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          OKAY. IT'S 6:00. WE'RE HAVING A FEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES,
BUT I THINK WE CAN GET STARTED 
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AND WE'LL CALL THE. EXCUSE ME. I LOST MY PLACE. 
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WE'LL CALL THE AUGUST 25TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE AIKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO
ORDER. 
          IT IS OUR PRACTICE TO BEGIN OUR MEETINGS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          PLEASE STAND AS YOU'RE ABLE 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 DULY NOTIFIED OF TONIGHT'S MEETING,
AND THE AGENDA WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE. 
          AND WE'LL CONSIDER THE AGENDA APPROVED IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS. 
          THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING IS APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS. WE HAVE ONE SET OF
MINUTES FROM A PREVIOUS MEETING TO APPROVE, AND THAT'S THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 11TH OF 2026. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES? SECOND. 
          SO MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 11TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT'S EIGHT IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE ABSTAINING,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT'S ONE. ABSTAINING. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT IN FAVOR,
ONE ABSTAINING. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO SPOTLIGHT TO SHOW
TONIGHT. 
          AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. 
          ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MURPHY,
BOARD CHAIRMAN NESSEL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD. 
          I'M BROOKLYN VAN BEBBER, COMMUNICATIONS WEBMASTER AND VIDEOGRAPHER. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO SHARE OUR NEWEST VIDEO OUTLINING WHAT THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL
LOOKS LIKE HERE AT AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ACP, SD SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND OUR VERY OWN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. 
          THIS VIDEO BRINGS THESE IMPORTANT SAFETY PROCEDURES TO LIFE IN A WAY THAT IS EASY TO
UNDERSTAND. 
          PLEASE ENJOY. LET'S BE REAL. MOST OF US SPEND OUR SCHOOL DAY THINKING ABOUT LUNCH, FRIENDS, PESTS, SPORTS,
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL. 
          WHAT WE'RE USUALLY NOT THINKING ABOUT ARE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. 
          AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT JUST LIKE KNOWING WHAT TO DO DURING A FIRE DRILL,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO DURING AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TO HELP KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. THAT IS WHERE THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL OR SRP COMES IN. 
          THINK OF IT AS A SIMPLE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT HELP STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THERE ARE FIVE YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW. 
          HOLD SECURE, LOCK DOWN. EVACUATE, AND SHELTER. 
          LET'S BREAK THEM DOWN. AND YOUR RUMOR AREA? CLEAR THE HALLS. 
          HOLD AND YOUR RUMOR AREA. CLEAR THE HALLS. FIRST UP,
A HOLD. 
          DURING THE HOLD. YOU NEED TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND STAY OUT OF THE HALLS. 
          THAT'S IT. NO DRAMATIC MUSIC AND NO NEED TO PANIC. 
          USUALLY THIS MEANS THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE HALLWAY THAT STAFF NEEDS SPACE TO
HANDLE. IT CAN MEAN A STUDENT NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION, MAINTENANCE, HANDLING AN ISSUE. OR IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS AN OVERSIZE PUDDLE. 
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DURING THE HOLD, HE WILL STAY IN YOUR CLASSROOM,
KEEP LEARNING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, STAY OUT OF THE HALL. 
          THINK OF A HOLD AS PUTTING A PAUSE ON HALLWAY TRAFFIC. 
          NEXT IS SECURE. SECURE MEANS GET INSIDE AND LOCK OUTSIDE DOORS. 
          SECURE. GET INSIDE. LOCK OUTSIDE. DOORS SECURE. 
          GET INSIDE. LOCK OUTSIDE DOORS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
BUILDING DURING A SECURE. 
          EVERYONE COMES INDOORS. EXTERIOR DOORS ARE SECURE AND CLASS CONTINUES AS NORMAL. 
          SO YES, YOU STILL HAVE TO FINISH YOUR TEST. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT LOCKDOWN. 
          LOCKDOWN LOCKS, LIGHTS OUT OF SIGHT. LOCKDOWN LOCKS. 
          LIGHTS OUT OF SIGHT. THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS ACTION OF THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL. 
          A LOCKDOWN IS USED WHEN THERE IS A THREAT IN THE BUILDING OR ON CAMPUS DURING A LOCKDOWN. 
          YOU SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR TEACHER'S INSTRUCTIONS IMMEDIATELY. STAY QUIET AND MOVE TO A
DESIGNATED SAFE AREA OUT OF SIGHT. 
          THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR TEACHER'S DIRECTIONS
ON WHEN THERE IS A SAFE TIME TO UPDATE YOUR FAMILY. 
          YOUR JOB IS SIMPLE. LISTEN. STAY CALM. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. 
          HEY YOU GUYS, I'M OFFICER GASTON WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE LOCKDOWN IS NOW
OVER AND YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB. 
          SO WHAT I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO DO NOW IS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND YOU'RE
GOING TO WALK OUT IN A SINGLE FILE LINE. YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT THESE OFFICERS TELL YOU TO DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS CAN COME ON. 
          COME THIS WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP. 
          WALK TO THAT OFFICER. NICE AND CALMLY. HE'LL TELL YOU WHERE ELSE TO GO. NEXT UP IS
EVACUATE. 
          EVACUATE TO THE PARKING LOT. EVACUATE TO THE PARKING LOT. 
          EVACUATION MEANS MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. 
          YOU MAY EVACUATE BECAUSE OF A FIRE ALARM, UTILITY ISSUES,
SAFETY CONCERNS, OR ANY OTHER SITUATION THAT MIGHT REQUIRE EVERYONE TO RELOCATE. 
          WHEN YOU EVACUATE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE QUICKLY. 
          STAY CALM, FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, AND LEAVE YOUR BELONGINGS BEHIND UNLESS DIRECTED
OTHERWISE. 
          REMEMBER YOUR FAVORITE BACKPACK, HOODIE, LAPTOP,
AND WATER BOTTLE CAN BE REPLACED, BUT YOU CAN'T BE. 
          THE LAST ACTION IS SHELTER. SHELTER MEANS TAKING SPECIFIC SAFETY ACTIONS BECAUSE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, MOST COMMONLY WEATHER, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE SOUTH,
WHERE IT CAN BE SUNNY, RAINY, AND SOMEHOW BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. 
          EARTHQUAKE DROP, COVER AND HOLD. EARTHQUAKE DROP,
COVER AND HOLD. 
          YOU MAY SHELTER IN PLACE FOR TORNADO WARNINGS,
SEVERE WEATHER OR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS NEARBY. 
          WHEN SHELTERING, FOLLOW STAFF DIRECTIONS. MOVE TO DESIGNATED SAFE LOCATIONS AND STAY CALM
UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN. 
          SOMETIMES, AFTER A MAJOR EVENT, STUDENTS WILL BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES AT A
DIFFERENT LOCATION. 
          THIS IS REUNIFICATION. THIS MIGHT MAKE YOU ANXIOUS,
BUT BE ASSURED THAT AIKEN COUNTY'S TOP PRIORITY IS YOUR SAFETY. 
          SO IF REUNIFICATION HAPPENS, YOUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON THE NEXT
STEP. 
          STAFF WILL VERIFY WHO IS PICKING YOU UP AND YOU WILL BE RELEASED SAFELY TO AN APPROVED
ADULT. 
          SO LET'S REVIEW. HOLD. STAY IN YOUR ROOM AND CLEAR THE HOLES. 
          SECURE. GET INSIDE AND LOCK OUTSIDE DOORS. LOCK DOWN. 
          LOCKS. LIGHTS OUT OF SIGHT. EVACUATE. MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. 
          SHELTER. USE SAFETY STRATEGIES FOR WEATHER OR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. 
          FIVE ACTIONS SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS. ONE GOAL KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. 
          THE GOOD NEWS MOST SCHOOL DAYS ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL. 
          BUT BEING PREPARED MEANS THAT IF SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS,
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO. 
          SO PAY ATTENTION DURING DRILLS, LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER,
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND HELP KEEP YOUR SCHOOL SAFE AND PREPARED. 
          NOW GO FINISH THAT ASSIGNMENT YOU'VE BEEN AVOIDING. YOU KNOW THE ONE. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM, AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING STUDENTS IN VIDEOS LIKE THAT. 
          I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB. AS FAR AS SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 
          NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THERE'S NOTHING FROM THE OFFICE OF BOARD
CHAIR, SO WE'LL ROLL INTO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. ITEM A1 IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. 
          THE BOARD HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF PERSONNEL THAT'S BEEN SCREENED BY HUMAN
RESOURCES AND APPROVED BY THE CORRECT ADMINISTRATION THAT WE MUST APPROVE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SO MOTION BY DOCTOR BRADLEY,
SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL ITEMS,
TWO THROUGH FIVE, 
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ARE VARIOUS SECOND AND FIRST READINGS OF POLICY REVISIONS. 
          I KNOW, MISS MEEK, AS LONG AS YOU'RE CLOSE. YEAH. 
          GREAT. AND SO I THINK ESPECIALLY, I BELIEVE ON THE FIRST READINGS,
MISS MEEK HAS SOME OVERVIEW INFORMATION TO PRESENT BEFORE WE GO TO ANY MOTION. 
          AND THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM A2 IS THE REVISION TO POLICY CC AYE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION. 
          WHERE THERE DEFINITELY IS ONE PARTICULAR POSITION THAT'S BEING REARRANGED ON THE ORG
CHART. 
          AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GO OVER THAT. CC A. 
          GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS DOCTOR MURPHY TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRETTY SIMPLE PICTURE
FOR YOU. 
          EACH AUGUST WE REVIEW AND REVISE OUR ORGANIZATION CHART IF NEEDED FOR THE REVISION. 
          AND SO TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST READING OF OUR DISTRICT. 
          ORG CHART UPDATED FOR AUGUST 2026. AND THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE IS IF YOU'LL LOOK
UNDERNEATH THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER, YOU WILL SEE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE. I'M SORRY, I DO THAT EVERY TIME I APOLOGIZE. 
          UNDERNEATH OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR AND HR OFFICER,
COMMUNICATIONS HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR, AND NOW THE INTERNAL AUDITOR THAT SAT UNDER THE
SUPERINTENDENT SUPERVISION WILL NOW BE PLACED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR. 
          THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE TO OUR ORG CHART FROM THE ORG CHART THAT WAS APPROVED LAST AUGUST. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MEEK BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING THE REVISION TO POLICY CC A SECOND MOTION
MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING THE REVISION TO POLICY CC,
A ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS NINE IN FAVOR. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ONE IS A SECOND READING,
SO WE WON'T NECESSARILY GO INTO A LOT OF INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT JUST AS A REMINDER THIS IS A REVISION TO POLICY BEDB SECOND READING. 
          AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT,
HAD SOME DISCUSSION. 
          SO I'LL JUST ASK, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING THE REVISION TO POLICY
BEDB? SO MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON SECONDED BY MISS TYLER TO APPROVE THE REVISION TO
POLICY BEDB AGENDA ON SECOND READING. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS. NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. SO THAT REVISION AFTER SECOND READING IS
APPROVED AND FINAL. 
          OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FIRST READING OF REVISION TO POLICY JLCD ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH
MEDICINES. 
          SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS? YES,
SIR. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MONICA MOZELLE. 
          SHE'S GOING TO COME AND PRESENT THE FIRST READING INFORMATION FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          DOCTOR MURPHY, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION ABOUT THIS REVISION REQUEST,
AND I READ THE BULLET POINT UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          AND IT IS CORRECT THAT THIS COME ABOUT BECAUSE IN AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE THE MEDICATION
PERMISSION PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MEDICAL PRACTICES REQUESTED THAT THE SCHOOL NURSE CONSULTANT DEVELOP A UNIVERSAL
MEDICATION PERMISSION FORM TO BE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, AND THEY'VE ENCOURAGED DISTRICTS TO ADOPT THE FORM AND BEGIN
USING IT TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR MEDICAL PRACTICES THAT ARE HAVING TO KEEP UP WITH MULTIPLE FORMS FOR MANY DISTRICTS, FOR THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE. SO THE ONLY CHANGE
FROM OUR POLICY WITH THIS CURRENT OR THIS NEW FORM IS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT REQUIRE A DOCTOR'S AUTHORIZATION FOR HERBAL,
HOMEOPATHIC, HOMEOPATHIC OR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, AND THIS NEW PERMISSION FORM WOULD REQUIRE THAT A PHYSICIAN AUTHORIZE THOSE THINGS. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT OUR POLICY BE REVISED TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS NEW FORM. 
