[2.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair ]
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ALENS, WOULD YOU MIND READING US OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE? ACCORDING, OH, 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 WATCH 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.
MR. VALENTINE, COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MRS. LOWE.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THIS EVENING.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR,
[2.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board ]
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY THE AGENDA TO MOVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM H INTO THE ACTION AGENDA SECTION.AND, UM, MOVE NUMBER FIVE, FIVE A DOWN TO SEVEN B FOR AS A DISCUSSION ITEM INSTEAD OF A PRESENTATION.
[2.C. Attendance Award Presentation - Dr. Ballenger ]
WE HAVE ATTENDANCE AWARD PRESENTATIONS.OKAY,
SO ATTENDANCE IS VITAL TO STUDENT, UM, SUCCESS AND AS WE HAVE EACH MONTH FOR THE PAST, I THINK THIS IS TWO YEARS NOW, UH, PROVIDED ATTENDANCE AWARDS.
AND TONIGHT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOLS THAT DID HAVE THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AND THE MOST IMPROVED.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TO RECOGNIZE FIRST OUR ELEMENTARY WINNER TONIGHT.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY COMPETITIVE WITH, WITH THIS SCHOOL, WITH, WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RESI JEFFRIES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS OUR ELEMENTARY, UM, ATTENDANCE AWARD WINNER FOR THE MONTH.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES TALKING ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO AT RESTY, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE DO AMAZING THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND I HAVE AMAZING STAFF THAT CREATE A CULTURE FOR OUR KIDDOS AND WE MAKE THEM WANNA COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
UM, WE JUST STARTED A 40 DAY CHALLENGE WITH OUR STUDENTS WHERE WE'RE SETTING GOALS AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, THEIR OWN PERSONAL GOALS SO THAT THEY'RE ACHIEVING FOR THE NEXT 40 DAYS.
AND, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 40 DAYS DROPS US RIGHT AT RIGHT BEFORE SOL TESTING.
SO FOR THE UPPER GRADES WE'RE, UM, SETTING GOALS AND WORKING TOWARDS, UM, BEING PREPARED FOR THE TEST.
WE DON'T, I I DON'T BELIEVE IN CELEBRATING BECAUSE YOU GOT A GOOD GRADE.
WE CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE PUT OUR BEST EFFORT INTO PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE TEST.
UH, WE PREPARE OURSELVES BY COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND WE EARN TICKETS AND GET A AWARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE PREPARED OURSELVES TO TAKE A TEST, NOT FOR PASSING A TEST.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I INSTILL THAT IN MY KIDDOS.
AND MSRE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO YEAH, I JUST AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT A GOOD ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DOES.
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THANK YOU GUYS.OUR SECONDARY WINNER OF THE MONTH, UM, IS WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT REESE'S AT ELEMENTARY HAD A 93.88%.
SO WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS OUR SECONDARY WINNER.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I AM GLAD TO BE BACK HERE TO ACCEPT OUR ATTENDANCE AWARD.
UH, I ALWAYS LIKE LOOKING AT OUR DATA, UM, AND WANNA START BY THINKING WE HAVE 52 STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE.
CHRONICALLY ABSENT, UH, BUT WE HAVE 278 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TO SCHOOL, 95%, UH, OR BETTER.
SO I DEFINITELY WANNA THANK THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
I LOOKED AT LAST YEAR WE HAD 163 STUDENTS DESIGNATED AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT.
SO I THINK WE PUT A BIG DENT IN THAT THIS YEAR AND I HOPE WE KEEP IT UP.
UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BETWEEN 12 AND 17 ABSENCES.
UM, AND WE'VE ASSIGNED MENTORS TO DO CHECK IN, CHECK OUT WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T CROSS THAT, UH, THRESHOLD.
UH, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES AND WE HAVE OUR ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL KEEP IT UP.
AND FOR OUR MOST IMPROVED, UH, THEY HAD AN IMPROVEMENT RATE OF 26 OR 0.26% AT 93.38.
I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WANNA THANK OUR STAFF.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS IS WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL VALUED AND WANNA COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
WE ALSO HAVE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT INCENTIVES, CLASS INCENTIVES.
WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM ON OUR BULLETIN BOARDS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY BUSINESSES TO HELP WITH INCENTIVES.
SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL.
[2.D. School Reports - Dr. Ballenger ]
UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE SCHOOL REPORTS FOR SCHOOL REPORTS.I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK MS. BACCA TO COME BACK UP BECAUSE THIS MONTH WE GET TO, UH, CELEBRATE LESLIE FOX, KAISER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
OKAY, SO THAT'S US AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, WE DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AT LFK.
LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE WERE FEATURED OUR SCHOOL CLUBS.
THIS TIME WE KIND OF WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON INSTRUCTION.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT OUR READING IN OUR SMALL GROUP.
SHE IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.
UM, SO WE REALLY FOCUS ON SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
UM, OUR TEACHERS DO THAT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. UM, WE USE OUR, OUR END OF READING VIRGINIA, UM, READING SERIES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE DO WHOLE GROUP, BUT WE ALSO USE THAT FOR SMALL GROUP.
WE ALSO HAVE EMBRACED ULY THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S VERY POPULAR,
UM, IT'S THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LITERACY INSTITUTE.
IT'S A PROGRAM THEY, UM, DEVELOPED, UM, RIGHT AFTER COVID WHEN THAT GAP WAS FORMED.
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UM, THE GREAT THING ABOUT ULY IS IT'S FREE TO EVERYONE.AND THEN WE ALSO USE HAGGERTY, UM, TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP AS WELL.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS, BLENDING DRILLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THIS IS SOME OF OUR HMH CURRICULUM THAT WE USE OUR END OF READING.
UM, THERE'S COMPREHENSION PIECES IN THAT, UH, WORD WORK, UM, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL READER.
AND THIS IS THE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
HEART WORDS IS A BIG THING RIGHT NOW TEACHING, UM, THE THINGS THAT THE, THE STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW BY HEART, NOT ANYTHING THEY CAN FOUND OUT.
AND THEN THIS IS SOME ULY ULY DOES A LOT OF DECODING AND ENCODING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESSFUL READERS AND WRITERS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE HAGGERTY.
UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT THE LFK, THEY SAID WE NEED MORE OF THE BIG BLUE BOOKS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY YELLOW AND IN FIRST GRADE AND IT'S A BLUE IN KINDERGARTEN.
AND I WAS LIKE, BIG BLUE BOOK, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE USING.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT NOW, OUR INTERVENTION, WHEN WE USE, WHEN, UM, IT'S WHAT I NEED.
SO WE TRY TO ALWAYS THINK WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AT LFK AND WHAT THEY NEED.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO ARE LEVELED READERS IN SMALL GROUP.
WE USE THE ULY FOR WHEN INSTRUCTION.
ORTON-GILLINGHAM IS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF OUR TEACHERS IS, UH, RECEIVING TRAINING ON AND IS TRYING SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES AS WELL.
THE STRUCTURE OF LITERACY GOES IN THAT TOO.
AND THEN THE HAGGERTY HAS A, UM, BRIDGE THE GAP FOR GRADE LEVELS THREE TO FIVE.
AND WE'RE USING THAT AS WELL FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO, UH, ARE NOT STRUGGLING WITH READING.
WE USE, UM, ENRICHMENT TIME AND THEY'RE DOING NOVEL STUDIES AND, UM, LOTS OF CROSS CURRICULAR WHERE WE'RE INCORPORATING READING, WRITING VIRGINIA STUDIES AND SCIENCE, TRYING TO HIT ALL OF IT AND JUST GIVE THEM SOME CHALLENGES AND PUSHES THAT THEY NEED.
AND I'VE KIND OF SKIPPED MY SLIDE, SORRY.
IT'S HARD TO TALK AND CLICK AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S ALL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
I'M SORRY, THIS IS SOME OF OUR KIDDOS DOING THE ULY.
THEY HAVE MAGNETIC LETTERS, THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR WORDS, TAKING 'EM APART, CHANGING BEGINNING SOUNDS, MIDDLE SOUNDS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THIS IS THE GUIDED READING GROUPS.
THE ALL IN TUTORING IS BIG IN VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT, UM, THE DIVISION PURCHASE LEXIA AND ZN FOR US, UM, FOR GRADE LEVELS THREE TO FIVE, THE LEXIA SEEMS TO BE REALLY TAKING OFF ZN, WE'RE REALLY PUSHING AND GETTING IN THERE.
UM, THIRD GRADE JUST STARTED AN AFTER SCHOOL LEXI ZN CLUB SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S MEETING THEIR, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UM, THERE'S THREE OF US WHO KIND OF WORK WITH THE KIDDOS TO HIT THOSE TARGETED SKILLS THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
NEXT THING I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, CAN I GO TO THAT? JUST KEEP GOING.
WE HAVE ONE COMING UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON THE 27TH AND THE THEME THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE.
LAST YEAR WE DID, THESE ARE ALL FROM LAST YEAR, WE DID A SCIENCE SHOWCASE, UM, WHERE WE DISPLAYED, UM, STUDENT PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE, AND EVERY GRADE LEVEL PICKED A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.
AND THEN WE DISPLAYED THE PROJECTS AROUND THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE WAS FALL COLLAGES, THE ECOSYSTEM, SOME ANIMAL HABITATS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOME MODELS OF THE SPACE SYS, UH, SOLAR SYSTEM.
ANIMAL HABITATS WAS A POPULAR ONE, SO THEY KEEP WITH IT.
UM, SO JUST SOME DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
LAST YEAR WE DID, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT CORRELATED SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH LITERATURE.
THIS YEAR IT'S ABOUT THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE, SO EVERYTHING'S GONNA HAVE A MAGIC ASPECT TO IT.
UM, ONE OF THE FAVORITES IS MAKING SLIME.
SO THAT ONE'S GONNA GET IN THERE AGAIN BECAUSE THE KIDS LOVE IT.
UM, AND THERE'S SEVERAL PICTURES.
THERE'S SOME SLIME PICTURES THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR WE DID AN EGG DROP TO KIND OF CORRELATE WITH HUMPTY DUMPTY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NEXT UP IS MS. MARZALO TO TALK ABOUT SPECIALISTS.
UH, WE ALSO WANT TO PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIALS ON A CART ANYMORE.
SO THANKS TO PHASE FIVE BEING A HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION, OUR SPECIALS TEACHERS ARE NOW ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO THEIR, THEIR PLACEMENT.
SO MS. MARSALA IS OUR ART TEACHER.
SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW SHE INTEGRATES CROSS-CURRICULAR INSTRUCTION.
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HI, GOOD EVENING.UM, AS THE ART TEACHER, SOMETIMES UM, KIDS WANNA COME JUST FOR ART, BUT I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY, UM, GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS, UM, TO SEE IF I COULD HELP THEM WITH THEIR, UH, SUBJECTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING A LITTLE HARD TIME WITH.
SO IF AN EXTRA 45 MINUTES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MORE MATH OR STUDYING IN THEIR SOCIAL STUDIES, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
SO, UM, FIRST I WAS, UH, THIS YEAR I WAS APPROACHED BY FIFTH GRADE.
THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH MULTIPLICATION, SO I PUT UP, I DID TWO PROJECTS.
ONE THAT WAS JUST ONE OVER MATH FACTS.
SO THEY HAD TO DO THEIR MATH FACTS FIRST, COORDINATE WITH COLOR, UM, SIMPLE LESSON, BUT THEY GOT 45 EXTRA MINUTES OF MATH DURING ART.
WE ALSO DID ONE FOR, UM, THANKSGIVING WHERE WE DID A TURKEY AND I DID THE SAME THING.
UM, DID SOME MATH FACTS AND THEN WE DID COLOR COORDINATING WITH THEIR FEATHERS, SIMPLE THINGS.
UH, LET'S SEE, FOURTH GRADE WE DID, UM, THEY WERE DOING PATTERNS, SO WE WORKED ON MOSAICS, THEY SHOWED SOME PATTERNS, THOSE THAT DID NOT GET THEM, WE WORKED HARDER AND WROTE IT OUT FIRST, LIKE ON A SCRATCH PAPER.
AND THEN WE, UM, ASSEMBLED IT TOGETHER.
UM, I WAS APPROACHED BY THIRD GRADE, UM, TWICE THIS YEAR.
ONE WAS THEY WERE DOING A CHINA UNIT.
AND SINCE THIS WAS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, UM, WE DECIDED, I CAME UP WITH A DRAGON MASK.
UM, WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS AS WE WERE DOING THIS, THEY WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED IN CLASS.
SO THEY WERE RETELLING ME WHAT THEY LEARNED BECAUSE IT WAS INTEREST TO THEM.
UM, WE ALSO DID, UM, MULTIPLICATION WITH THEM FOR A HAUNTED HOUSES OF A, UH, ROAD COLORED AND OPENED THE WINDOWS AND THEY HAD THEIR MATH FACTS, THEIR ARRAY OF THEIR PRODUCTS IN THERE.
UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE 'EM HOME AND TALK TO THEIR PARENTS AND SHOW 'EM WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING IN MATH, BUT IT WAS ALSO THROUGH ART.
UM, SAME, UH, FIRST GRADE WAS LEARNING PATTERNS.
THEY WERE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT LEARNING BECAUSE THEY WOULD LEARN AN AB PATTERN.
SO I ALSO WAS TELLING THEM THAT PATTERNS ALSO OCCUR IN COLOR.
SO WE USED THEIRS AS THEY MADE A HIBERNATING BEAR, UM, FOR A PATTERN ON THEIR QUILT TO SHOW THAT.
UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, KINDERGARTEN LEARNED SHAPES AND COLORS.
UM, WE WORKED ON CIRCLES AND MAKING A CIRCLE AND WHAT A CIRCLE LOOKED LIKE.
WE, UM, AFTER WE PRACTICED FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, THEN WE, UM, PRACTICED SHOWING EMOTIONS AND FACES ON THE CIRCLE AND MADE THEM INTO CIRCLE PEOPLE.
UH, BUT THE, IT SEEMS ANYTIME WE CAN HELP GIVE THAT EXTRA INSTRUCTION, THE KIDS REALLY ENJOY IT AND I WAS MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UM, HELP THEM DO THAT.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO HAVE TWO SATELLITE CAMPUSES, AS I CALL THEM DUE TO RENOVATIONS.
OUR FIFTH GRADERS ARE AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE AND OUR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS ARE AT BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER.
UM, THIS IS MS. DONNA FLYNN, OUR PRESCHOOL TEACHER.
SHE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB, HER AND HER INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, AND WE WANNA CELEBRATE ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL.
THESE ARE MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DARLING, SOME OF THEM ENJOYING SOME OUTSIDE TIME AT BLUE RIDGE TECH.
UM, WE HAVE A REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND WITH SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE YOUR FUTURE ON HERE,
SO THIS IS OUR, UM, A SNEAK PEEK OF OPEN HOUSE.
UM, WE DID THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT FOR PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE, THE KIDS GOT A CHANCE TO WALK AROUND THE CLASSROOM, MEET CLASSMATES.
THEY DID A SCAVENGER HUNT WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.
WE'RE REALLY LOVING THE LARGE SIZE AT BLUE RIDGE TECH.
SO WE HAD A BIG ROOM TO EXPLORE.
I AM KNOWN AS THE PRESCHOOL PAPARAZZI ROSSI.
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIAL VISITORS.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT ONSITE AT LFK, MS. VACCA MAKES A POINT TO VISIT US VERY OFTEN.
THE KIDS LOVE IT, THEY LOVE THAT THEY HAVE TWO PRINCIPALS, MR. GREG AT BLUE RIDGE TECH, WHO THEY ADORE.
AND MS. VACCA COMES IN FROM TIME TO TIME FOR LUNCH AS WELL AS MS. WERNER.
SO THEY ARE GETTING FAMILIARIZED WITH KIDS WITH ADULTS THAT THEY WILL BE SEEING WHEN THEY GO BACK TO LFK, BUT THEY ALSO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WELCOMED BY THE STAFF AT BLUE RIDGE TECH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE MR. WOLF ON THE SIDE.
HE TEACHES CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT BLUE RIDGE TECH AND HE ALWAYS INCLUDES OUR STUDENTS WHEN HE HAS GUEST SPEAKERS
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FOR HIS STUDENTS AS WELL.AND HERE I CANNOT, THE KIDS WERE ARGUING OVER WHO WAS THE POLICE OFFICER ON THE RIGHT
SO THAT WAS THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE THAT HE, UM, WELCOMED US TO ENJOY AS WELL.
WE WERE INVITED TO GO TRICK OR TREATING THROUGHOUT BLUE RIDGE TECH AND THAT IS US ENJOYING MS. WARD'S CLASS ON THE LEFT.
AND THAT'S MR. UH, DEVON SMITH, THE CULINARY ARTS TEACHER.
AND ON THE RIGHT MR. ABEL IS GIVING OUT CANDY.
HE TEACHES, UM, ELECTRICITY AT BLUE RIDGE TECH.
SO THE KIDS, MOST OF THE ADULTS THAT WORK THERE KNOW ALL MY STUDENTS' NAMES.
THEY GIVE HIM HIGH FIVES AND THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY ENCOURAGING.
SO AGAIN, A VERY AWESOME UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE.
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, WE WERE INVITED, UM, TO DECORATE COOKIES.
THE CULINARY ART STUDENTS BAKED THE COOKIES AND THEN MR. SMITH HAD HIS STUDENTS BROKEN UP INTO SMALL GROUPS AND WHICH THEN TOOK OUR STUDENTS INTO SMALL GROUPS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TAUGHT THE CHILDREN HOW TO USE THE PIPETTE BAGS, LET THEM GO CRAZY WITH THE SPRINKLES.
IT WAS A REALLY WILD DAY AFTER THEY ATE THE COOKIE, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, A STUDENT FROM HIS CLASS APPROACHED ME.
I WAS WAITING IN THE HALLWAY, THE ONLY TOWN HALL IS NOT HAVING A BATHROOM IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO I WAS OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAID, HEY, YOU'RE THAT TEACHER THAT TEACHES THE LITTLE KIDS.
MAYBE WE CAN COME AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOU AGAIN, BECAUSE AFTERWARDS YOU'LL SEE IN A LATER SLIDE, UM, SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS JOIN IN OUR DANCE PARTIES AS WELL.
SO, UM, MRS. BRADFORD IS KNOWN AS OUR HERO BECAUSE SHE CAUGHT OUR GINGERBREAD MAN.
WE
MS. WARD'S CLASS CAME IN AND PAIRED UP WITH OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY COULD RETELL THE MITTEN, THE JAM BRETT STORY.
WE MADE OUR PUPPETS AND WE HAD BEEN PRACTICING IT FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE KIDS GOT TO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT INDIVIDUALIZED TIME RETELLING THE STORY, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THEIR, UM, SEQUENCING OF THE STORY HERE.
WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN WHEN WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT LETTERS.
WE'VE GOT MACARONI M'S, WE MADE BALLOONS FOR B AND BINGO, DABBERS, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT.
A LOT OF PRESCHOOL IS LEARNING HOW TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARNING ROUTINES.
SO THIS IS A SNEAK PEEK OF OUR CIRCLE TIME.
THE CHILDREN EACH HAVE JOBS THAT THEY KEEP FOR A WHOLE WEEK BECAUSE IF THEY ROTATED EVERY DAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEIR JOBS ARE, BUT THEY GET REALLY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ROLES AND WE'VE GOT CAM, UM, SHE HOLDS THE FLAG WHILE WE PRACTICE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE CHILDREN ALSO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH MR. GREG EVERY MORNING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS THIS, WE NEED TO TELL HIM.
THEY CLAP AT THE END OF HIS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OH NO, WHAT, WHAT DID I DO? OKAY.
UM, SO THEY PRACTICE WITH HIM.
THEY STOP WHEREVER THEY ARE, STAND UP, SAY THE PLEDGE, AND THEN USUALLY OUR CIRCLE TIME IS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WE DO IT AGAIN WHEN THEY COME IN.
SOME COME FROM THE SHUTTLE BUS OVER FROM LFK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE DROPPED OFF BY PARENTS.
THEY COME IN AND AGAIN, PART OF THOSE ROUTINES, THEY UNPACK THEMSELVES, THEY GIMME THEIR FOLDERS, THEY PUT THEIR WATER BOTTLES ON THE WATER TABLE AND THEN THEY START PLAYING.
AND THIS IS THEM GAUGING IN SELF-SELECTED PLAY.
UM, AND THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BLANKET THERE, SHE'S REENACTING 10 IN THE BED.
WE WERE PRACTICING COUNTY BACKWARDS FROM 10.
AND THEN THE KIDS BUILDING WITH LEGOS.
I LOVE THE TEAMWORK THERE OF THE KIDS.
THEY WERE BUILDING A WALL ALL AROUND AND THEY ACTUALLY CREATED TARGET AND WALMART.
SO THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE MADE TO MAKE A STORE AND THEN OTHER KIDS COME IN AND BUY THINGS FROM THEIR STORE.
AND I LOVE THE, THE PICTURE ON THE SIDE, THE BOYS, I SEE THEM BEING FUTURE BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER KIDS, THEY LOVE THE BUILDING AND THEY THINK IT'S SO COOL THAT BIG KIDS GET TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
WITH MR. KIDWELL OVER THERE, HER, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE MS. AVERY COME IN TWICE A MONTH.
IT USED TO BE, UM, EVERY WEEK, WHICH WE REALLY MISS.
UM, SHE COMES IN AND SHE DOES MUSIC THERAPY WITH PRESCHOOL.
SHE ALSO DOES IT WITH, UH, SPECIAL ED CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
MY STUDENTS DILLY DALLY DURING LUNCH BECAUSE THEY KNOW NAP COMES SOON AFTER WHEN IT'S A MS. AVERY DAY, THEY DOWN THOSE LUNCHES AND THEY ARE ON THEIR SPOT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE FULL TIME WITH HER.
