[2.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair]
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UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MODIFY THE, UH, AGENDA? YES.
ACCORDING TO THE VOTES RECORDED BY THE CLERK, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF WARREN COUNTY DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.
AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT PLEASE? A SECOND.
CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL RIGHT, PLEASE? UH, MS. LOW.
[2.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA? YES.I MOVE THAT WE MODIFY THE AGENDA TO ADD A CLOSED SESSION AT THE END TO DISCUSS AN EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL ISSUE AND TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT.
[2.C. Community Participation]
PARTICIPATION IS THE DUTY OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY, SHERIFF IS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A MEETING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER, TO LIMIT DISCUSSION TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
PERSONS ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS FOR THOSE RELEVANT TO PENDING ITEMS. NO PERSON IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS EXCEPT RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AFTER AUDIT VALIDLY STATING THEIR NAME AND WHOM THEY REPRESENT.
IF APPLIABLE, NO PERSON SHALL BRING TO 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 SUCH DIMINISH, UH, DEMONSTRATION MATERIALS INTENDED FOR THE USE IN, IN A PRESENTATION BY A SPECIFIC PERSON SHALL BE PERMITTED UPON RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
THE SPEAKER SHALL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR CAN FIND THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS, WHICH FROM THE USUAL CONS, CONSTRUCTION OR 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.
WHEN DIRECTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDI IN THE AUDIENCE, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING, THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE ASKED TO REFRAME 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
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BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHEN RECOGNIZED.PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU ARE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF A WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, MR. TYLER WRIGHT.
UH, I GOT A KID AT H JB UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS I WANNA START BY YOU HAVING YOU GUYS CLOSE YOUR EYES AND I WANT YOU TO PICTURE SOMETHING AS I'VE DESCRIBED IT TO YOU.
I WANT YOU TO PICTURE A LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAS BLONDE, CURLY HAIR, BIG, BEAUTIFUL EYES, AND IS FULL OF LAUGHTER AND SASS EVERYWHERE SHE GOES.
SHE NEVER MEETS A STRANGER AND ALWAYS QUICK TO OFFER A HELPING HAND.
SHE'S CURIOUS AS MOST FOUR YEAR OLDS ARE, AND WE'LL ASK YOU A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT YOURSELF AND HER SWEET, SOFT VOICE.
AND EVERY DAY WHEN I WOULD DROP HER OFF, SHE WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO HER TEACHERS WHO WOULD GIVE HER, GIVE THEM HUGS.
NOW KEEP THAT PICTURE IN YOUR HEAD AND DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF IT.
AND NOW I WANT YOU TO PICTURE A 27 YEAR OLD FEMALE TEACHER SMACKING HER, BE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT H J B.
THE SAME TEACHER WHO TOOK HER OUTTA MY ARMS EVERY DAY AND I TRUSTED WITH THE SAFETY OF HER AND MY SON WAS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS HARMING THEM.
REMEMBER THAT I ASKED YOU THESE QUESTIONS AND SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY CUZ THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
ON MAY 4TH, CALEB BENNETT WAS SUSPENDED FROM YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ON MAY 5TH, CASSIE CARTER WAS SUSPENDED.
WHY DID IT TAKE TILL MAY 9TH FOR LISA SEAL TO CALL ME? WHY DID I HEAR FROM OTHER PARENTS ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE TOWARDS MY KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM BEFORE? ANYONE FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MADE CONTACT WITH ME.
WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM LISA SEALE, HER WORDS WAS THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM AND CAN YOU PLEASE ASK YOUR KIDS IF ANY UNUSUAL THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING? HOW DO YOU ASK A FOUR AND A FIVE YEAR OLD DAD? AND WHEN I ASKED HER, WELL, WHAT KIND OF UNUSUAL THINGS? WHAT THINGS DO I NEED TO PERTAIN, YOU KNOW, TO ASK THEM? SHE WOULDN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ASKED HER WHAT I SHOULD DO, GIVEN THE ANSWERS, AS SHE SAID, CALL HER BACK.
I ASKED THE KIDS SOME QUESTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, I ALREADY HEARD SOME RUMORS, SO I ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY IF THEIR TEACHERS WERE HARMING THEM.
MY DAUGHTER INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAD BEEN YANKED BY THE ARM TO THE GROUND, AND MY SON INFORMED ME THE SAME, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF NAMES OF STUDENTS HE HAD WITNESSED BEING SMACKED OR HIT WITH ITEMS IN THE CLASS.
I WAS OUTRAGED WAS ANY PARENT WOULD BE.
SO I CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND WHICH MY KIDS WERE, WENT IN FOR INTERVIEWS THE NEXT DAY, AND WHICH WE FIND OUT WHAT MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME WAS A LOT WORSE.
SHE TOLD THE INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE WAS SMACKED ACROSS THE ED SMACKED IN THE BACK AND AGAIN, YANKED TO THE GROUND BY HER ARM.
SO I INFORMED, CALLED MS. SEAL BACK AFTER I CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS GOING ON, SHE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS TO HANDLE IT.
SO LET'S FAST FORWARD TO MAY 17TH.
STILL HEARD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FROM H J B, FROM ANYBODY WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, NO PUBLIC RELEASE FROM THE SCHOOL, NOTHING.
UM, SO I CALLED MS. SEALE AGAIN, WE SET UP A MEETING.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING WITH HER.
TYLER, CAN CAN YOU WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK PLEASE? YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE ALMOST UP.
SO I CALLED MS. SEALE, WE HAVE A MEETING.
YOU GUYS LET PEOPLE HIT MY KIDS.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO FINISH THIS UP? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A PAGE AND A HALF.
SO I HAVE THIS MEETING WITH MS. SEALE AND THE H J B PRINCIPAL.
AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT 11 KIDS WERE HIT.
TYLER, WHY IS YOUR PRINCIPAL, PLEASE? WHY IS YOUR PRINCIPAL IN THE DARK? WHY DID MR. BALLINGER NOT RESPOND TO ANY EMAILS, PHONE CALLS? AND WHEN HE DID, WHY DID HE SAY THAT? PARENTS ARE JUST BEING CURIOUS AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.
AND WHY DID HE SAY AN EMAIL THAT TEACHERS ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CLASSROOM.
THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER CLASSROOMS. TYLER, MY MAN IS NOT QUALIFIED.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ASK THE DEPUTY TO REMOVE YOU BECAUSE I DO REALIZE YOU GUYS DON'T REALIZE, YOU DON'T REALIZE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA, YOU DO NOT REALIZE.
NONE OF YOU REALIZE IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD'VE TOOK THIS MORE SERIOUSLY.
YOU WOULD'VE DONE WHAT WAS NECESSARY AND YOU WOULD'VE FORMED PARENTS THE WAY YOU SHOULD HAVE.
AND YOU DIDN'T, TYLER, YOU DID NO SUCH THING.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW WE FEEL ARE THE ONES
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SITTING BEHIND ME.OKAY? YOU MAY HAVE A POINT ON THAT.
MY CHILD HAS NEVER BEEN IN THAT SITUATION LIKE YOUR CHILD.
BUT I'M GONNA ASK YOU, PLEASE WRAP THIS UP.
YOU HAD THREE MINUTES AND YOU'VE GONE WAY OVER THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN PROBABLY TOO LENIENT WITH YOU, BUT I DO RESPECT YOUR I, UH, POSITION, POSITION AS A PARENT.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, THEN I'LL WRAP IT UP.
TELL ME HOW KAYLEIGH GOT HIRED WITH A RECORD.
TELL ME HOW SHE WAS INDICTED FOR GRAND LARCENY AND TOOK A PLEA DEAL.
HOW, HOW DID SHE EVEN GET HIRED TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? WILL YOU PLEASE WRAP IT UP? OKAY.
YOU CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UM, THAT'S IT.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OR ANY MATTER THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY? COME ON UP, PLEASE.
AND WHEN YOU COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER MULLIGAN AND I LIVE ON HAPPY CREEK ROAD HERE IN FRONT ROYAL.
MY SON IS A STUDENT, UM, AT HILDA J HE WAS IN THE CLASS THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT INCIDENT.
UM, THAT INCIDENT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, INVOLVED A TEACHER BEING ACCUSED OF PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING MULTIPLE STUDENTS, SOME OF WHICH WERE DISABLED, NON-VERBAL.
AS PARENTS, OUR BIGGEST FEAR IS NOT BEING ABLE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
AND THIS SITUATION HAS ONLY MAGNIFIED THAT FEAR.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DO KNOW HOW TO VOICE AND ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO INSTALL CAMERAS IN OUR CLASSROOMS FOR OUR LITTLE PEOPLE, FOR OUR PRESCHOOLERS, FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.
SO THE SCHOOL CAN BE, SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN PARENTS FEEL SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT, THEY CAN COME AND THERE IS A RECORDING.
WE CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE CAN BE SEEN.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IF THIS WAS IN PLACE ALREADY, THE SITUATION WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.
AND IF IT HAD, IT WOULD'VE BEEN CAUGHT A LOT SOONER AND THESE CHILDREN WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH.
IT IS OUR JOBS AS A COMMUNITY, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
WE'RE NOT, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME ON UP, SIR.
AND PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
UH, I LIVE 6 53 BRANDY ROAD, FRONT, ROYAL, VIRGINIA.
AND, UH, I'M JUST GONNA LAY IT OUT THERE GUYS, AS A BOARD, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK IT'S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS THAT Y'ALL LET THIS HAPPEN.
THIS IS, THIS IS ON Y'ALL'S HANDS, THE FIVE OF YOU.
OKAY? I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF I HIT MY CHILD AND THEY WENT TO SCHOOL AND TOLD, UH, UH, A COUNSELOR OR A TEACHER OR SOMETHING, THERE'D BE A SH DEPUTY SHERIFF KNOCKING ON MY DOOR TO ARREST ME.
OKAY? WHY? WHY HAS THIS GONE ON SO FAR? MR. BALLINGER? YOU DON'T LOOK AT, DON'T LOOK AT ME.
IF I COME UP THERE AND HIT YOU RIGHT NOW, I GUARANTEE YOU I'LL BE ARRESTED RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST SAYING WHY HAS THIS THREAT ON SO FAR? PEOPLE, Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING THESE KIDS, OKAY? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LETTING S**T LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
EXCUSE THE THAT, BUT YOU, YOU'RE NOT, I I'M SORRY, I I'M DISGUSTED, BUT THAT WAS MY GRANDKIDS, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS.
