Oct 06, 2021 Board Meeting

OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.

THE FIRST LETTER IS, UM, FROM KATHLEEN AND NICK .

IT'S ADDRESSED TO MR. RINALDI AND IT SAYS, I AM WRITING FOR MY HUSBAND AND I AS CONSTITUENTS OF YOURS AND AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, I RETIRED AS THE SCHOOL NURSE AT ASLD RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LEAD NURSE FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THE 20, 20, 20 21 SCHOOL YEAR, OUR CONCERNS ARE OUR OWN, AND I DO NOT PRESUME TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF ALL WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION.

I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S DIRECTIVE FOR SCHOOLS TO REQUIRE A MASK WHILE INDOORS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE ALSO SUPPORT WEARING MASKS IN ANY INDOOR SPACES AS OUR REGION IS ONCE AGAIN, EXPERIENCING AND OTHER DEVASTATING SURGE IN LOCAL COVID CASES, WE APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECISION TO BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR USING PHASE TWO OF THE MITIGATION PLAN, THE SCHOOL NURSES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND MANY STAFF MEMBERS WORK EXTREMELY HARD LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH OUR CHILDREN CAN LEARN.

WE CONTINUOUSLY REMIND STAFF AND CHILDREN OF PROPER MASK WEARING, COVERING BOTH THE MOUTH AND NOSE.

WE PROVIDE ANATOMY LESSONS TO SHOW THE WAY, SHOW THAT THE WAY AIR AND THEREFORE ANY GERMS GOES INTO OUR LUNGS IS THROUGH BOTH OUR NOSE AND MOUTH, AS THEY ARE CONNECTED IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT.

WE TAUGHT PROPER COUGH AND SNEEZE, ETIQUETTE, AND HOW TO WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER.

AS WELL AS HAND SANITIZER, WE INCREASED FIRST AID SUPPLIES AND BEEFED UP TEACHERS' CONFIDENCE IN PROVIDING BASIC CARE IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE SUPPORTED THEIR TRIAGED EFFORTS WITH ROUTINE STUDENTS' SYMPTOMS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CLINIC AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO MUST COME TO THE CLINIC FOR CHRONIC CONDITION CARE, WE SPENT MANY EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS DOING CONTACT TRACING OF ANY KNOWN POSITIVE CASES AND CONTACTS WITH POSITIVE CASES.

AND ALREADY THIS YEAR, THEY ARE BURDENED WITH EVEN MORE CONTACT TRACING CALLS EVERY WEEK, SINCE THE CLOSURE OF OUR SCHOOLS IN MARCH, 2020, I ATTENDED A ZOOM CALL WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL, HEALTH SERVICES SPECIALIST, AND DOE LIAISON TO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHO WAS LATER JOINED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCHOOL, NURSE HEALTH NURSE CONSULTANT IN THE DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH.

SOME OF OUR NURSES FREQUENTLY JOINED AS WELL.

AND I ALWAYS SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH THEM AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THESE CALLS MOVE TO EVERY TWO WEEKS, THEN MONTHLY, SOMETIME THIS SPRING, WE ALSO HAD ZOOM CONFERENCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VIRGINIA CHAPTER

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THAT INCLUDED EXPERTS IN ALL SPECIALTIES OF CHILD OF CHILDREN'S CARE, RESPIRATORY CARDIAC, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, UH, IMMUNOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY, AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE AMONG OTHERS ON THAT PARTICULAR CALL, THEY SAID IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY RARE CASE OF A CHILD WITH ANY PHYSICAL CONDITION IN WHICH WEARING A MASK WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR HEALTH.

I RELATE THIS BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE WELL-INFORMED AND NOT MAKING THIS UP.

AS WE WENT ALONG, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAD LITTLE PROBLEM WITH MASKS AS THEY WERE MOSTLY COMPLIANT AND HAD FAR FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN THE ADULTS AND TRUTH.

THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS, SUCH AS ASTHMA ARE PROTECTED FROM CATCHING ILLNESSES THAT MAY EXACERBATE THEIR CONDITION.

I KEPT TRACK OF CONTAGIOUS, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

WHILE AT AES ROADS, MY NUMBERS ARE CONFIRMED RESPIRATORY CASES DURING SCHOOL YEAR 1920 VERSUS 2021 WERE AS FOLLOWS INFLUENZA, THE FLU 35 VERSUS THREE STREP THROAT 36 VERSUS FOUR BRONCHITIS THREE VERSUS ZERO PNEUMONIA, TWO VERSUS ZERO.

EVEN THIS SMALL SAMPLE SHOWS THAT MASKS WORK MITIGATION STRATEGIES WORK.

WE BELIEVE THE VERY VOCAL GROUP THAT HAS SHOWN UP AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATED IN ANTI-VACCINATION AND ANTI MASK PROTESTS ARE REALLY A MINORITY.

THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE DISEASE.

DO NOT BELIEVE THEY OR THEIR LOVED ONES CAN BE ASYMPTOMATIC SPREADERS OF THE DISEASE AND DO NOT BELIEVE THEY WILL GET SICK AND OR DIE.

THEY ARE JUST MISINFORMED AND LOUD.

I CANNOT BELIEVE SO MANY HEALTHCARE COLLEAGUES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP, BUT ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTED IN NURSE COLLEAGUES, AS I BELIEVE THEY ARE VITAL IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES SPECIFICALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS PROVISION TO THE NURSE'S PRIMARY COMMITMENT IS TO BE, IS TO THE PATIENT, WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY GROUP OR COMMUNITY AND PROVISION NUMBER EIGHT, THE NURSE COLLABORATES WITH OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO MEET HEALTH NEEDS.

IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LISTENED TO SCIENCE AND DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED TO DO TO KEEP DO, TO KEEP OURSELVES OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

EVEN INCLUDING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KEEP US SAFE.

MY HUSBAND AND I FELT IT IMPORTANT THAT THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN SCIENCE SHOULD ALSO BE HEARD SINCE OUR DAUGHTER IS TOO YOUNG YET TO RECEIVE A VACCINE.

WE PROTECTED HER BY WEARING A MASK WHEN WE ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY, I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED THAT SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRING MASKS IN THE MIDST OF THIS SURGE.

SO I WILL, ONCE AGAIN, MINIMIZE MY VISITS TO ANY STORE SALON, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR RESTAURANT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, UNLESS THEY CAN GUARANTEE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE VACCINATED, BUT I NO LONGER TRUST ANYONE KNOWING THAT SOME ARE FAKING VACCINATION RECORDS.

IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I HAVE NOT, AND WE WILL NOT APPEAR IN PERSON AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FRONT ROYAL WARRING COUNTY COULD HAVE BEEN WELL BEYOND THIS.

NOW, IF ALL HAD PULLED TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, OUR DAUGHTER IS GOING TO IS GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING CAREFULLY TO SEE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOWS THIS ANTI MASS ANTI-VAX SEASON AND THAI VACCINE COVID DENYING GROUP TO DICTATE DECISIONS AND NEGATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE HARDWORKING WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO WANT ONLY THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESPECTFULLY.

AND AGAIN, IT'S FROM, UH, KATHLEEN AND NICK .

IF BEFORE THAT VOICES ARE CARRYING IN HERE AND ANOTHER, SOME LOW WHISPERING ON IF WE COULD JUST BE RESPECTFUL WHILE THE WHOEVER SPEAKING OF SPEAKING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THEY'RE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.

THE OTHER IS A, UH, A LETTER THAT'S BEEN PASSED ON IS FROM A STUDENT.

IT WAS PASSED ON THROUGH THEIR PARENT AND ASK TO BE READ HERE THIS EVENING AND IT BEGINS.

UM, HI, I AM A STUDENT AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR IT.

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF SITTING AT HOME ON MY CHROMEBOOK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.

I'M ANGRY THAT I CAN'T GO TO.

I CAN'T GET TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GET THE RIGHT EDUCATION THAT I NEED.

I'M UPSET THAT I CAN'T SEE MY FRIENDS AND THAT I'VE.

I DO GO TO SCHOOL.

I'M FORCED TO BE IN A MASK AND BE SIX FEET FROM MY FRIENDS.

NO, I DON'T WANT THAT.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HUG MY FRIENDS.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO IN WITHOUT BEING FORCED A MASK ON MY FACE.

I KNOW KIDS WHO HATE THIS MASK.

THEY WANT TO BREATHE.

LET US BE KIDS, NOT ROBOTS.

LET US BE FREE.

WE'RE ONLY 13 OR 14 YEARS OLD.

WE WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE FRIENDS.

WE WANT TO BE TAUGHT A GOOD

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EDUCATION.

WE WANT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT BEING YELLED AT, TO WEAR MASKS, WEAR A MASK.

WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A VACCINE.

WE WANT TO GO IN WITHOUT MASK AND LIVE.

NOT TO BE CONTROLLED.

WE WANT OUR LIVES.

WE WANT OUR LIVES BACK.

YOU ALL RUINED IT, RUINED IT.

YOU ALL RUINED OUR SCHOOL WHERE ESCAPE, YOU ALL TOOK IT AWAY FROM US.

WE CAN'T SEE OUR FRIENDS.

WE CAN'T GIVE THEM HUGS.

WE CAN'T LEARN CORRECTLY.

