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          [1A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair]
          [1B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]
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          IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA? IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMUNITY 
          [1C. Community Participation]
PARTICIPATION. 
          IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF AS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THE MEETING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND TO LIMIT DISCUSSION TO TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION PERSONS ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THOSE RELEVANT, TO THE PENDING ITEMS. NO PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS, EXCEPT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AFTER AUDIBLY STATING THEIR NAME AND WHOM THEY REPRESENT. 
          IF APPLICABLE, NO PERSON SHALL BRING INTO THE BOARDROOM, ANY SIGN BANNER OR OTHER SUCH ITEM, WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SEEING HEARING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING PROVIDED THAT MODELS, PHOTOS, MAPS, CHARTS, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER DEMONSTRATED MATERIALS INTENDED FOR USE IN A PRESENTATION BY A SPECIFIC PERSON SHALL BE PERMITTED UPON RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. 
          THEIR SPEAKER SHALL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR CONFINED THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS, WHICH FROM THEIR USUAL CONSTRUCTION AND COMMON ACCEPTANCE ARE DEFAMATORY TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR TEND TO VIOLENCE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE REFRAIN FROM OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME. 
          STOP SPEAKING, WHEN DIRECTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH CONDUCT ONCE ANY ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER THE WARNING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. 
          AND THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ASK THE COUNTY SHERIFF TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OR CLEAR THE BOARDROOM SO THAT THE BOARD CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          WHEN RECOGNIZED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU ARE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF A WARREN COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENT, OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. 
          MR. VALENTINE, DO YOU HAVE NAMES? YES, I DO. 
          THERE'S FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE. 
          AND THE FIRST IS AMY FLORA. 
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          SCHOOL BOARD, DR. 
          BALLENGER AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I AM AMY FLORA AND I AM THE WCEA PRESIDENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND A MATHEMATICS TEACHER AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A FAN OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, DOING THIS TWICE IN A ROW IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. 
          SO CLEARLY A MUST FEEL. 
          WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY OWN COMFORT TONIGHT IS ABOUT BUDGET. 
          LUCKILY, I'M KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH NUMBERS ACTUALLY BEFORE MY TEACHING LIFE, I HELD MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS WITH THE STATE FOR INVESTING SO CONTRARY TO POPULAR TO SOME BELIEFS. 
          I AM NOT TEACHING BECAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE WORKING IN ANOTHER PROFESSION. 
          I'M TEACHING BECAUSE IT IS MY PASSION AND THIS IS TRUE FOR ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TEACHER OUT THERE. 
          SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO THROW SOME NUMBERS AT YOU. 
          62 VIRGINIA HAS INCREASED OPEN TEACHING VACANCIES BY NEARLY 62%, SINCE 2018. 
          ACCORDING TO A DECEMBER VIRGINIA MERCURY ARTICLE, PERHAPS THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE NEXT NUMBER, 50TH BUSINESS.ORG REPORTS SET VIRGINIA RANKS LAST WHEN COMPARING SALARY TO THE STATE AVERAGE 17,942 $17,942 IS THE PAY DIFFERENCE FOR THE 2 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR FOR A TEACHER WITH THE SAME EXPERIENCE AT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AT LOUDON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION. 
          IT IS LOUDEN COUNTY THAT PAYS NEARLY $18,000 MORE. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE DO LOSE A LOT OF TEACHERS TO ALLOW AND COUNTY SOME SAY, IT'S TOO FAR. 
          SO HOW ABOUT $8,347? THAT IS THE PAY DIFFERENCE 
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FOR THE SAME POSITION IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. 
          SO LET ME REFER TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. 
          TONIGHT 5%, THERE IS A PROPOSED 5% RAISE. 
          THIS 5% IS ACTUALLY A MANDATE FROM THE STATE AND IT'S NOT ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE WARREN COUNTY BUDGET. 
          EVERY COUNTY IN VIRGINIA HAS TO GIVE A 5% RAISE, BUT IN WARREN COUNTY, YOU'RE COMBINING THAT WITH MONEY THAT WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN FOUR STEP DUTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          ALSO 5% IS NOT EQUAL ACROSS SALARIES. 
          THAT LOUDEN POSITION 5% MEANS $3,508 IN PRINCE WILLIAM. 
          IT MEANS 3020 $8, BUT IN WARREN COUNTY, IT IS ONLY 2,611 OH. 
          AND PRINCE WILLIAM IS ACTUALLY PROPOSING A 7% RAISE. 
          I CAME TO YOU LAST MONTH WITH GREAT CONCERN ABOUT TEACHER LOSS. 
          THIS DISCREPANCY IN PAY IS ONLY WIDENING THE GAP BETWEEN WARREN COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          WE STILL HAVE UNFILLED POSITIONS. 
          WHAT IS THE COUNTY PREPARED TO DO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO RUN THE SYSTEM? WHEN WE ARE RELYING ON SUBSTITUTES, AS GREAT AS THEY MAY BE TO GET KIDS THROUGH THE SOL, WHICH AFFECTS ACCREDITATION AND THUS AFFECTS STATE FUNDING. 
          SO AS YOU REVIEW THE BUDGET AND TRY TO IMAGINE THE 20 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR ASK YOURSELF, WHAT IS WARREN COUNTY DOING TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO STAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME MIKE SILENCE. 
          HELLO, MIKE SALANS. 
          UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS LOOKING OVER THE BUDGET. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO FORMULATES IT, BUT I DEAL WITH BUDGETS A LOT. 
          AND, UM, IF IT COULD BE PRESENTED IN AN EXCEL FORMAT SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE EASIER. 
          UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE CATEGORIES DON'T LINE UP. 
          UM, ACCORDING TO THE PACKET THAT WAS GIVEN BEFORE. 
          SO IT'S JUST NOT SET UP FOR VERIFICATION. 
          UH, IF THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS COULD BE ADDRESSED, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THERE'S ONE THAT YOU GUYS WORK WITH. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THOROUGH. 
          UH, BUT THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET THAT AS WELL. 
          THANKS JOHN LUNDBERG. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN LUNDBERG. 
          I'M A MORGAN COUNTY RESIDENT. 
          I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DELAY A BOAT ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23 WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET UNTIL THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD A THOROUGH OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSELY REVIEW IN UNDERSTANDABLE TERMS. AND THEN COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, $70.7 MILLION BUDGET, WHICH REPRESENTS AN 11% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH MANY IN THE COMMUNITY CONSIDERED EXCESSIVE. 
          IF YOU ELECT TO PASS THIS BUDGET THIS EVENING, I HAVE TALKED THIS AFTERNOON TO TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SPENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN WARREN COUNTY. 
          AND THEY HAVE AUTHORIZED ME TO SAY THE FOLLOWING AT THIS MEETING, QUOTE, ANY SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET THAT PRESIDENT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WILL BE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON TWO FACTORS. 
          WHERE'S THE MONEY BEING SPENT AND TO, FOR WHAT REASON, MANY WARREN COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARE AMAZED WHEN THEY LEARN MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME, JUST HOW MUCH PUBLIC EDUCATION COSTS AND WARREN COUNTY FIVE FIGURES THAT SEEM TO AMAZE AND UPSET. 
          BUT LOCAL CITIZENS ARE ONE. 
          IT COSTS LOCAL TAXPAYER $64 MILLION TO EDUCATE 5,000 STUDENTS IN, UH, IN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AVERAGE OF 13,000 PER CHILD PER YEAR TO OF LAST YEAR $64 MILLION BUDGET. 
          APPROXIMATELY 33 MILLION WAS SPENT ON SALARIES FOR ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, AND TEACHERS. 
          WHY HASN'T THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BEEN MORE TRANSPARENT WITH TAXPAYERS ON WHERE THE REST OF THE $64 MILLION IS BEING SPENT. 
          THREE, WHAT DO THE 35 MORTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE PAID A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION ACTUALLY DO ALL OF THESE POSITIONS NECESSARY. 
          THE HIGHEST PAID ADMINISTRATOR MAKES $165,200 A YEAR. 
          THE LOWEST PAID ADMINISTRATOR, $72,102. 
          THE AVERAGE SALARY OF THE 35 ADMINISTRATORS IS $104,269 FOR THE BASIC SALARY OF BARNEY COUNTIES. 
          MOST EXP EXPERIENCED CLASSROOM TEACHER, ONE WAS TAUGHT FOR 30 YEARS IS $67,624. 
          ALL 35 ADMINISTRATORS EMPLOYED BY THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM MAKE MORE MONEY THAN THIS CLASSROOM TEACHER FIVE, AND MAYBE THE MOST REBUILDING OF THE FIVE FIGURES IS A 23% OF THE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. 
          WARREN COUNTY ARE NOT ATTENDING FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          ACCORDING TO THE 2020 US NATIONAL 
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CENSUS FOR WARREN COUNTY. 
          WHY HAVE THE PARENTS OF ALMOST ONE IN FOUR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY ELECTED TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS, A GREAT FINANCIAL SACRIFICE FOR MOST OF THEM OR INSTRUCT THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR HOME. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU INTERVIEW AT ANY TIME ON THIS SUBJECT, PLEASE DON'T PASS THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET THIS EVENING UNTIL WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE AGAIN IN UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE, HOW THAT TAX MONEY IS BEING SPENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MELISSA NICHOLSON. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MELISSA NICHOLSON. 
          I HAVE A CHILD IN THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          UM, I OBTAINED AN ADMINISTRATOR LICENSE FROM SECOND STEP FOR WC EMS, FEBRUARY OF 2022. 
          THE CURRICULUM IS DIVISIVE. 
          THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GEARED TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS ARE AS WELL. 
          I DO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FROM MY TEACHING DASHBOARD PLUS MORE THAT AREN'T PUBLIC. 
          THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE ADDITIONAL IN-SCHOOL RESOURCES PER ADAM PECK, SENIOR CLIENT SUPPORT REP. 
          I SIGNED A COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT, BUT I CAN SHARE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PARENTS. 
          ON SECOND STEP.COM HOMEPAGE. 
          THERE IS A SECTION TITLE LET'S GET STARTED. 
          CLICK ON ANTI-RACISM IN ANTI BIAS. 
          OUR DISTRICT SIGNED A COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT AS WELL. 
          HOWEVER, COUNCILMAN THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO REVIEW LESSONS PRINTOUTS FROM HER SCHOOL, THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ADDRESSING COVID-19 AND EQUITIES IN EDUCATION DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, SORRY, PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. 
          WE DIDN'T SUFFER ENOUGH THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER GROUP THAT'S EXCLUDED FROM THIS. 
          I'M SURE YOU COULD TELL IF YOU'RE NOT LBGTQ. 
          PLUS THEN CAUCASIANS ARE LEFT OUT AS WELL. 
          THE NATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT, WE TRANSFORM LEADERS TO TRANSFORM THEIR SYSTEMS INTO EQUITABLE, RESILIENT, LIBERATING ENVIRONMENTS WITH PICTURES OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, PROTEST SIGNS, DISPLAYING WHITE SILENCE KILLS. 
          SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE BOOK, DESCRIPTION, PROTEST AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE AND WHITE SUPREMACY OF GALVANIZED MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 
          HOW DID YOU, WHY DID YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW HANG UP WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICE REFORM, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHITE PRIVILEGE TO YOUR WHITE PRIVILEGED FRIEND LEARNING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, STEP ALIGNMENT, CHART, UNIT, LESSON GRADE, AND JUSTICE DOMAIN. 
          MAJORITY OF THESE LESSONS LINEUP, EXACTLY AS CLAIMED WITH THE LESSONS ON MY DASHBOARD FOR WARREN COUNTY, MIDDLE SCHOOL SEL AND EQUITY POLICY BRIEF SEL CAN BE PART OF IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIES IN EDUCATION. 
          THERE IS A RISK, HOWEVER, THAT SEL PERPETUATES INEQUALITY, IT CAN BE COLORBLIND IGNORING DYNAMICS OF RACE, POWER, OPPRESSION, PRIVILEGE, AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. 
          IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AS A WAY TO CONTROL BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY THAT OF STUDENTS OF COLOR LATER STATES MORE BROADLY. 
          SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION FOCUSES ON STUDENTS' SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXTS CENTERING AROUND AND AWARENESS OF INEQUITIES. 
          I FELT FOR A MOTHER THAT SPOKE WHEN THEY BE HALF OF HER AUTISTIC CHILD BULLYING, AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT IMMUNE TO BEING INVOLVED IN BULLYING INCIDENTS WITH MANY STUDIES, SUGGESTING THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY OVERREPRESENTED. 
          STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE IDENTIFIED AS PROACTIVE KUMIS. 
          NICHOLSON MAY I I'M ABOUT TO FINISH. 
          YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK I KNOW MIKE MAYER. 
          COME ON. 
          SERGEANT BERKEY, KILLING ME. 
          CHECK, CHECK, CHECK. 
          MIKE MAYER. 
          1 0 8 PEBBLE LANE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD LOWLY COMMONERS OF WARREN COUNTY IN ANY NO GOOD DIRTY RED FEDS TASKED WITH MONITORING THIS MEETING A NEW DAY IS DAWNING. 
          MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND. 
          THE SCIENCE HAS MIRACULOUSLY ALBEIT CONVENIENTLY CHANGED AND THE ALL ENCOMPASSING FOG OF COVID HYSTERIA APPEARS TO BE LIFTING ALONG WITH IT. 
          THE HAREBRAINED QUOTE, UNQUOTE MITIGATION STRATEGIES OUR CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED 
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THROUGH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HUNDRED DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. 
          THIS IS WONDERFUL AND UPLIFTING NEWS. 
          AND WHILE CALLING IT OVERDUE WOULD BE A GREAT UNDERSTATEMENT. 
          LET US BASK IN THE GLORY OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF NORMALCY. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY KIDS ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT. 
          ANECDOTAL IS THAT MAY BE, I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT EVERY KID WHO HASN'T BEEN RUINED BY PARENTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO THEIR MASKS AND WORSHIP AT THE ALTER OF TV DOCTORS AND PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS ARE AS WELL. 
          NOW, IF WE COULD ONLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THIS WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN, WE WOULD REALLY BE IN BUSINESS NOW TO QUOTE THE GREAT STURGILL SIMPSON MOVING FORWARD. 
          IT AIN'T ALL FLOWERS. 
          SOMETIMES YOU GET A FEW OF THE THORNS SO ENOUGH WITH THE CELEBRATION IT'S TIME FOR A QUICK ROUND OF HARSH REALITY. 
          LAST MONTH'S MEETING FEATURED SOME FOLKS HERO WORSHIPING TEACHERS IN THE INSTITUTION THAT EMPLOYS THEM. 
          IF WE, THE PEOPLE HAD THE OPTION OF NOT HAVING OUR TAX DOLLARS FORCIBLY EXTRACTED TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND COULD INSTEAD CHOOSE HOW AND WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WERE SPENT ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN, THE SYSTEM WOULD COLLAPSE SO DAMN FAST. 
          YOUR HEAD WOULD SPIN. 
          THERE ARE GOOD TEACHERS OUT THERE. 
          SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, BUT THE SAD TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THERE ARE FEW, THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, PARDON ME? MOST TEACHERS ARE LIVING, BREATHING EXAMPLES OF THE KIND OF MEDIOCRITY ON STEROIDS THAT IS ONLY FOUND IN FIELDS THAT LACK COMPETITION AND ACTUAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE. 
          I SALUTE THE GOOD ONES, BUT A GOOD LOOK AT TEST SCORES AND THE GENERAL QUALITY OF OUTPUT FROM THESE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE ANYONE WITH EVEN A SMIDGEN OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, WANT TO VOMIT UNTIL DEATH. 
          WHEN THE DAY COMES AT SCHOOL CHOICE BECOMES REALITY. 
          THE MONSTROSITIES WE CALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE SHUTTERED AND CONVERTED INTO LOW-INCOME HOUSING. 
          RIGHTFULLY SO. 
          I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE CLOCK. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS COME OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          EVERY VOICE MATTERS. 
          WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS ALWAYS PRETTY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY MIND. 
          GOD BLESS AMERICA. 
          GOD BLESS WARREN COUNTY. 
          OH. 
          AND I NEED TO SWITCH CAREERS AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUREAUCRACY. 
          THEY GET PAID. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. 
          WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. 
          HEARING 
          [2. Consent Agenda]
NONE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE AM I? IT'S THE SECOND YEAR. 
          YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I WOULD MOVE THAT. 
          UM, WE ACCEPT THE, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ONTO PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS FIRST, 
          [3A. Warren County Educational Endowment Presentation - Mr. Karnes]
WE HAVE THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT PRESENTATION. 
          MR. GEORGE CARNES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          HELLO BOARD. 
          I, I, UM, NO. 
          AND I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH, UH, MOST OF YOU AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 
          UM, I HAD, UH, DR. 
          BALLENGER A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS THERE. 
          HE DID NOT SEE ME IN THE ROOM. 
          HE WAS FRANTICALLY TEXTING ME AS I GOT IT STARTED. 
          UM, SO MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS GEORGE CARNES AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT. 
          I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY SEVERAL TEACHERS WHO HAVE BENEFITED. 
          AND IN A MOMENT I'M GOING TO CALL THEM FORWARD. 
          IT IS THE ENDOWMENTS AIM TO BE A COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE ENORMOUS ENERGY, PUT FORTH BY OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS, TO ENSURE THAT GRADUATES OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE AN ENHANCED ABILITY TO LEAD SUCCESSFUL LIVES. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR THE CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, BY FUNDING PROJECTS THAT ARE SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION AND DIRECTION TO INITIATE SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUNDAMENTAL CAPABILITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TO ENHANCE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. 
          CURRENTLY AT 1.5 MILLION, 
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WE HAVE A GOAL OF GROWING OUR CORPUS TO $2,500,000 BY 2025. 
          AND WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY 100,000 PLUS DOLLARS PER YEAR. 
          EVERY YEAR. 
          RIGHT NOW WE USUALLY HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND $50,000 THAT WE CAN MAKE GRANTS TO TEACHERS FOR THE ENDOWMENT BELIEVES THAT SOMETIMES IT TAKES PRIVATE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EFFORTS. 
          AND IN FACT, WHEN THIS ENDOWMENT WAS FORMED BACK IN 1994, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, SOMETHING THAT IS A REALLY COMMON TERM THAT YOU HEAR TODAY. 
          AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL THING TO DO FOR THE 2021 GRANT CYCLE. 
          THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AWARDED 11 GRANTS TOTALING $46,721 TO THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO JUST READ THROUGH THOSE GRANTS AND RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEM. 
          AND YOU WILL NOTICE AS I DO THAT, UM, WE DO SIGNIFICANT GRANTS, BUT WE ALSO DO REALLY IMPACTFUL GRANTS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT IS FUNDING THAT YOU JUST CAN'T REALLY PUT INTO A SCHOOL BUDGET, GINGER NEWTON, ENGAGING AND REACHING STUDENTS ON THEIR LEVELS. 
          $397, FAITH, FALCON STEIN, AND JUSTIN LUKE FOCUSING ON AN ABUNDANCE OF ACHIEVEMENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000, DR. 
          ALISON, PHIL AND DINO LET'S GET MOVING IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000, MICHAEL WILLIAMS TURNING THE CORNER IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,600. 
          SAMANTHA MORRISON, SENSORY ROOM UPDATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200. 
          BEN BAILEY. 
          I GOT TO SAY, THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE GRANT, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY IN A MINUTE, TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM RAISE AND RELEASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,644. 
          KATIE PRIEST SERVE SAFE CERTIFICATION FOR ELEMENTS, STUDENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $150. 
          GRACE GROSSMAN, SIXTH GRADE READING IN THE AMOUNT OF $330. 
          JEN DAVIS RECYCLING CLUB CARTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $800, RHONDA VERDUN SAUNA, BRIGHTER FUTURES, RECESS, AND PLAYGROUND AREA UP TO $15,000. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A MATCHING GRANT, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND FINALLY, EMMA VANDER, LINDEN THE USE OF HAPPY ATOMS TO SUPPORT THE KINESTHETIC LEARNERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,600. 
          THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FEELS, FEELS A COMPELLING COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION OF HELPING THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPPORT HIGH LEVEL AND CREATIVE PROGRAMS FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          WE'RE IN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN DEALING WITH BUDGET ISSUES. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ALREADY IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT AND NEEDS SUPPORT FOR CREATIVE IDEAS. 
          NOW MORE THAN EVER WITH THESE 11 WARDS, WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE A SPARK TO CREATIVE THINKING AND CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE SPREAD AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR ADVANCED LEARNING. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENDOWMENT. 
          AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR. 
          CHRIS BALLENGER AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT, UM, HAVE RECEIVED THESE GRANTS TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT. 
          AND PLEASE, IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD COME DOWN AND WE HAVE A CHECK PRESENTATION TO MAKE TO YOU AS I CONCLUDE MY REMARKS, BUT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          SO I'LL JUST SAY TO EVERYONE, THIS CHECK LOOKS PRETTY ROUGH, BUT I PROMISE IT WILL CLEAR REALLY APPRECIATE GUYS. 
          I WILL WALK OUT  ONE. 
          SORRY. 
           
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OKAY. 
          NEXT UP IS DR. 
          BALLENGER. 
          THANK YOU, GEORGE, FOR COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL, GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD EVENING, DR. 
          BALLENGER 
          [3B. Superintendent]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO AND, AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          UM, THE, THE TWO SHORT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER AND WITHOUT THEM, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT AND LOOKING TODAY. 
          OUR SEVEN DAY AVERAGE WITHIN WARREN COUNTY IS SIX. 
          ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE, OUR COVID DASHBOARD SHOWS TWO ACTIVE STUDENT CASES, TIM QUARANTINE, THREE ACTIVE STAFF CASES, AND ONE QUARANTINED WARREN COUNTY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADE WRITING SOL TEST IS TAKING PLACE IN PERSON, UH, FOR IN-PERSON STUDENTS AND VIRTUAL STUDENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9TH AT 9:00 AM AND MARCH 16TH AT 9:00 AM. 
          THIS IS A TWO-PART TEST THAT IS NECESSARY FOR SCHOOL ACCREDITATION, WARREN COUNTY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, A STUDENT AMBASSADOR COLLECTION ITEMS, MS. SLUSH, MISS RICHIE, AND OUR WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AMBASSADORS ARE PLANNING TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS BY ASKING FOR DONATIONS IN MARCH. 
          THIS IS REQUESTING THAT EACH GRADE LEVEL BRING SUPPLIES TO THE SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN BE DONATED TO SEEK OUT FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY C CAP IS A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD CLOTHING AND OR LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS. 
          THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS ARE COLLECTING THE ITEMS FROM EACH GRADE LEVEL TO SHARE WITH THOSE IN NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MARCH 14 THROUGH 18 ITEMS CAN BE DROPPED OFF IN THE MAIN OFFICE FOR YOUR AREA WHERE STUDENTS CAN PUT THEM IN THE STUDENT COMMONS, SIXTH GRADE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SHAMPOO AND BODY WASH, SEVENTH GRADE TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTE, EIGHTH GRADE COVERING BOOKS AND CRAYONS, THE EARLY ACT CLUB. 
          HE, WILSON MORRISON JUMPED IN THIS LAST WEEK TO HELP DISTRIBUTE BREAKFAST AND LUNCHES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WILSON MORRISON STUDENTS HAD A BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE REMOTE LEARNING DAY. 
          SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME PICTURES. 
          I KNOW, UH, MR. WILLIAMS IS BACK THERE AND HE'S, HE'S LEADING THAT GROUP. 
          AND SO HE SENT US SOME PICTURES SHOWING THEIR PROGRESS, SO APPRECIATE THEIR HELP THERE. 
          UH, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO HAD A TEACHER APPRECIATION BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, UH, WHICH INCLUDED DOOR PRIZES, THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM. 
          THEY WERE THE STATE RUNNER UP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THIS YEAR. 
          UH, YOU HAD TWO INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS, THREE STATE RUNNER UP, UH, THREE STATE RUNNER UPS, ONE THIRD, ONE FOURTH, AND ONE FIFTH PLACE. 
          THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL BOY BOYS VARSITY TEAM IS THE REGION THREE CHAMPIONS. 
          AND WE'LL COMPETE THIS FRIDAY IN THE STATE QUARTER FINALS. 
          THE GAME IS AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, GAME STARTS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. 
          TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE. 
          THE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DECA PROGRAM WILL BE COMPETING IN THE STATE COMPETITION THIS FRIDAY, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ADMINISTRATORS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HELPED TODAY BY COMING IN AND JUDGING THEIR PRESENTATIONS, UH, TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE STATE COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETED THIS WEEK, UH, COMPETED THIS WEEK AND THE VHSL CLASS THREE STATE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          UM, THEN YOU HAVE THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS TEAM. 
