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[2A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Vice-Chair]
CAN'T GET MY BOARD DOCS.I CALLED TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 7TH, 2021.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[2B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION CHAIRMAN? I MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[2C. Community Participation]
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IS A TIME INTENDED FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE INPUT ON RELEVANT SCHOOL ISSUES AND NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, AS THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME THE BOARD HAS HEARD THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES OR ANY COMMENT BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, BUT BE ASSURED THAT ANY CONCERNS WILL BE REVIEWED.PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME ON THE SHEET OF THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TURN IN YOUR, IS THERE A SIGN UP SHEET THERE? WE DON'T TYPICALLY USE A SIGN UP SHEET.
WE JUST ALLOW FOLKS TO COME ON A FIRST, COME FIRST AND SIGN THEIR NAME IN ON THE SHEET AS THEY PREPARE TO SPEAK.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS MARK EDGAR.
I LIVE AT 1 0 2 EAST FOURTH STREET.
THREE YEARS AGO, NUMEROUS TIMES IN THIS SAME ROOM, I SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER BEFORE THE INCOMPETENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I EXPOSED THE CORRUPTION OF THE EDA, INCLUDING YOUR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, GREG DRESCHER.
MOST PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
WELL, I'M HERE TO GET TO AGAIN, SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.
THAT POWER IS THE EVIL DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENT RUN BY A RACIST GOVERNOR THAT IS REQUIRING YOU ALL TO BOW DOWN TO THEIR INSANITY.
WORDS HAVE MEANING FOR THAT REASON, I WILL NOT USE THE CORRUPTED LANGUAGE OF THE EVIL DOERS.
I WILL NOT USE THE WORD GENDER TO MEAN SEX.
THE WORD GENDER IS A GRAMMATICAL TERM NOUNS IN SOME FOREIGN LANGUAGES HAVE GENDER MASCULINE OR FEMININE HUMAN BEINGS DO NOT HAVE A GENDER.
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE A SEX, EITHER MALE OR FEMALE TO PRETEND OTHERWISE IS ANTIBIOTIC AND ANTI-SCIENCE.
AND YET YOU ALL ARE GOING TO VOTE HERE TONIGHT TO PRETEND THAT A BOY CAN BE A GIRL AND VICE VERSA.
YOU ALL WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO DENY SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY TO ALLOW A BOY TO PRETEND TO YOU AS A GIRL, AND THEN USE THE GIRL'S BATHROOM AND LOCKER ROOM AND PLAY ON GIRLS.
AND NOT ONLY IS IT INSANE, IT'S ALSO EVIL.
A BOY WHO THINKS HE IS A GIRL IS MENTALLY ILL AND NEEDS TREATMENT FOR HIS MENTAL ILLNESS.
INSTEAD OF GETTING TREATMENT FOR HIS MENTAL ILLNESS, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO VOTE TO FORCE EVERYONE TO PRETEND THAT THE BOY REALLY IS A GIRL.
I'M SORRY, BUT GIRLS DO NOT HAVE PENISES.
WE'VE SEEN THE EVIL DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENT IN ACTION BEFORE IT WAS THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENT THAT WROTE LAWS THAT DENIED EDUCATION TO BLACK PEOPLE.
IT WAS THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNMENT THAT WROTE LAWS THAT REQUIRED RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS TO REFUSE SERVICE TO BLACK PEOPLE.
THE CURRENT DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED STATE GOVERNANCE SUPPORTS DISMEMBERING AND DECAPITATING AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE BEFORE BIRTH, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH EVIL FOR THEM HERE.
THEY ARE AGAIN, FORCING EVERYONE TO PRETEND THAT LIES OUR TRUTH AND TRUTH ARE LIES.
ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO THEIR BIDDING OR ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW SOME COURAGE AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER? THANK
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YOU.AND THE SPIRIT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEASED BY THE STATE HOUSE.
I WILL IDENTIFY MYSELF IN THE FOLLOWING PRONOUNS.
I AM A BOY, AND THAT IS THE WAY GOD'S MADE ME.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I WILL STAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL TOO MUCH ON WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS JUST A FORMALITY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
I AM THANKFUL FOR MR. NORTHAM FOR DOING ONE THING.
AND THAT IS CLOSING THE SCHOOLS DURING 2020 AND ALLOWED THOUSANDS OF PARENTS TO SPLIT TIME FROM WORKING HOME, TO BEING ABLE TO PEER OVER THE SHOULDER OF THEIR CHILDREN, TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND IT HAS LOUDEN COUNTY IS SHOWING YOU BOY DID THAT BACKFIRE ON THE NORTH AND JEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY AN ADMINISTRATION.
I'M GOING TO SAY REGIME NOW ON TO THE NEXT IMPORTANT STATEMENT I HAVE LONG SAID OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO THAT NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE HAS DROPPED THE BALL ON EDUCATION.
WE HAVE WILLINGLY FOR SOME BIZARRE REASON, TURNED IT OVER TO THE LIBERAL ESTABLISHMENT.
WELL, I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO COME INTO HER IN A MEETING.
I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE NOW WOKE.
AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO SEIZE CONTROL OF OUR WORK SCHOOLS, THE PARENTS, THE GRANDPARENTS, I'M A GRANDPARENT.
I HAD A SON, HE GRADUATED IN 2007, THE LAST YEAR FOR THE OLD HORN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I AM VERY GLAD TO KNOW THAT I CAN TELL BY MOST OF YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT HERE THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WE WILL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU UNFORTUNATELY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND YOU DO NOT GET PAID.
SO THAT WILL PROBABLY STAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE RAISED AS CHILDREN, AS MALE AS FEMALE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. A LITTLE BOY OR A YOUNG TEENAGER IS GOING TO WALK INTO A BATHROOM WITH FEMALES.
ONE FEMALE IS GOING TO BE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT AND SO ON AND SO ON.
AND I THINK IT'S A NIGHTMARE OF DESIGN.
AND WE, THE, UH, WE, THE PARENTS, WE, THE GRANDPARENTS, WE, THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT.
I THANKING YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING, GARY GILLESPIE, 19 FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I COME TO YOU TONIGHT, NOT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT AS A KID, BUT AS A FATHER WITH A KID IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT VIRGINIA CODE 22.1 DASH 23.3.
AND I WANT TO ADD A MILLI STATE, MY OPINION THAT I OPPOSED THIS IN MY BELIEF.
THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WHY TURN THE WHOLE CARD OVER FOR JUST A FEW? UM, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE FACING AS, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE RE REPERCUSSIONS OF SOME SORT.
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FOR A LOT AND I THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE US A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA IF, IF WE WOULD CREATE A SEPARATE BATHROOM FOR, FOR THESE CHILDREN.
UM, INSTEAD OF MAKING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN CONFORMED TO THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH A KID IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, I WOULD KNOW HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT WOULD BE FOR MY CHILD TO BE FACING THIS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU PERSONALLY, UM, BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY IT'S BEST.
IT'S, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UH, MY NAME IS KENNETH JACKSON.
I LIVE 1104 HAPPY DRIVE, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO Y'ALL TO SEE ME.
UM, I COME TO YOU, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS AGENDA OF TRANSGENDER.
AND, UM, THE REASON WHY I BECAME A FATHER AND EACH TIME I BECAME A FATHER FIVE TIMES, GOD CHARGED ME FOR THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF THAT CHILD.
ONE OF MY CHILDREN RIGHT NOW IS, UH, A PEDIATRICIAN.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, AND I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO PROTECT HIM AND SHOWED THEM THE RIGHT WAY.
I SHOWED THEM THAT BY I SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS.
SO I KNOW THE JOB THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, AND I KNOW THE PRESSURE YOU'RE UNDER, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S AN UNSUNG JOB.
BUT ONE THING THAT WE ALWAYS STOOD BY WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD WAS THIS WARNING THAT CHRIST GAVE US ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN.
AND IT WAS MATTHEW 16, SIX, I'M SORRY, 18 SIX.
HE SAID, IF ANYONE CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES TO STUMBLE, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM TO HAVE A LARGE MILLSTONE HUNG AROUND THEIR NECK AND TO BE THROWN IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA, WOE TO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO STUMBLE, SUCH THINGS MUST COME, BUT WOE TO THE PERSON THROUGH WHOM THEY COME.
AND I LOOKED UP AND IT'S SET A MILLSTONE IS ABOUT 3,300 POUNDS.
AND THOSE WERE THE WORDS OF CHRIST WARNING ME AND WARNING US WHEN WE WON THAT BOARD, THAT WE WERE THERE FOR THOSE CHILDREN, AND ALSO LOOKED UP THE DEFINITION OF WHOA.
IT SAYS AN INTERJECTION USE TO EXPRESS GRIEF, REGRET, DISTRESS IT CONDITION OF DEEP SUFFERING FROM MISFORTUNE AFFLICTION OR GRIEF AND A CALAMITY MISFORTUNE UNDER THE WORD SORROW WEBSTER ADVISED SOME SEMINARIANS, INCLUDING THE STATEMENT.