I HAVEN'T BEEN IN SCHOOL IN TWO YEARS AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ME.

I WANT TO GO AND DO WITHOUT MASKS OR VACCINES.

AND THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT HAS SIGNED UP IS MR. EDWARD IRA.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, HAD A SECOND SHOT AND I'M WEARING A MASK, BUT I DON'T PUT IT UP OVER MY NOSE BECAUSE THEN I CAN SEE EVERYTHING GETS CLOUDED.

I'LL BE VERY QUICK.

I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, I HAVE THIS THING CALLED MOMS FOR AMERICA, AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY GETS IT, BUT IT'S ABOUT CRT AND IT'S ANTI CRP.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS THERE, THE ADDRESS IS DOWN BELOW AND I'LL LEAVE THIS OUT SO YOU CAN COPY THAT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, I'M HERE BECAUSE I SPENT 27 YEARS SEEING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 TEENAGE OCCURS EVERY DAY.

SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, I TAUGHT CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS AND MATH, BUT, UH, IN NEW JERSEY WHERE I DID TEACH CHEMISTRY IS A REQUIRED COURSE.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A NURSE AND GET INTO A NURSING PROGRAM, THAT'S WHY THAT THERE WERE SO MANY YOUNG GIRLS TAKING CHEMISTRY.

I GOT THIS IN THE MAIL BECAUSE I'M, I SUBSCRIBED TO THINGS FROM HILLSDALE COLLEGE.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HILLSDALE COLLEGE, IT IS THE ONLY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DOES NOT TAKE ANY PUBLIC FUNDS.

UH, THEY SEND OUT A PUBLICATION EVERY MONTH.

AND, UH, THIS IS ONE FROM SOME MONTHS AGO THAT I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF ON OFFERING THIS AS INFORMATION PRIMARILY, UH, THE TITLE OF IT IS GENDER IDEOLOGY RUN A MUCK, AND IT DESCRIBES A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS AMONG TEENAGE CURVES.

ONE OF THEIR CHARACTERISTICS IS THAT THEY KIND OF EVERYTHING.

THEY ALL BELIEVE THE SAME THING.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE NOT VERY COOPERATIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS.

THEY TEND TO TELL YOU STORIES PERIODICALLY THAT AREN'T QUITE TRUE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND, UH, THAT'S THE REASON THAT THINGS LIKE THAT ARE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, UH, SOMETIMES SPREAD AMONG THEM.

IT'S ALSO THE REASON THAT THEY FREQUENTLY TELL YOU THAT ON TO FAT, THEY HATE THEIR OWN BODIES.

THEY HATE THE WAY THEY LOOK AND THEY SOMEHOW WANT TO CHANGE WHAT APPARENTLY HAS STARTED A DECADE OR SO AGO.

AND I WASN'T AWARE OF WAS SOME OF THESE YOUNG GIRLS ARE DECIDING THAT THEY'RE THE WRONG SEX.

THEY'RE NOT GIRLS, THEY'RE BOYS.

AND THAT LEADS TO TROUBLE.

AND THE TROUBLE IS THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

I HAVEN'T VERY SELDOM HAD A GIRL COME TO ME AND TELL ME THAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT HERSELF.

I THINK IT HAPPENED ONCE.

AND IT WAS A YOUNG GIRL THAT THOUGHT SHE WAS TOO FAT.

I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS FAT AT ALL.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS WELL PROPORTIONED.

AND, UH, SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT AT FIRST.

BUT I SAID, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT

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FOR A DAY.

SO I DID, AND I HOOKED HER UP WITH A SCHOOL NURSE WHO WAS A PRETTY SHARP WOMAN.

AND THE SCHOOL NURSE WORKED WITH HER ONCE A WEEK OR SO TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM THAT SHE HAD.

WELL, THESE GIRLS NOW ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS WITHOUT, AND I WILL REPEAT THAT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS' CONSENT, THEY CAN GO TO THESE, WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM THERE? THEY HAVE A NAME FOR THEM.

I FORGET.

BUT THEY'RE MEDICAL, UH, PLACES WHERE THESE GIRLS CAN GET TESTOSTERONE, TREATMENT INJECTIONS.

I, THAT SCARES ME.

AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MEDICALLY, HOW MUCH OF A MEDICAL PROBLEM IT IS.

BUT PERSONALLY IT SCARES ME A YOUNG GIRL, 15 YEARS OLD IN ENGLAND, SOME YEARS AGO, THIS WAS PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO OR SO DECIDED THAT SHE WAS A BOY.

SHE STARTED WITH THE TESTOSTERONE TREATMENTS.

THEN SHE FOUND A PLACE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT'S IN WRITING.

IF YOU COULD SORT OF WRAP IT UP, I'M SORRY.

IF YOU COULD, UH, WRAP IT UP.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

SHE WENT TO, UH, SHE FOUND SOMEBODY TO DO A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND HAD IT DONE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING HILLSDALE COLLEGE.

WE'LL SEND ANYBODY THAT ASKS FOR IT.

A COPY OF THIS.

I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT, READ IT.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS LESLIE MATTHEWS.

HI, I'M LESLIE MATTHEWS.

UM, I'M COMING OUT OF BENTONVILLE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS.

COULD YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? YES, MA'AM.

AS THE BUSES ARRIVE, THE SCHOOL JUST SENT OUT THE SCHOOL'S OCTOBER NEWSLETTER AND REMINDED PARENTS.

UM, YEAH.

UM, I'M KIND OF, I'M SAD OVER, WHAT'S HAVING TO BE TAKEN PLACE, UH, SKYLINE RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS, UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, WHOM I'M FINDING THAT I'M RAISING RIGHT NOW, UM, ARE THEY'RE ATTENDING FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE AT RESI JEFFERY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THEY ARE THE FIFTH GENERATION OF OUR FAMILY TO ATTEND WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND THIS YEAR IS MY FIRST TIME EVER TO ADDRESS ANY SCHOOL BOARD WHO HAS EVER SERVED HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A PLUS WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT.

UM, SO REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS NO ONE HEARS FROM ME UNLESS I HAVE RELEVANT COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS.

SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE TONIGHT, I, UM, ASKED THAT YOU GUYS JUST PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THESE CONCERNS THAT I'M HAVING.

UM, YOU WILL RECALL THAT DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, THIS YEAR, I EMAILED ALL OF YOU REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WITH A MONTH AND A HALF INTO SCHOOL.

NOW THE SITUATION REALLY HASN'T IMPROVED.

I HAD ADJUSTED MY WORK HOURS, UM, WITH THE TIME THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAD SAID THE BUS WOULD DEPART AND ARRIVE EACH DAY AT OUR STOP.

THE MORNING TIME SEEMS TO STAY ACCURATE, BUT THE AFTERNOONS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY.

ARRIVO HAS GONE FROM 3:21 PM TO A WINDOW OF 3 0 8 AND THREE 13.

THEN IT HAS BEEN EVEN MOVED UP FURTHER, UM, TO 305 WITH THIS BUS ARRIVING AS EARLY AS 2:58 PM.

AND THAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY.

SO I'VE SPOKEN TO TONY AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TWICE.

AND I HAVE HAD EMAIL EXCHANGES WITH MR. MITCHELL.

I'VE EXPLAINED HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO KEEP UP WITH THIS BUSES, ARRIVAL TIME IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE THERE FOR BOTH OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S SAFETY, I HAVE ASKED HOW A SCHOOL BUS CAN PICK UP ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT A 2:30 PM DISMISSAL AND GO THROUGH BROWNTOWN AND STILL ARRIVE AT MATTHEW'S LANE IN BENTONVILLE BY 2 58, 3 0 1 OR 3 0 5 EACH DAY.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SAFE WAY.

THIS CAN OCCUR.

I DRIVE THESE ROADS ALL THE TIME.

I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I'VE BECOME AWARE THAT THE SCHOOL IS DISMISSING CHILDREN.

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THE SCHOOL BEGINS AT 8:00 AM, AND TO PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL BY 8:00 AM.

AND THE PICKUP LINE IS ONLY UNTIL 2 45.

THERE ARE OVER 600 CHILDREN IN THAT SCHOOL.

AND DISMISSAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE 2:30 PM.

SO A 15 MINUTE WINDOW FOR BUSES AND PARENTS TO PICK UP CHILDREN AFTER DISMISSAL WOULD BE QUITE CHALLENGING WITH THAT TIME RESTRAINT.

SO I ASKED TONY WHY THE BUS DRIVERS WERE PICKING THE CHILDREN UP 10 MINUTES OR SO EARLIER THAN SCHOOL DISMISSAL.

AND HE ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS THE SCHOOL'S DWAYNE, NOT THE DRIVERS.

SO THEREFORE WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE TAKEN 50 MINUTES AND MORE FROM OUR CHILDREN'S INSTRUCTION A WEEK TO KEEP IN TIME WITH HER OWN DISMISSAL SCHEDULE, THIS HAS BECOME AN, A PRIORITY OVER OUR STUDENT'S EDUCATION.

AND THAT CONCERNS ME NOW, MY OTHER CONCERN, AND I REALLY WANT Y'ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

MY OTHER CONCERN IS REGARDING ASSIGNMENT THAT THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT RESI JEFFERY'S PRESENTED TO MY FOURTH GRADE GRANDDAUGHTER'S CLASS, WHEN SHE HAD THEM GO AROUND THE CLASSROOM AND READ 19 STATEMENTS THAT SHE PRINTED ON PAPER.

