[00:00:18] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS MEETING IN ADVANCE AND PRESENTED THE AGENDA. AND THAT AGENDA HAS I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS FROM THE BOARD TO ALTER OR EDIT THAT OR CHANGE THAT AGENDA. SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL CONSIDER THE AGENDA APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 11TH REGULAR MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 11TH. MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MISS TYLER. DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE ABSTAINING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S ONE. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 11TH ARE APPROVED UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. WE HAD A. BEFORE FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FROM MR. DAVE POLLEN. I DO NOT SEE HIM IN THE ROOM. SO WE WILL MOVE PAST THAT ITEM INTO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SIGN UP HERE AT THE MEETING. THE FIRST OF WHICH I HAVE IS. AND LET ME PUT ON MY GLASSES. IS THAT HOLLY? HOLLY. HOLLY. I'M SORRY. HOLLAND SEEK WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON STUDENT WELFARE. THAT MICROPHONE BY DOCTOR MINOLFO BACK THERE. SO I DID WRITE SOMETHING. OH, THERE'S A MIC. SORRY. SO I DID WRITE SOMETHING BECAUSE I FIGURED IT WOULD BE EASIER TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS IN WRITING THAN TO NOT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HOLLAND SEEK. I'M A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN THE BELVIDERE RIDGE COMMUNITY. MY DAUGHTER IS A FIRST GRADER AT BELVIDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION THAT THE COUNTY IS REZONING THE METHODIST CHURCH AND TURNING IT INTO A PROPOSED MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION REHABILITATION CENTER. AS MUCH AS A FACILITY OF THIS CLASSIFICATION IS GREATLY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT BEING PLACED LESS THAN 50 YARDS AWAY FROM THE ELEMENTARY. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS US ALL CONCERNED. A LOT OF THE STUDENTS AT BIZ WALK OR RIDE BIKES TO AND FROM SCHOOL. OUR CHILDREN HAVE A RUNNING CLUB IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY ALSO EVACUATE TO THE PARKING LOT OF THIS PROPOSED FACILITY FOR DRILLS. BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED. A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO MONITOR THESE CHILDREN. WILL THIS FACILITY HAVE A DUTY OF POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY THERE? WE DON'T KNOW. WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC AND OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS, PLACEMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY NEXT TO A SCHOOL SEEMS PREPOSTEROUS. SANDY HASKELL HAS STATED THAT THERE WERE OVER 800 LETTERS MAILED OUT OVER THIS REZONING, BUT MYSELF AND MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING, AND NEITHER OF THE STAFF OR PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS AT BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE WERE TOLD THAT SIGNS WERE POSTED, BUT WE FEEL THESE STRATEGICALLY PLACED NEAR DOWNED TREES AFTER THE HURRICANE TO NOT GET NOTICED. AND SPEAKING OF THE HURRICANE, MOST OF THE MEETINGS ON THE REZONING WERE DONE WHEN THE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY WAS PURELY FOCUSED ON THE CLEANUP. SOME MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN DISPLACED AND LOTS WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER AND INTERNET, AS THE BELVEDERE RIDGE WAS ONE OF THE MOST NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MOST AFFECTED. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS AWARE OF THIS, IN HOPES THAT THE SITUATION COULD BE REEVALUATED IN TERMS OF RELOCATION FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOL, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY DESERVES AN SRO FOR ADDED PROTECTION TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU, MISS SEAT. NEXT WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. I THINK ONE IS A GROUP FIRST OF WHICH IS CARSON. I HOPE I CAN READ THIS. CARSON, COLEMAN AND ADAM, PLEASE HELP ME. FUNDUQ. SORRY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. ARE YOU TWO SPEAKING AS A GROUP FOR FIVE MINUTES? PLEASE GO TO THE MIC. THEY'RE SPEAKING ON THE. I BELIEVE THE PLACEMENT OR DISPLACEMENT FROM TRACK AND FIELD AT AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL. [00:05:09] HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS ADAM AND THIS IS MY TEAMMATE CARSON PALMER. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE ASTROTURF FIELD CONSTRUCTION AT AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL HAS IMPACTED SOCCER, LACROSSE, AND FOR US SPECIFICALLY, TRACK. OUR TEAM WAS NOTIFIED THIS WINTER THAT ASTROTURF WOULD BE INSTALLED. AND AT FIRST WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE A FEW MONTHS. BUT NOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. WE WANT TO SHARE TONIGHT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE FACED AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE. THE DECISION TO ASTROTURF THE FIELD DURING OUR TRACK SEASON HAS ULTIMATELY DISPLACED US NOT ONLY FOR PRACTICE, BUT ALSO FOR MEETS, WHICH CARSON WILL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY. IN THE EVENT OF PRACTICE, DISTANCE RUNNERS RUN AROUND TOWN WHILE SPRINTERS, JUMPERS AND THROWERS PRACTICE WHERE THEY CAN. SOUTH AIKEN HAS BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING AND WE GET TO PRACTICE AFTER THEY ARE DONE ON THE TRACK, MAYBE 2 TO 3 DAYS A WEEK, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL THOUGH. WE MUST PRACTICE FROM 530 TO 7 DUE TO THE LEAGUE RULES STATING THAT TWO TEAMS CANNOT BE ON THE SAME FACILITY AT THE SAME TIME. DUE TO THIS, OUR TEAM HAS HAD TO ENLIST BUS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WAS NOT INITIALLY PROVIDED OR PLANNED FOR. EVEN IF ATHLETES DO HAVE CARS, SOME WOULD BE UNABLE TO DRIVE PAST 6 P.M. DUE TO THE NIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND THEREFORE BE UNABLE TO ATTEND PRACTICE. THE NEXT ISSUE IS FUNDS. SO OUR COACH RECEIVED A MESSAGE IN WRITING SAYING THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOST ANY TRACK MEETS FOR THE WHOLE SEASON WITHOUT OUR TRACK BEING AVAILABLE TO HOST MEETS THAT WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED. WE MISS OUT ON THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF FUNDING. THIS MONEY HELPS PAY FOR EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS, REGISTRATION FOR OTHER MEETS AND BUSSES FOR OVER 120 ATHLETES. WE HAVE HAD TO RESORT TO ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FUNDRAISING. WE EVEN TRIED TRY TO USE THE CONCESSION STAND FOR SELLING FISH FRIES, BUT THEY TORE THAT DOWN AS WELL. OVER 120 STUDENT ATHLETES ARE CURRENTLY SIGNED UP FOR TRACK AT AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL CONSIDERING THE LARGE NUMBER OF ATHLETES HAVING A HIGH ATHLETIC ABILITY. AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF TRACK ATHLETES SIGNED TO COMPETE AT A COLLEGIATE LEVEL, AND WHICH THE AIKEN HIGH TRACK TEAM IS A POWERHOUSE IN THIS REGION. WE'VE WON SEVEN STRAIGHT REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOR EXAMPLE. OUR ATHLETES ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN, COMPETE AND POSSIBLY EARN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE OF THIS DISPLACEMENT AWAY FROM OUR HOME TRACK. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO LET CARSON WRAP THINGS UP FROM HERE. SO WE SAY ALL OF THIS TO PROPOSE A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN OUR DISTRICT. EVERY PARTY INVOLVED SHOULD BE VALUED AS A PART OF THE PROCESS. AND THIS WAY, EACH TEAM CAN AT LEAST WORK AROUND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE TO OUR FACILITIES. FOR EXAMPLE NO. LETTING COACHES KNOW WHEN THEY CAN AND CAN'T SCHEDULE MEETS OR HOME GAMES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE SAME IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WE WANT TO PREVENT THESE SAME ISSUES FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL THE FUNDS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR TRACK AND FACILITIES IN ORDER TO HELP US CO-HOST OUR EVENTS THAT WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM IS NONFUNCTIONAL. THE TRACK IS NOT LINED AND THERE IS NO SAND FOR OUR JUMPERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. THE LAST PERSON THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS MR. JAMES WILLIAMS, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE AIKEN HIGH FOOTBALL STADIUM, I BELIEVE. RENOVATION. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH THE TRACK, AS THE BOY SAID. EXCUSE ME. THE EXECUTION HERE. THE ROLLOUT. THE COMMUNICATION. THESE GUYS ARE DEPRIVED. THE GUYS AND GALS, THEY WORK VERY, VERY HARD. WE'VE GOT THREE CAPTAINS IN THE ROOM, MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. THE EXECUTION OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. OKAY, I'M IN CONSTRUCTION. I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF A VERY LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE ROLLOUT OF THIS, THE ONLY TEAM THAT'S IMPACTED. IT'S NOT SOCCER. THEY CAN PRACTICE ANYWHERE. THAT FLAT FIELD GRASS, THEY HAVE FACILITIES, LACROSSE, SAME GAME AND FOOTBALL. BUT TRACK IS COMPLETELY DEPRIVED OF THIS. YOU CAN'T GET THE TIME BACK. SENIORS, JUNIORS. THEY CAN'T PRACTICE. THEY HAVE COLLEGE COACHES, RECRUITERS CALLING THEM. HOW DO THEY SAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? YOU CAN'T PRACTICE JUMPING IN A HIGH JUMP IN THE DIRT. YOU CAN'T PRACTICE LONG JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP, POLE VAULT, ANY OF THESE THINGS. AND WE'RE WORKING AROUND AGAIN. [00:10:03] SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE YOUNG. THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION. THE EXECUTION COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. WE CAN'T CHANGE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS AND TAKE HEED THAT THIS IS PUSHING THESE KIDS IN A TOUGH, TOUGH PLACE IN A VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE FIELD OF SPORTS. THEY'VE EARNED THEIR STRIPES. LOOK AT THE RECORDS. PUT IT UP AGAINST ALL THE OTHER SPORTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL. LOOK AT THE PARTICIPATION NUMBERS. COMMUNICATION COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. THE OTHER SCHOOLS NEED TO HAVE. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL THIS AS WELL. WE COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THIS IN THE FALL AS SOON AS FOOTBALL GOT OUT. YOU SHOULD RELY ON YOUR CONTRACTORS AND PROJECT MANAGERS TO THROW THESE IDEAS OUT THERE. HOW TO HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT. BUT THE OTHER ASPECT IS WE'RE GETTING THIS GREAT FOOTBALL FIELD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS GREAT FOOTBALL STADIUM AND THE TRACK IS DATED WHEN WE'RE NOT EXPANDING THAT. AND AGAIN, HOW MANY STATE CHAMPIONS HAVE COME OUT OF THE DIFFERENT SPORTS THAT ARE GOING TO USE THOSE FACILITIES? HOW MANY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE COME OUT OF THOSE SPORTS THAT CAN USE THOSE FACILITIES? I UNDERSTAND WE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BLEACHERS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, AND WE ALL KNOW WE'RE WORKING HARDER TO GET A BETTER RECORD THERE. THEY'VE GOT THEIR STRIPES. THEY DESERVE A CHANCE. THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC. EXCUSE ME. PARTICIPATION. WE DO HAVE ONE SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS PICCOLINO TO PROCEED WITH THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN NESTLE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME DOWN, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A VERY SPECIAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU. BEGINNING IN 2002, THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, ALSO KNOWN AS CAC, IMPLEMENTED THE PRESTIGIOUS SCABS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD. THIS EVENING, WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE DOCTOR ELISA SANDERS, PE, PRINCIPAL OF NORTH AIKEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR BEING NAMED SCORESBY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. UNDER DOCTOR SANDERS P'S LEADERSHIP. NORTH AIKEN GREW A FULL PROFICIENCY BAND ON THE 2023 STATE REPORT CARD. SHE ATTRIBUTES MUCH OF THIS SUCCESS TO THE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PRACTICES OF HER TEACHERS AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM. TOGETHER, THEY DEVELOPED AN INTERVENTION PROCESS WHERE STUDENTS WHERE THEY WERE USING STUDENTS RASCH UNIT SCORES AND GROUPING THEM TOGETHER BY THEIR SCORES INSTEAD OF THEIR GRADE LEVELS, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF TO PROVIDE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS, ADDRESSING STUDENTS LEARNING GAPS, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC EXTENSION OF THEIR LEARNING. ADDITIONALLY, THEY CREATED SPECIAL FRIDAY SCHEDULES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE CLUBS IN STEM, SPANISH, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE, DANCE AND MOVEMENT, KEYBOARDING, AND MORE. THEY ALSO HAD ACTIVITIES FOR HANDS ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, GARDENING, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING. CONGRATULATIONS DOCTOR ALISA SANDERS P. X123. ONE. AND CAN WE GET OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HERE IN THE PICTURE TOO PLEASE. AND I KNOW SHE'S GOT SOME FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM NORTH AIKEN. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL. AND FAMILY MEMBERS. RASHAD, COME ON UP. [00:15:04] WE GOT FRONT ROW. I KNOW, I LITERALLY HER VOICE IS SO COMFORTING. TO ME THIS MORNING. SHE VOICES LIKE A MOM TO US. WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE LIKE, DON'T WORRY. YOU'RE THE LAST THING WE HEAR BEFORE BED. I SENT YOU A FRIEND REQUEST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S IT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. SO MOVING ON TO OFFICE OF BOARD CHAIRMAN. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO DISCUSS IS JUST A REMINDER, AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT, THAT THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS IS DUE FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ETHICS COMMISSION BY NOON ON MARCH 30TH. SO WE GOT OVER A MONTH RIGHT NOW TO SUBMIT THOSE, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY. THAT TAKES US TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL THAT WAS SCREENED BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, AND WE MUST APPROVE THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR BRADLEY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL ITEM. AND THIS RELATES BACK TO THE THE PENNY SALES TAX RENEWAL THAT WAS JUST PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF PART OF PART OF THAT ONE OF THE SECOND BALLOT QUESTION WAS WHETHER WE CAN ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO JUMP START CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS IS THIS RESOLUTION IS TO APPROVE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS NOT EXCEEDING 285 MILLION AS A RESULT OF THAT SALES TAX RENEWAL FOR THOSE FIVE PROJECTS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE IT. DOCTOR BRADLEY MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE, TO ISSUE FOR ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND OR SECOND FROM MR. LINDELL? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS. SO CONSENT ITEMS WE WILL VOTE ON AS A GROUP. BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DISCUSS THEM INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. THE FIRST CONSENT ITEM, B1 IS RATIFICATION OF EXPULSION. SO THIS THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPELLED OR RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION. EXCUSE ME THAT THERE IS NO PENDING APPEAL. AND WE MUST APPROVE THAT. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE BOARD MUST APPROVE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS, AND THE LIST ON ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TRANSFERS OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF THOSE NAMES. NUMBER THREE, WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ADMIT A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT. AND WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS THIS EVENING. THAT IS ITEM NUMBER THREE. AND THEN WE HAVE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A CREDIT COMING BACK. AND WE MUST APPROVE THAT. THAT CREDIT COMING BACK. CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS A CHANGE TO GMP NUMBER ONE FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTALLATION AT AIKEN HIGH, MIDLAND VALLEY AND SILVER BLUFF. THE CHANGE TO THIS IS TO INCLUDE RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA HIGH SCHOOL. TO THIS. THE FUNDS TO DO THE RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA FIELD WOULD [00:20:04] COME FROM THE ORIGINAL 1% SALES TAX THAT WAS PASSED IN 2014 THAT WAS USED FOR RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS? MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS? IS THERE A SECOND SECOND SECOND OKAY. I HEARD A SECOND FROM DOCTOR BRADLEY. MOTION MADE BY MR. SILAS, SECONDED BY DOCTOR BRADLEY, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS ARE APPROVED. WE HAVE ONE INFORMATIONAL. WE'LL GO TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM. EXCUSE