WHOA IS DEEP OR SOLUBLE GRIEF OR MISERY.
WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPTATION, WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN BEHAVIOR, BUT HERE JESUS WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF BEING THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH TEMPTATION COMES.
IF YOUR BEHAVIOR LEADS INNOCENT CHILDREN TO STRAY, IT'S BETTER TO BE TOSSED INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA THAN TO FACE THE JUDGMENT OF CHRIST.
AND HE TELLS US THAT WE WILL BE WITHOUT EXCUSE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND OPEN TO THE COMMENTARY THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT.
I WISH YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAD THE SUPPORT HERE I COME BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT, NOT TO SCRUTINY YOUR NAME PLEASE.
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20 EAST FOURTH STREET.I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, NOT TO SCRUTINIZE THE BOARD, BUT TO ENLIGHTEN AND SHOW SOME SUPPORT TO THE SPORT AND THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAKE FOR OUR CHILDREN IN THIS EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AS A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE, MORGAN COUNTY, UM, AS A TAXPAYER, AS A CONSTITUENT, AS A CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR OFFICE MYSELF THIS NOVEMBER, UM, I KNOW THAT WE, AND YOU ALL SET IN AN OFFICE OF AN ELECTED POSITION.
THAT'S VOTED FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE, UM, AND IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
AND IN THIS DECISION-MAKING TIME, I CAN'T SIT IDLE AND WATCH THESE DECISIONS BE MADE ON OUR BEHALF WITHOUT SPEAKING OUT IN SUPPORT.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR DUTY IS TO VOTE ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO ELECTED YOU.
AND I'VE HEARD POLITICIANS SAY FOR YEARS THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL ELECTION CYCLE, THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE CRITICAL, AND THAT'S EASY TO SAY, BUT THIS IS PIVOTAL.
AND WE'RE IN A PIVOTAL TIME HERE IN HISTORY.
AND WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY VIRGINIA WILL STAND ON IS BASED ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS WILL MAKE HERE TONIGHT.
SO ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
AND AS WE SEE HERE AND WE ARE NOW AWARE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FEELS THE NEED AND WORSE, THE RIGHT TO INSTILL VALUES IN OUR CHILDREN AND OR SOCIALLY ENGINEER, OUR CHILDREN VERSUS EDUCATING THEM.
UNBIASEDLY INDOCTRINATION BEGAN HEAVILY DURING MY PUBLIC SCHOOLING EXPERIENCE.
AND NOW WE'RE FACED WITH ISSUES, ISSUES SUCH AS EXPOSING OUR CHILDREN TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND DISCRIMINATION FOR THEIR MORALS AND BELIEFS THAT DON'T EVEN BELONG IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THE STATE CODES THAT WE'RE REFERENCING TONIGHT ARE IN THE AGENDA, SECTION SIX, ITEM J AND THIS STATE CODE, UH, 22.1, YEAH, 2 23 0.3.
UM, IT ALLOWS THE SCHOOLS TO BE PRIVY TO INFORMATION, BUT NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ALERT THE PARENTS OR NOTIFY THEM.
AND THAT IS LITERALLY EMPLOYED TO PIT OUR CHILDREN AGAINST US AS KNOWN IN THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO.
SO I COME TO YOU ALL OUT OF COMPASSION AND FAITH, AND THAT FAITH IS THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TONIGHT.
AND EVERY MEETING MOVING FORWARD, YOU'VE ALREADY ADOPTED SUFFICIENT PRACTICES AND WARREN COUNTY THAT PROTECT THESE MISGUIDED AND CONFUSED CHILDREN AND WHICH RESTROOM OR CHANGING ROOM THEY DESIRE TO USE.
AND I'M SICK OF THE CONSERVATIVE COUNTY THAT WE LIVE IN HERE, WARREN COUNTY, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR SOCIALISTS SO-CALLED LEADERS, OR AS I SEE THEM DICTATORS ORDERS AND MANDATES.
SO I ASK THAT YOU GUYS STOP THE MADNESS, STOP THE FEAR-MONGERING.
AND I'VE HEARD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE AFRAID THAT OUR FUNDING WILL BE CUT.
AND I JUST SAY THIS LOUD AND CLEAR, OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT FOR SALE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
AND THE INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE CODES AND HOUSE BILLS ARE VERY CONVOLUTED.
THEY'RE SO CONVOLUTED THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THEM.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH ATTORNEYS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS THAT ALSO DIDN'T COMPREHEND WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS FACING WARREN COUNTY BY ADOPTING THESE BILLS.
UM, SO I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND I TRUST THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
AND IT IS MY INTERPRETATION BY THIS AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE VOTING ON SECTION SIX, ITEM J TO INCLUDE THE REFERENCE OF THE STATE CODE.
IT'S A NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY, INCLUDING THE TRANSGENDER POLICY THAT WAS PUT IN THIS CODE.
AND THIS IS A CHANGE FOR WHAT WARREN COUNTY CURRENTLY MENTIONS IN OUR STATE CODE THAT WE'VE ADOPTED HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.
UM, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT BE CHANGING THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF OUR POLICY, WHICH ALREADY INCLUDES GENDER IDENTITY.
SO I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN PRECAUTIONS AND MEASUREMENTS AND WARREN COUNTY TO KEEP THESE CHILDREN SAFE.
UM, SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU GUYS REFUSE TO ADOPT THIS CODE.
IF THE BOARD WAS TO REFUSE TO ADOPT THIS TONIGHT, IT WON'T MAKE A CHANGE AND IT WON'T CHANGE THE VIRGINIA LAW IN ANY WAY, BUT IT WOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO THE OBJECTION AND IT WOULD OF INVITE PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE ACROSS THE STATE TO VIRGINIA.
AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO LET SEND THAT MESSAGE TO RICHMOND.
UM, I WANTED TO FIRST THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
THIS IS HOW WE TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.
THE CURRENT POLICIES YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN WARREN COUNTY ARE SUFFICIENT.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO TONIGHT AND ADOPTING AGENDA ITEM SIX J TO ENACT POLICY CHANGES REGARDING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU LOOK AT THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THINK THAT NO POLICIES WILL ACTUALLY BE CHANGED, BUT BY VOTING AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSE, BILL 1 45 TO ADOPT 22.1 DASH 23.3, YOU ARE THERE BY CREATING A CONFLICT FOR THE CURRENT POLICIES
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TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN PLACE.YOU WILL FORCE YOUR OWN HANDS INTO HAVING TO ADOPT NEW POLICIES AS OUTLINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
IT VERY CLEARLY STATES QUOTE, EACH SCHOOL BOARD SHALL ADOPT POLICIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH, BUT MAYBE MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE MODEL POLICIES DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A.
SO BY VOTING, YES, YOU ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO FORCE WARREN COUNTY TO FOLLOW THEIR RULES OR WORSE RULES.
THE OPTION TO KEEP OUR CURRENT POLICIES WILL BE GONE.
I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO BE COURAGEOUS.
I KNOW THE THOUGHT OF LOSING FUNDING CAN BE SCARY, BUT I ASK YOU AT PRICE, DO WE SELL OUR CHILDREN? YOU HAVE THE FULL BACKING OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY TO FIGHT RICHMOND ON THIS ISSUE.
WE, WE PAY THE TAXES THAT FUND THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL COFFERS.
THEY CANNOT TAKE OUR MONEY AND THEN BLACKMAIL US TO GIVE IT BACK TO US.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT THREATS THE STATE MAY MAKE WHEN TYRANNY BECOMES LAW REBELLION BECOMES DUTY.
MY NAME IS HEATHER AND I LIVE AT 59 CRICKETS LANE IN LONDON.
AND SO AFTER READING THE EQUITY PLAN FOR LGBTQ, UM, I WAS REALLY DISTURBED BY ONE OF THE FIRST FACTS I SEEN THAT SAYS, UM, A CHILD AS YOUNG AS FIVE CAN DECLARE THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SEX IS.
UM, SO THAT ALSO LED ME TO THE NEXT SUBJECT.
SO IF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY SAYS HE WANTS TO BE A GIRL, BUT HE DOES NOT WANT HIS PARENTS TO KNOW THE SCHOOL WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HIDE THIS FROM THE PARENTS.
AND THE QUOTE SCHOOL STAFF SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS WHEN THEIR FAMILIES ARE NOT AFFIRMING.
SO IF A PARENT DOESN'T AGREE WHAT THEY CHILD'S NEW IDENTITY, THE SCHOOL WILL BECOME INVOLVED.
SO NOW THE GOVERNMENT FEELS THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL US HOW TO PARENT OUR CHILDREN AND THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN WHEN WE'VE RAISED THEM SINCE THEY WERE BABIES.