AND SHE GAVE EACH STUDENT A SHEET THAT HAD NUMBERED BOXES WITH A YES OR NO, AND INSIDE OF EACH BOX.

AND I DO HAVE THAT WITH ME WHILE REVIEWING HER DAILY SCHOOLWORK.

I SAW THAT THIS PAPER HAD SOME ANSWERS THAT WERE CIRCLED.

YES.

AND THEN ERASED TO SAY NO, BUT THERE WAS STILL NO QUESTIONS ATTACHED.

SO I REACHED OUT TO THE TEACHER THROUGH THE DOJO AND ASKED THAT SHE PLEASE FORWARD ME THE QUESTIONS.

SO I CAN REVIEW ALONG WITH THE ANSWER SHEET.

SHE DID NOT REPLY.

I REPEATED THE SAME REQUEST THE NEXT DAY.

AND SHE CALLED AND LEFT A MESSAGE ON MY HOME PHONE EXPLAINING THAT THE STATEMENT SHEETS WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO FORWARD ON DOJO.

AND THAT EVERY SHEET WAS JUST FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A COUNSELOR IS FOR.

SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO HER FOR THE THIRD TIME TO ASK HER AGAIN, TO PLEASE FORWARD ME THE SHEETS THROUGH MY EMAIL.

SO I DID GET THEM.

AND MOST OF THE STATEMENTS I FOUND WERE OKAY, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENT NUMBER NINE, WHICH STATED A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WILL TELL YOUR PARENTS EVERYTHING YOU SHARE.

NOW, MY FOURTH GRADE GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE HAD CIRCLED, YES.

THEN SHE HAD CHANGED IT.

WHEN THE COUNSELOR WENT THROUGH THE ANSWERS AND TOLD THE CHILDREN THAT IT SHOULD BE NO, THAT SHE WILL NOT TELL THEIR PARENTS EVERYTHING THEY SHARE.

I DID EXPLAIN THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE GOOD SUPPORT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE SCHOOL, BUT THOSE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO TRUST IN THEIR FAMILIES, THEY DO BECOME CONFUSED AS TO WHY AN EDUCATOR WOULD TELL THEM THEY WON'T TELL YOUR PARENTS THINGS.

SO I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A FIT ALL TEACHING FOR EVERYONE.

I ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT THE BUS DRIVER IS PLAYING LOUD MUSIC WHILE IN ROUTE.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL THOSE.

UM, AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE ARTIST WHOSE SONGS ARE BEING HEARD BY OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS YOU SEE, THIS IS NOT APPEALING.

AND TO KNOW THAT THE MUSIC IS BEING HEARD BY THAT AGE GROUP REALLY DISTURBS ME.

SO I JUST WANT THIS BOARD TO KNOW THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF HIS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE RAISING THESE YOUNG ONES, WE DO CARE DEEPLY FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND WE DO NOT WANT TO BE FORCED INTO COMPETITION FOR THESE YOUNG ONES, CONFIDENCE, THEIR SECURITY AND THE WELLBEING OF THEIR MINDS.

OUR CHILDREN ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND IMPRESSIONABLE PEOPLE ALIVE, AND WE STAND UP AND WE WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU MY CONCERNS.

SO THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO LEAVE WITH YOU, I KNOW THIS IS NOT QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME, BUT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE WRITE THESE DOWN AND PLEASE SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME AFTER YOU DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS, I WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS, THE SCHOOLS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO DISMISS OUR STUDENTS BEFORE THE ACTUAL DISMISSAL TIME.

I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF WHAT I'VE JUST SHARED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT TO THE YOUNG CHILDREN IS REALLY ONE OF THE LAWS THAT THIS BOOK HAS SWORN, OR THIS BOARD HAS SWORN TO UPHOLD.

UM, AND ALSO IS HAVING LOUD AND APPROPRIATE MUSIC PLAYED ON OUR SCHOOL BUSES THAT ARE IN ROUTE ACCEPTED TO THIS BOARD.

SO ANY INPUT THAT ANY OF YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO

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ME THROUGH EMAIL, WHICH I HAVE ALREADY EMAILED Y'ALL PRIOR.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS BECAUSE IT IS TRULY A REAL CONCERN FOR ME.

MIKE MAYER, 1 0 8 BLAINE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE MAYER.

CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK.

GOOD EVENING.

BOARD AND LOWLY COMMONERS OF WARREN COUNTY.

OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE BEEN OBLIVIOUS TO HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GREAT MELODY SAILINGS, BRINGING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THANKS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

HOPEFULLY HER OPPONENT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION WILL SHOW UP TO DEBATE TOPICS AND ISSUES WITH HER SOMETIME SOON.

IT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS WERE PARAGONS OF ANTI-BULLYING VIRTUE, SOMETHING I CAN APPRECIATE ON THE 13TH OF LAST MONTH, OUR DAUGHTER WHO ATTENDS SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT A GIRL SHE DOESN'T GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH HAD POSTED A TICK TOCK VIDEO, DISPARAGING HER SOMETHING.

SHE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT EVENING.

MY WIFE EMAILED PRINCIPAL JOHNSTON AND MS. HEALING, THE RESPONSE WAS IMMEDIATE, IMPRESSIVE, AND DAMN WELL APPRECIATED.

IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK AND WOULD BE HANDLED FIRST THING THE NEXT DAY OR SO WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THE NEXT MORNING, MY DAUGHTER GREETED BY THIS OTHER STUDENT AND HER FRIENDS STARING AT HER AND LAUGHING FROM ACROSS THE ROOM.

SO SHE WENT TO SEE HER COUNSELOR, MS. SASSER, THE RESPONSE WAS LAUGHABLE, ALBEIT PREDICTABLE, STAY AWAY FROM THOSE GIRLS AND TRY NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.

THE STARING AND LAUGHING CONTINUED.

SO MY DAUGHTER APPROACHED THE GIRL AND ASKED HER WHY SHE MADE THE VIDEO, THE RESPONSE LAUGHING AT HER AND INSULTING HER TO HER FACE.

SO MY DAUGHTER RESPONDED IN A MANNER.

I FEEL WAS REASONABLE.

GIVEN THE SITUATION AS A RESULT, SHE HAS HAD A FEW DAYS OFF OF SCHOOL WAS KICKED OFF THE CHEER SQUAD AND NOW GETS TO DO 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, SOME SORT OF ONLINE ANTI ASSAULT REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

AND WHAT SOUNDS LIKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS OF SOMETHING AKIN TO PROBATION, EASILY AVOIDABLE.

ALL OF IT HAD THE QUOTE UNQUOTE LEADERSHIP OF THE SCHOOL LIFTED A FINGER IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THIS ESCALATION TO THE ROAM OF PHYSICALITY.

THE RESPONSE FOLLOWING THE ALTERCATION WAS DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST NO FEEDBACK ON THE PENALTY, IF ANY EXISTED FOR THE OTHER CHILD'S ONLINE BULLYING EFFORTS, NO MANNER OF APPEALING OUR DAUGHTER BEING BOOTED FROM THE CHEER SQUAD FOR STANDING UP FOR HERSELF.

WHEN LET DOWN BY THE SCHOOL, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF ALL ANTI-BULLYING SIGNAGE FROM THE HALLS OF SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THEY HAVE PROVEN TO US THAT THEY DO NOT WALK THE WALK ANYWHERE NEAR AS EFFECTIVELY AS THEY TALK THE TALK, TAKE IT ALL DOWN AND DON'T DARE RE-INSTALL ANY OF IT UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO DO MORE THAN MAKE EMPTY PROMISES AND ADDRESS PARENTS WITH PLATITUDES.

I FEEL THIS WOULD BE A FAIR REQUEST, BUT I EXPECT NO SUCH FOLLOW THROUGH VERY MUCH LIKE THE RESPONSE TO OUR PLEA FOR ACTION.

LAST MONTH, OUR DAUGHTER WAS FAILED MISERABLY.

AND THE ONLY ONE WHO SEEMS TO BE FACING ANY CONSEQUENCES OR COME UP SINCE IS HER, IT'S A SHAME, BUT LET'S HOPE PRINCIPAL JOHNSTON AND MS. HEALING LEARN FROM THEIR ABJECT FAILURE AND SAVE OTHER KIDS FROM SUCH A DISASTROUS AND COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE OUTCOME IN THE FUTURE.

WISHFUL THINKING PERHAPS ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

ONE THING I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE IS TO TRUST ONE PERSON ABOVE ALL OTHERS, UH, EXCUSE ME, OTHERS WITHIN THE WALLS OF THAT FACILITY, THAT BEING THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DEPUTY VALEN WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO US FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.

AND I SALUTE BOTH HIM AND HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO OUR CHILDREN TO WRAP IT UP.

I'D LIKE TO QUOTE A RECENT ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD PUSHBACK MOVEMENT, THE GREAT MATT WALSH OF THE DAILY WIRE LEFTIST ACTIVISTS CAN COME TO YOUR HOUSE WITH BULLHORNS FILM YOU IN THE BATHROOM, LOOT YOUR BUSINESS BURNED POLICE STATIONS.