          THEY WERE THE REGION THREE BEAT CHAMPIONS. 
          THEY COMPETED THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE SUPER REGIONAL COMPETITION, UH, HARLEY DODDS AND ELLA COLLIE PLACED THIRD AND WILL ADVANCING. 
          WE'LL BE ADVANCING TO THE STATE FINALS SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAD TWO STUDENTS, CODY HENDERSON AND LAURA PERKINS PLACED FOURTH. 
          THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING. 
          THE COMEDY ODDS ARE THIS WEEK. 
          PERFORMANCES ARE THURSDAY, SATURDAY AT 7:00 PM. 
          AND SUNDAY AT 2:00 PM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE IN THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          SO WE ARE ALSO WORKING OUR WAY TOWARDS PROM AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PROM WILL BE ON MAY 14TH AND SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE SEVENTH, THE WEEK BEFORE WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REPRESENT BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR, OUR SROS. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DEPUTY CHRIS WIGINGTON, UH, WAS NAMED THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SRO 
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OF THE YEAR AT A CEREMONY THIS WEEK. 
          DEPUTY WIGINGTON IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS A RESPECTED SRO COACH AND AN AVID SUPPORTER OF ALL STUDENTS, UH, SPRING SPORTS HAVE STARTED. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO BE OUTSIDE A LOT SCHOOL 
          [3C. School Board]
WORK, COMMENTS, SCHOOL, BOARD, COMMENTS, AND REPORTS. 
          UM, MS.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? UM, SO OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WE GOT TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY WITH THE WCEA MEETING, WHICH WAS WONDERFULLY INSIGHTFUL, AND I HOPE WE CAN TRULY FIND RESOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES THAT WERE, WERE BROUGHT UP. 
          UM, DR. 
          PENCE AND I, WE GOT TO ATTEND A MEETING WITH SHERIFF BUTLER TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SRO AND OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN, UH, YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE BSBA CONFERENCE FOR, UM, LEARNING HOW TO PROPERLY REVIEW THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RENALDI. 
          UH, YES. 
          UM, I PARTICIPATED IN A BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE LSK, UM, RENOVATIONS. 
          UH, SO, UM, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST, UH, LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH WENT VERY WELL. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT CAN BUILD SOME COMRADERY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RENALDI, MS. SLOW. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THIS PAST WEEK I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A VISIT TO ASMR ROADS, UM, AND SPEAK WITH MRS. LAYMAN THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN RENOVATED, IT LOOKED GREAT, AND I GOT TO, UM, MEET SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF THERE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE VSBA SUPER SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION TRAINING, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT, DR. 
          FUNK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY WITH THE, UH, WCEA AND I DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE CANDID CONVERSATION. 
          UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR STRAIGHT FROM OUR TEACHERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID TAKE ALL THAT IN AND HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST SEND OUT A THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS WHO GOT THE ENDOWMENT GRANTS AND, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW ADDS ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND WE APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT YOU PUT INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR YOUR STUDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. 
          THAT'S EVERYTHING FRANK. 
          UM, ON FEBRUARY 17TH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR SCHOOL MEETING. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D MEET MET IN 2022. 
          UM, THEY, UM, APPROVED OUR ACADEMIC CALENDAR AND BUDGET DURING THAT MEETING. 
          THEY'RE ALSO STARTING TO DO MORE FIELD EXPERIENCES, FIELD TRIPS WITH THE STUDENTS THERE, UM, AS MR. RENALDI. 
          AND  MENTIONED, UM, WE MET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SHERIFF BUTLER, UM, WHICH WERE BOTH GREAT MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANT TO READ A STATEMENT, UM, FROM THE BOARD REGARDING CLARIFICATION FROM OUR WORK SESSION, UM, THAT WE HAD ON FEBRUARY 16TH, OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS RECEIVED A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PERSONNEL REPORT PRESENTED AT THE FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY A FEW OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD. 
          ONE, IF AN EMPLOYEE CHANGES NOTED AS RELEASED, THAT MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL WAS RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT WITH OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          MOVING FORWARD, WE PLAN TO USE THE WORD DISMISSED INSTEAD OF RELEASED TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION. 
          NUMBER TWO, THE PERSONNEL REPORT, WHICH IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC AGENDA INCLUDES THE DATES THAT PERSONNEL CHANGES WERE MADE, HIRING RESIGNATION, RETIREMENT, DISMISSAL TRANSFER, ET CETERA, IN CASES WHERE THE DATE IS AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD IS VOTING TO APPROVE THESE PERSONNEL CHANGES EFFECTIVE ON THE FUTURE DATE IN CASES WHERE THE DATA'S BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING THE BOARD IS ACTING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON PERSONNEL DECISIONS. 
          THIS IS AN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT POLICY NUMBER THREE, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PUBLIC THE MOST ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION CONCERNING AGENDA ITEMS ON AUGUST 19TH AND SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021, THE BOARD REVIEWED AND MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE POLICY ON AGENDA PREPARATION AND DECIMATION. 
          IT IS AND HAS BEEN POLICY FOR A PERSONNEL AGENDUM TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. 
          THE DAY OF THE MEETING, THIS POLICY ALLOWS PERSONNEL ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN DAILY AS NEEDED, RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL A BOARD MEETING. 
          NUMBER FOUR, A STUDENT SUPPORT COACH WAS DISMISSED FROM 
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HIS POSITION AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2022. 
          THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS HIRED BY WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE START OF THE 20 21, 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          PREVIOUSLY. 
          HE HAD WORKED AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH A SUBCONTRACTOR FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND A LETTER WILL GO OUT. 
          SO WE'RE IN COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, PARENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE STATEMENT AND WE'LL HAVE A COPY OF OUR, UM, THE POLICY THAT I REFERRED TO IN IT. 
          ACTION 
          [4A. Superintendent's Proposed Budget - Dr. Ballenger]
AGENDA. 
          FIRST UP IS SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET, DR. 
          BALLENGER. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE REALLY KIND OF A RECAP FROM GOING INTO THE WORK SESSION. 
          WE LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'M WANTING TO FOCUS ON A 5% SALARY INCREASE THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT 24 AND A HALF NEW POSITIONS, SALARY, SCALE ADJUSTMENTS, POSITION ENHANCEMENTS, SUPPLEMENT, ENHANCEMENTS, ADDITIONAL NON-LABOR SUPPORTS, GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UM, BUDGET, WE WANT TO, WE NEED TO BUILD UP OUR TEXTBOOK FUND. 
          WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MOVING 370,000 6 72. 
          OUR TEXTBOOK FUND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WILL, UM, RUN AROUND $1,587,447 POSITION, A SUPPLEMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS, 384,608 ADDITIONAL NON-LABOR 1 MILLION, THREE 20, UH, $222. 
          WE STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE A 1 MILLION ON OUR TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN WE HAVE 1 MILLION IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED TOWARDS L F K A. 
          THAT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION, 801, 8 MILLION, $100,024. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE POSITIONS DOWN HERE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS, TWO ART TEACHERS, TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, COACHES TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, ONE BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST TO LIBRARIAN ASSISTANTS TO, UH, TAKING A PART-TIME SECRETARY, MOVING THAT TO A FULL-TIME SECRETARY INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, ONE MATH COACHES TO PATHWAYS AND CONNECTIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, ONE SHARED HPAC TECHNICIAN ONE. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE GROUNDS KEEPERS, SIX, UH, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR GROUND. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, UH, A CONTINUOUS WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          AND REMEMBER, THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          UH, THE FINAL BUDGET WILL NOT BE APPROVED UNTIL AFTER EVERYTHING HAS WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE, THE SENATE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THEN THE FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS ARE. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH WORKING THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          SO CONTINUING WITH OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, WE WANT TO INCREASE A BUS DRIVER CONTRACTS TO, UH, FROM FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, UH, FOUR AND A HALF TO EIGHT HOURS INCREASE IN ADD NEW SUPPLEMENTS, POSITION ENHANCEMENTS, DEAN OF STUDENTS, CONTRACT DAYS FROM 200 TO TWO 20 POSITION ENHANCEMENT FOR ONE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST TO 12 POSITION ENHANCEMENT FOR A SOCIAL WORKER, UPDATED SOCIAL WORKER SCALE, AND, AND AN ADDITION OF ADMINISTRATOR, UM, SIX GRADES 32 SALARY SCALE. 
          WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR, UH, GETTING A NEW, UH, UH, WEBSITE, UH, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, PAINTING AND CARPET, UH, AT HILDA DUAL ENROLLMENT TUITION, UH, FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING CLASSES AT LFCC, UH, LOOKING AT MOWERS SINCE WE ARE TAKING BACK OVER THE GROUNDS, UH, THAT IS IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, UH, UP TO FIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION VANS, WHICH THOSE WILL COME FROM CARES, UH, INCREASED CUSTODIAL CONTRACT. 
          WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT BECAUSE OF INFLATION, A 7% INCREASE IN TRANSPORTATION FUEL, AND A 10% INCREASE IN HEATING FUEL ON PAGE 11, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOCAL WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVES 39.6% OF THE REVENUE FROM THE COUNTY OUT OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET. 
          SO NOT ALL OF OUR MONEY DOES COME FROM OUR LOCALITY, BUT, UM, RIGHT AT 40% COMES FROM OUR LOCALITY. 
          ON PAGE 12, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE BUDGETING THAT THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON AN AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP OF 4,989 STUDENTS. 
          AND WHEN WE GO INTO OUR REVENUE SIDE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR REVENUE, UM, FROM THE COUNTY FROM WARREN COUNTY, $28,055,120. 
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THAT'S 40% AT 39.6, MISCELLANEOUS 55, UH, 551, 7 53, FEDERAL FIVE, 5 MILLION, 954,000 8 78. 
          THAT IS A BIG INCREASE, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR CARES POSITIONS. 
          AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER ON WHEN WE GET INTO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF IT. 
          UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CARES, UH, UNITED, I DID MENTION LIKE THE CARES FANS, THAT'S MONEY THAT COMING IN, THAT WE HAVE TO ADD INTO OUR FEDERAL. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS WHY OUR FEDERAL INCREASE THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN FROM THE STATE $36,144,032. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN FROM LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, YOU CAN SAY THAT THE INCREASE IN, AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE STATE IS THE STATE AND THE STATE SALES TAX. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE RECEIVED A, UH, INCREASE FROM 25 MILLION, 5 93 AND $76 TO 28,079,899. 
          THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $2,486,823 FROM OUR LOCALITY WHERE WE DID GET THAT NUMBER DOWN TO WHERE WE, WE WILL BE ASKING $335,120 FROM OUR LOCALITY, UH, FEDERAL AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT INCREASE BECAUSE OF ALL THE CARES, UM, THEN OUR CARES POSITIONS. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE SALES TAX, UM, YOU CAN SAY THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 750,030 $750,380. 
          UH, WE DO SEE A REDUCTION IN OTHER REVENUE OF 107,007 25. 
          THAT GIVES US THE TOTAL FOR THE PROJECTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23, 70 MILLION 705 7 83. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWNS OF OUR STATE REVENUE, UH, WHERE DID WE SEE OUR, OUR INCREASES, THE INCREASES IN STATE FUNDING AND THIS ON PAGE 16, THE INCREASES IN STATE FUNDING HAS PROJECTED AT 3 MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THREE. 
          THE DIVISION INCREASE INCREASES CAME IN THE SOQ PROGRAMS, 2 MILLION, 396,000 3 37 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, 497,000 5 55 LOTTERY FUNDED PROGRAMS, 357,000 8 29. 
          WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS OF $14,518. 
          AND THE LOCAL REVENUE. 
          AGAIN, WE WERE ARE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF 335,120. 
          THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR OF 1.2, 1% FROM THE COUNTY SIDE OVER THE FYI 22 BUDGET, LOOKING AT OUR FEDERAL. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE BREAK THE BREAK DOWN WITH OUR TITLE ONE TITLE TO ALL OF OUR TITLE PROGRAMS. THOSE USUALLY HOLD TRUE FROM YEAR END YEAR OUT. 
          YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF FLUCTUATION IN THOSE, UH, WHERE YOU GET THE, THE BIG INCREASE. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S THAT 3 MILLION, $296,356 AND CARES FUNDING. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT GOES TO OUR COACHES THAT THAT'S INCLUDING ANYTHING, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS WITH CARE'S FUNDING. 