          THOSE ARE NOT REQUESTS THAT WE GET VERY OFTEN,
AND I ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO IMPACT AT ALL ON OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MIZELL BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION? OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE
REVISION TO POLICY. 
          JL CD ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH MEDICINES. SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF THAT REVISION OF JL CD. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
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THAT IS NINE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'LL GO TO ANOTHER FIRST READING. 
          AND REMEMBER THIS IS A REVISION TO POLICY JFAB ADMISSION OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS. 
          EXCUSE ME. AND IT'S NOT A FIRST. WE'VE GOT A DOUBLE HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I READ THE FIRST THING AND THEN I READ THE SECOND THING. 
          BUT THE WE'RE APPROVING THEM. THE SECOND READING AND THE FIRST READING OF THE POLICY JFAB
WE SAW AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          AND YOU MAY REMEMBER, THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE WITH A DEADLINE OF
THIS MONTH TOMORROW. 
          WE HAD DISCUSSION ON FIRST READING ON POLICY JFAB THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE THAT ACCOMPANIES
IT. 
          NOW ONLY TAKES ONE READING AND THAT'S POLICY JFABJFAB DASH R. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO COVER, MISS MEEK,
ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE? I'M GOING TO ASK MISS MAHONEY TO COME UP FOR US AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. NUSSLE. DOCTOR MURPHY,
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          YOU ALREADY HAVE BEFORE YOU JFAB, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING TONIGHT. 
          IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, I CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          THIS NEW LAW THAT WAS PASSED A YEAR AGO, 598165 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST BOARD
MEETING REQUIRED THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE GUIDELINES. 
          AND AFTER THOSE GUIDELINES ARE CREATED, THE BOARD HAS 120 DAYS TO ADOPT THE POLICY,
WHICH IS TOMORROW. 
          THAT WOULD BE THAT DATE. THE GUIDELINES THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT CREATED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION ARE MIRRORED IN WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE IS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD THIS EVENING. THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY CREATED IN ITS ENTIRETY IS TRACKING THROUGHOUT. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S SO LONG. IT REALLY BASICALLY ABSORBS EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
PROPOSED. 
          THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES WITHIN THEIR GUIDELINES WHERE THEY'LL SAY,
THE BOARD CAN DO THIS OR THAT, OR CAN TWEAK THIS OR THAT. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES MADE THERE. LITTLE CLARIFICATION. IF AN APPEAL COMES TO THE BOARD THAT IT WOULD BE
ON THE WRITTEN RECORD AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          A LITTLE MODIFICATION AT THE END AS TO HOW YOU ALL HANDLE CLASS RANK AND WHATNOT WHEN YOU
COME IN FROM INTERDISTRICT TRANSFER. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THIS IS CLOSE TO A MIRROR IMAGE OF WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
PROPOSED, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DETAILS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS,
THAT THAT'S SORT OF THE CLEANEST THING TO DO IS MIRROR WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED. 
          BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          MR. LINDELL. JUST BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO,
VERY SHORT SUMMARY OF THIS. 
          BUT IF I'M COMING FROM OUT OF DISTRICT AND I WAS NUMBER ONE IN MY CLASS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M COMING TO NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL HOW WOULD THEY TREAT GPAS? SO THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH. 
          THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE, WHICH IS BASED ON WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
IS PROVIDED. 
          AND THAT IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS VALEDICTORIAN. 
          SALUTATORIAN. YOU HAVE TO BE ENROLLED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD YEAR OF HIGH
SCHOOL OR HAVE FOUR ACADEMIC SEMESTERS AT THE BEGINNING HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH YOUR OWN POLICY. ICA SO IT MIRRORS THAT. 
          AND MY ONLY I JUST AND JUST KIND OF LIKE FOR THE RECORD,
THE I DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS WE WERE GIVEN. CORRECT. 
          IT IS. IT IS LITERALLY A MIRROR IMAGE OF WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED. 
          SO IT'S A SAFE, SAFE APPROACH IS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED. 
          YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS MAHONEY AND MISS MAHONEY? IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS VERY BRIEFLY TO WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON WHY
THE STATE FELT WE NEEDED TO CHANGE THIS CHANGE THE STATE. YOU KNOW, THEY ADOPTED A LAW A YEAR AGO,
OPENING UP THE BORDERS TO STUDENTS ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, ATTENDING SCHOOL, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THEIR INTENT WAS, BUT IT HAS A PROCESS IN PLACE. 
          SHOULD THERE BE STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND SCHOOL HERE? AND SIMILARLY,
YOUR STUDENTS CAN LEAVE AND GO ELSEWHERE AS WELL. YEAH. 
          GIVE MORE OPTIONS. I GUESS THE THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS TO THIS DOESN'T SPEAK TO INTENT,
BUT THE OUTCOME OF THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE SCHOOL CHOICE. SO IT GIVES MORE CHOICE TO PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF THE REVISION OF POLICY JFABR THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE AND SECOND READING OF THE POLICY
JFAB SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON,
SECONDED BY MR. 
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LINDELL TO APPROVE THE SECOND FINAL READING OF THE REVISION OF POLICY JFAB AND THE FIRST
AND FINAL READING OF POLICY JFABR THE ACCOMPANYING ADMINISTRATIVE RULE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS. 
          NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT. THAT'S SO THAT'S THAT WAS A 234 AND FIVE AS FAR
AS POLICY READINGS. 
          WHICH BRINGS US TO ITEM A6. THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 20
2026. 
          BRAVO. AND SO THIS IS OUR I BELIEVE OUR YEARLY EVENT WHAT WE CALL 8% FUNDS. 
          AND WHERE WE'RE ISSUING BONDS IN THIS CASE, IT'S $25 MILLION THAT WE USE FOR THINGS LIKE
CYCLIC MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTS AND THINGS. 
          IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO APPROVE THIS, WE'RE APPROVING THE RESOLUTION PROVIDE FOR THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THOSE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SO I HEARD DOCTOR BRADLEY MADE A MOTION. 
          MR. LINDELL SECONDED IT TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION,
PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2026 B. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS. NINE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. JUST. THANK YOU. I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. ITEM A7 IS A
ROLLBACK OF 2026 2027 MILLAGE FOR REASSESSMENT. 
          ESSENTIALLY WE, WE, THERE WAS A REASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY VALUES THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE
KNOW THEY WERE IMPACTED BY. 
          AND IN MY AMATEUR SUMMATION OF IT, WERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOT ALLOWED TO GET A WINDFALL
FROM THAT? SO TRY TO KEEP REVENUE NEUTRAL. SO IF PROPERTY VALUES GO UP IN THE ASSESSMENT VALUE,
THEN OUR MILLAGE HAS TO GO DOWN. 
          AND THE IF WE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS, WE'RE ACCEPTING THE UPDATED OPERATING MILLAGE REVISED
FOR REASSESSMENT OF 157.3 MILLS FOR 2026 2027. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE UPDATED OPERATING MILLAGE? SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON,
SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT'S NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 
          AND THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS. AND THESE ITEMS ARE THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY WILL
VOTE ON AS A GROUP, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DISCUSS THEM INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE ANY VOTES TAKEN. 
          ITEM B ONE IS THE RELEASE FROM AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST. 
          SO THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE ZONED FOR AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND
A SCHOOL DISTRICT NEARBY. 
          AND THEY'VE REQUESTED A RELEASE. AND WE MUST APPROVE THAT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 
          ITEM B2 IS A LIST OF NONRESIDENT TRANSFER REQUESTS FOR FOLKS THAT MAY LIVE IN NEARBY
COUNTIES OR DISTRICTS AND ARE REQUESTING PERMISSION TO COME TO SCHOOL, AIKEN COUNTY. NEXT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATION ON FOR THE NEXT THREE. 
          YEP. FOR THE NEXT THREE. AND WE'LL START WITH DOCTOR YARBOROUGH,
I IMAGINE YOU'RE GOING TO SHEPHERD US THROUGH ALL THIS WITH MAYBE SOME OTHER PRESENTERS, BUT THE FIRST ONE B3 HAS TO DO WITH THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND CONSTRUCTION
DOCUMENTS FOR THE SOUTH AIKEN HIGH ADDITION AND RENOVATION. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. NESTLE. BOARD MEMBERS. 
          DOCTOR MURPHY. YES, WE HAVE SARA HARPER AND MEGAN DENTON HERE TONIGHT FROM CHEATHAM
FLETCHER SCOTT ARCHITECTS. 
          AND THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM
PRICE FOR SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THE ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS. SO PLEASE COME UP. 
          TO HER. SHE'S SO MUCH BETTER AT THIS THAN I AM. 
          NOT SURE A LASER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR MURPHY. IS THIS WORKING? OKAY, GOOD. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR MURPHY. CHAIRMAN ON THE BOARD. 
          WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THE GMP FOR SOUTH AIKEN
HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M MEGAN DENTON AND THIS IS TO SARAH HARPER. 
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SO THIS IS THE EXISTING SITE MAP. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SO FAR OBVIOUSLY. 
          THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHERE THE CAR LINES ARE,
WHERE THE BUS LINES ARE CURRENTLY AND HOW THOSE HAVE CONFLICTS ARE PROPOSED. NEW SITE DESIGN. WITH OUR TWO NEW BUILDINGS. 
          THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION SCIENCE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND CULINARY. 
          AND THIS BUILDING WILL BE THE NEW ATHLETIC CENTER TO INCLUDE A NEW COMPETITION GYM WEIGHT
ROOM ALONG WITH WELDING, AGRICULTURE AND ROTC. OKAY, SO THIS IS BUILDING A,
WHICH IS THE COMPETITION GYM AND ROTC. WE'VE HAD NO CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING SINCE OUR LAST PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS BUILDING B AGAIN. NO CHANGES SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE, SCIENCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION,
CULINARY, AND SOME EXTRA FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS IN THIS BUILDING. 
          AND THEN RENOVATION C THIS IS THE RENOVATION TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE OLD SCHOOL,
WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING THE NEW BUILDING TO THE OLD BUILDING AND CHORUS AND BAND RENOVATIONS. NOW,
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST TIME. 
          BAND ELECTED TO STAY IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSER TO THE MARCHING
PRACTICE FIELD. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. AND THEY'RE GOING FROM 2700FT² TO 4435FT²,
WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WHERE THEY WERE IN THE LOCATION DOWN BY CHORUS,
WHERE WE HAD THEM IN THE LAST PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY, SO PROJECT PHASING REALLY PHASE ONE A AND ONE B WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SIMULTANEOUSLY
OR CONCURRENTLY, CONCURRENTLY. DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE. 
          THE PLAN IS FOR BOTH OF THOSE TO BE COMPLETED AROUND THE SAME TIME. 
          PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE INTERIOR OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL. 
          THOSE FEW AREAS THAT SHE MENTIONED, BAND AND CHORUS WILL BE COMPLETED AFTER THE NEW
BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND THOSE AREAS ARE VACANT. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE SOME UPDATED RENDERINGS. SO THIS IS THE THE,
THE PROPOSED ENTRANCE TO THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. 
          THE COMPETITION GYM IS OVER TO THE RIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE VIEW FROM THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. 
          THIS IS COMING FROM THE EXISTING SCHOOL INTO THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX. 
          AND THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CTE SPACES. WELDING AND AGRICULTURE IN THE BACK SIDE OF
THE GYM. 
          SIDE OF THE GYM. AND THIS IS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR CONCESSIONS TROPHY CASES GOING INTO THE COMPETITION GYM AND CTE AND THE CURVED WALL. 
          LOOKS ON TO THE WEIGHT ROOM AND ACTUALLY OUT TO THE STADIUM. 