YEAH, FBI DOES NOTHING, BUT IF CONSERVATIVE PARENTS RAISE THEIR VOICES AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THEY'RE HUNTED DOWN HIS TERRORIST TODAY TO THE PARENTS WHO MIGHT HEAR MY VOICE TONIGHT, DO NOT ALLOW THE WEAPONIZATION OF OUR NATION'S ALPHABET ORGANIZATIONS INTIMIDATE YOU OR COERCE YOU

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INTO REMAINING SILENT, SPEAK YOUR MIND AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, WHO DO YOU THINK WILL THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AS ALWAYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY MIND THIS EVENING.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

GOD BLESS WARREN COUNTY.

THAT IS THE LAST OF THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OKAY.

CONSENT

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AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES REPORTS.

[3.A. Superintendent]

SUPERINTENDENT DR.

BALLENGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH A, OUR COVID UPDATES, UH, CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY, UNLESS IT'S BEEN UPDATED AND I KNOW MR. GRANT IS GETTING READY TO PULL UP OUR NEW COVID DASHBOARD AND I'LL GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE A 40 STUDENT ACTIVE CASES.

WHEN I LOOKED AT IT EARLIER TONIGHT, 144 STUDENTS QUARANTINED THREE ACTIVE STAFF CASES AND SEVEN STAFF QUARANTINE.

UM, OUR NEW DASHBOARD IS UPDATED IN REAL TIME.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE TODAY, IT, WE ONLY HAD, UH, TWO POSITIVE CASES THAT WAS ENTERED TODAY.

UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST BOX, IT CAN SCROLL DOWN AND IT'LL SHOW EACH OF THE DAYS AND HOW MANY STUDENTS AT, UH, WITHIN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE POSITIVE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS REAL TIME.

SO AS THE NURSE IS DOING THE CONTACT TRACING AND AS THE NURSES IS BEING INFORMED, THEN THAT INFORMATION IS ENTERED AT THE SITE AND THEN IT IS UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY ONTO THE WEBSITE.

AND THEN IT ALSO IS REFLECTED INTO THE OVERALL DASHBOARD, UH, THAT, THAT KEEPS A SUMMATIVE TOTAL FOUR FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.

UM, SO WITH THIS NEW DASHBOARD, UH, SINCE THIS IS UPDATED IN REAL TIME, WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SENDING HOME THE LETTERS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE INFORMING, UH, THIS ACTUALLY GIVES A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT THE LETTER LETTERS DOES AND IT IS REAL TIME.

UH, SO WE WILL, WE WILL SEE SENDING OUR LETTERS AND, AND ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE WEBSITE.

I DO WANT TO THANK MR. GRANT AND MR. , UH, I THINK BOTH IN THAT ROOM IN THERE, BUT, UM, THEY WORKED WITH SPECIAL SERVICES AND THE NURSES TO CREATE THIS PLATFORM AND TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND, AND WORKING WITH, UH, SPECIAL SERVICES TO GET OUR DASHBOARD, UH, CREATED AND UPDATED.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, OUR NURSES WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME CONTACT TRACING, THEN THAT WOULD BE REPORTED TO THE MR HIRSCH'S OFFICE.

THEN THAT WAS ALSO, OR MR. HIRSCH'S OFFICE SENT TO, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES TO SEND OUT THE LETTERS THIS WAY.

IT GOES IN FROM THE, FROM THE SCHOOL AND IS AUTOMATICALLY POPULATED.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE DO HAVE THIS UP AND RUNNING AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM NOW ON AND IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE AGAIN, WHERE THEY GO ON OUR SITE TO GET THAT.

YES, SIR.

MR. MR. GRANT, CAN YOU SHOW AGAIN? SO THEY'LL GO TO WCP S THAT K12.VA DOT U S AND FROM THERE OVER ON THE, ON THE FAR LEFT, THERE'LL BE THE COVID-19 DASHBOARD.

THERE IS A LINK THERE THAT THEY WILL CLICK, AND WHEN THEY CLICK ON THAT LINK, IT WILL TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO OUR, OUR DASHBOARD.

THAT THIS MONTH, WE DO HAVE OUR HOMECOMINGS, UH, FOR BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

UM, THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, SO THEY HAVE THE FOOTBALL GAME ON THE EIGHTH.

AS I HAVE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING HOMECOMING DANCES.

NOW THE DANCE WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY, BUT THEY DID MOVE THAT TO THE 16TH BECAUSE OF, OF SOME WEATHER MOVING IN.

AND SO THE 16TH IS LOOKING GOOD, UH, SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING.

THE GAME IS ON THE 22ND.

THE DANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 23RD AND THEIR ALTERNATIVE DATE IS THE 30TH.

AND SO BOTH DANCES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE OUTSIDE.

UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH LORD FAIRFAX HEALTH DISTRICT AND WORKING WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

SO JUST WANTING TO INFORM

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UH, THERE, THERE IS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES AT OUR SCHOOLS AS FAR AS WITH THIS TICK TOCK CHALLENGE THAT GOES ON, UH, LAST MONTH, THAT WAS, UM, A LOT OF DAMAGE TO OUR RESTROOMS. UM, AND AT THAT TIME I DID INFORM, UH, PRINCIPALS THAT WHEN IT BECAME RELEVANT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO FILE CHARGES, IF THEY ARE WARRANTED, BECAUSE SOME OF THE DAMAGE COULD BE UPWARDS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTS, THOSE PARTITIONS IN THOSE BATHROOMS CAN BE TWO TO $3,000 UNIT.

AND WE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY SOME DOORS RIPPED OFF AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE OF THIS.

UM, AND, AND THIS MONTH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, I GUESS, SOMETHING TO DO WITH, WITH HAVING CONTACT OR, OR HITTING A TEACHER OR SOME OTHER INDIVIDUAL.

BUT BECAUSE OF THESE, THESE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CAUSING A DISRUPTION IN OUR BUILDING.

IT IS TAKING AWAY FROM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

UH, THERE'S BEEN DAMAGE TO OUR FACILITIES HARM TO INDIVIDUALS.

UM, AND SO WE WILL TAKE EVERY MEASURE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACILITIES, STUDENTS THAT ARE FOUND TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THESE CHALLENGES, UH, WILL FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND POSSIBLE CHARGES, UH, WHEN WARRANTED, WHAT'S BEING DONE TO LET THESE KIDS KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS AND THAT CHARGES WILL BE PENDING OR DISCIPLINE WILL BECOMING.

SO, UM, INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL IT, YES MA'AM.

AND SO WE, AS WE WILL SEND OUT, I WILL SEND OUT A LETTER BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, BUT I DO KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS, UH, MRS. GUBLER HAS SENT SOMETHING OUT TO HER PARENTS, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AND I KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, AND, UH, OVER THE INTERCOM WITH STUDENTS, UM, ALSO TALKING ABOUT CHARGES, UM, COULD BE FILED AND OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE PART OF THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, THIS IS REALLY JUST A SECONDARY ISSUE.

UH, YOU SEE IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR WHEN IT WAS LAST MONTH WITH, WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE RESTROOMS, THAT WAS BASICALLY IN THE MALE RESTROOMS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE, BUT ONE OR TWO INSTANCES WITH ANY DAMAGE BEING DONE TO ANY FEMALE RESTROOMS. UM, SO WE WILL PUT SOMETHING OUT FROM THE DIVISION LEVEL TO ALL PARENTS, BUT PRINCIPALS AT EACH SITE ARE ALSO, UM, SENDING OUT INFORMATION AND REMINDING STUDENTS DURING A MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE ON TOP OF IT.

I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION AND I PASSED THAT ON TO MR. SMITH.

AND HE'S, WE DO HAVE, UM, A GENTLEMAN THAT REACHED OUT TO US FROM THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE THAT WANTS TO COME OVER AND ACTUALLY JUST HAVE A, UH, TALK, UH, WITH, WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THIS AND WHAT THE CAUSES, WHAT, WHAT THIS CAN LEAD TO, UM, AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE FOR STUDENTS AND TRYING TO DO SOME, SOME PREEMPTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AND FOR THE SCHOOL TO HELP US OUT.

SO, UH, JUST TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO, UNFORTUNATELY YES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS AND THE NOTICES AND, AND, UM, INFORMATION DURING THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SOMETIMES THAT JUST GOES OVER KIDS' HEAD, AND I THINK, UM, UM, AND, BUT THE, SEEING ALL THIS ON THE EMAILS THAT WE GET, AND I REALLY THINK, UM, START EXPELLING A COUPLE OF KIDS CALL THEIR PARENTS, HAVE THEM COME TO THE SCHOOL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 AND TWO APPARENT WILL HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK IF HE HAS TO BE THERE BETWEEN 10 AND TWO.

AND THAT IS, UH, TO ME WOULD BE THE, UH, A REAL POSITIVE INFLUENCE FOR THESE KIDS NOT TO MESS UP.

CAUSE IF MY KID CAME HOME TO ME BACK IN THE DAY, KIDS ARE ALL OLDER NOW, BUT, AND IF I HAD TO MISS UP A HALF A DAY'S WORK, HE'D BE PAYING THE PRICE ON THAT ONE.

SO I THINK SOME, SOME FIRM DISCIPLINE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ISSUED OUT AND THEN THE OTHER KIDS WILL SEE THAT, AND MAYBE THAT'LL MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON THEM, BUT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP ON THE BEHAVIOR.