          SINCE WE, WE, YOU, YOU NOTICE THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO GO IN, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR CARES FUNDING. 
          WE HAD TO ASK THE COUNTY FOR AN INCREASED APPROPRIATION. 
          SO THIS YEAR IT'S JUST GOING IN OUR BUDGET. 
          SO EVENTUALLY WHEN THE CARES RUNS OUT, OF COURSE, THAT FUNDING RUNS OUT THAT ASKS WILL GO OUT. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE, THAT CARES LINE ITEM, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AS LONG AS WE ARE RECEIVING, UM, OR STILL HAVE CARES DOLLARS TO SPEND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU CAN SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTRUCTION 61,000, THAT THAT IS 55 MILLION, 667,000 5 79. 
          AGAIN, THE INSTRUCTION COSTS INCLUDED, UM, EXPENDITURES RELATED TO COMPENSATION, BENEFIT, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND OTHER RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS. 
          THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL PRESENTS NOW REPRESENTS THE COST TO PROVIDE A 5% RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP FOR YEARS OF SERVICE UPDATED SOCIAL WORKER SCALE, ADD AN ADDITIONAL ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION, ADJUST SUPPLEMENTS, ADJUST CONTRACTED DAYS FOR IDENTIFIED POSITIONS. 
          UH, LAST YEAR TEACHER SALARIES WERE ADJUSTED TO BE COMPETITIVE REGIONALLY, AND WE'RE JUST WANTING TO KIND OF, WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WE'VE ADDED THOSE POSITIONS HERE. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE FRONT. 
          UM, THOSE THAT GO UNDER INSTRUCTION, UH, ARE LISTED HERE. 
          THOSE THAT GO UNDER FACILITIES WILL BE LISTED UNDER FACILITIES, OR THOSE THAT WERE IN TRANSPORTATION WILL BE LISTED UNDER TRANSPORTATION. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT ALL OF THE CATEGORIES, INSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, UM, EVERY ONE OF THEM, THERE'S A 5% RAISE 
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FOR ALL, FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. 
          AND THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP FOR THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ADMINISTRATION HEALTH AND, UM, ATTENDANCE AND HEALTH. 
          AGAIN, THIS, THIS EXPENDITURES, UH, EXPENDITURES HERE FROM IN THIS CATEGORY ARE USED FOR PAYING SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, SUPPORT, STAFF, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS PROVIDING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND PAYING COSTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. 
          HERE, YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UM, THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE WILL MOVE OUR SPEECH TEACHER AND OUR SOCIAL WORKER FROM 10 TO 12 MONTHS. 
          THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE WILL ADJUST, AS YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE, THE, UM, THE CONTRACTS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE ADDITION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE SIX SCALE TRANSPORTATION, 63,003 MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN SEVEN OH NINE TR AGAIN, HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OR A SERVICE WRITER. 
          SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF, UM, IN BUILDING OUT THEIR VEHICLES, DOING THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR VEHICLES. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE SERVICE WRITING WORK IS DONE BY ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS THERE THAT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF SERVICE. 
          AND SO THEREFORE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT JUST FOCUSES ON THAT BECAUSE THE TAKING AWAY FROM THAT ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, THAT PERSON'S ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ROLE IN WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, UM, AND SERVING TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING MOST OF THE SERVICE WRITING WORK, UM, FOR, FOR THE COUNTY VEHICLES. 
          AGAIN, HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, UH, CONTRACT FROM EIGHT, UH, FOUR AND A HALF TO EIGHT HOURS WHERE WE SEE TWO AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE 5% RAISE INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP OPERATIONS OF MAINTENANCE. 
          AGAIN, HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 50,000 INCREASE, UM, AND THE MAINTENANCE COST, UH, FOR, UH, CARPET AND PAINT AT HILDA AND HILDA J BARBER. 
          UM, ALSO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIGURED $308,034, UH, FOR US TO TAKE BACK OVER THE, UM, THE GROUNDSKEEPING, UM, AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE HAVE WORKED TO CUT THOSE NUMBERS DOWN. 
          WE ARE STILL GOING TO GO OUT AND REBID THE, UM, THE GROUND SERVICES. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT WE GOT BEFORE. 
          SO WE ARE REBIDDING THOSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE ADDITIONS LATER ON. 
          WE DID SEE A CUSTODIAL STAFF, UH, OR FOR OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT WITH, UM, SEDEXO. 
          UH, THERE WAS A 2.5% INCREASE TOTALING $52,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT SERVICE AND FUND TRANSFERS. 
          THAT'S 1 MILLION, UH, $63. 
          AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE, UM, THE TRANSFER OF, OF OUR TEXTBOOK MONEY. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES IN, IT COMES IN AND OPERATIONS. 
          AND SO THEN WE HAVE TO DO A TRANSFER FROM OPERATIONS TO THE TEXTBOOK FUND. 
          UM, THAT ALSO INCLUDES OUR DEBT SERVICE. 
          WE HAVE ONE, UH, DEBT SERVICE THAT WE PAY, AND THAT RUNS AROUND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR FIFTY. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, ROB, BUT, UH, ABOUT 609,000. 
          AND THAT IS A RESI, CORRECT? THAT IS FOR MAINLY THE REST OF THE PROJECT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YOU ALSO SEE IN TECHNOLOGY NOW, 2 MILLION, 436,000 7 66. 
          THIS IS ALL TECHNOLOGY RELATED EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING PAYING SALARIES. 
          THIS DOES INCLUDE THE 5% SALARY AND CURLY INCREASE, INCLUSIVE OF STEP. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALSO ASKED IN THIS AREA, UH, FOR, UH, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION COACHES, UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE WEBSITE. 
          UM, ANYTHING THAT IS RELATED TECHNOLOGY GOES INTO THIS CATEGORY. 
          SO THEN YOU HAVE A TOTAL FISCAL YEAR OPERATING FUND EXPENDITURES OF 70 MILLION 705, 7 83. 
          THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN WITHIN OUR EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, WHERE OUR FUNDS ACTUALLY GO. 
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THAT IS ON PAGE 23. 
          AND THIS SAVES YOU A BREAKDOWN FROM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM ONE YEAR TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          SO LOOKING AT THE, THIS CURRENT YEAR, FYI 2022, AND LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED F BY 23, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN INSTRUCTION, THERE IS A PROPOSED INCREASE OF 4,000,870 1001 64. 
          UM, THE OTHERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WITH ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH AND ATTENDANCE, 430, 5,000 8 71 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, 390,084 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, 496,001 90. 
          I HAVE FACILITIES. 
          I WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, TO LOOK AT 18 MILLION, 3 87, 8 65, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF OUR PROJECTS DONE, UH, DEBT SERVICE TRANSFER 370,006 70. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT IS OUR TEXTBOOKS, UH, ON THE INCREASE THERE. 
          AND THEN TECHNOLOGY FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE, FOUR SIXTEEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL FUND PROJECTS, UM, WE DID GET THAT TO WHERE ARE OUR PRICE ESTIMATION ON RENOVATING FULLY THE LSK PROJECT CAME IN AT RIGHT AT, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, UH, 16,000,500 TO 600,000. 
          SO RIGHT, JUST SAY S 16, SIX. 
          UM, WE REALLY HAVE 8 MILLION, 600,025, UH, $25 AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR CARES FUNDS. 
          UH, SO REALLY WE HAVE HALF OF THE PROJECT READY TO GO. 
          SO WHAT WE NEED TO ASK REALLY FROM THE COUNTY AT LEAST IS THE ABILITY TO SPEND OUR 8 MILLION, UM, $600,025. 
          THAT, THAT IS MONEY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE NEED TO SPEND TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, IF THE COUNTY DOES NOT GIVE US ANY SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THE HPAC DONE. 
          UH, WITH THAT 8 MILLION, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RENOVATION COMPLETED, BECAUSE THEN IF YOU GO BACK IN AT A LATER DATE AND HAVE TO DO THE RENOVATION, THEN IT COULD WIND UP PAYING DOUBLE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE OUR, OUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TAX DOLLARS, UH, BECAUSE WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE TO GET MOST OF THIS PROJECT DONE. 
          UH, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE RIDGE TECH. 
          WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE FUNDS FOR THE H E UH, THAT PROJECT FOR THE ROOF IS $500,000. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, THE, AND THERE, AND THE 500,000, THAT IS PART OF THE 1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, THAT'S SETTING ON THE COUNTY SIDE. 
          AND THEN YOU LOOK AT E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY PROJECT. 
          AND I AM ASKING THERE FOR THE, A AND E TO LOOK AT, UM, DESIGNING A NEW FACILITY THERE THAT WILL GIVE US A GYM. 
          THERE IS ALSO A, WE, WE CAN LOOK AT JUST RENT, RENOVATING THE AUDITORIUM AND FILLING THAT OLD AUDITORIUM IN, UH, MAKING THAT KIND OF LIKE A CAFETORIUM BECAUSE THE CAFETERIA IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND FOR THAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS. 
          SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR A SHORT TERM, UH, VERSUS LOOKING AT THE, THE PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THERE, UM, THAT ARE OLD, AND THOSE NEED TO BE DEMOED. 
          AND YOU COULD PUT A NEW FACILITY RIGHT THERE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE WILSON MORRISON, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A, A PRETTY GOOD SIZE, UM, PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO, TO PLAY INSIDE. 
          AND IT WOULD INCLUDE ALSO CLASSROOMS BECAUSE WE ARE SPACE LIMITED AND SPACE BOUND AT HE WILSON MORRISON. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE BUILD NEW ALSO INCLUDED CLASSROOMS AND OR REMEDIATION ROOMS, UM, FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS. 
          SO THAT'S, AGAIN, A RECAP OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT FROM THE WORK SESSION. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, YOU CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH, UM, FINDING OUT WHAT OUR FINAL NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, THE FINAL BUDGET IS TYPICALLY APPROVED IN LATE MAY THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET. 
          YES, THE FINAL APPROVAL TYPICALLY IS EARLY MAY. 
          UH, GENERALLY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD APPROVE OUR BUDGET. 
          UM, THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE LATTER PART OF APRIL, I THINK, IS ON THEIR SCHEDULE. 
          AND THEN CERTAINLY BY YOUR FIRST MEETING IN MAY, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD IF WE CAN APPROVE THE BUDGET THEN TO GET CONTRACTS OUT, PARTICULARLY TO OUR 
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TEACHERS AND, UH, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. 
          AND THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS THAT BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET TO APPROVE A BUDGET UNTIL REALLY JUNE 30TH OR JUNE 28TH. 
          THERE'S. 
          I KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE YEAR WHERE IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME, THE LAST WEEKEND, JUNE, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THEIR NUMBERS OUT TO WHERE SCHOOLS AND LOCALITIES WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE THEIR BUDGETS THE LAST WEEKEND JUNE. 
          SO THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME THERE. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF SURPLUS, UH, REVENUES WITHIN THE, UM, THE STATE. 
          AND SO THERE, WE DID GET SOME INFORMATION TODAY THAT WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK THROUGH. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH IT TODAY. 
          UM, SO WE, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT BECAUSE THE HOUSE RELEASED WHAT THEY WANT OR WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING, THE SENATE RELEASE, WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. 
          UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE CROSS, UM, BUDGETS TO SEE KIND OF HOW, WHAT EFFECTS THAT MAY HAVE ON THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF IS THE ONLY BUDGET THAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH. 
          AND THAT WAS THE GOVERNOR, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FROM GOVERNOR NORTHAM BACK IN DECEMBER. 
          UM, NO OTHER BUDGET NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED, UM, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THAT WE RECEIVED BACK IN DECEMBER. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FINAL OR UPDATES TO WHAT WE COULD BE RECEIVING. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS OUT THERE THAT, THAT WE'RE KIND OF HOPEFUL FOR. 
          UH, WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THAT THEY, THEY MAKE THE CUT WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          UM, IF THEY DO, THEN THAT COULD BE, UH, GOOD FOR US IN THE LONG RUN AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          UH, IF THEY DON'T, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE SET FOR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT HIGH COST. 
          SO, AND THAT'S WITH VRS. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW THOSE RATES, THEY PUSH THEM BACK UP. 
          AND SO WE, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THOSE, THOSE INCREASED VRS RATES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOPE IS, IS THAT THEY PUT THEM BACK DOWN AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THAT THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT FOR US AND A LOT OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS. 
          SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, COME MAY, BUT, UH, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BALLENGER, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR DR. 
          BELLINGER ON THE BUDGET? UH, YES, I DO. 
          MADAM CHAIR, DR. 