          AND THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO THEY HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE FIELD WHILE
THEY'RE, WHILE THEY'RE LIFTING WEIGHTS. INSPIRATION. OKAY. 
          BUILDING B. THIS IS THE CAR LINE DROP OFF SIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CANOPY ON THE LEFT HAND
SIDE. 
          AND THIS IS THEIR HORSE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL THAT WE'RE. 
          SO THIS WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT BRICK CHOICES AND MATERIAL CHOICES. 
          BUT NOTHING'S CHANGED AS FAR AS DESIGN GOES. AND JUST ANOTHER VIEW FURTHER BACK. 
          AND THEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THIS IS THE BUS DROP OFF SIDE COMING FROM THE SOCCER FIELD. 
          AND THEN THIS HASN'T CHANGED. THIS IS THE MAIN CORRIDOR THROUGH BUILDING B. 
          ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON. I CAN'T SEE THAT FROM HERE,
SO I GOTTA TAKE IT OVER HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO FOR GMP PRICING WE ARE AT FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION TOTAL $56,974,915. AND THEN FOR OUR GRAND TOTAL, WE ARE AT $64,974,915, WITH A BUDGET DELTA OF $25,000.85,
OR 80 $25,000 AND $85. AND AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE GOES,
WE 
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ARE ON SCHEDULE. WE HAVE GROUNDBREAKING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST PENDING THE APPROVAL
OF THIS BOARD. 
          WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COULD YOU PUT THE SCHEDULE BACK UP ONE MORE TIME? I MIGHT HAVE DONE WRONG. MAYBE. 
          YEAH. THANKS. OH, WE'LL GET THERE. 
          YEAH. SO THAT GOES. I'M JUST SAYING THIS OUT LOUD. 
          SO WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION HAS REALLY GOES THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR THROUGH 2027 TO
ALMOST THE END OF 2028, NOVEMBER 2028. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLKS HERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          IF WE JUST FOR A SUMMARY, IF IF WE APPROVE THAT AS PART OF CONSENT ITEMS,
WE'RE GIVEN CONSENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT GUARANTEE MAXIMUM MAXIMUM PRICE NARRATIVE PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. AND THAT TOTAL BUDGET,
AS THEY SAID, WAS ALMOST 65 MILLION. 
          AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE VOTER APPROVED 2024 1% SALES TAX,
WE'LL GO TO B4, WHICH IS SIMILAR, BUT FOR MIDLAND VALLEY. YES,
SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. NESTLE. SO RIGHT. WE HAVE LAURA SCHLEGEL AND ZACH ARMENT HERE TONIGHT FROM
MCMILLAN PAZDAN SMITH ARCHITECTS. 
          AND THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE
RENOVATIONS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          OKAY. SO THAT WOULD ADVANCES. AND THAT'S YOUR LASER. 
          OF COURSE IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY,
LET'S OKAY. 
          GOOD EVENING, MISTER CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS. 
          DOCTOR MURPHY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL, THE ADDITIONS AND THE RENOVATIONS. WE JUST COMPLETED THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          I'M LAURA SLAGLE. THIS IS ZACH MCMILLAN. PASTON SMITH ARCHITECTURE. 
          OKAY, SO A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE. YOU SAW SIMILAR INFORMATION AT THE SCHEMATIC
DESIGN, BUT WE JUST UPDATED IT SLIGHTLY. WE'RE WE'RE DOING TWO ADDITIONS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION,
AND THEN ABOUT 20% OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WILL BE RENOVATED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL STUDENT CAPACITY OF THE
PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. 
          AND SOME OF OUR PROJECT GOALS AND PRIORITIES ARE REALLY ONE TO CREATE A SECURE BUILDING
ENTRANCE SECURITY IS ALWAYS TOP OF OUR MIND WITH THESE RENOVATIONS. 
          THE FUTURE GROWTH THAT I MENTIONED REALLY ADDRESSING THE GROWING DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY UNDERSIZED SOME OF THOSE IS ENLARGING THE AGRICULTURE AND CULINARY ARTS LABS ENHANCING THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SUPPORT SPACES FOR THESE DEPARTMENTS SO THEY CAN
OPERATE AND TEACH EFFECTIVELY. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO CREATE EQUITABLE ATHLETIC COMPETITION AND SUPPORT SPACES TO THE
OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE USABLE WIDTH OF THE HALLWAYS AND MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING
WHILE WE RENOVATE. 
          SO THE SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE IN OPERATION. WE SHOWED THIS SLIDE LAST TIME,
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW IT. 
          WE REALLY PULLED INSPIRATION FOR THESE DESIGNS FROM THREE MAIN AREAS. 
          THE FIRST IS THAT THE THE MILL HISTORY OF THE TOWN IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO PULL SOME OF THE FORMS AND RECALL THAT VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE THAT
SHAPED THE TOWN ITSELF. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE FORMS, LIKE THE PROMINENT ENTRANCE AND THE SAWTOOTH FORMS AND
THE PLAN COMING THROUGH. 
          WE ALSO WANTED TO REALLY CELEBRATE SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND THE GOODS THAT CAME OUT OF
THOSE LOCAL MILLS. 
          THEY'RE NOT PRODUCING ANY MORE, BUT I THINK THE LEGACY LIVES ON. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE GRANITE AND THE DENIM AND THE
COTTON MATERIALS INTO OUR DESIGN. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANT TO CREATE A COHESIVE CAMPUS WITH THE MATERIALS AND FORMS. WE DID SOME ADDITIONS IN 2020. WE FEEL REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE BACK IN WORKING ON THESE NEW
ADDITIONS. 
          SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE FINISHES THAT WERE USED ON
THE EXTERIOR, THE WAY THAT WE USE SOME PROMINENT FEATURE WALLS AND SIGNAGE,
AND THEN ALSO JUST THAT VISIBILITY OF THE VALLEY PRIDE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. 
          SO THIS IS A MAP OF THE EXISTING CAMPUS. I THINK YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THIS PRETTY WELL. 
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THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE 2020 EDITIONS. AND THEN I'LL FLIP TO THE THE NEW SITE PLAN. 
          SO SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE BLUE IS THE NEW ACADEMIC EDITION. 
          THIS IS A THREE STORY ADMIN AND CLASSROOM BUILDING THAT WILL ALSO HOUSE THE CULINARY ARTS. 
          AND THE ORANGE IS THE NEW ATHLETIC ADDITION. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE THE MAIN COMPETITION
GYM AS WELL AS SOME TWO CLASSROOMS AND SOME SUPPORT SPACES. 
          FINALLY, THE YELLOW REPRESENTS THAT RENOVATION THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO ABOUT 20% OF THE
EXISTING BUILDING. 
          WE'RE ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SITE WORK. WE DID A LOT IN 2020,
BUT WE ARE COMING BACK AND REALLY REWORKING SOME OF THAT VISITOR PARKING AND ENTRANCE SEQUENCE JUST FOR REALLY EASY CIRCULATION INTO THE CAMPUS. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THIS DIAGRAM BEFORE, BUT IT'S JUST A REALLY HELPFUL SUMMARY THAT
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD 18 NEW GENERAL ACADEMIC CLASSROOMS IN THE TWO EDITIONS. 
          SO YOU CAN KIND OF JUST A QUICK SUMMARY THERE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAURA. CHAIRMAN, SUPERINTENDENT MURPHY,
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE PLAN CHANGES THAT MAY HAVE UPDATED SINCE LAST TIME YOU SAW IT PRIMARILY WILL BE THE CULINARY SUITE ON THE LEFT HAND
SIDE OF YOUR PAGE. 
          WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE DISTRICT AND WITH OUR NEW CULINARY ARTS TEACHER TO UNDERSTAND
TRULY WHAT THEY NEEDED, WHAT THEY DESIRED FOR THE FUTURE OF THAT GROWING PROGRAM AT THE SCHOOL. 
          SO WE REALLY HONED IN ON THAT, ADDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SPACES. 
          WE ALWAYS TRY AND SIZE THEM APPROPRIATELY IN THE BEGINNING,
BUT AS EQUIPMENT GETS PUT IN, WE HAVE TO ADJUST FROM THERE. ALSO, WE'VE REFINED THE ADMIN PORTION,
WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN AS WELL. 
          JUST TO INCREASE SOME OF THAT LOBBY DESIGN AND BRING SOME OF THAT DESIGN INWARD ALONG WITH
REFINEMENT OF THAT ADMIN AND GUIDANCE SUITE. 
          THAT WAS THE WRONG DIRECTION. HERE ARE THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THAT ACADEMIC
ADDITION. 
          NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED PROGRAMMATICALLY HERE. AGAIN,
WE'RE STILL REFINING. 
          WE'VE DONE MUCH COORDINATION WITH OUR ENGINEERS JUST TO REFINE THOSE SERVICES AND WITH THE
DISTRICT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRULY GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT. 
          AND THEN TO THE ATHLETIC ADDITION THIS MAY BE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES. 
          WE'VE REFINED SOME OF THAT PROGRAM. WE HAVE ADDED AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ON THIS NORTH
EAST SIDE JUST FOR SUPERVISION ON THE BACK OF THAT SITE. WE HAVE ALSO REDUCED THE PROGRAM FOR STORAGE AND JUST MAKE IT A
TIGHTER FOOTPRINT OVERALL FOR THERE. 
          CAN I ADD SOMETHING? CERTAINLY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD,
WE WERE ABLE TO DO A COMMUNITY MEETING FOLLOWING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE AND HAD GOT SOME REALLY GREAT INPUT ABOUT VISIBILITY AND SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS AT ALL OF THE EGRESS
POINTS TO THESE NEW ADDITIONS. 
          SO SOME OF THESE SPACES WERE REALLY JUST TARGETING HAVING A PERSON TO SUPERVISE EVERY
EXIT. 
          THANK YOU LAURA. AND THEN THIS IS THE RENOVATION SCOPE. 
          I DON'T THINK MUCH HAS CHANGED PROGRAMMATICALLY HERE. 
          WE HAVE STUDIED OUR CONNECTION POINTS TO EACH OF THOSE. 
          SO AT THIS THEATER SUPPORT HERE, WE HAVE STUDIED THAT EXTENSIVELY. 
          AND AGAIN, FOR THAT GUIDANCE SUITE WHERE WE'RE ATTACHING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AS WELL.
JUST TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE INTO THAT RENOVATION PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING APPROPRIATELY. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST ADD, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND FOR PHASING,
THE GOAL HERE IS TO COMPLETE THE NEW ADDITIONS AND THEN TO SHIFT PEOPLE OUT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING INTO THOSE NEW ADDITIONS. AND THEN THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE RENOVATIONS
WILL BEGIN. 
          SO THE EXTRA SPACE WILL ALLOW US TO RENOVATE. 
          YES. THANK YOU LAURA. VERY IMPORTANT. THE RENDERING YOU SEE HERE IS JUST THE APPROACH FROM
MUSTANG DRIVE. 
          WE'VE CONTINUED REFINING MATERIALS DETAILS. YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THIS CULINARY
ADDITION AS WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW STUDENTS ENTER AND EVEN PARENTS APPROACH WHILE THEY DRIVE UP FURTHER STUDY OF OPENING WINDOW OPENINGS AND FENESTRATION,
AS WELL AS BRICK DETAILING ON THAT STAIR TOWER. 
          THIS IS A VISITOR APPROACH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SAWTOOTH FORMS. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE THEM A LITTLE BETTER ON THAT APPROACH SIDE. BUT THE SAWTOOTH FORMS
OF THE MAIN THREE STORY ACADEMIC ADDITION, WE'VE CONTINUED REFINING GLAZING PATTERNS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DESIGNING APPROPRIATELY FOR
HG REYNOLDS TO BUILD. 
          ALSO ALIGNING WITH THE 2020 EDITION THAT YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT IMAGE, BUT FURTHER STUDY OF EVERYTHING IN THERE. AND THEN JUST A CLOSER DETAIL JUST OF THAT. 
          FINE. WE'VE REDUCED THE SIZE OF EVERYTHING JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THAT CANOPY ENTRY. 
