[00:05:22] I'LL CALL THE JANUARY 28TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER. [00:05:30] OUR TRADITION IS TO BEGIN EVERY MEETING WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN 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. HEY. HOW ARE YOU? THE PUBLIC WAS GIVEN NOTICE OF THIS MEETING IN ADVANCE, AND THE AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WITH THAT NOTICE. AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. HEARING NONE. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO APPROVE FROM THE JANUARY 14TH REGULAR MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL START WITH SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. NO ONE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE OR AT THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THAT WILL MOVE TO SPECIAL RECOGNITION. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS PICCOLINO TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NESSEL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD. IT IS AN HONOR TO INTRODUCE MR. JOHN HUTCHINS. HE IS CHAIR OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS AND HAS AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT OF SOME TEACHER GRANT AWARD WINNERS. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. HUTCHINS TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT MURPHY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOHN HUTCHINS. I SERVE AS THE GRANT COMMITTEE CHAIR WITH THE AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS. THROUGH THE AWARD OF THE CLASSROOM INNOVATION GRANT, PEP HOPES TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT WILL MAXIMIZE STUDENT IMPACT. OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS BY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, IN DEVELOPING METHODOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING IN MEASURABLE WAYS. ON BEHALF OF THE PEP BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER GENEROUS DONORS, IT'S MY HONOR THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED A CLASSROOM INNOVATION GRANT FOR FALL 2024. AS YOU RECOGNIZE, PLEASE STAND FROM AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL DOCTOR KAYLA HOSTETLER. HER GRANT, ENTITLED BRINGING HISTORY AND LITERATURE TO LIFE FROM GLOVERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MONICA PETERSON. HER GRANTS ENTITLED OVERCOMING WINTER BLUES BY GOING GREEN. FROM HAMMOND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU AND GRIFFITHS WITH A PLUS FOR GREEN CHOICES FROM KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. FAMILIA W SCOFIELD WITH HER GRANT. PRINT. PRINT AND PROGRAM BUILDING. FUTURE READY SKILLS IN COMPUTING. ALSO FROM KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. LYNELL WILLIAMS. LINNELL'S GRANTS ENTITLED PROJECT. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL FROM LBCC MIDDLE SCHOOL. TRINA. STIDHAM. ITEM. GRANT ENTITLED PITCH PERFECT EMPOWERING YOUR BOOK CREATIVITY WITH HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERAS FOR MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CORY LENON. GRANT IS ENTITLED GREAT CHEFS BAKE IT UP, ALSO FOR MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. [00:10:04] BRIANNA ALLEN GRANT ENTITLED GEL ELECTROPHORESIS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS FROM NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE STEAM MAGNET SCHOOL DOCTOR PATRICIA M SAXON GRANT ENTITLED CODING AND CREATIVITY ENHANCING LANGUAGE ARTS WITH MICROBIT TECHNOLOGY, FROM OAKWOOD WINDSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ERIN HYDER. HER GRANT, ENTITLED LEARNING ON A LIMB, ALSO FROM OAKWOOD WINDSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEGAN SCHULTE. GRANT ENTITLED READING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HARD. FROM RSM MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL PALLAVI MOHANTY. GRANT ENTITLED RSM ROBOTICS. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE GRANT AWARDEES TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO AND A CHECK PRESENTATION. CHAIRMAN NUESSLE BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR MURPHY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME DOWN FOR THE CHECK PRESENTATION AND A PHOTOGRAPH. FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU MAY HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. WHAT ARE THE FOUR PEOPLE STANDING UP? SO IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS CHECK TO AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE GRANT AWARDEES FOR $5,316.75. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACHER WINNERS. AS ALWAYS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY. BUT IF YOU NEED TO GET UP, WE KNOW YOU NEED TO GET UP EARLY. SO IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE US AT THIS TIME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. THANK YOU. AND AS EVERYBODY'S LEAVING, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT. AND THANK YOU, TEACHERS, FOR GOING AFTER GRANTS LIKE THIS TO DO MORE FOR YOUR STUDENTS. SINCERELY APPRECIATED. HERE WE GO. YEAH YEAH YEAH. LPC, LPC PRINCIPAL. I DON'T KNOW. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. IT'S YOUR MONTH AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN WHAT IS AT YOUR SEAT. OUR SCHOOLS REALLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF SHARING THEIR APPRECIATION TO EACH OF YOU, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. THERE'S JUST NOTHING LIKE THEIR HANDMADE GIFTS. TO KNOW HOW APPRECIATE APPRECIATIVE WE ALL ARE. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN FOR A SHORT VIDEO. AND WE HAVE NO SOUND. BUT THAT'S OKAY. OUR SCHOOLS HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING THAT'S IN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. AND THERE ARE CARDS. THERE ARE HANDMADE PAINTINGS. THERE ARE THANK YOU NOTES. NOT JUST FROM OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FROM TEACHERS. AND WE ARE JUST EXCITED FOR YOU TO ENJOY THESE. EACH OF YOU HAS A PACKET TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU. AND WE HOPE IT'LL BE A REMINDER OF HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. SORRY FOR NOT HAVING ANY SOUND. BUT WE'LL JUST LET THE VIDEO CONTINUE AND HOPE YOU ENJOY. THE PAINTINGS THAT YOU SEE ARE ALL FROM MIDLAND VALLEY STUDENTS. AND OUR AVID STUDENTS AT HIGHLAND SPRINGS EACH DID A LITTLE THEY RESEARCHED EACH OF YOU [00:15:03] AND MADE A NICE POSTER THAT HIGHLIGHTS YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR CAREER AND WHERE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL. AND JUST DID A GREAT JOB. SO WE ARE ALL IN TO SUPPORT YOU ALL AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH A CONTINUED APPRECIATION OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE OUR FIRST SCHOOL BOARD VIDEO LATER THIS WEEK, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WE'LL KICK THAT OFF LATER THIS WEEK WITH A VIDEO THAT FEATURES MR. BRIAN SILAS, WHO WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE FILMING. WE HAD A SMALL INTERRUPTION WITH THE WEATHER LAST WEEK THAT ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE, AND WE'LL BE SHARING THOSE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE IN AIKEN COUNTY, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL YEAR LONG. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THOSE INTO THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND LASTLY, EACH YEAR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY FOLLOWING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES. FOLLOWING REGULAR SESSION, OUR SCHOOL BOARD WILL SIGN THEIR COMMITMENT TO THESE PRINCIPLES WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION POSTER THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED. SO WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES OF YOU AT THE VERY END. THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. THANK YOU. UNDER OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN. I DON'T HAVE A LONG SUBJECT, BUT THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD SHARE SOME NEWS, BUT I ASKED MR. SILAS TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD. MR. SILAS, I APPRECIATE THE TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I NEED TO SHARE SOME NEWS WITH YOU ABOUT THE PASSING OF AREA THREE LEGEND. I WAS INFORMED THIS MORNING THAT MR. TROY NOBLES PASSED AWAY. I THINK LAST NIGHT AT SOME TIME, JUST A LITTLE BIT ON MR. NOBLE'S, AND I THINK HE WAS READING. HE STARTED HIS TEACHING CAREER IN 1962 AT LEAVELLE MCCAMPBELL. I THINK BY 1966 HE BECAME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR PRINCIPAL OF LEAVELLE MCCAMPBELL. HE WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST PRINCIPAL AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980. HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, SO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH MR. NOBLE'S FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND HE FINISHED HIS CAREER, I THINK, AS AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT OF AREA THREE. SO JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MR. NOBLE'S AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OUR PRAYERS WILL BE WITH THE NOBLE'S FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SILAS. MOVING ON WITH INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, WE HAVE ONE. THE BOARD WAS PROVIDED WITH A LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS OF CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THAT WERE SCREENED BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATION, AND WE MUST APPROVE THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS SO