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ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:00.WE WILL CALL THE FEBRUARY 18TH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER. WE BEGIN ALL OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY.
AND JUST I THINK MAYBE FOR THE SAKE OF FORMALITY BEFORE WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA, IF BOARD MEMBERS WILL LOOK AT THE AGENDA, WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS ON THEIR SALARY STUDY, DISCUSSION, THEN THE 2526 BUDGET DISCUSSION.
AND THERE'S SOME BULLET POINTS UNDERNEATH.
ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA SUCH THAT BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO AND BULLET POINT NUMBER THREE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE.
EXCUSE ME. NUMBER TWO IS NOW NUMBER THREE.
AND SO THAT THE ORDER OF THOSE BULLET BULLET POINTS ARE BUDGET REQUESTS FUNDING PLAN AND THEN PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE.
SO I MADE A MOTION. MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON MADE A SECOND TO AMEND THE AGENDA SUCH THAT THE THREE BULLET POINTS UNDER ITEM NUMBER TWO READ BUDGET REQUESTS, THEN FUNDING PLAN, THEN PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED FOR THIS EVENING.
WITH THAT, I AN AGENDA? EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. I TAKE THAT BACK.
NOW THE AGENDA IS AMENDED, AND NORMALLY WE JUST ACCEPT THE AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION. SO I'LL DO THAT.
WE HAVE AMENDED THE AGENDA BY THAT PASSED MOTION.
AND IF I DON'T HEAR ANY OF THE CHANGES OR OBJECTIONS WE'LL ACCEPT THIS AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION. AGENDA IS APPROVED.
OKAY, SO THIS EVENING IS AND I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
I KNOW THE WE HAD A BUDGET DISCUSSION AT THE TWO DAY WORKSHOP OR RETREAT FOR THE BOARD.
AND THE BUDGET PROCESS IS MONTHS LONG, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'LL BE APRIL OR SO BEFORE WE HAVE A BUDGET.
BUT THAT IN MY MIND, THE BOARD RETREAT WHEN WE HAD WHEN WE HAD THE BUDGET DISCUSSION IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO TO HEAR INFORMATION, ASK QUESTIONS.
RIGHT. SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND THEN START THINKING ABOUT IT.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, AND TRY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK AS TO PRIORITY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THE FIRST OF WHICH WE PUT AS A SEPARATE ITEM IN MY MIND, BECAUSE IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT IF WE ARE TO BUILD THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SALARY STUDY INTO A BUDGET, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MR. TRAXLER IS GOING TO COME UP, RIGHT, AND WALK US THROUGH THE SALARY STUDY DISCUSSION.
BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK AS DIRECTION OF DO WE WANT TO SEE THIS INCLUDED IN PROPOSED BUDGETS COMING OR NOT? ALL RIGHT, MR. TRAXLER.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. NUESSLE AND BOARD MEMBERS.
TONIGHT WE ARE SOLICITING YOUR FEEDBACK AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR SUPPORT IN IMPLEMENTING THESE INITIATIVES THAT WE FEEL WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE AGREED UPON STRATEGIC PLAN AND SUPERINTENDENT GOALS FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT CLASSIFIED STAFF, ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE PAY,
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AS WELL AS COMPENSATION FOR OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE TRAIL BEHIND A LOT OF OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THIS REGION.TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST STEP TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
WE'LL BEGIN OUR TIME TOGETHER TONIGHT WITH MR. TRAXLER, WHO WILL SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SALARY STUDY THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THIS BOARD OVER A YEAR AGO.
THE SALARY STUDY RESULTS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THE BOARD WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THE BOARD RETREAT LAST MONTH.
NOW THAT THE STUDY IS COMPLETE, WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN IMPLEMENTING THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEN I'D LIKE TO REVIEW BUDGET PRIORITIES.
WE WANT TO SHARE THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW THEY RELATE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE BUDGET REQUESTS WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE VISION SET FORTH BY THIS BOARD AND STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS YOUR DIRECTION FOR MY WORK AS A SUPERINTENDENT IN YEAR ONE.
NEXT, MR. TRAXLER WILL WALK US THROUGH THE FUNDING OF THE SALARY STUDY AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'LL GIVE SOME MORE EXAMPLES UPON FUNDING OPTIONS AS WELL AS MILLAGE IMPACTS. AND FINALLY, TONIGHT WE'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE PART IN THREE BRIEF EXERCISES DESIGNED TO SOLICIT YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL AS YOUR PREFERENCES.
ALL OF THIS IS DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 15TH WORK STUDY AND APRIL 22ND FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET.
GOOD EVENING MR. NUESSLE, DOCTOR MURPHY, BOARD MEMBERS.
AS DOCTOR MURPHY MENTIONED, I'LL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE SALARY STUDY. A LOT OF THIS INFO WAS SHARED DURING OUR RETREAT, BUT WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO REFINE SOME THINGS.
WE ALSO WANT TO TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SUMMARY.
WE KNOW THAT THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO CONTEMPLATE SOME THINGS, TO LOOK OVER THINGS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND IT NEVER HURTS TO TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME, SOME CLARITY THERE. THAT MAY HELP.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, AS DOCTOR MURPHY MENTIONED, WELL, OVER A YEAR AGO, THE BOARD APPROVED A THIRD PARTY ENTITY TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THEIR VALUATION OF OUR SALARY SCALES, OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, AND AND PROVIDE A SALARY STUDY PROPOSAL.
IT'S A LONG PROCESS. IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND WE SHARE THAT AT THE RETREAT.
AND WE HAVE REFINED SOME THINGS.
THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THIS STUDY IS CALLED MAG.
THEY PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW DURING THE RETREAT.
THEY PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS.
OUR GOAL IS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THEIR PROPOSAL IS BASED ON NUMBERS ROLLED FORWARD FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR BASED ON THEIR ESTIMATES. POSSIBLE FUNDING PLAN WAS SHARED.
AND THESE KEYS ARE GOING TO INTO.
THESE ARE THESE ARE KEYS THAT WILL WANT EVERYONE TO BE MINDFUL OF THROUGHOUT TONIGHT'S PROCESS. COST, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE BIG.
THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS GOING TO BE KEY.
AND THE TIMING OF THE DECISION MR. NESTLE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO BUILD A BUDGET ON THIS, IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
OUR PROPOSED SCALES DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE 2016 2017 VERSION THAT WAS APPROVED.
THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD SERVICE CREDIT.
PREVIOUSLY FOLKS THAT WERE HIRED INTO A POSITION STARTED AT STEP ZERO, REGARDLESS OF THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, OUR CURRENT SKILLS MAY BE AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE AN AGE SCALE.
ALL AID POSITIONS ARE PAID FROM THAT.
YOU MAY HAVE A CLERK, AN OFFICE STAFF SCALE.
ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE PAID FROM THAT.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PRINCIPAL LEVEL SCALES, ETC..
OUR CURRENT SCALES HAVE SOME OVERLAP IN THOSE POSITIONS.
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SO MAG LOOKED AT THE DUTIES, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.THEY LOOKED AT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND THEIR PROPOSAL CAME FORTH BASED ON THAT EVALUATION.
OUR CURRENT SCALE STARTS AT STEP ZERO.
NOW THIS PROPOSAL STARTS AT STEP ONE.
AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OUR TEACHER SCALE.
THIS IS OUR NON TEACHER SCALE.
STARTS AT STEP ONE TOPS OUT AT STEP 20.
NOW MAG PRODUCED SOME SOME ESTIMATES AND THEY THEY WERE DEALING WITH SOME DATED INFO AS FAR AS FOLKS COMING AND GOING.
SO I INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THEIR COST ESTIMATES BASED ON OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
BASED ON THOSE THAT QUALIFY FOR A STEP, IT WOULD HAVE CAPTURED ANY PROMOTIONS AND THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE SUBSEQUENT TO MAG RECEIVING THAT INFO BASED ON CURRENT INFO AND IF APPROVED IN FULL, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS SALARY STUDY IS AS PROPOSED IS $12.9 MILLION, A SIGNIFICANT PRICE TAG OF THAT 0.7 MILLION RELATED TO THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE COSTS COULD BE ASSUMED BY THAT FUND.
IT'S NOT A GENERAL FUND IMPACT.
THE REST WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND IMPACT OR WHATEVER THE BOARD APPROVES.
SO A NET OF ABOUT TWO POINT OR 12.2 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND IMPACT.
OUR COST ESTIMATES INCLUDE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
THAT ADDS ABOUT 33% TO THE PRICE TAG.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHO MAY NOT RECALL, STATE RETIREMENT FROM THE EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE IS APPROXIMATELY 25%.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT TEACHER PAY.
IS THIS INCLUDED? AND AND IT WAS EXCLUDED FROM THIS STUDY BECAUSE OUR STATE COLLECTS THAT INFO EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE, BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BY DEGREE LEVEL.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO TO DRAW COMPARISONS.
WE ALSO HAD TO MONITOR AND BE MINDFUL OF THE STATE MINIMUM TEACHER SCALE.
FOR THIS COMING YEAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE THE PER SALE INCREASE ON THE STATE MINIMUM IS PERHAPS GOING TO BE $3,000 FOR A PER SALE INCREASE.
SO WE'RE WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE. AND THIS IS LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COMPETITIVENESS AND THIS PUTS SOME PERCENTAGES TO THAT INFO.
SO WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, IF WE LOOK AT WHERE THEY WOULD BE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BASED ON THE CURRENT SCALE AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE NEXT YEAR BASED ON THE PROPOSED SCALE, THE INCREASE IS AN AVERAGE OF 20.3%.
NOW THERE'S A RANGE THERE OF 5.82%, 34.73% AS IN COMPARISON TO THEIR CURRENT YEAR, THIS WASN'T A SITUATION WHERE MAG CAME IN AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST SOME BLANKET INCREASE.
THEY LOOKED AT OUR SCALE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SOME OF OUR SKILLS WERE MORE COMPETITIVE THAN OTHERS.
I WILL NOTE THAT THE THE BOTTOM LINE ON THIS FIRST ONE, THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO, AFTER PLACEMENT ON THE NEW SCALE, WOULD BE TOPPED OUT. THAT'S WHERE THE 5.82 CAME IN.
WHERE THEY WOULD BE NEXT YEAR VERSUS THE ON THE PROPOSED SCALE.
WHENEVER WE LOOK AT SALARIED POSITIONS AGAIN, NEW SCALE VERSUS OLD SCALE, IN 2526, THE AVERAGE IS 13.31%.
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YOU SEE THE RANGE OF INCREASE 5.08 32.3 SAYS CABINET DISCUSSED THIS.ONE THING WE LOOKED AT WAS ESTABLISHING 5% AS AS A THRESHOLD THAT WE LOOKED AT AS KIND OF A MINIMUM INCREASE HERE.
THE I WILL NOTE ON THE LOWER END OF THE RANGE AS WELL ON THE HOURLY.
YOU HAD ABOUT A DOZEN VOTES THAT WERE LESS THAN 10%.
SO IT'S NOT AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER, BUT WE DID WANT TO SHOW THE RANGE WITH ABOUT 35 FOLKS WHO WERE LESS THAN 10% IN THAT IN THAT SECOND CATEGORY, THE SALARY INCREASE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE POSITIONS AND COMPETITIVENESS THERE.
SO I BROKE IT OUT SEPARATELY AS WELL.
IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT SCALE, IF WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SCALE, THE AVERAGE INCREASE WOULD BE 20.51%.
YOU SEE THE THE RANGE OF INCREASE THERE WITH BASED ON CURRENT EMPLOYEES, 13.64% TO THE 8.57%. A COUPLE OF STATS THAT AREN'T ON HERE. WHENEVER WE LOOK AT STARTING PAY, THE SPED BUS MONITOR PAY SCALE WAS THE ONE THAT INCREASED THE LOWEST, AND IT HAD A 10.69% INCREASE IN PAY.
AND THEN WE HAD A DIRECTOR TO TO A TABLE.
WHAT WHAT WOULD BE TABLE 129 IN THE PROPOSAL IS ABOUT A 6.23% INCREASE.
SO HEALTHY INCREASES THROUGHOUT.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS IS THE FUNDING PLAN.
NEVER. THE BOARD FIRST APPROVED THIS.
WE ANTICIPATED LARGE PRICE TAG.
ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WAS HOW DO WE AFFORD IT? WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME CATCH UP TO DO.
WE? WE ANTICIPATED SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ANTICIPATED SUCH A PRICE TAG.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE SHARE DURING THE BOARD RETREAT.
AS A RECAP WE'VE CARRIED OVER 12.5 MILLION IN STATE AID TO CLASSROOM. THAT'S STATE MONEY THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CARRY OVER FOR ONE YEAR.
TO HELP JUMP START THIS, IF WE WERE STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IN THIS IN FULL, COMING UP WITH 12 PLUS MILLION WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT ASK SIGNIFICANT ASK IN OPERATING MILLAGE.
IT PERHAPS ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE TO TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S JUST SUCH A LARGE NUMBER.