I, I DIDN'T TREAT THEM LIKE THAT.
I HAD A BOY THAT PLAYED BASEBALL.
I HAD A DAUGHTER THAT PLAYED TRAVEL SOFTBALL.
BOTH OF 'EM WENT TO SCHOOL WITH BRUISES ON THEM.
AND ME AND MY WIFE GOT QUESTIONED AS TO WHY, WHY? BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN SPORTS.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY NOT BECAUSE SOME TEACHERS SMACKED HIM IN BACK THE HEAD OR GAVE THEM BY THE ARM.
YOU KNOW, MR. BALLARD DON'T, DON'T, DON'T LOOK AT THESE FOLKS OUT HERE.
MR. BALLINGER JUST, HEY, THAT, THAT'S FINE BUDDY.
BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TOO.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE OR ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? COULD I MAKE A QUICK REQUEST BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MR. WRIGHT HAS HEARD I SAID YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD IT TYPED OUT.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE YOU COULD GIVE IT TO TO FINISH READING IT? JUST AN IDEA.
OKAY, MA'AM, CAN YOU COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME?
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UM, MY NAME IS NIKITA COPELAND.UM, I LIVE AT 13 SHE O COMMON WAY.
APARTMENT 3 0 3, UMM IN FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA.
UM, I MYSELF AM A, UH, A DAYCARE TEACHER.
UM, I WORK AT A DAYCARE HERE IN TOWN.
I WORKED AT TWO, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.
UM, I'VE BEEN A DAYCARE PROVIDER FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.
AND WHAT I KNOW IS THAT MY JOB, FROM THE MOMENT THAT I GET THOSE CHILDREN UNTIL THEY GO BACK TO THEIR PARENTS, THOSE ARE MY BABIES.
WHICH MEANS IF I'M SITTING IN A ROOM AND SOMEONE HITS THAT BABY OR SMACKS THAT CHILD, THAT IS MY JOB TO IMMEDIATELY TELL MY BOSS.
AND LUCKILY I HAVE A BOSS WHO DOESN'T STAND FOR THAT.
SHE WILL FLIP OUT AT ANY MOMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT.
AND SO SINCE I KNOW THAT, AND I KNOW THAT KAYLA WAS THERE DOING THIS, AND CASSIE WAS THERE WATCHING IT.
AND MY NEPHEW AND ALSO MR. WRIGHT'S CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN WHO I KNOW PERSONALLY AND LOVE.
SHE SAT THERE AND WATCHED THOSE KIDS ALL THAT HAPPEN AND SAID NOTHING.
SO SHE SHOULD ALSO BE GETTING IN TROUBLE.
SHE SHOULD ALSO BE GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR THE FACT THAT THEY HANDED THEIR KIDS OVER.
EVEN MY BEST FRIEND WHO WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL RIGHT IN FRONT OF HILDA J HANDED MY NEPHEW OVER TO THIS WOMAN EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WENT TO GO TAKE CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, ONLY FOR HER SON TO BE SITTING IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO HER BEING SLAMMED TO A COT.
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THE SCHOOLS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
WHEN THESE LITTLE KIDS, ESPECIALLY THE NON-VERBAL BABIES, THEY CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES.
AND IF THEY CAN'T TALK, I MEAN, HOW MANY BABIES DO WE SEE CRYING AND WE'RE LIKE, THAT BABY'S JUST SLEEPY AND IT REALLY JUST NEEDS THIS DIAPER CHANGED.
THEY CAN'T TALK, THEY CANNOT SPEAK.
THEY CANNOT SAY WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT IS THOSE ADULTS THAT ARE DOING THAT.
AND CASSIE HERSELF, I KNOW FOR A FACT, JUST GOT A JOB WITH KIDS AGAIN.
AND I KNOW OR I'VE HEARD THAT SHE IS NOT BEING CHARGED.
SHE IS NOT GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR NOT, UH, REPORTING.
AND WE ARE MANDATED REPORTERS.
IF SOMEONE'S GIVING YOU THEIR BABY, IF SOMEONE MESSES WITH IT, YOU TELL.
YOU CAN EVEN TELL ANONYMOUSLY, SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
SHE COULD HAVE CALLED AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT I KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WENT ON ABOUT HER DAY.
AND NOW SHE'S WORKING IN A DENTIST OFFICE WITH CHILDREN.
AND SO THOSE ADULTS SHOULD KNOW THAT IF THEIR BABY IS IN THERE AND THEY SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO GO SIT OUT IN THE WAITING ROOM WHILE WE DO THIS.
IF THAT DENTIST TOUCHES THEIR CHILD INAPPROPRIATELY, SHE IS NOT GONNA SAY A DAMN THING.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S, IT'S TRUE.
SHE AND SHE, BOTH OF THEM ARE BOTH MOTHERS AND THEY BOTH SAT THERE AND WATCHED THOSE CHILDREN GET BEAT AND TALKED TO AND CUSSED OUT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT SHE DID TO THESE BABIES.
EVERYBODY ACTED COMPLETELY CONFUSED.
AND NOW THAT IT'S OUT, EVEN THE, UM, REPORT THAT WENT OUT WHEN THEY DID THE PRESS RELEASE, IT WAS SO VAGUE.
IT LITERALLY WAS LIKE STUFF THAT HAPPENED.
BUT WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS.
THESE BABIES DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT.
IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, COME ON UP.
I OPEN TO GET MY THREE MINUTES OVER.
PARDON ME? CAN I GIVE UP MY THREE MINUTES? UH, NO SIR, THAT'S NOT PERMITTED.
YOU CAN READ WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN THOUGH, DIFFERENT.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU WAYS AND IDEAS OF HOW TO SKIRT IT.
WHY WERE THEY PAID TO LEAVE THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE SUSPENDED? OKAY.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR? UH, MARK REINHARDT.
UH, MY SON WILL BE GOING THERE NEXT YEAR OR WOULD BE, UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE Y'ALL ALLOWED TO ANSWER ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS OR, UH, NO, SIR.
THIS IS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? GO AHEAD, SIR.
UH, I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD ALL TAKE A DEEP BREATH, UH, AND BE THANKFUL THAT NOT ALL OF US ARE AS STRONG AND HAVE THE TEMPERAMENT AS MR. WRIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY THAT WAS ANOTHER FATHER'S CHILD, THERE WOULD BE MUCH MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES THAN JUST SHOWING UP TO A MEETING.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
YOU SHOULD POSSIBLY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEACHERS AND STAFF'S SAFETY IF THIS WERE TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY, SIR, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT WRITTEN HERE.
UM, I MEAN IF I DON'T ANYBODY ELSE, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS MICHAEL WALL.
UH, I LIVE AT 8 0 9 HALF CREEK DRIVE, UH, FRONT ROW VIRGINIA.
MY SON'S IN THE CLASSROOM IN HE H A B, LIKE MOST OF US THAT ARE HERE, UH, I'M NOT THE BEST AT THIS, BUT SO THEY INFORMED ME THAT IN THEIR INITIAL CONTACT, THEY WERE GIVEN A SCRIPT TO READ FROM.
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THEY CALLED THE PARENTS AND THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT KEEPS 'EM IN THE DARK ON MOST THINGS.THEY WERE ALSO UNAWARE ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED.
THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS ONLY TWO STUDENTS, NOT THE 11 THAT THEY BELIEVE IT IS NOW ON FIVE 18, ONCE AGAIN, CALLED AND SPOKE TO SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH I GOT ZERO RESPONSE, EVEN SHOWED UP HIS OFFICE, WHICH I TALKED TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHICH I ALREADY DID AT THIS POINT.
I HAD ENOUGH TO BE AVOIDED AND DECIDED TO BLAST THEM.
SO I CALLED EVERY SUPERINTENDENT AND DIRECTOR I COULD FIND IN THE RICHMOND OFFICE AND BLASTED THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND WHEN YOU KNOW IT, I GOT A CALL BACK FROM BUCK SMITH A FEW HOURS LATER.
BUCK SMITH WAS VERY GENUINE AND I THINK IF ANYONE SHOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENT, IT SHOULD BE HIM.
YOUR OWN TEACHERS WITHIN THE SCHOOL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HAVE CONTACTED ME TO ASK WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL.
YOUR EMAIL ON 5 22 23, WHICH WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL CONTACT BETWEEN YOU AND I, MR. BALLINGER? AND, UH, IN THAT EMAIL YOU SAID A FEW THINGS THAT I WANNA POINT OUT, STARTING WITH, EXCUSE ME.
STAFF MEMBERS DON'T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING GOING ON.
THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ONLY THE KIDS IN THEIR CLASSES WE DO.
NOW, TO ME, WHEN I DROP MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL, I AM ENTRUSTING EVERY ADULT INDIVIDUAL IN THE SCHOOL WITH THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THAT ADULT HAS A CLASS ACROSS THE SCHOOL OR IF I, THAT ADULT JUST SERVES TO LUNCH MY KID, IF THEY SEE A POTENTIAL THREAT OR ENDANGERMENT, I EXPECT SOMETHING TO BE DONE OR SAID.
WOULD THAT COM WOULD THAT COMMENT YOU MADE OVER THE EMAIL THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE YOU DISAGREE AND THAT THE TEACHERS ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE IMMEDIATE CLASS? THAT IF YOU WERE A TEACHER AND SAW SOMETHING, THAT YOU WOULD NOT SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S CLASS.
YOU ALSO SAID EVERY PARENT AFFECTED WAS CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO YOU WAIT FOR AN ANSWER IF THERE IS ONE.
BECAUSE ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER PARENTS, FIVE OTHER PARENTS AS VICTIMS, NOT WITNESS, BUT VICTIMS THAT WAS CONTACTED 46 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST SUSPENSION, EVEN IF I WAS NOT A PARENT OF A VICTIM.
IN THAT SAME EMAIL YOU SAID THAT EVERY PARENT IN THE ROOM WAS CONTACTED THREE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT.
LAST TIME I CHECKED SUSPENSIONS WERE THE FOURTH AND I WAS CONTACTED ON THE NINTH.
SOUNDS LIKE TO ME YOU HAVE NO CLUE OF THE TIMELINE OR EVENTS, MUCH LESS ANY CLUE OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF YOUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS TRUE, BUT WHEN, WHERE THEY WERE CONTACTED IS THE ISSUE AND WE HAVE OR, BUT WHEN THEY WERE CONTACTED IS THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE HAVING HERE.