          BALLENGER, WHEN YOU SAID THE STEPS AND THE 5% RAISE, SO A TEACHER ON STEP ONE WOULD GET A 5% RAISE, PLUS SHE WOULD GO TO STEP TWO. 
          AM I READING THAT? CORRECT. 
          AND THEN THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP, SIR. 
          SO THAT MEANS, UM, IF THERE IS A, A 1.3% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, OR LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S A 1% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEP ONE AND STEP TWO, AND YOU'RE ON STEP ONE AND YOU GO TO STEP TWO, THAT'S AUTOMATIC, 1%, THEN THERE'S A 4% ADDED TO THAT TO GIVE A TOTAL OF A 5% IT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE STEP. 
          SO, UM, SO REALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GET A STEP PLUS 4% OR WHATEVER'S THE DELTA OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHATEVER THAT STEP DIFFERENCE MAY BE. 
          IS THERE, UH, NOW HAVE IT LOOKED AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T LOOK, IS THERE ANY PLACES ON THE STEPS THAT ARE, SAY LESS THAN 1% TO WHERE THE TEACHER WOULD NOT GET THE 5% TOTAL? UH, NOT ON THE TEACHER SCALE THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND ACTUALLY THE DELTA ON THE TEACHER STEP IS 1.3%. 
          OKAY. 
          TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, UM, MR. RINALDI WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE AN, UH, AN ADDITIONAL RIGHT AT AROUND $700,000. 
          UH, IF YOU GIVE THE, THE STEP PLUS A 5%. 
          OKAY. 
          WHICH WOULD THEN WIND UP BEING LIKE A 6.3%, UH, RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE STEP INCREASE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          UM, SO ON THE LF, K, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS ON THAT AND, UM, I FULLY AGREE THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE AT ONE TIME, RATHER THAN HALF NOW, HALF LATER AT DOUBLE THE COST LATER, AM I CORRECT? IN MY THINKING THERE? UH, IT COULD BE BECAUSE HOW WE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT IS THE HVHC AND THE ELECTRICAL. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S NOT A PLAN RIGHT NOW, WE PLAN ON SEPARATING THOSE, THOSE PODS, BECAUSE IT'S AN OPEN POD SYSTEM, KIND OF LIKE THIS ROOM HERE. 
          AND IF WE BUILD CLASSROOMS WITHIN THERE, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE, THOSE HPAC SYSTEMS, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO RECONFIGURE EVERYTHING IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY 
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WITHIN THE POD. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, TO BE CLEAR, THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE EARNED THAT STEP INCREASE EVERY YEAR ANYWAY. 
          NO, MA'AM SO THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT EVERY YEAR. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TO BACKTRACK ON THE STEPS, IF WE OFFERED A 5% RAISE PLUS THE STEP, SO THAT'D BE ABOUT 6% RAISE TOTAL 6.3 FOR TEACHERS, FOR TEACHERS. 
          SO THAT WOULD COST US HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MONEY, UM, MR. BALLANTINE, PROBABLY AS SORRY IF WE DID THAT FOR ALL, EMPLOYEES GAVE THEM THE STEP AND 5%, NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT ALL EMPLOYEES, THE COST IS CALCULATED AT $678,000. 
          I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU IF WE DID IT JUST IF WE DID EMPLOYEES AT, UM, A 5% AND THEN TEACHERS STEP PLUS 5%, I'D HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT NUMBER. 
          IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE LESS THAN THE 678,000, BUT I'M NOT SURE BY EXACTLY HOW MUCH SO WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE ABOUT JUST UNDER $700,000. 
          IF WE DID STEP EVERY BUS 5% FOR EVERYONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DOING IT AS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS HOW MUCH, SORRY, JUST, JUST LIKE HOW IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW WITH WHERE TO TOTAL OF 5%. 
          I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WAS LIKE 4.5. 
          SO THE INCREASE, IT WOULD COST US AN EXTRA 6 78. 
          IS THAT WHAT RIGHT? THE COST TO GIVE EVERYBODY A 5% INCREASE, INCLUDING BENEFITS BECAUSE THE BENEFITS, A LOT OF THEM ARE A PERCENTAGE, UM, IS 2 MILLION, 3 24, 2 0 6. 
          SO TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE STEP, AND THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS 2 MILLION, $324,206 OF THAT, THE STATE IS PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE OF 1,000,020 $9,320. 
          SO JUST UNDER HALF OF IT, THE STATE IS PROVIDING, IF WE DO NOT GIVE THAT 5% INCREASE, THEN WE WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MILLION 29,000 STATE INCENTIVE THAT THE CARROT THAT THEY DANGLE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF US TO DO THIS. 
          SO BASICALLY WE HAVE TO GIVE A 5% OR WE LOSE. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE TO. 
          OR IF WE DON'T, WE LOSE, WE HAVE TO CERTIFY THAT THERE WAS A 5% PERCENT. 
          YES. 
          THE SUPERINTENDENTS REQUIRED TO CERTIFY NEXT YEAR THAT WE DID GIVE A 5% RAISE TO EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IS THERE A BIGGER CARROT, IF WE WERE TO DO THE STEP PLUS THAT'S, THAT'S AS BIG AS THE CARROT GETS, AT LEAST IN THE BILL THAT WE'VE SEEN. 
          NOW, THERE ARE TWO OTHER BILLS NOW THAT DR. 
          BALLENGER MENTIONED, AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM IN THE MORNING, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BIGGER CARROT IN THOSE EITHER. 
          UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS AS, UM, UH, YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH, UM, UM, A RECESSION, UM, A LOT OF TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY THAT I WAS IN, WE LOST THE RAISES AND THE STEPS. 
          AND WHEN IT CAME BACK IN, WE STAYED ON THE ORIGINAL STEP THAT WE WERE WHEN, WHEN IT GOT HIT. 
          AND, UM, THAT TO ME WAS, UM, KIND OF A DISSERVICE TO THE TEACHERS. 
          AND, UM, I, I DON'T, UM, IF I WOULD RATHER SEE MORE MONEY GOING TO THE TEACHERS IN ORDER TO SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE TEACHER EXIT, WE ARE THE TRAINING ACADEMY, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO STRETCH THAT, RAISE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE, WE D WE CAN RETAIN TEACHERS AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, IT'S NOT ONLY TEACHERS, IT'S FIREMAN, SHERIFF'S EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNTY PAYROLL THAT'S AFFECTED BY THIS. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS I'M TIRED OF BEING THE TRAINING ACADEMY FOR LOUDON COUNTY AND PRINCE WILLIAM AND THE REST OF THEM. 
          SO, UM, AND I SAW THAT HAPPEN IN FAUQUIER COUNTY, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT HAPPEN HERE. 
          WELL, AND, AND ONE OF THE PUSHES THIS YEAR, MR. RINALDI HAS BEEN TO REMOVE THE SUPPORT CAP. 
          SO BACK IN THE, UH, 2008, 2009, UM, HOUSING BUBBLE, UM, THE GREAT RECESSION, THEY BASICALLY PUT A SUPPORT CAP, UM, LIMIT ON SCHOOLS. 
          AND THEY, THAT IS 17.5 POSITIONS PER THOUSAND 
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STUDENTS. 
          I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE SOME BILLS OUT THERE TO INCREASE THAT SUPPORT CAP TO 25. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT MR. BALLANTINE GAVE YOU ABOUT THE A 1,029,000 THAT'S FOR YOUR SOQ. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR OF QUALITY POSITIONS, UM, IT MAY BE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT SAY THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY, TELL US THAT FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, WE NEED 10 OF THEM, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE SCHOOL THAT NEEDS ONE MORE TEACHER, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT TEACHER, THERE, IT, YEAH. 
          THEY CAN FIT IN THAT CLASSROOM, BUT YOU MAY HAVE A CLASSROOM OF 26 STUDENTS IN ALL THREE OF THOSE OTHER CLASSROOMS. AND IF YOU DIVIDE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, IT REDUCES YOUR CLASS SIZE. 
          IT ALLOWS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WITH SMALLER CLASSES. 
          SO WHEN THAT SOQ FUNDING COMES THROUGH, AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE MONEY FOR THE RAISES OR THE PERCENT, AND THEY ONLY FUND ON THE 10 THAT THEY THINK YOU NEED. 
          SO THAT EXTRA ONE THAT YOU HAVE, THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE POT FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE, AS A DIVISION, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT OTHER, THAT OTHER PIECE, OTHERWISE YOU, IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE SOQ POSITIONS, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT THE STATE SAYS, YOU, YOU, YOU NEED TO FILL YOUR P YOUR, YOUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS GROSSLY UNDER WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED BY ALL DIVISIONS. 
          SO EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION IN THE COMMON, ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. 
          UM, THERE, THE STATE INCENTIVE FOR THE, THE 5% SALARY IS NOT GOING TO THAT IS NOT GOING TO TOUCH WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO GIVE EVERYBODY WITHIN THEIR DIVISION. 
          UM, A 5% DR. 
          BALLENGER, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED A LITTLE EARLIER. 
          UM, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO GIVE THE TEACHERS A STEP PLUS 5%? AND I SAID, I'D HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT OF A COUPLE OF THINGS AND, UH, TO GIVE THE TEACHERS A STEP PLUS 5% WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $444,111 4 4 4 1 1 1. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL TO GO BEYOND GIVING A 5% TO GIVING A STEP PLUS 5% TO TEACHERS. 
          AND AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TO DO IT FOR EVERYONE WOULD BE THE $678,161. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOING IT FOR TEACHERS AND DOING IT FOR EVERYONE? WELL, IT'S NOT ONLY TEACHERS THAT, UH, DESERVE A, A FINANCIAL INCREASE. 
          IT'S A, THE BUS DRIVERS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S IN CONTACT WITH A KID IN THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UM, I MEAN, I, I, I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING THAT BECAUSE IT'S, UM, IT'S SORT OF SETS THE STAGE AND THE PERCEPTION OF THAT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THESE TEACHERS HERE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE'RE 40 SOME POSITIONS SHORT NOW. 
          IS, IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT WAS IT? 41. 
          I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEWHERE TEACHING POSITIONS. 
          I'M NOT SURE I'D HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT. 
          I HAVEN'T LOOKED. 
          UM, SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CHECK ON, GET BACK TO YOU, SIR. 
          IT IS, UM, IT IS ABOVE 20 PER SE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I SAW THAT ABOUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUCK. 
          UH, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO YOU ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, BUT I CAN, I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND GET, GET BACK TO YOU. 
          SO IN THEORY, COULD WE TAKE ALL THESE VACANT POSITIONS THAT HAVE SAT VACANT ALL YEAR THAT WE ALLOCATED MONEY WE PLANNED TO PAY FOR THESE VACANT POSITIONS, THAT MONEY HASN'T BEEN PAID? THE BENEFITS HAVEN'T BEEN PAID BECAUSE NO ONE'S IN THEM. 
          SO COULD WE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO DO A BETTER INCREASE FOR THE TEACHERS? SO BY CODE THAT MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, REVERTS BACK TO THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE TO, TO REQUEST FOR THAT THOSE FUNDS, UM, TO BE APPROPRIATED TO US. 
          SO SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD, UH, WE ASKED THE COUNTY FOR A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BUSES, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS 280, SOME THOUSAND THAT WE ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE IN THERE THAT WE WANTED TO PUT IT IN OUR TEXTBOOKS. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO REQUEST THAT. 
          AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DETERMINE IF THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN BACK OR NOT. 
          THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GIVE THOSE BACK. 
          UM, SO, AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS ALSO A, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T CHECKED THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, I KNOW THERE WAS A BILL WRITING OUT THERE THAT ANY, ANY PROPOSED CARRY OVER THAT A SCHOOL DIVISION WOULD HAVE, UM, THAT WOULD GO INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          IF THAT BILL PASSES, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT YOU COULD PUT IT INTO, UM, OPERATIONS. 
          IF, IF, IF THAT ONE IS STILL ALIVE, I HAVEN'T CHECKED. 
          UH, I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING 
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AT THAT ONE LATELY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST THAT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL THAT GAP AT SOME POINT, UH, WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. 
          UM, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT, THIS YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE A CARRY OVER LAST YEAR. 
          YOU MAY HAVE TO CARRY OVER, BUT NEXT YEAR YOU MAY NOT HAVE A CARRY OVER AT ALL. 
          AND THEN, THEN, THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT EXTRA $700,000 IT'S SETTING OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THAT STEP INCREASE, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THAT, THAT YOU'RE ALREADY SET IN THERE AND THE WHOLE END, BECAUSE YOU'RE USING A CARRY OVER ONE TIME. 