          BUT FURTHER STUDY OF THOSE MATERIALS AND DETAILS. 
          AND HERE IS PROBABLY THE FIRST LOOK AT THE LOBBY FOR THE ACADEMIC ENTRY. 
          WE STARTED TO PULL MORE OF THOSE MATERIALS IN HISTORY INTO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AS
WE CONTINUED TO STUDY. 
          SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR A HISTORICAL MEMORIAL FOR THE
SCHOOL AND THE TOWN. 
          SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT LAURA HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THE LITTLE CURVED BENCH THAT YOU ALSO
SEE IN THIS RECESS HERE WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE SOME DENIM WALL COVERINGS 
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JUST TO REFERENCE THAT HISTORY ALONG WITH A GRANITE LOOK BENCH JUST TO EVOKE SOME OF THAT
ALONG WITH PULLING THIS BRANDING IN FROM THE ORANGE PANELS ON THE EXTERIOR AND STARTED TO TIE IN SOME OF THAT BRANDING AND DESIGN ON THAT INTERIOR AS WELL. 
          WE ALSO DO HAVE FURTHER DISPLAYS DOWN THE HALL FOR CURRENT EVENTS,
STUDENT EVENTS, BUT MIMICKING THAT SAME SAWTOOTH PATTERN. 
          AS YOU PROCEED FROM THE NEW ADDITION INTO THAT EXISTING SCHOOL HERE'S A RENDERING OF THE
ATHLETIC ADDITION. 
          THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE COMPETITION GYM. 
          WE'VE CONTINUED TO STUDY THIS BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. 
          WE FIND AGAIN GLAZING PATTERNS, METAL PANEL DETAILING JUST TO REFINE IT AND MAKE SURE IT
WAS READY FOR FINAL DETAILING. 
          WELL WE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON THIS LAST PERIOD WAS THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE LOBBY. 
          AND WE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE GYM SHORTLY. WHAT WE THOUGHT HERE WAS TO EVOKE MORE OF THAT
VALLEY THEME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PULL FROM. 
          SO BIG CEILING ELEMENT AND THEN A FEATURE AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE JUST IN THE MIDDLE HERE AS
THAT WE SAW AS A PLACE FOR TEAM PHOTOS OR SIGNING DAY EVENTS, JUST A PLACE FOR GATHERING IN THAT MAIN LOBBY SPACE. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PULL MATERIALS FROM THE 2020 EDITION,
PULL SOME OF THE GRANITE. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING GRANITE PAVERS FOR THE EXTERIOR AND PULLING THAT INSIDE ALONG WITH
BRANDING AND COLOR. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO REFINED THE EXTERIOR AS WELL. 
          THIS IS THE MUSTANG DRIVE SIDE. SO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE APPROACH TO THE SCHOOL,
WE CONTINUED REFINING THIS FOR PANEL DESIGN AND GLAZING AS WELL AS HEIGHT AS WELL. 
          I WENT TOO FAR. THAT'S STILL TOO FAR. THAT'LL BE BACK UP THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. WELL, OUR ARCHITECTURE FIRM AND DESIGN TEAM CREATED A REALLY THOROUGH DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE THAT WE COMPLETED IN JULY. 
          AND THEN H G REYNOLDS TOOK IT AND DID A COMPREHENSIVE PRICING OF IT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FULL SITE PACKAGE AT THIS POINT THAT THE CIVIL ENGINEERS PUT
TOGETHER. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET REALLY ACCURATE PRICING ON THE SITE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE
REQUIRED FOR THIS, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT IN DETAIL WHAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADDITIONS WILL COST,
AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RENOVATIONS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK HERE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ON TRACK TO KEEP UNDER THE
65 MILLION PROJECT BUDGET. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU WITH A GMP. 
          AND YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO, WE'LL HOPE TO STAY ON TRACK HERE. 
          AND FOR THE SCHEDULE, WE ARE ALSO RIGHT ON SCHEDULE WITH WHEN WE TURNED IN OUR DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE AND THE PRICING THAT H.D. 
          REYNOLDS RECENTLY COMPLETED, THE CIVIL DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN PACKAGED AND ARE GOING THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR THE PERMIT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS, AND WE ARE WELL INTO IT WITH GETTING THE REQUIRED
LETTERS AND SUBMITTING FOR PERMIT. 
          SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WHEN WE GET THOSE PERMITS,
WE WILL BE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S REALLY GOING TO IT'S GOING TO ROLL RIGHT FROM SITE WORK INTO THE
NEW ADDITIONS AND THEN INTO THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL. 
          THE GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE THIS PROJECT DONE BY THE END OF 2028. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRACKING FOR. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WERE,
WE WERE SO PLEASED AS A DESIGN TEAM AND OWNER THAT WE, THE DD CAME IN RIGHT WHERE WE WERE HOPING. SO WE HAVE MOVED ON TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. 
          WE ARE WELL INTO DETAILING THIS BUILDING AND WE FEEL WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE
DRAWINGS ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER THAN WE HAD SHOWN YOU IN THE SCHEDULE LAST TIME. 
          SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACCELERATE THAT. 
          AND ONCE WE GET THOSE PERMITS IN HAND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO JUST KEEP MOVING INTO
CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AT THE
SCHOOL THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THAT SITE OR THE BUILDING PERMIT. 
          IT. ONE IS THAT THE ROOF REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETE FOR THE EXISTING SCHOOL,
WHICH WAS A MUCH NEEDED UPGRADE FOR THAT BUILDING. 
          THIS SUMMER, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO RELOCATE THE BUS DROP OFF AND THE CANOPY THAT THE
STUDENTS WILL WALK INTO TO ENTER THE SCHOOL. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RELOCATED IT OVER THE SUMMER SO THAT WHEN THE
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, THEY DON'T NEED TO USE THAT FRONT DOOR ANYMORE. SO IT'S REYNOLDS IS WORKING HARD WITH THE
PRINCIPAL AND ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON THAT NEW FLOW INTO THE SCHOOL. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT EARLY SITE PACKAGE HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR PERMITTING. 
          SO THANK YOU. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          MR. SILAS. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS BACK. 
          I THOUGHT YOU'D FORGOTTEN US. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          I'M JUST KIDDING ALL THE TIME. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE FACT. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, OBVIOUSLY SINCE YOU WERE HERE LAST. 
          IN FACT, OUR PRINCIPALS HERE TONIGHT. SO I THINK HE'S PROUD AND EXCITED. 
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ABOUT WHAT WHAT YOU'VE GOT PUT TOGETHER, AND SO AM I. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WANTED TO COMMENT,
AND I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT WELL BEFORE MY TIME ON THE BOARD, THE BOARD APPROVED TO NAME THE CURRENT GYMNASIUM
AFTER MISS JEAN JOHNSON. 
          AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE DISTRICT AND DECIDE IF THAT NEEDS TO
COME OVER OR NOT. 
          I HAPPEN TO REMEMBER HER, OF COURSE, AT MOST OF HER WORK AND TIME WAS SPENT IN THE OLD
GYMNASIUM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE PROMINENT AN UPGRADED SIGN AND MORE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED
TO HONOR HER. 
          AND SO THAT SORT OF GOES ALONG WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY HOW GOOD, HOW GOOD IT LOOKS. 
          AT LEAST YOUR PLANS LOOK. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT IN ONE PLACE OR THE OTHER. 
          SO BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT. AND ALSO JUST A QUESTION MAYBE FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          ARE WE CONSIDERING OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE RELOCATE THE BUS OR BUS STORAGE OR
LOT? NOTHING AGAINST MR. ROWLAND, THE BUSSES. BUT YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A BIG, BIG CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THOSE BUSSES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT,
BUT IN MY MIND, IT MAY TAKE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THERE. 
          SO. WELL, CURRENTLY WE ARE PLANNING ON RELOCATING MR. ROWLAND. AND SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO. THAT'S JUST ME SAYING CONGRATULATIONS. 
          HE HE'S HE'S GOT A GREAT NEW JOB LINED UP, SO I'M PROUD OF HIM. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THIS I WILL SAY THIS. WE, WE ARE ACTUALLY EXPLORING RELOCATING AREA THREE
BUS OFFICE TO, TO RETURN THAT LAND BACK TO, TO MIDLAND VALLEY. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A LOCATION IN MIND. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FEASIBLE AND MAKE
SURE THAT THE BUSSES CAN GET IN AND OUT OF IT. 
          SO GOOD. I'LL LET YOU WORK ON THAT. WE HAVE A PLAN,
BUT IT JUST IN SEEING THESE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN PLANS THAT JUST CROSSED MY MIND AND DRIVING AROUND THE SCHOOL THAT,
YOU KNOW, BIG, TALL CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE BUSSES. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD RECLAIM THAT. 
          SO. PERFECT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. EXCITED? LOOKS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY READ THE PLAQUE FOR JEAN JOHNSON
TODAY. 
          AGAIN WE REREAD THE SUMMARY TODAY AND WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO. SO I'M GLAD YOU
I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. SHE MEANT A LOT TO ME AND THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S OBVIOUS IN THE WORDS, THE KIND WORDS ON THE PLAQUE. 
          SO WE WILL CERTAINLY INCORPORATE THAT. THANKS FOR DOING THAT. 
          YEAH. MISS MORRIS. YES. SO I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL FOR THE MIDLAND VALLEY
AREA. 
          AND I'M JUST AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU ALL ARE
BEING IN THIS DESIGN. 
          YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK I MAY HAVE SHARED THAT I HAD A BROTHER WHO HAD WORKED IN
GRANITEVILLE, ONE OF THOSE MEALS THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME BACK AND FORTH TO
GRANITEVILLE. 
          SO THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANKS AGAIN FOR JUST BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AS WE'RE UPGRADING AND HAVING NEW
RENOVATIONS IN MIDLAND VALLEY. 
          AND AS WE'RE GROWING, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE SO THAT WAS THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR MIDLAND
VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION ADDITIONS, WHICH IS ALSO A 2024 1% SALES TAX SUPPORTED PROJECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THIS BRINGS US TO BE FIVE IN THE SUBJECT ON THAT IS THE AREA FIVE MASTER PLAN
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WHICH YOU GUYS SAW ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS WE'RE NOT APPROVING A DESIGN AS PER SE AS WE'RE,
THE ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING APPROVAL TO GET TO GO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT. 
          DOT YARBOROUGH THANK YOU, MR. NESTLE. BOARD MEMBERS. 
          DOCTOR MURPHY. YES, SIR. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH A PROPOSED AREA
FIVE MASTER PLAN. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HEARD IN THOSE LAST TWO PRESENTATIONS THE WONDERFUL PLANS THAT ARE ALREADY
ON THE BOARD DESIGN BOARDS FOR BOTH SOUTH AIKEN AND MIDLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE LOOKING HERE AT A RENDERING OF SILVER BLUFF HIGH
SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AS PART OF OUR 2024 $0.01 SALES TAX PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A PRESENTATION SOON FOR YOU ON SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS CREATE A MODERN,
BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, TRULY A LEARNING SPACE FOR 21ST CENTURY LEARNING, AS IT'S CALLED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN AREA FIVE SCHOOLS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SOME AGING FACILITIES. JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENED IN 1955. 
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AS THE PLAQUE THERE SHOWS US, AND THE BUILDING IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD,
EVEN THOUGH IT DID UNDERGO SOME RENOVATIONS IN THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS. IT'S NO LONGER A 21ST CENTURY LEARNING SPACE. 
          AND SO IT HAS SOME PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          GREENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALSO IN AREA FIVE ALSO BUILT AND OPENED IN 1955 EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS THE GRADES THAT ARE ON THE SITE,
THEY HOLD WATER AS THAT, THAT ONE PICTURE SHOWS US SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, LIKE THE ROOF AS A, FOR INSTANCE, LEAKS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF ITS AGE,
THE SCHOOL HAS, OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE AND IS A VERY MAINTENANCE INTENSIVE FACILITY AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE BECAUSE OF ITS AGE. 
          JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH MAINTAINING SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT THAT
POINT IN THEIR USEFUL LIFE OUR 8% CYCLIC PLAN THAT WE FOLLOW EACH YEAR TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP OUR BUILDINGS SAFE AND
UPGRADED SO THAT CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND TEACHERS CAN TEACH IN THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS. WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW TO SPEND $350,000 ON FLOORING AT
JACKSON, RENOVATIONS FOR WELL OVER $8 MILLION, AND HVAC UPGRADE AND REWORK AT WELL OVER $3 MILLION. 
          SO IN THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND ALMOST $12 MILLION ON A
FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT IN 1955 AND OPENED IN 1955. SIMILARLY, AT GREENDALE ELEMENTARY, THE ROOF THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT,
WHICH LEAKS $800,000 TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, RENOVATING IT FOR A NEW ENTRANCE,
A NEW VESTIBULE, SECURE VESTIBULE, SO CLOSE TO $3 MILLION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SPEND IN THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS. 
          AND SO THE QUESTION THAT LOGICALLY YOU WOULD ASK YOURSELF IS THAT A WISE INVESTMENT TO
SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY ON FACILITIES THAT ARE AT THIS, THIS AGE IN THEIR USEFUL LIFE? I THINK THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS NO. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT TO THE BOARD AND ASKING FOR CONSENT IS THAT YOU CONSIDER
ALLOWING US TO BUILD A NEW SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE ADDITION ON THE CAMPUS OF SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL,
WHICH IS THAT SITE MAP THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT AND RENOVATE AND REPURPOSE NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL SO THAT IT BECOMES NEW ELLENTON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT. SO WHAT DOES THAT INVOLVE? WELL, OF COURSE IT TAKES MONEY. YOU SEE HERE AT THE TOP OF THIS,
THIS BUDGET SHEET, THOSE FIRST ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ENTRIES REPRESENT WHAT WE WOULD SPEND. 
          AS I SHOWED YOU A MOMENT AGO MAINTAINING SAFE,
FUNCTIONAL FACILITIES AT GREENDALE AND JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH OUR CYCLIC MAINTENANCE PLAN OVER $14.5 MILLION. SO WE WOULD TAKE MONEY FROM THAT CYCLIC PLAN AND REALLOCATE IT TO ALLOW US TO BUILD THE SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE ADDITION AND TO RENOVATE AND
REPURPOSE NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CONVERT IT INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT WE NEED MORE. AND SO UNDER FUNDING SOURCES,
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT OUR 2024 1% SALES TAX BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED BY MR. TRAXLER WITH THAT,
WITH THAT MONEY, WHEN OR WITH THAT ISSUANCE, WE REALIZED A $23 MILLION BOND PREMIUM. SO THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO US. 
          ALSO, WHEN MR. TRAXLER ISSUES THE REMAINING $85 MILLION OF THAT BOND SALE,
HE ANTICIPATES APPROXIMATELY $12,166,000 OF ADDITIONAL BOND PREMIUM THAT WE WILL WE WILL REALIZE WE
TALKED ABOUT THE $14.58 MILLION THAT WE COULD DIVERT FROM CYCLIC MAINTENANCE,
AND THEN ALSO THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE WHEN WE ISSUE BONDS. WHEN THAT MONEY IS PUT INTO OUR OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 
          OF COURSE, THAT EARNS INTEREST, AND MR. TRAXLER ANTICIPATES ABOUT $10 MILLION IN
INVESTMENT EARNINGS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IS ALMOST $60 MILLION,
$59,746,000. 
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AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH,
BOTH ON THE SILVER BLUFF CAMPUS AND AT NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          SO OUR ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE THERE AT SILVER BLUFF FOR THE MIDDLE ADDITION,
$47 MILLION. 
          NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE CONVERSION INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
$10 MILLION AND POSSIBLE DEMOLITION OF JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GREENDALE. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S JUST A PROPOSAL. AND WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THAT'S WHAT WE'LL
DO, BUT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE SHOULD WE WISH TO DO THAT OR NEED TO DO THAT. 
          SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET ALMOST TOUCHING $60 MILLION. 
          JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEW SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL EDITION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
          LET'S GO BACK TO THE SILVER BLUFF SITE AGAIN. 
          A LITTLE CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS OUR CURRENT SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME, SAMANTHA? ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE SILVER BLUFF SITE MASTER PLAN AND
THAT AREA OR THAT THAT STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT BLUE REPRESENTS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION OR THE MIDDLE ADDITION TO SILVER BLUFF
MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE DESOTO DRIVE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. 
          WE WOULD HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAR LINE. GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. OF COURSE, MY LASER IS NOT GOING TO WORK,
BUT WE WOULD HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAR STACKING LINE HERE COMING OFF OF DESOTO DRIVE,
DROPPING OFF AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, A DEDICATED MIDDLE SCHOOL DROP OFF, A DEDICATED HIGH SCHOOL CAR STACKING LINE AND DROP OFF
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL HERE. NOTICE THAT WE WOULD CUT IN OR PROPOSING TO CUT IN ANOTHER ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL
THAT WOULD CONNECT FROM THE BACK OF THE CURRENT CAMPUS TO HIGHWAY 278 FOR CAR TRAFFIC BUS TRAFFIC. BUSSES WOULD COME IN HERE,
LOOP AROUND, DROP OFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HERE. 
          DROP OFF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL WOULD HAVE ITS OWN CAR DROP OFF LINE, ITS OWN BUS DROP OFF POINT, AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL,
SO THAT THOSE TWO ARE NOT MIXING. 
          BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE ADDITION IS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS,
IT IS IN FACT A SELF-CONTAINED, SELF FUNCTIONING MIDDLE ADDITION. SO WE DON'T WANT CROSSOVER BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRAFFIC OR STUDENTS UNLESS IT'S NECESSARY. 
          BUS PARKING IN THE BACK. BUS DRIVER PARKING THEIR PERSONAL CARS IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL. 
          ALSO A TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. NEW CONSTRUCTION NEXT TO THE BUS PARKING LOT. 
          SO NOW IF WE FOCUS IN ON THE MIDDLE ADDITION,
THE FIRST FLOOR. 
          YOU SEE OF COURSE, THAT WE HAVE EIGHT CLASSROOMS,
COLLABORATIVE SPACE, A SECURE LOBBY. 
          THE VESTIBULE IS A SECURE LOBBY. ALSO A CAFETERIA,
A SPACE FOR CHORUS BAND ART, A WARMING KITCHEN AND A GYM. AND THEN ON THE LEFT THERE IS CENTER LEFT,
A POSSIBLE AREA FOR FUTURE EXPANSION SHOULD THAT BE NECESSARY. 
          MOVING TO THE SECOND FLOOR MEDIA CENTER, MORE CLASSROOMS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRESENCE
ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          SO MOVING OVER TO THE CURRENT NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL,
WHICH WE PROPOSE TO CONVERT INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          SOME OF THE SIDE ITEMS TO CONSIDER, OF COURSE,
ARE SITE CIRCULATION AS IT EXISTS NOW IS NUMBER ONE CANOPIES THAT WOULD BE BUILT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DROP OFF. THE PLAYGROUNDS THERE IN THE BACK. 
          NUMBER THREE FENCING, WE OF COURSE, WOULD CREATE A SECURE PLAYGROUND AREA SO THAT THE
CHILDREN SAFETY WOULD BE PRIMARY. 
          ALSO SITE UTILITIES, PRIMARILY LOCATED AT THE RIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAMPUS NEAR
THE THE BACK OF THE CAFETERIA 
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CLASSROOMS, OF COURSE, WOULD BE ADDED NEW RESTROOMS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWO CHILDREN, A NEW SECURE VESTIBULE IN THE OFFICE AREA. WE WOULD REMOVE LOCKERS AS THEY WOULD NOT BE
NEEDED FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. 
          OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE SOME FINISHES. 
          THERE WOULD BE BRANDING CHANGES. THERE'S SOME EXISTING MAINTENANCE,
MISCELLANEOUS SPACE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND THAT'S ALL IN OUR, OUR PROPOSED PLAN. AND GOING INSIDE. 
          THOSE AREAS SHOWN IN BLUE ARE RENOVATED OR NEW SPACES IN THOSE AREAS SHOWN IN THAT THAT
LIGHT PINK OR SALMON COLORED ARE REPURPOSED. 
          SO NOTICE THERE TOP CENTER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS AND POSSIBLY USING
THAT FLEX SPACE ALSO AS A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM FOR THREE THEN MOVING TO THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE THERE,
SECOND GRADE AND THIRD GRADE THREE CLASSROOMS EACH AT THE BOTTOM CENTER, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS,
THREE OF EACH. 
          AND WHEN I'M NAMING THOSE NUMBERS OF CLASSROOMS,
WHAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IS WHAT EXISTS CURRENTLY AT GREENDALE, AND THE NEED TO PROGRAMMATICALLY BRING OVER THE SAME NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS TO THE THE NEW
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE WOULD SORT OF FLIP FLOP THE CURRENT OFFICE AND THE ART ROOM IN THOSE AREAS SHOWN IN
BLUE THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. 
          A RESOURCE SPACE, A MUSIC ROOM IN THE BACK. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHOOL,
YOU KNOW THAT THE COMMONS EXIST THERE ON THE RIGHT CENTER, AND WE WOULD MAINTAIN THAT IN THE BACK, A NEW PRE-K,
KINDERGARTEN AND RESOURCE WING AND THE PORTABLES THAT ARE EXISTING ON THE, THE BACK CENTER OF THE SCHOOL WERE CONSIDERING IF,
IF NECESSARY, KEEPING THOSE WHERE THEY MIGHT BE OR PERHAPS MOVING THEM SLIGHTLY, BUT THOSE SPACES MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL. SO IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER,
THERE IS A GRADE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION FOR WHAT WE HAVE NOW AT GREENDALE 2627 AND THE NUMBERS OF CLASSROOMS THAT AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RATHER THAT WOULD BE
MOVING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL WHEN IT OPENS. 
          OOPS. I'M SORRY. SAMANTHA, CAN YOU GO BACK? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO OUR FLOW CHART. OF COURSE, ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS WOULD BE WHAT IS THE
TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL, THE DESIGN, THE ADDITIONS AND THE RENOVATIONS,
OF COURSE, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          AND IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN SILVER BLUFF HIGH CONSTRUCTION, THE NEW ADDITIONS AND EARLY SITE PACKAGE THERE IN
EARLY 27 INTO THE FALL OF 2028. 
          CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATIONS AT SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF 28,
FINISHING IN TWO OF 29 AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION. OF COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY MAKING PLANS AND WOULD CONTINUE WITH THAT
IF WE HAVE YOUR CONSENT. 
          THE ADDITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE ADDITION WOULD BEGIN JUNE OF
28, CONCLUDE JUNE OF 29, AND WE WOULD RELOCATE JACKSON AND NEW ELLENTON DURING THE SUMMER OF
2029 INTO THEIR. 
          THEIR NEW ADDITION. NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          OF COURSE WE'RE. WE'RE MAKING PLANS NOW, AND WE WOULD BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION,
RENOVATION AND CONVERSION AT NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE IN THE SPRING OF 29 AND COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2029 AND RELOCATE GREENDALE STUDENTS TO THE NEW NEW ELLENTON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JANUARY OF 30. 
          SO JUST TO GRAPHICALLY SORT OF REPRESENT SUMMARIZE WHAT I JUST SAID. 
          SO SILVER BLUFF HIGH STUDENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUPY OCCUPY,
THE NEW SILVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY OF 29. 
          JACKSON AND NEW ELLENTON STUDENTS TRANSITION TO THE NEW MIDDLE EDITION SUMMER OF 2029,
AND THEN GREENDALE STUDENTS INTO THEIR NEW NEW ELLENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JANUARY OF 2030. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING TONIGHT SIMPLY IS THAT. 
          WE WOULD LIKE YOUR CONSENT TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT. 
          SURVEYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE ON
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD. 
          BE IN FAVOR OF SILVER BLUFF MIDDLE ADDITION AND A RENOVATION OF NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE
SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT WE COULD THEN MOVE JACKSON AND NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SILVER BLUFF
HIGH. 