YOU SAID THAT MRS. SEALE AND MRS. OKAY, CAN YOU PASS THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO FINISH READING? THERE YOU GO.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE, MA'AM.
YOU SAID THAT MS. SEALE AND MRS. TOBIN BERGER COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT YET THEY COULDN'T EVEN TELL ME WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ASKING MY KIDS.
THEY ALSO INFORMED ME IN OUR MEETINGS SOMETIME LEADER, THAT THEY WERE GIVEN A SCRIPT TO READ AND THEY WERE UNDER DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER.
WHEN ASKED BY THE ROYAL EXAMINER ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC INCIDENT, MR. BALLINGER GIVES A RESPONSE SAYING, PARENTS ARE NATURALLY CURIOUS.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT PART OF ME WANTING TO KNOW THAT MY KID HAD A TEACHER SMACKING HER WAS ME.
JUST BEING CURIOUS OR WHY I HAVEN'T HEARD JACK FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ABOUT HOW OUR BABY IS BEING SMACKED BY A 27 YEAR OLD TEACHER IS US JUST BEING CURIOUS.
ARE WE REALLY GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN THAT ROAD? THESE ARE MY KIDS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GETTING SMACKED BY YOUR TEACHERS AND YOU WANT TO SAY, WELL, PARENTS ARE CURIOUS.
THE COMMENT YOU MADE WAS AS IGNORANT AS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
AND HONESTLY, I HAD ZERO FAITH THAT YOU ARE QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB SOLELY BY YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS INCIDENT.
BUT WITH THAT COMMENT, I ALSO HAVE DRAWN THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU ALSO DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FAMILIES WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE NO HEART FOR THESE CHILDREN OR THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE TRYING HARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE LET THIS HAPPEN TO OUR BABIES AND WHY WE DIDN'T NOTICE IT.
THE PARENTS BEATING THEMSELVES DOWN ON WHY OUR BABIES DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY COULD COME TO US, TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
I WANT ANSWERS ON WHY PARENTS WEREN'T INFORMED IMMEDIATELY.
WHY BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHEN A PARENT CAME TO THE SCHOOL AND HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPAL, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT ABOUT THE WAY MS. BENNETT WAS TREATING HER DAUGHTER, NOTHING WAS DONE TO MS. BENNETT.
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DIDN'T THE SCHOOL TAKE ACTION AND TELL THE PARENTS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THE TEACHER WAS ON DISCIPLINARY PLAN FOR BEING IN A CHILD'S FACE AND SCREAMING AT THEM? THE SCHOOL IS QUICK TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT AN OUTSIDE THREAT TO OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR STAFF.WHETHER IT'S A BOMB THREAT, SOMEBODY MAKING A THREAT TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL OR THREAT TO FACULTY OR STUDENTS.
WE HEAR IT AND SEE IT AT, AND THE SCHOOL IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THE, TO POINT THOSE OUT TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC.
BUT HERE WE ARE WITH AN INSIDER THREAT, A THREAT COMING FROM YOUR OWN, WHICH IS THE HARDEST TO SEE.
AND NOT ONE WORD WAS SAID TO THE PUBLIC OR PARENTS OR EVEN THE STAFF UNTIL I STARTED TO CAUSE AN UPROAR.
THEN 15 DAYS LATER, YOU REALIZE YOU RELEASE A S****Y PRESS RELEASE BACK IN JANUARY, MS. BENNETT WAS OUR INSIDER THREAT.
AND AS MOST INSIDER THREATS ARE HARD TO IDENTIFY, THIS ONE POINTED OUT TO YOU BY PARENTS AND FACULTY ON MUL MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND YOU STOOD BY AND LET THIS THREAT BECOME A HORRIFIC REALITY TO US.
ALL THIS ALL COULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN PREVENTED.
PARENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE TEACHER OF THEIR KIDS WAS BEING DISCIPLINED, TALKED TO ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS A CHILD I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN I WOULD'VE YANKED MY KIDS RIGHT THEN AND THERE AND SAVED MY DAUGHTER THE ABSOLUTE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT SHE WENT THROUGH.
I WOULD'VE SAVED MY SON, WHO WAS HIS SISTER'S PROTECTOR FROM THE MEMORIES OF SEEING SOMEONE BEAT ON HIS LITTLE SISTER AND NOT ABLE TO HELP.
NOW, IF THE SCHOOL DIDN'T TAKE ACTIONS ON THESE CONCERNS THAT THE PARENTS VOICED ALONG WITH THE FACULTY, THEN OUR SCHOOL HAS FAILED OUR BABIES AND US AS PARENTS.
CAN SOMEONE ELSE COME UP AND FINISH OFF THIS? YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE.
EVERY SINGLE NAP TIME THIS WOMAN WOKE MY SON UP WITH A KICK TO THE BACK.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW.
AT, OKAY, SIR, CAN YOU, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M CODY SELZER, THREE 15 WEST 11TH.
TELL ME HOW SOME OF YOU HANDED A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT FOR LARCENY IN 2000
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE HIRE TO TEACH AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
THESE ARE INNOCENT CHILDREN AND WE ARE THEIR PROTECTORS AND WE ARE THEIR VOICE.
AND OUR SCHOOL WAS TOO WORRIED ABOUT PROTECTING A PIECE OF WORTHLESS SCUM THAT PROTECTING MY BEAUTIFUL BABIES.
SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE NON-VERBAL, SO THEY CAN'T GO HOME TO TELL THEIR PARENTS.
THE KIDS ARE MANIPULATED BY TELLING THEM THAT THEY TOLD THEIR DADDY OR MOMMY THEY WOULD GET IN TROUBLE.
SO PLEASE SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS BECAUSE I'M SORRY, BUT MY HANDS ARE TIED.
I CAN THINK OF A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS.
I WANT TO GO FROM HERE WITH THAT MONSTER, BUT LEGALLY I CANNOT DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS IS HOW I WILL GET EVEN EVERY NEWS MEDIA AROUND, INCLUDING NEWS FOUR, IS AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
AND WHEN INDICTMENTS COME OUT, ALL THIS COMES OUT AS WELL.
I WILL BE A THORN IN YOUR SIDE EVERY DAY UNTIL I GET AN ANSWER I WANT.
I WILL PRY AND PRY DIGGING DEEPER AND DEEPER UNTIL OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE CHANGED TO BETTER KEEP OUR PARENTS INFORMED AND OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
I WILL BE THE VOICE FOR NOT ONLY OUR CHILDREN, BUT EVERY CHILD INVOLVED.
WE NEED TO BE BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN AS THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.
I HAD A CALLING TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS TYLER, OF COURSE, AND NOW I HAVE A CALLING AND SERVING TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WILL NOT FAIL, AND I WILL MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS IN ANY CHILD IN WARREN COUNTY.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, AND THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP IN RED TYLER'S LETTER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD, YOU'VE AL HAVE YOU ALREADY SPOKE, MA'AM? NO.
COME ON UP AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HELLO, I'M CARLOS NELL, THREE 15 WEST 11TH STREET.
AND I AM COMING TO YOU NOT AS ONE OF YOUR WARREN COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN WITH WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS.
UM, BUT AS A PARENT OF A JUST TURNED FOUR ON WEDNESDAY, LITTLE BOY.
HE'S A VERY BRIGHT ACQUISITIVE, RAMBUNCTIOUS, EVERY BIT OF A WILD THREE YEAR OLD TODDLER THAT HE IS.
UM, AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO SCHOOL, SOMETHING WARREN COUNTY IS SOME PLACE THAT I'VE LOVED.
I HAVE GIVEN ALSO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BEFORE BECOMING A SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR WARREN COUNTY.
I WAS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER FOR 10 YEARS AND WORKING WITH THE KIDS OF WARREN COUNTY IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T ONLY LOVE, I CHERISH, I ADMIRE.
IT'S A DEDICATION, IT'S A PASSION.
I SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WITH MY HIGH SCHOOLERS,
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UM, WHETHER I'M COACHING OR WHETHER I'M IN THE CLASSROOM OR WHETHER I'M WORKING AN EVENT BECAUSE I LOVE THEM AND I WANT THEM TO SEE A POSITIVE ADULT IN THEIR LIFE WHO WANTS TO SEE THE BEST FOR THEM.AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES, THE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WANT THE EXACT SAME THING AS I DO WHEN WE STEP IN THOSE DOORS.
SO WHEN THE PRE THE PRESCHOOL OPENED UP AND MY CHILD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE AS THEIR FIRST SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, I'D ALREADY PUT A CHILD THROUGH H D B.
SHE JUST GRADUATED FIFTH GRADE.
SHE LOVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER TEACHERS.
SHE LOVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER PRINCIPALS.
SHE LOVED EVERY RIGHT, EVERY PERSON RIGHT DOWN TO THE CAFETERIA.
WORKERS WHO WOULD SOMETIMES SLIP HER IN EXTRA MILK.
WHY CAN'T MY SON SAY THE SAME? WHY IS IT THAT MY THREE YEAR OLD SON'S FIRST EVER SCHOOL EDUCATION? MY DAUGHTER WALKS INTO THE DOORS, HE'S GOT HIS BACKPACK ON, HE'S SO EXCITED AND I'M EXCITED FOR HIM BECAUSE HILDA J BARBER HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT JUST SUPPORT AND LOVE.
WHY IS THAT SHATTERED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL AND PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T SPEAK UP? IF THERE'S A STUDENT IN A CLASSROOM AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS, KNOW WHO THEY ARE, SPEAK UP FOR THEM, ADVOCATE FOR THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN THE ENGLISH ROOM.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN THE HISTORY ROOM AND I DO NOT CARE IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY AND ANOTHER STUDENT SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU.
IT IS MY JOB TO STAND UP AND ADVOCATE FOR YOU.
I'M A MANDATED REPORTER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I GIVE A DAMN.
AND TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY, TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON MY KID TO CALL WHAT I WAS QUOTED F*****G IDIOTS IS WHAT SHE WAS CALLING THEM.
OKAY, HOW CAN WE ALLOW THAT? BUT FURTHERMORE, I AM NOT A PHONE CALL AWAY.
I'M NOT A FULL PHONE CALL AWAY.
AND INSTEAD ON TUESDAY MORNING AFTER THEY HAD BEEN REMOVED, WATER COOLER TALK WAS, DID YOU HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON IN VA'S CLASS? AND MY HEART IMMEDIATELY THINK, OH GOSH, WHAT HAPPENED? THANK YOU MA'AM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? CAN I APPROACH THE BENCH AGAIN? MR. I'M SORRY.