BUT WE HAVE THAT STATE AID TO TO CLASSROOM CARRY OVER THAT WILL GIVE US A JUMP START.
WE ALSO HAD TO LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY AND BASED ON A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS THAT WE'VE RUN, WE WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT OF INCREASING SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE 7.5 MILLS. UNDER THIS SCENARIO FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND FIVE MILLS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. NOW, SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED, WELL, WHAT IF WE WAIT A YEAR? COULD WE WAIT A YEAR? YES, BUT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A DRASTIC INCREASE, SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN A 7.5 MILL INCREASE.
WE BELIEVE THAT A GRADUAL INCREASE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THREE SUBSEQUENT YEARS TO SUSTAIN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE MORE APPEALING TO FOLKS. SO OVER THIS FOUR YEAR STRETCH, WE WOULD HAVE A NET MIL INCREASE OF 22.5 MILLS. WE WOULD EVALUATE, REEVALUATE ANNUALLY TO TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOME ABILITY TO REVISE THOSE ESTIMATES.
WHILE WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO TO TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT OF DOING THIS, OPERATING MILLAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON ANNUALLY.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED IN THE LOCAL PAPER AROUND THE END OF APRIL.
TYPICALLY, THAT DATE CHANGING, WE WOULD HAVE A BUDGET HEARING ON MILLAGE AND THE BUDGET IN GENERAL IN EARLY MAY, SO CITIZENS WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE TO HAVE
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FEEDBACK THEIR. ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE IF REALISTICALLY WITHOUT THIS CARRYOVER, IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW, THE BOARD DIDN'T SEEK THIS OPPORTUNITY.NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHEN ANOTHER PRIME OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS WOULD WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US WITH CARRYOVER.
SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
I'LL NOTE TOO, THAT IF THERE ARE, IF THERE'S NO DESIRE TO, TO SUSTAIN IT, THEN WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A SIGNIFICANT BIND IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS WE COULDN'T HANG OUR HOPES ON AN INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE OPERATING MILLAGE FOR FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD MEANS VERY LITTLE NEW REVENUE COMING IN.
THE FLIP SIDE IS YOU CUT EXPENDITURES TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
SO IF WE PUT THIS IN PLACE AND IF THERE IS NO DESIRE TO SUSTAIN IT IT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC IN FUTURE YEARS.
SO AS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, 7.5 MIL INCREASE, FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS OF FIVE MIL INCREASES FOR A TOTAL OF 22.5.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE INCREASES ARE PER YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER BUDGET INFO THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE TONIGHT, BUT SALARY STUDY FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS REALLY OUR TOP PRIORITY.
SO OUR REQUEST IS PART OF THIS AND DUE TO TIMING IS WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT. GIVE US THE GO AHEAD ON THAT SO WE CAN START BUILDING THE BUDGET ON THIS SALARY PROPOSAL. YOU HAVE A COPY IN YOUR FOLDER OF THE PROPOSED PAY TABLES.
IT SHOWS THE NUMBERS BY STEP AND THEN IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT PAY TABLES.
WHAT POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED ON THOSE.
SO YOU COULD YOU COULD KIND OF GAUGE WHAT MAY BE INCLUDED THERE.
AGAIN, WE'VE DISCUSSED THERE HAS BEEN SOME REFINEMENTS, SOME SHIFTS IN POSITIONS FROM ONE PAY PAY TABLE TO ANOTHER OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS WE LOOK TO, TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN THAT UP.
THAT SECOND BULLET IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
IF THE BOARD GIVES US GO AHEAD.
IT DOESN'T LOCK THE DISTRICT IN.
SO IF WE GOT TO THE FIRST READING, FOR INSTANCE, AND, AND THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRICE TAG, OUR ABILITY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, OUR INABILITY TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE BUDGET, THE BOARD COULD JUST AS EASILY COME BACK AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S READ.
LET'S REDUCE IT TO 90% OR 95%, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL AND OUR HOPE IS FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION THERE.
BUT AS WE BUILD THE BUDGET, OUR STARTING STEP WOULD BE TO GO INTO 1400, 1500 FOLKS, INDIVIDUAL PROFILES IN OUR SYSTEM AND UPDATE THEM.
AND THEN IF WE'RE IF THE BOARD'S DECISION IS AT SOME POINT TO PULL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT, WE COULD DO THAT MORE GLOBALLY.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
PRIOR TO DOCTOR MURPHY TAKING OVER THE PRESENTATION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TRAXLER? OKAY. SO TO START SOME DISCUSSION, AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT THIS WAY.
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF GIVING THE ADMINISTRATION SOME DIRECTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SALARY STUDY IN ANY FUTURE BUDGETS THAT THEY PRESENT TO US FOR DISCUSSION.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO DO THAT.
SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? MR.. BROOME. SO IF WE VOTE THE.
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POSITIONS AS THEY STAND NOW.WE'RE NOT COMMITTING ANY FUNDS.
SO TO. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, MR. BROOME. WELL, IF THERE WAS REORGANIZATIONS OR THINGS DONE, THEN THESE SALARIES WOULD JUST BE BUMPED UP INTO WHATEVER POSITIONS BECAUSE THE SALARY STUDY IS PER POSITION PER ROLL.
CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT WE ARE VOTING FOR IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT THAT WE'RE ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE THIS IN A FUTURE BUDGET PROPOSALS. AND YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT'S JUST THE IMPACT TO THE SALARY FOR EACH ROLE.
YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION POINTS.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SALARY STUDY IN ANY FUTURE BUDGETS THAT WE MAY DISCUSS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN IN FAVOR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S ONE AGAINST. SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN ANY BUDGET TO REVIEW IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. YES, DOCTOR MURPHY.
TONIGHT IS A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM MY TEAM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND THE CLOCK AND HAVING SOME PRETTY LATE EVENINGS WITH ME, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU THIS PRODUCT HERE TODAY.
TO BEGIN WITH. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE BOARD PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING MY FIRST YEAR GOALS AS A SUPERINTENDENT.
THESE GOALS WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE INTENT OF ALIGNING WITH AND ADVANCING THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I HAVE EMPHASIZED ONE CRITICAL CONCEPT ALIGNMENT. WE ARE ALREADY A FANTASTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT TRUE GREATNESS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WHEN OUR ACTIONS FULLY REFLECT OUR ASPIRATIONS.
IF WE SAY WE WANT TO RETAIN THE TOP TALENT, THEN WE MUST INVEST IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. IF WE SAY WE WANT TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, THEN OUR RESOURCES MUST BE STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THAT GOAL.
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING LONG TERM SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY. TO DETERMINE THE MOST IMPACTFUL AREAS FOR INVESTMENT, WE ENGAGED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS BEGINNING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, ADVANCING THROUGH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND CULMINATING IN DISCUSSIONS AT THE CABINET LEVEL. THIS PROCESS ALLOWED US TO CAREFULLY ASSESS THE NEEDS AND DEVELOP A PRACTICAL, HIGH IMPACT LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL DRIVE MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN YEAR ONE.
THE BUDGET REQUESTS BEFORE YOU ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.
NOW I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
YOUR APPROVAL IS ESSENTIAL TO ADVANCING THIS WORK, SUPPORTING OUR SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS WE ESTABLISHED TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY FULFILLING THE MISSION WE HAVE DEFINED FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THIS IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.
I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALIGNING TIME AND RESOURCES TO REFLECT OUR PRIORITIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. OF COURSE WE HAVE SC READY GOALS IN ELA AND MATH.
WE HAVE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AS A AS A FOCUS MOVING FORWARD.
THE FOUR YEAR GRADUATION RATE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL GIFTED AND TALENTED INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY IN INCREASING THE IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS THAT ARE QUALIFIED FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED. IMPACTFUL STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUILD.
AND LASTLY, RECRUIT, SUPPORT AND RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES.
THOSE ARE THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.
NOW LOOK YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT GOES HOW THEY'RE NESTED.
SO WE EMPLOYED A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I CALL ICONOGRAPHY HERE.
SO MOVING FORWARD YOU'LL SEE THE COLOR SCHEME AS WELL AS THE ICON.
WHENEVER THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN RELATE TO ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
SO YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, QUALITY PERSONNEL, A CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL, OPERATIONAL AND RESOURCE
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MANAGEMENT. AND LASTLY AND CONSIDERABLY ALMOST MOST IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN? SO THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP GOAL FOCUSES ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND EMPHASIZES A DEEP AND COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND CONTINUOUSLY PROMOTES ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES THE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED SOAR PROGRAM, AND A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION FOR THE CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL QUALITY.
THE NEXT GOAL FOCUSES ON THE USE OF HUMAN CAPITAL TO DRIVE AND ENSURE QUALITY PERSONNEL IN ALL POSITIONS, AND DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN LEADER EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AN ORGANIZATIONAL EVALUATION OF DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS IS CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVENESS, DUPLICATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAVINGS OR REALLOCATION, WITH A SUMMARY REPORT HIGHLIGHTING STRENGTHS AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT YET TO COME.
ALSO, AS A FIRST YEAR GOAL, I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH DEVELOPING A DISTRICT WIDE CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS INCLUDES CONDUCTING A DISCIPLINE REVIEW AND DEVELOPING A PLAN TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CULTURES, SAFETY AND THE OVERALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, INCORPORATING INPUT FROM SCHOOL LEVEL PERSONNEL TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DAILY CHALLENGES. FOR THIS GOAL, I WILL LEVERAGE ORGANIZATIONAL, OPERATIONAL, AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO PROMOTE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AND ACHIEVE DESIRED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
THIS INCLUDES CHAMPIONING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE CURRICULAR OFFERINGS, ADVANCING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND TO ADDRESS STAFF SHORTAGES, PARTICULARLY AT THE CLASSROOM LEVEL.
AND AGAIN, WITH COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS TO ENSURE ALL KEY STAKEHOLDERS WORK EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE TRANSFORMATIVE RESULTS.
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED AMONG THE DISTRICT SCHOOL SITES AND THE COMMUNITY, WITH RESPONSIVENESS TO CONCERNS AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I WILL ALSO BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PERCEPTIONS AND IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS. CONFIDENCE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRUST ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
TO THAT END, WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS THIS CHART.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT AT YOUR TABLE.
I THINK IT'S CONSIDERED A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.
IT'S IT'S HOW WE INFORMED OUR THINKING.
AND IT ALSO GRAPHICALLY DEPICTS HOW THE BUDGET REQUESTS ARE NESTED IN BOTH THE BOARD APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE BOARD APPROVED SUPERINTENDENT'S YEAR ONE GOALS.
YOU CAN SEE WHICH STRATEGIES OR WHICH TACTICS FALL UNDER EACH GOAL LEVEL IN THIS ORGANIZER.
AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AFTER I GIVE YOU A SECOND.
SO TO START WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP GOAL, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST THE FIRST ROW OR THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE PRIORITY LEVEL.
SO IN THE 19 THINGS WE'VE LISTED.
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AGAIN WILL BE STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP GOAL HERE.
AND IT IMPACTS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S THE LEVEL OR THE AREA OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S IMPACTED ON THE SECOND COLUMN. THE THIRD COLUMN IS THE ACTUAL STRATEGY WE'LL TRY TO EMPLOY TO TO MAKE THAT WORK. AND THEN OF COURSE THE FOURTH COLUMN IS THE EXPECTED IMPACT OR COST.
SO HERE WE SAY PROVIDE A SECOND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO SCHOOLS WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH A PROJECTED ENROLLMENT OF OVER 575 STUDENTS.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BORDERING ON 700 STUDENTS THAT HAVE ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING QUALITY SERVICE.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE BASICALLY TURNING YOUR PRINCIPAL INTO AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THAT WORK AS WELL.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS NOT IDEAL.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BEST PRACTICE FOR THE WAY WE WANT TO RUN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME SUPPORT AND SOME RELIEF.
I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THAT IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I THINK IN THIS COMMUNITY ALONE, WE ARE WE HAVE A A PRIVATE OR A ACTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL COMING ONLINE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A CTE FOCUS.
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SO WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE IN BEING PREPARED FOR CTE CAREERS IN THE FUTURE.AND SO THIS GROUP OF ACTIVITIES HERE, WHICH YOU HAVE A RESTRUCTURING OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL HAVE A DISTRICT CTE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME, YOU'LL HAVE A SEPARATE CAREER CENTER DIRECTOR, BECAUSE AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, OUR OUR CTE DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE CAREER CENTER ARE CURRENTLY ONE PERSON.
AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING THE JOB OF A DISTRICT LEVEL CT DIRECTOR.
HE'S SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME DOING BUILDING LEVEL MANAGEMENT THINGS.
IN ORDER TO RESTRUCTURE THAT, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING CHANGING OUT.
WE DON'T NEED A DEFINITELY AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A DIRECTOR THERE AS WELL AS TWO COORDINATORS.