SHE'S AMAZING AND THEY LOVE IT AND IT REALLY HELPS THEM FIND THEIR VOICE.
HERE WE HAVE THE CANOE, WHICH UM, IS COMPRESSED.
IT KIND OF HELPS THE KIDS ESPECIALLY.
WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS WHO JUST LIKE THAT EXTRA PRESSURE THEY CAN GET INSIDE THE CANOE.
AND AGAIN, MS. VACCA IS VISITING US RIGHT THERE READING A STORY TO US AROUND THANKSGIVING TIME.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY GREAT FOR TRANSITION AND GETTING THE WIGGLES OUT BEFORE WE TRY TO SIT
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DOWN FOR CIRCLE TIME.AND HERE WE HAVE UM, I THINK THOSE ARE MR. WOLF'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DANCING WITH US.
BUT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COME IN.
MISS LORI IS ONE OF MY ASSISTANTS.
SHE'S DOING YOGA, SHE'S TRAINED IN BABY YOGA AND UM, I FORGET WHAT THE RANGE IS BUT IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
WE DO THAT BEFORE NAP TIME, ESPECIALLY ON FUN FRIDAYS.
AND MS. COURTNEY IS FEATURED AT THE TOP.
SHE IS ALSO A FABULOUS ASSISTANT WITH THE STUDENTS.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE OFFSITE, MS. VACA HAS MADE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE, UH, TRIES TO INCLUDE US IN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE OFFERED AT LFK.
THE KIDS AT LFK HAD FIRE SAFETY AND THE UM, FIRETRUCKS VISITING.
SHE HAS SCHEDULED THAT FOR US AS WELL AND THAT WAS A REALLY EXCITING DAY.
AND THEN EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A PLAYGROUND, WE HAVE FUN.
AND AGAIN, WE SEE THE BLUE RIDGE TECH TEACHERS WHEN THEY HAVE BREAKS BETWEEN CLASSES ON NICE DAYS THERE.
MR. SEARS IS ALWAYS OUT PLAYING WITH THE KIDS.
HE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE KID'S NAME.
MR. GREG WAS THROWING THE FOOTBALL WITH LUCAS THIS WEEK.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
MRS. BRADFORD, MRS. RACY, THEY LOVE OUR STUDENTS AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA BE SAD TO LEAVE AND THAT IS EVERYTHING.
AND WE WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. GREG AND ALL OF HIS STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR EMBRACING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.
THEY, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT AT OUR MAIN CAMPUS, THEY HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ON PHASE FIVE OF RENOVATING OUR BUILDING, UM, WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES.
ALSO RENOVATE OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
OUR TOP ONE IS OUR BIGGEST ONE THAT MOST OF OUR GRADE LEVELS USE.
UM, I LIKE TO SAY PHASE ONE IS COMPLETE.
SO WE FINALLY HAVE A NEW SWING SET.
SO UP THERE YOU'LL SEE OUR OLD SWING SET VERSUS OUR NEW SWING SET.
UM, THIS IS A THREE BASE SWING SET THAT HOLDS FIVE SWINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS AN ALL ACCESSIBLE SWING FOR STUDENTS WITH ALL NEEDS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.
UM, WE'RE TEAMING UP THIS SPRING WITH KIWANIS AND FRONT ROW ROTARY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A BICYCLE FUNDRAISING EVENT IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS OUR NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, ALSO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE ALSO HAVE WARREN COUNTY ROTARY.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, OUR PTO AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS, THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN PUT TOWARDS OUR PLAYGROUND.
SO WE'RE EXCITED AS OUR BUILDING CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, OUR PLAYGROUND WILL ALSO IMPROVE.
THANK YOU MRS. VACCA AND THANK YOU BOARD.
I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THAT AS A FIRST YEAR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN HIS FIRST YEAR AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S UH, VERY INSPIRING TO SEE TEACHERS, OFFICE STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF AND PARENTS JOIN TOGETHER AND COMMON CAUSE TO BUILD, OR IN THIS CASE RENOVATE, UH, A SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY TAUGHT TO PERFORM, UH, AT HIGH LEVELS ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO TO BE KIND.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS HERE TONIGHT AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL THIS EVENING? NO.
NEXT UP WE HAVE A REPORT AND UPDATE FROM OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME IN FEBRUARY, UM, THIS OR THIS MONTH AND SOME OF LAST MONTH WE'VE BEEN ASSISTING RUSSY JEFFRIES, UM, WITH THE ALL KIDS BIKE PROGRAM.
SO I'VE UM, HAD SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS GOING, UM, EVERY DAY TO HELP MR. SIMMONS WITH THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SO AWESOME TO WATCH THOSE KIDS TRANSITION FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO BALANCE THEM BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BE ABLE TO FULLY RIDE THEIR BIKES.
SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE BLESSING, UM, AND A GREAT BREAK IN OUR DAY.
UM, WE'VE ALSO ATTENDED, UM, AND WELCOME KIDS FOR
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KINDNESS WEEK AT E WILSON AND AT RUSSY JEFFRIES WE ASSISTED SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IN THEIR FIRST ANNUAL DRIVE, YOUR TRACTOR TO SCHOOL DAY.UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, BUT WE ALSO REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF.
AS FOR, UM, THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WE TOOK IN A TOTAL OF 44 INCIDENT REPORTS.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN LAST MONTH.
UM, OUR BIGGEST OF COURSE AGAIN, UM, OFFENSES WOULD BE POSSESSION OF VAPES AND UM, ASSAULT AND BATTERIES RESULTING FROM FIGHTS.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR SROS TO KIND OF REALLY OR SSOS TO REALLY COMBAT ON THE VAPING, UM, IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, MONTHLY MEETINGS BETWEEN BOTH SCHOOL WARREN COUNTY AND SKYLINE TO DO INTRODUCING THE DARE VAPING ENHANCEMENTS TO SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS TO KIND OF REALLY HONE IN ON THE DANGERS OF VAPING.
UM, SO OVERALL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE'VE DEALT WITH A TOTAL OF UM, 307 INCIDENTS AND LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THAT IS MAINLY INFORMATIONAL REPORTINGS, JUST KIND OF OUR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTIONS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF IT THAT WE SEE IS THE VAPING AND FIGHTS WITH INSIDE THE SCHOOLS.
SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A YEAR TO DATE AS WELL AS THE BROKEN DOWN OFFENSES.
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UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE COMMUNITY 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 BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SEEING, HEARING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.
PROVIDED THAT MODELS, PHOTOS, MAPS, CHARTS, DRAWINGS AND OTHER SUCH 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.
THE SPEAKER SHALL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR CONFINE 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 PIECE.
REFRAIN FROM OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY.
STAY WITHIN ALLOTTED TIME AND 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'RE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
MR. VALENTINE, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP? WE DO.
THE FIRST UH, TO SIGN UP IS ELISA BRADFORD.
I'M A WARREN COUNTY RESIDENT AND I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN THE COUNTY FOR 17 YEARS AND I'M THE WCEA PRESIDENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH TALKS BEGINNING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS CONCERN FROM OUR TEACHERS IN WARREN COUNTY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, INFLATION IS HIGH AND THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
CURRENT TALKS OF SALARY INCREASES.
CURRENTLY OUT OF THE EIGHT SURROUNDING COUNTIES, WARREN COUNTY IS IN SIX PLACE FOR SALARY.
CLARK COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR A 5% INCREASE.
FREDERICK COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR A 6.6 INCREASE AND SHENANDOAH IS LOOKING FOR A 3.5%.
WARREN COUNTY IS LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS, ONE BEING JUST A STEP AND THE OTHER IS A 3% INCREASE, WHICH WILL ONLY KEEP US AT THE SAME RANKING AND NOT FALL US ANY LOWER.
THE QUESTION IS THAT IS ALWAYS ASKED IS HOW TO DO WE RETAIN TEACHERS
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WHEN LOOKING AT PROPOSED INCREASES? TEACHER RETENTION IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT IN WARREN COUNTY.DOESN'T KEEP UP THE COMPETITIVE SALARIES.
LET'S BRING ANOTHER FACTOR INTO CONSIDERATION.
IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT IF THIS HAPPENS, TWO POSITIONS WILL BE CREATED WITH SALARIES BEING ASTRONOMICAL, MAYBE THOSE SALARY FIGURES NEED TO BE REDUCED AND SALARY INCREASES, BE GIVEN TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HOPEFULLY TO RETAIN OUR TEACHERS.
HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS REBECCA HUDSON HODGE.
I AM THE WCEA PRESIDENT FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
WE REPRESENT THE BEST INTERESTS OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POINTS BROUGHT UP BY OUR CO-PRESIDENT ELISA.
IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE FUTURE OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ADEQUATELY PAY THE TEACHERS AND STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT IN ORDER TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR WCPS EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE THE STEP PLUS 3% THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SALARY SCALE FOR CAREER TEACHERS.
FOR TEACHERS WHO STAY THROUGH RETIREMENT AGE, THE DISPARITY IN SALARIES GROW FOR TEACHERS WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ADVANCED DEGREES WCPS RANKS FIFTH OUT OF EIGHTH.
THAT MEANS THAT FOUR OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES PAY BETWEEN $4,000 AND $11,000 MORE THAN WCPS EACH YEAR.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO FIGURE OUT THOSE AMOUNTS ADD UP YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT ALSO AFFECTS RETIREMENT AMOUNTS BY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT MAKING WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A PLACE WHERE TEACHERS CAN BUILD A LIFELONG CAREER BY OFFERING COMPETITIVE SALARIES THROUGHOUT THE SALARY SCALE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THE RECENT CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE REGARDING TEACHER'S USE OF SICK DAYS AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL, SORRY, POTENTIAL ADDITION OF BEREAVEMENT DAYS.
THE WCEA SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL OF ADDING FIVE DAYS OF BEREAVEMENT, TIME FOR EMPLOYEES AND COVERAGE FOR ALL OF THEIR RE RELATIVES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT TEACHERS ARE ALSO PEOPLE.
WE ARE SONS, DAUGHTERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS, AND PARENTS.
GIVING THE STAFF ENOUGH DAYS TO BE WITH AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES IS THE KIND OF POLICY WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO HELP RETAIN TEACHERS AND RETURN THE FAMILY FEELING.
WCPS WAS KNOWN FOR THE WCEA HAS BEEN ALARMED BY CONVERSATIONS CENTERED AROUND REDUCING SUB COSTS BY DISCOURAGING TEACHERS FROM USING THEIR SICK AND PERSONAL TIME.
TEACHERS OFTEN WORK BEYOND THEIR CONTRACT HOURS AND CHOOSE THEIR JOBS OVER THEIR FAMILIES.
WHEN AN EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES DUE TO ILLNESS, THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO USE THE DAYS THEY HAVE.
THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH SUB COST SITUATION.
AGAIN, I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT TEACHERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND WE IMPLORE THE BOARD TO KEEP IN MIND DURING THE KEEP THAT IN MIND DURING THEIR CONVERSATIONS.
IF WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO FEEL VALUED AND INVESTED IN WCPS, WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY NEED TIME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN WELLBEING AND BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH PAY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR POLICIES THAT MAKE TEACHERS AND STAFF WANT TO STAY WITH A WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY FEEL APPRECIATED AND SUPPORTED.
FIRST A QUOTE, THERE ARE NO GOOD SCHOOLS WITHOUT GOOD PRINCIPALS.
AND WHERE YOU HAVE GREAT PRINCIPALS, GREAT TEACHERS COME AND THEY STAY AND THEY WORK HARD AND THEY GROW.
ANN DUNCAN, US SECRETARY OF EDUCATION IN 2009 TO 2015.
THIS STATEMENT STILL HOLDS TRUE WHEN WE HAVE TEACHERS CONCERNED, DEFEATED, AND DISCOURAGED DUE TO LACK OF RESPECT AND DISCIPLINE AMONGST THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS WILL LEAVE.
I HAVE HAD EDUCATORS FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL SHARE ANONYMOUSLY THEIR CONCERNS.
THIS CANNOT GO ON WITH THE UPSETTING LAWSUIT AGAINST DR. JOHNSTON AND OTHERS FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE DUE TO A YOUNG BOY NOT BEING SUPERVISED AND CARED FOR WITH HORRIFIC INJURIES TO THE CONCERNS OF TEACHERS NOT BEING HEARD WHEN THEY HAVE DISCIPLINE ISSUES AND BEING LAUGHED AT WHERE DOES IT END? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REMEDY THESE CONCERNS? INTERACT, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY ARE AMAZING STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IS THAT SOLVING THE ISSUES WITH BEHAVIORS FOR ALL STUDENTS? HOW ARE WE IMPLEMENTING BETTER SAFETY MEASURES FOR THESE STUDENTS AND STAFF SO THAT WHAT
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HAPPENED TO AIDEN CRAM DOES NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REPLACE THE NURSE AT SKYLINE MIDDLE? HOW IS THE OFFICE KEEPING UP WITHOUT A FULL-TIME BOOKKEEPER? AND NOW THE REPORT OF ESSA COMES OUT AND SHOWS THAT SKYLINE MIDDLE IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST PERFORMING AT 5% OF TITLE ONE SCHOOLS SINCE 2018.I AM AND WILL ALWAYS STAND UP AND BE A PROUD PUBLIC EDUCATOR.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS SO DISCOURAGING.
I GO BACK TO MY QUOTE IN THE BEGINNING.
THERE ARE NO GOOD SCHOOLS WITHOUT GOOD PRINCIPALS.
ALL OF THESE THINGS FALL ON THAT SCHOOL LEADER.
THIS IS A DARK CLOUD OVER OUR COUNTY AND IT MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR US TO BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD AND BECOME A BETTER AND WELCOMING SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SECONDLY, THE SCHOOL BOARD POSITION IS TO ESTABLISH THE VISION AND GOALS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICT.
AND THEY SET STANDARDS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS.
THIS SHOULD BE THE CONCERN OF OUR BOARD.
WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT.
WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THIS, NOT A BILL OF RIGHTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE BY LAWS PUT FORTH BY OUR GOVERNMENT.
SINCE WE ARE SO CONCERNED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS, HOW ABOUT WE SPEND IT ON IMPROVING OUR TURNOVER RATE, KEEPING THE EDUCATORS WE HAVE AND OUR SCORES AND NOT THIS WASTED DOCUMENT? AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE MUST HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD AS EDUCATORS.
I EXPECT TO SEE THIS STANDARD AMONG OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
IF WE CANNOT RESPECT ANOTHER'S THOUGHT AND SPEAK PROFESSIONALLY, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD REFLECT ON OUR SHORTCOMINGS.
SPEAK TO EACH OTHER WITH DECENCY.
SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION WHEN I AM WRONG.
I FEEL A BOARD MEMBER SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME.
I'M ERIN KENNEDY, A PARENT AND RESIDENT OF THE HAPPY CREEK DISTRICT.
MY QUESTION TONIGHT, WHY DOES THIS BOARD SEE THE NEED TO ADOPT A PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS? LAST EVENING, I COMBED THROUGH THE WCPS REQUIRED ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT DOCUMENT AND FOUND THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE PROPOSED BILL ALREADY EXISTS AND IS DELINEATED IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH ALL FAMILIES RECEIVE EVERY START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
ANOTHER PARENT SAID, I'M UNCLEAR WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO PARENTS.
THEY'RE THE BASIC RIGHTS WE HAVE AS PARENTS.
IS THIS REALLY THE BEST USE OF THE BOARD'S TIME AND FOCUS? TO ANSWER MY FRIEND'S QUESTION, NO, IT'S NOT THE BEST USE OF THE BOARD'S TIME, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE VDOE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FOUR WARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN FEDERALLY IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN NEED OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT.
TO QUOTE MY FRIEND, IT SEEMS THIS PROPOSAL IS THE BOARD TRYING TO SHOW ITS QUOTE FIGHTING FOR PARENTS BY BASICALLY TAKING A HIGHLIGHTER TO A DOCUMENT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
AS FOR THE ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED BILL NOT ADDRESSED BY THE CODE OF CONDUCT, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.
FIRST, IT'S DISCONCERTING THAT THIS BOARD WOULD EXPLICITLY HIGHLIGHT THE RIGHT TO SEEK MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS.
YES, THAT RIGHT DOES EXIST AS OUTLINED IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
HOWEVER, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE OF YOU ON THIS BOARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DR.
PLEASE DON'T GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF DISPENSING ADVICE OR ADVOCATING FOR EXEMPTIONS AGAINST THE EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS OF TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
I'M ALSO DISMAYED THAT THE BOARD WOULD SEEK TO CODIFY HATE WITHIN ITS BILL.
IN THE PROPOSED SECTION REGARDING GENDER IDENTITY, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE BOARD WISHES TO SINGLE OUT TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY STUDENTS WITHIN WARREN COUNTY POTENTIALLY FURTHERING THE VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, AND HARM ALREADY HEAPED UPON THIS VULNERABLE GROUP.
ACCORDING TO THE TREVOR PROJECT, LGBTQ PLUS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDE BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ARE MISTREATED AND STIGMATIZED IN SOCIETY.
IF YOU ADOPT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, IT WOULD BE IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO YOUR OWN NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES, FORCING TEACHERS TO POTENTIALLY VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF THEIR STUDENTS, POSSIBLY OUTING A TRANS STUDENT TO THEIR PARENTS WHO MAY NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR CHILD'S IDENTITY, PUTS THAT CHILD AT GREATER RISK OF HARM.
WHY WOULD THE BOARD SEEK TO ADOPT SUCH A PEN, POTENTIALLY HARMFUL POLICY? IT SEEMS THERE ARE BETTER THINGS FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO THAN THIS PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS.
FIGURING, PERHAPS FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THE FOUR VDOE IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS IN NEED OF MORE ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT OR MAYBE BEEFING UP THE EXISTING STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, GIVING SCHOOL STAFF MORE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE RISING NUMBER OF DISCIPLINARY CONCERNS.
OR HOW ABOUT TACKLING THE ISSUES CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOARING RATES OF STUDENT ABSENTEEISM SUCH AS MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
MRS. ALLENS IN A FACEBOOK POST, YOU SET IT YOURSELF IN DESCRIBING THIS BOARD TRAIN WRECK COMES TO MIND.
FRANKLY, IT IS A TRAIN WRECK AND WE'RE ALL BEING TAKEN FOR A WILD RIDE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR KIDS BOARD MEMBERS.
LET'S STOP SWEEPING THE KITCHEN WHEN THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS SHARON SHANNON.I'M THE GRANDMOTHER OF AIDEN GRAHAM.
I'M HERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES RELATING TO HOW SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BEING RUN.
I'M LOOKING FOR ANSWERS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
MIND YOU, I AM WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT SPECIFIC PEOPLE.
SO MY QUESTIONS WILL BE ON THINGS THAT I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
NUMBER ONE, WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MAKE IT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN? BY THIS I MEAN HAVE THERE BEEN ADDITIONAL POLICIES IMPLEMENTED CONCERNING STAFF, ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE AND APPARENTLY WITH 44 INCIDENCES IN ONE MONTH, THAT'S NOT WORKING.
ALRIGHT, LET ME GO BACK TO THIS AND YOUR POLICIES ON BULLYING ATTACKS.
AIDEN WAS NOT BULLIED, HE WAS ATTACKED.
IS SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPLETELY STAFFED WITH ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS, SCHOOL NURSES? ARE YOUR TEACHERS AWARE OF WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT SAY AND DISCIPLINE MATTERS THAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT IMPLEMENT? DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TEACHING STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THERE? I KNOW YOU HAD A POLICY ON BULLYING, BUT APPARENTLY IT WAS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH OR NOT BEING ENFORCED AT THE TIME THAT AIDEN WAS ATTACKED.
BALLINGER AND ONE OF THE EMAIL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD, YOU WROTE THE FOLLOWING.
I KNOW PERSONALLY AS A PARENT HAVING A CHILD BE A VICTIM OF BULLYING AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON CHILDREN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE PLACED EMPHASIS ON, ON WITH ADMINISTRATORS.
UH, STUDENTS SHOULD BE SAFE WHEN THEY ARE AT SCHOOL OR SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH CHILDREN GAINING ACCESS TO VAPE.
CHILDREN HAVE, CAN EASILY ACCESS VAPE PRODUCTS ONLINE OR THROUGH MANY OTHER AVENUES.
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, I HAVE IMPLEMENTED A MORE STRINGENT DISCIPLINE.
WELL, THAT WAS APPLYING TO THE VAPE APPARENTLY.
I DIDN'T ASK YOU IN MY EMAIL ABOUT VAPING, I ASKED YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH AIDEN AND THE ATTACK THAT WAS ON HIM.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WAS GOOD RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION? BECAUSE I DON'T, I WROTE A FORMAL, I WROTE A FORMAL LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO YOU CONCERNING TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND THEIR HANDLING THIS ATTACK.
YOUR RESPONSE WAS THAT I HAD NOT WAITED LONG ENOUGH BEFORE I CONTACTED YOU.
YOUR RESPONSE WAS THAT I WAITED 10 DAYS INSTEAD OF 15.
MY LETTER TO ONE OF YOUR ASSISTANCE WAS RECEIVED IN YOUR OFFICE OCTOBER 30TH.
NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM HIM.
SO I THEN CONTACTED YOU ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
I IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED THE RESPONSE THAT I DID NOT WAIT LONG ENOUGH FOR A REPLY.
APPARENTLY IT HAS TO BE 15 WORKING DAYS.
SORRY, I DIDN'T DO 15 WORKING DAYS.
HOWEVER, YOU DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO RESPOND TO ME EXCEPT TO CHASTISE ME FOR NOT WAITING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME.
WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THAT AS RESPONSE AS A PARENT GRANDPARENT OF A CHILD THAT WAS ATTACKED? IT LOOKS LIKE MY LETTER OF FORMAL COMPLAINT WENT NOWHERE BECAUSE OF A FEW DAYS.