UM, ALSO NOT TO MENTION IN OTHER STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE ALSO ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GIVE AGE CHILDREN, HORMONES, HORMONE, BLOCKERS, UM, UNDERAGE, WITHOUT TELLING THEIR PARENTS AS WELL.
SO NOT ONLY HAVE OUR CHILDREN HAD TO SUFFER ISOLATION OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
NOW THEY GET TO GO TO SCHOOL WONDERING IF THEY ARE REALLY A BOY OR A GIRL, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT COLLEGE LEVEL MATERIAL.
THAT IS NOT BASED ON FACT, BUT IS BEING PUSHED BY A RADICAL AGENDA.
MY DAUGHTER IS ALSO AT AN AWKWARD STAGE OF BEING A PRETEEN.
SO SHE'S NOT ONLY EXPERIENCING THE NORMAL HARDSHIPS OF GOING THROUGH PUBERTY, BUT SHE WILL NOW ALSO HAVE TO COME TO SCHOOL AND BE MADE TO FEEL BAD ABOUT HER RACE AND BE MORE CONFUSED ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY, ADDING MORE CONFUSION TO HER POOR MIND, THE INCREASE OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION WILL SKYROCKET ONCE.
THIS IS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ARE NOT REALITY, BUT IS BASED ON FEELINGS AND IDEOLOGY, NOT STATISTICS AND FACTS.
THE SCHOOL'S JOB IS TO PROMOTE IS NOT TO PROMOTE CULTURAL LEVEL OFFENSES, BUT HAVE I'M SORRY.
THE SCHOOL'S JOB IS NOT TO PROMOTE CULTURAL INFLUENCES THAT HAVE NO SUBSTANTIAL VALUE IN A SCHOOL EXCEPT TO OVERTHROW THE EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE NOW.
AND TO REMOLD OUR SOCIETY AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CHILDREN.
AS A MOTHER, I CANNOT STAND BY AND LET THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S CHILD ABUSE, OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER.
AND MOST OF ALL, THEY DESERVE TO BE CHILDREN.
UM, IT'S FIVE STEPS TO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY PROPAGANDA.
SO I'M ASKING, PLEASE DON'T PUT PROPAGANDA IN OUR SCHOOLS, LET OUR KIDS BE KIDS AND TEACH THEM THE FACTS THAT WAS ON OUR SITE.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VIRGINIA, THE STATE SIDE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING IT WAS ON.
I'M JUST SAYING, BUT IF YOU READ IT, IT'S PROPAGANDA.
BOARD AND LOWLY COMMONERS OF WARREN COUNTY TO QUOTE, OH, EXCUSE
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ME.UH, MIKE MAYER, 1 0 8 PEBBLE LANE, FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA, 2, 2 6, 3 0 TO QUOTE THE AMERICAN FILM MASTERPIECE KINDERGARTEN CUP BOYS HAVE PENISES.
GIRLS HAVE VAGINAS, A BRILLIANT AND TIMELESS OBSERVATION.
AND IT ALWAYS WAS UNTIL FIVE MINUTES AGO, WHEN WEAK-WILLED GUTLESS COWARDS STARTED HUMORING, THE WINDS OF DILLARD'S HELL, BENT ON BURNING DOWN THE GREATEST NATION GOD EVER CREATED FOR THE SAKE OF REMAKING IT FROM THE ASHES INTO THEIR UTOPIAN VISION OF RAINBOWS UNICORNS AND EVERYONE HOLDING HANDS, SINGING KUMBAYA IN THE GENDER NEUTRAL CIRCLE OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY DO NOT BE WEAK-WILLED GUTLESS COWARDS.
TO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MODEL POLICIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IF THE STATE THREATENS TO WITHHOLD FUNDING AS A RESULT FILE SUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TELL THEM, KISS YOUR ASS.
ARE YOU WILLING THAT WASN'T ON THE SCRIPT THAT WAS IN PROM? YOU KNOW, IMPROVISATIONAL, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO VOTE? YES.
FOR INSANE POLICY BECAUSE STATE FUNDING IS BEING HELD OVER YOUR HEADS.
ON THIS, WHAT POLICY BEING FORCED UPON YOU FROM THE LUNATICS, THE LIKES OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SECTION OF THE POLICY PAPER, WILL YOU RUBBER STAMP NEXT HELL, I IDENTIFY AS A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED VANESSA, LET ME HIT THE SHOWERS BABY.
YOU'RE A BIGOT TO OPPOSE THE PERSONAL TRUTH I'M LIVING.
YOUR JOB IS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONSTITUENCY WHO VOTED YOU INTO THOSE SEATS IS TO REPRESENT OUR, WILL I ASK YOU ALL TO STEAL YOUR RESOLVE AND STAND UP FOR US.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR CHILDREN, IF TOMMY WANTS TO WEAR A DRESS AT HOME AND HIS PARENTS ARE WEAK-WILLED GUTLESS AND CAREFULLY ENOUGH TO CALL HIM TAMMY, GOOD FOR THEM.
I HOPE THEY ENJOY THEIR FORAY INTO THE FABULOUS WORLD OF GENDER DYSPHORIA, HORMONE THERAPY, BODILY MUTILATION, AND ALL THE REST.
GOD BLESS THEM ALL, BUT KEEPING THE HELL OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.
BECAUSE I'M HERE TO TELL Y'ALL THERE ARE PLENTY OF PARENTS IN THIS COUNTY WHO WILL TELL THEIR DAUGHTERS.
IF A BOY COMES INTO THE GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM TO SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS AND KICK THEM IN THEIR TESTICLES UNTIL THEIR GODDAMN FEET FAIL.
I'VE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN A FEW OF THOSE PARENTS.
AND I'LL BE RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM.
ON THIS THING, ALWAYS HAVE A PENIS.
GIRLS HAVE A VAGINA, KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Y'ALL SCHOOL IS FOR READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC SAY, HELL NO, TO THIS ABOMINATION AND ANYTHING ELSE COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE OF WARREN COUNTY DEMANDED OF YOU.
THERE ARE TWO GENDERS AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY OPINION AND NATURE.
THAT'S ALL THAT WERE ON THE LIST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD, JUST COME FORWARD.
AND IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
HI, MY NAME IS MELISSA NICHOLSON.
I'VE RESIDED AT 92 ROBIN LANE, FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA, 2 2 6 3 0.
I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE MY CHILD HAS AUTISM AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE.
BUT WHAT SHE DOES HAVE IS A RIGHT TO USE THE RESTROOM IN PEACE.
SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF SHE'S COMFORTABLE OR IF SHE'S NOT.
AND SHE CAN'T VOICE HER OPINION ON RATHER IF SHE'S COMFORTABLE OR SHE'S NOT AS A PARENT, YOU TRY TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
AND I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THE STAND ABOVE YOU SAYS GOD, WE TRUST.
AND IN MY BIBLE THERE MENTIONS TWO GENDERS AND THAT'S IT.
IF I ASKED YOU TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD SIGN
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IN ON THE SHEET THERE, PRINT YOUR NAME, PLEASE.SO WE'LL HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD.
I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING AND WOULD HAVE WORE MY GLASSES.
MY NAME IS ERNEST GLASSCOCK LIVE AT 3 5 3 KENDRICK LANE FROM ROWE, VIRGINIA, 2 2 6 3 0.
UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I GOT TO SAY.
YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY IN HERE SEES THAT FOUR LETTER WORD OF PARENTS SAYS IN GOD WE TRUST HI.
MY NAME IS JEANNIE ANDERSON, 70 COURT IN LINDEN, VIRGINIA.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED TONIGHT.
UM, I WAS CALLED TO ACT TODAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME, BUT, UM, TO LOOK OVER THE, UM, AGENDA BECAUSE OF PANNING ISSUES ON MY PHONE AND I WORK TWO JOBS.
NOW, MY HUSBAND WORKS FULL TIME AND I STAY AT HOME WITH MY CHILDREN, THE AGES TWO AND FOUR.
MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TONIGHT WHEN I TOLD HER WHAT I WAS UP TO THAT IF YOU GUYS VOTE YES TO THIS, THAT HE WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB AND WE WILL PAY TO PUT OUR KIDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL OR FOR ME TO HOMESCHOOL THEM.
MY FATHER TOLD ME TO PUT MY KIDS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION.
UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS LACKING IN EQUITY.
I DO VERY WELL IN MATHEMATICS AND CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSION.
UM, IT'S LACKING IN EQUITY BY ADDRESSING HETEROSEXUAL PROTECTIONS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WHEN I WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE WERE TWO GIRLS WHO WERE CALLED BAD NAMES FOR THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND THEY LIKED TO GO IN THE LOCKER ROOM TO STARE AT ME WHILE I CHANGED.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETIMES OTHER THAN ADDRESS BAD BEHAVIOR BY THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT THE EQUITY COLLABORATIVE LLC IN LOUDON COUNTY NEXT DOOR FAILED IN THEIR ASSESSMENT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY COLLECTED AND GAVE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BY NOT ADDRESSING ALL OF THE RACIAL DATA THAT THEY COLLECTED ON HAND IN THEIR ASSESSMENT.
AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT PAPERWORK AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFFLINE WHEN I CONTACTED THE PUBLISHER.
SO AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING TO GET AHEAD ON THIS.
AND I ASK THAT YOU BE BRAVE AND BOLD AND BE THE ONES TO STAND UP AND SAY NO.
WHEN OUR FOUNDERS WROTE OUR CONSTITUTION, THEY SAID THAT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE MOST PERFECT CONSTITUTION, BUT IT WAS THE BEST THAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH AT THE TIME I'M TELLING YOU THAT THESE LAWS THAT VIRGINIA HAS TAKEN UNDER THAT ARE PROBABLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE NOT THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE.
HI, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE SHORT.
UM, I LIVE IN LINDEN, VIRGINIA TO 10 GRIMES GOLDEN ROAD.
I AM ALSO RUNNING FOR HAPPY CREEK DISTRICT, UM, BOARD MEMBER, UM, TO REPLACE MR. WALLS.
I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS FOR OFF AND ON FOR MANY YEARS.
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23.WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS, SO I'VE BEEN TO MANY OF THEM, BUT I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS OR SO.
UM, I'VE BEEN KEEPING UP ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING IN THIS AREA IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
UM, AND IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO WITH THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD AND OTHER PARENTS HAVE HAD WITH SOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WITH SOME SCHOOL BOARD OR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, UM, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL THIS IS JUST A POLICY, AN UPDATE OF THE DISCRIMINATION POLICY OR WARREN COUNTY'S POLICY, THAT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OTHER COUNTIES HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL IN THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, BUT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE TRILLIONS OF PAPERWORK THAT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE ON THE SUBJECT AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, ALL THE EMAILS, EVERYTHING THAT I HAD, THEY ALL POINT TO THAT.
UM, THE VIRGINIA, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, UM, 20, 21 0.1, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, PEOPLE MENTIONED IT HERE TODAY, UM, WHICH THE VSBA LEGAL ADVICE HAD ALREADY SAID THAT IT DOES.
IT DOES RELATE BACK TO ALL THESE ISSUES THAT ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT DOES RELATE BACK TO THE BATHROOMS. IT DOES RELATE BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOMS. WE NEED TO PROTECT KIDS, ALL KIDS, ANY KID, EVERY KID NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS HERE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN A ROCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, AND I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING AND ALL THIS, BUT THE POLICY AS STATED THE UNDERLINING LEGAL ADVICE IS THE ISSUE.
SO MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE ALL OUR BATHROOMS AND WE MAKE THEM SINGLE STALLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR THE LOCKER ROOMS, BUT I'M SURE WE COULD COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
IN FACT, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HATED THE BATHROOMS. I DID NOT.
I DID NOT WANT TO USE THE BATHROOMS. AND THERE ARE KIDS TODAY THAT STILL HAVE THESE SAME ISSUES.
SO CREATING SINGLE STALLS HELPS EVERYONE IT'S EQUAL FOR EVERYONE.
UM, SEE, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU POSTPONE YOUR BOAT.
UM, YOU WATCH WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING, SEEK LEGAL ADVICE, SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR COUNTIES, UM, READ ALL THE DOCUMENTS YOU CAN FIND.
CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A TRILLION, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT THROUGH HALF OF THEM TODAY.
UM, AND CONSULT YOUR COMMUNITY, GIVE THE COMMUNITY TIME TO BECOME EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION.
SO, UH, MY NAME IS AMY DOLLY KIBLER.
I LIVE AT 8 43 HAPPY CREEK ROAD.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH GRADUATES OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CHILDREN STILL IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, ONE JUNIOR, THIS COMING YEAR AND ONE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SECOND GRADER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MY CHILDREN ARE ALL GOING TO BE GRADUATES OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE VOLUNTEER HERE, OUR CHURCHES HERE, OUR FAMILIES HERE.
UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME ABOUT SOME OF THE VERBIAGE THAT I'VE BEEN READING.
AND I HA I BELIEVE ONE LADY HAS ALREADY TOUCHED ON IT.
UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF MENTION ABOUT THE LOCKER ROOMS AND ABOUT THE BATHROOMS. UM, BUT SOME OF THE VERBIAGE THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST IS, UH, THE RIGHTS OF THE PARENTS.
UM, THESE CHILDREN THAT WE SEND TO BE EDUCATED AT THE SCHOOL AND IT IS ULTIMATELY OUR JOB TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.
UM, BUT WE'RE SENDING THEM TO SCHOOL.
WE EXPECT THEM TO RESPECT THEIR TEACHERS, TO RESPECT THEIR PRINCIPALS, TO RESPECT THE SCHOOL STAFF, TO RESPECT THEIR PEERS.
UM, BUT WE AREN'T BEING RESPECTED AS PARENTS AND WHERE THIS COMES IN.
AND IF I CAN JUST READ THIS TO YOU IN THE SITUATION WHEN PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF A MINOR STUDENT UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, DO NOT AGREE WITH THE STUDENT'S REQUEST TO ADOPT A NEW NAME AND PRONOUNS SCHOOL DIVISIONS WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO RESPECT THE STUDENT'S REQUEST, ABIDE BY THE PARENT'S WISHES TO CONTINUE USING THE STUDENT'S LEGAL NAME AND SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, OR DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE THAT RESPECTS BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE PARENTS.
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WILL REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL NEEDS TO BE AFFIRMED AT SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE LONGTERM GOAL OF ASSISTING THE FAMILY IN DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS IN THEIR CHILD'S BEST INTEREST.WHEN I BECAME A MOTHER, WHEN MY HUSBAND BECAME A FATHER, GOD DETERMINED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN, WE WOULD BE PARENTS, NO ONE CAME TO MY BIRTHING ROOM AND HAD TOLD ME, THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THIS CHILD.
THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO AFFIRM THEM.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOW TELLING YOU AND US HOW TO AFFIRM AND TO RAISE AND TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN.
AND I WANT MY CHILD TO COME HOME AND RESPECT ME JUST AS I SEND THEM TO RESPECT YOU.
AND SO THIS IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE WITH THIS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY CHILD IS GOING TO GROW UP TO BE AN ADULT TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND IF I'M ASKING THEM TO RESPECT THEIR PRESIDENT, THEIR MAYORS, POLICE OFFICERS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE, I NEED THEM TO KNOW THAT IT STARTS AT HOME.
IT STARTS WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE.
THIS IS OUR CONCERN AMONG THE OTHER THINGS.
I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY CHILDREN OR UNDER THE OTHER CHILDREN.
UM, BUT KIND OF HAVE TO MIKE SOUNDS 95 MARRIAGES DRIVE MIDDLETOWN.
UM, YOU'RE REALLY NOT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
IT'S RIGHT AND WRONG, RIGHT? THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN THROW OUT TO MAKE IT WORTH ISOLATING.
UM, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT GREW UP WITHOUT BEING PICKED ON TO SOME DEGREE.
RIGHT? BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FLIP THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR A FEW.
LAST YEAR, WE FLIPPED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR A VERY MINOR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND THEIR HEALTH, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T TRY AND PROTECT EVERYBODY, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE JUST TRIED TO ESSENTIALLY FIX EVERYBODY.
I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
I'VE BEEN SITTING THERE FUMING THROUGH THIS, UM, CAUSE THIS JUST SHOULDN'T EVEN, IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A DISCUSSION.
UM, I LIVE ON 99 WALKER AVENUE IN FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.
I'M A FATHER OF FOUR KIDS THAT ARE IN YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND I LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TONIGHT.
AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE PARENTS.
YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR SHOES BEFORE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE RESPECT YOU GUYS.
WE, WE KNOW YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT, BUT LIKE AS MY CONSTITUENTS THAT BEHIND ME, THE DECISION IS VERY CLEAR.
UM, I'M NOT JUST, UH, A FATHER AND A HUSBAND.
AND WE THINK THIS DECISION TO ENTITLE, UM, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ASSIST THE CHILD IN FINDING THEIR IDENTITY IS HELPING THEM.
BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ON THE REVERSE SIDE, I DEAL WITH THESE KIDS THAT COME INTO MY YOUTH GROUP.
I DEAL WITH THESE KIDS ON THE STREETS.
THE ONES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH GENDER IDENTITY ARE THE MOST MESSED UP KIDS.
THEY, THEY CUT, THEY'RE DEPRESSED.
THEY'RE SUICIDAL, THEY'RE TAKING PILLS.