SO YOU SEE, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT RESTRUCTURING IS ONLY $55,000.
CAN WE ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.
EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M SO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE.
YES, SIR. HOW THIS THING'S ALIGNED NOW.
SO IN DOING THIS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS AN OUTSIDE SALESMAN FOR THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION? IS THAT NOT INCLUDED IN THAT? MY INTENT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO ELEVATE MR. TO TAKE MR. LOT, WHO IS CURRENTLY DOING BOTH, TO FREE HIM UP TO ACTUALLY BE THE DISTRICT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SO HE CAN DO A LOT OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
I FIND MYSELF IN MEETINGS WHERE I NEED HIM, SO I END UP PULLING HIM OUT OF THE SCHOOL.
A LOT OF TIMES TO DO THIS WORK, AND SO THIS WILL FREE HIM UP TO START EXPLORING SOME MORE PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE OUT AT THE SITE.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME STARTED WITH BRIDGESTONE WITH M2, BUT WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY OTHERS SUCH AS META, WHICH IS FACEBOOK. THEY APPROACHED ME JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ASKING HOW CAN THEY, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM AND HOW CAN THEY SUPPORT US, AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A QUALITY WORKFORCE? THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THE CTE DIRECTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. BROOME FOR NOW.
OKAY. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL 90 MINUTE MATH AND ELA BLOCK.
WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY REDESIGN THE WAY WE DELIVER INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE AND UPON DOING A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF HOW WE CONDUCT BUSINESS, WE NOTICED THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DOING BETTER AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE FARING BETTER WITH ELA AND MATH SCORES IN THE MIDDLE.
SCHOOL IS WHERE WE SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS. CONSEQUENTIALLY, WE NOTICED THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS EXACTLY THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR ENGLISH AND MATH.
AND SO WE NEED TO ADJUST HOW INSTRUCTION IS DELIVERED.
THE TIME ON TASK. BASICALLY, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE KIDS THAT NEED THE MOST HELP ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTION. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A IT'S GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PRICE TAG.
I THINK IT'S A TOTAL OF 1943 OF BEING ABSORBED I THINK.
SO 16 IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THAT PRICE POINT.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ALIGN OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES WITH THE OUTCOMES WE EXPECT TO HAVE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND LASTLY ON HERE IS THE CONTINUATION OF INTERSESSION.
AGAIN. RIGHT NOW WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO ITERATIONS OF INTERSESSION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT UPWARD PROJECTION WITH THAT.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THE PRICE FOR INTERSESSION INTERCESSION RIGHT NOW IS $1 MILLION.
BUT IF WE STOP DOING INTERCESSION, WE WILL NOT SAVE $1 MILLION, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE DAYS WILL HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO SUMMER SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THOSE EIGHT DAYS THAT WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THEM UP IN THE SUMMER. SO IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE IF WE DON'T CONTINUE INTERCESSION. MOVING ON TO THE QUALITY PERSONNEL GOAL ATHLETICS HERE, WE HAVE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO RECLASS OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATORS TO HAVE FULL TIME AIDES ONLY THOSE THAT ARE QUALIFIED FROM DAY ONE AS ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. SO WHILE THIS SAYS 175,000, WE HAVE SEVERAL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS THAT ARE QUALIFIED, FULLY QUALIFIED AS ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAVE SOME THAT DON'T.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THOSE THAT DON'T WILL FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THEIR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS TO GET QUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY'LL BE MISSING OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT THAT FTE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'RE DOING A BIT OF A REDESIGN THERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR ASK TALK WITH MISS TAYLOR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ASKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FORECAST OUT WHEN SHE HAS HER TIME TO GIVE YOU HER DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AS WELL.
BUT FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, RECLASSING THREE OF HER COORDINATORS AS DIRECTORS, PER THEIR WORKLOAD AND WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
I BELIEVE YOU RECALL THE PRESENTATION FROM MISS HART LAST BOARD MEETING ON THE DIRECTOR OF HR POSITION AND HOW WE CAN BASICALLY JUSTIFY THAT WORK AS WELL.
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SHE HAS THREE DEPARTMENTS IN HER DIVISION AND ONLY TWO DIRECTORS.THERE'S THERE'S TWO. EACH OF THE OTHER TWO DEPARTMENTS HAS A DIRECTOR BUT NOT HR DIVISION OF OPERATIONS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RECLASSIFYING OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS HE ASSUMES THE POSITION OF WOODSMEN IN THE DISTRICT. AND THE OMBUDSMAN POSITION IS BASICALLY A PROBLEM SOLVER, THAT IS, A PERSON WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH PARENTS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. IF I THINK ABOUT 95% OF THE EMAILS THAT I GET FROM BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTLY TO MYSELF ARE PARENTS THAT HAVE AN ISSUE.
SOME OF THESE ISSUES CANNOT BE DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY ADDRESSED WITH POLICY ALONE.
AND SO YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE NOT NOT JUST A SUPERINTENDENT OR AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, BUT SOMEONE SUCH AS AN OMBUDSMAN WITH A SOLUTIONS BASED MINDSET THAT CAN HELP US KIND OF STAVE OFF SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE THEY COME UP TO THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE SEEN THAT, THAT THAT WORK IS BEING DONE CURRENTLY FOR US AS WE SPEAK.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT THE PERSON IN THAT JOB WILL BE WELL SUITED FOR THAT POSITION. I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION.
I GOT A QUESTION. MR. RHINEHART-JACKSON. GO AHEAD. ON THE RECLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. SO THAT PARTICULAR PERSON WOULD BECOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SLASH OMBUDSMAN. AND WHAT ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES POSITION NO LONGER NO LONGER KNOW THAT THAT ONE PERSON WILL ASSUME BOTH THOSE ROLES. OKAY. NO BACKFILL IN THIS SITUATION. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BROOME? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE ISSUES.
I GET PLENTY. BUT QUITE HONESTLY, THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THESE FOLKS BACK HERE. THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY TELL THEM. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S BEING HANDLED.
IT'S JUST THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY, THEY DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THEY HEAR.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR, OR SOMETIMES WE HELP LINK THEM TO THESE FOLKS BUT. SO I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
THANK YOU MISS TYLER. I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL YOU WERE DONE AT LEAST WITH THAT PAGE.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED REMOVING THE ADS FROM THE CLASSROOM.
SO WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE CLASSES THAT THEY TEACH? SO THEY CURRENTLY ONLY TEACH TWO PERIODS A SEMESTER AND WE'VE IN THIS PRICE.
HERE IS THE EXTRA 80 FTES FOR THE TEACHERS TO REPLACE THEM.
SO YES MA'AM WE WILL NOT GO WITHOUT THE CLASSES.
IT'S JUST THE ADS WILL NOT BE TEACHING. THEY WILL BE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. THANK YOU. MR. SILAS, IN THAT SAME SUBJECT.
THAT'S NOT A NOVEL IDEA, RIGHT? THAT'S BEING DONE IN MANY.
PROBABLY MOST. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
WHAT'S YOUR DISHES OF OUR SIZE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BASICALLY A CUTOFF.
YOU'LL START SEEING SMALLER AND SMALLER DISTRICTS. YOU WON'T YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MAYBE NINE SCHOOLS, ONE HIGH SCHOOL, TWO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DISTRICTS OF LARGER SIZES, IT'S IT'S THE NORM ACTUALLY, IN SOME DISTRICTS, ACTUALLY, THE AD IS THE NEXT IN LINE TO BE THE PRINCIPAL.
SO I KNOW IF YOU GO TO DORCHESTER BEFORE YOU BECOME AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BEFORE YOU BECOME A PRINCIPAL, YOU'LL SPEND A YEAR AS YEARS IN AD, SO THE AD IS CONSIDERED A PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.
ON THE. OTHER DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE? ABSOLUTELY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDS SLASH MENTORS IS DOCTOR FOSTER IN ORANGEBURG. AND OF COURSE, THEY ONLY HAVE 10,000 STUDENTS. THEY HAVE A DISTRICT OMBUDSMAN AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A WAY IT'S A SOLUTIONS BASED PERSON, NOT A PERSON TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE THE POLICY IS AND HOW WE'VE HANDLED IT IN THE PAST.
AND YOU FIND THAT YOU BUILD A LOT OF COMMUNITY CAPITAL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PERSON LIKE THAT, THAT CAN KIND OF BRING A POLICY, PUT A HUMAN TOUCH ON SOME OF OUR POLICIES.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND THIS PERSON IS THAT THAT REPRESENTATIVE.
ALSO A LOT OF MANY TIMES WHEN, WHEN THE DISTRICT OR SOMEONE FROM MY STAFF CAN'T BE THERE, THE IMMEDIATE STAFF, SUCH AS REPRESENTING US AT FUNERALS.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE.
THIS PERSON WILL BE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT. OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE MOMENT. PLEASE CONTINUE. LAST ON THIS PAGE IS JUST RECLASS, THE COORDINATOR OF COUNSEL TO DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING.
AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THE WORK SHE DOES, HOW MANY TIMES SHE BRINGS THEM TOGETHER, IT'S MORE SO DIRECTORS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE OTHER DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE, ACTUAL DISTRICTS MUCH SMALLER, WE LOOK AT THEIR ORGANIZATION CHARTS AND WE LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE ARRANGED. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'VE BEEN TASKED TO DO THIS YEAR. AND
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SO THAT'S WHAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM.NEXT. OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO ME IS TO STAFF A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GRADUATION RATE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
WE TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT IN MANY TIMES IMPACT AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, AREAS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL AT THE SCHOOL BUILDING ITSELF.
AND THAT'S WHERE HAVING THAT SOCIAL WORKER WHO CAN BRIDGE THE COMMUNITY WITH THE CIVIC AND THE COUNTY AND CITY EFFORTS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL EFFORTS TO KEEP THE KIDS IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT READY TO LEARN.
IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON AT HOME, THEY'RE NOT READY TO LEARN IF THEY'RE HUNGRY.
A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT MY STAFF SIMPLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT HOUSING INITIATIVES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS TRAINED ON.
AND THEN THEY'D BE REACHING OUT. WE START THEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE BRING THE STUDENT SERVICE WORKERS TO THE LOWER GRADES.
BUT THEN THEY'LL HAVE THEY WILL BE BASICALLY SUPERVISING THE STUDENT SERVICE WORKERS AND MAKING SURE THEY ALL ARE UP AND AWARE ON ALL THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'VE SEEN THIS DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO WHILE IT'S UNDER A CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT, IT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO BRING THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES INSIDE THE BUILDING.
I KNOW THERE'S A BIG NEED, BUT WITH MCKINNEY-VENTO, HOW WOULD THEY WORK WITH LIKE OUR COORDINATOR? HOW WOULD THAT PROCESS WORK? AGAIN, TYING TYING RESOURCES TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN MCKINNEY-VENTO IS WE'LL HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN AUGUSTA THAT WE HAVE TO BRING HERE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO HELP GET THOSE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL. CAN'T NECESSARILY SEND A SCHOOL BUS ACROSS STATE LINES LIKE THAT. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, A SOCIAL WORKER MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY, HAS A PLAN IN PLACE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, THE COUNTY, MAYBE SOME OF THEIR ASSETS AND RESOURCES.
SO YOU HAVE THAT LIAISON BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO HELP OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS. DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS IN THIS DISTRICT? HOW MANY STUDENTS FALL IN THAT CATEGORY? WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU. WE HAVE.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, THOUGH. MAYBE A COUPLE THOUSAND.
MR. WHITE'S NOT HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT MANY CURRENTLY.
JUST A SECOND. MOVING ON HERE.
OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH HAVING.
THEY'VE EMPLOYED PART TIME SUCCESS COACHES USING A GRANT.
FORTUNATELY, THE GRANT HAS RUN OUT, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THEIR SUCCESS COACHES. AND SO THEY THEY'RE TELLING US HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THEY'VE HAD, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PART TIME, JUST BASICALLY TAKING UP THE SENIORS OR THOSE THAT ARE JUNIORS THAT ARE THREATENING TO GRADUATE AND KIND OF HELPING PUSH THEM OVER THAT FINAL HURDLE. FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IT'S A CHEERLEADER. IT'S A COACH.
IT'S A PROD. IT'S SOMEONE TO KEEP THEM MOVING ON THAT TRACK TO GRADUATION.
AND IT'S RELATIVELY LOW PRICE FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THEM.
SO THEY DEFINITELY WANTED ME TO KEEP THAT ON THE LIST.
MR. LINDELL, IF WE DID NOT KEEP THEM.
KEEP THEM ON THE LIST. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE PEOPLE? THEY THEY WERE GRANT FUNDED.
THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A POSITION HERE. UNDER UNDER THE TOPIC OF ORGANIZATIONAL, OPERATIONAL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION RECLASS DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MR. CHIPMAN AND HIS WORKLOAD AND THE FACT THAT BASICALLY, HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT $300 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WHEN WE GO TO THE TABLE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THESE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES MR. CHIPMAN AND I FOUND OURSELVES BEING THE LOWEST COMPENSATED PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT, WOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, AT THE VERY LEAST, WHILE WE DON'T EXPECT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAKE AS MUCH AS A CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT.