ME. WE USUALLY JUST REVIEW IT. OKAY. YEAH. SO DOCTOR YARBOROUGH IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. BUT THIS IS THE QUARTERLY CHANGE ORDER NOTIFICATION, WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE ITEM ON FOR THIS QUARTER AS A CREDIT THAT THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO SEE. AND I WOULD JUST SAY AS THIS DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE CREDIT FOR DOCTOR YARBOROUGH. OR ANYONE ELSE? NO. OKAY. THE THAT WILL BRING US TO THE SET OF THE AGENDA TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ITEMS. MR. SILAS REQUESTED AN ITEM FOR GLOVERSVILLE ELEMENTARY RECOGNITION. MR. SILAS. I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. BEFORE I MAKE THE RECOGNITION THAT I HAD PLANNED TO, I WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS A DEEP SORROW AND TRULY HEARTBREAK THAT THAT WE FEEL FOR THE GLOVERSVILLE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL FAMILY AND AND THE FAMILY IMPACTED HERE IS JUST A TRULY TRAGIC SITUATION. AND I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP ALL THESE IN YOUR PRAYERS, AS I WILL. AND YEAH, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO STEP IN FOR WHAT IS USUALLY MR. SMITH'S ROLE HERE ANNUALLY, AND THAT'S TO RECOGNIZE GLOVERSVILLE FOR THE THEIR VALENTINE FUNDRAISER EFFORT BY THEIR PTO. THIS IS NOT JUST THIS YEAR. THEY DO THIS. IT'S ANNUALLY THAT THEY RAISE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THIS YEAR, IT WAS OVER $500 FOR THE PTO, AND IT GOES A LONG WAY AT THAT SCHOOL OF LESS THAN 300 KIDS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. SO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL COMMENT. I THINK THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY TO HOW CLOSE KNIT THIS COMMUNITY IS AND THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAVE IN, IN THEIR SCHOOL AND AND WHAT THEY MAY BE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, CONGRATULATIONS TO GLOVERSVILLE AND THAT COMMUNITY AND, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THAT SCHOOL. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. SILAS. THAT WAS THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER SUBMITTED ITEM. SO WE WILL GO NOW TO THE OFFICE. SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE. DOCTOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MR. NUSSLE. GOOD EVENING AND GOOD EVENING TO THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THIS FRIDAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR ANNUAL PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY EVENT WHERE COMMUNITY LEADERS STEP INTO THE ROLE OF PRINCIPAL AT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR'S LINEUP OF HONORARY PRINCIPALS IS AS IMPRESSIVE AS EVER, FEATURING ATTORNEYS, NONPROFIT DIRECTORS, A METEOROLOGIST, PASTORS, MAYORS, AND LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS. FROM THE FIRST MORNING BUS ARRIVAL TO THE FINAL DISMISSAL BELL, THESE LEADERS WILL EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND THE CHALLENGES AND THE REWARDS OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY, FOSTERING VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS. IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US THIS FRIDAY AT 4 P.M. FOR THE PRINCIPALS MEETING RECEPTION TO REFLECT ON THE DAY'S EXPERIENCES AND CELEBRATE OUR PARTNERSHIPS. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, OUR DISTRICT HAS FACED AN IMMENSE TRAGEDY THIS WEEK AND OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY. YESTERDAY MORNING, A GLOVERSVILLE FAMILY WAS FOREVER CHANGED BY A DEVASTATING HOUSE FIRE. FOUR CHILDREN, SIBLINGS AND OUR STUDENTS WERE IN THE HOME WITH THEIR MOTHER WHEN THE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE JORDAN FAMILY, WHO ARE NOW FACED WITH UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND JOIN US IN A HOPE FOR THEIR RECOVERY. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND THE ENTIRE GLOVERSVILLE COMMUNITY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. [00:25:03] AND PLEASE KEEP CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THEY NAVIGATE THE DAYS AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MURPHY. WE ARE NOT IN NEED THAT WE HAVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR BRADLEY, SECONDED BY MISS TYLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.