THEY HAVE NO FRESH OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
THE NUMBERS WILL TELL YOU THAT ABOUT 30 TO 50% OF THOSE KIDS HAVE SOME TYPE OF ABUSE THAT CAUSES THEM TO HIDE FROM THEIR IDENTITY.
THEY HAVE A DAD THAT ABUSED THEM OR AN UNCLE THAT ABUSED THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT EPHESIANS 4 27 SAYS, DO NOT GIVE THE DEVIL A FOOTHOLD.
AND WHEN I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, UM, I REMEMBERED THE CHILDHOOD BOOK CALLED IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE, A COOKIE, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT BOOK.
AND THE SIMPLE STORY SAYS LIKE THIS, I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.
UM, YOU GIVE THE MOUSE A COOKIE AND HE'S CONTENT.
AND ONCE HE'S GIVEN THE COOKIE, HE ASKED FOR A GLASS OF MILK, WHICH ENDS UP LEADING TO A SERIES OF ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.
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MAKES THE MOUSE WANT SOMETHING NEW, CREATING A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS STREAM OF DEMANDS.IN THE END, THE MOUSE ASKS FOR ANOTHER GLASS OF MILK, WHICH MAKES HIM WANT ANOTHER COOKIE.
AND I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE THAT SIMPLE STORY IS SIMPLE.
IF YOU GIVE INTO THIS REQUEST TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER, TO SLIP INTO OUR SCHOOL UNDER THE PREMISES OF BEING JUST A SIMPLE MODIFICATION, YOU HAVE NOW OPENED THE DOOR FOR A FOOTHOLD, FOR THE DEVIL TO COME IN AND ROB OUR CHILDREN OF THEIR GOD, GIVEN IDENTITY OF MALE AND FEMALE.
IT'S BEEN THAT SIMPLE EVER SINCE.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THESE KIDS AND I WATCHED GOD GET AHOLD OF THEM, I'M A YOUTH PASTOR.
I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL REPLIES LEADERS TO THE FLAG THAT WE EVEN HAD.
ANYBODY COULD PRAY OUT LOUD OR QUIETLY.
IF WE DON'T BRING GOD BACK INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IF WE DON'T BRING GOD BACK INTO OUR COUNTRY, WE THEREFORE LETTING THE DEVIL RUN RAMPANT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE? IT'S BLACK OR WHITE.
SO I WOULD COMMISSION EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I, I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH DECISION, BUT IT'S REALLY EASY TO MAKE.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE BEST DECISION.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING, THAT PUT YOU IN OFFICE AND EMPOWERED YOU, AND THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, AND OUR FUTURE CHILDREN.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS IDENTITY BECAUSE REALLY THEY COME INTO MY OFFICE AND I WATCHED THE CUTS.
I HEAR THE PILLS THEY TAKE, THEY SWALLOW.
AND WHEN GOD GETS A HOLD OF THEM, THAT'S THE ONLY HOPE IS TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING GREATER THAN WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
I'VE WATCHED THEM BE TRANSFORMED.
IF WE DON'T PUT GOD BACK IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THIS.
AND IF WE DON'T VOTE, NO, WE'RE KEEPING THE STORE OPEN.
THE DEVIL'S GOT HIS FOOT IN THE DOOR JAM AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CLOSE.
AND THEN BIGGER, STRONGER POLICIES ARE GOING TO COME IN.
JUST LIKE ONE OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME SAID, IT'S LIKE A BLACK MALE, IT'S A BLACK MALE EVENT.
ONCE THEY GET ONE THING, IT'LL CONTINUE.
I APPRECIATE IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
AND MR. WELLS AND MR. BALLANTINE, UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW TODRICK.
21 EDGE WAS STREET FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA.
UM, SOME KNOW ME AS A FORMER SUPERVISOR AND A FORMER INTERIM MAYOR AND FORMER INTERIM TOWN MANAGER.
BUT, UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME AS A CURRENT HUSBAND, A CURRENT FATHER, AND HOPEFULLY SOON, UM, A GRANDFATHER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I, I BROKE MANY LAWS TO GET HERE.
UM, MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER ARE HOME NOW AND I WENT HOME AND I TURNED ON YOUR LIVE STREAM.
AND THE LADY WHO TALKED ABOUT HER AUTISTIC DAUGHTER MOVED ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME WHO ARE SILENT TONIGHT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME UP AND JUST SHARE THEIR HEART.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT CAMERA WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE A 72% CONSERVATIVE COUNTY.
I KNOW POLITICS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, ME, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH POLITICS.
I ENJOY FIGHTING FOR CONSERVATIVE CAUSES AND WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TONIGHT.
THE LIBERAL AGENDA THAT HE'S BEING PUSHED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE VA DOES NOT BELONG IN WARREN COUNTY.
MAY I ASK YOU AND IT'S TONIGHT.
WHAT DOES BEING ON WHAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA AND THESE POLICIES, ET CETERA.
IF YOU THINK LOUDEN COUNTY IS GROUND ZERO.
WITH A COUNTY THAT'S SPLIT 45, 65.
IF YOU COME TO A COUNTY LIKE WARREN COUNTY WITH A 72% CONSERVATIVE AGENDA, HELL'S COMING FOR BREAKFAST.
I GUARANTEE IT
I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING FEDERAL DOLLARS.
I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD IT ALL.
THE STATE FUNDS YOU, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GUESSING 40% FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
UM, I'M GUESSING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS YOU TO THE TUNE OF ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ALL THEIR REGULATIONS AND POLICIES.
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TIME FOR US TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY AND OUR OWN AGENDA AND WARREN COUNTY IT'S CON IT'S TIME FOR THAT.I WOULD ASK YOU, IS I CLOSE WITH THIS STATEMENT IT'S NEVER WRONG TO DO, RIGHT.
IT'S NEVER WRONG TO DO, RIGHT.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DO RIGHT TONIGHT.
HOW MANY OLIVE ROAD? I JUST HAVE ONE THING TO SAY, UM, WHILE THE RESPECT, WHAT EVERYONE SAID, AND I AGREE THERE WAS A LADY THAT SAID, UM, TO WATCH WHAT OTHER COUNTIES DO AND GIVE IT SOME TIME.
I SAY, LET'S DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE CAN SET THE EXAMPLE, NOT WAIT FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES TO DO IT AND THEN FOLLOW THEM.
UM, I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, UM, SINCE ABOUT 2008.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED, UM, FOR WHERE THE, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
AND, UM, I THINK, UM, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE DONE WELL WITH HAVING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENT OUR, OUR INTERESTS.
UM, BUT THIS TYPE OF, UM, LIBERAL AGENDAS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT, UM, IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND I THINK, UM, MOVING FORWARD THAT WE ALL NEED TO STAND UP TO THIS STUFF, IF NOT, UH, AND BELIEVE ME, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST THING THAT COMES UP.
UM, WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER AND UNTIL THEN THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE PUSHING THESE SOCIALIST POLICIES.
I MEAN, I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE, UM, SOCIALISM EVEN HAVING A SMALL PORTION OF THE CONTROL IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT, UM, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, I'VE REALLY SEEN A LOT OF, UM, MAINLY VIRGINIA, UM, GO TOWARDS THIS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA THAT KIND OF, UH, SKIRTS ON BY GOD AND PUTS GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO TONIGHT.
UM, WE'VE EVERYBODY HERE HAS YOUR BACK.
PUGGLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CLOSED NEXT
[3. Consent Agenda]
ON THE AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NO MOTION CARRIES REPORTS, RECOGNITION
[4A. Recognition of DECA Business Partners]
OF DECA BUSINESS PARTNERS.KENNY HIGH SCHOOL DECA CHAPTER REQUEST THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TAKE ACTION DURING THE JULY 7TH, 2021 MEETING THAT WILL ALLOW WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DECA TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE AS OFFICIAL BUSINESS PARTNERS OF THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, DECA WILLIAM HUCK, CNC TREATS HEATHER CLUTTERBUCK UNITED BANK, MIKE MCCOOL, NATIONAL MEDIA SERVICES, CHRISTINE COSTELLO, FARM BUREAU INSURANCE.
THESE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN VALUABLE RESOURCES AND HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DECO'S ACTIVITIES.
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DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, DECA REPRESENTATIVES PLAN TO RECOGNIZE THE PARTNERS WITH A PLAQUE PRESENTATION FOLLOWING THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS.I MOVE THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZED CNC TREATS UNITED BANK, NATIONAL MEDIA SERVICE AND FARM BUREAU INSURANCE AS OFFICIAL BUSINESS PARTNERS OF THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DECA CLUB.
[4B. Superintendent]
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, DR.WE, UH, DID, DID ADJUST OUR MASK UPDATE THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO WHEN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER EXPIRED, WE DID NOT, UM, CONTINUE WITH, WITH FACE COVERINGS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, WE ARE STILL HAVING TO KEEP THE FACE COVERINGS ON THE BUSES BECAUSE THAT IS A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND WORK THROUGH THAT AS WE PREPARE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, UH, SUMMER SCHOOLS WILL BE ENDING THIS THIS WEEK.