WE DO EXPECT THAT THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY TO BE REFLECTED IN HIS RANK AND PAY. AND SO AS WE TRANSITION FROM MR. CHIPMAN TO MR. JARRAH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WE ADDRESSED THAT AS WELL. AT A RELATIVELY MODERATE, MODEST COST.
AND THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION, STUDENT INFORMATION CLERKS.
THIS IS A SCHOOL LEVEL POSITION.
THE SIX RIGHT NOW, THEY ONLY DO ABOUT TEN MORE DAYS THAN TEACHERS.
AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL REPORT CARDS, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM.
THE PEOPLE THAT INPUT THE DATA ARE OFF DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
AND SO THAT'S THE TIME WHEN WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF CLEANUPS, A LOT OF REPORTS THAT WE COULD RUN AND GET FILLED IN.
SO WE'RE LOSING OUT ON HAVING HIGH QUALITY DATA.
SO WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT PULLS IT, SOMETIMES OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT NEARLY AS BAD
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OFF AS IT MAY SEEM. WE JUST GOT THE WRONG DATA IN THE SYSTEM.ACTUALLY, NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO COME ASK FOR ANOTHER TEN DAYS. SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. WE WE FIGURED WE'D TRY TO GET AT LEAST TEN DAYS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
DIVISION OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES.
WE WANT TO RECLASS A LEVEL BOOKKEEPER POSITION SHOULD THAT POSITION BECOME VACATED AGAIN. FOR BOOKKEEPER EFFECTIVENESS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S THERE TO TO HELP AND ASSIST IN ALL THAT TRAINING.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN HANDLED BY OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.
BUT THAT'S REALLY BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF THAT JOB WE SHOULD BE TRAINING.
OUR BOOKKEEPER SHOULD BE TRAINING OUR BOOKKEEPERS, NOT THE AUDITOR TRAINING OUR BOOKKEEPERS. AND SO THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT POSITION.
RELATIVELY MINOR COST AS WELL, IN MY OFFICE THERE.
SHOULD THAT WHEN THAT POSITION RETIRES, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF MORE RESPONSIBILITY TO THAT ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE OFFICE.
IN GENERAL, WHAT WE FIND IS BETWEEN MISS CRISWELL AND THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.
SECRETARY WHENEVER THERE'S ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES IN THE BUILDING.
ONE OF THOSE TWO ARE HANDLING THOSE BITS, SO THEY'RE HANDLING THE BUILDING AS IT IS.
AS WELL AS HAVING THE TWO CUSTODIANS THAT WORK THIS BUILDING.
CURRENTLY THEY REPORT TO THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.
THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS IS NOT IN THIS BUILDING ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND SO YOU NEED SOMEONE HERE THAT THEY REPORT TO AS WELL TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS, TO SUPPORT THEM LEAVE AND COVERAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECLASSIFY THAT POSITION IN THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS. THIS IS A AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CTE.
IT'S A PACKAGE DEAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME SOME OF THE FOREMEN TO RECLASSIFY THEM AS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORS. THIS YEAR ALONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING AT LEAST ONE HVAC TECHNICIAN AND ONE PLUMBER.
AGAIN, OUR NEEDS ARE FAR, FAR GREATER THAN THAT.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW, AND WE WANT TO TAKE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AGAIN.
NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE FORECASTING MORE POSITIONS, BUT AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRACTICING.
WE WANT TO WORK IN WHAT IS DOABLE AND CONCEIVABLE.
WE WANT TO GET BETTER, IF NOT IDEAL, IN THE VERY NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT'S THAT PACKAGE YOU SEE THERE.
AND ALSO IN THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS, WE WANT TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO HELP US. MISS GASKINS, IN THAT WORK SHE'S DOING THE THE WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY WITH THE ADVENT OF AG.
I KEEP SAYING IT WRONG. 256 256 256 IT'S AN INSPECTION.
IT'S A FIRE MARSHAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE INSPECTIONS WITH STIFF PENALTIES IF WE DO NOT CONDUCT THESE INSPECTIONS.
AND THAT WILL BASICALLY EFFECTIVELY TAKE MISS GASKINS OFF THE PLAYING FIELD.
IF SHE WAS CONTINUALLY DOING INSPECTIONS IN THE BUILDINGS AND WORRYING ABOUT THAT THINGS OF THAT GRANULAR NATURE.
SO SHE'S GOING TO NEED THAT ASSISTANCE.
SHE'S CURRENTLY DOING THE JOB WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A DEDICATED SECRETARY AS WELL. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TO SHORE UP THAT DEPARTMENT BY WAY OF.
JUST HAVING A POINT OF REFERENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CHARLESTON, I THINK. THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED HAD, I THINK THREE VICKIE'S, AS WELL AS ALL THREE OF THEM HAD AN ASSISTANT.
SO I THINK A TOTAL OF SIX FOLKS FOCUS ON SECURITY AS WELL, AS EACH SCHOOL HAD THEIR OWN FORCE AS WELL.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO INCREASE ANYTHING THAT INCREASED OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY POSTURE IN THE DISTRICT.
QUESTIONS? MISTER BROOME HAD A QUESTION.
AND VICKI FIRST OFF SAY DOES A GREAT JOB AS A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS DISTRICT.
BUT IS SHE A DIRECTOR? SHE IS A DIRECTOR. DOES SHE HAVE STAFF? NO. OKAY. SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE, BUT SO WE'RE GOING TO HIRE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE NO STAFF.
BUT WE STILL HAVE. WE GOT WE HAD TWO CHIEFS, BUT NO.
WELL, THE INDIANS IN THIS SITUATION WOULD BE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PRINCIPALS, THE SCHOOL LEVEL STAFF THAT ARE DIRECTING THE WORK OF. YES. THAT'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER.
THAT'S WHO ACTUALLY DOES THE INSPECTIONS.
SO IT YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ARGUMENT FOR ME.
BUT WE CAN'T GET IT ALL DONE IN ONE BUDGET YEAR.
YES, SIR. WHY CAN'T WE CREATE STAFF WITH THIS POSITION? MAYBE TWO PEOPLE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
THAT'S A WAY OF DOING IT. BUT THE TWO PEOPLE WILL BE LESS TRAINED.
SO YOU GOT TO LOOK AT BASICALLY SKILL LEVEL.
WE RAN INTO THAT WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE WHEN WE CAME IN WITH THE THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. SO WE FOUND OURSELVES, HEY, LET'S HIRE A BUNCH OF GROUNDS MAINTENANCE FOLKS, BUT WE PUT THEM IN AS ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUPERVISORY STAFF.
WE ENDED UP HIRING 12 AT THAT.
AT THE PRICE POINT THAT WE HAD IT.
WE WERE NOT ATTRACTING SEASONED LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS.
WE WERE ATTRACTING FOLKS FROM MCDONALD'S AND FROM OTHER UNSKILLED JOBS.
AND SO HIGH TURNOVER, VERY HIGH TURNOVER.
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SO WE NEED TO OUR THOUGHTS IN THIS ONE WAS A DEVELOPMENT OF THAT DEPARTMENT.AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A ANOTHER CHIEF OR ANOTHER BOSS.
IT'S SOMEONE TO SHARE THE WORKLOAD WITH.
SO WHILE SHE'S A DIRECTOR NOT ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS NECESSARILY HAVE STAFF.
THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WORKLOAD AND THEY DO DIRECT THE WORK OF PRINCIPALS.
IN MANY CASES, YOU WOULDN'T WANT A COORDINATOR DIALING UP A PRINCIPAL SAYING, HEY, PUT YOUR SCHOOL IN LOCKDOWN.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT GRAVITAS OF THAT RANK OF DIRECTOR TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON.
AND THAT'S WHY SHE IS A DIRECTOR.
AND AGAIN, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPS, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ELEVATE HER ROLE AS WELL.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH I SAW FIRST, BUT MR. MOULTON AND THEN I THINK MISS TYLER.
OH, SURE. I SAW YOU OUT OF MY PERIPHERAL VISION.
NO, I'M SAYING THAT'S FINE. OKAY.
AND JUST. AND WE DO. WE'RE A WE'RE A GOOD SMALL GROUP AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.
BUT, DOCTOR MURPHY, FOLKS, RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'LL RECOGNIZE PEOPLE, AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHO'S GOT A QUESTION, MOTION MR. MOULTON. DOCTOR MURPHY, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON PRIORITY NUMBER 16 THERE. OUT OF THAT 210,000.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT'S FOR THE HVAC TECHNICIAN AND THE PLUMBER? YES, WE HAD THAT TEASED OUT EARLIER.
SO MY QUESTION IS PERTAINING TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. NOW YOU SAID THAT THAT SECURITY DIRECTOR WOULD HANDLE FIRE INSPECTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT WAS MISS GASKINS AND HER WORK.
IF YOU LOOK AT BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT'S ON HER JOB DESCRIPTION, WE WILL CHANGE FROM DIRECT TO ASSIST IN DIRECTING.
AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACT 256 INSPECTIONS.
OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER IN MAINTENANCE THAT HANDLES A LOT OF THE LIKE FIRE INSPECTIONS OR JUST KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHY NOT CONSIDER SECURITY AND EMERGENCY COORDINATOR OR OR EVEN A MANAGER RATHER THAN AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR? WELL, THE COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BASICALLY BE ON THE SAME PAY SCALE. SO, I MEAN, WE COULD CALL IT A COORDINATOR.
WE CAN CALL IT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. IT'S FINE FOR US IN THAT SITUATION.
AND WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S CURRENTLY DOING SOME OF THE FIRE SAFETY STUFF, THAT PERSON IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF DOING PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS AS.
YES, I WAS TRYING TO I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
AND THIS WORK HAS HAS BLOSSOMED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET A PERSON DEDICATED TO THIS LEVEL OF WORK.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE, AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AT SOME TIME.
YES, MA'AM. THE INTENT IS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE STARTED. WE DID IT RECENTLY.
WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY DONE OPERATIONS, BUT WE CAN COME BACK AROUND AND DO OPERATIONS AGAIN.
I THINK THE NEXT ONE THAT WAS IN QUEUE WOULD HAVE BEEN SPECIAL SERVICES.
AND MY LAST QUESTION, WHERE DOES THAT PUT US IN TERMS OF HAVING A, A FORTIFIED MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WITH ONE HVAC TECHNICIAN AND ONE PLUMBER? IT'S ONE STEP, MA'AM. IT WE WE ARE NOT GOING TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE THE JOBS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE ON A YEARLY BASIS.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES HAVING HIGH INCIDENCE ISSUES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTRACT THAT WORK OUT.
SO LET'S SAY OAKWOOD WINDSOR, OAKWOOD WINDSOR HAD A PLUMBING ISSUE THAT REQUIRED US TO TEAR UP THE ENTIRE FLOOR.
SO WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTISE IN HOUSE.
SO WE'LL CONTRACT THE LARGER JOBS OUT.
BUT WE NEED WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS IN OPERATION DEPARTMENT.
WE JUST DON'T. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE, THE SUM OF OUR TOTAL REQUESTS AND WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK ON AND SHOW UP IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE NEED TO FOCUS. WE WELL, WE PRIORITIZE OTHER.
SO YOU THINK THE OTHER ONES TAKE HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THAT, THAN STAFFING THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THE, THE THESE NICE SCHOOLS WE BUILD ANYTHING ON THIS LIST.
IS IT HIGH PRIORITY FOR US BECAUSE THE LIST STARTED OUT BEING ABOUT 300 ITEMS LONG.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS LIST I CONSIDER LOW PRIORITY.
IF IT'S ON THIS LIST, IT HAS RISEN UP ABOVE HUNDREDS OF OTHER REQUESTS, SO WE FULLY ANTICIPATE OR FULLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST PASS AS WELL AS, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY GETTING THE ORGANIZATION.
BECAUSE HONESTLY, WE COULD PROBABLY PICK ANY ONE OF THESE LISTS AND I CAN SHOW YOU 15 OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE ON EVERY LIST.
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BUT WE JUST WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM THE BOARD.WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU. AND DOCTOR MURPHY, A FOLLOW UP TO MISS TYLER'S REQUEST.
I UNDERSTAND WE'LL PROBABLY ROTATE THROUGH DEPARTMENTS AS FAR AS HAVING A DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION, BUT CAN THE FULL ORG CHART BE SENT TO THE BOARD? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THIS WEEK THE FULL ORG CHART IS IS POSTED IN THE POLICY MANUAL.
BUT WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO YOU OKAY.
IF IT'S AS SPECIFIC AS WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US DURING THE HR PRESENTATION.
GREAT. SO JUST BUT I'M NOT SURE IT IS.
I THINK IT MAY BE JUST WHAT TOP RUNG.
IT'S JUST DIRECTORS AND ABOVE DIRECTORS ON ON POLICIES.
WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THAT WE GIVE OUT TO EMPLOYEES ORIENTATION. AND I CAN GET YOU A COPY OF PERFECT.
THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO NEXT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MR. LINDELL. AND THEN MR.. BROOME MRS BACK TO THE 90 MINUTE BLOCK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OUR OTHER DISTRICTS OF THIS SIZE.
WHAT'S THE TREND IN THE STATE.
YES. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING OR INVESTIGATING WHAT CAN WE DO.
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THAT MANY OTHER DISTRICTS NOT OF THE SIZE PERIOD, MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE 90 MINUTE BLOCKS. AND SO I'M NOT ONE FOR INVENTING THINGS.
I AM ONE FOR SAYING WHAT WORKS IN THIS FIELD.
AND SO WE GO AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
MISS DOCTOR GAMBLE AND HER TEAM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM, THEY THEY PRESENTED THIS A WHILE BACK, AND I ASKED THEM TO SEE COULD THEY FIND WAYS TO TRIM IT. THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME SAVINGS WITH SOME POSITIONS THAT THEY COULD RECLASSIFY, SOME POSITIONS THAT IT COULD BE ABSORBED.
AND SO THIS REPRESENTS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.
AND THIS IS THEIR BEST THINKING IN HOW TO ACHIEVE THE 90 MINUTE BLOCK.
MR. BROOME. COULD WE REVISIT YOU KNOW, DOCTOR YARBOROUGH GIVE US A PRESENTATION AT SOME POINT BACK PER BOARD REQUEST ON THE NEEDS OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND WHERE WE WAS AT, ALONG WITH THE ORG CHART.
KIM I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN VERSUS.
VERSUS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY AT ON ALLOTMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE.
NOW I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THIS.
I SAID I WASN'T, BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASKING.
I SEE HE'S GRINNING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASKING FOR ASKING OUR CONSTITUENCY FOR A TAX INCREASE. YES, SIR. I AGREE THAT THAT OUR MILLAGE IS TOO LOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S VERY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU GO LOOK AT US AGAINST OTHER DISTRICTS.
THAT BEING SAID. YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY WISELY. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY GO INSIDE THESE SCHOOLS THAT RIDE BY THESE SCHOOLS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, BUT CONSIDER THIS. AND I'VE HAD QUESTIONS ASKED.
WE'VE GOT TREES DOWN FROM THE STORM AND STUMPS THAT FEMA WOULD PICK UP IF WE HAD THEM PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND AND SITTING BY THE ROAD, WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME MASSIVE DEAL THAT WENT TO ALL OUR SCHOOLS AND MADE SURE THAT THAT STUFF HAPPENED, SO WE WERE IN THE LOOP, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TASKED WITH HAVING TO PAY TO GET RID OF THAT STUFF, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS, HONESTLY, TO ME, IS UNEXCUSABLE FOR A DISTRICT THIS SIZE.
AND PEOPLE SEE THIS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.
I MEAN, THEY SEE THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'RE VERY WASTEFUL OR DON'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB IN THE THINGS WE DO.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY, HIGHLY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THIS MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE ASKED AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE RECEIVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE SPEND ON OUTSOURCING EVERY YEAR AND ALL OUR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THAT WE WOULDN'T OUTSOURCE. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT SOME WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO.
BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THINGS.
THIS BOARD NEEDS THAT INFORMATION CAM TO MAKE DECISIONS.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE JUST SAY WE'RE OUTSOURCING $1 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW, JUST SAY WE NEED TO KNOW SOME PROJECTIONS ON WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD SAVE BY BUILDING OUR OWN STAFF BECAUSE I AGREE WITH US BUILDING THESE SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THESE SCHOOLS ARE. WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO GET A GOOD MAINTENANCE STAFF.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PIECEMEAL BACK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, SIR.
BUT IN YOUR COMMENTS THERE, YOU MADE A REQUEST FOR SOME INFORMATION.
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WAS THAT NOTED? OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WHILE WE'RE AT A PAUSE IN THE PRESENTATION. MR. LINDELL.I KNOW ALL THESE PRIORITIES ARE TOP PRIORITIES.
BUT ONE THROUGH FIVE, WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED YOUR TOP FIVE? FIVE? YOU MEAN FROM THE FIRST SHEET? ONE THROUGH FIVE? YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
I, I HAVE TO HAVE A FIRST IN MY BRAIN.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR ME TO SAY THAT THIS ONE.
ANYTHING ON THIS LIST, I CAN SHOW YOU HOW IT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPROVE THIS ORGANIZATION. SO BASICALLY I'D BE CHOOSING, YOU KNOW, WHO GETS THE PARACHUTE.
I WANT EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST TO BE PASSED.
SO I WOULDN'T IF IT MADE IT TO THIS LIST.
BASICALLY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I HAVE A TEN METER TARGET, A 50 METER TARGET. MY TEN METER TARGET HAS TO BE SAFETY AND INSTRUCTION.
AND SO I KNOW I HAVE TO THINK THINGS THAT IMPACT STUDENT SAFETY ARE CLOSER AND THEN THINGS THAT IMPACT INSTRUCTION, OF COURSE, ARE CLOSER. AND THEN SO FROM THERE ON OUT, WE KIND OF WE IT WAS A ROUGH PROCESS.
IT WAS A IT WAS A LONG DELIBERATIVE PROCESS.
BUT WE CAME UP WITH THESE PRIORITIES JUST IN CASE WE FOR SOME REASON FELL SHORT OF OUR FUNDING MODEL. SO THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EXERCISE HERE, A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR INPUT AS WELL.
SO WHEN WE SAY ALL RIGHT, OUR FUNDING MODEL IS ONLY GOING TO FUND 15 OF THESE. SO I'VE GOT FOUR THINGS THAT I HAVE TO COME UP WITH.
OR IT MAY BE MORE THAN FOUR BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PRICES.
NOT LIKE EVERYTHING'S $25,000.
SO IF THE FUNDING MODEL COMES UP SHORT $1 MILLION, I GOT TO CUT $1 MILLION FROM THIS.
I COULD CUT ONE THING THAT COST $1 MILLION, OR I CAN CUT 20 THINGS THAT COST, YOU KNOW, MUCH LESS. SO THAT'S JUST TRYING TO INFORM THE WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS.
OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE. I DON'T THINK I SAW ANOTHER QUESTION.
OKAY. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. BROOME SAID, HE MENTIONED HOW FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT SEEMS AS IF WE'RE SPENDING OR IT SEEMS AS IF THE SCHOOLS ARE THAT.
SO THAT JUST REALLY DOVETAILS VERY NICELY INTO THE NEXT THE NEXT ITEM HERE.
IF IT'LL FINALLY IT MUST HAVE WENT TO SLEEP ON ME.
MARY GLENN, MY COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS GOAL.
IS IT FROZEN ON YOUR END, TOO? GOOD. THAT MEANS IT'S NOT USER ERROR ON MY END.
THERE YOU GO. AND NOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CLICK FIVE TIMES.
YEAH. BUT THAT THAT REALLY UNDERSCORES WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN COMMUNICATIONS.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE PERCEPTIONS.
A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE COMMUNITY'S PERCEPTION OF OUR SCHOOL.
WE REALLY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT GETTING IN FRONT OF THE NARRATIVE.
RIGHT NOW, WE KIND OF ARE CHASING THE STORY.
THE STORY COMES OUT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE MOST EFFECTIVELY TO PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO FIGHT DISINFORMATION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, DISINFORMATION TRAVELS AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST JUST YESTERDAY, MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON GOT AN EMAIL FROM ME.
IT WASN'T FROM ME. OH, YOU GOT ONE, TOO, RIGHT? RIGHT. POTENTIAL DISINFORMATION.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S POTENTIAL DISINFORMATION. SO WE LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF COMPARABLE SIZES.
THEIR PR DEPARTMENT IS SIX MEMBERS STRONG.
WE WENT OVER THERE. THEY HAVE A COMFORTABLE SIZED SCHOOL. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE KIDS BUT HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF OF STAFFING THERE AND IN THEIR PR DEPARTMENT.
MR. JEFFCOAT AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE, SHE SAID 1212 PEOPLE IN THE PR DEPARTMENT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR, A SECRETARY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TWO PLUS UP CURRENTLY.
AS IT STANDS NOW, WE HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT FOR A WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR.
BECAUSE OF OCR COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
WE'RE SPENDING $100,000 A YEAR ROUGHLY TO HAVE OUR WEBSITE BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
AND THAT IS NOT A ONE TIME THING.
THAT MEANS EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON OUR WEBSITE HAS TO CONSTANTLY BE UPDATED.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO THIS IS A REOCCURRING COST.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THE SHIFT, THE CONTRACTED WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR INTO A BUDGETED POSITION.
SO THAT'S BRINGING THINGS IN-HOUSE AGAIN.
AND THEN NEXT RECLASS OUR DIRECTOR TO AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AGAIN, THIS IS IN ANTICIPATION.
WELL, IT'S IN RECOGNITION OF THE CURRENT WORKLOAD BECAUSE SHE'S BASICALLY DOING A WORKLOAD OF ABOUT SIX FOLKS.
AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR ADDING AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON, A VIDEOGRAPHER, SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE VIDEOS OUT INTO THE PUBLIC ARENA AS WELL TO THAT DEPARTMENT. SO WE DO ANTICIPATE GROWING OUR PR DEPARTMENT.
QUESTIONS. DOCTOR MURPHY ON THE FIRST LINE ITEM THERE.
I MEAN, YOU SPOKE VERY PLAINLY, I UNDERSTOOD YOU IF THAT BECAME A POSITION
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WITHIN THE DISTRICT. REMIND ME, IS THERE ANY OTHER DUTIES BESIDES WEBMASTER RIGHT NOW? THAT'S A FULL TIME JOB I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.MY PLAN IN MY BRAIN WAS TO HAVE A WEBMASTER SLASH VIDEOGRAPHER.
MAYOR GLENN SAID IT'S LIKE A WINGED UNICORN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FIND THAT PERSON THAT HAS THOSE TWO SKILL SETS.
AND SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO USE THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE OUR VIDEO PROFILE.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PIECES ON OUR STAFF AND JUST JUST TELL MORE STORIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE PRESENCE AND ALSO THROUGH THE NEWS MEDIA.
I'M IN THAT BUSINESS. THAT'S DEFINITELY A UNICORN. IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY TALENTED IN BOTH. SO WOULD THIS WEBMASTER BE MAKING $100,000? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT'S THAT'S TYPICALLY WE DO SALARY, WE DO FRINGE, WE DO ALL THE OTHER COSTS KIND OF ROLLED INTO ONE.
AND I WROTE THIS EARLIER TODAY, 28% OF THE TOTAL AD SPEND IS SHORT VIDEO.
YES, SIR. REELS. AND IN FACT IF I COULD ADD SHE ALREADY OUR CONTRACTOR ALREADY DOES SOME PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER DUTIES THAT WE NEED HER TO FILL IN AND DO SINCE WE'RE SUCH A SMALL DEPARTMENT, IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK.
SO WHAT'S THE VALUE ADD IF WE DID THAT? WELL, REPHRASE IT JUST BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE VALUE ADD.
IT'S COST NEUTRAL. WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING THE MONEY.
NOW VALUE ADD IS THAT WE CAN START TELLING OUR STORY A LOT BETTER.
THAT'S ON THE VIDEOGRAPHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THE WEBMASTER SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
WE WILL DO THIS. WE HAVE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND SO WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY NOW TO MAKE SURE OUR WEBSITES ARE COMPLIANT.
ALL OF OUR METADATA NEEDS TO BE YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST SAY CORY MURPHY IS A PICTURE OF CORY MURPHY IN PODIUM SO THAT SOMEONE THAT'S VISUALLY IMPAIRED STILL NEEDS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTRACTING OUT. WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE CALLS AND TELLS US THAT THEY CAN'T SEE OUR WEBSITE, OR THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND OUR WEBSITE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO TELLING OUR STORY, I THINK MR. LINDELL SAID IT BEST. IT'S JUST WE'VE GOT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS MARKET.
OKAY. YOU GOOD? THIS SIDE HERE IS VERY TELLING.
I MEAN, FOR FOR ME, IT KIND OF SUMMARIZES OR ENCAPSULATES THE ASK INTO BUCKETS.
I'VE HEARD THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS BOARD THAT MANY OF THE REQUESTS ARE TOP HEAVY, THAT THIS ORGANIZATION MAY BE TOP HEAVY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND SOME TIME FRAMING THE ASK THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK THE MAJORITY, 45% OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THESE BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE SCHOOL LEVEL TASKS OR SCHOOL LEVEL EMPLOYEES OR UPGRADES.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT $2.2 MILLION OR 45% OF THE ENTIRE PRIORITIZED BUDGET IS GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL LEVEL CERTIFIED STAFF.
THEN YOU LOOK DOWN THERE, SCHOOL LEVEL CLASSIFIED STAFF IS 18%.