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AND THEN MOVE GREENDALE STUDENTS INTO THE NEWLY RENOVATED NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          EXCUSE ME. NEW ELLENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO IF YOU GIVE US THAT CONSENT,
THEN WE HAVE A PLAN FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND SURVEYS. 
          AND OF COURSE, WHATEVER INFORMATION WE GATHER,
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THEN WAIT FOR YOUR DECISIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MOULTON. THANK YOU, DOCTOR YARBOROUGH. 
          I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING SOME OF THAT BEFORE,
SO IT WASN'T ALL NEW TO ME. 
          I JUST I APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING. I REALLY LIKE IT. 
          I THINK I'M PROBABLY GOING TO AGREE WITH THE CONSENT WITH NO PROBLEM. 
          I HAD A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. IT WAS THE ONE WHERE WE'RE SHOWING THE THREE
PORTABLE UNITS AS STILL PART OF NEW ELLENTON MIDDLE. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS THIS FAR OUT, COULD WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT ELIMINATING THOSE THREE
PORTABLES IN SOME WAY AND ADDING MORE ADDITIONAL SPACE IF THOSE ARE NEEDED TO COVER THE CLASSROOM SPACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT GREENDALE? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE THERE? WE CERTAINLY HAVE TIME, MR. MOULTON. I THINK LIKE WITH ANY PROJECT,
WE MAY BE CONSTRAINED BY THE BUDGET, BUT WE DO HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO MAKE PLANS. I THINK ONE IDEA THAT WE,
I THINK ONE IDEA THAT WE HAD IS POSSIBLY THEY COULD BE USED AS OFFICES FOR SPECIAL ED PERSONNEL POSSIBLY, OR FOR SPECIAL PULLOUT SERVICES. 
          SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN. 
          I THINK IF IT'S, IF THE BUDGET IS THERE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TIME TO,
TO MAKE PLANS, BUT I WOULD STRESS TO TO, TO ALL OUR BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS SIMPLY A CONCEPT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO THE REAL PROGRAMING HASN'T STARTED. WE'RE WAITING ON YOUR,
YOUR DECISION. 
          AND IF YOU ALLOW US TO GO FORWARD AND GATHER INPUT,
CONDUCT SURVEYS, THEN WE'LL MAKE SOME REAL HARD PROGRAMING DECISIONS. 
          AND I THINK ANYTHING RIGHT NOW IS ON THE TABLE AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT. 
          YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR YARBOROUGH. 
          MR. SILAS, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE TO THE TIMELINE AND MAYBE I MISSED IT AT THE VERY
BEGINNING. 
          WHAT'S THIS VERY UPFRONT TIMELINE FOR INPUT AND DECISIONS AND TO REALLY GET US ON TRACK TO
MEETING YOUR SCHEDULE? YES, SIR. WELL, WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLY TO MID SEPTEMBER FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND SURVEYS. 
          SO LESS THAN A MONTH. JUST. VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF PURSUING THIS. THE HOW MANY TOWN HALLS ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE WHERE YOU
ACTUALLY FACE TO FACE TO PEOPLE PLANNING ON TWO. 
          YES, SIR. IN JACKSON AND NEW ELLENTON. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION JUST I DIDN'T SEE
IT IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THE WITH THE CURRENT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN,
WE HAVE THE SAME OR MORE AMOUNT OF SEATS FROM A MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY PERSPECTIVE THAT WE DO TODAY. NO, SIR. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. 
          I'M USING 11 DAY COUNT NUMBERS THAT WE JUST HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT GREENDALE IS 303 STUDENTS. 
          SO BASED ON THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE WOULD DO AT NEW ELLINGTON MIDDLE,
WHEN WE BROUGHT THOSE 303 STUDENTS OVER, WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GROW BY 25%. THERE,
THE CAPACITY WOULD BE OVER 400. 
          THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I WAS MAYBE I DIDN'T PHRASE IT CORRECTLY. 
          I WAS JUST KIND OF DOING A DUMB CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T GOING DOWN IN THE
NUMBER OF SEATS. 
          NO, SIR. WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY AT NEW ELLINGTON MIDDLE BY 25%. 
          WE'LL WE'LL HAVE ROOM FOR GROWTH AT SILVER BLUFF,
MIDDLE ADDITION OF 20%. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE ROOM TO GROW AT BOTH. BOTH PLACES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR YARBOROUGH? MR. BROOME? I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS. THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE BACK,
PARTICULARLY WITH GREENDALE GOING BACK TO THE $0.01. 
          AND IT DID GET PUT ON AS CONTINGENCY AT THAT TIME. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR KEEPING THIS IN MIND AND BEING CREATIVE WITH
TRYING TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, THIS SCHOOL. THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE? 
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR YARBOROUGH. THANK YOU,
MISS NESTLE. 
          AND AS DOCTOR YARBOROUGH SAID, IF THIS IS IF ITEM THIS IS ITEM B FIVE. 
          IF IT'S APPROVED AS PART OF CONSENT ITEMS WE'RE GIVING CONSENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO
FULLY DEVELOP THEIR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND PROCEED WITH GATHERING PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND PERHAPS SURVEYS. ALL RIGHT. 
          AND LOOKING BACK ON THE AGENDA, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE CONSENT ITEMS. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ITEM B SIX IS A CHANGE ORDER RELATIVELY SMALL,
A LITTLE OVER $18,000 CREDIT COMING BACK ON THE REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY SECURE VESTIBULE. THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST CONSENT ITEM IS THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION OF ALLOCATION OF
SCHOOL SAFETY PRIORITY FUNDS. 
          AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR FY 27. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF LENGTHY, BUT THE YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT,
BUT THIS IS MONEY THAT'S ALIGNED TO MAKING UPGRADES WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR SCHOOL SAFETY PRIORITIES ARE. 
          AND THAT'S THINGS LIKE LOCKS ACCESS CONTROL,
ETC.. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE DESCRIBED THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. 
          SO MOTION BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON SECONDED BY DOCTOR BRADLEY TO APPROVE THE SEVEN
CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? BLESS YOU. HEARING NO DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS NINE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          THE SEVEN CONSENT ITEMS ARE APPROVED. WE DO HAVE ONE INFORMATIONAL TOPIC THAT I BELIEVE
MISS RILEY WAS GOING TO PRESENT. 
          WE HAD A REQUEST TO GO OVER E OH FIVE INFORMATION,
AND SHE HAS PREPARED A REPORT TO REVIEW WITH US. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. BOARD CHAIR. MR.. NESTLE. 
          BOARD MEMBER. SUPERINTENDENT. DOCTOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. 
          I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME AS OUR BOARD CHAIR JUST MENTIONED. 
          SHARE SOME INFORMATION AND RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC BOARD REQUEST. 
          THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR OUR MOST RECENT LAST FIVE YEARS OF THE EO5. 
          AND SO I'M HERE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU,
WHICH IS THE ELEMENTARY SECONDARY STAFF INFORMATION REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE EO5. IT COVERS OUR WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE. 
          SO JUST TO COVER WHAT EXACTLY IS THE EO5. IT IS THE ELEMENTARY SECONDARY STAFF INFORMATION
REPORT, WHICH IS OUR OUR MANDATORY BILATERAL FEDERAL SURVEY THAT'S COLLECTED BY THE EEOC AND THE
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          IT TRACKS THE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHIC FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 100 PLUS
EMPLOYEES. 
          SO THE THREE BUCKETS THAT ARE COVERED IN THAT AREA FOR THE REPORT INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT,
DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUR WORKFORCE STATUS. 
          SO THERE ARE 18 JOB CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED OR REPORTED ON IN THE EEO FIVE
REPORT, AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY USE FOR THE REPORT. 
          SEVEN CATEGORIES FOR RACE AND ETHNICITY AND TWO CATEGORIES UNDER DEMOGRAPHICS FOR SEX. 
          AND THEN IT ALSO CAPTURES THE FULL TIME STAFF,
PART TIME STAFF AS WELL AS OUR FULL TIME NEW HIRES. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST NOTE THAT IT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE SECTION 709 OF TITLE SEVEN OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 
          SO THIS REPORT HAS BEEN ON PAUSE SINCE 2022 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND AS OF JULY 2026, THERE'S BEEN A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
PERMANENTLY SUSPEND THE COLLECTION OF THIS DATA BASED ON OUR 2020 205 REPORT. THIS IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AT THE TIME. 
          WE HAD OVER ALMOST 3000 FULL TIME STAFF, 166 PART TIME STAFF,
344 FULL TIME NEW HIRES, AND 42 SCHOOLS OPERATING AT THE TIME. AND THAT INCLUDED 41 SCHOOLS IN OUR CAREER
CENTER AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT THAT WAS CAPTURED WAS 23,223. 
          THE EEO FIVE ALSO ALLOWS US TO SUBMIT INFORMATION WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE OUR FULL
TIME WORKFORCE BY ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION. 
          AND YOU SEE HERE, JUST ACCORDING TO THE BAR GRAPH THERE,
IS THAT OUR LARGEST WORKFORCE AREA IS OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          SO OUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHT,
IS THAT OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS REPRESENTED OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES FULL TIME POSITIONS, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4% OF OUR FULL TIME WORKFORCE. 
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I ALSO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE AREA HERE,
THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF. 
          THAT CATEGORY SUMMARIZES THE STAFF THAT REQUIRE A DEGREE OR FORMAL CERTIFICATION,
BUT DON'T QUITE FIT INTO THE SUBGROUPS, LIKE TEACHERS OR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS OR OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS OR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. 
          SO THEY ARE CATEGORIZED DIFFERENTLY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
AND THEY'RE CLASSIFIED IN THAT SUBGROUP OF THE OTHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          I'M SORRY, OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF. AND THEN THE OTHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 
          THAT INCLUDES OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO REPORT TO THEM IN 2022 THE LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL
STAFFING AS OUTLINED HERE. 
          THIS REPORT ASKS US TO CAPTURE THE OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGERS,
AS YOU SEE ON THAT FIRST LINE, WHICH JUST CAPTURES OUR DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERS AND ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL
AND PRACTICING. 
          THIS SLIDE ACCORDING TO OUR REPORTING WINDOW FROM JULY 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH,
2022. 
          YOU SEE HERE THE FULL TIME NEW HIRES, 56% OF OUR REPORTED FULL TIME NEW HIRES WERE OUR
CLASSROOM TEACHERS, WHICH WAS ABOUT 194 INDIVIDUALS AT A TOTAL OF 344. 
          SO THE NEW HIRES SECTION HAS A PROFESSIONAL STAFF NONPROFESSIONAL STAFF SECTION. 
          AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU OF WHAT THAT IS,
THE NONPROFESSIONAL STAFF OF 113. 
          THAT INCLUDES OUR TEACHER AIDES, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WORKERS,
SERVICE WORKERS, TECHNICIANS, SKILLED LABORERS, AND OUR HELPERS. AGAIN, JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND
NOMENCLATURE THAN WHAT WE DO HERE. 
          SO JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE IN SUMMARY, IN 2022,
AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION, AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD CLOSE TO 3000 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WITH APPROXIMATELY 44% BEING OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS,
OUR MOST HIGHEST NUMBER IN OUR WORKFORCE. 
          CLASS TEACHER AIDES AND SERVICE WORKERS WERE COMING UP TO MAKE UP AN ADDITIONAL 31%,
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEW HIRES AT THAT TIME WERE TEACHERS. 
          SO THE INTERNAL TRACKING BETWEEN FINANCE AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM HELPS
US TO CAPTURE AND TRY TO TRACK SIMILAR INFORMATION THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE REPORT. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN ON HOLD FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SINCE 2022. 
          BUT HERE THIS HIGHLIGHTS OUR WORKFORCE COMPOSITION BY RACE AND GENDER OVER A FIVE YEAR
TREND. 
          THIS SLIDE IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR GENDER COMPOSITION BREAKDOWN. 
          WE ARE SHOWING 77% FEMALE, 23% MALE. 