NOW WE WILL HAVE, UM, EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR SERVICES AND BRIGHT BEGINNINGS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH, UH, JULY 14TH.
SO SUMMER SCHOOLS ARE FINISHING UP LAST DAY FOR, UH, ELEMENTARY SUMMER SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, TRAININGS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE RETREAT 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH.
THAT'LL BE HELD AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS ON THE 15TH.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A, UH, SECRETARIES OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, UH, TRAINING ON THE 15TH.
WE WILL HAVE OUR BOARD RETREAT ON THE 12TH FROM FOUR TO EIGHT, UH, AS FAR AS PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, AS ROADS, IF YOU DRIVE BY THE WINDOWS ARE BASICALLY, I BELIEVE THE FRONT SIDE IS, IS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, THE EAST SIDE THERE.
THEY STILL HAVE TO GO AROUND AND PUT THE TRIM ON THE INSIDE, OUTSIDE.
THEY HAVE THE DROP CEILING GOING UP TO THE, TO THE WINDOWS.
SO THEY'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG THERE.
WE HAVE RESURFACED, UM, THE, THE DRIVEWAY THERE THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
SO WE HAVE OUR OTHER PROJECTS AS FAR AS, UH, THE FENCE IS BEING PUT UP AT HE WILSON MORRISON.
WE ALSO HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, THE GREENHOUSE THAT'S GOING UP AT, AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
ALSO THE BOARD APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE, UH, THE LIGHTED MARQUEE, SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN PUT UP AND THAT IS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING OUR, OUR UPDATES TO SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE CONCRETE WORK ON THE STEPS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME, SOME WINDOW THERE.
THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME THE WINDOW SEALS ON THE UPPER LEVEL, ABOVE THE CAFETERIA THAT WE'RE HAVING TO ADDRESS THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND SO MOVING IN, WE, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING COMING UP, BUT BASICALLY BY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE WILL HAVE, UH, BASICALLY OUR FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS WILL REPORT ON AUGUST THE THIRD THROUGH THE SIXTH.
AND THEN WE WILL START WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR STAFF ON THE 11TH, 12TH, 13TH, AND 16TH.
AND THEN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WILL BE AUGUST THE 17TH.
SO WE'RE PREPARING WITH EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ME PREPARING FOR THE PANDEMIC THIS YEAR, WE HAD SCHOOL STUDENTS AND CLASSES THAT WERE MOVED OUT OF SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE GETTING MOVED BACK TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO, WHERE WE HAD, UM, RENTED THOSE, THOSE CONTAINERS TO STORE, UH, CLASSROOM MATERIALS.
THOSE ARE BEING EMPTIED PUT BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.
SO WE WERE PREPARING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, UM, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT.
I DID HAVE A PARENT CONTACT ME THIS WEEK AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR MASK MANDATE WAS GOING TO BE FOR THE FALL.
AND I BASICALLY TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A MASK MANDATE AT THIS POINT AND, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE THROUGH, THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A MASK MANDATE AND YOU CORRECT.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO WATCH FOR GUIDANCE, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE ONE.
AND SO THEREFORE WE ARE PLANNING TO BE MASS FREE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
[4C. School Board]
SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS.UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY TO REPORT TONIGHT OTHER THAN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
I HAVE, OF COURSE, IN ADDITION TO EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN HERE TONIGHT, RECEIVE LOTS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THAT I AM HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND APPRECIATE
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EVERYONE THAT, THAT CAME IN TONIGHT AND TOOK THE TIME TO, TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THIS ISSUE.THANK YOU, MR. WELLS, UH, JUST TO ADD TO SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUE, WE, UH, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH ARCHITECTS TO LOOK AT THE, UH, LF K HVAC AND ROOF, AND A RENOVATION, AND TO, UH, FIX THE HVAC AT THE BLUE RIDGE TECHS.
SO WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, I THINK, ARE ALL THE BUSES IN.
SO YES, THE, THE EIGHT BUSES THAT WE PURCHASED THIS YEAR, THEY ARE IN.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
THERE WAS SOME, UH, I STARTED OFF WITH A ONE SHEET OF PAPER MAKING MY NOTES AND I HAD TO TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER OFF THE AGENDA TO FINISH THEM UP.
BUT, UM, YOU ARE BEING HEARD AND, UM, THERE IS, UH, SOME GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THIS TYPE OF, UM, MANDATES COMING OUT OF RICHMOND.
UM, WE WILL DO, UH, I THINK MATT T DRINK SAID A LITTLE COMMENT THERE.
UM, AND IT WAS DO THE RIGHT THING IS EASY TO DO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT DECISION FOR WARREN COUNTY TO SET THE PACE FOR COUNTIES IN OUR AREA AND NOT TO, UH, TO KIND OF DIVORCE OURSELVES.
TO KIND OF DIVORCE OURSELVES FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UM, TO OUR, I GUESS OUR WA UH, NORTH AND WEST, UH, LOUDON COUNTY AND MAYBE, UM, TRY AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
THAT'S GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS OF WARREN COUNTY FIRST AND, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE.
I ALSO HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE DURING, UM, A LITTLE BARBECUE IN MY BACKYARD.
AND, UM, UM, I HEAR WHAT MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE SAYING, AND THEY'RE KIND OF ECHOING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO, UM, BUT IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO COME UP THERE AND SPEAK.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE
UM, IF NO ONE SPEAKS UP, WE THINK EVERYTHING'S FINE AND EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE YOUR CHILD'S BEST ADVOCATE ACTION AGENDA,
[5A. Naming of the Courtyard at Warren County High School - Mr. Ken Knesh]
NAMING OF THE COURTYARD AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, MR.IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL PROJECTS.
HONOR, TWO OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL EDUCATORS TO PASS THROUGH THE HALLS WITH WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, MRS. MARY FRANCIS
SHE IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WILDCAT.
DURING HER TIME AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SHE HAS MENTORED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND SEEN SO MANY OF THEM WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AT GRADUATION, SHE WOULD RING A BELL EVERY TIME A SENIOR PASSED AN SOL TEST THAT THEY NEEDED TO GRADUATE BECAUSE THAT STUDENT FINALLY EARNED THEIR WINGS.
WELL, MISS B, WHO RETIRED THIS YEAR, FINALLY EARNED HER WINGS TO HONOR HER IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE PROPOSE AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP.
THE MARY FRANCIS BAQUBAH OR SIMPLY THE MISBEHAVE SCHOLARSHIP TO A SENIOR HAS DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WILD CAT SCHOOL, PRIDE, HARD WORK AND KINDNESS TO OTHERS.
MRS. ERNESTINE JORDAN, AFTER OVER 40 YEARS IN EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE LAST 14 AS PRINCIPAL OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ALSO RETIRED THIS YEAR.
HER IMPACT ON WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
SHE HAS RAISED THE BAR FOR ALL OF US WHILE TAKING NO CREDIT FOR THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE'S OVERSEEING.
SHE IS QUICK TO CREDIT STAFF AND STUDENTS, BUT THOSE OF US WHO SAW HOW HARD SHE WORKED AND HOW MUCH SHE CARED, NO, THAT SHE WAS THE FORCE AND SPIRIT BEHIND OUR SUCCESSES.
I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT BE THE EDUCATOR ADMINISTRATOR, FATHER OR PERSON I AM TODAY WITHOUT MY BOSS LADY TO HONOR THIS AMAZING WOMAN.
WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE COURTYARD AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AS THE ERNESTINE J JORDAN OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER.
OUR PLAN IS TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM USING BENCHES AND OTHER SEATING TO ALLOW FOR TEACHERS TO TAKE THEIR CLASSES OUTSIDE FOR SOME FRESH AIR AND SOME LEARNING.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER APPROVING BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS THIS EVENING TO HONOR BOTH OF THESE AMAZING,
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AMAZING EDUCATORS.WE ARE TRULY BRETT AND BLESSED TO HAVE SERVED WITH THEM AND CAN NEVER FULLY THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
[5B. Mary Francis Bukva "Ms. B" Scholarship - Mr. Fox]
FOX IS GOING TO GO INTO LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT MS. THE MYSPACE SCHOLARSHIP.I HOPE I'M NOT READING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
AT THE END OF THIS PAST YEAR, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED TWO PILLARS OF THEIR COMMUNITY AFTER 80 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE MRS. ERNESTINE, JORDAN AND MRS. MARY FRANCIS, BUCHLA DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE POSITIONS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, MRS. JORDAN RETIRES AS THE PRINCIPAL OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING SERVED FROM ITS INCEPTION AT THE NEW, UH, NEW LOCATION IN 2007, THROUGH 2021 PRIOR TO SERVING AS PRINCIPAL, MRS. JORDAN WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND FRENCH TEACHER DURING HER TENURE.