          UM, THAT THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN THAT AS FAR AS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT COMES DOWN TO THE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVING THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT, THAT IS WRITTEN, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING BACK FOR THOSE VACANCIES? WE DON'T KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I DID HAVE OTHERS. 
          DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR 2223? YEAH, WE'RE USING FOR OUR BUDGET 4,989. 
          UM, THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT THE STATE IS USING TO PROJECT WHAT OUR FUNDING WILL BE. 
          UM, AND THEY USE, I THINK WELDON COOPER GROUP OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TO DO A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND, UH, POPULATION STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE COME UP WITH THAT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE USED FOR OUR BUDGET FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. 
          I ALWAYS LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE ON THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU BUDGET A NUMBER HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU, WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING AND MAKE COMMITMENTS ON THOSE NUMBERS, UH, THEN YOU DON'T GET THE STATE FUNDING. 
          THEY DON'T MAKE IT UP. 
          NOW THIS YEAR. 
          AND LAST YEAR THEY DID, THEY HELD US HARMLESS BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN YEARS, GOING FORWARD IN YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, UM, SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE ON THEIR OWN. 
          IF THEY OVERESTIMATE AND MAKE COMMITMENTS ON A HIGHER NUMBER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE, THEN THEY'RE LEFT WITH THAT SHORTAGE TO MAKE UP ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WANT TO BE REALISTIC, BUT IF YOU ARI, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS TO AIR A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE. 
          SO YOU DON'T OVER COMMIT FUNDS AND THEN FIND OUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE CUTS THAT IN AREAS THAT ARE CRITICAL. 
          SO EARLY ON ABOUT AN ADDITION OF 10 STUDENTS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. 
          AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY LOOKS PRETTY REASONABLE THE WAY WE'VE TRENDED IT TO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE POSITIONS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT WAS BEING ADDED WAS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY WANTED TO SEE, BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS GOING TO COME WITH A FULL-TIME POSITION AT A PRICE TAG OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          UM, I KNOW THE TOWN RECENTLY HIRED SOMEBODY FOR COMMUNICATIONS, BUT IT'S AN HOURLY AS NEEDED KIND OF A SITUATION. 
          UM, COULD WE RE-LOOK AT HIRING. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST, WHEN WE'VE GOT A 7% INFLATION RATE AND WE'RE GIVING TEACHERS A RAISE LESS THAN THE INFLATION RATE TO THEN HIRE SOMEONE TO COMMUNICATE FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REAL SLAP IN THE FACE TO OUR TEACHERS. 
          UM, WHERE DID THAT FIGURE, HOW DID, HOW DID WE COME TO THAT? SO THAT WAS JUST FIGURED THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS, WAS THAT 10 YEARS MR. VALENTINE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, THREE SCALE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT COULD COME IN LESS THAN THAT. 
          IT COULD BE THAT IF YOU GET SOMEBODY THAT IS, DOESN'T HAVE 10 YEARS, THEN OF COURSE IT WOULD BE, UM, LESS. 
          BUT IF YOU GET SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN WITH MORE OF EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE HOLE IN THAT POSITION, BUT DO WE NEED SOMEONE FULL TIME JUST TO MAKE A PRESS RELEASE HERE AND THERE? UM, I THINK SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PRESS RELEASE HERE AND THERE THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN IT COMES TO WEBSITES WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING OUT INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, JUST, JUST COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT POSITION COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S, IT COULD BE A FULL TIME POSITION. 
          I'M CRINGING AT THAT ONE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO MOVING ON, UH, GROUNDSKEEPERS, IT SAYS WE'RE ADDING SIX, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THAT IN ONE SECTION. 
          THEN THE OTHER SECTION WE HAVE, UM, GROUNDSKEEPING INCREASE FOR 300, $8,034 ARE THE HIRING 
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OF SIX PEOPLE INCLUDED IN THAT 3 0 8 OR IS THE HIRING OF OKAY. 
          YES, YES. 
          THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THOUGH THOSE GROUND KEEPERS AND THE MOWER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIGURE THERE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE COME UP WITH. 
          IS THAT NOT CORRECT MR. BALLANTINE? YES. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, THE MOWERS AND THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THOSE SIX INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE CONTRACT TO HIRE THE MOWING COMPANIES TO DO JUST THE REGULAR GROUNDSKEEPING FROM THE SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD GET IT DONE WITH SIX PEOPLE THAT WE WERE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO YOU SIX PEOPLE THAT GET THE JOB DONE. 
          UM, NOW AS WE LOOK AT THE GROUNDS CONTRACTS, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT AT A REDUCED COST, THEN WHAT WE COULD DO IS TAKE THOSE, THOSE SIX PEOPLE AWAY AND REALLY ONLY USE TWO PEOPLE, ONE AT WARREN COUNTY AND ONE AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS AND THE GROUNDS THAT THOSE FACILITIES, WELL, NOT JUST THE SPORTS, BUT ALSO ALL THE GROUNDS THAT THOSE, SO WE WOULD HAVE ONE PERSON DESIGNATED TO BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD TAKE THEIR, THEIR MAIN PRIORITY IS THAT SCHOOL AND THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND, UH, JUST ALL THE GROUNDS, UM, AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DOES THAT FIGURE ALSO FACTOR IN THE COST OF THE FERTILIZER, THE GRASS SEED, THE, THE LINING OF THE FIELDS, LIKE ALL OF THAT, THAT, THAT IS EVERYTHING, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE AN EXTRA COST ON TOP OF THAT? IS IT ACCOUNTED FOR IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY? SO SOME OF THAT COMES OUT OF THE, UM, THE ATHLETIC BUDGET, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO FERTILIZERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, BUT ALSO WE DID THINK THAT THERE, YEAH, WE DID PUT SOMETHING TO WHERE WE COULD. 
          WE FIGURED THAT WE COULD, UM, MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THIS. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO IN, I THINK IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS THAT THEY, THEY MULCH THE PLAYGROUNDS AND I KNOW PARKS JUST DID THAT. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BIG COST OF GOING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR MULCH NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S A BIG TICKET WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED WITH, WITH YOUR MAINTENANCE CREWS OR GROUND SCREWS. 
          OKAY. 
          SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS NOTICING ON THE, UM, SO WE WERE CUTTING 241,000 FROM PRESCHOOL, WHICH INCLUDES A $200,000 SALARY CUT FOR THE SUPERVISOR. 
          I REMEMBER EARLIER ON, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NEEDED TO GROW OUR PRESCHOOL. 
          LIKE EARLIER THIS FALL, REMEMBER WE VOTED TO ADD EXTRA STUFF. 
          SO ARE WE SHRINKING PRESCHOOL BACK DOWN AGAIN? ARE WE JUST GETTING RID OF A SUPERVISOR? WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING THERE? UH, NO. 
          AND I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO MR. BALLANTINE ON, ON THAT. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DECREASING, UM, OUR, OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO WHILE HE'S LOOKING THAT UP, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON DECREASING STAFF FOR PRESCHOOL. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO. 
          SO AGAIN, OUR, OUR PROGRAM IS GROWING, SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DECREASE OUR STAFF IN THAT PROGRAM, BUT I KNOW MR. BALLANTINE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THERE? PART OF THAT IS, UM, THE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IS IN ANOTHER COST CENTER. 
          THEY'RE COMMINGLED AND, UM, THE ACTUAL SUPERVISORS' SALARIES AREN'T REALLY, THEY WEREN'T REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE NOT REDUCING THE VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT, UM, THE OTHER SUPERVISOR SALARIES AND ALL WERE ACTUALLY SOME OF THE I IRT POSITIONS THAT, OH, THE IRT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S THE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE. 
          SO THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TRIMMED SOME, SOME IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE THAT IS AN IRT THAT IS THE CENTRAL HUB IN, IN THERE WITH OUR RESOURCES. 
          SO THERE WERE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A COUPLE OF POSITIONS THAT INDIVIDUALS LEFT. 
          WE DID NOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS, UH, THIS YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S WITHIN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, TESTING INCLUDES, UM, CURRICULUM INCLUDES TITLE, UM, TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO, SO THEY, THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, PROBABLY INCLUDES THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION TO OH, AND THE ELEMENT. 
          YES. 
          CAUSE WE COMBINE THAT, UM, AND MADE THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION WHEN YOU HAD A SECONDARY, UM, DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION AND AN ELEMENTARY DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION. 
          UH, WHEN WE MADE THAT MOVE, WE COMBINED THOSE POSITIONS INTO ONE, OKAY. 
          THOSE SAVINGS ARE SHOWING UP THERE AND THEY REALLY WEREN'T VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL INITIATIVE, EVEN THOUGH ON THE DETAILED BUDGET I GAVE YOU, I HAVE THAT OUT THERE AS THE, UM, DESCRIPTION FOR THAT COST CENTER, IT'S A BLENDED COST CENTER. 
          SO THEN WHAT THE NEXT ONE WAS GOING TO BE ON MY LIST 
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WAS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION SALARY OF ZERO LAST YEAR. 
          AND NOW THIS YEAR WILL BE 146,000. 
          SO IS THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST MOVING THINGS. 
          THAT'S NOT THE SACRED BLENDING, THOSE TWO DIRECTORS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY INSTRUCTION INTO THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR INSTRUCTION. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT SHOWS ZERO LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE POSITION DIDN'T THIS YEAR, REALLY, UM, THE POSITION DIDN'T EXIST GOING INTO THIS YEAR, BUT THEN IT WAS BLENDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET STARTED OUT WITH THOSE TWO POSITIONS, BLENDED THEM INTO ONE. 
          SO IT'S SHOWING UP AS AN INCREASE THERE, BUT THEY'RE OFFSETTING DECREASES AND IT WAS OTHERS. 
          UM, REPLACING MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASE OF $311,000. 
          WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS NEEDED. 
          THOSE ARE THE VANS THAT WE WOULD GET FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WITH CARES FUNDING. 
          SO THAT'S, ONE-TIME CARES FUNDING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL CARES FUNDS THAT DR. 
          BALLENGER MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THIS WOULD BE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE OFFSET BY THE COST OF THESE VANS THAT WOULD BE USED TO, UH, HELP WITH OUR SPECIAL NEEDS TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I GUESS, OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION ALSO NOW WITH THAT SAID, I WAS LOOKING AT AND SAW THE LOWERING OF DRIVER SALARIES BY $50,000, OR DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE CUTTING A DRIVER POSITION OR ARE WE, WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? I THOUGHT WE WERE, NO, THAT WAS, UM, SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE BUILT THE BUDGET, UM, WE ACTUALLY DECREASED LATER ON BECAUSE WE ONLY NEEDED 43 DRIVERS. 
          WE HAD 50 AND WE NEEDED TO CREATE THE POSITION OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION ROUTE COORDINATOR. 
          UM, AND SO THAT BY ABSORBING THAT YOU, YOU WERE ABLE TO, TO CREATE THAT POSITION TO HELP WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND COORDINATING THAT. 
          SO THOSE POSITIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE UNFILLED AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SYSTEM RUN A LITTLE BETTER WITH TRANSPORTATION, UM, WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO FOCUS ON OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUT NOW, BUT THIS ONE WENT DOWN. 
          SO, BUT NOW THAT POSITION IS NOT FILLED. 
          NO IT'S IT'S FILLED, BUT I THINK IT'S IN A, IN A DIFFERENT SPOT THAN WHERE IT WAS IN THE BUS DRIVER CATEGORIES AND FROM A BUS DRIVER'S POSITION, REALLY TO A, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE POSITION, UM, THERE, AND, AND QUITE HISTORICALLY WHEN WE WENT AND I DON'T THINK STAGGERED STARTS IS THE CORRECT TERM. 
          I FORGET THE CORRECT TERM. 
          BUT WHEN WE WENT FROM HAVING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS START BASICALLY AT THE SAME TIME, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO HAVING ELEMENTARY START AT ONE TIME AND A SECONDARY AN HOUR LATER, IT GREATLY IMPROVED OUR EFFICIENCIES AS FAR AS OUR BUS NUMBER OF BUS DRIVERS NEEDED BECAUSE DRIVERS WERE DOING TWO ROUTES THAT NOW AND WARRANT THEN, AND AS TRANSPORTATION HAS WORKED YEAR TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, WE FOUND WE NEED FEWER BUS DRIVERS THAN WE DID WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE WERE RUNNING ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME IN THE MORNING, THE ROUTES. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT'S ALLOWED US TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF IT. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE POOL OF AVAILABLE BUS DRIVERS, AS WE ALL KNOW HAS SHRUNK ALSO. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 43 OR WHATEVER IN THE BUS IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, UM, IS A CHALLENGE EVERY DAY TO FILL THAT MANY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO COVER THE ROUTES FORUM. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT MANY, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, BUT WE REALLY ARE HAVING STRUGGLES TO ACTUALLY FILL THAT MANY I KNOW ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          UM, LAST YEAR WE PUT, IT SHOWED A $150,000 INTO THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE THIS YEAR. 