I CAN SEE WHY NO ONE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH WRITING LETTERS OF VERBAL FORMAL COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT GETS YOU NO RESULTS.
I WILL END THIS WITH WHAT I HAVE SAID AND I FELT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
I BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT A CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION STARTING WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THINGS WILL NOT GET BETTER THERE.
YOU HAVE HAD SIX MONTHS TO MAKE SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL A SAFER, BETTER PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS THAT WERE DONE ON AUGUST 24TH? IF SO, NOW'S THE TIME TO SPEAK UP.
I HAVE NOTHING SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN, JUST IT'S, I'VE SPENT MY WEEK HELPING AND TALKING TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND THE MADNESS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THESE SCHOOLS IS OVERWHELMING FOR THOSE AT HOME.
AND I KNOW I'M PROBABLY NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
ON THE DAY THAT THIS HAPPENED, I WENT AND GOT A COPY OF THE LAWSUIT AND POLICE REPORT FROM THAT DAY.
I AM SHOCKED TO READ THAT BOBBY JOHNSON DID NOT.
THIS PRINCIPAL OF SKYLIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL DID NOT CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT NINE ONE ONE FOR THIS BOY THAT HAD HIS JAW BROKEN,
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BUT HE DID CALL HIM, DID CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REPORT THE MOM VIRGINIA CRAM CALLED IN THE CAR TAKING HIM TO WINCHESTER TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.BOBBY WAS APPARENTLY AFRAID OF A FIVE FOOT, A HUNDRED POUND LITTLE GIRL WOMAN THAT, UH, WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SON.
HE CALLED LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT NOT TO REPORT THIS ASSAULT, NOT TO CALL 9 1 1 TO GET THIS BOY HELP.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MAN HAS A JOB.
I WENT THROUGH POLICY AFTER EMAIL FOIA AFTER FOIA.
THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND IS BY BUCK AND LOVE HIM WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
I YOU CANNOT PAY THIS MAN ENOUGH MONEY FOR WHAT HE DOES.
BY THE WAY, UM, WAS SAYING THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S BEEN NOTED TO CALL 9 1 1 IN CASE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IT'S ALREADY THE POLICY TO CALL CALL NINE ONE ONE.
IT'S LITERALLY WRITTEN IN A FLIP BOOK.
THEY TELL YOU TO CALL 9 1 1 BEFORE THEY EVEN TELL YOU TO PUT GLOVES ON.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE? DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD YOU ALL GUYS KNOW? YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT'S TO DROP YOUR KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE CAR I HAVING TO DROP MY SON OFF AT KINDERGARTEN HOURS.
I NEVER LEFT THAT PARKING LOT 'CAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID.
WE NEED PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE PARENTS HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME LEFT.
UM, THE UH, POLICY WITH THE PRIVACY IN THIS PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS IS NONSENSE.
THE RIGHT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE ACTS TO CHANGE A MINOR CHILD'S GENDER MARKERS, PRONOUNS, OR PREFERRED NAME OR ALLOWS A CHILD TO CHANGE THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX BASED ON ACCOMMODATIONS INCLUDING THANK YOU LOCKER ROOM AND BATHROOMS, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW WHAT OTHER KIDS ARE DOING.
BERTHA JENKINS, CRADLE TO GRAVE, WARREN COUNTY RESIDENT.
THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULDN'T BE A PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.
I HAVE NO GRIEVANCES TO PRESENT TO THIS BOARD INSTEAD.
MY FIRST SUGGESTION, ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA CODE 22.1 DASH 86.1, APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS.
THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL SERVE IN A NON-VOTING ADVISORY CAPACITY AND SHALL BE APPOINTED UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AND SERVE SUCH TERMS AS THE BOARD PRESCRIBES.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT ANY SCHOOL BOARD FROM EXCLUDING THE NON-VOTING STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OR CLOSED MEETINGS PURSUANT TO 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1.
UM, IT SAYS HERE THAT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ESTABLISHING A QUORUM OR MAKING ANY OFFICIAL DECISION.
UM, SINCE YOU'RE REVIEWING THE UPDATING POLICIES, YOUR CURRENT POLICY, WHICH IS ONE DASH 2.8, IT HAS IN THERE, IT STATES THAT STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT ATTEND THOSE CLOSED MEETINGS.
UM, ALSO THE PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS THIS SCHOOL WAS CREATING FOR THE PARENTS.
THE FIRST IDEA OF THIS CREATION ACCORDING TO PAST DISCUSSIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WAS TO TEACH PARENTS WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.
THEN IT WAS SUGGESTED TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR PARENTS.
UPON ASKING AND INQUIRING FOR MYSELF, I WAS INFORMED IT'S MORE OF AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RIGHTS PARENTS ALREADY HAVE AND A FEW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AND THAT IT IS NOT A POLICY.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S CURRENT BYLAWS.
ARTICLE EIGHT AUTHORITY ENTITLED THE SCHOOL BOARD DERIVES ITS AUTHORITY FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION.
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IS THE POLICYMAKING BODY FOR THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SERVES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY LAW THE WILL OF LOCAL CITIZENRY AND THE ETHICS OF PROFESSIONAL PROFESS PERSONNEL.SO I QUESTION WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING AT THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS.
IS IT A POLICY? IS THE SCHOOL BOARD WITHIN THEIR SCOPE TO CREATE THIS DOCUMENT FOR A PARENTAL BILL, BILL OF RIGHTS, THE 14TH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS, FERPA LAW AND STATE LAW PROTECTING THOSE RIGHTS AND YOUR GOD-GIVEN NATURAL RIGHTS.
THIS ISN'T THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONNAIRES THIS BOARD HAS IMPLEMENTED.
THIS SHOULD BE EXAMPLE TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNING BOARDS AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CITIZEN OR COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRES REGARDING POLICIES AND DECISIONS THAT WOULD DI DIRECTLY IMPACT WE THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU MS. I WOULD SUGGEST AM I OVER? YOU ARE
THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER TO, UH, SIGN UP IN ADVANCE.
DO, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
THE WORD THERE IN REFERENCE TO A CHILD IS WRITTEN 21 TIMES A CHILD IS ONLY WRITTEN TWICE.
THE RIGHT TO KNOW IF SOMEONE ACTS TO CHANGE A MINOR CHILD'S GENDER MARKERS, PRONOUNS, OR PREFERRED NAME, OR ALLOWS A CHILD TO CHANGE THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX BASED ACCOMMODATIONS, INCLUDING LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS. SEEMS THAT THIS ALSO CONTRADICTS YOUR PART FIVE.
NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT THE SCHOOL WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE WITH REGARD TO SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION? GENDER.
GENDER IDENTITY SEEMS A CONTRADICTION THERE.
BY DISCLOSING THOSE STATUSES TO OTHER PARENTS, YOU'RE OPENING YOURSELF UP.
FERPA PROTECTS IN PRIVATE INFORMATION SUCH AS TRANSGENDER STATUS OR GENDER IDENTITY.
IT FALLS WITHIN THE CODE SECTION 4 9 0 6 0 OF FERPA.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF A SCHOOL IS TO EDUCATE AND THIS IS JUST GONNA CREATE TENSION AND CONFLICT AND TAKE FOCUS AWAY FROM LEARNING.
IT'S COMPLETELY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY AS WELL.
THIS BILL OF RIGHTS FOCUSES ON WHAT PRONOUN A KID USES WHEN WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT ACCREDITATION, PHYSICAL ASSAULTS AND BULLYING.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE AT RISK AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PRONOUNS.
ISN'T THAT LIKE SWEEPING THE KITCHEN WHILE THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE? AND I SAW ON ALSO IN THERE THE, UM, TO OPT OUT OF SOCIAL LEARNING.
I'M PRETTY SURE THE LACK OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS WHAT LEADS TO KIDS BEING ASSAULTED IN GYM CLASS, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY THE ADULTS IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO MAYBE WRITE A POLICY FOR THAT.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MISGUIDED PUSH FOR A SO-CALLED PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL, WHILE WELL-INFORMED ON THE SURFACE OR WELL INTENTIONED ON THE SURFACE, IS NOT ONLY A WASTE OF TIME, BUT ALSO COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET'S TALK ABOUT PARENTS' RIGHTS.
AS PARENTS, WE ALREADY POSSESS A MULTITUDE OF RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND WELLBEING.
THESE RIGHTS ARE ENSHRINED IN OUR LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO CODIFY THEM INTO A FORMAL DOCUMENT IS REDUNDANT AT BEST.
IT'S LIKE TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL WHILE IGNORING THE PERFECTLY GOOD TIRES WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND LET'S BE HONEST, WE CAN'T AFFORD TIRES OR SPARE EVEN.
HOWEVER, WHAT THIS BILL FAILS TO ADDRESS ARE THE RIGHTS OF ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE TRANSGENDER OUT.
ANY STUDENTS TO OTHER PARENTS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT IS NOT ONLY MORALLY WRONG, BUT ALSO A GROSS VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
AS PARENTS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY AND DIGNITY OF ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY.
IT IS LIKE TRYING TO TEACH SOMEONE HOW TO FISH WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DUMPING TOXIC WASTE INTO THE POND.
IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE FOR ALL OF US.
WE CAN, HOW CAN WE SAY WE SUPPORT FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND THEN ALLOW THIS TO BE PUBLISHED? OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON PROVIDING A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN, NOT ON UNNECESSARY LEGISLATION THAT SERVES NO REAL PURPOSE.
FURTHERMORE, THE WELLBEING AND FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY DEPEND ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOLS.
EDUCATORS KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WELL-RUN SCHOOLS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
AS EDUCATION ACTIVISTS, MALALA FAMOUSLY SAID, ONE'S CHILD, ONE TEACHER, ONE BOOK, AND ONE PEN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE OWE IT TO OUR CHILDREN TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT
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OUR KIDS DESERVE.A SCHOOL BOARD AND A COMMUNITY THAT SHOWS UP FOR THEM THAT PRIORITIZES THEIR NEEDS AND WELLBEING.
ABOVE ALL ELSE, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL CHILDREN AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE AND PURSUE THEIR HAPPINESS.
IF SOME OF OUR CHILDREN AREN'T SAFE, THEN NONE OF THEM ARE THIS PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, JUST IN THE TITLE ALONE, PITS PARENTS AGAINST TEACHERS.
PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKS BEST WHEN THERE IS A PARENT TEACHER PARTNERSHIP.
IT NOT ONLY IMPROVES STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT ALSO TEACHER OUTCOMES AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR TEACHER'S WORKPLACE IS OUR CHILDREN'S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
OUR TEACHERS' WORKPLACE IS OUR CHILDREN'S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHEN WE DO, WE MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
I SUGGEST A TITLE, LIKE A GUIDE FOR PUBLIC PARENT OR PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS.
IF YOU INSIST ON PUSHING THIS THROUGH, I FEEL IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO TOUCH ON SAFETY.
BULLYING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCREASES ABSENTEEISM, LOWERS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND DISRUPTS CLASSROOM DYNAMICS.
SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE SAFE WHEN WE HAVE INCIDENTS OF GROSS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE NEGLIGENCE.
AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PARENTS WHO HAVE ADDRESSED THIS FORWARD PREVIOUSLY.
WE SEE THE NEED FOR POLICY CHANGE AND AN INCREASE IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.
IN CONCLUSION, I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE MISGUIDED PUSH FOR PARENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS.
INSTEAD, FOCUS ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS, PROVIDING A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE WELL RUN IN SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR LEARNING.
I'M A WARREN COUNTY RESIDENT AND I BOUGHT MY FUTURE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATTENDING WITH ME TONIGHT.
WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT, WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT? THERE'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT IN SUCH A SAD AND SCARY WORLD, BUT SOMETHING THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ADD TO MY LIST.
I ADDED IN MAY AND IN AUGUST AND NOW IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE SAFETY OF OUR WARREN COUNTY CHILDREN.
I LAY AWAKE AND THINK ABOUT ALL OUR CHILDREN AND THE KIND OF PLACE THEY LIVE IN.
I THINK ABOUT THE COUNTY THEY LIVE IN THAT HAS PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND POVERTY AND THE SCHOOLS THEY ATTEND THAT LACK BASIC NECESSITIES LIKE A GYM OR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HEATING ISSUES AND COOLING ISSUES AND SCHOOLS THAT NEED WORK.
AND THEN I THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
AND MEANWHILE I SEE OUR SCHOOL BOARD UNFOCUSED, UNFOCUSED WITH INFIGHTING, MORE CONCERNED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY DON'T AGREE WITH OR CHANGING LEGAL POLICIES OR STUDENT ATTENDANCE THAN THEY ARE WITH SAFETY.
SAFETY SHOULD BE THE FIRST PRIORITY AND OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE COME TO YOU TO SAY, OUR CHILDREN AREN'T SAFE.
WE NEED POLICY THAT BETTER SCREENS OUR PERSONNEL.
WE NEED MORE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS.
WE NEED INCREASED TEACHER PAY.
WE NEED AIDES AND ADMINS AND COUNSELORS.
WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED IN EARLY INTERVENTION AND TRAUMA.
MOMMY, WE NEED A SAFETY EVALUATION DONE FOR EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS BOARD SHOULD BE WORKING AS A TEAM TO CREATE SAFER SCHOOLS AND SAFER ENVIRONMENTS.
I WILL BE GIVING SIMILAR REMARKS AT THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON THE KIND OF FUNDING OUR SCHOOLING NEEDS.
BUT WHAT WE NEED FROM THIS BOARD IS FOR PERSONAL VENDETTAS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THE BLAME GAME TO END AND FOR YOU TO WORK AS A TEAM TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
SAFETY AT SCHOOL AUTOMATICALLY IMPROVES SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.
TEACHER PERFORMANCE, STUDENT ATTENDANCE.
STOP ALLOWING FOR LAWSUITS AND UNSAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.
HIRE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND WORK.
WE ALL, ESPECIALLY THE PARENTS, MOST AFFECTED THE HOUSES, THE CRASS NEED TO RETURN TO SLEEPING AT NIGHT.
AMBER MAY BE, UM, PARENT TO FOUR KIDDOS IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
TODAY, WE'RE FACED WITH A STARK REALITY.
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES HEAD ON.
ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT PLAGUES OUR YOUTH.
EVERY DAY, COUNTLESS CHILDREN STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, YET THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM ARE SORELY LACKING.
UNLESS WE TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVISIT THE SAME
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PROBLEMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.ENTER THE PROPOSED BILL OF RIGHTS.
WHILE IT MAY SOUND APPEALING, IT MAY SOUND APPEALING ON THE SURFACE.
EACH OF THESE PURPORTED, EACH OF THESE RIGHTS PURPORTEDLY PROTECTED BY THIS DOCUMENT ARE ALREADY INSURED WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE GOD-GIVEN CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS.
THIS BILL IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT TO PLACATE PARENTS WHILE IGNORING THE REAL ISSUES AT HAND, YOU ARE PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG, SO IT MAY LOOK BETTER, BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT'S STILL A PIG.
WHAT WE TRULY NEED IS MEANINGFUL ACTION.
TO FIX THE BROKEN POLICIES AND SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE MUST PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED.
THIS MEANS INVESTING IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PROVIDING ACCURATE, SORRY, ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, PAYING TEACHERS APPROPRIATELY AND ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC ISSUES.
FURTHERMORE, AS ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO WORK COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR CHILDREN.
IF ONE MEMBER IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO FULFILL THEIR DUTY, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REST OF THE BOARD TO HOLD THAT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE.
THIS MAY INVOLVE CING THAT INDIVIDUAL SO THAT YOU MAY GET BACK ON TRACK.
WE MUST MODEL THE BEHAVIOR WE WISH TO SEE FROM OUR CHILDREN.
SELF-CENTERED AGENDAS AND OUTRIGHT DISRESPECT TOWARDS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS NOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IN CONCLUSION, IT'S TIME TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE THE BROKENNESS OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM OR THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FACING OUR YOUTH.
LET'S REJECT EMPTY GESTURES AND DEMAND REAL CHANGE TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IS THERE ANY WHO WOULD LIKE TO, I'M SORRY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? MOVING ON FROM COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
UP NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS MODIFIED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.[4.A. Superintendent]
REPORTS.UH, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS THAT SPOKE TONIGHT, UM, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE VISITING ONLINE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I DO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE WITH, WITH SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, I THINK YOUR MIC'S ON.
IS THAT LOUDER? HOW ABOUT I USE BOTH OF THEM.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY, I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, LET, YEAH.
BUT I THINK
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HELLO? HELLO.WE'RE GONNA TAKE LIKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK.
WELL, I THINK OUR MICROPHONES ARE NOT GONNA WORK IN HERE, BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING, I'M STILL TALKING INTO IT.
'CAUSE I GUESS THE LIVE FEED IS PICKING UP.
SO WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, YEAH, SO IF YOU'RE TALKING, KEEP YOUR MICROPHONE ON, BUT I GUESS DR.
BALLER, IF YOU WANNA GIVE YOUR REPORT.
SO, AGAIN, I THANKS OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US TONIGHT AND SPOKE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US ONLINE.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, TO SPEAK ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT AS FAR AS DISCIPLINE AND, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND SECURITY MEASURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, AS FAR AS DISCIPLINE, UH, YES, WE DO HAVE A, UH, UH, POLICY ON BULLYING THAT, THAT WE PUT OUT OF, UH, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, THAT IT'S, UH, FIRST DEFENSE ON BULLYING IS A FIVE DAY OUT SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
SECOND OFFENSE IS A 10 DAY, AND THIRD, THIRD OFFENSE IS A, UM, IS EXPULSION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, AT THAT ALSO, WE HAVE INCREASED, UM, ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME RESOURCES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP BRING IN, TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE, UH, WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO, UH, BRING THOSE RESOURCES IN THAT ARE NEEDED.
UM, ALSO WE DID IMPLEMENT, UM, SSOS STARTING IN, UH, JANUARY AT, AT TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE ADDED TWO S SSOS AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SSOS, UH, ADDITIONAL SSOS AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEN IT'S JUST THE DILIGENT WORK THAT TEACHERS AND AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE, ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WELCOME THE, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO VISIT WITH YOU AS, AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, IF YOU'D WANT TO SET UP A MEETING AND, AND COME IN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO VISIT WITH PARENTS, UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
UH, GOING ON INTO THE REST OF MY, MY REPORT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MARCH 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH IS NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK.
UH, SO RECOGNIZE OUR SOCIAL, UH, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.
UH, MARCH IS ALSO NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH, AND THEN ALSO THIS WEEK WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.
UM, SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL, WE DID HAVE, AS, UM, WAS MENTIONED EARLIER AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD THE FFA DRIVE YOUR TRACK TO THE SCHOOL DAY, UM, AND IT WAS WELL PUBLICIZED.
ALSO AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO, UM, MUSICAL IS GOING ON, AND THAT WILL BE GOING ON THROUGH FROM MARCH 15TH THROUGH 17TH.
AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON FACEBOOK.
UH, THE BAND AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IS PREPARING TO PERFORM AT THE VIRGINIA BAND AT ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FESTIVAL.
UH, ALSO RED CROSS SKYLINE IS PREPARING TO HOST A MEMORIAL BLOOD DRIVE ON MARCH 21ST.
SCHEDULING, SHS IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING COURSE.
UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
BINGO, UH, THAT WAS, UH, WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 26TH.
UH, ALSO ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS.
UH, INDOOR TRACK THREE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, TWO OF WHICH EARNED ALL STATE HONORS.
STATE CHAMPION WRESTLER PARKER WITHERS.
UH, SEVERAL OTHER STATE PLACEHOLDERS, UH, INCLUDE, UH, MORGAN LEHMAN, UH, WHO PLACED THIRD IN THE DRILL STATE TOURNAMENT, BOTH BOYS AND DRILLS.
UM, POP BASKETBALL TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, SEVERAL HAWKS.
ALSO QUALIFIED FOR REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS IN BOAS BOWL AND FORENSICS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WARREN COUNTY DECA, UH, STUDENTS ARE COMPETING AT VIRGINIA DECA STATE CONFERENCE.
THAT'S MARCH THROUGH THE FIFTH AFTER TODAY'S THE SIXTH, SO THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT.
UM, AT VIRGINIA BEACH, UH, STUDENTS PRESENT THEIR PROJECTS.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, WARREN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
FROZEN IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UH, FROZEN JUNIOR, MARCH 7TH THROUGH THE NINTH.
UH, YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS ON SALE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE $10 FOR OVER AT THE DOOR.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO MEET THE CAST AND HAVE A LITTLE PRINCESS, UH, TEA PARTY, UH, BEFORE THE SHOW ON MARCH 9TH, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME, UH, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT CO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, AND I WAS ABLE TO, UH, SIT WITH THEM AND WATCH A PORTION OF THAT.
SO, UH, STUDENTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
F-C-C-L-A, UH, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW AND SLIGHTLY USED, UH, SHOES, SANDALS, SPORTS CLEATS, AND OTHER
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SHOES AS THEIR FUNDRAISER.THIS YEAR, UH, SHOES WILL BE NOTATED TO OTHER COUNTRIES IS STUDENT ART MONTH.
MORGAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS CELEBRATING STUDENT ART MONTH.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR WORK ON DISPLAY AT BLUE RIDGE, UM, ARTS COUNCIL AND THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
SPRING SPORTS WILL BE UP AND RUNNING SOON.
UH, I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED.
AND, UM, STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO PREPARE FOR UPCOMING SEASON THREE.
WARREN COUNTY, UH, HIGH SCHOOL REC WRESTLERS PLACED AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
KEVIN HETRICK, JUSTIN SAVAGE, AND ELIJAH, UH, FRANK, ALSO LFK IS CONTINUING TO FUNDRAISE FOR THEIR NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
UM, RECEIVED DONATIONS FROM ROTARY CLUB.