SO THAT'S RIGHT. UNDER $1 MILLION, 18% OF THE PRIORITIZED ADS THAT WE'VE ASKED ARE SCHOOL LEVEL CLASSIFIED STAFF.
NEXT, YOU HAVE DISTRICT CLASSIFIED STAFF.
THESE ARE NOT DISTRICT LEADERS.
THESE ARE CLASSIFIED STAFF, WHICH IS 10% OR 485,000.
YOU ALSO HAVE ON THERE INTERCESSION, WHICH IS 20% OF THIS BUDGET OR $1 MILLION.
AND OF THAT 5 MILLION OR $5.3 MILLION OF THE ASK OF THE DISCRETIONARY ASK OF THOSE 19 POSITIONS OR 19 INITIATIVES, 7% INVOLVED DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
SO WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIONS UPGRADING OR RECLASSING, A POSITION IS VERY LOW ON THE COST.
IF YOU ADD A NEW POSITION, YOU'RE TALKING SALARY, YOU'RE TALKING BENEFITS, YOU'RE TALKING A WHOLE PERSON. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A PERSON IN PLACE AT A LITTLE BIT, ENHANCE THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.
YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.
SO WHY? I HAVE MULTIPLE POSITIONS ON THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LOT.
IT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS 7% OF THE ENTIRE ASS.
SO 93% OF THIS BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON EITHER SCHOOL LEVEL, CERTIFIED CLASSIFIED OR STUDENT INTERVENTIONS.
SO THAT'S JUST TO TO HELP FRAME THE FACT THAT WHILE THERE ARE SOME UPGRADES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF, IT'S A VERY LOW PERCENTAGE OF THIS BUDGET.
QUESTIONS. BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. TRAXLER MRS RHINEHART-JACKSON.
IT'S KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTION BECAUSE THE PERSON IS PRESENT ON THE COMMUNICATION.
IS THAT 25,000 INCREASE IN PAY IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND IN THE SALARY?
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OR IS IT THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BRING THAT PERSON'S TITLE UP TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE 25,000, THAT'S NOT $25,000 GOING TO THAT EMPLOYEE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF THEIR BENEFITS.
YOU HAVE WHAT'S THE THREE THAT WE PUT IN THEIR.
RETIREMENT FICA AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
SO YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT'S 33% OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION OF 3300 PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE 23,000 STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS A POTENTIAL OF 46,000 PARENTS.
AND THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY HANDLED BY A DIRECTOR, YOU'LL TYPICALLY SEE AT A DISTRICT OF ABOUT 9000, 8000. SO WHEN YOU GET INTO THE 10,000, YOU'LL START LOOKING AT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
IN ORANGEBURG. I KEEP SAYING ORANGEBURG AGAIN, THEY'RE 10,000 STUDENT DISTRICT HAD AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS.
WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO OTHER DISTRICTS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY A CHIEF OFFICER LEVEL, BUT IN RICHLAND TWO THERE COMMUNICATIONS IS A SENIOR CHIEF OFFICER OF COMMUNICATIONS.
SO THE COMPENSATION LEVEL FOR AN ORGANIZATION THIS SIZE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HERE. I'M GOING TO REPHRASE MRS RHINEHART-JACKSON QUESTION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THE ANSWER. SO IS THAT $25,000 ESSENTIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO PAY SCALES, OR IS IT THE DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE INCREASE THAT THE SALARY STUDY MAY HAVE ON THE EXISTING POSITION? I THINK IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PAY SCALES FOR THE TWO POSITIONS. EXACTLY. WE'RE GOING FROM A DIRECTOR TO AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAY SCALE.
JUST THIS IS WHAT THE SALARY RECOMMENDATION ON IT OR NO.
YES. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, WHENEVER WE RAN INITIAL ESTIMATES AT 12 MILLION IS BASED ON THE EXISTING POSITION CURRENT PAY SCALE TO PROPOSE.
THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THAT MOVING IT FROM DIRECTOR TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THEN SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THIS IS MY FAULT IN THE SENSE OF I ONE THING I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST IS THIS BOARD, NOT NECESSARILY EVERYBODY HERE, THIS BOARD OVER THE YEARS HAS RECLASSIFIED PEOPLE ONESIE TWOSIES I'LL SAY AS THE NEED ARISE. AND I KNOW I'VE GIVEN FEEDBACK OVER THE YEARS OF EVALUATE THE ORGANIZATION AND COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT HOW YOU WANT TO RECLASSIFY POSITIONS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE. BUT IT'S A LOT TO LOOK AT SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S ALL ON ONE PAGE.
I THINK I SAW MR. BROOME, SO Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO DIRECTORS ARE LIKE, THESE ARE DIRECTORS, THOSE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS.
OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW YOU REALLY GOT ME CONFUSED.
ALL RIGHT. SO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IS ABOUT THAT'S UNDER.
YES, SIR. THAT'S OVER. DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE COORDINATORS, DIRECTORS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, CHIEFS.
CHIEFS. SO WHERE'S DIRECTORS? EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AT THEIR HOME.
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. SAL, WE GOT WE GOT A FEW.
SO WE GOT CHIEFS. WE GOT CHIEFS, BIG CHIEF, AND THEN WE GOT CHIEFS.
YES, SIR. AND THEN WE GOT ASSISTANT DIRECTORS.
THAT'S WHAT DID YOU SAY? DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS. NOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE ARE COMPARABLE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE ANALOGOUS TO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS.
IT'S JUST THEY DON'T SUPERVISE PRINCIPALS.
OKAY. SO IF YOU ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, I COULD USE THE TERM INTERCHANGEABLY AND I JUST NEED TO SEE A PAY SCALE.
I MEAN THE CHART BECAUSE IT'S CONFUSING AND JUST.
YEAH. AND JUST TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT PART OF THE PACK FOR EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
PART OF THE PACKETS THAT WE'VE GOT IS THE PROPOSED PAY SCALE, I BELIEVE, WITH THE SALARY STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, MR. BROOME, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THAT PARTICULAR PAGE WHERE DIRECTORS FALL IN AGAINST PRINCIPALS, AGAINST ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, AGAINST CHIEFS, OFFICERS AND THINGS, SO FORTH.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
I GOTCHA. SO I DID WANT TO ADD TO ANSWER MR. LINDA'S QUESTION, 303 MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
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MR. LINDELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THE LITTLE ASSETS THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH, I WOULD CONCUR. DOCTOR MURPHY IS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR THE MOMENT. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET PRIORITIES? I BELIEVE YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. NOT THE ROOM.AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS DISCUSSION? MR. TRAXLER IS GOING TO COME UP TO FINISH THE FUNDING MODEL.
HELLO AGAIN. SO THERE ARE OTHER BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS IN IN FUNDING THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SHARE WITH OUR BOARD.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T LOOK AT THIS STUFF IN A VACUUM.
THIS SENPAI THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH MR..
NUESSLE MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A SEVERAL MONTHS LONG PROCESS TO BUILD THIS BUDGET.
WE'VE SHARED IN THE PAST THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED CLOSELY HOW FLUID IT IS. SO IN ADDITION TO THE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED AS IDENTIFIED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE BASE VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT WE WANT TO TO SHARE.
AS A REMINDER SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED.
THERE MUST SOME ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
SO THE TEACHER SCALE, TEACHER STEP INCREASE TEACHER LIGHT POSITIONS. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STATE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE $3,000 INCREASE PER TEACHER SALE AND THE MINIMUM STATE SCALE, IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN BUS DRIVER PAY SCALES.
NOW, IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE IF THE STATE REQUIRES AN INCREASE IN BUS DRIVER PAY THIS YEAR, THAT'S ACCOMPLISHED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SALARY PROPOSAL.
STATE RETIREMENT FOR THE EMPLOYER.
IF THE STATE GOES UP ON THAT, WE HAVE TO INCREASE.
NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AFTER SEVEN OR SO YEARS OF THE STATE INCREASING EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT, ONE PERCENTAGE POINT PER YEAR, WE WE'VE KIND OF LEVELED OUT AROUND THAT 25% RANGE. AGAIN, 25 IS A BIG NUMBER.
THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE SURCHARGE. THAT IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT.
SO WE COULD SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE.
STATE HEALTH FROM THE EMPLOYER SIDE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD INTO THE BUDGET. NOW THE MOST RECENT SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE CAME OUT YESTERDAY, MENTIONED THAT THE PROPOSED HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE 4.6%.
LAST YEAR WAS 11.8%. THOSE INCREASES GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FULL IMPACT OF THE 11.8% THIS YEAR AND THEN 2.3% ON TOP OF IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT IS FLUID.
WE HAVE SCHOOL STAFFING ALLOCATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ELEMENTARY NUMBERS.
OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE ELEMENTARY CAPS.
BUT NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THE ASSISTANT SUPES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CABINET STAFFING ALLOCATIONS AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A DOJ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD TO BUILD INTO THE BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, UTILITIES, DEBT SERVICE.
AND THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND WHERE WE'VE ISSUED BONDS THAT ARE PAID FOR BY DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE.
THIS IS DEBT SERVICE ON AN ABM PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED BY SAVINGS ON UTILITIES OR COST AVOIDANCE ON UTILITIES OVER 20 YEARS WITH PROPERTY LIABILITY WORKER'S COMP INSURANCE PREMIUMS THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE INCREASED.
WE TYPICALLY DON'T RECEIVE THOSE RENEWAL QUOTES UNTIL MAY, BUT WE COULD LOOK HISTORICALLY AT WHAT THOSE INCREASES ARE.
INSURANCE RATES ARE GOING UP, TO PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE.
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SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE SOME INCREASE THERE.THIS PAST YEAR. THE BOARD AT THE AT THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE BUDGET APPROVED 295,001 TIME.
ATHLETICS TRAINER FUNDING TO TO INCREASE THE FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE FOR CONTRACTING THOSE SERVICES. FUNDED IT OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BUILD INTO THE BUDGET.
WE ALSO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A STATE LEARNING GRANT DURING 2425 THAT HELPED TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF THE GENERAL FUND.
WE BUILT IT INTO THE INTO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
SO 780,000. THAT WAS ASSISTING US IN BALANCING THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET THAT WE'RE LOSING FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR.
THERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER COSTS IN THEIR SMALLER ITEMS THAT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT. IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT DOCTOR MURPHY SHARED WOULD HAVE A COST NEUTRAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT PROPOSAL TO RECLASS POSITIONS AS SOME POSITIONS AND OFFSETTING THOSE AGAINST REDUCTION IN IN CONTRACTED SERVICES.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE BETWEEN THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS RECLASSING TO TO PERFORM A LOT OF THAT IN-HOUSE. SO WE HAVE A COST NEUTRAL ITEM.
THIS IS A PRIORITIZED ITEM HERE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PRIOR LIST, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND, THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM HAS REQUESTED FUNDING FOR A FOURTH FIELD SUPERVISOR POSITION.
WE HAVE 40 SCHOOLS. WE'RE LARGE DISTRICT AND SPREADING THREE FIELD SUPERVISORS OVER THOSE SCHOOLS. AND HELPING MANAGE THAT PROGRAM AND OVERSEE OUR KITCHENS AND OUR MANAGERS AND OPERATORS AS, AS A TALL ORDER.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT A THAT A FOURTH FIELD SUPERVISOR IS WARRANTED.
THERE AGAIN, NO GENERAL FUND IMPACT.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO TO HELP SUSTAIN THE SALARY STUDY 7.5 MILLS AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF FIVE MILL INCREASES OVER THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS.
BUT AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS BUDGET, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET REQUEST WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION.
NO VOTE TONIGHT, BUT CONSIDERATION FOR A 20 MIL INCREASE AS WE WORK TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET. THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT COSTS HERE.
WE'VE MENTIONED THE DOJ AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE THE PRIORITIZED ITEMS. AND AND WHILE WE CAN'T LOOK AT THINGS IN A VACUUM, WHILE THINGS ARE FLUID AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE THINGS WILL LAND, THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING US ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE ITEMS. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT MILLAGE RATES AND THE INCREASES, WE HAD TO FOLLOW STATE LAW ON THIS.
IN THE OLD DAYS, PROBABLY TEN OR SO YEARS AGO, SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD A USE IT OR LOSE IT APPROACH TO TO SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE.
SO IF IF THE THE CAP IS BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND THE POPULATION CHANGE FOR THE DISTRICT. AND IF ANY GIVEN YEAR IT SAID THAT YOU COULD GO UP 5% OR 4% IF YOU DO NOT UTILIZE THAT TO ITS FULLEST.
IF YOU DIDN'T UTILIZE IT AT ALL, YOU'RE DONE.
YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING YEAR AN INCREASE.
IN MORE RECENT YEARS, STATE LAW HAS ALLOWED THE CURRENT YEAR'S CAP PLUS A THREE YEAR LOOK BACK.
