELEMENTARY $5,000 TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, PURCHASE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR INSTRUCTION.

BLESS YOU. AND I LIKE THIS.

AND ALSO A SPECIFIC NOTE FOR THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES TO HELP WITH MAKING COPIES.

AND THE LAST ONE UNDER CONSENT ITEMS WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION BIDS RECEIVED FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE ENTRANCES.

SO THIS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT ESSENTIALLY MAKING MY, IN MY WORDS, DOUBLE DOORS, RIGHT? THAT ONCE YOU'RE IN THE FRONT DOOR OF THE SCHOOL, YOU DON'T HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS.

THERE'S ANOTHER DOOR TO GET THROUGH.

AND WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION BIDS ON THAT TO APPROVE FOR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SCHOFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECONDED BY MR. SILAS.

ANY DISCUSSION? QUICK, QUICK DISCUSSION, MR. MOULTON. JUST ITEM NINE I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE $5,000, BUT THE NUMBER OF ZEROS WOULD INDICATE $50,000 DONATION.

MIC] YES, SIR.

IT'S CORRECT ON THE PROPOSAL THAT'S ATTACHED.

JUST TO CONFIRM TO EVERYBODY IT IS, AS I READ, $5,000.

BUT THERE ON THE ELECTRONIC AGENDA THAT'S ON SCHOOL BOARD NET THERE IS IT'S FORMATTED A LITTLE FUNNY AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE $50,000.

YEAH, BUT YES, SIR. FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS READING THAT ON THE AGENDA, IT IS $5,000.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

ANY OTHER POINTS OF DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE TEN CONSENT ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE TEN CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE TEN CONSENT ITEMS ARE APPROVED.

NEXT WE HAVE TWO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. BOTH TEND TO BE ONE.

THE FIRST ONE IS A TIMELINE ON THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, BUT WANT TO START GETTING TENTATIVE TIMELINES IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF WHAT A $0.01 SALES TAX TIMELINE COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND MR. LAURENCE. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE? I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS JUST A GENERAL TIMELINE.

IT'S VERY LOOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT WE WANT TO TO HAVE IT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR.

WE'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC.

PROBABLY IN APRIL, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT ONE OF THE TWO MEETINGS THAT ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED IN APRIL OF HAVING A SIGNIFICANT BOARD DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE PROJECTS FOR THE FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE SALES TAX.

SO THAT WOULD BE IN APRIL AND THEN BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE, GETTING SOME COMMUNITY INPUT ON ON WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE.

AND THEN BY JULY AND SINCE THE BOARD TONIGHT HAS APPROVED THE THE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT JULY 16TH TO FINALIZE PROJECTS AND TO HAVE A BALLOT RESOLUTION READY TO GO.

SO BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL AND THE MIDDLE OF JULY WE WOULD DETERMINE THE PROJECTS THROUGH BOARD DISCUSSION AND THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT, AND THEN FINALIZE THOSE PROJECTS IN A RESOLUTION ON JULY 16TH.

AND THEN BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER, IT WILL BE ABOUT SHARING FACTS AND INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT NOVEMBER 5TH VOTE.

THE NEXT SLIDE I DO WANT TO WANT TO POINT OUT THESE ARE POSSIBLE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

IF WE DID SOMETHING AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, ANY SALES TAX THAT'S GOING TO COVER THE COST OF THAT.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE NEEDS.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS.

AND THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT, PRIORITIZE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE, THE REVENUE FROM, FROM THE PENNY SALES TAX OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT THIS WAS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.

IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO SHIFT ANYTHING WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL FINALIZE THINGS MORE AT THAT APRIL MEETING.

YEAH. I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU BEFORE, NOT DIRECTLY.

SO TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

SO I'LL JUST SAY, DIRECTIONALLY SPEAKING, THE POPULATION STUDY THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR DIDN'T SEEM TO MEET, DIDN'T SEEM

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DESPITE ALL THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN AIKEN COUNTY.

DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE MAY SEE SOME GROWTH IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS? SO WE HAD THE STUDY THAT WE DID WELL SIX YEARS AGO AND IT ESSENTIALLY SAID SAID THE SAME THING.

IT DID CALL FOR MORE GROWTH IN THE NORTH AUGUSTA AREA THAN THAN THE MOST RECENT ONE DID.

I THINK JUST LOOKING AT AT OUR OWN DATA, I MEAN, WE SEE THE GROWTH IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE IN, IN ALLOCATIONS FOR PERSONNEL AT OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE SEE CONSIDERABLE GROWTH AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN MIDLAND VALLEY AREA AND IN THE NORTH AUGUSTA AREA.

SO I THINK WE'VE GOT BETTER INFORMATION AT AT OUR FINGERTIPS IN REAL TIME.

NOW, THAT DOESN'T GIVE US WHAT TRENDS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT AND WHAT NATIONAL FORMULAS MAY PREDICT OVER A FIVE AND TEN YEAR PERIOD.

BUT WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE DO HAVE GROWTH IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE ALSO ANOTHER HUGE PIECE OF, OF DATA IS THE AGE AND CONDITION OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE DO A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF AGE ON THEM.

AND THAT CERTAINLY THE LIST THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BOARD ROOM BEFORE ABOUT ESSENTIALLY ASSIGNING A CONDITION TO EACH SCHOOL BY NUMBER.

THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. LAURENCE? OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU, MR. LAURENCE.

THE OTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEM NUMBER TWO WE WERE PRESENTED BY MR. TRAXLER PUT ON THE AGENDA A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

IF ANYBODY, UPON REVIEW OF THAT REPORT HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TRAXLER TONIGHT, HE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TRAXLER? OKAY.

HEARING NONE.

THERE WERE NO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ITEMS SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENING WHICH BRINGS US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

JUST JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT LAST THURSDAY OF CELEBRATING OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF MEMBERS.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS IS LOADED UP WITH PICTURES IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM.

BUT IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT OF OF CELEBRATING OUR FOLKS.

IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF AND, AND JUST JUST MENTION IS THAT TOMORROW AT JD LEVER ELEMENTARY, THE GOVERNOR WILL BE HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT AND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN AIKEN COUNTY AND PARTICULARLY AT JD LEVER ELEMENTARY.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND AND HE'S GOING TO SIGN SOME LEGISLATION WHILE HE'S THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. WE DO NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING, SO I WILL 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 WE HAVE FOUR STUDENT APPEALS.

EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE A.

WE DO NOT. WE HAVE ONE STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA THREE.

AND WE HAVE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FROM AREA ONE.

UNDER LEGAL MATTERS, WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME LEGAL ADVICE ON POLICIES BDD, CB, CC AND CCA.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSES? MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MISS TYLER.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL BEGIN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER A SHORT 5 OR 10 MINUTE BREAK.

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LASTLY, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL D DELTA FROM AREA ONE.

IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL D? YES. I MOVE THAT WE NOT UPHOLD THE DISTRICT DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADMIT THE STUDENT TO SEAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. MOULTON, TO NOT UPHOLD THE DECISION FROM THE FROM THE HEARING OR THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD PLACED THE STUDENT IN THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL D, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OVERTURNING THAT DECISION AND SENDING ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL, THE STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL D TO ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE DID RECEIVE SOME LEGAL ADVICE ON POLICIES BDD, CB, CC AND CCA.

NO ACTION WAS NECESSARY FROM THAT LEGAL ADVICE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOVED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. MOULTON? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

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