LFK IS PARTNERING WITH MR. WILLIAMS IN THE ROTARY CLUB ON BICYCLE FUNDRAISER EVENT.
UH, THIS CLAIM LFK WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROCEEDS.
UH, THEY'D LIKE TO THANK THE ROTARY CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
ALSO, THE PTO AND THE QANTIS CLUB ARE PARTNERING ON THE PROJECT WITH HIM.
RESY JEFFRIES BIKE PROGRAM IS IN FULL SWING.
UH, DRTC WILL BE HAVING A HIRING EVENT AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, ON 4 23 24.
SO APRIL 23RD FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK.
AND IF BUSINESSES WANT TO, UH, SET UP A BOOTH, THEY CAN CONTACT MR. VINCE, GREG AT BLUE RIDGE TECH AS ROADS.
THEY LOVED THEIR BOOK VENDING MACHINE.
UH, THEY'VE THREW AWAY HUNDREDS OF FREE BOOKS THIS YEAR.
UH, STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, RAISED ABOUT $400.
UH, THEY'RE HOSTING A RESILIENCY BINGO WITH THE WARREN COALITION ON MARCH 7TH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 15.
AND THEN THEIR FAMILY BOOK FAIR NIGHT IS ON MARCH 11TH FROM FOUR TO SIX.
THEIR PPO IS RAISING MONEY FOR, UH, END OF THE YEAR EVENTS THROUGH THEIR ST.
PATRICK'S, UH, WEEK, PENNY ST.
PENNY WAR BETWEEN GRADE LEVELS.
SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL RAISED $181 FOR A WHEELCHAIR PROJECT, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
AND WE'LL BE BANKING BLANKETS, BLANKETS FOR THEM AS WELL.
HJB RAISED $500 FOR THE THERMAL SHELTER.
UH, THEY'RE COLLECTING, UH, ALSO FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND GETTING READY TO BEGIN FUNDRAISING FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
HE WILSON MILL, HE WILSON MORRISON.
UM, IN OCTOBER, THE EARLY ACT CLUB BEGAN THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, THE FRONT ROW.
UM, AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL IN NOVEMBER, THEY HELD A CEREMONY WITH THE CHORUS CLUB IN FRONT OF THE, UM, SALVATION ARMY.
TOGETHER THEY RAISED 1000 AND CANNED FOOD, UH, DRIVE AND CHANGE WARS AND ARE SUCCESSFUL.
DURING DECEMBER, JANUARY, THEY HELPED RAISE $300 TO HELP PURCHASE WHEELCHAIRS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES AND GETTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE SHOWING AND, AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING AND HELPING US TO DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMMING AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR NEEDS.
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NEXT, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS, MS. SALEM.OKAY, SO THE INTENT BEHIND THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, UM, IS BECAUSE PARENTS WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS HAVE NO RIGHTS.
AND THE ORIGINAL, THAT'S NOT TRUE, RIGHT? THOUGHT BEHIND THEM.
ARE WE TALKING PLEASE? THEY DO HAVE RIGHTS, BUT IN ORDER TO ASSERT YOUR RIGHTS, OF COURSE YOU HAVE RIGHTS.
YOU HAVE A, A CONSTITUTIONALIST, THERE IS A POLICY MANUAL WHO'S ABOUT THAT THICK.
AND THERE ARE TOO MANY PARENTS WHO THEY DON'T READ IT.
AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR BACK FROM THEM ARE, UM, CONCERNING BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SIT IN TO OBSERVE THINGS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S CLASS.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE GOOD PARTS OF THIS BILL OF RIGHTS TALKS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS TO BE HEARD AND TO BE ANSWERED.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY THROUGH HERE, IS THAT EMAILS ARE SENT AND EMAILS ARE NOT RESPONDED TO.
PARENTS ARE LEFT FEELING IGNORED, AND THEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.
UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY A DOCUMENT THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT IN THE, IN THE CURRENT FORM.
UM, I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE DIRECTION AS FAR AS DO A, B, C, AND D.
AND THE ONE PAGER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SHOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE BUILDING IT TOGETHER.
SO THE FEEDBACK IS, IS HELPFUL.
THE, UM, SECTION WITH THE A AND THE THERE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UM, YEAH, YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ANY OTHER CHILD'S PERSONAL, UM,
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MEDICAL ISSUES OR GENDER INFORMATION OR PRONOUN INFORMATION.SO THAT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE, UH, FIXED OR DISCIPLINARY DISC ACTION.
I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AT THE BOTTOM, IT DEFINITELY SAYS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW CHILDREN'S OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
UM, SECTION FIVE UNDER THE SAFETY AND UNSAFE ACTIVITY AT SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT, THAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE ADDRESSED WITH THIS BILL OF RIGHTS.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THAT.
UM, LEARNING, TEACHING PARENTS WHAT THE, THE PROCESS IS AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS.
I HEARD YOU MENTION LIKE THE TECHNICALITIES WITH THE NUMBER OF DAYS, AND IT'S, OH, YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY DAYS TO, TO FILE A GRIEVANCE, OR YOU HAVE TO WAIT.
THIS MANY, NO PARENT WANTS TO HEAR THAT WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS BEEN HARMED AND SOMETHING IS, IS, IS GOING WRONG, LIKE WE JUST NEED TO FIX IT AND WE NEED TO NOT DRAG IT OUT FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.
WE NEED TO FIX IT, AND WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION I'M HOPING THAT THIS PARENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS WILL BE HEADED, BECAUSE AGAIN, PARENTS WHO DON'T KNOW THE PROCESSES AND THE SYSTEM IS THEN USED AGAINST THEM AND IT'S WEAPONIZED AGAINST THEM.
UM, WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK ON SPECIFIC STAFF, ME STAFF ISSUES, I'LL TELL YOU IN GENERAL THAT IF YOU WANT A PRINCIPAL HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THAT IS ON OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO HOLD THE PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABLE.
NOW, OUR BOARD, HOWEVER, HAS A RIGHT TO OUR JOB IS TO THEN DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HOLD THAT PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABLE.
IF SAID, PRINCIPAL IS NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD MAJORITY IN ORDER TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT A DIRECTION TO HOLD A PRINCIPAL OR ANY STAFF MEMBER ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT IS OUR JOB AS A BOARD, IS TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO, YES, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO, IS DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN I FEEL LIKE I SEE AN INJUSTICE HAPPENING AND IT'S NOT BEING DEALT WITH.
IT IS NO PERSONAL VENDETTA OR ANYTHING PERSONAL AGAINST ANY ONE OF THESE WONDERFUL LADIES ON, ON OUR BOARD.
BUT MY SINGLE VOTE DOES NOTHING.
I HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS, TWO OF 'EM TO AGREE WITH ME IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE ANY SORT OF ACTION.
SO YEAH, IF SOMEBODY'S STANDING IN MY WAY OF, OF GETTING A JOB DONE THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE, YEP, I'M GONNA CALL IT OUT.
IT'S DOING MY JOB AND FIGHTING FOR A STUDENT OR A STAFF MEMBER IN THE WAY IN WHICH I SEE FIT.
UM, THE DETAILS OF THE CRAM LAWSUIT, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU.
I LEARNED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION FOR MYSELF FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME READING THAT LAWSUIT.
AND I SAT AND I CRIED AS I READ IT, AND I WAS INFURIATED WHEN I READ IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.
AND I'M SICK OF OUR BOARD BEING KEPT IN THE DARK BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO OUR JOB AS A BOARD IF WE AREN'T GIVEN THE DETAILS AND THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, THE, THE HOUSE SITUATION, WE HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN TO READ THE INVESTIGATION REPORT IN YOUR MATTER EITHER.
AND I FIND THAT TO BE HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE.
I WANT, AS A BOARD MEMBER, TO BE ABLE TO DO MY JOB.
I WANT ALL OF THE INFORMATION, I WANT ALL OF THE DETAILS, AND THEN I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND ACT AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
OTHERWISE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF US EVEN DOING THIS? UM, SO I CAN'T READ THE ATTORNEY'S EMAIL TO US TELLING US TO NOT DO OUR JOBS AND STICK OUR HEADS IN THE SAND AND ESSENTIALLY BUTT OUT.
BUT I'LL READ YOU MY RESPONSE TO HER.
THE SCHOOL BOARD IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY IN A DISTRICT.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT BOTH THROUGH POLICY AND ACTION WHEN NEEDED.
TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT WANT OUR BOARD TO HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY HAPPENINGS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OR SUPERINTENDENT FAIL TO ACT APPROPRIATELY TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, IT IS OUR BOARD'S DUTY TO STEP IN.
WHEN A BOARD MEMBER RECEIVES A REPORT OF A SAFETY CONCERN, IT IS THAT BOARD MEMBER'S DUTY TO ACT.
A FAILURE TO ACT ON A KNOWN THREAT EQUALS LIABILITY.
I GET PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ALL THE TIME.
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THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT ARE A TINY LITTLE PORTION OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING ARE GOING ON IN MY, IN, IN MY COUNTY.AND I AM SO SICK OF SENDING EMAILS AND NOT GETTING A SINGLE RESPONSE.
MY EMAIL INFORMING THE BOARD OF WHAT I DEEMED TO BE WAS, IS WHAT I DEEMED TO BE THE FIRST STEP OF TAKING NECESSARY ACTION.
I NOTIFIED THE BOARD WHEN A LEGITIMATE SAFETY CONCERN IS RECEIVED, AS WAS AGREED UPON BY OUR ENTIRE BOARD DURING OUR TRAINING WITH DR. MARTIN.
THIS CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED TO ME BY A RESPECTED STAFF MEMBER.
I STAND BY MY REQUEST THAT THE BOARD BE PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION.
THE DOCUMENTATION AND DATA NECESSARY TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE SAFETY ACTIONS ARE AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS WE HAVE SEEN.
ULTIMATELY, IT'LL BE OUR BOARD HELD LIABLE AND NAMED IN LAWSUITS WHEN SOMEONE IS HURT OR GOD FORBID, KILLED.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MRS. AND I'LL LEAVE HER NAME OUT OF IT FROM SANDERSON.
YOUR LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNS ME.
YOU ADMITTED THE ENTIRE FIRST SECTION OF POLICY.
J, WHICH STATES THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MAINTAINS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE RECORDS FOR EVERY STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.
KEYWORD, OUR BOARD MAINTAINS RECORDS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SERVES AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD HAVE THAT OUR BOARD WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VIEW UPON REQUEST.
OUR BOARD IS THE ULTIMATE HOLDER OF ALL STUDENT RECORDS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY NO ACCESS TO RECORDS.
WE CAN'T ACCESS YOUR CHILDREN'S GRADES.
WE CAN'T ACCESS DISCIPLINE REPORTS, EVERYTHING WE, I AND I AGREE, WE HAVE TO REQUEST IT.
AND IT IS NEVER IN OUR HANDS PERSONALLY.
IT'S PROVIDED IN A CLOSED SESSION.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITION SE, ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF FERPA, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ALLOW FOR RECORDS TO BE ACCESSED WHEN DEALING WITH ACTS OF VIOLENCE, VIOLATION OF RULES AND POLICIES AND DISCIPLINARY VIOLATIONS.
CAN YOU CITE SPECIFIC LAW THAT STATES A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS PROHIBITED FROM BEING PROVIDED WITH STUDENT DISCIPLINE RECORDS? WHEN A SAFETY CONCERN HAS BEEN REPORTED, OUR ATTORNEY HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ME FOR DAYS.
NOBODY HAS RESPONDED TO ME FOR DAYS.
IN MY IDEAL WORLD, I WOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT ADMINISTRATION WOULD ACT IN A MANNER TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY FAIL TO DO SO.
PENCE TOUCHED ON IN HER EMAIL, WE HAVE DISCOVERED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS BOARD HAS REPEATEDLY DECIDED TO NOT HOLD ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE ERRORS.
SO WHAT AM I GONNA DO? WHAT LEGAL ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE ME AS TO HOW I SHOULD PROCEED WHEN I HAVE A STAFF MEMBER CONTACT ME TO REPEAT, TO, TO REPORT A PATTERN OF VIOLENT ACTS AND A FEAR THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HARMED? AM I TO IGNORE THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF A CHILD IN CRISIS AND NOT FIGHT TO GET THAT CHILD THE ADDITIONAL HELP THAT THEY NEED? ARE YOU, MRS. LAWYER WILLING TO GO ON RECORD STATING YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE IS FOR ME TO SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING? ARE YOU TELLING THE REST OF MY BOARD TO IGNORE ME AND REFUSE TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT INFORM OUR BOARD ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE VIOLENT ACTS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OTHERS GOING FORWARD? I WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO SUCH WILLFUL ACTS OF NEGLIGENCE.
IF THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO BE FULLY NEGLIGENT, THEN LET US HOLD A PUBLIC VOTE WHERE EACH BOARD MEMBER MAY PUBLICLY DECLARE THEIR DESIRE TO DO SO.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING EACH OTHER IN SCHOOL.
I DO NOT THINK THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING STAFF MEMBERS.
I DO NOT THINK THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE GETTING IN THE FACE AND CUSSING OUT STAFF MEMBERS THAT SHOULD NOT EVER BE HAPPENING.
AND SO I, I'M TRYING MY ABSOLUTE BEST.
I NEED TWO OTHERS TO, TO GET ON BOARD WITH ME.
UM, WITH ALL THAT SAID, OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN UP TO FOR THE LAST MONTH, I'VE DONE A FOIA TRAINING, A COYA TRAINING, A PROCUREMENT TRAINING, AND A BUDGET FRAUD AND REPORTING TRAINING.
UM, SO I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE VISITS THAT I HAVE MADE.
I WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER, UM, CULINARY CLASS, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE PRE-K CLASS.
UM, I THINK THEY WERE GETTING PICKED UP.
I SAW THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PRE-K, UM, AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS THERE.
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AND, UM, THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE.THE, THE, THE, I COULD SEE THE STAFF.
THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRE-K CLASS THERE.
UM, BUT WAS ABLE TO VISIT THE CULINARY CLASS, UM, A GREAT PROGRAM THERE.
I VISITED E WILSON MORRISON AND WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH THE OFFICE SECRETARIES AND THE BUILDING PRINCIPAL, UM, UNTIL SHE, UH, WAS NEEDED FOR SOME SITUATIONS.
UM, THE LFK PROJECT, UM, WITH THE, UM, PLAYGROUND.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY IS HELPING TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ASKED WAS TO MAKE SURE, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT, BECAUSE ONE, I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS.
IT IS THE SMALLEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS HUGE.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I HAD ASKED TOO, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS ACCESSIBLE? AND I WAS ASSURED IT WAS, AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR PICTURES SHOWED.
SO I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT.
UM, ALSO VISITED OUR, UM, BLUE RIDGE EDUCATIONAL CENTER, WHICH IS A, ANOTHER, UM, PRIVATE SCHOOL HERE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH I KNOW I, UM, WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AND HAVE LUNCH AND, AND VISIT THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND I KNOW WE, WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THERE, AND IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE VISITED.
I AM HOPING TO MAYBE MAKE IT UP TO WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SEE THE SHOW THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, UM, THIS WEEKEND.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE UPDATE THAT LFK PRESENTED ON INSTRUCTION TONIGHT BECAUSE WE, WE DO NEED TO HANDLE THINGS AND WE TALK ABOUT THINGS AS THEY COME UP AND WE ADDRESS THINGS AS THEY COME UP.
I UNDERSTAND THE, THE PUBLIC'S FRUSTRATION WHEN THEY CAN'T HEAR BACK OR WE CAN'T SPEAK ON THINGS.
UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE PROCESSES, THERE ARE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE, AND EVERY CHILD IS DUE THOSE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FRUSTRATION.
YOU KNOW, I, I DO IT EVERY DAY IN MY DAY JOB.
I, I DO IT EVERY, EVERY NIGHT, EVERY LIVING BREATHING HOUR THAT I'M AWAKE IS OF EDUCATION.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS ARE HERE.
OUR PARENTS SEND THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INSTRUCTION.
MY KIDS, WHEN THEY WENT FROM TO KINDERGARTEN, 12TH GRADE, THEY WERE TAUGHT, THEY WERE INSTRUCTED.
THEY COME HERE FOR INSTRUCTION.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANNA SHARE.
I HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
I AM EAGER TO HEAR WHAT THE, TO SEE WHAT ALL OF THE COMMENTS ARE.
UM, I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THAT BILL OF RIGHTS AS IS.
IT'S NOT WHAT I HAD ENVISIONED, UM, OR ENVISIONED.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INFORM PARENTS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME WORK, AND AS A BOARD, WE WILL, WE WILL DO THAT CONTINUED WORK TO HAVE THAT OUT THERE.
I I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE SAID THAT HOPEFULLY, UM, IT'S NOT A POLICY.
IT'S A, IT'S A PIECE OF INFORMATION.
UM, BUT ONE THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, IS EVERYTHING WE DO AS A BOARD IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
THAT PROCESS FOLLOWS, SHOULD FOLLOW A COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL.
WE SHOULD HAVE DIVERSE DISCUSSIONS, DIVERSE OPINIONS, DIVERSE DISCUSSIONS.
THEY ALLOW FOR A RICH DIALOGUE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION AND A VOTE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
I I'M SAD THAT I FEEL WE DON'T SPEND TIME ON INSTRUCTION.
TALKING ABOUT, UM, TALKING ABOUT WHAT LFK WAS SHARING, UM, OH, I WROTE IT DOWN.
YOU FLY IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND IT'S FREE.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE WATER.
WHEN THEY CREATED THIS PROGRAM, THEY NOTICED THERE WAS A GAP.
UM, YOU KNOW, ORTON-GILLINGHAM HAGGERTY, I KNOW ALL THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE I'M AN EDUCATOR.
THAT IS WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR FUNDS EDUCATING OUR KIDS.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT A TYPICAL PATH IS.
'CAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE PATHS FOR OUR KIDS
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WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.IT'S NOT ME WHO MAKES A DECISION FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT ANYONE ON OUR BOARD WHO MAKES A DECISION FOR THEM.
IT IS IN VIRGINIA CODE AN IDEA THAT THEY AUTHORIZE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE DECISIONS FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE AN IEP THAT ARE THE IEP TEAMS. THE TEAMS WHO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, ANY RELATED SERVICES, ANY ADDITIONAL THO ANYTHING THAT WORKS WITH THOSE TEAMS. ANYBODY THAT WORKS WITH THOSE, UH, STUDENTS, THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
NOBODY ELSE GETS TO MAKE A DECISION FOR THAT STUDENT EXCEPT FOR THAT IEP TEAM.
UM, WE, WE DON'T MICROMANAGE THAT AS A BOARD, AND WE SHOULD NOT.
I'M AN EDUCATOR, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE CULTURE IN CLASSROOMS BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE EVERY DAY.
I'M NOT THE PRINCIPAL OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVING BELIEVE IN HOLDING ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, ALL OF OUR, ANY, EVERY, ANY, ANY OF OUR STAFF, EVERY STAFF MEMBER ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, I FEEL AMONGST US CURRENTLY, IS THAT OUR DIALOGUE IS NOT FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENTS AND ON OUR INSTRUCTION, ON OUR POLICIES AND WHAT WE ARE ELECTED TO DO AS A BOARD.
WHEN WE HAVE DIALOGUE THAT IS TAINTED AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS, AMONGST STAFF MEMBERS, WE HAVE BLAME.
WE, WE, WHEN WE LEAVE NO ROOM AND TIME FOR FACT FINDING, WE NOW HAVE NO ABILITY TO COMPROMISE AND TO GET TO THE DETAILS AND TO USE OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO, I WANT TO SEE US REFOCUS.
I WANT TO SEE US WORKING TO SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS ADDRESSING ALL NEEDS.
AND WHEN CONCERNS COME TO US, IF YOU BRING ME A CONCERN, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THE PERSON IT NEEDS TO, THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT CONCERN.
I PERSONALLY AM NOT THE INVESTIGATOR.
THAT'S NOT MY ROLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
IT'S NOT MY ROLE TO INVESTIGATE SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S NOT MY ROLE TO ASK YOU A HUNDRED QUESTIONS.
IT IS MY ROLE TO MAKE SURE YOUR CONCERN GETS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO THEN PUTS IT TO WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM SOMEBODY, YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM THEIR ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEN YES, I WANNA HEAR BACK FROM YOU.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO NOT, YOU GO FOR WEEKS AND NOT HEAR FROM
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT IF THERE'S A SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AT SEVEN 11, YOU CALL THE POLICE, WE CALL THEM, THEY INVESTIGATE, THEY DO THEIR JOB.
WE NEED TO LET OUR STAFF DO THEIR JOB.
AND WHEN WE FEEL THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE WILL ADDRESS IT.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I SAID IN THERE WAS FACT FINDING.
WE ARE ALL CONNECTED TO THIS COUNTY.
WE ALL HAVE A PASSION AND WE ALL HAVE A VIEW AND A PERSPECTIVE THAT WE BRING, BUT ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO RELY ON WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
AND SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT THE JUDGE OF THAT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FACTS BROUGHT TO US, AND THEN WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THE FACTS.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT MADE SENSE.
I JUST WANT US TO FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION, OUR STUDENTS MAKING SURE OUR, OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE, OUR KIDS ARE COMING.
WHAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, THOSE ARE THE ATTENDANCE TO GET THEM HERE.
NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COMING INTO A SCHOOL AND BEING UNSAFE.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING ON
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WHAT WE'RE TASKED TO DO, OUR INSTRUCTION, OUR POLICIES, AND THE INFORMATION THAT DID JUST COME OUT WITH OUR SCHOOLS THAT NEED, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENT.YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS? HOW ARE WE GONNA SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS AND THOSE ASSISTANTS AND THOSE PRINCIPALS SO THAT THEY CAN USE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE TO, TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS SO THAT WHEN THEY ALL LEAVE IN 12TH GRADE, THEY ALL CAN BE, CAN GO OUT INTO THE WORLD, INTO THE COMPETITIVE WORLD.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL TO THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.