WHAT'D YOU? CAN I APPROACH THE BENCH AGAIN? UH, NO SIR.
I LIVE AT 4 36 MANASSAS AVENUE.
UM, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THIS CLASS AND SHE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS CLASS BECAUSE MS. BENNETT KEPT YELLING IN HER FACE.
SHE WOULDN'T LET HER EAT AT A, A PARTY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
I WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL, I WENT TOCI.
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON A DISCIPLINE, WHATEVER.
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD, BE GOOD BEHAVIOR.
UM, A LITTLE BIT LATER AT THE PARTY WHERE THEY DIDN'T LET HER EAT, I CALLED THE SCHOOL AGAIN.
MS. BENNETT SAID IT WASN'T TRUE.
WE WENT TO THE COUNSELOR IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED, WE HAD TALKED.
MY DAUGHTER CRIED THE WHOLE TIME.
SO THE COUNSELOR SAID THAT SHE WAS GONNA PULL HER.
UM, THE LAST PICTURE DAY, I ASKED FOR A PICTURE FORM AND SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T GET THE PICTURE FORM YET.
WHILE I WAS INFORMED BY OTHER TEACHERS, THEY WERE ALREADY SENT HOME.
SO THAT MONDAY WHEN I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER OFF AT SCHOOL, I ASKED HER AND SHE SAID, I WILL GIVE YOU ONE WHEN I GET ONE.
SO MY DAUGHTER CAME TO MY WORK AFTER SCHOOL AND SAID, MOM, THE TEACHER'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
AND I SAID, WHAT DID SHE SAY? SHE SAID, WELL, SHE WAS REALLY MEAN TO ME TODAY.
AND THEN PICTURE FORMS, NONE OF THESE KIDS SHOULD HAVE HAD TO WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN I WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND MS. SEAL, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF LONG BEFORE SHE STARTED HITTING THEM.
AND THEN WHEN MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED, CUZ THEY MOVED HER SCHOOLS, INSTEAD OF TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY MOVED HER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
MISSY WALKS INTO HER GRADUATION.
SO ALL THESE OTHER TEACHERS, MS. BENNETT SHOULD HAVE WENT.
MS. CASSIE SHOULD HAVE WENT, BUT THE OTHER ASSISTANT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE CLASS, BUT SO ALL OF THEM ARE GONE, BUT MS. SHEPHERD AND MS. SEAL IS STILL WORKING FOR Y'ALL.
THAT'S UNCALLED FOR WHEN THEY KNEW THE WHOLE TIME THAT SHE WAS MISTREATING THESE CHILDREN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
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MY NAME IS LOGAN CARTER.I LIVE IN THE ROYAL ARMS APARTMENTS.
IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT SCHOOL HAS LET THIS HAPPENED TO MANY YOUNG CHILDREN.
WE ARE GETTING WORDS IN THANK GOD TO INFINITE TODDLER CONNECTION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID RECOMMEND I E P THROUGH YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND AS I'M SIGNING UP MY CHILDREN, MY CHILD, AND I AM VISITING THESE SCHOOLS AND HE'S GETTING EVALUATED FROM EVERYONE.
NO RED FLAGS COME UP THE DAY I AM SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
I DID NOT RECEIVE NEWS FROM YOUR SCHOOL.
I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE SCHOOL SAYING MY SON'S TEACHER WAS ABUSING CHILDREN AND I'M STILL GETTING FORM SIGNUPS BECAUSE I'M REFUSING TO SIGN 'EM UP FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AT THIS POINT.
I'D MUCH RATHER HIM GO ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE HER NAME ON ALL OF THESE FORMS. SO WHY IS, WHY IS HER NAME STILL ABLE TO BE ON THESE FORMS? AND THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO BE SENT ME, BUT NO ONE HAS GIVEN IT THE TIME OF DAY TO CALL ME AND TO INFORM ME OF THIS.
I COULD HAVE SENT MY SON TO SCHOOL THERE AND UH, THIS WOULD'VE JUST GONE OUT A WEEK AFTER HE WOULD'VE CAME.
THANKFULLY, I KNOW SOMEONE FROM THE INSIDE WHO HAD FORMED ME OF THIS BEFORE.
I SENT IN THAT BIRTH CERTIFICATE THAT VERY SAME DAY.
THESE ALLEGATIONS CAME TO LIGHT TO YOU GUYS, BUT NOT TO US PARENTS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT TAKES SO LONG FOR YOU GUYS TO INFORM US PARENTS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING ABUSED.
YOU GUYS ARE ESSENTIALLY PROTECTING THE ABUSER RATHER THAN PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.
FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED AND PEOPLE WERE ON PAID LEAVE, BUT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOW TRAUMATIZED.
OUR CHILDREN ARE SCARED TO TRUST CERTAIN ADULTS NOW.
AND YOU GUYS DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
THIS WAS GOING ON FOR SO LONG FROM WHAT I'M TOLD.
WHY DID NO ONE NOTICE THE ABUSE? HER AND THE OTHER TEACHERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, REPORTERS FOR THIS STUFF AND NO ONE REPORTED IT.
I'M A REPORTER FOR THIS STUFF.
WHY CAN I, WHY AM I ABLE TO DO IT? BUT NOT THESE TEACHERS THAT ARE ENTRUSTED WITH OUR CHILDREN A FULL CLASSROOM OF OUR CHILDREN.
IT IS RIDICULOUS AND YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO DO BETTER TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE, TO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL, IT'S WITH A BIG HUG AND LOVE AND CARE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
YOU GUYS JUST NEED TO DO BETTER AND CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN MORE RATHER THAN THESE ABUSERS.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS.
UM, YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD, VERY EXCELLENT POINTS.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IN SECTION FOUR B IS WHEN WE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
SO ALTHOUGH I CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF YOU RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY IN A FEW MINUTES.
[3. Consent Agenda]
WE GET A, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'D LIKE TO ASK TO MODIFY THE CONSENT AGENDA TO REMOVE SECTION C AND SECTION J FOR THE PERSONNEL REPORT.I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER IN THIS SESSION.
CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT PLEASE? A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT C AND J LATER ON HERE.
UM, WHAT I, I MOVE THAT THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS MODIFIED.
CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT? I'LL SECOND.
[4.A. Superintendent]
MOVE ON TO REPORTS, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT.[00:40:01]
THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR.SO TONIGHT I DO ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF DESCRIBE OUR PROCEDURES.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROCEDURES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
WHEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOTIFIED OF A COMPLAINT, THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE FOLLOW IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR DETERMINATION OF OF ALLEGED COMPLAINT.
UM, ALL SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ARE MANDATED REPORTERS IF THE COMPLAINT CONCERNS CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, G A E OUTLINES PROCESSES FOR REPORTING AT THE TIME OF AN INITIAL ALLEGED AT THE TIME OF ANY INITIAL ALLEGED ABUSE OR NEGLECT.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN TAKE MANY ACTIONS RELATED TO THE ALLEGATIONS AS A PRACTICE, ANY ABUSE OR NEGLECT COMPLAINTS ARE FOLLOWED WITH THE REMOVAL OF ANY STAFF MEMBER ALLEGED IN THE COMPLAINT POLICY.
G C P F SUSPENSIONS OF STAFF MEMBERS OUTLINES THAT EMPLOYEES OF WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, WHETHER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME, PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY, MAY BE SUSPENDED FOR GOOD AND JUST CAUSE WHEN THE SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE SCHOOL DIVI, UM, OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION OR STUDENTS THEREIN IS THREATENED, OR WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CHARGED BY A SUMMONS, A WARRANT INDICTED, UM, OR INFORMATION WITH THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR.
THE PRACTICE HELPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, UM, EMPLOYEE RIGHTS, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE INVESTIGATION CAN BE CONDUCTED PROPERLY.
IT IS NOT THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE, UM, IF THERE IS ANY UPHOLDING TO, TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT, UM, THAT IF THAT HAS OCCURRED.
UH, THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, IF INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION, THEY'RE TRAINED IN MAKING DETERMINATIONS AND WE RELY UPON THE FINDINGS FROM THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.
IF THERE IS NO MERIT TO, UH, ANY ALLEGATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL REINSTATE AN EMPLOYEE TO ACTIVE DUTY.
IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT ALLEGATIONS HAVE MERIT OR THERE IS A FINDING, THEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS AS REQUIRED BY SCHOOL BOARD POLICY WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS FAR AS WITH WHEN THERE IS A, AN ALLEGED COMPLAINT OR ANYTHING THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR PROCESSES.
UM, SINCE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, OR SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTICE, UH, GIVE NOTICE THAT L FK ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER DUE TO THE RENOVATION.
UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO TO LF K YOU ACTUALLY CANNOT EVEN GET INTO THE FRONT DOOR.
AND SO WE HAVE MOVED THEIR OFFICE, THEIR, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OVER TO WARREN COUNTY, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE ALSO FORWARDED THEIR PHONE NUMBERS.
UH, IF YOU GO ONTO THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A POPUP THAT WILL ALERT PARENTS TO THE NEW LOCATION AND ALSO, UH, TO THE PHONE NUMBER.
ALSO WANTED TO, UH, JUST LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STARTED ON, UH, THE FIFTH AND ELEMENTARY AND E S Y.
[4.B. School Board]
UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS.UM, I DON'T HAVE REALLY AN UPDATE TO GIVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE AND SPOKE.
I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF A CROWD AND PARTICULARLY ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH IS SO EMOTIONAL.
UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO CAME IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT.
UM, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND WE NEED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, AND IT IS TRULY VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR SOME OF THIS FROM YOU DIRECTLY AS PARENTS.
UM, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT MY CALENDAR.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, AND I WANTED TO FIRST JUST, I DON'T THINK I SPOKE AT THE LAST ONE SINCE OUR LAST, UM, MEETING.
I DID ATTEND THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT, UM, AND WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
AND I DON'T THINK IT, UM, WE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT SINCE WE'VE, UH, BEEN TOGETHER AGAIN.
AND THOSE WERE BOTH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME VERY GOOD EVENTS.
UM, I DO WANNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? UM, WHILE CERTAINLY THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE, UH, CANNOT SPEAK OF AND SPEAK ABOUT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I I PERSONALLY WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN
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ADDITIONALLY TO FIRST THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS FOR COMING OUT, I AM A PARENT.I AM A PARENT OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD.