SHE MOVED WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE BRINK OF LOSING ACCREDITATION TO A UNITED STATES AND WORLD NEWS REPORT.
BEST HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION RECOGNITION.
SHE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A FOCUS ON RIGOR, RELEVANCE, AND RELATIONSHIPS.
SHE WILL BE MISSED, BUT HER LEGACY IS FELT THROUGH WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
IT IS THE REQUEST THAT THE COURTYARD AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BE NAMED THE ERNESTINE JORDAN COURTYARD IN HONOR OF MRS. JORDAN AND HER DEDICATION SERVICE TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC.
I WANT TO GIVE A MOTION SEPARATELY.
I MOVED AT THE COURTYARD AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BE NAMED THE ERNESTINE JORDAN COURTYARD AND HONOR OF MRS. JORDAN AND HER DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND THE MARY FRANCIS BUG THE SCHOLARSHIP.
BUCHLA MISS B SERVED WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS HONORABLY FOR 47 YEARS.
I WOULD IMAGINE MANY OF HER FORMER STUDENTS ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT IN HER HONOR, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP TO A STUDENT INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE 47 YEARS OF SERVICE TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND APPROVE THE MARY FRANCIS, MRS. B SCHOLARSHIP.
I WAS A SENIOR, SO THAT REALLY DATES ME.
[5C. Approval of Student Support Staff Coaches, Student Support Staff Assistants and Coordinator/Trainer - Dr. Ballenger]
APPROVAL OF SUPPORT, STUDENT SUPPORT, STAFF COACHES, STUDENT SUPPORT, STAFF ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATOR AND OR TRAINER DR.SO WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, WE'RE, WE'RE CHARGED WITH GOING BACK TO SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT ON DUE TO THE LACK OF, OF BEING IN SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK, VIRTUAL EDUCATION.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE RPA AND ALSO THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR.
AND THROUGH THAT GRANT, WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A PROGRAM WITH THE BOARD SUPPORT TO BRING IN AROUND 34 ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS INTO OUR BUILDINGS TO SERVE AS SUPPORT COACHES AND INTERVENTIONISTS TO HELP HELP OUR STUDENTS HELP OUR TEACHERS AND TO HELP OVERCOME WHATEVER DEFICIENCIES WE SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, THE CORONA VIRUS OR LEAF, UH, RESPONSE AND RELIEF, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, C R S S A ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, EMERGENCY RELIEF, ESSER FUNDS TO OR C R R S A S OR TO STATE SET ASIDE.
GRANT ADDRESSES, UNFINISHED LEARNING EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR GRANT COMPETITIVE ARE AWARDED 2 MILLION, $467,500 FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 13TH, 2020, SEPTEMBER 30TH THROUGH, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR TWO YEARS OF STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES, 17 TEACHERS, AND A STIPEND FOR THE COORDINATOR TRAINER 12,500 STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES WILL BE REQUIRED TO HOLD AN ACTIVE, FULL, OR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR A
WE RECEIVED 6.9 $6,929,670 AND 27 CENTS
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FOR THE PERIOD, MARCH 13TH, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.OUT OF THAT AMOUNT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND 20% ON LEARNING LOSS, WHICH IS $1,385,934 AND 5 CENTS.
THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR TWO YEARS, 17 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WHO WILL PROVIDE REMEDIATION THROUGH PROGRAMS PURCHASE WITH THIS FUNDS, LEVELED LITERACY, INTERVENTION, LLI REFLEX, MATH EDUCATION, GALAXY, AND THIRD QUEST.
UM, READING STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANCE WILL MEET HIGHLY, WILL MEET HIGHLY QUALIFIED STANDARDS AS APPLICABLE AND WILL BE PLACED ON THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SALARY SCALE GRADE SIX, THE REMAINING $5,543,736 AND 22 CENTS WILL BE USED FOR AN HPAC REPLACEMENT AT LSK ALSO USE UTILIZING CARES FUNDS AND BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER ATTACHED TO THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND AN OUTLINE OF, OF THE PROGRAM THAT GOES IN IN DEPTH.
BUT I KIND OF ALREADY JUST GAVE A SUMMARY OF THAT.
AND SO I'M, I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THOSE POSITIONS AND APPROVE THAT TO STOCK THEM AND APPROVE THAT TO STIPEND TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN START WITH THE HIRING OF THOSE POSITIONS AND THE TRAINING OF THOSE PEOP UH, THOSE STAFF MEMBERS AS THEY COME IN TO PREPARE FOR THE AUGUST 17 START DATE.
SO ALL OF THESE GRANTS ARE GOING TO TOTALLY COVER THESE POSITIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS.
I HOPE THAT IN TWO YEARS TIME, WE CAN GET OUR KIDS CALL BACK UP FROM, WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE A START.
UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO MAKE UP A YEAR LOSS.
UM, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A START, BUT THESE GRANT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND THEY HAVE A TIME OR AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THEM.
SO WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THEM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE HAD, WE CAN NOW.
AND YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEM IN GETTING THE SUPPORT STAFF HIRED AND WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFFING IS, IS AN ISSUE ALL ACROSS THE U S UM, NOT JUST IN WARREN COUNTY, UH, ACROSS VIRGINIA, ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE SEE SOME ISSUES, BUT WITH THESE POSITIONS, THEY DO NOT HAVE, THEY CAN BE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTENT AREA BECAUSE THEY ARE A STUDENTS.
THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE A CERTIFIED TEACHER.
THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTIFIED TEACHER, BUT THEY COULD BE OUTSIDE THE CONTENT AREA.
UM, NOW, EXCEPT FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, THEY DO HAVE TO BE IN THEIR CONTENT AREA.
SO THAT MIGHT BE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SLOT FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S RETIRED, THAT COULD BE DONE THAT HAS, UH, NOW THEY HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LICENSE, BUT THEY COULD HAVE A YEAR TO GET THEIR LICENSE BACK UP.
THEY COULD APPLY FOR A PROVISIONAL
I HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PROVISIONAL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.
I MOVED THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED 17 STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES, 17 STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANCE, AND A SUPPLEMENT OF $12,500 FOR STUDENT SUPPORT COORDINATOR AND TRAINER.
THIS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT IS TEMPORARY AND THEREFORE SEPARATE OF THE EMPLOYEES, VRS CREDIBLE COMPENSATION, THE SUPPLEMENT IS ASSIGNED TO RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACT.
THEREFORE, ANY ADDITIONAL TIME OUTSIDE THE CONTRACTUAL PERIOD WILL BE COMPENSATED THROUGH AN HOURLY RATE BASED UPON THE EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACTUAL SALARY.
[5D. Approval of Administrative Assistant for Technology and Asst. Superintendent for Administration - Dr. Ballenger]
APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION.MADAM CHAIR, AS THE RESTRUCTURING OF CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, RESTRUCTURING HAS ALSO CREATED THE NEED TO, TO ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE.
OVER THE YEARS, CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SUPPORT HAS BEEN REDUCED, HOWEVER, WITH THE GROWING DEMANDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE ADDITION OF THE, OF BUILDING PROJECTS THROUGH THE APPROPRIATED CARES FUNDS, A RECOMMENDATION IS BEING MADE TO RETURN ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION DISCUSSION ALMONDS.
NO, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVED THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL APPROVES THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION TO SERVE TECHNOLOGY AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND THAT AT ARBOR ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITION BEGIN JULY 8TH, 2021 SECOND.
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NO MOTION CARRIES.[5E. Authorization of Signature in the Absence of Division Superintendent - Dr. Ballenger]
AUTHORIZATION OF SIGNATURE AND THE ABSENCE OF DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, DR.MADAM CHAIR AT A MEETING ON AUGUST 21ST, 2019, MELODY SHEPHERD WAS AUTHORIZED AS THE DESIGNEE TO SIGN ALL VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTS, DOCUMENTS, REQUISITIONS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCES IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT WITH MRS. SHEPHERDS, JUNE 30TH, 2021 DEPARTURE, IT IS NECESSARY TO APPOINT ANOTHER DESIGNEE OR DESIGNEES TO ARE NOW ALLOWED.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALAN ALAN FOX AND GEORGE BUCK SMITH JR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT DOCUMENTS, REQUISITIONS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCES, AND THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, ANY DISCUSSION OR CALM.
I MOVED THAT IAN FOX AND GEORGE R. SMITH JR.
BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN ALL VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTS, DOCUMENTS, REQUISITIONS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT THE VICE CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT AND CLERK BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN AND SUBMIT THE FORM TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, NO MOTION CARRIES INTERVENTION
[5F. Intervention and Remediation Programs and Materials - Mr. Fox]
AND REMEDIATION PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS.MR. FOX EDUCATION GALAXY PROVIDES ONLINE ASSESSMENT PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS MID-CONTINENT RESEARCH FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING BETTER KNOWN AS MCCALL'S RESEARCH FOUND THAT SCHOOLS USING EDUCATION GALAXY HAD SCORES GROW AT A SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL WHEN COMPARING THEIR 2017 STATE TEST SCORES IN THIRD GRADE AND COMPARISON WITH THEIR FOURTH GRADE RESULTS IN 2018, FOR BOTH MATH AND READING THE RESULTS CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIVELY IMPORTANT.