UM, I WANNA SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE THIS PAST MONTH.
UM, I WAS INVITED TO AN FFA BREAKFAST AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH I ATTENDED, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.
I GOT TO SEE, UM, SOME OF THE BUNNIES IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
I GOT TO SEE THEIR OUTDOOR GARDEN AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND MEET SOME OF THOSE FANTASTIC STUDENTS.
UM, WE HAD A JOINT BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THIS PAST FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST, AND THEN WE HAD A BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE YESTERDAY.
UM, I WON'T GO INTO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW DR.
BALLINGER IS TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT LATER, SO I WON'T REPEAT THAT.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS OUR ROLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE BEEN BEHAVING AS A BOARD LATELY.
WE ARE ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WHICH MEANS WE DO THE PUBLIC'S WORK WITH SOME SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS.
OUR DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE PUBLIC, AS SHOULD OUR DECISIONS AND OUR VOTES.
OUR POWER LIES IN OUR ACTIONS AS A FULL BOARD, NOT AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS.
THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF A SCHOOL BOARD ARE TO DEVELOP POLICY, TO APPROVE A SCHOOL BUDGET, TO HIRE AND EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO APPROVE OR REJECT HIRING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HEAR APPEALS ON STUDENT AND STAFF ISSUES UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO FOLLOW ALL LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
OUR WORK SHOULD GENERALLY BE CONDUCTED IN AN OPEN AND PUBLIC FORUM LIKE THIS.
THIS PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY AND ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD MORE AND MORE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AS A BOARD OVER EMAIL, WHICH IS NOT TRANSPARENT OR EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE TOPICS OFTEN HAVE BEEN ON INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS, NOT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICY OR BUDGET.
THIS MAKES ME REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN I HAVE TRIED TO EXPRESS THAT TO THE BOARD.
I WAS ACCUSED OF NOT WANTING TO DO MY JOB AND ASKED TO STEP BACK AND ALLOW THE BOARD TO CONTINUE THIS BEHAVIOR.
I'M NOT SURE I WAS FULLY HEARD BEFORE, AND I THINK THIS MAY BE A BETTER VENUE FOR ME TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WILL TRY TO DO TODAY.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I SHOULD SIT BACK WHEN I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOARD IS TAKING ACTIONS THAT ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH OPEN MEETING LAWS AND THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND DEMOCRACY WHEN I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY HARMING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BY MICROMANAGING OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF.
AND WHEN I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT RESPECTING THE FEDERALLY PROTECTED PRIVACY OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO FIRST, TALKING ABOUT OPEN MEETING LAWS, PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND BORE EMAILS.
THIS ONE I THINK IS REALLY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THAT SHOULD BE AN OPEN SESSION.
UM, WITH REGARD TO REPLY ALL EMAILS, THE FOIA COUNCIL OF VIRGINIA HAS A DOCUMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ENTITLED EMAIL AND MEETINGS UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT THAT DISCUSSES THE USE OF EMAIL BY BOARD MEMBERS IN RELATION TO OPEN MEETING LAWS.
IT CONCLUDES WITH FOUR TIPS, INCLUDING A RECOMMENDATION THAT BOARD MEMBERS REPLY TO SENDER.
RATHER THAN REPLY ALL IT SAYS, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO WITNESS THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT.
IF YOU QUESTION WHETHER YOUR EMAIL COMMUNICATION MIGHT LEAD TO THE DELIBERATION OF PUBLIC BUSINESS BY THREE OR MORE MEMBERS OF A PUBLIC BODY IN REAL TIME, THEN YOU MAY BE BETTER SERVED BY SAVING THAT COMMUNICATION FOR A PUBLIC MEETING.
IT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT IF WE ARE RESPONDING TO EACH OTHER, WE CHOOSE RESPOND TO SENDER INSTEAD OF REPLY ALL TO MAKE IT HARDER TO AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THESE SECRETIVE CONVERSATIONS.
NOW, THERE IS PLENTY OF GRAY AREA.
THERE IS, IT'S NOT SAYING THAT EVERY REPLY ALL IS ALWAYS A FOIA VIOLATION, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUGGESTING EITHER.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN EXAMPLES WHERE I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO EMAIL EACH OTHER, LIKE IF WE'RE COMPARING SCHEDULES OR SHARING REPORTS OF CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT ALL BOARD BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE, UM, ANSWERING BASIC FACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT GET POSED TO ALL OF US SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALL FIVE OF US REPLY THE SAME THING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I'VE BEEN WITNESSING, UH, AN INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF REPLY ALL EMAILS SENT AMONG OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
AND IT HAS ME CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT ACTING IN THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY.
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE HAPPENING
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DURING OUR ACTUAL MEETINGS, WHICH IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO TONIGHT.MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE MICROMANAGING OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR STAFF.
IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO BE WEIGHING IN ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DISCIPLINE ISSUES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CASES THAT HAVE COME TO THE BOARD ON APPEAL FROM THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, OR DIRECTING OR REPRIMANDING INDIVIDUAL STAFF OTHER THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AGAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CASES THAT HAVE COME TO THE BOARD ON APPEAL FROM THE IMPACTED STAFF MEMBER.
WHEN WE VOTED TO LEAVE THE VSBA, WE ISOLATED OURSELVES FROM OUR HISTORICALLY LONGSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT NETWORK AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM OUR PEERS ACROSS THE STATE.
THAT ORGANIZATION TRADITIONALLY WOULD HAVE ASSISTED US AS A BOARD MEMBER IN UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLE AND DUTIES AS A SCHOOL BOARD.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, WE ARE STILL THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN VIRGINIA THAT IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE VSBA.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I TRIED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAD LEFT AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THAT.
HOWEVER, THE VSBA DOES HAVE SOME PUBLIC FACING MATERIALS ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, WHICH ANYONE CAN ACCESS.
UM, I'LL QUOTE FROM A FEW OF THESE.
IT SAYS, THE BOARD IS A PUBLIC POLICY MAKING BODY.
ITS POLICIES SET OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SEE THAT THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY.
IF YOU EVER WONDER AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHETHER YOU'RE STEPPING IN INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE AREA, ASK YOURSELF, AM I ESTABLISHING A GOAL OR AM I DOING SOMETHING TO CARRY ONE OUT? THE FORMER IS THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY.
THE LATTER IS THAT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
BY INSERTING YOURSELF INTO A SITUATION PRIOR TO YOUR PROPER STEP IN THE CHANNELS, WHICH IS THE APPEAL, YOU MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR STAFF AT WHOSE LEVEL THE PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE AND MOST PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
THEY HAVE, UH, PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, THAT THE BOARD DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MANAGE THE DIVISION AND PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR STAFF.
SUCH AUTHORITY IS COMMUNICATED THROUGH WRITTEN BOARD POLICIES.
A BOARD THAT DOES OR REDO STAFF WORK DISEMPOWERS THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MUST NOT INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE VSBA SAMPLE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH HISTORICALLY THIS BOARD, UM, SIGNED UP UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, UM, WHEN WE DECIDED NOT TO HAVE ANY CODE OF CONDUCT FOR OURSELVES AT ALL INCLUDES THIS POINT, I WILL DELEGATE AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOLS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ESTABLISHED A PROCESS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADMINISTRATORS.
NOW, KNOWING THIS BOARD HAS VOTED TO LEAVE THE VSBA, I DON'T WANNA REPLY OR RELY ONLY ON ITS WORD.
IT IS TRICKY LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE SINCE ALL STATES HAVE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE LAWS.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA DOES SEEM TO BE PRETTY UNIVERSAL.
I WILL GIVE YOU FIVE REGIONAL EXAMPLES.
THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SAYS, AS BOARD MEMBERS MAKE DECISIONS AND FIND THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, THEY SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES, AM I PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF IN ESTABLISHING POLICY FOR THE DISTRICT? OR HAVE I STEPPED INTO THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATOR? THE WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SAYS, AN EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBER SHOULD RESPECT THE EXPERTISE OF STAFF.
RECOGNIZE THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HAVE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE RESPECTIVE AREAS AND TRUST THEIR EXPERTISE AND DEFER TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT IN OPERATIONAL MATTERS.
THE KENTUCKY, UM, SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP GUIDE SAYS, OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR FUNCTION IS THAT OF A POLICYMAKING BOARD MEMBER AND NOT ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.
SIMILAR TO A LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, GIVE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AUTHORITY IN KEEPING WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE TENNESSEE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION NEW MEMBER GUIDE, UM, HAS A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT SAYS, I WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD SETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH POLICY, AND THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT MANAGE THE DISTRICT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
IT SAYS, MANAGEMENT BY A BOARD IS NEITHER EFFICIENT NOR EXPEDIENT.
A BOARD EXERCISES ITS POWER THROUGH POLICY.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE GEORGIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, APPARENTLY THERE'S A LAW IN GEORGIA THAT STATES THAT BOARD MEMBERS MUST NOT MICROMANAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO THEREFORE, THEY RECOMMEND THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE BOARD MEMBER RECEIVING A COMPLAINT CANNOT STEP IN AND ATTEMPT TO FIX THE ISSUE AS THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR COULD PUT THE DISTRICT'S ACCREDITATION IN JEOPARDY.
NOW THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE IN VIRGINIA.
UM, IN RECENT MONTHS, THIS BOARD HAS RECEIVED AND SENT DOZENS OF EMAILS AMONG OURSELVES AND HAD CLOSED SESSION CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE THE BOARD SHOULD NOT BE DECIDING ON.
UM, THESE INCLUDE STUDENT AND STAFF ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT GOING TO STATE ANY OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES, BUT JUST IN VERY BROAD TERMS, THAT HAS INCLUDED APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT FOR A STUDENT, APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT.
FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND SAFETY AND THREAT ASSESSMENTS, IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND STAFF ISSUES.
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SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO WE HAVE HIRED AND PAY TO WORK IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT BY US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS BOARD MEMBERS.WE ARE NOT TRAINED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION THREAT ASSESSMENT EMPLOYMENT LAW.
AS A BOARD, OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE POLICY.
WHEN WE TRY TO WEIGH IN ON INDIVIDUAL CASES, THIS CONSTITUTES GOVERNMENT OVERREACH.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHECK ON OUR POWER FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
REALLY ONLY OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHECK OUR POWER.
UM, OR IF WE GET SUED, THEN THE COURTS CAN DO IT.
ASIDE FROM THAT, THIS IS ALSO JUST NOT HOW A GOOD MANAGER BEHAVES.
AS ANYONE WHO HAS EVER WORKED FOR A BOSS KNOWS, WE'RE LOOKING OVER THE SHOULDERS OF ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS FOR THEM.
UM, THERE ARE PLENTY OF SOURCES ONLINE ABOUT MICROMANAGEMENT AND WHY IT IS HARMFUL.
ACCORDING TO INVESTOPEDIA, A MICROMANAGER IS A BOSS OR MANAGER WHO GIVES EXCESSIVE SUPERVISION TO EMPLOYEES, A MICROMANAGER, RATHER THAN TELLING AN EMPLOYEE WHAT TASK NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND BY WHEN, WE'LL WATCH THE EMPLOYEE'S ACTIONS CLOSELY AND PROVIDE FREQUENT CRITI CRITICISM OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK AND PROCESS.
THEY FOCUS ON THE DAY-TO-DAY PERFORMANCE AND DECI DECISIONS OF THE INDIVIDUALS.
THE WEBSITE PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SAYS EMPLOYEES MAY FEEL UNMOTIVATED AND UNINSPIRED TO THINK CREATIVELY WHEN FACED WITH A MICROMANAGER, THEY FEEL MENTALLY BOXED IN AND IN EXTREME SITUATIONS, PHYSICALLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND EVEN DEPRESSED.
MICROMANAGERS GET IN THE WAY OF REAL CHANGE IN AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY DISMISS OBSERVATIONS AND SOLUTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW BEST.
THIS PREVENT PRESENTS A REAL DANGER TO INNOVATION AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS.
THEY'RE HOLDING ONTO CONTROL AND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN EMPOWERING OTHERS.
AND FINALLY, ACCORDING TO THE GROWTH FORCE WEBSITE, CONSEQUENCES OF MICROMANAGEMENT CAN INCLUDE, IT DESTROYS WORKPLACE CULTURE.
IT'S A WASTE OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
IT STIFLES CREATIVITY AND PREVENTS INNOVATION, AND IT CAUSES EMPLOYEE TURNOVER.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE MAKING OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF MISERABLE.
WE ARE LOSING TALENT, WASTING OUR STAFF TIME, AND BY EXTENSION OUR COMMUNITY'S TAX DOLLARS BEING MICROMANAGED.
SECOND GUEST, HAVING YOUR BOSS OR YOUR BOSS'S BOSS BREATHING DOWN YOUR BACK, BADMOUTHING YOU OR YOUR COWORKERS IN PUBLIC.
WHO WOULD WANT TO WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT? I WOULDN'T.
OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHERE THEY COULD WORK.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO RETAIN OR ATTRACT TALENT.
US EMPOWERING OUR QUALIFIED, TRAINED STAFF TO DO THEIR JOBS IS NOT DOING NOTHING.
IT IS NOT BEING LAZY OR AVOIDING OUR JOBS, AND IT IS NOT IRRESPONSIBLE OR NEGLIGENT.
IT IS ACTING ETHICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY AND REFRAINING FROM OVERREACH.
IT IS REALIZING THAT WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS IN THESE AREAS, AND THAT ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY TRAINED LICENSED PROFESSIONALS AND NOT BY PART-TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS.
ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS OVER INVOLVEMENT IS THAT BY THE CODE AND OUR OWN POLICIES, OUR BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR APPEALS IN STUDENT AND STAFF ISSUES.
OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM THIS BASIC DUTY IS COMPROMISED WHEN WE ARE BROUGHT INTO THE SITUATION FROM THE BEGINNING AND ARE DIRECTING OUTCOMES.
HOW CAN A STUDENT APPEAL THEIR DISCIPLINE DECISION TO US IF WE WERE THE ONES WHO DECIDED ON THEIR DISCIPLINE IN THE FIRST PLACE? HOW CAN AN EMPLOYEE APPEAL THEIR TERMINATION TO US IF WE ALREADY LOOKED AT ALL THE EVIDENCE A MONTH AGO AND DECIDED THEY WERE IN THE WRONG, OR IF WE ENCOURAGE THEIR BOSS TO FIRE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? OR IF WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH SOMEONE WHO FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE, WE AS A BOARD NEED TO STAY OUT OF THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS ON THE FRONT END SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR ACTUAL JOBS.
MY LAST POINT IS ON OUR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THIS MEANS WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT PRIVACY FROM EVERYONE INCLUDING OURSELVES.
THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS.
THERE IS A FEDERAL LAW CALLED THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT, OR FERPA THAT PROTECTS THE PRIVACY OF STUDENT EDUCATION RECORDS.
FERPA STATES THAT WE AS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SHOULD ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS IF WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE EDUCATIONAL NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
I LISTED OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES EARLIER, BUT GENERALLY THEY'RE TO SET POLICY AND BUDGET TO HIRE AND EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IN SPECIFIC CASES TO HEAR APPEALS.
IF WE ARE HEARING AN APPEAL, THEN THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO BE PROVIDED WITH DETAILED STUDENT INFORMATION IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FERPA AND IN RESPECTING OUR STUDENTS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL IN JUST WANTING TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN SCHOOLS ASKING TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT EVERY COMPLAINT OR GRIEVANCE, AND ASKING TO VIEW VIDEOS OF STUDENT INTERACTIONS WHEN THESE SITUATIONS ARE NOT COMING TO US ON APPEAL.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE HEARD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR BOARD ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
AGAIN, I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS, BUT THIS INCLUDES SPECIFIC CONDUCT INCIDENTS, APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR A CHILD WHERE
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A PARTICULAR CHILD GOES TO THE BATHROOM, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR CHILD, AND WHAT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION STRATEGIES SHOULD BE USED AT TIMES, INCLUDING SPECIFIC AND IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF PARTICULAR STUDENT IEPS, FIVE OH FOURS, AND BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLANS UPON HEARING COMPLAINTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONLY REFERRING IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ENSURE IT IS HANDLED, THIS BOARD HAS FREQUENTLY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING DETAILED REPORTS, DISCIPLINE RECORDS, STAFF NOTES, VIDEOS, SOMETIMES GOING BACK 18 MONTHS AND ASKING WHICH SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE TOOK WHICH ACTIONS.HOW LONG DID A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE SPEND WORKING ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE, ET CETERA.
IN RESPONSE TO THESE REQUESTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, WE HAVE RECEIVED DESCRIPTIONS SOMETIMES DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF KNOWING WHICH STUDENTS GET ALONG AND WHICH DON'T, WHO DATED WHOM, WHO HAS MADE EYE CONTACT WITH WHOM, WHERE KIDS SIT IN THE CAFETERIA AT LUNCH, IT STRETCHES THE IMAGINATION.
HOW OR WHY A SCHOOL BOARD WOULD NEED TO KNOW THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IN ORDER TO DO OUR WORK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TO BE SURE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND TO GET GENERAL UPDATES, BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE ASSESSING OR ASSERTING OUR OPINIONS OF HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. THIS INFORMATION CAN INFORM US IN MAKING CHANGES AT OUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AS NEEDED, LIKE TO THE POLICY AND THE BUDGET.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE THIS RIGHT TO PRIVACY, EVEN IF A COMPLAINT COMES TO US FROM SOMEONE IN ANOTHER COUNTY, EVEN IF THE ISSUE IS HANDLED IN A WAY THAT WE MAY NOT PERSONALLY AGREE WITH, EVEN IF WE WOULD'VE PERSONALLY DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH OUR OWN CHILDREN.
AND EVEN IF IT'S A REALLY SERIOUS MATTER, I WOULD SAY ESPECIALLY, THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD NOT BE THE DECISION MAKER ON THOSE ISSUES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SCHOOLS WHO CAME THIS EVENING, UM, TO PRESENT AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME TO SPEAK.
I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY FRUSTRATING VENUE FOR YOU TO COME AND SPEAK TO US.
I KNOW YOU WANT US TO HAVE ANSWERS BACK TO YOU.
UM, SO I, I RECOGNIZE THAT AND I HEAR WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A CONTINUED FRUSTRATION, UM, WITH THE WAY THIS IS SET UP.
UM, JUST A FEW REPORTS FROM WHAT I'VE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
UM, MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD, WE MET, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
A BIG UPDATE FROM THEM IS GONNA BE ALL DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO FAMILIES OF THOSE STUDENTS AREN'T GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THOSE FEES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAD THE, UM, PROPOSED AND APPROVED, UM, BUDGET AND ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL.
FIRST DRAFTS HAVE GONE THROUGH.
I WAS ABLE TO MEET AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 21ST.
I MET WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS VISITED THE PATHWAYS AND CONNECTIONS CLASSROOM, AND MOSTLY JUST GOT TO SIT AROUND WITH, UH, SEVERAL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THERE AND JUST KIND OF HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THEIR BUILDING.
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE MESSAGE WAS KIND OF THE SAME.
THEY JUST NEED MORE BODIES IN THEIR BUILDING.
UM, TEACHERS ARE THERE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS.
THEY CERTAINLY DO THEIR BEST TO ADDRESS DISCIPLINE MATTERS AS THEY COME UP, BEHAVIORS AS THEY COME UP.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THEY REALLY JUST ARE ASKING FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS JUST HAVING A VOLUNTEER IN THE BUILDING, AN ADULT THAT A STUDENT COULD JUST DO A LAP WITH FOR A MINUTE, JUST HAVE A COOL DOWN PERIOD.
UM, THEY SORT OF, UM, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE? WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORTS TONIGHT FOR OUR LFK PROJECT FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS HERE IN WARREN COUNTY THAT I THINK WE COULD REACH OUT TO TO GET INTO OUR SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE WHAT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS COULD WE REACH OUT TO? WHAT MENTORING PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE? PROJECT COURAGE CAN ONLY TAKE SO MANY STUDENTS, SO MAYBE WE CAN INCREASE OUR VOLUNTEER LOAD FOR THOSE STUDENTS PROGRAMS THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, I KNOW OUR SROS HAVE LOTS OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE READY TO PRESENT AT OUR SCHOOLS, MORE IN COALITION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE AS OPTIONS JUST TO TRY TO BRING MORE SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE IN TURN, OUR TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED OR ABLE, NOT ALLOWED ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE HERE TO DO AND EDUCATE STUDENTS, UM, WITH THOSE EXTRA HANDS ON DECK.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO, UM, SIT AND TALK TO ONE OF OUR PARENT VOLUNTEERS, MAYBE OUR ONLY PARENT VOLUNTEER AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, BASICALLY SHE HAD MUCH OF THE SAME TO SAY THAT HER IMPACT AND WHAT SHE FEELS IS MAKING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WHILE SHE'S AT SKELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS JUST BEING ABLE TO BE AN ADULT THERE.
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THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TRYING TO DIFFUSE SITUATIONS BEFORE THEY ESCALATE TO A POINT THAT WE CAN'T COME BACK FROM.AND REALLY JUST, WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT SORT OF MENTOR PROGRAMS COULD WE PUT IN PLACE AT THOSE SCHOOLS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INTERACT, WE HAVE EARLY ACT.
THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS ARE SORT OF IDENTIFIED AND, AND SHOWN HOPEFULLY TO BE THE, THE LEADERS AND SHOW SOME RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO CAN WE PAIR OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WITH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AND HAVE SORT OF JUST A STUDENT TO STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM? I MEAN, MAYBE WE COULD START TURNING SOME OF OUR FOCUS ONTO THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE WORK THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE TO DO.