          THERE'S ZERO LISTED. 
          IS THAT, SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING I MOVED OUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TYPICALLY, I THINK THE CONTINGENCY WAS PUT IN THERE, UH, REALLY FOR THE, BECAUSE OF COVID YOU DIDN'T KNOW, GOING INTO THE 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ECONOMY. 
          UM, THEN AGAIN, IT STAYED IN THERE. 
          WE DID TRANSFER, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, FOR, UH, AND HAVE ASKED, SO YOU APPROVED IT AS A BOARD. 
          THEN WE TOOK IT THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          THEY APPROVED THAT WE TRANSFERRED, UH, AROUND 70 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY INTO INSTRUCTION FOR AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO ALSO JUST TO HELP OUT JUST TO TAKE THAT 50,000, THAT WAS IN CONTINGENCY, THROW IT BACK INTO THE BUDGET TO ACTUALLY KIND OF HELP WITH COVERING THE COST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SPECIAL SERVICES CATEGORY, THE SUPERVISOR SALARIES ARE GROWING UP BY $71,000. 
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I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IN WHICH CATEGORY, GO AHEAD, MS. BROWN ON A FEW, I WANT TO THROW SOMETHING OUT AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S CORRECT. 
          SO HELPED ME, UM, W WE MOVED A POSITION FROM A THERAPIST SCALE TO A, AN ADMINISTRATOR'S SCALE FOR THE MEDICAID AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO I THINK THAT SALARY IS PROBABLY SHOWING UP IN THERE NOW, WHEREAS IT WAS SHOWING UP IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION BEFORE, LET ME MAKE SURE YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          WE DID. 
          WE DID DO THAT, MR. BALLANTINE. 
          AND WITH THAT, IF, IF YOU LOOK IN, UH, WE ACTUALLY DID THAT LAST SCHOOL YEAR, DIDN'T WE? YEAH, WELL, WE DID IT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK IN SPECIAL SERVICES, THE SECOND LINE THERE, OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THOSE ARE OUR THERAPIST. 
          AND THAT LINE WENT DOWN 101,416. 
          UM, IT'LL GO DOWN BECAUSE WE RE UH, POSITION WAS RECLASSIFIED FROM A THERAPIST WHO WAS REALLY DOING ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE WORK AS THE MEDICAID, UH, MANAGING THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO IT WENT DOWN THERE AND WOULD HAVE BUMPED UP UNDER IT AS A SUPERVISOR. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW WHY DIDN'T IT GO UP 101,000 IN THE SUPERVISORS LINE, IF IT WENT DOWN A HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE, UM, IT DIDN'T GO UP BECAUSE WE HAD TURNOVER IN ONE OF THE OTHER POSITIONS AND THE REPLACEMENT PERSON, UM, SALARY IS LESS THAN THE PERSON THAT LEFT. 
          SO IT'S SORT OF ONE OF THOSE NET NET THINGS THAT, UH, DID THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD, SORRY, UM, IS, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE AUTO SHOP AND DOING THE WORK ON THE SHERIFF'S CARS AND THE, UM, ADDING IN FIRETRUCKS. 
          AND, AND I MEAN, I, I LOVE THAT OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHERE CAN WE SEE ON THE BUDGET, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE COMING IN FOR THAT? SO IF WE'RE SPENDING MONEY OUT TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND SERVICE WRITERS AND, AND TOOLS AND THIS AND THAT, LIKE, HOW CAN WE TELL HOW MUCH IS COMING IN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT THE AUTO SHOP WE'RE RUNNING IS ACTUALLY PROFITABLE? UH, WELL, WE, WE HAVE, WE MADE THE DECISION AND TALKING WITH THE COUNTY TO TAKE OUT THE ADDITIONAL PERSON FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE. 
          WE JUST, WEREN'T FAR ENOUGH ALONG ON THAT TO REALLY GET A GOOD FEEL FOR THE SCOPE OF IT, HOW MUCH THEY WERE SPENDING, HOW MUCH, UH, SUPPORT WE WOULD NEED. 
          SO, UM, UNTIL THAT BECOMES A LITTLE CLEAR, AND IT'S A CERTAINTY TO GO AHEAD WITH IT, IT'S BEEN LEFT OUT. 
          SO IT DIDN'T MUDDY THE WATERS HERE, UM, IN OUR BUDGET, IN THE REVENUE, UM, THERE IS A LINE ITEM FOR COUNTY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FUNDING, AND IT'S $168,000. 
          THE THING WITH THAT IS WE BUILD THEM. 
          UM, EACH TIME WE WORK ON A VEHICLE FOR BOTH THE LABOR AND FOR THE PARTS THAT ARE USED. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S SORT, IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT A PROFIT FOR US, BUT IT'S NOT A LOSS EITHER. 
          IT'S A BREAK EVEN SITUATION WHERE HOWEVER MANY HOURS OUR MECHANIC SPENDS WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY VEHICLE, WE BUILD THEM AN HOURLY RATE FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN WE BUILD THEM FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PARTS THAT WE'VE USED TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLES. 
          UM, IT, IT SAVES THEM MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING, UM, MARKUP AND THINGS ON THE PARTS THAT THEY WOULD, IF THEY, THEY PUT IT OUT, UM, TO A INDEPENDENT SHOP. 
          AND, UH, WE DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY ON IT. 
          WE DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY ON IT, BUT IT SUPPORTS OUR COUNTY, I THINK IS PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK, UM, SOME OF THE FIGURES I'VE HEARD TOO, UM, REALLY TO GET ONE OF THE PATROL CARS READY TO GO AND TO OUTFIT THE CAR, IF THEY WERE TO TAKE IT TO SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT A PRICE 
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TAG OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO $18,000 PER CAR, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT FOR AROUND SEVEN TO $8,000. 
          SO IT'S SAVING THE COUNTY AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          SOME, SOME, SOME MONEY ENABLE FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          AND IT'S JUST A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND FOR US TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON IT. 
          SO I'M ALL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, BUT THE MECHANICS ON HERE, OR ACTUALLY SALARY, THEY'RE NOT FLAT RATE FROM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 
          THEY ARE SALARY. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN HOW DO WE BILL? SO WE'VE JUST, SO WE'RE NOT BILLING OUT THEIR BOOK TIME AND ARE WE, IF WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THE NEW SERVICE WRITER POSITION AND THE EXTRA CLERICAL STAFF, ARE WE GOING TO BE CHARGING THEM MORE OR ARE WE JUST KIND OF EATING THAT OR, WELL, NO. 
          W UM, SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, ON THE PATROL CARS, THEY'RE WORKING ON SCHOOL BUSES. 
          SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE BUILD THEM FOR THAT, FOR THAT TIME. 
          SO THEY'RE ALSO, SO THEY'RE ALSO DRIVING BUSES IN THE MORNING IF WE'RE SHORT DRIVERS. 
          SO, SO SOMETIMES THOSE GUYS ARE, ARE, ARE HOPPING IN THE BUS THEY'RE DRIVING. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BILL THE COUNTY FOR THE TIME THAT THEY'RE DRIVING THE SCHOOL BUS FOR US OR, OR WORKING ON, AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING THE MECHANICS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. 
          I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT MY HUSBAND DOES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO YES. 
          MA'AM TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE COST YEAH. 
          AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A PRESCRIBED BILLING RATE THAT WE, WE CHARGE FOR THAT, THAT THE ACCOUNTANT COUNTIES AGREED TO. 
          I THINK THERE IS AN MOU WITH THAT, AND I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE, THE, THE BILLING RATE. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD EITHER, BUT IT, IT COVERS THE COST OF OUR AIR PERSON AND THEIR BENEFITS FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY SPEND ON COUNTY VEHICLES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WOULD THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO DO MAINTAIN AN ALL THE SCHOOL BUSES AND PLUS THE COUNTY STUFF TOO. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAILS ON THAT. 
          I NOTICED BUDGET IS A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE AND, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, THAT DON'T HAVE THE ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND THAT MR. BALLANTINE AND DR. 
          BOUNDS ARE HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UM, DEDICATION ON THAT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE $3.3 MILLION OF CARE'S FUNDING THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THIS, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, WE WON'T WANT TO USE CARRY OVER FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I THINK SOME OF IT'S BEEN TOUCHED ON ALREADY. 
          UM, NONE OF THAT MONEY IS BEING USED ON SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO THEN SEE IN THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE THAT FUNDING RUNS OUT. 
          NO MA'AM SO, SO THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE CARES POSITIONS. 
          WHEN WE ADVERTISE THOSE, WE ADVERTISE THOSE AS TWO YEAR POSITIONS ONLY. 
          SO AT THE TWO, AFTER TWO YEARS, THOSE POSITIONS ARE GONE. 
          NOW, IF WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FEEL, AND WE'RE ABLE TO STILL HAVE SOME CARES MONEY GOING INTO THE 20, 24 SCHOOL YEAR, THEN IT MAY BE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FILL SOME POSITIONS WITH SOME OF THE CARES MONEY IF THERE'S ANY REMAINING, BUT AFTER ONCE THAT THAT MONEY IS GONE, THOSE POSITIONS ARE GONE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS HOW WE ADVERTISE THOSE DR. 
          FUNK OR MS. LO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. 
          BELLINGER, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS DOWN HERE? IS THERE A MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE VOTE ON THIS, UH, BUDGET FOR TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN WAIT AND MEET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FIRST AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK OVER THE LINE ITEM BUDGETS, AND TRY TO GET IT TO WHERE WE ARE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY TO, UH, RAISE THE TAXES ON ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          I THINK, UH, I REALLY LIKED FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO WORK HARD ON FINDING PLACES THAT YOU CAN CUT THINGS IN THIS BUDGET AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE THAT BE FROM TAKING AWAY THE TEACHER'S PAY. 
          UM, SO I GUESS THAT WASN'T A REALLY VERY CONCISE MOTION ON THE TABLE. 
          IS, IS THERE A SECOND? OH YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT A TWO WOULD LOOK LIKE THE LOOK AT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. 
          IS THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BUDGET THIS EVENING? ALL THOSE, AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UM, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS WRITING SOMETHING DOWN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. 
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AYE, AYE. 
          OPPOSE. 
          NO, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES TO TABLE THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT ITEM 
          [4B. Approval of Food Service Management Contract Renewal - Mr. Smith]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT RENEWAL. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MR. SMITH. 
          GOOD EVENING ON JUNE 18TH, 2019, THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SEDEXO AMERICA TO MANAGE THE FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          THE AGREEMENT, UH, CONTAINS A CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS THE CONTRACT TO BE RENEWED ANNUALLY FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS UPON THE MUTUAL CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES. 
          UH, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS BASED UPON MEALS SERVED BASIC LABOR, LABOR, ET CETERA. 
          WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, DOES NOT PAY FOR ANY SUPPLIES THAT ARE NOT USED, UM, OR MEALS THAT ARE NOT SERVED. 
          UH, SO THERE IS A STRONG INCENTIVE ON BOTH WARREN COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SEDEXO FOR SERVING THE HIGHEST QUALITY MEALS AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SEDEXO, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, A MODEL PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS. 
          JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CURRENT CONTRACT, WHICH WE'LL CONCLUDE MOVING, UH, BE INCLUDED MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, THERE'S A $72,750 GUARANTEE OF RETURN FROM SEDAXO. 
          UH, THERE'S A $6,000 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR, UM, UH, BUT FOR OUR STUDENTS, UH, SENIORS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY ALSO, UH, INCLUDE A 6,500 BACKPACK FOOD PROGRAM, A $2,500 GRANT TO INTRODUCE NEW PROGRAMS AND WARREN COUNTY, UM, AND A THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WARREN COUNTY EDUCATION. 
          AND WHEN DOW MINT, UH, SEDEXO WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND CREATE MENUS COMPLIANT WITH THE HEALTHY HUNGER FREE KIDS ACT, UH, THEY'LL SERVE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DAILY AND PURCHASE LOCALLY GROWN INGREDIENTS WHEN AVAILABLE, UM, SEDEXO, UH, ALSO EMPLOYEES, OUR, UH, FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES, UM, THEY'RE AT SEDEXO EMPLOYEES. 