I AM A PARENT OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WHO WAS NONVERBAL UNTIL HE WAS PROBABLY ALMOST FIVE.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE SINCE HIS BIRTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FEARS I HAVE AS A MOTHER ARE ONE THING.
THE FEARS I HAVE AS A MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD ARE NOT THE FEARS THAT EVERYBODY HAS.
AND I'M ALSO AN EDUCATOR, SO I DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY ANY CONCERNS THAT COME OUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN.
IT'S MY ROLE TO BE A CHAMPION FOR OUR CHILDREN, WHETHER IT'S MY OWN CHILDREN AT HOME OR THE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I THINK I'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR FROM THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON HERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US I KNOW WILL TOLERATE ANY, ANYTHING LESS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
WE ARE BOUND BY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THAT IS A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST IS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I CAN SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT WILL, WILL MAKE THAT EASIER OTHER THAN I KNOW MY DUTY IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD IS AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A SAFE AND WELCOMING AND EDUCATING ENVIRONMENT.
AND I WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THAT BY ALL MEANS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE.
I'M SHAKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM, I'M HEARTBROKEN AND I'M FURIOUS.
UH, WE HAD NOT HEARD THE SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS UNTIL THIS MOMENT.
UM, I WISH, I WISH WE HAD KNOWN.
UM, I'M SURE I'M PROBABLY ABOUT TO GIVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY A HEART ATTACK, BUT AS I TOLD HIM, I OFF, I OPERATE OFF OF MORAL GROUND AND NOT LEGAL GROUND.
AND I WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT I FEEL IS RIGHT BEFORE I WORRY ABOUT COVERING OUR BUTTS FOR, FOR THINGS.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I BROUGHT MY PERSONAL BUSINESS CARDS WITH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS ON THEM BECAUSE I WAS NEVER CONTACTED AND TOLD ANY OF THIS.
I ALSO PUT TOGETHER QR CODES SO THAT PARENTS WILL KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND EMPLOYEES WILL KNOW THEIR RIGHTS.
UM, CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS, HOW DO YOU FILE ONE? THIS LINK WILL TELL YOU EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE INFORMATION.
THIS LINK WILL TELL YOU PARENTAL RIGHTS INFORMATION.
THIS LINK WILL TELL YOU SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS.
THIS LINK WILL TELL YOU WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW.
IF YOU ARE TOO SCARED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE PERSON THAT YOU WORK WITH, YOU'RE PROTECTED BY WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE A DIRECT LINK ON HERE FOR MANDATED REPORTERS.
SO I'VE ONLY PRINTED A FEW COPIES, BUT PLEASE TAKE THEM WITH YOU AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS GOING FORWARD.
MAYBE WE CAN, I'LL PUT 'EM DOWN THERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, AS FAR AS MY TIMELINE GOES, I WAS IN THE MIDST OF DRIVING TO FLORIDA ON TUESDAY, MAY 9TH WHEN I WAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF WHAT WAS THAT? THERE HAD BEEN ALLEGATIONS, SO I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN BEFORE I DID.
UM, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, CAUSE I KNOW THE WHOLE LIKE, SCHOOL BOARD THING CAN BE CONFUSING.
THE CENTRAL OFFICE, WE DON'T HAVE OFFICES THERE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT LINE OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.
WE, WE MEET THE TWICE A MONTH AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
UM, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT ON MAY 9TH, MY VERY FIRST REACTION WAS THAT EVERY SINGLE PARENT IN THE CLASSROOM SHOULD BE CONTACTED PERSONALLY WITH PHONE CALL IMMEDIATELY.
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THEN FROM THERE, A PRESS RELEASE SHOULD BE MADE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.ON MAY 17TH, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM FLORIDA IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT A PRESS RELEASE HAD NOT BEEN MADE AND I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK MR. WRIGHT, YOU REMEMBER MY FIRST CONTACT WITH YOU WAS, WAS A MUTUAL FACEBOOK FRIEND TAGGED ME ON IN, IN YOUR POST.
AND I SAID, PLEASE GIVE HIM MY EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE YOU DO DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND YOU DO DESERVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TALK TO YOU LIKE A PERSON AND NOT WITH A SCRIPTED POLICY ANSWER.
SO IF POLICY IS THE PROBLEM, I WANT THE POLICY'S CHANGED.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE HAS TO SIGN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THEY ARE A MANDATORY REPORTER.
NOBODY SHOULD SET FOOT IN A CLASSROOM IF THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED SOMETHING.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY'RE A MANDATORY REPORTER.
THIS SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO ME, FOR ME TO COACH, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, I, SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR MANDATORY MANDATORY REPORTER LINK, THE DIRECT LINK PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE LINKS PLACED IN A SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE, SO THAT WAY EVERY PARENT CAN EASILY ACCESS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.
IF YOU NEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT OF SOME SORT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY HAVE SNOWBALLED INTO SOMETHING LARGER, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A POLICY CHANGE REQUIRING THAT ALL NEW EMPLOYEES DO CHILD ABUSE TRAINING.
EVEN IF THEY'RE STARTING LATE IN A SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY SHOULD BE TRAINED ON WHAT CHILD ABUSE IS BEFORE THEY INTERACT WITH A CHILD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER HIRING PRACTICES.
I NEED TO SEE MORE THAN JUST THE NAME ON A LIST.
AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE REQUESTED TO HAVE THOSE ITEMS PULLED FROM THE PERSONNEL REPORT TONIGHT TO, TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS.
OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT DISCUSS PERSONNEL ISSUES OPENLY THAT WE, WE LEGALLY WE CAN'T.
BUT I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN LASTLY, BECAUSE WE ARE A MONTH IN AT THIS POINT, AND I KNOW I STILL DON'T HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST LIKE WHAT THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FINALLY DID.
AND THAT IS TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATING FIRM TO INVESTIGATE NOT THE CRIME BECAUSE THAT IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S JOB, BUT TO INVESTIGATE US THE EVERY EMPLOYEE IN OUR DISTRICT WHO WAS INVOLVED.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
UM, I'VE STUMBLED A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS FIRST TIME I'VE EVER RUN A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
PENCE IS OUT OF TOWN, SO IF I STUMBLED A LITTLE BIT, I'M SORRY.
BUT, UM, IF I EVER DO THIS AGAIN, I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER, UM, ON THIS ISSUE.
AND THEN I'LL GET TO SOME BUSINESS SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS.
MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW I CAME OUT OF THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY AND WE HAVE A WAY OF HANDLING SITUATIONS ON JOBS THAT, UM, OR OF COURSE NO WAY LIKE THIS SITUATION, BUT WE ALWAYS KIND OF TOOK CARE OF, UM, ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM PERSON.
WE TOOK CARE OF IT IN OUR OWN WAY.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT HERE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND I, WHAT I SAW TONIGHT WAS THE EMOTION COMING OUT.
YOU CAN'T SEE EMOTION IN A TEXT.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT SPOKE, AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING Y'ALL IN THE AUDIENCE TOO, AND I SEE THE EMOTION COMING ON YOUR FACES IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO THAT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED.
NOW, BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD STUFF.
THE LF K RENOVATIONS ARE GOING VERY WELL.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, ON THE PROGRESS THERE.
AND AS I STATED IN THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD REPORT, WHEN WE ASK A QUESTION OF THE CONTRACTOR AND AND OF OUR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, THE ANSWER IS COMING UP.
AND THAT TO ME IS A GOOD, UH, INDICATION THAT THE PROJECT IS BEING MANAGED CORRECTLY.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A A THANK YOU TO, UH, BRIAN AND, AND YOUR, AND YOUR GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT.
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THING IS I WENT TO THE WARREN COUNTY GRADUATION AND, UM, IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THERE, THE FONDNESS OF THE ADMINISTRATORS IN THAT BUILDING FOR THOSE KIDS.UM, YOU, YOU COULD SEE IT IN THE KIDS' FACES, YOU COULD OBSERVE IT WITH THE PRINCIPLE.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ENTHUSIASM AND THAT SPIRIT OF LOVE, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT FOR THESE KIDS THAT NEEDS TO BE FILTERED DOWN INTO THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
I WILL TRY TO SPEARHEAD THAT EFFORT, I PROMISE YOU THAT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS UP HERE BROUGHT UP SOME GREAT POINTS, UH, AGREE WITH THEM.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING.
AND, UM, I DO WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE.
I GOT A, I GOT EMOTIONAL ON ONE OF THESE MEETINGS ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND SO YOU, YOU DO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME AND THE REST OF THESE GUYS UP HERE WHEN YOU DO COME AND SPEAK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU, YOUR FAITH IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEFINITELY TRIED.
AND WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS CONTINUE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, SPEAKING UP, CALLING US, OKAY? UM, PLEASE CONTINUE THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SO I'M GOING TO, UH, MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF THE MEETING.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE HERE?
[5.A. Approval of the 2023-24 Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Rates- Mr. Lee]
WE'RE ON THE ACTION AGENDA.UM, FIRST UP IS APPROVAL OF THE 2324 HEALTH, DENTAL, AND VISION INSURANCE PACKAGES.
UH, I'M, I'M SORRY, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU.
MS. SALEENS HAS PUT HER INFORMATION THAT SHE HAS ON THE, UH, CREDENZA OVER THERE.
SO IF YOU, WHEN YOU LEAVE, PICK IT UP.
IF YOU ALSO, IF YOU NEED, UH, SHE ONLY HAD A HALF A DOZEN COPIES OF THE, OF THE CODES THERE.
WE WILL GET YOU THOSE CODES IF YOU GET AHOLD OF US.
UM, ATTACHED ARE THE PROPOSED HEALTH VISION DENTAL INSURANCE RATES FOR THE 2324, UH, PLAN YEAR.
THERE WAS A 6.2% INCREASE IN THE PREMIUMS FROM THE, THE ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD THAT WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE EMPLOYER EMPLOYER.
THEREFORE, EMPLOYEE PREMIUMS WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AS THEY WERE IN THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO ENROLL OR RE-ENROLL IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH SAVINGS PLAN DURING THE DIVISION'S OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EMPLOYER'S PAID CONTRIBUTION OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THEIR HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE 20 23 24 HEALTH, VISION AND DENTAL INSURANCE RATES AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? OH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IN A SECOND.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.B. Approval for Purchase Over $15,000- Frontline Education Services- Mr. Lee]
NEXT IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE OVER $15,000 FOR FRONTLINE EDUCATION SERVICES.THE HR DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE FRONT RO FRONTLINE EDUCATION, UH, WHICH IS OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,683 AND 67 CENTS.