YES, SIR.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH PRINCIPALS, UM, CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR STUDENTS.

AND IN, IN SOME INSTANCES IT HAS WORKED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT, THAT WERE ACTUALLY TIRED OF SEEING THE BATHROOMS GET, UM, TORN UP.

AND SO THEY WOULD COME IN AND, AND INTERVENE AND, AND BRING, BRING TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION OF WHO ACTUALLY DID THE DAMAGE.

AND SO THEY WERE HELPING US TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO, WHO WAS COMMITTING

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THE, UH, DAMAGES TO, TO THOSE FACILITIES AND, AND HELP US OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WERE, WERE GETTING TIRED OF IT AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, KIDS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA THAN I GUESS, THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SCHOOL.

AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FILM THEMSELVES DOING THIS AND POST IT TO GET A SCORE OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW SOME TYPE OF GAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH PRINCIPALS TO TELL THEM TO, TO TIGHTEN DOWN AND TO CHARGE WHEN NECESSARY.

I THINK WHEN, UM, WHEN, WHEN KIDS MISBEHAVE IN A CLASSROOM OR THEY GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING AND THE RESTROOMS, UM, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH THEFT BECAUSE THEY'RE STEALING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER KIDS TO LEARN.

THEY'RE STEALING THE OPPORTUNITY FROM A TEACHER TO CHEECH.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR MAGNITUDE OF MISBEHAVIOR IS, UM, I THINK, NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY MY OPINION ONLY IS THAT IT NEEDS TO, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIDS EXPELLED PARENTS BROUGHT IN BETWEEN WORK HOURS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PUNISH THE CORRECT PEOPLE AND NOT SOMEBODY THAT'S JUST THE BYSTANDER SO WAY.

AND WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PRINCIPALS MEETING ON FRIDAY AND DISCUSS, UH, SOME, SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ARTICLES IN THE RURAL EXAMINER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DECA CHAPTER I HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, MR. RICK GARDNER, AND A FEW STUDENTS TO TALK ABOUT DECA AND THE AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THIS CHAPTER.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M RICK GARDNER, THE MARKETING TEACHER AND DECA ADVISOR AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND UNFORTUNATELY DR.

BOUNDARY, WE DID HAVE A FEW KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO BE HERE, BUT ONE OF THEM, HER HORSE GOT LOOSE THIS MORNING.

AND SO SHE WAS TIED UP WITH, UH, FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING WAS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF HOURS OF HAVING TO RE FENCE TO KEEP THE HORSES FROM DOING LORD KNOWS WHAT, AND TWO OTHER GIRLS THAT, UH, THAT WERE INVOLVED IN ANOTHER THING.

AND THEY UNFORTUNATELY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE AT THE LAST MINUTE.

BUT I DID BRING MY FRIEND LUCAS WITH ME.

UM, I'M GONNA LET HIM TALK.

FIRST.

LUCAS WAS ONE OF THE TWO.

HIS PARTNER WAS THE ONE WHO WAS HORSE GOT LOOSE TODAY.

UM, BUT THEY, I TOOK 22 STUDENTS DOWN TO THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR, UH, THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

UM, AND IT'S VIRGINIA DECA DAY.

EACH ONE OF THE CTE PROGRAMS HAVE A DAY AT THE STATE FAIR FFA GETS LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS.

UM, BUT THE ONE DAY WE DO AND WHAT WE DO IS WE RUN THEM THROUGH A COMPETITION, A ROLE-PLAY COMPETITION.

IT'S A TEAM-BASED THING WHERE TWO STUDENTS CAN TEAM UP TOGETHER.

WE CAN TAKE AS MANY AS I THINK IT'S 10 TEAMS. AND SO LUCAS AND EMILY PAIRED UP, I WILL TELL YOU BEFORE THEY START, WHERE HE PUT, HE TELLS YOU WHAT THE, WHAT THEY DID AND WELL, HE'S DOING, HE AND EMILY ARE DOING THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH ANOTHER STUDENT.

UM, LUCAS WAS A STATE WINNER LAST YEAR.

LOUIS WAS ONE AND EMILY WAS ALSO, THEY WERE ONE OF 12 STUDENTS WHO WERE FAKE WINNERS IN VIRGINIA DECKER'S VIRTUAL CONFERENCE LAST YEAR COMPETITIONS.

AND THEY QUALIFIED AND COMPETED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA INSTEAD OF ON A DELL COMPUTER, BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT.

AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE, THE EXPERIENCE THEY GOT FROM THAT, UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN OFF.

HELLO, I'M LUCAS WEBER.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE WARREN COUNTY'S FFA CHAPTER, AND I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF OUR DRAMA CLUB AND ITS CHAPTER.

UH, SO ON LAST WEDNESDAY I COMPETED IN TWO CONTESTS.

THE FIRST SWITCH I WON A STATE METAL IN IS THE ROLE-PLAY EVENT.

SO WE WERE GIVEN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO TAKE ON IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM IN THE FIELD, AND WE HAD ROLES.

AND THEN WE BASICALLY JUST HAD TO GO THROUGH A 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD GET SCORED.

AND THE OTHER COMPETITION WE

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DID, WE DID AN INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR.

WE SADLY DIDN'T PLACE FOR THAT, BUT WE STILL COMPETED AND GOT SOME VALUABLE SKILLS FROM THE EXPERIENCE.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING ON A DECA PROJECT.

ORIGINALLY, IT WAS GOING TO BE AN INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN, BUT WE RECENTLY CHANGED IT TO A BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PLAN.

WE ARE BASICALLY DOING ALL THE BUSINESS RELATED STUFF FOR OUR ENTIRE THEATER DEPARTMENT.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS ON IT, INCLUDING MYSELF.

WE HAVE ALL, THIS WILL BE OUR ALL FOR EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF IT.

IT'LL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR IN THEATER AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT JOBS.

I'M CURRENT, I'M GOING, I'M THE HEAD OF THE SALES.

SO TICKETS T-SHIRTS ALL THE MERCHANDISE.

UH, EMILY, THE STUDENT THAT I WON THE AWARD WITH IS OUR PRODUCER.

SO THEY ARE FOCUSING ON OUR, ALL OF OUR MARKETING AND PUBLICITY, AND THEN ANOTHER STUDENT, OLIVIA TURNER, WHO IS OUR HEAD OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING.

UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING IN A FEW MONTHS.

OUR STATE CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE IN EARLY MARCH.

I'M NOT SURE OF THE DISTRICT DATE, BUT YEAH, FIRST WEEKEND OF MARCH.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'LL PACK THIS UP.

GREAT.

ARE YOU IN, WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN? I'M A SENIOR.

YOU'RE A SENIOR.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? UH, I WANT TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR FOCUSING IN PRIVATE REAL ESTATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

I THINK YOU'LL DO FINE.

YEAH.

SO, UM, JUST KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP.

UM, THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'VE COME FROM SINCE MARCH, 2020, UM, LAST YEAR 21, 21 36 STATES, THE STATE CHAPTER STATE CHAPTERS STATEWIDE SHUT DOWN, DECKER TRAVELERS HEARD THAT SAID, WE CAN'T DO THIS.

WE CAN'T OPERATE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, NOT THE KIDS WARREN COUNTY.

HE SAID, AH, IT'S NOT AN OPTION.

UH, FOR THE FOURTH STREET YEAR, WE WANT TO TOP CHAPTERS IN THE STATE.

UM, THE, THE MANTRA THAT, THAT THE OFFICERS LAST YEAR, UM, ADOPTED, CAME FROM THE MARINES, IMPROVISE, ADAPT, AND OVERCOME.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD 12 STATE WINNERS, THAT NATIONAL LEVEL, WE ACTUALLY RECERTIFIED TO SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISES.

SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISE IS STUDENT MANAGED AND STUDENT OPERATED.

ALL I DO IS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT'S UNETHICAL, BUT THESE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, WE DID A, OUR, OUR SCHOOL STORE WAS I STOREFRONT BRICK AND MORTAR.

WELL, BECAUSE OF THE HYBRID SITUATION AND THE, AND THE THING WENT ON LAST YEAR, I SAID, OKAY, WELL, I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SHUT THIS DOWN.

NOPE, MR. GUARDIAN, WE'RE NOT SHUTTING THIS THING DOWN.

THEY ACTUALLY CONVERTED IT OVER TO AN E-COMMERCE BASED BUSINESS.

FOLLOWING THE AMAZON MODEL, WE ACTUALLY DID BETTER THAN WE DID RUNNING A STOREFRONT.

AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE WW AA, THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE GAMES THAT THEY COULD SELL THINGS BECAUSE NOBODY, BECAUSE WE WERE LIMITED WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COULD ATTEND THE GAME WE ACTUALLY DID.

SO THAT WAY TWO ORGANIZATIONS BENEFITED FROM THIS TRAINING OVER THE ADAPTION TO AN E-COMMERCE SITE, BECAUSE THINGS WERE, UH, SPECTATORS WERE LIMITED.

ANOTHER S UH, SCHOOL SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISES FORM WHILE CATS LIVE MY MARKETING, MY SPORTS MARKETING STUDENTS ALSO GOT OTHER KIDS THAT WERE NOT IN SPORTS MARKETING.