NOW, IN OUR CASE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INCREASED SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE SINCE GOING INTO THE 1314 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE THE FULL ACCOMPANIMENT OF THREE YEARS TO LOOK BACK AND THE CURRENT YEAR INCREASE.
I'M STILL WAITING ON WHAT THE INCREASE WILL BE FOR 2526.
WE'LL GET NOTIFICATION FROM THE STATE ON WHAT THAT CAP WOULD BE, BUT AS A GUIDE. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
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THAT TOTALS UP TO APPROXIMATELY 31 MEALS.WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A MINIMUM BECAUSE 2122 IS GOING TO FALL OFF.
WE'LL ADD 2526, WHICH IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IS GOING TO EXCEED THAT AT 2.9 MEALS.
THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF A MEAL FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IS 600,000.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WONDERING IF THAT FULL 31 MEALS THAT HAD BEEN IMPOSED, IF THAT TAX INCREASE HAD BEEN IMPOSED, THIS WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL $18 MILLION.
THEY WOULD THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO TO GROW.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD SCHOOL OPERATING VILLAGES COMPARED TO SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT BLUE BAR IS AIKEN.
THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS THAT ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW US, BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE THAT ARE ABOVE US, I THINK 11 ON THE LIST ARE OR OVER 200 MALES.
I THINK ANOTHER NINE OR OVER 250ML.
YOU HAVE THREE THAT ARE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 300 MEALS FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS.
HIGHEST IS 326 MEALS. THIS ONE THAT WE GET COMPARED TO FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT'S REGULAR OR RELATIVELY CLOSE TO US THE AVERAGE.
THE BLACK BAR ON THIS IS 220ML.
SO YOU SEE, JUST BY THIS SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT THERE ARE THERE GENERALLY IS A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT OUR TAXPAYERS PAY COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, RELATIVELY LOW.
WE HEAR A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS SAY, WELL, THE VALUE OF A MIL DIFFERS FROM THIS DISTRICT TO THAT DISTRICT.
SO HOW MUCH ONE MIL BRINGS IN WILL DIFFER FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, BUT THE COST TO A TAXPAYER PER MIL IS STILL GOING TO BE THE SAME.
SO THAT'S FOR INSTANCE, 6% PROPERTY.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES HERE SHORTLY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STATE, OR IN AIKEN A TAXPAYER.
PER ONE MEAL IS GOING TO PAY $6 PER 100,006% PROPERTY, SO TAXPAYERS PAY THE SAME.
THE VALUE OF MEAL. HOW MUCH IT BRINGS IN IN REVENUE WILL DIFFER.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF INCREASING TO THE MAX OR NEAR THE MAX EVERY YEAR.
AGAIN, WE HAVE AN INCREASED TAXES FOR TEN PLUS YEARS NOW.
WE'VE MADE IT WORK. THERE ARE SOME SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT DONE AS A RESULT OF IT, SOME, SOME CHOICES THAT WE'VE MADE.
AND THAT EVEN GOES BACK TO THE SALARY STUDY.
WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP ON SOME THINGS RIGHT NOW.
WHENEVER WE GET THESE MILITARY CAPS, PLEASE ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU HAVE A DISTRICT THAT MAY HAVE 250 MEALS AND COULD GO UP 10%, THAT'S A 25 MIL INCREASE THAT A DISTRICT MAY BE ABLE TO GO UP.
IF AIKEN HAD THAT SAME 10% INCREASE CAP THAT THEY COULD GO UP.
THAT'S 13 MEALS. WE'RE ALREADY LOSING GROUND IN THAT INCREASE THERE.
WE'VE LOOKED AT INFLATION SINCE OUR LAST INCREASE.
AND IN ESSENCE THIS IS THE PRICE INCREASE IN IN GOODS AND SERVICES.
SO HOW MUCH OUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP IN TIME.
A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE INCREASING MILLAGE TO SOME EXTENT AND OVER THE YEARS JUSTIFY THAT BECAUSE THE COST OF OPERATIONS ARE INCREASING.
SO THEY INCREASE SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
WE HAVE TAXPAYER IMPACTS HERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME SOME DOLLAR FIGURES.
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BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME ACTUAL EXAMPLES.SO THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT TO TO MOST EVERYONE.
THEY HAVE A PRIMARY RESIDENCE AT 388 WAS ENACTED GOING INTO THE 2007 2008 YEAR.
IT REMOVED SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE OFF OF PRIMARY RESIDENCES.
SO ANY INCREASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE IN A SECOND DOES NOT IMPACT PRIMARY RESIDENCES.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 4% PROPERTY, THAT'S $80 PER 100,000.
AGAIN, THAT'S $4 PER 100,000 PER MEAL TIMES 20 MEALS IN THIS SCENARIO 6% PROPERTY 120 PER 100,010.5% PROPERTY.
THE BUSINESS PROPERTY IS $210 PER 100,000.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TAX BILL.
BUT WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE RED CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE.
AND THEN THE OFFSETTING CREDIT NETS THAT OUT.
SO PRIMARY RESIDENCE THIS IS A $253,000 HOME AND CHANGE.
A 20 MIL INCREASE WOULD INCREASE THE BILL BY $0.
MR. TRAXLER. WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE FOR A QUESTION. MR. BROOME ON THAT BOAT IS IS AIKEN COUNTY AT 6% ON BOATS? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A BIG DEAL IN THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT 10.5%.
BUT IT DID SAY THAT ALL COUNTIES WEREN'T FOLLOWING THAT.
YES, 6%, 6% HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
SO SO THAT WON'T IMPACT US VERY LITTLE IF RELATIVELY SMALL.
AND I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THAT.
AND IN MY MIND I'M THINKING, ALL RIGHT, THAT MAY BE PLACES LIKE CHARLES.
THEY SAID CHARLESTON WILL LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF.
BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE OURS WAS AT SIX.
SO CHARLESTON'S AT TEN AND A HALF.
I WOULD THINK THE COASTAL AREAS, IT'D BE A MUCH LARGER.
WELL, I KNEW WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF BOATS, BUT I KNEW PEOPLE WAS GOING TO BE ASKING ME, AND I WASN'T SURE IF IF WE WERE AT WHAT WE WERE AT.
SO WE WASN'T DOING A 10.5% ALREADY.
WELL, SOME OF THAT MAY BE THAT THOSE ARE BUSINESS PROPERTIES.
THOSE ARE CHARTER TYPE BOATS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT YES, SIR, 6% FOR US. OH, SO THEY MIGHT BE AS BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
COULD BE. COULD BE. THANK YOU.
SO PRIMARY RESIDENCES ARE EXEMPT.
WE HAVE A VEHICLE TAX BILL SO IT DOESN'T SHOW THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE HERE.
BUT I CALCULATED IT AS A AS A VEHICLE VALUED AT 25,500, A 20 MILL INCREASE WOULD BE $30.60 FOR THE YEAR.
I WILL NOTE IN THE CIRCLE YOU MAY NOTICE THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S VERY SMALL.
THAT MIDDLE COLUMN WITHIN THE CIRCLE IS NOT THE 130 4.2.
IT'S BECAUSE THIS BILL TAKES SCHOOL DEBT SERVICE AND SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND COMBINES IT IN THAT SAME LINE. SO IT IT DOES REPRESENT SCHOOL OPERATING AND SCHOOL DEBT SERVICE, BUT 20 MIL INCREASE $30.60 ON THIS VEHICLE.
WE HAVE A PIECE OF RENTAL PROPERTY.
THE THE VALUE OF IT IS 247,000 AND CHANGE AT A 20 MIL INCREASE.
THIS IS 6% PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE JUST SHORT OF A $300 INCREASE PER YEAR ON THAT.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE ZEROS HERE.
THERE AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A PRIMARY RESIDENCE, SO THERE ISN'T AN OFFSETTING CREDIT FOR FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON THAT ONE THING THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT SEE ON THESE WELL, AND ACTUALLY DOWN BELOW HERE IS SEPARATE.
IT'S NOT SCHOOL OPERATING BUT SCHOOL DEBT SERVICE IS LISTED ON THERE.
WE DO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX CREDIT ON THAT RESULTING FROM THE PENNY SALES TAX.
AND, AND WE'VE BEEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THREE MEALS AS A REDUCTION THERE.
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AND, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VALUE OF A MEAL IS, DEPENDING ON WHAT SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE, WE THINK THAT MAY CONTINUE TO GROW SOME IN FUTURE YEARS. IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO TO ESTIMATE THAT AMOUNT AT THIS TIME.BACK TO THE BOAT. AND THIS IS A THIS IS SOMETHING SMALL.
MAY EVEN BE A JET SKI OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
DOLLAR RADKE FOR 20 MIL INCREASE.
WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
02,380,000 IS WHAT THE TAXABLE VALUE IS ON IT.
THE INCREASE WOULD BE JUST SHORT OF $5,000 ON IT.
CURRENTLY THAT TAX BILL IS US 61,000.
AGAIN WE WE ATTEMPTED OR HOPEFULLY I TOOK ALL IDENTIFIERS OFF OF IT, BUT WE WANTED FOLKS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, WHAT THE COMPONENTS LOOK LIKE AND PROVIDE SOME, SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES.
AND LASTLY, VERY SIMILAR TO THE TABLE THAT WE SHARED EARLIER, IF THIS 20 MIL INCREASE WERE ULTIMATELY APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THE UPCOMING YEAR'S SCHOOL OPERATING MILLAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
FOLLOWED BY FIVE SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
SO THIS 20 MIL INCREASE AGAIN WOULD INCLUDE THE 7.5 MILLS FOR THE SALARY STUDY, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 12.5 MILLS.
WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BECAUSE DURING REASSESSMENT, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH ROLLBACKS.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER CHANGES IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT THE BOARD SAW FIT TO, TO, TO ADD TO HELP US BALANCE THE BUDGET AND MEET ADDITIONAL NEEDS.
BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK SHORTLY WE'LL TURN IT OVER FOR A BOARD EXERCISE.
MISS TYLER. JUST NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST A COMMENT FIRST.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH MY ACCOUNTING HOMEWORK? HONESTLY, IT DEPENDS HOW SIMPLE IT IS.
SERIOUSLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXAMPLES BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO KIND OF PUT A NUMBER PER SE WITH THE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE BECAUSE THIS REALLY PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO PROVE A, YOU KNOW, A MEAL INCREASE AT 20.
I CAN'T DO THAT. BUT NOW IT IS NOT IT'S NOT.
SO IT'S NOT SO OFFENSIVE TO ME BECAUSE YOU DID THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EXPECT TO PAY MORE THAN THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAYING ON TAXES.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT IN THE IN THE MEETING.
OKAY, MR. TRAXLER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RECALL YOU, BUT WE ARE DONE WITH THIS PORTION.
I HAVE NOTICED I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT TOPIC, BUT THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RECESS BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED WE'VE LOST SOME PEOPLE HERE AND THERE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.
SO WE ARE I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RECESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY WE'VE GOT IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A COUPLE PARTS.
ALL RIGHT. AT LEAST TWO ROUNDS.
AND SO IF YOU GO ON YOUR LAPTOP IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT IT UP ON THE GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FLAT SCREENS IN FRONT OF US AND WHAT, WHEN WE GET BACK FROM OUR RECESS GO THROUGH.
AND THERE IS NO THERE'S NO RUBRIC TO WHAT A HIGH, MEDIUM LOW IS. BUT GO THROUGH THE 19 PRIORITIES THAT DOCTOR MURPHY REVIEWED WITH US, AND LET'S PROVIDE HIM SOME FEEDBACK AS JUST ON A RELATIVE SCALE OF HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW TO YOU. AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO GET TABULATED.
WE'LL GET TO SEE WHAT THAT IS.
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NOW IN THE SECOND PART WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOME FEEDBACK AS FAR AS OTHER THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PART FIRST.
AND THEN ONE THING YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO SUBMIT OTHER BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE LIST THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT. AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THE STAFF HERE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE SUBMIT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SECOND TAB OF YOUR GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER IS THE SUBMIT FORM. JUST TO SAY WHAT THE WHAT THE BUDGET PRIORITY WOULD BE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE STAFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PUT THAT ON A LIST, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A SECOND ROUND WITH WHATEVER WE HAVE THERE.
OKAY. WHAT I SUGGEST AND I DON'T WANT OUR MEETING TO DRAG OUT TOO MUCH.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE A RECESS FOR TEN MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TEN MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. THAT'S SEVEN IN FAVOR.
PLEASE TRY TO BE BACK TO RESUME AT 756.
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ARE YOU NOT? AWARE OF[02:03:35]
THESE THINGS? SO. ALL RIGHT.VERY GOOD. WE WILL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AFTER OUR RECESS.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOME FOLKS USED THE TIME TO SUBMIT WHAT THEY THOUGHT IN THAT FORM.
BUT IF YOU YOU IF YOU HAVE NOT.