THIS PLATFORM HOUSES OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS AND
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KEEPS TRACK OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS TOWARD TEACHER RELIC.ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE? CAN WE GET A MOTION PLEASE? ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS TRACK OF EVERYTHING PROFESS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT, DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO PUT A MANDATED REPORTING, UM, SESSION ON THERE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE TO LOOK AT AND WE THEY CAN PRINT OUT A CERTIFICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT SESSION? YES, MA'AM.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND I HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH THEM, UH, FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO ANOTHER, UM, UM, SIMILAR TYPE GROUP.
UM, THAT'S SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTINGS, UH, USE IS CALLED VECTOR.
UM, AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, UH, DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK WITH THEM AS WELL.
POSSIBLY YOU COULD HAVE LIKE, UM, UH, LET'S LOSE SOME, UM, THE BODILY FLUIDS THAT ALL THOSE TRAININGS THAT ARE YES, MA'AM.
REQUIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THEY CAN INDIVIDUALLY DO LOG ON.
THEY HAVE TO PRINT THAT CERTIFICATE SO WE HAVE THAT VALIDATION THAT THEY'VE HAD THOSE.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A WEALTH OF TRAININGS WE COULD DO ON THAT.
AND, AND, UH, MS. MCDONALD BROUGHT THAT TO US, THAT IDEA TO US, UH, JUST THIS WEEK.
DO ANY OF THE, THE ESS EMPLOYEES, ARE THEY ABLE TO TAKE PART IN ANY OF THIS? CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ESS EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO TRAINED ON MANDATORY REPORTING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY WOULD BE IN OUR BUILDINGS, SO, CORRECT.
THAT WOULD BE A, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH, WITH, WITH THAT COMPANY THEMSELVES.
BUT I, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE ANY OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE OFFER AND REQUIRE.
BECAUSE THE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, THE MAN TRAINING, TRAINING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE MM-HMM.
AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY, BUT, SO WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND STILL RENEW THIS NOW AND THEN THE OTHER COMPANY WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO, OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND? NO, THAT, THAT WAS JUST AN, UH, AN IDEA OF, OF JUST GETTING SOME, SOME OTHER RESOURCES TO, TO LOOK INTO.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS THAT AND THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT COULD BE VERY, UM, BENEFICIAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE FRONTLINE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BE RENEWED IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,683 AND 67 CENTS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.C. School Bus Driver Incentive Grant Program - Mr. Mitchell]
ON THE AGENDA, SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND SENATE GRANT PROGRAM, MR. MITCHELL, AND I THINK MR. SMITH IS GONNA SPEAK FOR HIM.MR. MITCHELL HAS A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THIS EVENING, SO I'M GONNA FILL IN AND DO THE VERY BEST I CAN.
AND, UM, YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER INCENTIVE GRANT THAT WE WENT OVER AT OUR PREVIOUS, UM, WORK SESSION MEETING AND UH, SOME INFORMATION, SOME, SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE, THE GOVERNOR APPROVED THE USE OF STATE ACTIVITY FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF FUND AND ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND FOR A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH A PRIORITY BASED APPLICATION PROCESS AWARDED OVER 2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION FOR SCHOOL, UM, OR SCHOOL DIVISIONS, I'M SORRY, FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGIES TO HELP ADDRESS THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS IN VIRGINIA, WARREN COUNTY WAS AWARDED $13,682 AND 33 CENTS.
THE WARREN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THE USE OF THE GRANT FUNDING BASED UPON ATTENDANCE FOR THE 20 22 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAD FIVE CONTRACTED BUS DRIVERS WHO MISSED LESS THAN ONE DAY OF WORK FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 YEAR,
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AND 12 CONTRACTED BUS DRIVERS WHO MISSED LESS THAN FOUR DAYS OR FOUR OR LESS DAYS OF WORK.BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR PRESENTATION ON THE MAY 17TH, UH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION MEETING, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO USE SCENARIO ONE.
THAT SCENARIO SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR, UH, PACKET.
THE SCENARIO WOULD AWARD A ONE TIME $1,000 GROSS INCENTIVE, UH, BONUS TO THOSE CONTRACTED BUS DRIVERS WHO MISS LESS THAN ONE DAY AND ONE TIME $500 GROSS INCENTIVE TO THOSE CONTRACTED BUSERS, UH, BUS DRIVERS WHO MISSED ONE TO FOUR DAYS OF WORK.
THE GROSS TOTAL FOR THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE $11,000.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL $841 AND 50 CENTS REPRESENTING THE FICA THAT IS REQUIRED TO PAY THE INCENTIVES WOULD BE PAID OUT AS PART OF THE JUNE 30TH, 2023 PAYROLL.
THE $11,841 AND 50 CENTS WOULD COME AT NO COST TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS IT'S COVERED WITHIN THE GRANT.
SO THIS WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE, UM, FOR OUR DRIVERS, UM, AND IT WOULD BE USED FOR ATTENDANCE BASED UPON, UH, THIS, UH, CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? OKAY.
CAN, UM, I GET A MOTION ON THIS, PLEASE.
I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE PRESENTED PAYOUT FOR A TOTAL OF $11,841 AND 50 CENTS INCLUSIVE OF BICA BE PAID TO THE APPROPRIATE DRIVERS MEETING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE NOW.
CAN I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.D. Approval of Vehicle Surplus - Mr. Mitchell]
APPROVAL OF THE VEHICLE SURPLUS.THE WARREN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS NINE VEHICLES THAT HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR USAGE, OR THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH NEAR THE END OF THEIR CAREERS.
UH, THE VEHICLES, UH, MAKES AND MODELS ARE ATTACHED.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT ON THE PREVIOUS NOTES THAT UNDER, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THE SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE I BELIEVE WERE IDENTIFIED AS SPORT UTILITIES RATHER THAN, UM, THE EXACT MAKE AND MODEL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PRESENT TO THE BOARD THAT PARTICULAR UPDATE.
UM, IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE SOME, UH, COPIES OVER HERE FOR, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
ACCORDING TO SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, DN DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS ITEMS, IF ITEMS ARE VALUED IN EXCESS OF $500, FORMAL AUTHORIZATION FOR NEGOTIATION SALE OR FOR PUTTING THE ITEMS TO BID, SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT IS STAS RECOMMENDATION TO SURPLUS VEHICLES BY SEALED BIDS.
VEHICLES WILL BE BIDDED ON INDIVIDUALLY THE PROCESS OF WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UH, THE, THE BIDDING, AND I HAVE IT LISTED HERE AS, AS STEPS AS A TO, UH, TO G UH, STAFF WOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SALE.
WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH THE LOCAL MEDIA, THROUGH OUR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S WEBSITE AND OTHER MEDIA, UM, SOURCES.
WE WOULD STATE THAT THE BIDS MAY BE, UH, MAY NOT BE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED, AND THAT DETERMINATION WAS BASED UPON THE KELLY BLUE BOOK, AND YOU WILL HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UH, THERE IN THE PACKET.
UM, C STATE, THE BIDS MUST BE SEALED, PROVIDE AN ADDRESS, OUR LOCATION WHERE A BIDDER COULD SEND THEIR BIDS.
STATE THE DEADLINE FOR THE W P S TO RECEIVE THE SEALED BIDS.
AN X TIME ON X DATE THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED.
WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE TIME OR THE DATE AT, AT THIS POINT.
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ANY BID THAT IS NOT SEALED OR IS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL AUTOMATICALLY, UH, BE REJECTED AND G PROVIDE PROVIDED TIME AND LOCATION FOR THE PUBLIC OPENING OF THE BIDS.WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A LOCATION AND TIME, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO COME BY TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLES AND SO FORTH, UH, SO THAT THEY COULD, COULD SEE THAT.
SO IT IS A, IT IS A, UH, PROCEDURE AND IT IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO I ASK FOR YOUR, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO DO SEALED BIDS FOR THE NON VEHICLES IDENTIFIED.
IS THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? SO EVERYBODY JUST MAKES THEIR BEST OFFER IN A SEALED ENVELOPE, AND THEN HIGHEST BIDDER TAKES IT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A YES, BUT IT HAS TO AT LEAST EXCEED, BE OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE BID.
SO IT WOULD BE THAT MINIMUM BID WOULD BE I, THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED FOR EACH VEHICLE.
SO THEREFORE, THE MINIMUM B THE THE BID ITSELF, THE HIGHEST BID THAT EXCEEDS OR EQUALS TO THE MINIMUM BID, WHICHEVER ONE IS, IS HIGHER, WOULD BE ACCEPTED.
BIDS UNDER THE MINIMUM WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED.
UM, AND THE YES, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE SEALED.
BIDS FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT LOOKING AT THIS.
THE MINIMUM BIDS ARE LIKE HALF OF KELLY BLUE BOOKS.
THERE'S ONE THAT'S ONLY $250, JUST THE MINIMUM BID.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE IS 4,000.
SO THEY'VE GOT TAHOES, SUBURBAN, YUKON XL, SOME TAURUSES PICKUP TRUCK.
SO IT'S HONESTLY, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AT A LOW PRICE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE LIKE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, HAD BID OR YOU'VE HAD TWO OR THREE THERE? PROCESS FOR THAT? HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT THOUGHT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO IT.
IT, IT COULD BE, IF YOU GUYS WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW WE WOULD BREAK THAT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED HOW THAT WOULD WORK HISTORICALLY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
ARE THERE, IS IT A HIGH DEMAND? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU LUCKY IF YOU GET MAYBE TWO BIDS FOR A VEHICLE OR HOW HAS THAT BEEN HISTORICALLY? ARE YOU HONESTLY, DR.
I'VE, I'VE NEVER WENT THROUGH, UH, UH, BIDS THIS WAY FOR VEHICLES.
UH, TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE TRADED THOSE IN ON OTHER VEHICLES, UH, THIS WAY WE'RE HOPING, UM, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO A TRADE-IN, WE ALL HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE VEHICLES THAT WE, WE DRIVE AND SO FORTH.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL HAS VEHICLES AND SOMETIMES THE TRADE-IN THAT YOU HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR A VEHICLE YOU MAY NOT GET.