SO IT IS REALLY TIME FOR US TO START LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO HELP SUPPORT THESE, THESE SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS.
UM, I, I KNOW THE PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS WENT OUT LAST NIGHT.
UM, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T RECEIVE IT IN MY EMAIL UNTIL I STARTED GETTING A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT IT.
UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT MS. SALEM'S HAD TO SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S NOT THE DOCUMENT THAT I ENVISIONED.
UM, IT IS NOT THE FINAL DOCUMENT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
IT WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY TO GET THE KIND OF INPUT THAT I HAD ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT THAT WE HAD HERE TONIGHT.
UM, MAYBE MS. JENKINS IS RIGHT THAT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE, IT WASN'T SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD TO PUT IN PLACE, BUT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO START HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
IN MY MIND, I PICTURE THIS PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS AS JUST MORE OF A SORT OF BROAD, UM, OUTLINING OF WHAT THE MAIN IDEAS ARE.
AND THEN LET'S PUT SOME OF THOSE POLICY LINKS IN PLACE.
SO FOR PARENTS WHO ARE FINDING OUR WEBSITE CUMBERSOME TO GET TO THE SPECIFIC POLICY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, LET'S PUT A LINK THERE.
OKAY, I WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE ACTION THAT MY STUDENT IS FACING.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE IT, UM, JUST EASIER FOR PARENTS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY THE POINT OF IT, TO TRY TO HELP THEM FIND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, ALL IN ONE LOCATION.
UM, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WITH STAFF.
I THINK THAT KIND OF GOES RIGHT WITH THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WELL, WHO DO I CONTACT? SO I'M HAVING A PROBLEM.
I'VE CHECKED WHAT PROCEDURES I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW.
WELL, HOW DO I FIND THE CONTACT OF WHO I SHOULD REACH OUT TO? SO I THINK HAVING THAT INFORMATION THERE IS ANOTHER WAY WE CAN JUST TRY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ONE PAGE OR SAME PAGE DOCUMENT AS WELL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A BOARD FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
AND THE, THE POINT OF THAT DOCUMENT IS GONNA BE TO REALLY OUTLINE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS FOR COMMUNICATION IS.
SO WHAT'S THE COMMUNICATION SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN US AS A BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS? HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA CLARIFY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INCIDENT OR A COMPLAINT OCCURS.
OUR BOARD WANTS TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO WE, WE RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT OR THE INCIDENT, AND THEN THIS DOCUMENT WILL SAY, OKAY, YOU RECEIVED IT.
YOU'RE GONNA SEND IT OUT TO YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND HE'S GONNA NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.
OR HE WILL PASS IT ALONG TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BUILDING OR WHOEVER NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE, WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE COMPLAINT OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE INCIDENT AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE AS THE BOARD, ARE NOT EXPECTED AND SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT ITEM.
WE'RE AWARE THAT IT HAPPENED, WE'RE PASSING IT ON.
OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO INVESTIGATE IT, TO MAKE A DECISION, TO TAKE AN ACTION ON IT.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET INVOLVED AT THAT POINT.
WE ABSOLUTELY, WE KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE FOLLOW UP, WE SAY, HEY, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS INCIDENT THAT WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON? WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE CHECKING AND WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING UP.
SO I'M HOPING LIKE SORT OF ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS WILL GO TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY JUST IMPROVE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST BETWEEN US, BUT BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SCHOOL MEMBERS, AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND JUST EVERYBODY.
THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GONNA BE.
WE HAD, UM, I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM WCEA, SOME TEACHERS HERE TONIGHT, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF TEACHERS NOW REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT OUR ONGOING ESS AND SUBSTITUTE, UM, IN-HOUSE CONVERSATIONS AND THE TEACHER ABSENCES CONVERSATIONS.
AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE AGAIN, THAT ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS
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THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, ARE IN AN EFFORT TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE ABSENCES THAT WE'RE FACED WITH.WE ALL AGREE THAT A STUDENT'S EDUCATION IS GONNA BE MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT OF COURSE, WE ALL REALIZE THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE ILLNESSES, THERE ARE GONNA BE FAMILY EMERGENCIES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE ABSENCES.
THE POINT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH ESS OR BRINGING THE SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM IN-HOUSE OR FINDING ANOTHER PROGRAM TO USE IS HOW CAN WE FILL THOSE SPOTS WHEN WE HAVE ABSENCES? THIS IS IN NO WAY US TRYING TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING OR SUGGEST THAT TEACHERS ARE JUST CALLING OUT FOR THE FUN OF IT.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE, AND WE KNOW THAT THEIR, THEIR STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW AT TIMES THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE BUILDING.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR THAT IN ANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UM, I WASN'T SURE, UM, IF I'D HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TONIGHT OR NOT.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T, I'M NOT NAMING ANY NAMES AND HOPEFULLY NOT LOSING ANY CONFIDENCE IN THIS.
BUT, UM, SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, I'VE HAD SEVEN ADMINISTRATORS COME INDEPENDENTLY TO ME AND I'VE SAT AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM, AND THEY'VE REALLY, THEY'VE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF OUR BOARD.
THE, THE WAY THAT OUR BOARD CAN OVERSTEP, THEY FEEL LEVELS OF STRESS I THINK THAT THEY'VE NOT EVER FELT BEFORE.
THEY FEEL, UM, HINDERED BY US.
AND SOMETIMES I THINK AFRAID TO EVEN MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO REACT.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COUNTY FOR DECADES AND WOULD PLAN TO RETIRE HERE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAVE SO MANY DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING ABOUT HOW TO RETAIN TEACHERS, HOW TO RETAIN ADMINISTRATORS.
AND THIS ISN'T THE WAY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABOUT THE MONEY AND HOW MUCH THEY CAN MAKE.
IT'S GONNA BE WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT THEY GET.
UM, AND AS, AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY AND SOMEONE WHO PLANS TO STAY HERE, I DO FIND IT HEARTBREAKING THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO WANT TO BE IN THIS COUNTY AND WHO YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE CHOSEN US AND CHOSEN TO BE HERE, ARE NOT, ARE NOT FEELING THAT ANYMORE.
AND, UM, I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND, AND REALLY JUST SHOW THAT KIND OF SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
UM, AND HOPE THAT IT'S NOT TOO LATE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MENTIONS, AND I KNOW THE ARTICLE CAME OUT IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN TROUBLE.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE LEAVE LOSE DECADES AND DECADES OF EXPERIENCE FROM OUR COUNTY, UM, THAT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE.
UM, THAT WE HAVE NO CHANCE TO IMPROVE WHEN WE HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE LEAVING US, UM, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S I THINK ALL I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT ABOUT THAT.
BALLER, DID YOU WANT THE BUDGET UNDER REPORTS OR UNDER DISCUSSION? UH, WE MOVED IT DOWN TO DISCUSSION.
YEAH, WE MOVED IT TO DISCUSSION.
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MOVE TO THE ACTION AGENDA THEN.AND THE FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING IS POTENTIAL 2024 PSA SPRING POOL REFUNDING.
AND I THINK WE DO HAVE, OR AT LEAST I KNOW THEY WERE WORKING ON, UM, SOME PRESENTERS WITH THE BOND COMPANY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD TONIGHT.
OH, THEY'RE, OH, THEY'RE ON MINE.
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ISSUANCE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT'S OUTSTANDING, UH, AND THERE'S A CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY REFUND THAT FOR AGAINST SERVICE STATEMENTS THIS SPRING THROUGH VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SPRING POOL.UM, THERE'S ABOUT $11 MILLION STILL OUTSTANDING.
UM, AND WHAT WILL REALLY HAPPEN IS IF YOU ALL GIVE YOUR GO AHEAD TONIGHT, UM, THE COUNTY BOARD ON TUESDAY WILL ALSO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION.
AND IN THAT RESOLUTION, THEY WILL SET PARAMETERS THAT SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SAVINGS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FUNDING.
UM, AND WE WILL KNOW AROUND MID, MID APRIL WHETHER OR NOT THAT RE REFUND WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN BASED ON THE INTEREST RATES AT THE TIME.
UM, SO REALLY ALL WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT IS TO PASS THE RESOLUTION OR TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE.
UM, THAT GIVES THE COUNTY THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO DPSA, UH, TO PUT THEMSELVES IN, TO POTENTIALLY, UH, BE ABLE TO DO THIS REFUNDING AGAIN.
IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF THOSE PARAMETERS THAT THEY SET NEXT WEEK, UM, ARE ACTUALLY MET.
AND THERE WILL BE NO COST TO THE COUNTY IF WE GET TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE.
AND IT'S DETERMINED THAT INTEREST RATES JUST AREN'T, AREN'T GOING TO BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
THIS IS THE ONLY ACTION YOU WOULD NEED FOR YOU ALL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FOOD FUNDING.
AND AGAIN, IT WILL ONLY MOVE FORWARD IF YOU ALL PROVIDE THIS ACTION AND THEN THE COUNTY BOARD PROVIDES THEIRS.
AND THEN INTEREST RATES ARE AT A LEVEL WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THE RE REFUNDING ITSELF.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU ALL ARE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY SAVINGS, THE COUNTY'S NOT GONNA SEE ANY SAVINGS FROM THIS.
UM, AND THERE WON'T BE ANY REAL COST FOR THE COUNTY, JUST SOME TIME ON THE FRONT END HERE.
SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING IF WE WERE TO VOTE YES ON THIS, IT WOULD NOT, THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT IT WOULD COST THE SCHOOLS OR THE COUNTY MONEY.
THERE'S ONLY A CHANCE THAT IT COULD SAVE US MONEY, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT NOT.
AND THEN IF IT DIDN'T, THEN IT WOULD JUST FALL AWAY.
IS THAT, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, AND IF IT DOES FALL AWAY, THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANCES IN THE FUTURE TO DO THIS.
AGAIN, YOU INTEREST RATES IMPROVE.
YOU, YOU PASS THIS THIS EVENING, UM, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE COUNTY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, AND THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO YOU ALL OR THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MR. VALENTINE? I MEANT TO ASK YOU THIS BEFOREHAND, BUT WE DID THIS ONCE BEFORE WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD.
IT WAS MAYBE 2020, I THINK SOMETHING SIMILAR.
THIS COME UP EVERY COUPLE YEARS.
I, I FORGET WHEN THE LAST REFUNDING WAS, BUT YES, THIS HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS NUMEROUS TIMES.
UM, THE WAY THAT THIS HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME IS THAT THE, THE WAY THAT THESE BONDS ARE PRICED AND THEY ARE SET UP, EACH INDIVIDUAL MATURITY HAS A DIFFERENT INTEREST RATE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE HERE.
UM, AND IN THE PAST WE HAVE GONE FORWARD WITH REFUNDINGS TO, TO, TO SAVE MONEY ON SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, MATURITIES THAT WERE OUTSTANDING AT THE TIME.
AND NOW WHAT'S LEFT IS THIS $11 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT INTEREST RATES COULD APPROVE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UM, AND PUT, PUT THE COUNTY IN A POSITION WHERE SAVINGS COULD BE ACHIEVED.
BUT YES, IT WAS LAST RUN IN SPRING OF 2021.
UH, IT WAS ALSO DONE ON OTHER MATURITIES IN FALL OF 2020.
UM, AND NOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE AT A LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE ON THE BRINK OF IT BEING BENEFICIAL.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE RESOLUTION BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.B. Acceptance of Donation - Ms. Vacca]
WE HAVE ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION.[02:15:18]
DO I GO AHEAD AND TALKTHEY HAVE DONATED $500 TO LFK TO GO TOWARDS STEM RESOURCES.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THIS, UM, THESE FUNDS.
WE HAVE OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHT ON WEDNESDAY THE 27TH.
SO WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE OUR FUNDS TO HELP WITH RESOURCES FOR THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHT, AS WELL AS WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO, UM, MAKE SCIENCE KITS THAT TAKE HOME FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO WE WANNA FORMALLY THANK THEM FOR THAT DONATION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTS THE DONATION AS PRESENTED TO LESLIE FOX, KAISER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH GRATITUDE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.C. Routing Software/GPS/GPS service/Parent Portal - Mr. Mitchell]
UP WE HAVE THE ROUTING SOFTWARE, G-P-S-G-P-S SERVICE PARENT PORTAL.UH, EDUCATIONAL LOGISTICS, WHICH, UH, IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS EDGY LOG IS OUR SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER FOR OUR ROUTING SOFTWARE.
UM, THEY ALSO DO OUR PARENT PORTAL AND THEY PROVIDE, UH, WITHIN THAT OUR APP FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THE BUS AND SEE, GET, LIKE THEIR ARRIVAL NOTICES.
UM, THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR UP UPDATED SOFTWARE WILL ACTUALLY INCLUDE A REDUNDANT CALLER.
SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE IF WE'RE MAKING AN ALL CALL FOR BUS DELAY OR WHATEVER, WE'RE, WE'RE DEPENDENT STRICTLY ON POWERSCHOOL.
THIS WILL ALSO GIVE US A SECOND WAY TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT PARENTS VIA TEXT AND PHONE.
AND BASICALLY I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO APPROVE FOR INVOICES SO WE CAN KEEP DOING THAT AND KEEP THE BUS WHEELS GOING ROUND AND ROUND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MITCHELL? IS THERE MOTION I MOVE THAT THE FOUR INVOICES PRESENTED BY BE APPROVED TOTALING $34,632 AND 24 CENTS TO EDUCATION LOGISTICS INCORPORATED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IS IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.D. Policy BDDC-R - Agenda Preparation and Dissemination]
HAVE POLICY BDDC DASH R, AGENDA, PREPARATION, PREPARATION AND DECIMATION DISSEMINATION.UH, THIS IS A REGULATION ON AGENDA PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION.
UH, THE CHANGES, UH, WITH THE RED LINE, UH, THIS WAS LAST REVIEWED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020, UH, ONE.
AND, UH, SO THE UPDATE THERE WOULD BE MARCH 6TH, 2024.
UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WORKING WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND TALKING ABOUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOCUMENTS ARE ON BOARD DOCKS AND DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UH, POLICY FROM OR REGULATION FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021, UH, SAID THAT EVERYTHING HAD TO BE UPLOADED BY MONDAY, WHICH IS 48 HOURS, UH, BEFORE THE PROCEEDING BOARD MEETING.
UH, THIS WOULD ROLL THAT BACK TO THE FRIDAY PROCEEDING THE BOARD MEETING.
AND THOSE WOULD BE THE, THE CHANGES TO THAT.
USUALLY WHEN WE CHANGE A POLICY, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH READINGS.
IT'S, IS IT BECAUSE IT'S A REGULATION THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT THIS TIME, RIGHT? NO, I MEAN, IT'S A REGULATION.
I MEAN, REALLY AND TRULY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REGULATION, BUT SOME, YOU KNOW, I DO ALWAYS WANNA PRESENT THOSE TO YOU, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON REGULATIONS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANNA SUGGEST TO THIS REGULATION, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO, TO MAKE COMMENT ON THOSE.
BALLINGER ON THIS CHANGE? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT BDDC DASH R BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO MADAM CHAIR, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION H BEFORE YOU HAVE DISCUSSION E OKAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO OH, OH, YEAH.
AND YOU CAN MOVE UP AND DOWN ON THE, BECAUSE
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SO UP NOW.[5.E. Authorization for Superintendent to Request Board of Supervisors' Approval of Category Transfer]
TO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REQUEST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL OF CATEGORY TRANSFER.SHOULD WE HEAR 'EM BOTH TOGETHER? I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW WHY WE'RE MOVING THEM TO DECIDE ON IF WE WANNA MOVE THEM.
WELL, AND I, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE.
I I ITS ON WHOLE DO UNDERSTAND WHOLE AMOUNT THOUGH.
BUT WE CANNOT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT, YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOTION ON E UNTIL YOU'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ON H MAYBE YOU COULD JUST LIKE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT H THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BASICALLY TO, TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, UM, A BILL COME FORWARD TO UPDATE OUR LICENSE FOR, AND DOUG, IF YOU, DOUG, YOU JUST WANNA COME AND STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
UM, WE, WE NEED TO, TO RENEW THIS LICENSE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE DO HAVE TO TRANSFER SOME FUNDS AROUND.
AND SO IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE THE PURCHASE, SO I'LL LET DOUG TALK ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO, TO AUTHORIZE THE REQUEST, AND THEN AFTER THAT, HE COULD GO INTO, THEN GO RIGHT BACK UP TO THAT ITEM FOR PURCHASE.
SO WHICH 1:00 AM I TALKING ABOUT FIRST?
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW BROKE THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS.
SO, UM, SO ESSENTIALLY THE MAIN SOURCES WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UM, I'LL SAY GOING INTO THE RED HERE, UH, ARE ON, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE BUDGET, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, MATCH THE GRANT MATCHES THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT E-RATE OR THE SECURITY, UM, CAMERAS THAT WE DID, THOSE, THOSE DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED.
SO THAT IS A, THAT'S THE, IN BROAD STROKES, THAT'S THE BROADEST CHUNK OF WHAT'S EATEN UP THE FUNDS THERE.
THE OTHER PIECES ARE THINGS LIKE COST INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR FOR THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND HARDWARE THAT WE PURCHASE.
UM, SOME OF IT IS JUST, UH, LEARNING PROCEDURE, PROCEDURAL THINGS BETWEEN ME BEING, UH, NEW TO THIS POSITION AND JUST, UH, SOME, I DON'T WANNA THROW ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BUS, BUT JUST WHEN, WHENEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HAD, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, OUR FIBER LINES BROKEN AND THE, THE COMPANY THAT BROKE IT, THEY PAID FOR IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD THROUGH A PROCESS OF HAVING THAT REALLOCATED BACK INTO TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT TO, TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AROUND.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE COME ACROSS LIKE, UH, SOME, SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR, ACTUALLY, THE BILL WAS NOT PAID FOR THOSE UNTIL, UNTIL THIS BUDGET HERE.
SO ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS ADDED UP TOGETHER, UM, TO BASICALLY BE COSTS.
WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING SO AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, CONSIDERING A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM WHERE TO WHERE? I BELIEVE FROM, UH, DIFFERENT PERSONNEL POSITIONS.
SO THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS WILL BE GOING FROM, UM, THE 71,211 WILL GO FROM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE CATEGORY, 64,000 TO TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY 68,000, UH, BASICALLY, UH, THIS YEAR AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET SAVINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MILD WINTER, SO WE DIDN'T USE A LOT OF FUEL.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN THAT THAT WE CAN THROW BACK OVER INTO TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH THESE PURCHASES.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS? ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE? LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA MISS OUT ON ANYTHING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING MONEY.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
AND SO WITH THIS PROCESS, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER FROM, UM, 64,000 TO 68,000.
THEN WE SEND IT DOWN THE HALL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEM TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER BECAUSE WE ARE FUNDED CATEGORY.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE
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AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF $71,211 FROM CATEGORY 64,000 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO CATEGORY 68,000 TECHNOLOGY IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 SCHOOL OPERATING BUDGET.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.F. Purchase of Meraki Licenses]
TALK ABOUT THE LICENSES.SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE IS FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF $44,369 AND 77 CENTS TO PURCHASE, UM, LICENSES FOR ALL OF OUR ACCESS POINTS.
ESSENTIALLY, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT TRANSMIT THE WIFI TO, UH, OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
UM, SO THIS SUBSCRIPTION WILL COVER THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR.
SO, UM, IT'LL GIVE US SOME TIME TO, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY IS PROVIDE A BUFFER BECAUSE IN THE E-RATE FUNDING REQUESTS THAT I HAVE PUT IN NOW, IF, IF THAT GETS APPROVED, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL YEAR SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THESE KIND OF THINGS HERE.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I MOVE THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO PURCHASE THE MERAKI LICENSE FROM E PLUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,369.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.G. Approval of 2024-2025 Program of Studies - Ms. Bragg]
THE APPROVAL OF THE 24 25 PROGRAM OF STUDIES, MS. BRAGG, GOOD EVENING.AS WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE, UH, PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, UH, I HAVE THE LIST OF CHANGES THAT WOULD, UH, NEED YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES FOR THE 20 24 20 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE A NEW OFFERING AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SIXTH GRADE INTRO TO COMPUTERS, WHICH WOULD REPLACE THE CAREER INVESTIGATIONS ELECTIVE THAT'S CURRENTLY OFFERED AT SIXTH GRADE.
AND WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION HOW CAREER INVESTIGATIONS WOULD BE PICKED UP THROUGH THE, UH, CORE AND ELECTIVES CONTENT.
IT WOULD ALSO ADD A THEATER, UH, ELECTIVE THAT IS ALREADY OFFERED AT WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THAT ELECTIVE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THE PROBABLY BIGGEST CHANGE IS, UM, PROPOSING THAT THERE ARE PREREQUISITES FOR THE HONORS AP AND DUAL ENROLLED COURSES TO INCLUDE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE PASSED THE PREVIOUS SOL.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE HONORS GEOMETRY, THE PREREQUISITE IS THAT YOU'VE PASSED THE ALGEBRA ONE SOL, WHICH IS THE REQUIRED VERIFIED CREDIT FOR, UH, GRADUATION.
UM, SAME THING IN THE CASE OF LIKE A DUAL ENROLLED US VIRGINIA HISTORY WHERE PASSING A WORLD HISTORY SOL WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL IN THAT DE CLASS, UH, IN THE 11TH GRADE.
UM, A NEW COURSE WOULD BE EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT ONE AND TWO AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, WE WOULD BE REMOVING THE SPORTS MANAGEMENT COURSE ALSO OFFERED AT SKYLINE.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES FOR THE 24 25 PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS P THIS EVENING? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE CHANGES FOR THE 20 24 20 25 PROGRAM OF STUDIES BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.H. Approval of Potential Auditorium Seating Auction - Mr. Smith]
UP WE HAVE APPROVAL OF POTENTIAL AUDITORIUM SEATING AUCTION.MR. SMITH, UH, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
UM, PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE AUDITORIUM CONVERSION INTO A, UH, MULTIPURPOSE GYMATORIUM AT E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD SCHEDULE TO START IN EARLY APRIL.
THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PLAN IS TO REMOVE THE AUDITORIUM SEATS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY AND OR OTHER GROUPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ROWS OF SEATS.
THERE ARE 658 SEATS IN THE AUDITORIUM.
THESE SEATS WOULD BE CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL STYLE THEATER SEATS.
THEY ARE MADE OUT OF BENT PLY, UH, PLYWOOD AND THE ARMREST ARE SOLID WOOD.
UH, THE STRUCTURE AND STATE SEAT MECHANISM IS MADE OUT OF STEEL.
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SINGULAR POSITION SEAT.UH, THEY ARE ATTACHED BY A MIDDLE ARMREST TO MAKE A ROW OF SEATING.
UH, ACCORDING TO SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, DN DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS ITEMS, IF ITEMS ARE VALUED IN EXCESS OF $500, FORMAL AUTHORIZATION FOR NEGOTIATED SALE OR FOR PUTTING THE ITEMS TO BID OR AUCTION SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO SURPLUS THE HISTORICAL SEATS BY AUCTION.
UH, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD REACH OUT TO LOCAL AUCTIONEERS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IN ADDITION, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DONATING SEVERAL SEATS TO E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR A HISTORICAL DISPLAY AND DONATING A ROW OF SEATS TO THE WARREN HERITAGE SOCIETY FUNDS FROM THE AUCTION WOULD GO TOWARD ASSISTING THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO PURCHASE STACKABLE PORTABLE CHAIRS FOR THE GYM GYMATORIUM WHEN IT WOULD BE USED AS AN AUDITORIUM.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH ON THIS? I HAVE ONE.
UM, SOME ARE GONNA GO TO E WILSON AND SOME TO THE HERITAGE SOCIETY.
UM, THIS THEN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST PURCHASE THIS IF THEY HAVE A CONNECTION TO E WILSON, RIGHT? THAT'S LIKE WHAT THE REST OF THE AUCTION WOULD GO TO OR THIS WOULD GO TO.
THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO AN AUCTION.
AND THE ISSUE WITH THE, THE ISSUES WITH THE, UH, THE CHAIRS THEMSELVES, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THEY WERE STANDING AS AN ARMREST, ARMREST A SIDE TO A SIDE.
BUT THEY'RE JUST OLD FASHIONED THEATER TYPE CHAIRS LIKE YOU HAVE IN A THEATER TODAY WHERE ONE ARMREST SERVES THE OTHER CHAIR AND THIS ARMREST SERVES THE OTHER CHAIR.
LIKE, LIKE THIS IS GOOD VISUAL AID.
UH, JUST LIKE THOSE THAT ARE BEHIND ME.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AND HAS CONNECTIONS D WILSON, WHY IT'S GOING THIS WAY.
SO WOULD THOSE BE, DO YOU MIND IF I HAVE A QUESTION? DO YOU MIND IF I ASK? SO WOULD THOSE, UM, MR. SMITH, WOULD THOSE BE, UM, SOLD AS A LOT? YOU KNOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE OPTION? OR YOU DON'T ALMOST HAVE TO SELL THEM AS A LOT OR IF YOU START TO TAKE THEM APART? UH, THERE IS ON ONE END, THERE IS NO END PER SE.
SO ALSO SECOND, SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, IF, WHEN YOU SAY PUT 'EM UP FOR AUCTION, THAT MEANS ANYBODY CAN BID ON THOSE? YES.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD MEAN A COMMUNITY MEMBER, CORRECT? IF THEY WANTED TO COME AND AND PURCHASE SOME, THEN THEY WOULD PURCHASE A ROW, CORRECT? IS WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING? YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO, I MEAN, IF YOU, IF IF WE GO IN AND, AND MAYBE SEPARATE AND MAKE TWO CHAIRS, I MEAN, ONE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAFF TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN YOU WOULD BE DAMAGING OR LOSING ONE SEAT IF YOU WANTED TO, TO SELL 'EM AS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A PAIR, WHICH WOULD BE MORE MANAGEABLE FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS.
BUT, BUT THAT WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO BUY A ROW THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'RE NOT, ARE WE, I HAD, I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY BEFORE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THE SEC THE CENTER SECTION, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY ABOUT AS WIDE AS THIS.
THE CENTER SECTION PROBABLY HAS ABOUT 14, 14, AT LEAST 14 SEATS.
THE SIDE SECTIONS ARE NORMALLY IN SIX, UH, SIX SEATS PER THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE WITH FOUR ON THE SIDE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE WITH FIVE BASICALLY BASED UPON LIKE WHERE THOSE LITTLE SIDE PILLARS COME DOWN.
BUT THE MIDDLE SECTION IS ABOUT 14 AND THE SIDES ARE ABOUT SIX.
SO THEN I COULD SEE THE, THE SIX BEING SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY LOCALLY WOULD, WOULD WANT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE ON OPENING IT UP FOR AN AUCTION AND GIVING LIKE FIRST DIBS TO LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SENTIMENTAL.
DO YOU KNOW THE, SO WHEN WE TAKE THE, OUR DEPARTMENT'S GONNA TAKE THEM ALL OUT ONCE THE APPROVAL OF WILSON GOES FORWARD, WHEN WE TAKE THEM OUT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE SECTIONS JUST TO GET THEM OUT.
WE CAN'T CUT A ROW OFF THE GROUND AND CARRY 'EM OUT SOME.
SO THEY ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE DISASSEMBLED TO CERTAIN LENGTHS.
AND BY DOING THAT, YOU WILL LOSE A SEAT.
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OKAY.AND I, WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AUCTION HOUSES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME, THE MOST SUGGESTION WAS TO DO ONLINE AUCTIONS AND HAVE PEOPLE PURCHASE AND THEN PICK THEM UP AT THE WAREHOUSE THAT WE STORE THEM IN, BUT DO THE AUCTION AS THEY SAT AT E WILSON.
BUT WE WOULD STILL REMOVE THEM AND WE WOULD BE WORKING ON A TIMELINE HERE BECAUSE IF, IF ALL THIS GOES THROUGH, THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR LANCE TO BE COMING IN IN THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
AND OUR, OUR PUSH FOR OUR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BY CONTRACT, IT WAS TO COME IN AND BASICALLY I'M RIPPING THESE CHAIRS OUT BECAUSE, UM, EVERY EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE SORT OF LAID OVER TOP.
UH, SO, BUT WE'D LIKE, THERE ARE, THERE IS SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO THE CHAIRS, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO AUCTION OR HAVE THAT, UH, AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S WHY OUR GUYS WOULD GO IN AND REMOVE THOSE.
UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE, UH, IF NOT THE CONTRACT IS GONNA HAVE THE OTHER FOLKS COME IN AND JUST RIP THEM OUT.
AND THAT BID PROCESS FOR THAT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PART HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY CUT THE STEEL.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SET A TUBE, WE HAVE TO CUT STEEL IN A CERTAIN SECTION AND YOU WOULD STILL AT LEAST LOSE ONE SEAT.
BUT THERE ARE SECTIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE TAKEN APART FROM NUTS AND BOLTS.
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO REPAIR IT BEFORE.
SO WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH ON YOUR STAFF AND, AND JUST TALKING THIS OUT HERE? SURE.
UM, THAT IF WE THROW THIS UP AS AN AUCTION, THAT PEOPLE COULD SAY, OKAY, I WANT TWO, I WANT FOUR.
AND, OR I MEAN, IS IS THAT FEASIBLE OR NOT? WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO HIM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES GONNA BE RIPPING IT OUT BECAUSE THE REALIZATION IS YOU'RE NOT, IT'S ALREADY, IT WILL BE A HUGE TASK JUST TO GET 'EM OUT TO REMOVE ALL THOSE SEATS INDIVIDUALLY.
I MEAN, YOU SEE THEY'RE ATTACHED JUST LIKE THIS.
THAT BEING SAID, WE, WE WILL GET IT DONE.
AND IF WE HAVE TO DISASSEMBLE SECTIONS TO SELL.
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT YOU TO, I DON'T WANNA PUT TOO MUCH ON, BUT I MEAN IF, WHAT ARE, SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, ALRIGHT, THERE ARE SIX TIMES THAT HAVE FOUR THAT ARE FOUR SEATS TO A ROW, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, SO MAYBE WOULD IT BE, COULD WE SAY THE MAX THAT YOU WOULD SELL IN A ROW WOULD BE SIX? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I JUST DON SEE ON THE WHOLE ROW.
THAT WOULD PUT IT AS MANAGEABLE FOR, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WOULDN'T BE MUCH MORE, WE COULD DO THAT.
THAT WOULDN'T, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANNA PUT MORE ON YOU GUYS.
THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M WANTING TO TALK TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD SAY, OKAY, SIX IS THE MAX, RIGHT? OUR REST ARE STEEL OR, OR SIX IS THE LIMIT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE SOME THAT HAVE FOUR, THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PRICE.
BUT ALL THESE AND THESE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THE LONG ROAD YOU'D HAVE TO SELL ABOUT, YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE SIX.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE SIX BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S COMING IN.
IT'S COMING IN THIS PACKAGE DEAL.
SO YOU COULD, YOU THINK YOU COULD MANAGE THAT? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT WHAT I WAS KIND OF ALLUDING TO WAS WHAT IF WE DID TWO SEPARATE AUCTIONS? DON'T KILL ME.
UM, WE HAD LIKE A LOCAL OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE, WE OFFER IT UP TO ANYONE LOCALLY WHO HAS ANY LOCAL TIES TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE ROWS.
AS, AS IS OR MAYBE SOME OF SOME OF THE SIX OR SOME OF THE FOUR OR THE FIVE OR WHATEVER WOULD BE EASIEST.
HAVE THE LOCAL AUCTION FIRST AND THEN WHAT'S LEFT OVER, WHICH I IMAGINE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOT OF THEM PUT THAT UP FOR THE BIG NATIONAL AUCTION BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE SAYING THEY, THEY SELL FOR A PRETTY PENNY.
BUT AFTER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL AUCTIONEERS AND MR. ESMAN, WHO HE ACTUALLY JUST TOOK ALL THE SAME SEATING OUT OF WAYSIDE AND TRIED TO AUCTION THEM OFF AT HIS PLACE, WAYSIDE LOST MONEY AND JUST PULLING 'EM OUT AND MOVING THEM.
UM, HE COULDN'T MOVE, HE COULDN'T SELL.
BUT IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SELLING 'EM.
BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT SECTIONS OF THREE OR FOUR OF THEM COMPLETELY REFURBISHING THEM AND, AND THEN THEY'RE SELLING.
AND ONE THING TOO, REMEMBER IS THAT, AND I I MENTIONED IT EARLIER IS THAT IF WE,
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WE GO THIS ROUTE AND WE HAD THE CONTRACT GOES THROUGH APRIL 1ST, THEY'VE GOTTA BE OUT OF THERE.THIS IS GONNA BE A, WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED IT BACK SOMEWHAT.
IT'S GONNA BE A TIGHT PROJECT AS FAR AS OFF OF TIME.
UM, AND ANY DAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE OUT OF THE AUDITORIUM, UH, THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO DO THEM TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THEM AT LEAST, UH, FOR THIS WAY IS A DAY THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA GET A DAY BEHIND.
NOW WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE IN A LOT OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO STAY AHEAD.
BUT THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY A ONE ROOM AREA, UH, ORDER, UH, GYM GYMATORIUM.
AND THEY ONLY WAY TO WORK IS TO GET IN THERE AND TO BE IN THERE AND DO IT.
SO YOU THINK, I MEAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST DO LIKE A ONE DAY, LIKE YOU COME THIS ONE DAY, LIKE AND THEN IT'S OVER FOR LOCAL? FOR LOCAL AND THEN LIKE YOU GUYS JUST ROLL ON WITH IT, WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS CALLED FOR US A WAREHOUSE ON MAIN STREET THAT'S EMPTY, THAT'S BIG.
AND ONCE I GUESS WE'RE GIVEN THE APPROVAL THAT WE CAN GO AND TAKE ALL THE SEATS OUT.
WE'LL GO IN AND GET 'EM ALL OUT AND MOVE THEM TO THAT WAREHOUSE.
UNLESS YOU ALL DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO DO AN AUCTION ON SITE TO WHICH WE WOULD JUST REMOVE WHAT IS SOLD OR DONATED AND THEN WE LEAVE THE REST.
BUT AT THAT POINT IT'S CONSTRUCTION BASIS.
WELL, I MEAN, COULD YOU NOT DO A QUICK, I MEAN, I, I HEAR WHAT THE, I HEAR WHAT I HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
A ONE DAY, UH, SET IN PERSON ON SITE AND THEN PUSH IT UP, MOVE THE REST.
OR GO AHEAD AND, AND HAVE A ONE DAY ON SALE SITE.
I KNOW YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO UP YOUR TIME PERIOD.
'CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT APRIL 1ST HERE.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO DO THE ONLINE AUCTION STILL, UM, AFTER YOU DO THE ONE DAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE, AT THE FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD GET THAT ON THE BOOKS OR NOT.
UH, HOW THAT WOULD BE PACKAGED.
I'M, I'M JUST, YEAH, I, I'M, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT BETWEEN BRIAN, HIS STAFF, MYSELF, WE, WE, WE CAN MAKE WHATEVER WE WANT AS A BOARD YOU GUYS WANT AS A BOARD TO HAPPEN.
UM, I HELP YOU DO WHATEVER WE NEED.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY, SO MANY FELLAS TO ACTUALLY, TO GET IN THERE AND DO IT.
IT'S 658 AND THEY'RE ALL BOLTED TO THE FLOOR AND THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED AND THEY'RE ALL OLD BOLTS TO THE FLOOR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE OLD RUSTED RAIN GOLF.
THEY'RE, SO I GUESS THE, THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, DO WE HAVE AN AUCTIONEER THAT COULD DO SOMETHING FAIRLY QUICK? I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT UNLESS YOU, YOU KNOW, WE GET WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS MM-HMM.
DO WE HAVE A LOCAL AUCTIONEER THAT, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, I SPOKE TO HIM, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS I COULDN'T GIVE HIM MUCH INFORMATION ON DATES BECAUSE YEAH, WE, THE SUPERVISE, WELL WHAT, WHAT'S THE DATE WITH THE SUPERVISORS APPROVING THIS? UH, UH, THE 12TH, BUT WE HAVE OUR NEXT, WE THE 12TH OF MARCH, UH, THE, UH, OUR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT IS THE 21ST.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA RIP OUT ANYTHING UNTIL WE KNOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A QUICK TURN.
IF WE REMOVE EVERYTHING, TAKE IT OUT TO PUT IT TO A WAREHOUSE.
I MEAN, THAT BUYS US, UM, THAT BUYS US SOME TIME.
UM, WHICH IS A QUICK TURNAROUND.
I MEAN, IT, IT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
UH, WE JUST WANNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT LEAST INSTEAD OF HAVING THESE THINGS JUST BEING DESTROYED, AT LEAST GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC TO HAVE, COULD I MAKE A SUGGESTION, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE THIS, THAT WE, UM, OFFER TO BLUE RIDGE TECH IF THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE THAT THEIR STUDENTS COULD REFURBISH AND THEN SELL FOR THEMSELVES? JUST OFFER 'EM TO 'EM, LIKE SOME AMOUNT.
I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT I LIKE THAT IDEA.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND WE ARE GONNA GET A COUPLE UP AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
UH, WE, WE, WE CAN, YEAH, CENTRAL OFFICE.
PETE WILSON, I THINK, UM, THE HERITAGE SOCIETY.
IF WE GET A COUPLE UP AT CENTRAL OFFICE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL CONTACT MR. GREG TOMORROW, UH, AT, AT BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER.
SO, SO IF THE, SO YOU'RE SAYING MARCH 21ST IS THE MARCH 21ST WOULD BE THE DATE OF, UH, THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WORK SESSION.
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AND AT THAT MEETING I WOULD BE BRINGING FORTH A CONTRACT, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO BE APPROVED.SO YOU'RE SAYING OUR BOARD MEETING, OUR BOARD MEETING THE SCH WELL, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, ACCORDING TO DR.
DALEY, I BELIEVE IS THE 12TH OF MARCH.
SO ONE THING, IF THE BOARD WANTED, AND IF YOU HAD A TO SPEED THIS UP, YOU COULD DO A, A SPECIAL MEETING JUST TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
WELL, I'VE, I'VE GOT A, UH, THE CONTRACT'S WITH THE ATTORNEY NOW.
BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK, THE 12TH IS NEXT TUESDAY, AND THEN OUR MEETINGS ON THE 20TH, WHICH IS THE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
I MEAN, YOU COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING ON THE 14TH IF THE CONTRACT IS BACK AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE APPROVED IT TO DO A REAL QUICK SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GET ROLLING A WEEK EARLIER WITH THINGS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE, UH, ATTORNEY HAS SAID WHEN THEY MAY HAVE THE CONTRACT? UH, THEY HAVE NOT.
I SENT IT, UH, I GOT THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY FROM OUR A AND E, UH, FOLKS, UM, I BELIEVE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.
I SENT IT, UH, TO OUR ATTORNEY, UH, AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.
IT'S, IT'S A, THIS PROJECT ITSELF, THE CONTRACT, THERE'S, IT'S KIND OF A FORM COPY OF A, OF A, OF THE CONTRACT WE WOULD USE.
IT'S NOT AS DEEP AS THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR SOME OF OUR RENOVATIONS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT BEING TOO LONG OF A TURNAROUND.
IF WE NEED TO HAVE IT READY BY THE 12TH, I CAN HAVE IT READY BY THE 12TH.
WELL, I, I MEAN, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CALENDAR.
IF, IF THE BOARD WANTED TO DO A, A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 13TH OR THE 14TH, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, AND THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD START ADVERTISING, SAY ON THE 20TH, WHICH WOULD BE THE NIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF A BOARD MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING THAT, UM, WORK SESSION OR IF YOU WANNA PUT THAT ON THE 21ST, THE NEXT DAY OR SOMETHING OF THAT.
BUT YOU, THAT WOULD GET YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVERTISE, GET AN AUCTIONEER IN, HAVE IT ALL SCHEDULED, GET PEOPLE THERE, BLOCK THINGS OFF IT.
IT WOULD, BUT IT SPEEDS IT UP.
BE PREPARED TO PUT EVERYTHING ONLINE.
AND THEN THAT STILL GIVES YOU TIME.
BECAUSE IF YOU WERE GONNA WAIT TILL THE 20TH TO, TO PUT EVERYTHING ONLINE ANYWAY, THEN THAT MEANS YOU'RE HAVING AN AUCTION ON THE 21ST, THE NEXT DAY, WHICH STILL GIVES YOUR GUYS TIME TO GET THINGS OUT.
BECAUSE EVEN ON THE ONLINE AUCTION, YOU WERE GONNA HAVE TO START PROBABLY THE NEXT DAY ON THE 21ST TO START DISASSEMBLING THINGS.
UM, WHICH KIND OF ALL COINCIDES WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THINGS OUT.
AND YOU COULD STILL, AFTER THAT ONE DAY, THEN THROW IT UP ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE ONLINE AUCTION.
WE CAN MAKE IT WHATEVER YOU WANT HAPPEN AND KEEP, AND YOU KEEP MOVING.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S FEASIBLE.
SO HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT THIS DR.
PENCE? I MEAN, IF, IF WE, MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, IF WE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD, IF WE CAN HAVE A, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MAYBE ON THE 14TH, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE SAYING, OKAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD ON THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO OPEN THE MEETING, APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
BUT BUCK WILL NEED TO GET WITH THE ATTORNEY TO SAY, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THIS? CAN WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT BY THIS DAY? NOW THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF BUCK CAN HAVE IT, UM, IF, IF THE ATTORNEY CAN HAVE IT READY BY TUESDAY, THE 12TH, YOU ALREADY HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
SO IN THAT IT IS A WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
BUT YOU, WE AS A BOARD STILL HAVE TO OPEN OUR MEETING.
UM, I THINK WE COULD STILL PROBABLY DO ONE ACTION ITEM THERE IF WE NEEDED TO.
IT'S, IT'S THE FULL BOARD ON THE 12TH BOARD.
I DON'T HAVE THAT ON MINE EITHER.
I HAVE TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MEETING.
SO IF WE DO IT, CAN WE DO IT BEFORE? YEAH, NOT AFTER.
AS LONG AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THAT MEETING PRIOR TO OUR MEETING APPROVES THE FUNDING.
BUT THAT'S ON THE 12TH WELL MEETING.
BUT IF YOU, THE MEETING'S GONNA BE THAT NIGHT, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY PUT IT ON THERE THAT NIGHT.
WELL, YOU COULD DO APPROVED CONTINGENT UPON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVING
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THE FUNDING.DON'T YOU AGREE MR. VALENTINE? FIVE.
WELL, DO WE WANNA DO IT THAT NIGHT THEN, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE HIM ON AS WELL? YEAH, BECAUSE I HAVE A MEETING ON THE 13TH, 14TH.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? I MEAN, IF, IF JUST LET MR. I CAN, I CAN LET MR. SMITH SEE IF THE ATTORNEYS CAN GET THE, THE CONTRACT.
EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE AND WE CAN JUST ADD THAT ONE, ONE ITEM.
DO YOU MOVE ANYTHING? NO ACTION TONIGHT THEN.
SO, BUT WOULDN'T I NEED ACTION UPON, UPON THE FUND? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS WE WERE GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO, ONCE, ONCE WE KNOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE, WE WERE DOING THIS, WE COULD START ADVERTISING AS OF THE 12TH.
BUT NOW THAT MEETING IS ALSO HAPPENING ON THE 12TH.
WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS APPROVED AS A, UM, UM, CONTINGENT UPON THE FUNDING.