AND WE DO LIVE STREAMS OF ALL THE HOME CONTEST STARTED IN JANUARY.

WE DID THE BASKETBALL, UH, AND THEN THE SPRING FALL, SPORTS, FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL.

AND THEN WE DID BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AND SOCCER GAMES IN THE SPRING, COMPLETELY STUDENT RUN, STUDENT MATH, STUDENT MANAGED STUDENT OPERATED.

AND THEN, AND THAT, AND THAT'S EVEN PROGRESSED NOW BECAUSE SPECULATORS WERE ABLE TO COME BACK MR. DYKE, AND I'VE TALKED BETH THAT GREG AND I TALKED ABOUT, HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SHOW GUY? SO ABSOLUTELY NOT BECAUSE AUNT BETTY IN NEW JERSEY MAY WANT TO WATCH HER NIECE OR NEPHEW PLAY IN FRONT ROYAL.

AND SO WE KEPT THAT UP.

AND THEN WHAT WE'VE ADDED TO THAT, AND LUCAS IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS FOR, WE ARE NOW DOING A BIWEEKLY SHOW THAT WE'RE TAPING.

AND WE ARE, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, NATIONAL MEDIA SERVICES IN THE ROYAL EXAMINER IS BEING POSTED ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND SO WE'RE, IT'S NOT JUST ATHLETICS.

WE'RE NOW INCLUDING OTHER STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE DO

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INTERVIEW.

IT'S LIKE AN ESPN, UH, TIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, SPORTS CENTER TYPE, UH, BROADCAST.

WE'RE EDITING IT, MAKING SURE THE WHOLE THING.

AND IT'S, IT REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO TEACHING THEM THE VALUE OF SPORTS, MEDIA MARKETING.

AND THEN FINALLY, DECK TAILGATERS IS OUR ON-SITE FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SERVING, UH, UH, SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISE IN THE PAST.

WE'VE DONE FESTIVALS LIKE THUS WE'LL LEAVE A FAMILY FUND, A LOCAL THING, YOU KNOW, LOCAL FESTIVALS WHERE WE'VE BEEN A FOOD VENDOR.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DONE THINGS WITH SOME OF THE HOME FOOTBALL HOME ATHLETIC EVENTS.

WELL, AGAIN, COVID SHUT THAT DOWN.

I SAID, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S IT.

NOPE, MR. GARDENER, WHY NOT CALL IT? THAT HAPPENED? AND SO WHAT WE STARTED DOING LAST YEAR, IT WAS ON WEDNESDAYS.

WE WERE SELLING LUNCHES THE DAY THE KIDS WERE IN THERE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD PREPARE AND SELL LUNCHES TO TEACHERS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HAD THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.

THEY'RE BOTH SOPHOMORES.

THEY ARE THE STUDENT MANAGERS OF THIS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARKETING DATA.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARKETING RESEARCH REPORTS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT SALE, VALIDATED LEARNING HOW TO DO A CA UH, UH, INCOME STATEMENTS, LEARNING HOW TO DO CASHFLOW STATEMENTS.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE FOR, UH, YESTERDAY? IT'S YOUR BUSINESS? YOU TELL ME.

AND SO THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE DOING THESE THINGS, AND IT'S JUST, THEY THEY'VE LEARNED MORE FROM DOING IN THE, IN THE HOUR AND A HALF TO DO THAT THAN THEY WOULD FOR ME STAND UP SHOWING A POWERPOINT FOR FIVE DAYS.

I MEAN, THE, THE HANDS-ON NATURE OF, OF, OF A SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISE IS JUST, IT'S PHENOMENAL WHAT THEY PICK UP FROM IT.

AND THEN THE LAST 21ST I'LL GO WITH 20, 23RD, 24TH, 24, 20 4TH OF SEPTEMBER, WE INITIATED OVER 33 NEW MEMBERS, FIRST-YEAR MEMBERS, LARGEST NEW MEMBER, RECRUITMENT AND INITIATION SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO LIKE I TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE I JUST POINTED IN THE DIRECTION, THEN I GET OUT OF THE ROAD, BECAUSE IF I, IF I STAND THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ME OVER.

SO THANKS FOR YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, WHEN IS YOUR NEXT THEATER PRODUCTION? SO THEY CAN COME TO YOU'RE THE MARKETING DIRECTOR.

UH, SO WE HAVE A FEW UPCOMING SHOWS, UH, OUR UPCOMING VHSL COMPETITION PIECE DEATH WISH WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A SHOWCASE.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AT NIGHT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING YOU ALL, EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD LETTERS TO ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT IT AND GIVE YOU A FREE TICKET TO THE SHOW.

SO YOU ALL CAN ATTEND.

UH, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING, ARE THEATER, ONE CLASSES AND THEATER.

TWO ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING A CLASS SHOWCASE ON, I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 11TH, BUT I WILL GET BACK INTO CONTACT WITH YOU TO TELL YOU THE OFFICIAL DATES.

YOU THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND SHARING WITH US.

UM, I'M SURE LUCAS WOULD RATHER BE HOME DOING HOMEWORK.

AND, UH, YOU'VE GIVEN UP YOUR EVENING HERE.

UM, THIS, WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO PLUG INTO, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.

UM, FANTASTIC.

AND 33 NEW MEMBERS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP AND WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND, UH, PALE PEOPLE.

I STARTED MY 39 YEARS THIS YEAR.

AND HAVE YOU READ MY RESUME TO TALK BACK? THEY WILL TELL YOU TO READ LIKE A ROADMAP, BUT, AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WHATEVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BIG, SMALL, RURAL, OR URBAN INNER CITY, SUBURBAN THE CHARACTER OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THE FACE WOULD BE ADVERSITY, THEY FACED LAST YEAR IS JUST NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY REFUSED TO GIVE UP AND THAT'S, THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE CHARACTER THAT THEIR RISK THAT THEY'RE LEARNING AT HOME.

WELL, THE FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHT FOR THEM.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET MORE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST DECA, BUT SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD NEWS.

AND, AND I WENT BY LAST YEAR AND HAD SOME OF THOSE LUNCHES THAT, THAT THEY SERVE TO THE, TO THE BIG KIDS OF THE SCHOOL.

SO THEY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

SO I APPRECIATE LUCAS AND MR. GARDNER FOR COMING IN TONIGHT AND SHARING, UM, THE SUCCESSES

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.

Y'ALL DON'T NEED TO HANG AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING SCHOOL

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BOARD REPORTS, MISSES ISLANDS.

UM, SO I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TOUR ASS ROADS AND SEE ALL THE NEW RENOVATIONS THERE.

MS. LAYMAN WAS, WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING AND I REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS.

UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE VSBA LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CONFERENCE AND COMPLETED MY CORNEA TRAINING.

THANK YOU, MR. RINALDO.

I WALKED THE AREA WHERE THE AMPHITHEATER IS A BIG DISCUSSED AND I'M BEING OUT OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AWHILE.

I THINK IT'S A VERY DOABLE PROJECT AND I'M THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A, UH, A BIG HIT.

SO THE SITE, THOSE LOOK GOOD FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, IN MY OPINION.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. WELLS EVENING, UH, THANKS TO THE DECA CLUB AND JUST POSITIVE NEWS THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET FROM THE STUDENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

AND I KNOW THERE'S CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FORWARD THOSE TO US.

UM, IT'S ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED IF THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT AND GIVE, UH, FEEDBACK.

UM, CAN'T SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ANONYMOUS EMAILS FROM A SWEDISH ENCRYPTED WEBSITE THAT HAVE NO REAL FACT AND NO WAY TO REFUTE THOSE FACTS OR THOSE SUPPOSEDLY FACTS.

AND SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE BOLD ENOUGH TO REACH OUT TO US, THEN AT LEAST LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH YOU.

AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.

I DO AGAIN, WANT TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF LOGAN , UM, MR. SMITH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

MY HUSBAND AND I ATTEND A LOT OF FOOTBALL GAMES AND WRESTLING MATCHES, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A BRENTSVILLE SKYLINE FOOTBALL GAME AND WE WERE BEHIND AND LOGAN SCORED FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T HAVE A STATISTICALLY LIKE ONE, BUT I KNOW WE CAN PLAY.

YEAH, IT WAS A BIG COMEBACK.

AND I REMEMBER MY HUSBAND MAKING THE STATEMENT LIKE THAT KID IS A ONE MAN WRECKING MACHINE, BUT OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.

UM, I DO WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN ON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN PARENTS COME OUT AND SPEAK LIKE THEY HAVE.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING UNLESS YOU GET UP AND TELL US, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN BEFORE.

UM, SO KEEP COMING OUT, KEEP, KEEP TALKING TO US.

IT'S GREAT.

UPDATE ON JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CLASSROOM SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS, DR.

ACTION AGENDA.

WHAT'S WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE.

[3.C. Update on Job Description for Classroom Support Instructional Assistant Positions- Dr. Ballenger]

BALLENGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

AND, AND THIS IS JUST A DATE ON THOSE 17 POSITIONS.