SO AT LEAST THIS WAY IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UM, A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF WAY TO, UM, IDENTIFY IF I GET TWO OF THE SAME BIDS AND HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THAT AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, IT, IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE AN ISSUE, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LIKE THEIR TIME AND DAY THAT THEY, OR MAKE YOUR BEST IF PUT IN TIE, IF THERE'S A TIE, CONTACT BOTH OF 'EM AND SAY, HEY, FINAL, FINAL CHANCE, MAKE YOUR FINAL AND BEST OFFER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FOR IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH?
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DISPOSAL OF, UH, OF THE NINE SPECIFIED VEHICLES THROUGH SEALED BIDS.
CAN I GET A SECOND PLEASE? A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.E. Hilda J. Barbour Elementary Steamer/Oven Replacement - Ms. Kinsey]
NEXT ON THE LIST IS THE HILDA J BARBER ELEMENTARY STEAMER SLASH OVEN REPLACEMENT.HI, HOW ARE YOU? SO AT HILDA J BARBER, WE HAVE A BROKEN, WELL, THE OVEN PORTION OF THE OVEN STILL WORKS, BUT IT'S A COMBINATION STEAMER, SO IT'S STEAMS AND IT BAKES, BUT THE STEAMER PORTION HAS BROKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR, AND MAINTENANCE HAS DONE THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST TO TRY TO CONTINUE IT.
WE GOT THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS AND WE ARE PLANNING TO REPLACE IT.
SO I HAVE ATTACHED, UH, FOUR BIDS BECAUSE IT IS OVER
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THE THRESHOLD.UM, THE LOWEST BIDDER IS MTSS, AND WE WOULD LIKE APPROVAL TO REPLACE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THIS SUMMER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. KINSLEY? WHEN YOU SAY WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO COVER THIS, CAN YOU CLARIFY? UH, THE FOOD SERVICE FUNDS ARE, UM, SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE AN EXCESS BALANCE THAT WE USE TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE KITCHENS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDS ARE.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU REUSING.
YEAH, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD DITTO THAT, UH, THAT STATEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW HOW TO STRETCH A DOLLAR, DON'T YOU? I DO.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS, PLEASE? I MOVE THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, APPROVE THE MTS QUOTE TO REPLACE THE COMBINATION STEAMER OVEN AT HILDA J BARBER ELEMENTARY KITCHEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,585.
I'LL SECOND ALL WE HAVE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.F. E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School Auditorium Conversion A&E - Mr. Smith]
WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM CONVERSION A AND E, MR. SMITH.WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A NEED TO CONVERT THE EXISTING AUDITORIUM AT E WILSON, UM, MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTO A MULTIPURPOSE GYMNASIUM ROOM.
THE GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK WOULD INCLUDE TO PROVIDE, UM, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE AUDITORIUM'S CONVERSION, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH BIDDING, UH, THE PROJECT, INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENT, PRE-BID CONFERENCES, UH, ISSUES OF, UM, BID OPENINGS AND, AND SO FORTH, PROVIDED ADMINISTRATION OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, OUR PROGRESS, UH, MEETINGS, APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT APPROVAL, SHOP DRAWINGS, REVIEW CHANGE ORDER REVIEWS, AND THE RFIS, THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
UH, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND RECOMMEND ZM M AS, UH, A BEST FITS, UH, FOR OUR NEEDS.
UM, THE AMOUNT, UH, WOULD BE, UH, FOR THE A AND E SERVICES, UH, UNDER COST AND FINANCING, THE $28,000 THAT WOULD BE BROKEN DOWN BY $21,000 AS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
UH, THEN $1,400 AS BIDDING ASSISTANCE AND $5,600 AS THE ADMINISTRATION OF CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THIS, UH, WOULD COME FROM OUR, FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FUND.
UM, MR. HELMICK, WHO'S ALWAYS VERY BUSY, UM, HAS SET UP MEETINGS WITH, UH, A AND E FIRMS AND, UM, OFFERED A, A TOUR FOR, UH, THESE, UH, THIS FACILITY AND THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT, HONESTLY, IS IMPACTFUL TO US, BUT FROM AN A AND E STANDPOINT, IT'S A SMALL PROJECT, SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET FIRMS TO, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION OR TO SPEND THAT TIME ON A PROJECT THAT, ONCE AGAIN IS IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT TO US, BUT SMALL ON THEIR SCOPE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, MANY OF THE MEMBERS WITH ZM M, UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD THEM ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS, UM, AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. HELMICK ON ALL THIS WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET, UH, CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT FOR A SMALLER TYPE OF JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? WERE WE ABLE TO GET MORE THAN ONE PROPOSAL, OR THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTED? NO, I'M SORRY.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, AN ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL.
I THINK MR. HELMICK MET WITH FIVE FIRMS, AND, UH, TWO, WERE ABLE TO RESPOND.
WE DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO MEET OUR PROCUREMENT NUMBERS
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THAT WE DID, UH, IDENTIFY MORE THAN FOUR.UM, AND OF THOSE OTHER THREE THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO DO TO TAKE THAT POSITION.
THIS, UH, ACTUALLY FALLS UNDER OUR SMALL PURCHASING POLICIES BECAUSE IT IS UNDER $60,000 FOR THIS JOB.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE POLICY OF WHICH WE WOULD MEET OUR PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
I ASKED ALL MY QUESTIONS EARLIER, AND THANK YOU MR. HELMICK, FOR ADDRESSING ALL OF THEM.
SO, WELL, I THINK THE KIDS AT THAT SCHOOL NEED A MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.
UM, I MEAN, THEY, THEY ARE WORKING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
UM, YOU CAN TAKE KIDS OUTSIDE MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU GET A RAIN DAY OR THE WEATHER'S INCLEMENT TOO COLD, ET CETERA, THEY ARE STUCK IN THAT SMALLER ROOM.
SO THIS IS A DEFINITELY A NECESSARY, UM, PROJECT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? CAN WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REQUEST THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATES $28,000 FROM THE AMOUNT WITHHELD FOR THE 2023 OPERATIONAL BUDGET OF $1,215,459 TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE A AND E FEES FOR THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AT E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.G. Purchase of Interactive Boards for LFK - Mr. Smith]
UH, MR. SMITH, YOU NEED TO COME BACK UP HERE.IT'S, UH, PURCHASE OF THE INTERACTIVE BOARDS FOR LF K, MR. SMITH.
WELL, I'M MR. GRANT TONIGHT ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
YOU'RE WEARING A LOT OF HATS, AREN'T YOU? UH, THAT I AM.
AND BELIEVE ME, IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
I THERE A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE MULTIPLE HAT ON IT.
NOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? OKAY, THIS IS DEALS WITH L FK AND, UM, FOR OUR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE THERE, PART OF THAT PROJECT AS FAR AS BUDGETING IS OUR TECHNOLOGY PART.
UM, AND WE, UH, BUDGETED FOR THAT PROJECT OFF TECHNOLOGY.
AND WE WENT OUT AND WE'VE ALREADY, UM, UM, GOT OUR CABLING AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE, WE IN INITIALLY NEEDED.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, FINAL PART, ACCORDING TO MR. GRANT WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, UM, IS THE PURCHASE OF INTERACTIVE BOARDS FOR LF K.
SO REALLY, THOSE ARE OUR SMART BOARDS.
AND AS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UH, HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY MR. GRANT THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING STATIONARY BOARDS IN THE CLASSROOMS OR MOUNTED BOARDS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT WE, UH, WHERE THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR LESSON AT THAT BOARD, IF IT'S MOUNTED, THAT, UH, HE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE PURCHASE, UH, 29 NEW INTERACTIVE BOARDS.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, BUILDING.
UH, THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF WHICH THIS WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
AND THESE WOULD BE OUR MOBILE, THESE WOULD BE MOBILE BOARDS.
SO THE PRICE OF EACH THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE, UH, I THINK IT'S LIKE THE $3,100 IS FOR, UH, THE BOARD, ANY TYPE OF CABLING, AS WELL AS THE CART THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE 29 INTERACTIVE DISPLAY BOARDS FOR ALL CLASSROOMS AT L FK.
WE WILL PURCHASE THESE ITEMS IN PHASES BASED ON ROOMS THAT ARE COMPLETE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO AVOID STORAGE ISSUES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THESE ITEMS ARE PURCHASED OFF OF A STATE CONTRACT, AND MR. UH, GRANT HAS IDENTIFIED THE FAIRFAX COUNTY STATE CONTRACT THAT HE'S USED IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS THE, UM, QUOTE FOR AN INTERACTIVE BOARD.
UM, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS $91,582, AND THIS WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION OF THE L F K CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
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CAN WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK.UM, I, I JUST WANT TO CHECK, DID I ASSUME THAT MR. GRANT, UM, CONSULTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT LF K OR THE TEACHERS? YES.
AND THIS IS, WELL, THE, I KNOW HE IS CONSULTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
IF I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE OF IF THAT, IF THAT WAS SURVEYED OUT TO THE SCHOOL, BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MS. VACCA BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE ROOM AT THAT TIME TOGETHER.
AND SHE'S ON BOARD AS WELL? YES.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UH, KIND OF PURCHASE 'EM AS THE ROOMS BECOME AVAILABLE.
UM, KIND OF SPREAD SOME MONEY OUT A LITTLE BIT.
PLUS, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE ISSUE.
SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY GOOD FORWARD THINKING THERE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? OKAY.
I MOVE TO ALLOW WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE 29 INTERACTIVE DISPLAY BOARDS FROM C D W IN THE AMOUNT OF $91,582.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.H. K. Warren County Middle School Gym floors Repairs - Mr. Helmick]
NEXT ON THE LIST, WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, JIM FLOORS REPAIR JIM FLOOR REPAIRS.ON MARCH 30TH, 2023 AT APP, APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM A SPRINKLER HEAD WAS ACCIDENTALLY BUSTED, UM, WITH A BASKETBALL IN THE MAIN GYM AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, OF COURSE THIS CAUSED A LOT OF WATER ON THE FLOOR.
BY THE TIME FACILITIES IN THE WARREN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND WAS ABLE TO GET ALL THE WATER SHUT OFF AT THAT TIME, WE BEGAN CLEAN UP AND ALL THE REPAIRS NECESSARY, UH, TO KEEP FROM GETTING AS MUCH WATER DAMAGE TO THE FLOOR AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AFTER REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND HAVING MULTIPLE, UM, CONTRACTORS COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE COURT, WE FOUND THAT THE WHOLE COURT HAS CUPPED FROM THE WATER THAT FLOWS UNDERNEATH THE COURT AND DAMAGED IT.