YEAH. IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD PLEASE FILL OUT THOSE FORMS AS FAR AS WHAT YOUR HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW PRIORITY IS ON THE 19 PRIORITIES PRESENTED.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT TAB ON THAT GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER, IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT BUDGET PRIORITY THAT WASN'T ON THAT LIST, YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT. AND THEN THAT WILL BE NOTED AND WE'LL TRY TO PUT THAT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION. BUT THE FIRST ORDER IS OF BUSINESS IS THAT FIRST FORM IN GOOGLE CHROME TO ASSIGN A HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW PRIORITY AS FEEDBACK, NOT AS A VOTE ON THE 19 PRIORITIES.
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AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE DONE DOING THAT, IF YOU DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT A BUDGET PRIORITY REQUEST IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST.SO THAT CAN START GETTING NOTED TO PUT ON A SEPARATE LIST.
YES, SIR. THERE'S SOMETHING ON HERE.
YOU WANT THE RISK IS NOT THE WAY YOU WOULD ADDRESS.
HIGH PRIORITY. YOU TALKED ABOUT OR WRITTEN OR TALKED ABOUT.
MAYBE NOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PRIORITY ON THE STAFF.
WE'RE READY. OKAY, SO WHO'S WALKING US THROUGH THIS?
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JUST ME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.SO, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF OTHER THINGS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE LIST OF 19 AS BUDGET PRIORITIES, FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE TO WRITE THOSE UP AND SUBMIT THOSE.
AND I BELIEVE MR. CARROLL OR THE TEAM OVER THERE IS COLLECTING THOSE.
AND THEN WE COULD WE'LL PUT THOSE BACK OUT IN A LITTLE BIT TO GO THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE.
BUT AS FAR AS THIS LIST OF, OF 19 I'M GOING TO ASK HE WALKED OFF, BUT THIS IS MR. CARROLL.
THIS IS SORTED. HOW? SO THIS IS RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IN THE ORDER OF ONE, TWO, THREE. BUT I CAN SORT IT FROM THOSE.
YEAH. SO THIS WON'T BE PRECISE, BUT IT IS INTERESTING AS FEEDBACK IN THE SENSE OF THIS IS SIMPLY SORTED ON HOW MANY OF THE SEVEN OF US THAT ARE HERE, HOW MANY OF US ASSIGNED A HIGH PRIORITY TO SOMETHING WHICH DOESN'T REALLY ASSIGN A VALUE TO THE MEDIUMS AND THE LOWS, RIGHT, AS AN AGGREGATE? BUT IT TURNED OUT THE, THE FIRST THREE ON THE LIST THAT ARE RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
I'M SORRY. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE, WE'VE GOT SEVEN HIGHS ON AN ADDITIONAL AP FOR LARGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SIX.
ON THE NEXT THREE SIX. HIGHS. ON THE NEXT THREE, WHICH WERE SPLITTING THOSE POSITIONS OR CREATING A POSITION AROUND THE KATE DIRECTOR, I'M SUMMARIZING TO ADVANCE OUR PROGRAMS THERE.
ALSO SIX HIGHS ON FUNDING THE 90 MINUTE MATH AND ELA BLOCKS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SIX HIGHS ON RECLASSIFYING THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS PROGRAM MANAGER TO MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, RECLASSIFYING ANOTHER POSITION TO A SUPERVISOR AND HIRING AN HVAC TECHNICIAN AND ONE PLUMBER.
AND AS WE MOVE DOWN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WHERE YOU YOU CAN'T THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY RANKED, BUT SHIFTING THAT ONE CONTRACT POSITION AND BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS DESCRIBED AS COST NEUTRAL HAS A FAIR NUMBER OF HIGHS FOR AND TWO MEDIUMS THE PUTTING ADS ON AN ADMIN SCALE SOMEWHAT LESS THREE HIGHS, FOUR MEDIUMS. AND THEN WE GO DOWN FROM THERE.
MORE WITH THREE HIGHS LISTED OUT OF THE SEVEN OF US OF RECLASSIFYING THE SPED COORDINATORS TO DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITIONS HAVING A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL THEN FURTHER DOWN RECLASSIFYING THE THE SUPERINTENDENT BOARD ADMIN ASSISTANT POSITION TO INCLUDE OFFICE MANAGER DUTIES.
AND THEN FROM THERE IT GETS INTO ONLY TWO OF THE SEVEN OF US THOUGHT IT WAS HIGH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO READ ALL OF THEM.
BUT RECLASSIFYING THE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION POSITION INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE CONTRACT FOR STUDENT INFORMATION CLERKS, RECLASSIFYING A BOOKKEEPER POSITION TO SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNTANT.
INTERCESSION. SUCCESS COACH FUNDING AT SCHOOLS.
CREATING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND THOSE. THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT'S RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HIGHS ANYWAY, WAS RECLASSIFYING THE STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION AND RECLASSIFYING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR POSITION AND RECLASSIFYING THE COORDINATOR OF COUNSELING POSITION. AND THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS CREATION OF A HR DIRECTOR POSITION.
SO THERE DEFINITELY IS, I THINK, SOME FEEDBACK IN THERE OF A SENSE OF PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU NEVER CAN FUND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A SENSE OF FEEDBACK, AT LEAST INITIALLY FROM THE BOARD ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
AS WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE IN BUDGET PROPOSALS AND FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
RIGHT. AND I'M LOOKING TOWARDS HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WANTED TO SUBMIT A DIFFERENT PRIORITY. HAVE YOU HAVE YOU DONE SO.
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MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR.MR. SILAS, WHILE WE WAIT ON THAT, JUST AS A MATTER OF COMMENT, I KNOW WE WEREN'T DIRECTED OR INSTRUCTED TO DO IT, BUT JUST IN IN MY THOUGHT PROCESS WITH SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, I CONSIDERED THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AS IT RELATED TO MY HIGH, MEDIUM OR LOW. IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT WAS A FAIRLY LOW FINANCIAL IMPACT OR COST IMPACT, I MIGHT HAVE RAISED IT UP THE THE SCALE.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS DID THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS IN SOME OF THOSE. AND I'LL BE TRANSPARENT.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD ONE, YOU KNOW, CREATION OF POSITION THAT WAS DESCRIBED AS COST NEUTRAL.
I'M LIKE, SURE, GO AHEAD. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
EXACTLY. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD THEN.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN, LIKE, INTERNAL ALGORITHM IN OUR HEAD.
AS FAR AS WHAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE PRIORITIZE? YEAH. YEAH. MR. LINDELL, I AM GLAD THAT MOST OF THE BOARD FELT VERY IMPORTANT OR HIGH ABOUT THE CTE POSITION.
I THINK THE RECENT GALA THAT SOME OF THE BOARD WENT TO WITH THE NORTH AUGUSTA CHAMBER AND AIKEN TECH, AND THEN OUR MOST RECENT NORTH AUGUSTA CHAMBER BREAKFAST SHOWCASED THE CAREER CENTER AND THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE, AND SHOWED JUST HOW MUCH WORK MR. LOTT AND HIS STAFF ARE DOING OVER THERE. SO AND TO KEEP INVESTING IN THAT WOULD BE A GREAT MR..
AND AND THEN ON THE ELEMENTARY, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST PEOPLE AGREED ON THAT.
AND LIKE SOME OF THE TOURS I'VE GONE OF SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN OUR 700 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPAL AND AP SOMETIMES BEING IN MEETINGS AND 5 OR 4 MEETINGS HAVING THAT EXTRA LAYER OF HANDS WOULD BE A BIG DEAL AT THOSE SCHOOLS.
I DID NOT THINK THROUGH THIS PAUSE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. WE CAN'T REALLY START WITHOUT YOU FINISHING.
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OKAY. YEAH, WE GOT A FEW MONTHS.BUT WE DO NEED. WHERE DID MR. CARROLL GO? YEAH. SO I DON'T I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY GOT SUBMITTED, BUT WE SHOULD BE FINISHED.
OKAY. PERFECT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I DO THINK THAT ALL RIGHT. WELL. VERY GOOD.
AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING WITH THIS.
AND YOU CAN YOU CAN IGNORE MY SARCASM.
I SUBMITTED THE FIRST LINE ITEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THE FORM WORKED, AND WE'LL WE'LL IGNORE THAT, BUT IT APPEARS 123456.
THE BOARD HAS SUBMITTED SIX OTHER BUDGET PRIORITY TYPE ITEMS THAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO THROUGH NOW AND PUT A HIGH, MEDIUM LOW ON AND THEN RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE WE TURNED OUT ON THOSE.
I DIDN'T WANT. TO JUST CONTROL PLUS.
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THIS METHOD IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE EASEL METHOD.NOW IT'S SAFER. SO THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH THIS, BUT THERE WERE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THAT.
IF YOU REMEMBER THE. YEAH, I DO REMEMBER YOUR WE WERE SO BROKE WE COULDN'T AFFORD AN EASEL THAT WOULD STAND UP.
YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE FALLING DOWN I REMEMBER THAT. THAT'S FUNNY.
I'M SORRY I TOOK US DOWN THAT ROAD.
IT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT YEAH, WE CAN WHEN WE'RE HAVING JUST DISCUSSIONS AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS, I THINK WE'VE DONE OTHER FOLKS HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN WORK OUT THE KINKS AND IT CAN BE USEFUL. IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN A PRIORITY ON THOSE SIX ITEMS. IT MIGHT JUST TAKE A SECOND TO GET THOSE RESULTS SO THAT WE CAN PLAY THEM BACK.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, WE'LL WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
OKAY. YEAH, HE'LL BE BLOWING IT UP.
OH MY GOD. OKAY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS. IS. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION ON THE SHEET.
YEAH. SO AND I TOLD Y'ALL TO IGNORE IT, BUT.
OKAY, WE WERE JUST TESTING TO SEE IF THAT SELECTION BUTTON WORKS.
SO THE TEXT QUESTION, THE TEST PROJECT PRIORITY GOT TOO HIGH.
UNLESS YOU WERE SHARING THE SENTIMENT THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD MORE PRIORITIES, WHICH IS WHAT I SAID. AND THEN BUT FOR THE ONE AFTER THAT AND I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE BASED ON WHAT I HAVE ON THE SCREEN. AND NOT NECESSARILY READ WORD FOR WORD, BUT THE, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS SERIOUSLY SUGGESTED WAS TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE TO MAINTENANCE POSITIONS BEYOND WHAT WAS IN THE 19 PRIORITIES, WHICH WAS BASICALLY AN INCREASE IN HEADCOUNT OF TWO.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ADD MORE THAN TWO.
AND IT WOULD FIVE OUT OF SEVEN OF US SAID THAT WAS HIGH AND THEN A MEDIUM AND A LOW.
THE SECOND WAS ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE TEACHERS.
AND THERE WAS. AND STRATEGIES TO DO SO.
THREE HIGHS, TWO MEDIUMS, TWO LOWS.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST ONE IN DIFFERENT WORDS.
PHIL, ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE POSITIONS. I THINK THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SAID IN NUMBER ONE. AND WE BUT IT GOT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VOTE.
ONLY FOR HIGHS, TWO MEDIUMS, NO LOWS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SPECIFICALLY LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAINTENANCE ALLOCATIONS AND REVIEW IT AGAINST THE DELTA FROM THE PRESENTATION OR PROPOSAL THAT WE WERE SHOWN AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR FROM DOCTOR YARBOROUGH. AND THAT ONE WAS WAS RECEIVED MORE FAVORABLY AS FAR AS SIX HIGHS OUT OF SEVEN. SO DEFINITELY SOME PRIORITY ON THAT.
THE NEXT ONE WAS TO STUDY THE MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION TOP TO BOTTOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES AND FIVE HIGHS OUT OF SEVEN.FOLKS HERE AND THE THE LAST WAS TO PROVIDE TWO STAFF MEMBERS TO SUPPORT SECURITY OPERATIONS, WHICH WAS KIND OF A MIXED BAG, BUT I WOULD SAY THE ONE HIGH FOR MEDIUMS, TWO LOWS. SO I'M NOT THAT FEEDBACK IS THERE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER WITH THE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THE 19 PRIORITIES.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS JUST CAM READING THE NUMBERS, RIGHT. SOME CLEAR SUPPORT TO IF THE NUMBERS WARRANT IT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN MAINTENANCE HEADCOUNT THAN WHAT WAS IN THE 19 PRIORITIES.
AND I'LL STOP THERE. AS FAR AS ANY SUMMARY COMMENT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS.
SO YOU CAN'T HIT EVERYBODY WITH EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND MAKE A DECISION, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO GET SOME INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A BUDGET YET.
RIGHT. BUT WE SHOULD BE AS WE BE BUILDING TO A POINT WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE FEEL PREPARED TO DO SO, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON AVERAGE, WHERE OUR SENSE OF PRIORITY LIES, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR INPUT.
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MISS TYLER TO ADJOURN ANY DISCUSSION. AT SOME POINT.
CAN WE SEE A SIMPLE PRESENTATION ON ON THE MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION CHART? AND JUST AT A SEPARATE MEETING AT SOME POINT? YEAH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT'S BEEN SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.