UM, WE NEEDED TO DISTINGUISH, BECAUSE WE, WE ASKED THE BOARD FOR THOSE 17 NEW INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF FILLING THE ROLE OF A SUBSTITUTE WHEN WE COULD NOT GET A SUBSTITUTE FROM, UH, THE SUBSTITUTE COMPANY.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, AND WE'LL DISCUSS AGAIN LATER TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO COMPENSATE THOSE THAT ARE STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THEIR ROLE TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES, TO HELP WITH, WITH COVERAGE.

AND SO THE, THE UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTION, BECAUSE THOSE POSITIONS ARE DESIGNATED TO HELP INTO THAT AREA.

UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY WOULD NOT BE, UM, THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE ARE CREATING THE, CREATING THESE 17 POSITIONS TO HELP OUT WITH THAT NEED AND IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO REALLY THE UPDATES ON THIS IS TO PROVIDE CLASSROOM COVERAGE THAT WAS ADDED AS NEEDED AS WELL AS CLASSROOM TEACHER, UM, ASSIST THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IN MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION AND PERSONAL CARE STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE ADDED A BULLET DOWN AT THE, IN THE BOTTOM THAT THE DELIVERY AND ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS.

AND THIS IS JUST, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON YOUR TYPICAL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT,

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UM, JOB DESCRIPTION.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO, TO IDENTIFY THAT AND DISTINGUISH THAT THESE ROLES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT ROLES THAT WE HAVE.

ACTUALLY, THE AGENDA APPROVED CONTRACT FOR TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES FROM DELL TECHNOLOGIES, MR. GRANT, GOOD EVENING.

[4.A. Approve Contract for Technology Purchases from Dell Technologies - Mr. Grant]

UM, BEFORE WE, UH, DO THE APPROVAL, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN REAL QUICK, UH, WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS SO LATE.

UM, TYPICALLY WE DO OUR PURCHASES AND ARREST REQUESTS FOR PURCHASES IN JUNE AND JULY, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING PREPARED.

HOWEVER, WE HAD A, A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN SOME OR TO, UM, TO GET SOME MONEY FROM THE FCC, UH, TO PAY FOR SOME CHROMEBOOKS.

UM, SO ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021, THE FCC AWARDED WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1,000,300, UH, I'M SORRY, 1,000,030, $3,012 AND 17 CENTS, UM, FOR THE PURCHASE OF CHROMEBOOKS AND REPLACEMENT OF CHROMEBOOKS, UH, FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS, UM, THESE FUNDS WILL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO CDW.

UM, AND, UH, AND THEY WILL ADD, WILL PURCHASE A 2,619 CHROMEBOOKS.

UM, SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO REQUEST THE MONEY BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NOT BEING FUNNELED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.

UM, AND THEN THAT IS ALSO THE REASON WHY WE WAITED SO LONG TO MAKE THESE PURCHASES, UM, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER WE WOULD GET THE COMMITMENT LETTER YET.

SO WE HAD, WE HAD JUST GOT IT.

SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

SO I'M ONTO THE ACTION AGENDA ITEM.

UM, THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE HARDWARE FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS PURCHASE WILL INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL PCS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT OF A VIRTUAL SERVER THAT SUPPORTS THE CTE PROGRAMS. UM, THE FUNDING WILL COME OUT OF THE, UH, VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY TECHNOLOGY GRANT, AND, UH, THE QUOTES, THESE PURCHASES WERE CAME OUT OF, UH, THE VITTA STATE CONTRACT.

THE TOTAL COST OF THESE ITEMS IS $186,830.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? SO I HAD ALREADY ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFOREHAND, BUT IN, IN TRANSPARENCY, I THINK IT HELPS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.

UM, I HAD ASKED ABOUT HOW, HOW OLD THE CURRENT COMPUTERS WERE, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS 10 YEARS, SO YEAH, THEY'RE TWO YEARS PAST THERE INTO LIFE.

UM, AND, UH, WE CAN SOMETIMES STRETCH THINGS AND WE HAVE, SO, YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELL, READY TO BE REPLACED.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO ALLOW THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE PCS AND A SERVER FROM DELL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $186,830.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

EDGENUITY ONLINE CURRICULUM PURCHASE MR. FOX.

OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. GRANT

[4.C. Edgenuity Online Curriculum Purchase - Mr. Fox]

GOOD EVENING WITH THE ALONE ONGOING PANDEMIC.

PARENTS CONTINUE TO ASK US FOR A VIRTUAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

UH, WE RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF OUR PARENTS AND WE HAD 114 RESPONSES OF THOSE HUNDRED AND 14 RESPONSES.

75.

UM, FAMILIES ASKED FOR, UH, THE USE OF A LEARNING PLATFORM.

37 OF THOSE FAMILIES WERE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILIES IN 38 WERE HIGH SCHOOL FAMILIES.

EDGENUITY IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF ONLINE CURRICULUM AND BLENDED LEARNING SOLUTIONS.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN ONLINE COURSES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.

UM, I HAVE ASKED FOR A MIDDLE-SCHOOL PURCHASE OF 21 MONTHS AND ASKED FOR A HIGH SCHOOL PURCHASE FOR 18 MONTHS IN THE BED.

UH, THERE'S ALSO, UH, PROVIDED AN ELEMENTARY PALETTE, WHICH IS GOOD THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH,

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EDGENUITY IS A VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROVED MULTI-DIVISIONAL ONLINE PROVIDER.

AND, UH, SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, UH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF, UM, A MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, A HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM, AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOES WITH THAT.

AND THEY'RE ALSO THROWING IN A PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAT WILL INVOLVE ENRICHMENT AND ACCELERATION.

BUT, UH, I'D ALSO SAY THAT ON THE EDGENUITY SITE, THERE ARE, THERE WERE INITIALLY 16 PAPERS THAT OFFER RESEARCH BEHIND THEIR INSTRUCTION AND, UM, VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER WEBSITE.

UH, I NEED TO ADD THOUGH THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT I HAD ASKED, UH, ENTERED THE CONVERSATION, UH, WITH MR. MONTES, HE HAD EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY OFFER A SECOND OPTION, WHICH IS THE, UH, AVAILABILITY OF, UH, VIRTUAL ONLINE TUTORS.

AND SO THE WAY HE EXPLAINED THIS TO ME IS IF A STUDENT IS HAVING AS DOING A PROBLEM WITH, UH, THE ADDITIONAL MIXED FRACTIONS THAT IF THE STUDENT, UH, STUDENT RUNS INTO PROBLEMS, UH, AND FIRST OFF, LET ME EXPLAIN EDGENUITY THE FIRST.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THIS ONLINE PLATFORM IS THAT IT'S GOING TO PRESENT A VIDEO INSTRUCTION ON TAPED INSTRUCTION THAT SHOWS HOW TO DO A PROCESS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE GIVEN, UH, PROBLEMS TO, UH, TO ASSESS THEIR PROGRESS AND TILES TO WORK THROUGH.

BUT ALONG WITH THIS, WITH THIS VIRTUAL TUTORING, IF A STUDENT CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH THIS MYTHS MIXED FRACTION, THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR QUESTION TO THIS VIRTUAL TUTOR.

NOW THE VIRTUAL TUTOR WOULD NOT ACTUALLY ANSWER THEIR QUESTION, BUT THEY WOULD GIVE YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW TO, HOW TO ADD MIXED FRACTIONS TO, TO SHOW THE CHILD A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO THE SECOND QUOTE IS, UH, INSTEAD OF $66,806 AND 3 CENTS, THE SECOND QUOTE IS FOR $70,000 $70,740 AND 82 CENTS.

THIS IS A $3,934 AND 79 CENTS MORE.

BUT AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES THE, UH, THE VIRTUAL TUTORING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO, UM, WE ARE ASKING, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, UM, EDGENUITY PROGRAMS THIS'LL BE COVERED WITH OUR CARES FUNDS.

AND THIS WILL OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO, UM, ACCESS VIRTUAL.

YES, IT IS AGAIN, IT'S A VIRTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE RESPONSES FROM, UH, FROM THE FAMILIES OF, OF WHY THEY WOULD CHOOSE A VIRTUAL PLATFORM.

AND IT GOES EVERYWHERE FROM, UH, UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS TO ANXIETY, TO, UH, JUST DIFFICULTY WITH, WITH RE-INTEGRATING.

SO, UM, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION AGAIN, I ADDRESSED THIS BY EMAIL BEFORE, BUT, AND FOR TRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS IN THE LOOP.

UM, MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, INGENUITY PROGRAM WAS, WAS THAT IT HAS PRETTY HORRIBLE REVIEWS ONLINE.

UM, BUT I'M GOING TO TRUST YOU, THE STAFF WITH THIS, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS YOUR EXPERTISE.

UM, AND I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE VIRTUAL OPTIONS BACK UP, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN SCHOOL CHOICE.

UM, FOR INSTANCE, I HAD A MOM THAT WAS, HAD TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T CURRENTLY VIRTUAL FOR 11TH GRADERS.

AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY NOW DURING COVID, IT IS IT'S CRITICAL THAT, THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THAT SCHOOL CHOICE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UM, I WAS HOWEVER WONDERING, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT WE GET CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WORKING AND WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND I'M READING ONLINE.

YES.

UH, PART, PART OF THIS, UH, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO WITH THE SECOND, UH, THE SECOND QUOTE WITH THE VIRTUAL TUTORING, WE ALSO DO PLAN TO ASSIGN TEACHERS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL ANSWER STUDENTS' QUESTIONS.