SO NOW THE WHOLE COURT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE SANDED, STAINED, AND REPAINTED.
UM, SO I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT FOR PERMISSION TO ALLOW VA CORP, OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, UM, $33,247 TO REFURBISH THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT WAS DAMAGED BY WATER.
OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HUMMOCK? SIR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT OUR INSURANCE WOULD FULLY COVER THIS REPAIR? YES, EXCEPT FOR OUR DEDUCTIBLE, WHICH I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT IS MR. MOUTH.
THOUSAND, THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS THE SPRINKLER HEAD THAT GOT HIT, HAS IT BEEN DETECTED OR PUT IN A CAGE? IT HAS, IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE, THE SPRINKLER COMPANY'S GONNA COME BACK AND EXTEND IT.
SO THAT THEY CAN PUT A CAGE ON IT.
UM, IT'S IN AN AREA IN THE, IN THE GYM THAT ARE NOT CAGED TYPICALLY.
BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND THERE'S FOUR HEADS.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET 'EM CAGED.
UM, NOW WILL WE BE HIRING THE CONTRACTOR OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY? YES.
THIS PRICE, THIS 33,247 IS BY PRO SOURCE WHO RE REFURBS ALL OF OUR COURTS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE, IT'S ALSO A STATE CONTRACT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH PROSOURCE INCORPORATED TO REPAIR THE GYM FLOOR AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,247 WITH FUNDING COVERED BY INSURANCE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.I. Third Reading - Revised Policy JED Student Absences/Excuses/Dismissals - Ms. Bragg]
NEXT ON THE LIST.THIRD READING REVISED POLICY, J E D, STUDENT ABSENCES EXCUSES DISMISSALS.
THIS IS THE THIRD READING OF THE REVISED POLICY, J E D STUDENT ABSENCES, EXCUSES, AND DISMISSALS FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
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SINCE OUR WORK SESSION ON MAY 17TH, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THE DRAFT COPY THAT WAS SHARED AT THAT MEETING.SO, UM, THIRD READING AND WAITING YOUR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BRAGG? OKAY.
I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE REVISED STUDENT ABSENCES, EXCUSES DISMISSALS POLICY AS PRESENT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5.J. Title I, II, III, and IV Grant Approval - Ms. Bragg]
THE TITLE ONE, TITLE TWO, TITLE THREE, AND TITLE FOUR GRANT APPROVAL.SO THE TITLE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR APPLICATIONS SEEK FEDERAL FUNDING TO IMPROVE BASIC INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING SUPPORT FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND INCREASE THE DIVISION'S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE STUDENTS ACCESS TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.
THE DRAFT GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW TO THE BOARD AT THE WORK SESSION ON MAY 17TH.
AND SINCE THEN, AGAIN, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THOSE D DRAFT PROPOSALS.
ALL TITLE GRANTS ARE BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ALLOCATION AND APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE STATE BY JULY 1ST.
ALL BUDGET FIGURES, THEREFORE ARE PRELIMINARY.
ONCE THE V D O E PROVIDES THE OFFICIAL ALLOCATIONS, THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE UPDATED AND REVISED AS NEEDED.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE TITLE, TITLE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED FOR SUBMISSION TO V D O E.
WE DO HAVE OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR, UH, MRS. DONNA VOICE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE TITLE 1 23 AND FOUR GRANT APPLICATIONS BE SUBMITTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR APPROVAL.
[5.K. Restructure of Special Services]
THE RESTRUCTURE OF SPECIAL SERVICES.UH, AGAIN, WE WORKED ON THIS AT OUR, UH, DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR LAST WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SERVICES RESTRUCTURING PLAN.
THE PROPOSAL TO RESTRUCTURE SPECIAL SERVICES IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE DEPARTMENT, REDUCE INEFFICIENCIES, RESPOND TO NEW DEMANDS, DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS, INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCREASED STUDENT SERVICES, PROVI PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
AS PART OF THE RESTRUCTURING, I PROPOSE DEVELOPING THE OFFICE OF PUPIL SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A SPECIAL POPULATION WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE DISABLED.
I RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING DIVISION OF THE PROGRAMS BE RESPONSIBLE.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, MOST OF THE TIME, PUPIL SERVICES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ARE USUALLY SPLIT, UM, HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, THEY'VE BEEN COMBINED.
SO IT CREATES A, A HUGE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHEN THEY ARE COMBINED.
SPECIAL SERVICES RESPONSIBILITIES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, UM, PSYCHOLOGISTS, UM, SOCIAL WORKERS, OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY, NURSES, PRE-KINDERGARTEN, UH, JAIL CORRECTIONAL EDUCATION, UH, MEDICAL HOMEBOUND LEARNING CENTERS, TIER THREE, MCKINNEY-VENTO, UH, ALREADY MENTIONED SOCIAL WORKERS.
AND SPECIAL EDUCATION HOMEBOUND.
UH, YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, APPROVED THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE, FOR THIS POSITION ALREADY.
UM, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR, THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE FROM ADMIN TWO, RECLASSIFY AS A PRE-K, UH, SERVICES COORDINATOR AT AN ADMIN ONE, TIER THREE COORDINATOR, ADMIN, ONE RECLASSIFY AS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY MEDICAID COORDINATOR.
ONE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADD A STIPEND FOR THE LEAD NURSE OF ABOUT $6,600.
AND THEN RECLASSIFY VACANT POSITION, UH, AS A DYSLEXIA, ENGLISH, UH, CURRICULUM COORDINATOR, PUPIL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, MORE NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATION.
UH, WARREN, UH, WCP ADMISSIONS TEAM, SECTION 5 0 4 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THREE TO FIVE, FOUR TO SIX PROGRAMS IS A E P, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY A, UH, G E D PROGRAM.
UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HOME BOUND,
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APEX LEARNING TIER THREE CENTERS AND POSITIONS HERE.UH, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, WE WANT TO MOVE THAT, THAT CURRENT POSITION FROM AN ADMIN THREE AND MAKE IT SIMILAR TO, WHAT IS THAT BLUE RIDGE TECH, WHICH IS A DIRECTOR SLASH PRINCIPAL.
UM, AND THAT MOVES FROM AN ADMIN THREE TO AN ADMIN FIVE.
AND THEN ACTUALLY WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING A CLASSROOM, WHICH WILL, UH, CREATE A, A VACANCY AND ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A DEAN OF STUDENTS AT NON-TRADITIONAL.
AND WITH ADDING THESE OTHER SUPPORTS AND ALL THESE OTHER SERVICES UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT POSITION.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE RESTRUCTURING OF SPECIAL SERVICES AND AS, AS DESCRIBED.
BALLINGER? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION WHERE DOES, AND IT OBVIOUSLY ISN'T UNDER HERE, BUT WHERE'S TRUANCY? WHAT WOULD, WHAT DOES THAT FALL UNDER? SO, TRUANCY, THAT'S MORE WITH BUCK.
IT'S KIND OF, IT'S, AND, AND SO HE, HE HANDLES THAT.
SO BUCK ACTUALLY, UM, OUR TWO TRUANT OFFICERS, UH, OR EMPLOYEES, THEY MEET WITH BUCK ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND, AND HE WORKS THROUGH THAT.
CUZ THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS THERE THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH TRUANCY AND, AND IT PROBABLY WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SHIFTING.
THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH MS. MCDONALD, UM, CONCERNING SOME RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES HAS HAD THAT MAYBE IT FALLS UNDER MORE OF PUPIL SERVICES.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS SHARE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE TWO TO WORK ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
AND THEN, SO, SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK.
UM, WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND, AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT RUNNING THE WAY WE NEED IT TO AND, AND ACTUALLY BETTER THE, THE OVERALL, UH, RESPONSE TO THE, THE NEEDS.
I KNOW I THINK WE HAD SOME EMAILS ABOUT IT, BUT THE TIER THREE LEARNING CENTERS, WHEN WILL WE SPECIFICALLY BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT? SO I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR MS. MCDONALD.
SO THE TIER, IT'S TIER TWO LEARNING CENTERS AT EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND, UM, L FK, THOSE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, WE ARE GONNA WORK WITH OUR TEAM AND OUR PRINCIPALS TO HAVE THOSE, UM, LEARNING CENTERS IN PLACE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, IT'S TO HELP STUDENTS THAT ARE UNREGULATED IN THE REGULAR ED CLASSROOM.
INSTEAD OF REMOVING THEM AND SENDING THEM HOME, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE CENTER RE-REGULATE AND THEN RETURN BACK TO LEARN.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, UM, IMPLEMENTED AT E WILSON MORRISON IN THIS GROUP.
I PUT THIS AT E WILSON MORRISON AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SO, UH, YEAH, SORRY.
I'M, I'M SO UP ABOVE SPECIAL SERVICES IT SAYS LEARNING CENTERS TIER TWO, AND THEN UNDER PEOPLE SERVICES IT SAYS TIER THREE LEARNING CENTERS.
SO ARE THOSE THE SAME THING? IS THAT A MISTAKE? THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M, LOOK YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
IT SHOULD NOT BE LEARNING CENTERS.
UM, FOR TIER THREE, THAT SHOULD JUST BE BRIGHTER FUTURES.
YOU SEE THAT THAT BULLET CAN JUST REPEAT REMOVED.
WELL THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
IT SAYS TIER THREE LEARNING CENTERS UNDER THERE AND THEN TIER TWO UP THERE.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THAT? I MOVE THAT THE RESTRUCTURING PLAN FOR SPECIAL SERVICES AND THE UPDATE TO POSITIONS BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Executive Session]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE THE AGENDA IS WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME PERSONNEL ISSUES.CAN YOU READ US INTO THAT? MS. SALANS? THIS MOTION IS MADE THAT THIS OPEN PUBLIC MEETING OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BECOME A CLOSE MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER IN A CLOSED MEETING SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OR INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
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FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING OR RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SPECIFICALLY AN EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL ISSUE.AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT.
AND THAT IS SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A 29.
DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERERS.
THE DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
CAN WE GET A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND, CAN YOU GIVE US A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, ONCE WE COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMING OUT AND PUTTING OUT YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS ISSUE THAT I'M DEALING WITH.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, HOLD ON.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. BUCK SMITH INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, BUCK YOU, YOU'RE NEEDED IN THERE.