          THEY, THEY TRAIN THEM, UH, WITH, UH, PROPER FOOD HANDLING, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SAFETY. 
          UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S 48 STAFF ACROSS, UH, THE KITCHENS AND FOR, UH, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OUR SITE. 
          UM, THE COST INCREASE FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5% FOR THE GENERAL SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT FEE. 
          UH, THE GENERAL SUPPORT, UH, FEE, UH, SERVICE FEE IS GREATER, UH, OF $135,030, OR WHICH EQUALS TO THE INCREASE THIS, THIS YEAR OF, UH, ONLY LIKE EIGHT TENTHS OF A CENT. 
          SO, UM, ROUGHLY WHEN THAT'S ALL SAID AND DONE THE INCREASE, UH, IS ABOUT $11,000. 
          IF MEALS ARE, IF THE MEALS THAT WE CURRENTLY, UH, SERVE, UH, CONTINUE TO BE. 
          SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE ON A MEAL. 
          THAT'S NOT SERVED. 
          IT'S JUST SIMPLY A MILL THAT, THAT IS SERVED. 
          UM, THE, THE MANAGEMENT FEE, UH, WE NOT BE PAID UNLESS THE PROGRAM GENERATES A MINIMUM GUARANTEED FINANCIAL RETURN OF $72,750. 
          UH, THE ACTUAL COST OF INCREASE IS LESS THAN A PERCENT OF 1 CENT PER MILL SERVED IN, AS I MENTIONED, IF THAT IF OUR MILL RATE WAS TO CONTINUE, THAT ROUGHLY WOULD BE AROUND $11,000 IN OUR, OUR, UH, UH, FOOD SERVICE OR SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND, UM, HAS DONE REALLY WELL OVER, UH, OVER THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD IT WITH, UH, SEDEXO, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, OUR, UH, FOOD REIMBURSEMENT AS A, AS A FULL REIMBURSEMENT AND OUR, UH, CURRENTLY OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT CHARGED FOR A MEAL, SO A FEE, UH, FOR THEIR MEALS. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, CURRENTLY IT'S A FREE RATE FOR, FOR ALL STUDENTS, UM, UH, WITH THEIR CURRENT MEAL. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, OUR CURRENT REIMBURSEMENT PER MIL IN SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE ABSORBING THE SMALL INCREASE AS IT'S PREVIOUSLY STATED. 
          THE INCREASE ONLY APPLIES TO MEALS THAT SERVED, UM, OUR REIMBURSEMENT FROM EARLIER IN THE, UH, SCHOOL YEARS 
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FROM JANUARY 1ST ON, UH, WOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO ABSORB ANY OF THE, UH, OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AND INTRODUCE, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS SPOKEN BEFORE NICOLE KENZIE IS OUR FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, NEW INITIATIVES, UH, I THINK THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO, TO TOUCH ON, UM, AND ALSO, UH, LOOK AT FOOD THAT WE'RE SERVING AND SO FORTH INSIDE THE CAFETERIA. 
          AND JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NICOLE. 
          HI. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING OUR FUTURE CHEFS, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS. 
          UM, IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT. 
          UM, WE'RE TAKING, UM, RECIPES FROM THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS FROM ALL FIVE SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE DUE FRIDAY. 
          SO THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON THE TOP RECIPES AND TRY TO INCLUDE AS MANY OF THE STUDENTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE EVENT ON MARCH 30TH AND I WILL BE SENDING YOU ALL AN INVITATION TO JUDGE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. 
          UM, WE ALWAYS INVITE THE BOARD TO JUDGE. 
          WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT YET. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, WHICH IS OUR BIG AUDIT, WHICH COMES EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THAT HAPPENS TO BE THIS MONTH AS WELL. 
          UM, DOE WILL BE ON SITE THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH. 
          THEY JUST CHANGED IT BECAUSE THEY ORIGINALLY TRIED TO PICK A DAY OVER SPRING BREAK, BUT THERE'S NO STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING, SO THEY CAN'T WATCH THE MEALS AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES THAT WEEK. 
          SO THEY JUST RE RESCHEDULED THAT, UM, MS.  HAD SOME, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEAL SERVICE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW FOR BREAKFAST, UH, SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SERVING OFF OF CARTS. 
          WE ARE NOT SERVING STUDENTS BREAKFAST IN THE CAFETERIA. 
          SO A LOT OF IT IS LIKE CEREAL BARS AND GRAB AND GO ITEMS. AND WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH DR. 
          BALLENGER TOO ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO TRANSITION THAT BACK TO SOME SORT OF A TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST ALL, YOU KNOW, STUFF IN A PACKAGE. 
          SO THAT'S, I THINK ALL I NEED TO TOUCH ON. 
          DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME JUST TO COMMENT THAT COMPETITION WAS REALLY FUN WHEN, UH, MR. RONALDO AND I WENT TO REALLY EXCITED TO DO IT HERE. 
          I, OF COURSE, UM, DID THE IN CLARK BEFORE, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT HERE. 
          IT'S BIGGER HERE. 
          SO IT'S MORE KIDS, IT WAS HARD TO BE A JUDGE AT THAT THING, CAUSE IT IS, I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO BE A JUDGE. 
          I JUST GET TO TELL THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO ANYONE ELSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, NICOLE. 
          SO, UM, WITH THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S THAT, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO RECEIVE, UM, UH, EMOTION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RENEW OUR CONTRACT WITH SEDEXO FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          UH, DR. 
          BALLENGER WOULD SIGN OFF ON THAT AND THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY CONTINGENT UPON THE, UM, WHEN, WHEN JULY 1ST ROLLS AROUND THE, THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AND NORMALLY WITH FOOD SERVICE AND WITH CUSTODIAL, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH FOOD SERVICE, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS AND SO FORTH WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS OF, UH, APPROVALS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THEM SOONER THAN, UM, UH, OF THE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO CONTRACT WITH SEDEXO AMERICA, LLC, AS OUR FOOD MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2022 TO JUNE 30TH, 2023, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE SEDEXO FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND ACCEPT ANY ADMINISTRATIVE NON-MATERIAL CHANGES AS REQUIRED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE OPPOSED? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. 
          [4C. Approval of Custodial Service Management Contract Renewal - Mr. Smith]
AND NEXT UP APPROVAL OF CUSTODIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT RENEWAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON JUNE 3RD, 2020, THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SEDEXO OPERATIONS TO MANAGE THE CUSTODIAL OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          THE AGREEMENT CONTAINS A CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS THE CONTRACT TO BE RENEWED ANNUALLY FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS, UH, UPON THE MUTUAL CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RENEW THE CUSTODIAL SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT WITH SEDEXO FOR 
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AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIOD, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023. 
          IF THE PR IF APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND RENEWAL FOR THIS CONTRACT, THE INITIAL AGREEMENT FOR THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, UH, IS A 12 YEAR CONTRACT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,082,501, THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 20 22 20 23. 
          ACTUALLY, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER WITH A 7% INFLATION RATE, I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT ONLY A 2.5% INCREASE IN THE CUSTODIAL RATE. 
          UM, AND THAT 2.5% OF OUR CURRENT CONTRACT AMOUNT, WHICH IS 2,082,501 IS AN ADDITIONAL 50 2063 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT OF THIS UPCOMING YEAR OF 22, 23 OF 2,134,564. 
          WE HAVE ROUGHLY ROUGHLY 56, UH, CUSTODIAL STAFF THAT SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR, UH, SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          THEY COVER OUR REGULAR, UM, ACTIVITIES, REGULAR, JUST OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE DURING THE DAY. 
          AND ALSO THEY COVER OUR EVENING ACTIVITIES AND ALSO, UM, THEY ARE AVAILABLE, UH, TO COVER OUR, UH, COMMUNITY USE ACTIVITIES. 
          OUR COMMUNITY USE, UH, USERS ARE, THEY REIMBURSE FOR THE EXPENSE OF THAT. 
          SO WE'RE NOT CHARGED ADDITIONAL, BUT WE USE THIS COMPANY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          AND, UM, AT SOME POINT IT WILL PROBABLY TALK AT A, A WORK SESSION OR SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THE USE OF OUR FACILITIES AND, UM, A FACILITY AT A SCHOOL, UH, IS PRETTY MUCH USED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AS WELL, WHETHER IT'D BE FOR USER OUR OWN ACTIVITIES, OUR USER GROUPS, UH, PARKS AND RECS, DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO RUN DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEAGUES. 
          SO, UM, OUR FACILITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY INSIDE WITH OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF IS, UH, IS USED QUITE OFTEN. 
          I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 
          UM, SO I KNOW WITH COVID YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW SEDEXO HAS, UM, DONE ALL THE EXTRA CLEANING. 
          AND I, I BELIEVE LIKE THE SPRAYING OF JUST EVERYTHING AS WE MOVE OUT OF COVID AND WE, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST SPRAY CHEMICALS ALL OVER EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME? OR WILL THAT STOP AT SOME POINT IN TIME? UH, WELL, WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING IS WE'LL ALWAYS TRY TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE CHALLENGE THAT'S SET FORWARD. 
          SO AS FAR AS, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO CLEAN AT A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CHEMICAL STANDPOINT OR ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, ANYTHING WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPLY, WE WANT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FALL BELOW A LEVEL THAT'S SAFE. 
          AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT TO BRING UP THE COVID SITUATION, WHICH IS A GOOD POINT, IS THAT GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR'S CONTRACT, WHICH WILL BE REALLY NICE IS THAT WE REALLY, AND MR.  IS HERE, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES. 
          HE HAS SHARED WITH ME THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, THAT AS FAR AS ANY OF OUR CAPITAL TYPE OF INVESTMENTS, THOSE GHOST BUSTER SPRAYERS, THEY LOOK LIKE THE GHOSTBUSTER PACKS FROM MANY YEARS AGO, UH, THE MOVIE AND ANY WAY. 
          UM, SO WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE. 
          SO I LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS, WE WILL STILL MAINTAIN, UH, OUR LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO USE AS MANY PRODUCTS AND SO FORTH TO GO AS GREEN ACROSS, UM, UH, AS AS POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE APPROVAL TO BE GIVEN FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN THE HEAD, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SEDEXO OPERATIONS, LLC, TO EXTEND CUSTODIAL SERVICES FROM JULY 1ST, 2021 THROUGH JULY THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $134,564 
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CONTINGENT UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE F Y 22 BUDGET. 
          COULD I MAKE ONE STATEMENT THAT, THAT, UH, MOTION SHOULD BE 2022 IT'S IN THE TOP AND IN THE BOTTOM. 
          AND THAT'S MY THAT'S MY, AND THEN MY MOTION TO, UM, JULY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          [5A. 2022 Virtual VSBA Valley Region Forum - March 23, 2022]
SO, UM, COMING UP, WE HAVE THE 2022 VIRTUAL VSBA VALLEY REGIONAL FORUM ON MARCH 23RD, 2022. 
          UM, WE WOULD JUST LET MR. BALLANTINE KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTEND. 
          WE 
          [5B. Hybrid VSBA Hot Topic Conference - April 20, 2022 - VSBA Office - Charlottesville, VA]
HAVE THE HYBRID VSBA HOT TOPIC CONFERENCE, APRIL 20TH, 2022 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
          AGAIN, LET MR BALLANTINE KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND VSBA 
          [5C. VSBA Hybrid Budget Training: The Board's Role in Developing the Budget - May 10, 2022 - VSBA Office - Charlottesville, VA]
HYBRID BUDGET TRAINING, THE BOARD'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET MAY 10TH, 2022 VSBA OFFICE CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
          LET MR. BALLANTINE KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND. 
          [6. Closed Meeting]
MS. SALEMS CAN YOU READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? THIS MOTION IS MADE THAT THIS OPEN PUBLIC MEETING OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BECOME A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1. 
          THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN A CLOSED MEETING, SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A TWO DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF ADMISSION OR DISCIPLINARY MATTERS OR ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A SCHOLASTIC RECORD CONCERNING ANY STUDENT IN WARREN COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE REPORT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? OH YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT MR. RONALD, UH, MR. VALENTINE, WILL YOU DO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MRS. LOWE. 
          I I'M DR. 
          FUNK. 
          HI, MADAM CHAIR. 
          HI, MR. RINALDI. 
          UH, MRS. . 
          HI.
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