AND, UH, MS. SAILINGS, I DID, I DID READ SOME OF THOSE REVIEWS.

UH, I SAW 274 WAS, UH, WAS THE SITE THAT POPPED UP THE MOST.

AND FRANKLY, SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE AWFUL REVIEWS, TERRIBLE LEARNING PLATFORM, UH, AND ACCESSIBLE, BUT ALSO SAW SEVERAL REVIEWS THAT SAID IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT, UM, IN HIS PREVIOUS POSITION, DR.

BALLENGER WAS WORKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH EDGENUITY AND HAD VERY

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GOOD RESULTS.

AND, UH, SO I, I CERTAINLY A MIXED BAG, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID LOVE THE LEARNING PLATFORM, UH, DID LOVE IT.

AND THIS WOULD OPEN UP A VIRTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM OF VIRTUAL, UM, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR 11TH GRADE STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS LOG ON.

AND WE CAN TELL WHETHER THEY'RE DOING THEIR ASSIGNMENTS OR WHETHER THEY'RE LOGGING ON EACH DAY AND, AND HOW THEY'RE DOING.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT PROGRESSING WITH VIRTUAL, YES, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TILES.

AND SO APPARENTLY IF YOU'RE GREEN, YOU'RE AHEAD.

IF YOU'RE YELLOW, I THINK IT'S YELLOW.

YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

IF IT'S RED THAT YOU'RE BEHIND.

AND WE INTEND TO ASSIGN OUR EYE, OUR FOLKS, OUR EMPLOYEES, TO MONITOR THE STUDENTS SO THAT, UH, THE WEBSITE IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THEIR PRODUCT, BUT ALSO IF YOU GET BEHIND, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CATCH UP.

SO WE WILL ASSIGN SOMEONE TO MONITOR OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROGRESSING ADEQUATELY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, SINCE THIS IS VETTED THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IT IS ONE OF THEIR MULTI-DIVISIONAL ONLINE PROVIDERS AS MR. FOX MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH ALLOWS US TO, IT CREATES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK, TO SEE IF WE WANT TO GIVE CREDIT FOR, FOR GOING OUT AND GETTING ANOTHER PROGRAM.

THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED AS A PROGRAM THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH THEN VETS AT, FOR US AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING US TO AWARD A CREDIT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OR FOR ANY, ANY GLASS.

WHAT WAS THE ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THE TUTOR 3000? YES.

W WITH, WITH THE, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT INVOLVES SEVERAL DISCOUNTS.

SO THE ADDITIONAL COST WAS $3,934 AND 79 CENTS.

AND THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL TO THAT BRINGS 70,740 AND 82 CENTS.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AS FAR AS, UM, IS, IS THERE ANY 21 MONTHS, 18 MONTHS? IS THERE ANY OCTA FOR VERSION, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE DISPLEASED, SHOULD OUR FEEDBACK BE THAT THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR US? I WOULD NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

MR. WELLS, I WOULD ASSUME ONCE YOU ENTER INTO A CON UH, A CONTRACT, YOU ARE, UH, OBLIGATED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT THE ADDITIONAL, UH, TO INCLUDE THE TUTORING, OR I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GET THE TUTORING THAT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE FOR SOMEBODY TO STAY ON TRACK FOR STUDENTS STAY ON TRACK.

YEAH.

I THINK THE TUTORING IS CRITICAL.

I THINK THE TUTORING IS I REALLY LIKE HEARING ABOUT THAT, THAT I HAVE EMOTION.

UH, I WOULD MOVE AT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PURCHASE THE AGENT EDGENUITY EDGENUITY ONLINE CURRICULUM FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 AND ACCEPT THE ELEMENTARY POWER PROGRAM FOR A COST OF $70,740 AND 82 CENTS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. FOX.

UPDATE ON SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY, AMPHITHEATER PROJECT.

[4.D. Update on Samuels Public Library Amphitheater Project - Mr. Smith]

MR. SMITH.

GOOD EVENING.

ON JANUARY 8TH, 2008, THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF WARREN TO LEASE, UM, TO IT A 3.7 ACRE PORTION OF SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY AT KRIZER ROAD, ADJACENT TO ARRESTEE JEFFREYS TO BE CONSTRUCT, UM, RESI JEFFREY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE COUNTY THEN LEADS TO PROPERTY THE SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARDS, SO THAT A NEW LIBRARY COULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE.

UM, THE LEASE AGREEMENTS REQUIRED THE LIBRARY TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE COUNTY, UH, AND FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE COUNTY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR ANY RENOVATIONS, OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN AT OUR SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD, UH, WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION MEMBERS OF THE SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDED A PROPOSED AMPHITHEATER PRESENTATION ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

IT WAS SOME SURMISED FROM THAT PRESENTATION TO SEEK THE NEXT STEPS FOR PERMISSION, FOR SUCH A PROJECT, A STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO LEGAL COUNSEL TO SEEK GUIDANCE AND LEGAL COUNSEL HAS REVIEWED BOTH,

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UH, LEASES AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BY THE LEGAL COUNCILS WHERE, UH, SANDS ANDERSON WHO'S.

OUR ATTORNEY IS ALSO THE ACCOUNT HE'S, UH, WE'LL NEED CONFIRMATION IN WRITING FROM OURSELVES AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, BUT IT STARTS SORT OF WITH OURSELVES THAT NEITHER OBJECTS TO SANS ANDERSON TAKEN ON THIS SINCE BOTH ARE CLIENTS, WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE A TECHNICAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UM, AND THEN A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE REAL ESTATE INSIDE THAT 3.7 ACRE THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE BOUNDS AS DESCRIBED IN THE TWO LEASES.

AND THAT LAND DOES FALL WITHIN THAT, UH, ACREAGE, UM, UH, WRITTEN CONFIRMATION BY CONSENSUS, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE A, UM, UH, UH, A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION AND THEN THE COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO THE SAMUEL'S PUBLIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT ALL PARTIES AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN, UM, FINALLY THAT LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD DRAFT AN ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT.

IN ADDITION TO OUR, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD GRANT A THREE PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD COUNTY AND LIBRARY BOARD TO CONSENT TO THE BUILDING OF THE AMPHITHEATER ITS LOCATION, UM, ON THE LEASE PROPERTY AND ITS DESIGNS.

AND THIS IS WHERE ALL THE LEGALITIES WOULD FALL IN AS FAR AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, ALL THE LEGALITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

AND WHEN WE, WE OWN THE LAND AND SO FORTH.

AND, UM, AS I SPOKE WITH COUNSEL THIS AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, OUR LIABILITY IS WE STILL HAVE LIABILITY ON ANYTHING THAT WE OWN.

UH, BUT BY THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT, IT HELPS TO ELIMINATE THE MAJORITY OF, OF LIABILITY.

UM, WE COULD HAVE LIABILITY AT A, AT A, AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WOULD JUST BE A STANDARD ACTIVITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE EVENINGS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT, UM, OUR COUNCIL WOULD DRAFT THAT, UM, THAT AGREEMENT.

AND, UH, I, I, THEN I COULD BRING THAT BACK, UH, TO THE BOARD, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

SO THAT'S THE PROCESS, AS WE MENTIONED, UM, PREVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED PROCESS PER SE.

IT'S REALLY THAT THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEN THE, UH, BOARD OF SOUP, THE COUNTY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS, UH, SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, JUST, UH, PUTS IN WRITING, UH, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN WE PROVIDE, UH, AN AGREEMENT FOR THOSE THREE PARTIES.

WOULD THE LIBRARY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP AND YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HOWEVER THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING.

THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD CONTINUE.

I THINK, AS THE PROPOSAL, AS WE HEARD FROM THE SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING, UM, I, WHEN DR.

BALLENGER AND MYSELF AND, UH, MR. LEVACY, OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, UH, SAW THE PRESENTATION EARLIER THE SUMMER, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.

UM, REALLY WAS ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MOVED THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION, NOT OBJECTING TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH BOTH PARTIES, CLIENTS OF SANDS AND ANDERSON OF SANS ANDERSON, A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT IS WITHIN THE 3.072 ACRE PROPERTY SPECIFIED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AGREES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND THAT LEGAL COUNSEL DRAFTS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT THAT GRANTS A THREE PARTY AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

INSTRUCTIONAL COVERAGE COMPENSATION RATE APPROVAL FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE.

OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH,

[4.E. Instructional Coverage Compensation Rate Approval for Instructional Assistants- Dr. Ballenger]

DR.

BALLENGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, AND, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LENGTHY RIGHT UP HERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA SHORTEN IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED SUBS AND GETTING CLASSROOM COVERAGE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

UH, WE ALREADY HAD, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE BOARD AT THE LAST WORK SESSION.

UH, WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR SALARY

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SCALES FOR AN HOURLY RATE OF $20 AN HOUR FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE IS THE $10 AN HOURLY RATE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AND THE $50 A DAY THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD AT THE LAST WORK SESSION AND WHAT WE NEED THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD IS TO GO AHEAD AND ESTABLISH THAT $10 AN HOUR RATE AND THAT $50 PER DAY RATE FOR THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS TO BE PAID WHEN THEY'RE COVERING THOSE, THOSE CLASSES DISCUSSION.

NO.