ACCORDING TO THE WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE 2017 REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE A TWO YEAR PURCHASE OF EDUCATION, GALAXY ONLINE ASSESSMENT, PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT A COST OF $37,762 AND 50 CENTS.
IS THIS REPLACING SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY USING? THIS IS NOT, BUT WE ARE RECEIVING, UM, FROM DR.
BALLENGER, THE NEW ASSISTANTS, THE NEW TEACHERS, WE THIS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM TO USE TO HELP REMEDIATE AND, AND TEACH MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT I MENTIONED WITH OUR, THE PROGRAM EARLIER THAT, UM, WITH THE REMEDIATION, THROUGH THE CARES FUNDING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM THAT WE ARE TOLD, WE ARE ALSO CONSOLIDATING A LOT OF OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AT OUR SCHOOLS.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT IS, WE WILL BE REDUCING SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO STREAMLINE OUR PROGRAMS ACROSS EACH, EACH.
SO, SO THIS IS FUNDED BY OUR CARES ACT.
MA'AM THAT IS THROUGH CARE'S FUNDING.
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COSTS? BECAUSE, UM, I THINK WHAT MR. FOX SAID WAS DIFFERENT THAN I HAVE ON MY SHEET, I HAVE 37, 7 62 30 7,000 7 62 50 CENTS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT PAGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE PURCHASE A EDUCATION GALAXY ONLINE ASSESSMENT PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION FOR TWO YEARS AT $37,762 AND 50 CENTS.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
[5G. Intervention and Remediation Programs and Materials - Mr. Fox]
INTERVENTION AND REMEDIATION PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS.MR. FOX EXPLORE REFLEX MATH USES RESEARCH, PROVEN METHODS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MATH FACT FLUENCY SOLUTION AVAILABLE ACROSS MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, STANDARDIZED TESTS AND ASSESSMENTS.
STUDENTS WHO USE REFLEX ARE SCORING HIGHER AND GROWING FASTER THAN THEIR PEERS.
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SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RESULTS FOR REFLEX USERS AND MEET EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACTS, SS MODERATE EVIDENCE REQUIREMENT.AND TO BE CLEAR, REFLEX MATH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THIS IS ONE WAY, UH, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE A PURCHASE A TWO YEAR PURCHASE OF THE EXPLORE LEARNING REFLEX MATH PROGRAM FOR $26,689 AND 50 CENTS.
AND THAT IS, UH, FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN, RIGHT? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I DIDN'T HAVE EMOTIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, UM, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE PURCHASE EXPLORER, REFLECT MATH PROGRAM FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR TWO YEARS AT A COST OF $26,689 AND 50 CENTS.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STANDING THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
[5H. Schoology Elementary Learning Management System - Mr. Fox]
OLOGY ELEMENTARY LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACCESS TO SCHOOLOGY MEANS THAT STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS HAVE ACCESS TO COURSE MATERIAL ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE THAT THEY HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION, INCLUDING SNOW DAYS AFTER SCHOOL AND SICK, SICK DAYS.SCHOOLOGY IS THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IT IS SCHOOLOGY AT A K THROUGH FIVE AND CANVAS FROM SIX TO 12.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE SCHOOLOGY LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR $16,783 AND 35 CENTS.
AND THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE INSTRUCTION BUDGET.
THIS IS NOT PART OF THE, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY USING SCHOOLOGY.
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION READY FOR A MOTION.
WE PURCHASED SCHOOLOGY LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR ONE YEAR AT $16,783 AND 35 CENTS.
[5I. ARP Learning Loss Grant - Mr. Fox]
ARP LEARNING LOSS GRANT.THE FOUNTAS AND PINELL LEVELED LITERACY INTERVENTION IS A POWERFUL SHORT-TERM INTERVENTION THAT PROVIDES DAILY INTENSIVE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, WHICH SUPPLEMENTS CLASSROOM LITERACY TEACHING L L I TURNED STRUGGLING READERS INTO SUCCESSFUL READERS WITH ENGAGING LEVEL BOOKS.
AND FAST-PACED SYSTEMICALLY SYSTEMATICALLY DESIGNED LESSONS AS DR.
BALLENGER WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER.
UH, SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT INTERVENTION PLANS, DIFFERENT INTERVENTION MATERIALS, THIS CONSOLIDATES, THIS SO THAT EVERY ELEMENTARY STUDENT WITH A, UH, AN INTERVENTION IN LITERACY WOULD RECEIVE THE SAME INTERVENTION THROUGH LLI.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE FONTS, FOUNTAS AND PINELL LEVELED LITERACY INTERVENTION SYSTEM AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR, UM, A COST OF $183 48 CENTS FOR $183,048 AND 74 CENTS.
AND THAT ALSO IS COVERED BY THE EIGHTH.
YES, THIS IS FOR THE AP ARP LEARNING LOSS GRANT.
SO, SO THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP, UM, THESE KIDS THAT HAVE FALLEN BEHIND A LITTLE BIT, PLUS GET OUR, UH, SOL SCORES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BANKING ON THAT WE HAVE A COMMON REMEDIATION PROGRAM AT, AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO, AND ROGER LLI IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BETTER READING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS ITS SUCCESSES AND, AND, AND I'VE USED THE PROGRAM AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS BEFORE.
AND, UM, IT'S ALSO A PROGRAM IT'S NOT A TWO YEAR.
SO THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE WILL HAVE THOSE, THOSE LEVELED READERS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR STRUGGLING READERS.
IT'S ALSO TO PUSH THOSE OTHER READERS BECAUSE THEY, THEY COME ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.
AND SO AS YOU BREAK THE, THE READING GROUPS INTO LEVELS, UH, YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO PUT THOSE STUDENTS ON A HIGHER LEVEL READING OR A LOWER LEVEL READING DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC NEED IS.
AND THIS WILL ALSO HELP US TO ALIGN ACROSS THE DIVISION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
IS THERE A MOTION? UM, MS. YES.
WE PURCHASED THE FOUNTAS AND PINELL LEVELED LITERACY INTERVENTION FOR
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$183,048 AND 74 CENTS.SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5J. Approval of May 2021 VSBA School Board Policy Updates - Mr. Smith]
APPROVAL OF MAY, 2021 VSBA SCHOOL BOARD POLICY UPDATES.I MOVE THAT AT THIS TIME, THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DECLINED TO APPROVE FOR INCLUSION IN THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL MANUAL.
THAT MAY, 2021 VSBA POLICY UPDATES.
SECOND, MR. BALLANTINE, COULD YOU CALL ROLL PLEASE? DR.
HI, MR. WELLS, MADAM VICE CHAIR, MR. RINALDO,
[5K. Approve Contracts for Technology Purchases - Mr. Grant]
APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES.MR. GRANT, GOOD EVENING, APARTMENT NEEDS TO PURCHASE SOFTWARE FOR THE 2021, 2022 FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE SOFTWARE PROVIDES OPERATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
ALL THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PURCHASED THROUGH STATE CONTRACT OR SOLE SOURCE, OR HAVE THREE QUOTES.
UM, ALL OF THESE, WE ALREADY HAVE THIS TYPE OF SOFTWARE.
UM, TWO OF THEM ARE BEING REPLACED.
SO GO GUARDIAN IS REPLACING WHAT WE HAVE IS A
AND THEN I BOSS'S REPLACING OUR, OUR, UH, CONTENT FILTER, UM, UH, POWERSCHOOL AND, UH, MICROSOFT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR YEARS.
UM, SO THE COST OF THESE ITEMS IS $150,923.
AND, UH, THE, UH, PURCHASES ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY TECHNOLOGY GRANT, UH, TITLE FOUR GRANT FUNDING, UM, INSTRUCTION, AND A LOCAL TECHNOLOGY FUNDS.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
BE GIVEN TO THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,923.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, NO MOTION CARRIES.
WHAT'S THE DEADLINE ON THAT? MR. BELLTOWN? WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO APPLY FOR MR. WILLIAMS IS SCHOOL BOARD SEAT TO GET INTO THE APPLICATION, UM, FOR THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT.
UM, IS THIS NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT THE NEXT FRIDAY.
AND IS THAT THE SIXTH 16TH? YES, SIR.
FOUR O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, THE 16TH OF JULY.
UM, YOU CAN EITHER DROP IT OFF AT THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, MAIL IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO RECEIVE IT BY FOUR O'CLOCK THAT DAY OR YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO ME.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS MEETING ADJOURNED.