          AND THIS SLIDE COVERS OUR FUNCTIONS OVER THE FIVE YEAR TREND. 
          SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS AS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW TODAY. 
          SO WE HAVE AND YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR WORKFORCE GROUP. 
          YOU SEE THE TOTALS AND YOU ALSO SEE THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN FOR THOSE PARTICULAR WORKFORCE
GROUP AREAS. 
          SO JUST IN SUMMARY JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE,
THE EO FIVE REPORT ITSELF HAS BEEN ON HOLD AND THERE IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL TO SUSPEND ONGOING REPORTING OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          BUT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO PULL DEMOGRAPHIC,
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE STILL FIND USEFUL FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH STAFFING TRENDS AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THE UPDATES AS NECESSARY. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. MISS RILEY, COULD YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES TO WHERE IT WAS
DOING BREAK DOWN BY PERCENT? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. FIVE YEAR TREND OF THAT. THE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOTTOM
OR IS THAT A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE? NO, THOSE ARE CURRENT WHERE WE STAND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CHANGES. 
          THIS IS STILL THE MAKEUP OF OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          SO EACH YEAR WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF RUNS THE HIGHEST. 
          THAT INCLUDES OUR TEACHER AIDES THERE. THEN YOU SEE OUR SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION,
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CLERICAL STAFF AND ANY SUPPORT STAFF, 
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CLASSIFIED POSITIONS, STUDENT SERVICES LIKE OUR NURSES PSYCHIATRISTS,
PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THEN SUPERVISORY POSITIONS. 
          THAT INCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS,
DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS AND SO FORTH. 
          OKAY. THAT'S A, THAT'S A FAIRLY, IT'S STABLE,
BUT IT'S A FAIRLY HEALTHY DISTRIBUTION AS FAR AS RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE CLASSROOM OR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES. 
          THAT'S OUR GOAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MOULTON. 
          JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MISS RILEY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          I HADN'T SEEN THIS IN QUITE A WHILE AND I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY,
BUT THAT SLIDE, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL
SIDE OF THINGS. 
          AND THIS SHOWS THAT EXTREMELY WELL. AND SO MY QUESTION COMES FROM THIS. 
          IF WE'RE IF WE DON'T CONTINUE AN EEO FIVE REPORT,
WILL WE STILL HAVE. 
          AND I ASSUME WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME SORT OF INTERNAL MEASURE OF THIS SORT OF THING THAT WE
CAN KEEP UP WITH? YES. SO THE SLIDE I'M SORRY. HERE WE WERE ABLE TO PULL WITH OUR INTERNAL SYSTEMS. AND SO THAT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TEAM AND HUMAN RESOURCES,
AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PULL FROM FINANCE. 
          SO WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GATHER SOME DATA. OKAY. 
          YEAH. I'M SORRY. I PERSONALLY FIND A LOT OF VALUE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP WE REPORT
SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, LIKE PERCENT INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO THE STATE. 
          AND YOU CAN FIND IT. AND I PERSONALLY FIND SOME VALUE OF KEEPING TABS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT STAYS A HEALTHY PERCENTAGE. 
          OKAY. MR.. NESTLE. MR. SILAS, YOU REPORTED THE STUDENT POPULATION IN 22. 
          CERTAINLY. WE KNOW WHAT WHAT'S OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT? I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          THEREABOUTS. YEAH. WE'RE DOWN RIGHT NOW, I THINK. 
          RIGHT. RIGHT AROUND 22,000. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS RILEY OR IN GENERAL ON THIS SUBJECT? THANK YOU,
MISS RILEY. 
          OKAY. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SO I'M HERE AGAIN. 
          OH, SORRY. I THERE ARE SOME NIGHTS I JUST GO LINE BY LINE. 
          I'M OKAY. NOT GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF. 
          OKAY. THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR EXIT SURVEY UPDATE,
SO I WILL SHARE THOSE SLIDES WITH YOU NOW. 
          SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR EXIT SURVEYS ARE TO BASICALLY IDENTIFY CAUSES OF OUR EMPLOYEE
TURNOVER THAT KIND OF HELP US WITH RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. 
          THE RESPONSES THAT I'LL BE GOING OVER TONIGHT ARE JUST SNAPSHOTS OR ACTUALLY RESPONSES
FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CHOSE TO COMPLETE THE EXIT SURVEY. 
          SO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE SURVEY, JUST OUTLINING WHAT THE DATA INCLUDES AND WHAT THE
DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE. 
          SO THE DATA DOES INCLUDE THE REASONS FOR LEAVING. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SATISFACTION LEVELS REGARDING CULTURE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. 
          ALSO, THERE IS A SECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS TO INPUT ANY OPEN ENDED FEEDBACK FEEDBACK THAT
THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          HOWEVER, THE DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONAL PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BECAUSE
THE SURVEYS ARE ANONYMOUS. 
          SO HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE COMPLETION DATA OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          YOU SEE HERE WE HAVE COMPLETION DATA GOING BACK FROM 2020. 
          YOU HAVE A HIGHLIGHTED AREA HERE THAT I WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT. 
          WHAT YOU SEE IS THE DIFFERENCE. SO FROM 2020 TO 2024,
THERE WAS A USE OF A DIFFERENT SURVEY SYSTEM AND A DIFFERENT PROCESS WAS USED ALTOGETHER BEGINNING IN THE YEAR END, BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF YEAR END OF 2025,
THERE WAS A NEW INTENTIONAL FOCUS, A NEW SURVEY AND A NEW PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF FOCUSING ON
RETENTION AND THE EFFORTS OF RETENTION, INCLUDING EXIT SURVEYS. SO WITH THE NEW SYSTEM AND THE NEW PROCESS,
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE BEGIN TO SEE HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL YEAR END 25 AND SCHOOL YEAR END 26. YOU SEE THAT THE COMPLETION RATE DID RISE SIGNIFICANTLY THAT
PARTICULAR YEAR. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST WITH THE TEAM AT THE TIME,
FOCUSING ON SHIFTING THEIR PRACTICE BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR. 
          SO IN JANUARY OF THAT YEAR, WE HAD 98 RESPONSES. 
          280 SURVEYS WERE SENT OUT TO INDIVIDUALS, GIVING US A 35% COMPLETION RATE. 
          AND THEN IN 2026, YOU ALSO SEE 100 SURVEYS THAT WERE SENT OUT,
I'M SORRY, 100 SURVEYS THAT WERE COMPLETED AND 455 
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SURVEYS THAT WERE SENT OUT. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING OUR COMPLETION RATE INCREASE,
WE ARE SEEING A INCREASE IN OUR RETENTION NUMBERS OVERALL. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A RESPONSE RESPONDENT
SNAPSHOT. 
          WE DID HAVE FOR 2425, 100 INDIVIDUALS THAT RESPONDED. 
          AND THEN IN 2526, WE HAD 98 INDIVIDUALS THAT RESPONDED. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION REGARDING SOME OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT RESPONDENTS
REPORTED LEAVING THE DISTRICT. 
          WE SEE HERE FOUR AREAS FACTORS UNRELATED TO MY JOB,
WHICH. 
          FOR BOTH YEARS HAVE REMAINED THE TOP FACTOR OF WHY EMPLOYEES ARE INDICATING THEY'RE
LEAVING THE DISTRICT. 
          THEN WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT DROP TO OUR NEXT AREAS,
WHICH INCLUDE EDUCATION, PROFESSION IN GENERAL, DISTRICT RELATED FACTORS AND SCHOOL SPECIFIC FACTORS. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWCASES A MORE DRILLED DOWN FOCUS ON FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE
EMPLOYEES LEAVING THE DISTRICT. 
          OUR HIGHEST RESPONSES WERE NONE OF THE FACTORS LISTED. 
          SO WHEN THE INDIVIDUALS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AREAS THAT PEOPLE PEOPLE SELECTED. 
          SO NONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO SEE THE OTHER FACTORS LISTED BEING DISSATISFACTION WITH SCHOOL
LEADERSHIP, POOR WORK LIFE BALANCE, DISSATISFACTION WITH DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERSHIP,
LACK OF RECOGNITION, INEFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UNFAIR EVALUATION PRACTICES AND THE INPUT IN SCHOOL
WIDE DECISIONS. 
          BUT YOU SEE SUCH A LARGE GAP BETWEEN NONE. AND THEN THE SMALLER NUMBERS THAT ARE INDICATED
THERE FOR YEARS 2024 AND 25 AND 25, 26. THIS IDENTIFIES OUR DISTRICT STRENGTHS. SO YOU WOULD SEE THESE SAME AREAS ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL. SO THE INDIVIDUALS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE MORE THAN
ONE. 
          BUT THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT THEY IDENTIFY AS SOME OF OUR STRENGTHS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          BENEFITS WERE OUR MOST FREQUENTLY SELECTED STRENGTHS IN BOTH YEARS. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE SUBSTANCE SUBSEQUENTLY COMMUNICATION CULTURE COMPOSITION COMPENSATION. 
          I'M SORRY. AND LEADERSHIP RECEIVED MORE SELECTIONS AS STRENGTHS FOR 25 AND 26 VERSUS 24
AND 25. 
          SO THERE IS A SLIGHT TREND OF IMPROVEMENT OF INDICATORS FOR THOSE THOSE PEOPLE INDICATING
THAT IT IS A STRENGTH FOR THEM AND FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          HERE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE NOTED AGAIN. THESE ARE THE SAME AREAS THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
SELECT. 
          IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU SEE THOSE AREAS AND HOW THEY RANKED IN TERMS OF BENEFITS AND
STRENGTHS FOR US. 
          AND NOW THESE SAME AREAS ARE THEN RANKED BASED ON AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR US FOR TO
IMPROVE MORALE AND RETENTION AND COMPENSATION BEING OUR NUMBER ONE. BUT WE DO SEE A DECLINE IN 2526. 
          AND WE ALSO SEE THE SAME WITH LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE WAY DOWN,
EXCEPT FOR BENEFITS, WHICH IS STILL LOWER THAN THAN THE OTHER AREAS SIGNIFICANTLY. SO OUR NEXT STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING A PULSE ON NOT ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXITING OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          WE WANT IT. WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED OUR 30,
60, 90 DAY SURVEYS THAT GO OUT AND SERVE AS CHECKPOINTS FOR US TO ENSURE WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHERE IMPROVEMENT AREAS ARE NEEDED, AND SO WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS EARLIER
INSTEAD OF WAITING TO THE END WITH OUR EXIT SURVEY DOES FOR US. 
          WE ARE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE SC TEACHER SURVEY THAT GIVES US NOT ONLY EXIT INFORMATION
BUT INFORMATION REGARDING THE WORKING CONDITIONS. 
          SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE LEVEL REPORTING SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY
WHERE OUR WORKING CONDITIONS ARE, ADDITIONAL AREAS OF GROWTH AND ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT ON. 
          AND SO OUR NEXT MEETING, OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE WORKS AND THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO UTILIZE TO
HELP US NOT ONLY WITH THE DATA ITSELF, BUT TO HELP US CONTINUE TO WORK ON RETENTION DURING THE SEASON. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, PROACTIVE RETENTION. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN,
IDENTIFY AND ACT. 
          SO USING THOSE CHECKPOINT SURVEYS STAY INTERVIEWS,
GETTING THOSE UP AND RUNNING AND UTILIZING WHAT WE WANT TO START IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING NEW. OUR STATE SURVEYS TO IDENTIFY THE TRENDS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS EARLIER. 
          ANY QUESTIONS MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. GOOD EVENING. 
          HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? I'M WELL THANK YOU. GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE. 
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YES. UNDER EARLY EMPLOYEE CHECKPOINTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA TEACHER TEACHER SURVEYS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
BUT WE ARE ALSO IN THE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN BUSINESS. 
          AT ANY POINT OR TIME, DOES ANYONE BOTHER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR STAFF AND JUST
GENERALLY TALK TO HEAR AND LISTEN TO GET A PULSE OF WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES MAY BE,
OR SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THAT THEY FEEL ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING GOOD. ARE WE ACTUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PEOPLE? SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK TOWARDS. 