MOVED? MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR BRADLEY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES. THAT WAS IT FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS WILL DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT VOTE ON AS A GROUP AND HOPEFULLY THIS TIME I DON'T TRY TO ASK FOR A MOTION AFTER THE FIRST ONE LIKE I DID LAST TIME, BUT SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSENT ITEMS. THE FIRST OF WHICH WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A LIST OF EXPULSIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPEALED THAT WE MUST RATIFY. SECOND, THERE WAS A LIST OF OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS TO APPROVE. THIRD, WE ALREADY MADE THE NICE RECOGNITION ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNER GRANTS THAT WE WE JUST RECOGNIZE FOLKS FOR WE MUST APPROVE THAT GRANT TOTAL OF $5,316.75. NUMBER FOUR, WE WERE. WE HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS TO BE DECLARED SURPLUS AND THEIR METHOD OF DISPOSAL TO APPROVE. WE'VE WE'VE GOT. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR THE WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS AND STEEL. THIS IS MONEY COMING BACK. SO THIS IS A CREDIT THAT WE MUST APPROVE. CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SIX. THERE WERE PROPOSALS FOR A 2025 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, INSPECTIONS, TESTING, REPAIRS, SECURITY SYSTEM REPAIRS, ETC.. CAMERA SYSTEMS, INSTALLATIONS. WHERE? THIS IS NOT FOR ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT, RIGHT? THIS IS FOR THE HAVE THAT CONTRACT FOR THE YEAR FOR THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES TO [00:20:06] APPROVE. AND THAT IS THE SIX CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SIX CONSENT ITEMS. SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR BRADLEY. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND SECONDED BY MR. MOULTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIX CONSENT ITEMS? MR. BROOME, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM SIX. THIS IS A TIME AND MATERIALS CONTRACT AND I DID SEE THAT. I GUESS WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT WE GOT THE PROPOSAL TO POTENTIALLY BRING SOME OF THAT BACK IN HOUSE, SO WE WOULDN'T BE OBLIGATED TO ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE SPENT ON THIS CONTRACT, WOULD WE? IF WE DO CHOOSE TO DO A LOT OF THESE INSPECTIONS BACK IN HOUSE WHEN WHEN WE DO THESE RFPS, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO HIRE ANY OF THE THREE OR NONE OF THE THREE THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT CONTRACT PERIOD. BUT I DON'T THINK WE WERE. TIM, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE WERE NOT PLANNING ON BRINGING FIRE INSPECTIONS IN HOUSE IN THE. NO, SIR. WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON BRINGING THOSE IN HOUSE. THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ALARMS, THE ALARM STUFF THAT WE WERE GOING. MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THE PROPOSAL FROM. FROM IT? YES, SIR. THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN HOUSE. THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY IT FUNCTIONS. THESE ARE INSPECTIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY. I DID NOTICE ON THIS IT DID LIST INTERCOMS AND OTHER THINGS. SO IS THAT PART OF THAT'S NOT PART OF THE IT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, CAMERA INSTALLATIONS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. I THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THAT WAS MENTIONED. IT WAS. AND AS WE'RE ABLE TO TO START BRINGING THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES IN HOUSE, WE WILL DO THAT. HOWEVER, THIS GIVES US THE OPTION IF WE NEED TO, TO EMPLOY THESE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. JUST SO WE WEREN'T BOUND TO ANYTHING. WE JUST HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. EXACTLY. YES, SIR. YEP. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE SIX CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. AND WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES. SORRY, I GOT TO SCROLL DOWN. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THE FIRST TWO INFORMATION ITEMS. AS YOU KNOW, WE TRADITIONALLY DO WE RECEIVE TWO FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM BUSINESS SERVICES WITH THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST AND THEN THE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 10TH. THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT ON THE AGENDA THOUGH. SO IF YOU GO TO THE ATTACHMENT THAT IT IS FOR THE END OF NOVEMBER I WOULD JUST ASK, DOES ANYBODY HAVE MR.? TRAXLER IS HERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US IN ADVANCE? OKAY. THE THIRD INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS THE SEMIANNUAL UPDATE ON MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. AND I WOULD JUST SIMPLY ASK, WE'VE HAD THAT AVAILABLE TO US. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THAT? HEARING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. NO BOARD MEMBERS SUBMITTED INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING. WHICH BRINGS US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. DOCTOR MURPHY. WOULD YOU HELP? GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD WANT TO ECHO WHAT MARY GLENN MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY IN HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THIS BOARD AGAIN FOR SPENDING THAT TIME. WE SPENT THIS WEEKEND TOGETHER AT THE BOARD RETREAT. THAT WAS AN EXCITING PERIOD OF TIME FOR US AND VERY REFRESHING. GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE ABLE TO PRESENT, AS WELL AS SHARE IN THEIR LEARN ABOUT THEIR PLANS TO, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR. ALSO, IT WAS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY WITH MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE MLK EVENT HOSTED AT USC AIKEN'S CONVOCATION CENTER THIS PAST [00:25:01] SUNDAY, WHERE OUR STUDENTS WON IN THE POSTER AND ESSAY CONTEST. WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM BUSBY NORTH AIKEN ELEMENTARY. AIKEN ELEMENTARY. JACKSON NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH AND SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOLS. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THERE TO CELEBRATE IN DOCTOR KING'S LEGACY. AND LASTLY, OF COURSE, LAST WEEK WE HAD ANOTHER BOUT WITH SOME WINTER WEATHER. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU ALL PARENTS AND FAMILIES, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AS WE NAVIGATE THIS, THIS WINTER WEATHER. WITH ANY LUCK, THAT WILL BE OUR LAST ARCTIC BLAST FOR THIS SEASON, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CARRY ON WITH NORMAL SCHOOL OPERATIONS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MURPHY. THAT CONCLUDES REGULAR SESSION FOR THE MOMENT. WE ARE IN NEED OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'LL 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 TWO STUDENT APPEALS. STUDENT APPEAL A IS FROM AREA TWO AND STUDENT APPEAL B IS FROM AREA FIVE. FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION TO ANNOUNCE THE MATTERS CONSIDERED AND TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY. IS THERE A MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE? SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE OF THE TWO APPEALS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL BEGIN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TEN MINUTES. AND PLEASE, AS IF YOU CAN REMEMBER TO DURING THAT TIME, SIGN THE POSTER. RECOMMITTING TO THE ETHICS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE DO THAT. OKAY? OKAY. [00:50:07] PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. I WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. [00:50:13] NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. [00:50:18] HOSTAGE SITUATION. IT'S. [00:50:22] ALWAYS SUPER. QUIET, I THINK. [00:50:53] OKAY. WE HAVE CONCLUDED EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO REENTER REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY DOCTOR BRADLEY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXITING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REENTERING REGULAR SESSION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DID CONSIDER TWO STUDENT MATTERS A STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA TWO AND A STUDENT APPEAL FROM AREA FIVE. IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEAL? A FROM AREA TWO. I MOVE, WE UPHOLD THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION. DOCTOR BRADLEY HAS MADE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE DECISION BY THE ADMINISTRATION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. SILAS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. THAT'S ONE ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES SIX TO 0 TO 1. NEXT WE HEARD STUDENT APPEAL BE FROM AREA FIVE. IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEAL? B? I'D MOVE TO ACCEPT THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. SILAS, SECONDED BY DOCTOR BRADLEY TO UPHOLD THE UPHOLD THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO STUDENT APPEAL. B. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SIX IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAINING? THAT'S ONE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO 0 TO 1. THE MOTION PASSES. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR BRADLEY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO. YOU TWO HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. SAFE DRIVING BACK. KATHY. OH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.