          IF YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE I HAVE LISTED IN PROACTIVE RETENTION STATE INTERVIEWS AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO JUST TRYING TO BE ABLE TO PILOT THAT IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE'RE ENCOURAGING SCHOOL
LEADERS AND AND MANAGERS, DEPARTMENT MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES
ABOUT, ARE YOU WANTING TO STAY? WE WANT YOU TO STAY,
WE FIND YOU VALUABLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND GIVE THOSE REASONS WHY AND BE ABLE TO TAKE BACK FEEDBACK AS WELL. SO THAT IS WHERE THAT WILL COME IN AT. 
          IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO MOVING
FORWARD. 
          MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HOPEFUL FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS NOW THAT THE HR DEPARTMENT WOULD WOULD SELECTIVELY PURSUE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH,
YOU KNOW, IN THE OUTLIER, YOU KNOW, EXITS A NEW NEW CAREER TEACHER, FIRST YEAR,
A NEW CAREER TEACHER THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN DECIDES TO LEAVE, SEEK THAT PERSON OUT RATHER THAN THE SURVEY TO SAY,
HEY, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING US SO SOON? WHAT'S GOING ON? RIGHT? AND THE SAME ON THE BACK END. 
          MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT'S LEAVING PRETTY CLOSE TO RETIREMENT,
BUT SO JUST EMPHASIZING WHAT MRS RHINEHART-JACKSON SAYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOU MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO WE, WE CAN GET MORE THAN WHAT A SURVEY CAN,
CAN PROVIDE. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES. MR. MOULTON, MISS RILEY,
I THINK THE GOOD NEWS. 
          I SAW SOME SOME REALLY GOOD REDUCTIONS IN SOME NUMBERS THERE THAT LOOK PRETTY PLEASING. 
          WHAT? I LIKE THIS. THIS PRESENTATION IS TREMENDOUS COMPARED TO WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS
REPORT SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO I SEE SOME GOOD TRENDS. I SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          I'M SURE TO DOCTOR MURPHY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I WAS IF MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON
HADN'T SAID IT, I WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO ASK, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK THE PEOPLE SIDE OF IT IS SO
IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE A TENDENCY I DO TOO. IT'S ANY OF US. 
          I'VE WORKED IN HR BEFORE, AND WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO RELY ON A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD,
YOU KNOW, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE TO TALKING TO OUR
PEOPLE. 
          AND WE'RE WHERE I WORK CURRENTLY, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A 1 TO 1 MEETING. 
          AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH EVERY CERTAINLY HR CANNOT DO THAT WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE. 
          BUT ANY, ANY TIME WE GET TO IMPROVE THAT 1 TO 1 CONVERSATION AND I SEE IT IN WHAT YOU'RE
DOING I APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY WILL RELAY THAT TO THE TEAM. THEY'RE WORKING REALLY
HARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU,
MISS RILEY. 
          THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. 
          BOTH ARE NOMINATIONS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA ADVISORY COUNCILS. 
          ITEM D1A COMES FROM MR. SILAS. AND I'LL LET HIM SPEAK. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT ONE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR AREA THREE WHOSE TERM RECENTLY
EXPIRED. 
          MR. LANCE THOMAS. AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. LANCE THOMAS FOR THE AREA THREE ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          SO, MR. SILAS HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. LANCE THOMAS TO ANOTHER TERM ON THE AREA THREE ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN SECONDED BY
MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS. NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THEN WE MOVE TO ITEM D,
ONE B OR BRAVO. 
          AND MISS TYLER HAS A SIMILAR NOMINATION FOR AREA FOUR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AREA FOR ADVISORY. 
          COUNCIL CURRENTLY HAS A VACANCY AND MY NOMINATION TO REPLACE MRS. BRENNAN, WHO HAS CHOSEN NOT TO SERVE. AN ADDITIONAL TERM IS CASSANDRA HICKS BROWN. 
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MISS HICKS BROWN IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE SALLY COMMUNITY. 
          SHE GRADUATED FROM WAGENER-SALLEY HIGH HIGH SCHOOL,
A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S FROM STRAYER UNIVERSITY. SHE PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTS FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, COMMUNITY FOCUSED PROJECTS, AND SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO MY NOMINATION IS FOR MRS. CASSANDRA HICKS BROWN. 
          SO MISS TYLER HAS MADE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MISS CASSANDRA HICKS BROWN TO A TERM ON THE
AREA FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND THAT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS. NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. 
          GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          FIRST, TO SHARE THAT WHAT I THINK IS A VERY DRAMATIC AND VERY IMPACTFUL AREA. 
          FIVE MASTER PLAN. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THIS CONCEPT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO
GATHER INPUT AND TO BRING THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THIS BOARD AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS AND TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF TAXPAYER SUPPORT FOR OUR
STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND THAT COMMUNITY. IN THE COMING DAYS. 
          YOU WILL ALSO SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S
RECENTLY RELEASED SC READY AND END OF COURSE, ASSESSMENT RESULTS. ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED YEAR OVER YEAR
GAINS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE, WITH PROGRESS ACROSS NEARLY EVERY GRADE LEVEL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
LEVEL. 
          OUR ALGEBRA ONE PASSING RATE INCREASED TO 79.4%,
WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACED THE STATE'S TARGET, WHICH WAS 64.6. WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRESS AND REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE WORK
AHEAD. 
          ON AUGUST THE 14TH, SEVERAL OUTSTANDING TEACHERS WERE SURPRISED WITH NEWS CHANNEL SIX
GOLDEN APPLE AWARDS THIS EVENING SEGMENT FEATURES MISS CHRISTY GRIST, A HEALTH SCIENCE TEACHER AT AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ADDITIONAL HONOREES IN THE COMING WEEKS. 
          FOOTBALL SEASON IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WE ANTICIPATE AN EXCITING SEASON ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          RECENT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES,
INCLUDING NEW TURF FIELDS, WILL MAKE THIS SEASON ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEADERS WILL GATHER ON
AUGUST 27TH AND 28TH TO ALIGN SCHOOL RENEWAL PLANS WITH DISTRICT GOALS AND CONTINUE DEVELOPING OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT NEXT STEP
TOWARDS ENSURING OUR PLANS AND OUR WORK ARE ALL ALIGNED. 
          AND LASTLY, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ANOTHER IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN OUR
SCHOOLS WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING OF SILVER BLUFF. 
          EXCUSE ME. SOUTH AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT 430. 
          BOARD. MEMBERS. YOU SHOULD HAVE AN INVITATION IN YOUR FOLDER THIS EVENING,
AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO JOIN US. 
          THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE $0.01 SALES TAX RENEWAL APPROVED BY VOTERS IN
2024, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO SEE THIS WORK FINALLY BEGAN. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. 
          WE ARE IN NEED OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING,
SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AND SUCH ORDERS THE BOARD DEEMS APPROPRIATE. UNDER STUDENT MATTERS. 
          WE HAVE THREE STUDENT APPEALS STUDENT APPEAL A FROM AREA THREE,
STUDENT APPEAL B FROM AREA THREE AND STUDENT APPEAL C FROM AREA ONE. ARE ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION TO ANNOUNCE THE MATTERS CONSIDERED AND TAKE
ANY ACTION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THESE PURPOSES? SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MISS RHINEHART-JACKSON. 
          SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE THREE STUDENT APPEALS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS. NINE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 740. 
          WE'LL TAKE A ABOUT A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND START EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 750. 
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1234567. OKAY, SO WE HAVE CONCLUDED EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [03:51:33]
IS THERE A MOTION TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REENTER REGULAR SESSION. 
          [03:51:37]
MOVE. SO MOVED. SECOND. I HEARD MISS TYLER MAKE THE MOTION AND MR. 
          [03:51:42]
LINDELL SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? 
          [03:51:46]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXITING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURNING TO REGULAR SESSION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S EVERYBODY, WHICH IS SEVEN AT THIS POINT. THE MOTION PASSES. 
          [03:51:54]
WE ARE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [03:51:58]
WE DID HERE UNDER STUDENT MATTERS STUDENT APPEAL A FROM AREA THREE AND STUDENT APPEAL B
FROM AREA THREE. 
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THE. WE'LL START WITH STUDENT APPEAL A FROM AREA THREE. 
          [03:52:12]
IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THAT APPEAL? MR. 
          [03:52:14]
CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RETURN STUDENT A BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. 
          [03:52:20]
SECOND. SO MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL, SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS TO. 
          [03:52:24]
IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT APPEAL, A TO RETURN THE STUDENT TO THEIR THEIR ZONE SCHOOL. 
          [03:52:32]
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          [03:52:38]
THAT IS SIX IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
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THAT'S ONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. WE'LL NOW CONSIDER THE MATTER OF STUDENT APPEAL
B FROM AREA THREE. 
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IS THERE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THAT? MR. CHAIRMAN,
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WOULD RETURN STUDENT B BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. 
          [03:52:56]
SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. LINDELL, SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS TO RETURN THE STUDENT FROM
STUDENT APPEAL B BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. 
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ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION THAT WE RETURN STUDENT
B TO 
          [03:53:16]
SEAL FOR A PERIOD OF WHATEVER THE DISTRICT FEELS APPROPRIATE. 
          [03:53:21]
YEAH. JUST PROCEDURALLY, MR. BROOME I'M JUST I'M WONDERING IF THE CLEANEST THING IS JUST
TO VOTE UP AND DOWN ON THE MAIN 
          [03:53:31]
MOTION THAT LIKE, THAT CERTAINLY IS GERMANE TO THE MAIN MOTION AS FAR AS TRYING TO AMEND
IT, 
          [03:53:36]
BUT IT'S SO SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT. MAYBE THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST VOTE THE FIRST ONE
UP OR DOWN, 
          [03:53:41]
ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'VE MADE THAT KNOWN. OKAY. 
          [03:53:43]
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. 
          [03:53:50]
DOCTOR BRADLEY WE DISCUSS SOME CONDITIONS FOR RETURNING,
WHICH ARE. 
          IN MOTION HERE. IS THERE SOME WAY TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD? BUT I GUESS. THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT PENALTIES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FACT THAT HE'S ALREADY SERVED TEN DAYS
OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. 
          SO. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'D LIKE SOMETHING IN THE RECORD TO SAY THAT HE'S JUST NOT A
CLEAN. 
          SEND HIM BACK TO SCHOOL WITH NOTHING. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 
          OKAY. SO I'LL ASK THAT IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          IS FOR RETURNING THE STUDENT. ANY STUDENT IN THIS SITUATION BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL. 
          WHAT ARE. WHAT'S THE STANDARD PROCESS AND CONDITIONS OF THAT,
DOCTOR MURPHY? TYPICALLY, IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WE RETURN THE STUDENT TO SCHOOL WITH A BEHAVIOR
CONTRACT. 
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THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ON PROBATION FOR THE DURATION. 
          AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU SAY WITH WITH TIME SERVED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. WELL BASICALLY YES, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL. THAT'S THE SUSPENSION WILL
BE ON THE RECORD. AND THEN THE BEHAVIOR CONTRACT BE ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT FURTHER INSTANCES OF BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE OR IN THAT SAME NATURE COULD LEAD TO UP
INTO INCLUDING EXPULSION. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. JUST TO REPEAT IT. MADE BY MR. LINDELL, SECONDED BY MISS MORRIS. IS IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT AND STUDENT APPEAL. 
          BE BRAVO THAT THE STUDENT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. 
          WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT'S FIVE IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT IS TWO AGAINST ANYONE ABSTAINING. ONE ABSTAINING. 
          SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO AGAINST AND ONE ABSTAINING FOR. 
          TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THERE WAS AN A STUDENT APPEAL C FROM AREA ONE THAT WAS ON THE
AGENDA. 
          THE THE, THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THAT APPEAL WITHDREW THE APPEAL. 
          BUT AFTER WE PUBLISHED THE AGENDA THAT WAS NOT HEARD DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION,
JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT. 
          AT THIS POINT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. 
          SO DOCTOR BRADLEY HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN,
SECONDED BY MR. LINDELL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO ADJOURN? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS SEVEN IN FAVOR. 
          MOTION CARRIES. WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.