THEN ON THE 12TH WE WOULD HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR APPROVE THE FUNDING, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START ADVERTISING.
AND THEN ON THE 21ST, WE WOULD SIGN THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
IT WOULD BE THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT, THE ROLE EXAMINER, PERHAPS, UH, SOME ONLINE.
AND THEN ONCE WE APPROVED ON THE 21ST, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY START ACCEPTING THOSE BIDS.
AND THEN BRIAN AND I WOULD WORK WITH AN AUCTIONEER FOR THAT PARTICULAR DATE.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE CHAIRS OUT OF THERE END TIME, NOT TO DISRUPT CONSTRUCTION.
TO SLOW UP CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS, UM, MAKE IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC IF THEY'D LIKE TO PURCHASE THEM.
SO, MR. SMITH, I DO NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU.
I I, I EXTENDED YOUR, YOUR TIME PERIOD THERE THINKING THAT WE WERE SPEEDING YOUR TIME PERIOD UP, BUT IN, IN, IN ALL ACTUALITY, UM, ONCE YOU COULD START ON THE 13TH AFTER THE 12TH.
AND I THINK WE STICK WITH THAT THEN.
SO IF OUR, IF OUR BOARD APPROVES THIS, THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO THAT NIGHT WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT CONTINGENT UPON THE FUNDING AND SIGN THAT YES.
BUT THIS WAY YOU CAN START ADVERTISING NOW AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SET A DATE FOR AN AUCTIONEER TO COME IN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EVEN EARLIER THAN, THAN THE 21ST.
AND THAT ANY, ANYTHING WOULD BE THAT I WOULD DO NOW UNTIL THE 12TH WOULD BE CONTENTION UPON THE BOARD ON THE 12TH, CORRECT? YES.
OF, OF, THAT'S WHY I HAD IT SET UP WHERE IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AFTER BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 21ST THAT WE GO LIVE FOR THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD THE FUNDS AND THEN I'M JUST WAITING ON THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY DO THE CONTRACT.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT ON ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES ONE, IF, IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVES THE FUNDING, THEN YOU'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT ON THAT NIGHT AS WELL? WELL, NO, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW.
I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AS LONG AS THEY APPROVE THE FUNDING, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOUR PROJECT.
AND THEN IT IS OKAY FOR THE BOARD TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AT THE 20TH.
I THOUGHT WE WERE WAITING ON THE CONTRACT, NOT THE CONTRACT ALREADY.
WHAT YOU SAY IS THAT WE WERE WAITING ON THE CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED ON THE 20TH, WHICH MEANS I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO, TO WAIT TILL THE 20TH IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET IT DONE EARLIER.
SO THIS MIGHT BE A SILLY QUESTION.
UM,
I'M ASSUMING THESE AUCTIONS ARE ON WEEKENDS OR AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS OR ON THE WEEKENDS.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT ON A WEEKEND, I THINK GIVES MORE PEOPLE THE FLEXIBILITY, WHO WOULD WANT TO COME BY OR WHO WOULD WANNA DO THAT, OR ANY TYPE OF THINGS EITHER.
YEAH, I JUST THINK THE WEEKEND WOULD BE, AND PLUS TOO, THE, THE PARKING I, IT'S LIMITED THERE AT, UM, SO THEY WOULDN'T TAKE THEIR SEATS AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE GUYS WOULD'VE TO TAKE THEM OUT DURING WORKING HOURS, CORRECT? RIGHT.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO MARK THE LOT THAT THEY PURCHASED.
THE GUYS WOULD TAKE THEM UP THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND HAVE A PICKUP TIME.
SO, SO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THE, THE, THE MOTION IS WRITTEN AND THEN THAT WAY ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS, AND BUCK, WE'LL JUST TALK MORE
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ABOUT IT TOMORROW.AND I'M SORRY, I, I I IT'S OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S END WITH THE ADDITION OF OFFICE TO CENTRAL OFFICE AND POSSIBLY BLUE RIDGE TECH FOR DONATIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF FUNDING FROM THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY GYMATORIUM RENOVATION PROJECT, I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AUTHORIZES THE DISPOSAL OF THE AUDITORIUM SEATS THROUGH AN AUCTION AND APPROVES THE DONATION OF SEATS TO IE WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE WARREN HERITAGE SOCIETY CENTRAL OFFICE, AND POSSIBLY BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THAT? THAT OKAY.
[6.A. FY2025 Superintendent's Proposed Budget Presentation - Dr. Ballenger]
THE PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.AND THIS IS MORE OF A BUDGET DISCUSSION, NOT THE, NOT NOT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UM, ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE DID WANT TO KIND OF GET OUR NON-LABOR OUT SO PEOPLE COULD START LOOKING OVER IT, UM, AND OUR LABOR.
AND SO I AM ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO GO TO THE PODIUM HERE TO, SO I CAN SIGNAL WITH MR. UH, BUD BACK THERE RUNNING OUR MM-HMM,
SO, YES, THAT SHEET RIGHT THERE.
AND CAN WE BLOW THAT UP? ANY, DOES IT GET ANY BIGGER? OH, YEAH.
LOOK IT, HE'S WORKING SOME MAGIC BACK THERE.
SO THIS FIRST SHEET THAT WE HAVE, UM, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT ACROSS THE, THE TOP THERE WE HAVE THE PROJECTED REVENUES.
NOW THESE ARE THE PROJECTED REVENUES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, THE HOUSE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN THE SENATE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THOSE THREE BUCKETS THERE, AND THEY VARY DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING UPON THE PROPOSAL WHERE IT CAME FROM, THE GOVERNOR, THE HOUSE, OR THE SENATE.
SO A COUPLE DIFFERENCES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOESN'T GIVE, UM, A PERCENT SALARY RAISE.
WHAT THEY, IN THAT BUDGET, THEY'RE GIVING A 1% BONUS.
WHEN YOU MOVE OVER TO THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GIVING A PERCENT RAISE.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IN AND FOR US RIGHT NOW WOULD BE FOR STEPS ONE THROUGH SIX, SO THAT OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR TEACHER SCALES AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE A 3% PLUS THEIR STEP.
SO TEACHER, THE, THE STEP DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEACHERS, UH, ON THE TEACHER SCALE.
SO FROM STEP NINE TO STEP 10 IS 1.3.
SO THAT MEANS WITH THE 3%, THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL FOR NEXT YEAR OF A 4.3% BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR STEP PLUS THE 3%, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DIVISION WOULD JUST GET THE 3%.
SO THAT, THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THEIR STEP.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE ON A SCALE AND YOUR SCALE HAS A 1% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEP NINE AND 10, THEN YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET A 2% PLUS YOUR STEP, WHICH IS A FULL 3%.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH BETWEEN THE STEP PLUS AND THE STEP INCLUSIVE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED OR WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE SHOWS THOSE, SO FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, IT'S THE STEP PLUS 3%.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS 3% INCLUSIVE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE 65,000 282 355.
THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
NOW, THERE IS A LITTLE CAVEAT THAT I THINK THE, WHICH THE HOUSE ADDED THREE EIGHTS.
SO THE HOUSE IS SAYING THREE AND THREE EIGHTS PERCENT.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST FIGURING 3% PLUS THE STEP RIGHT NOW, IF WE DO GET THE THREE EIGHTS, WE WILL ADD THE THREE EIGHTS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE LABOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONAL LABOR THAT WE HAVE WOULD
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BE THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAM COORDINATOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD JUST CREATED, UM, LAST MONTH.AND THEN THE THREE READING SPECIALISTS THAT WITH THE VLA, WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE.
UM, AND WE IDENTIFIED THEM LAST YEAR.
WE OPENED IT UP, UH, WE SELECTED THEM TO START IN JULY.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING, UH, THOSE TEACHERS THAT WERE SELECTED AS READING SPECIALISTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TEACHER THIS YEAR WHEN THEY'VE HAD VLA TRAINING, THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO, TO THOSE TRAININGS FOR US.
SO THEY'RE STAYING UP TO DATE ON THAT, GETTING READY TO ROLL INTO THIS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO ALL THOSE TRAININGS THAT WILL OPEN UP SOME VACANCIES IN SOME OF OUR POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRED FOR THOSE POSITIONS ARE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
UM, SO REALLY IT'S THOSE FOUR POSITIONS.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NON-LABOR, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 10, 10 MILLION 988, 2 27, THAT'S ACROSS ALL THREE BUDGETS.
NOW, IF WE FUND OUR NON-LABOR LEVEL FUNDED, THEN THAT MEANS EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
WE WERE LEVEL FUNDED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, BUT WITH THE REQUEST.
AND OUR REQUEST STARTED OUT ON THE NON-LABOR SIDE OF WELL OVER $4 MILLION.
AND SO WE HAVE WHITTLED THAT DOWN, UH, THROUGH WORKING WITH, UH, CABINET AND THEN WORKING WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT, UH, WHITTLING THIS DOWN TO TAKE OUT AND REDUCE SOME OF THAT NON-LABOR COSTS.
AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT CABINET AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UH, DID AS FAR AS LOOKING AT GOING THROUGH OUR NON-LABOR BUDGET TO WHITTLE THAT DOWN.
AND SO WE GOT THAT DOWN TO 2 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE.
SO THEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM NUMBER THAT SAID, REQUIRED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.
SO IF WE GET THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND WE ADD THOSE FOUR POSITIONS WITH THE PERCENT RAISES, AND WE KEEP THE NON-LABOR WITH THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE, THE ADDITION OF 2.25 MILLION, IT SHOWS A 4.13 MILLION.
THEN IF YOU SLIDE OVER TO THE HOUSE, IT SAYS 3.38, THEN YOU SLIDE OVER TO THE SENATE, IT'S 2.56.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IF YOU TAKE THAT 2.25 OUT OF THE SENATE BUDGET AND YOU LEVEL FUND, THEN THAT'S REALLY NOT AN INCREASE.
UM, ACTUALLY IT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE, I THINK WOULD BE ABOUT TWO, $300,000.
UH, BUT REALLY NOT A SLIGHT INCREASE.
SO, UH, THINGS THAT CONSIDER THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DECIDE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, THE SAVINGS FROM HOLDING EMPLOYEES HARMLESS ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE IS 300 2016.
SO WHAT THAT SAYS, IF WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE PAY THEIR SHARE OF THE INCREASE IN COST, THEN WE CAN DEDUCT 3 0 2 FROM THAT 2.25 MILLION.
NOW, WE HAVE NOT RAISED INSURANCE HEALTH PREMIUMS ON INDIVIDUALS, UH, FOR SOME TIME.
AND WITH THOSE INCREASES, AND ROB, CORRECT ME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN SOME OF OUR CATEGORIES, IT WAS AN INCREASE OF ALMOST, I THINK THE MAX WAS ABOUT $70 IN ONE OF THEM, PER MONTH.
SO IT WOULD, IN ONE OF THE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS AN EMPLOYEE CHILDREN OR IF IT WAS, UM, EMPLOYEE FAMILY, FAMILY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS $70 A MONTH INCREASE.
SO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, MULTIPLY THAT BY 12 AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE PAYING.
SO IF THE BOARD WANTS TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THE COST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HOLDING PREMIUMS DOWN ON YOU FOR THIS LONG, UM, THEN YOU WOULD, YOU COULD TAKE OUT 300, 2000 OUT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF OF THAT, UH, FINAL NUMBER UP THERE, JUST ABOVE IT.
NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE SAID, OKAY, WE, WE STILL HAVE SOME NEEDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I KNOW THE, THE BOARD HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.
SO THAT IS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF, AND THERE MAY BE SOME WAYS TO DO THAT WITH SOME, SOME DIFFERENT POSITIONS, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH MAYBE DOING SOME FLOPPING OR, UH, WELL, NOT REALLY FLOPPING, BUT ACTUALLY RECLASSIFYING MAYBE A CURRENT POSITION THAT, THAT IS VACANT, THAT WE SAY, OKAY, WE CAN, LET'S TRY TO USE IT
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IN THIS POSITION.UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THE AGRICULTURE TEACHER AT, UH, SO RIGHT NOW OUR AG PROGRAM AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IS FULL.
UM, WE'RE TEACHING FOUR SECTIONS AND KIDS ARE ON A WAIT LIST.
UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL AG TEACHER.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO, SO THAT WAS LISTED THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A PRIORITY TOO, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SY JEFFRIES, THEY ARE OUR LARGE, THEY ARE THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST.
WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IS THE SECOND LARGEST.
AND RESTY JEFFRIES IS THE THIRD LARGEST.
UH, THE NUMBERS THERE JUST KEEP GROWING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID ADD A TEACHER LAST YEAR, UH, SO THERE IS THAT NEED THAT TO LOOK AT, CONTINUE TO, TO ADD.
I BELIEVE IF WE ADD THIS ONE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY GIVE EACH CLASSROOM LOOKING FOR BUCK.
WOULD THAT GIVE EACH CLASSROOM FIVE TEACHERS THEN? WHICH SCHOOL AT RUSTY JEFFRIES? UH, YES.
THEY SHOULD ALMOST HAVE FIVE ACROSS THE BOARD.
I I THINK THERE'S ONE GRADE GROUP THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH.
SO THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HELP TO MINIMIZE THE, THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO IN, IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IF YOU ADD THOSE THINGS, THAT'S BUMPING THAT BOTTOM UP, DOLLAR UP.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW GIVING YOU WHAT THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, THE LABOR, THE NON-LABOR, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP ON IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT.
NOW THAT ONE IS KIND OF HARD TO READ, AND I'M GONNA LET MR. BALLANTINE JUMP IN HERE ON THIS ONE AND SHARE IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
WELL, BACK ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ALL FOUR OF THOSE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL POSITIONS, THAT IS THE COST TO THEM WITH ALL BENEFITS INCLUDED, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE SALARY THAT THE PERSON THAT IS, UH, PUT IN THE POSITION YET.
SO JUST SO SOMEONE LOOKS AT IT AND THINKS, OH GOSH, ARE WE GONNA PAY A, A TEACHER 83,000? PROBABLY NOT.
UM, WHAT I'VE DONE IS, IS TRY TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY HERE OF WHAT OUR STATE BUDGET HAS BEEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE GOING ACROSS THE LAST, UM, INCLUDING THIS YEAR, THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THEN WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS, WHAT THE HOUSE AND WHAT THE SENATE, AND I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAIL GOING DOWN THE PAGE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WOULD GIVE US A, A STATE FUNDING OF 40,000,890, UH, 890,000.
THE, UH, HOUSE BUDGET WOULD GIVE US 42 MILLION, 435,000, AND THE SENATE BUDGET WOULD BE 43,269,000.
THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE JUST GIVES YOU THAT SAME INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL, UM, MISCELLANEOUS AND THEN COUNTY, UM, FUNDING.
AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME WHETHER, WHETHER THE HOUSE SENATE OR THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, OR IT'S PROBABLY LIKELY A COMBINATION OF THOSE IS WHAT GETS PASSED.
BUT ON THE THOSE REVENUES, IT WOULD BE THE SAME.
UM, REGARDLESS, THEY'RE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THAT.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, IT JUST GIVES YOU THE GRAND TOTALS FOR, UM, WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WOULD BE, WHAT THE, UH, HOUSE BUDGET WOULD BE AND WHAT THE SENATE BUDGET WOULD BE.
AND THAT WAS THE NUMBERS UP AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH AS OUR POTENTIAL REVENUE AND THEN STARTED SUBTRACTING OUR COSTS FROM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LINES AND A LOT OF BOXES ON THAT.
UM, TRYING TO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A SMALL, ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER.
ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POSITIONS AND HOW THIS, UM, WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE INCLUDED FOUR NEW POSITIONS.
UH, DO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COACHES AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE ARE LOSING FROM OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR? YEAH.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING THAT, THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAD TO, HAD TO TEAR THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR PAIR THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE DID HAVE A REDUCTION IN FUNDING.
WE WERE ABLE TO, TO SQUEAK OUT ANOTHER YEAR THIS YEAR.
UM, THEN WITH THE ALL IN TUTORING, UM, THAT WE GOT FROM DEPARTMENT OF OF EDUCATION, THEY GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT.
SO WE TRY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE PUT IN FOR OUR GRANT WAS TO USE A MAJORITY OF THAT NEXT YEAR TO HELP GET ONE MORE YEAR OUT OF OUR, UH, STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES.
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NOW, WE STARTED WITH, AND PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE NUMBERS 'CAUSE I ALWAYS GET 'EM WRONG, BUT WE STARTED WITH 51, THEN WE WENT TO 34.RIGHT? AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 21.
IS THAT RIGHT? OVERALL NUMBERS OKAY.
SO WE ARE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES THAT ARE HELPING OUR STUDENTS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE THESE MELTDOWNS OR THEY NEED A WALK OR THEY'RE CHECKING IN WITH THEM, OR THEY'RE SUPPORTING INSTRUCTION.
SO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHEN WE BROUGHT IN FAUNAS AND PINNELL, THEY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE TRAINING ON F AND P, UH, TO PROVIDE SMALL GROUP READING INTERVENTION.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SMALL GROUPS AND REMEDIATION.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE USING 'EM.
THEY'RE USED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAN THEY ARE AT MIDDLE AND, AND, AND ELEMENTARY.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TUTORING COMPONENT WITH IT.
UH, SO THAT IS REDUCING THOSE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS WITHIN OUR DIVISION.
AND I KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE ALWAYS EXPECTED THOSE TO BE TEMPORARY POSITIONS, AND SO THAT WAS BAKED IN FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY DO MAKE SUCH AN IMPACT IN OUR DISTRICT THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY GOT MENTIONED, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
ALRIGHT, SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT DOCUMENT.
AND SO THIS IS OUR NON-LABOR BROKEN OUT, UH, BY SCHOOL OR COST CENTER.
AND WHAT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH WITH YOU ON THIS, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AWARE AND WHAT, WHAT WE DID AS FAR AS WHEN WE, WHEN WE, UH, TRIED PARING DOWN SOME OF THIS LAST NIGHT, AND, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, YOU WILL SEE THE ORIGINAL 24 BUDGET.
THEN YOU'LL SEE THE REQUESTED 25 BUDGET.
THESE NUMBERS ARE TAKEN FROM EACH OF OUR COST CENTERS AS THEY DELIVERED THEIR PROPOSALS TO US ON THEIR ZERO MODIFIED BASE, UH, BUDGET.
SO THEY STARTED WITH ZERO TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT I NEED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, AND THEY PUT IT TOGETHER.
SO AT COST CENTER TWO 30, UH, DO YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW THE SCHOOLS OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT EACH COST CENTER IS? I MEAN, WE CAN TELL YOU NUMBERS, DON, THERE'S NUMBERS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT TWO 30 IS RUY JEFFRIES.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE OUT OF THAT, WE WERE, WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT $6,000.
UH, THE INCREASE WAS GONNA BE $6,163.
SO IF YOU TAKE OUT SIX, $6,000, THAT MEANS THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE A YEAR OVER INCREASE OF $163.
UM, THE, THE 6,000 WAS COMING OUT OF THE 9,000 FOR REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE.
THAT WOULD STILL GIVE THEM 3000 TO HELP REPLACE SOME FURNITURE, UM, IN THEIR SCHOOL.
SO ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE, WHEN YOU'RE READING ACROSS WHERE, WHERE IT SHOWS THE TOTAL, THAT 6,000 IS NOT SUBTRACTING FROM THE FAR RIGHT CORNER, SO, OR THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN.
SO WHEN, IF YOU ASK YOURSELF AND SAY, WELL, YOU TOOK OUT 6,000, WHY DOES IT STILL SAY 6,163? SO THAT MIDDLE COLUMN IS ADDED ITSELF.
SO IT'S NOT ROB, YOU WANNA KINDA EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS, THIS IS ROB'S YEAH.
THE, THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IS WHAT THE REQUEST, WHICH IS THE SECOND COLUMN IS OVER THE FIRST COLUMN, WHICH IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO BASICALLY HE, UH, RESTI ASKED FOR $66,163 MORE.
UM, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED WE REDUCED THAT INCREASE BY 6,000.
SO THE MATH WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE $163 INCREASE.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE GIST OF THAT IS THE DEDUCTION IS NOT LISTED IN THAT FAR RIGHT COLUMN.
SO YOU HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MENTAL MATH JUST TO, TO, TO SEE THAT.
SO THEN WE ROLL DOWN INTO TWO 40 E WILSON.
WE WENT THROUGH THESE, I I'VE GOT THE NEW SHEET, SO I DON'T HAVE 'EM WITH ME.
UH, TWO 40 IS E WILSON MORRISON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE, WE TOOK OUT 6,400 OUT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES, 2000 OUT OF ADDITIONAL FUR, UH, OR NO, 2000 OUT OF SOME EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES, AND THEN 12,407 OUT OF THEIR FURNITURE REQUEST.
SO THEIR REQUEST AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME INTO US WAS 31,507.
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BY 20,800 HUNDRED SEVEN.SO THAT WOULD STILL GIVE THEM, UM, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT AN $11,000 INCREASE, UM, IN, IN THEIR BUDGET.
DO WE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET AMOUNT TO BUDGET AMOUNT, BUT OBVIOUSLY BUDGETS ARE JUST REALLY WISHLIST.
DO WE SEE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO LOOK AT ACTUALS LIKE WE DID THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH IT, UM, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THIS YESTERDAY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ROB WAS ABLE TO PULL UP, UM, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WELL, HOW MUCH HAVE THEY SPENT, LIKE, TO DATE? MM-HMM.
UM, SO WE DID DO THAT YESTERDAY AS WE WORKED THROUGH TO, AND WE REALLY HAD SOME, SOME PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSIONS ON SOME DIFFERENT ONES BECAUSE, UM, THAT WAS A, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A BIG POINT.
WELL, WHAT HAVE YOU SPENT THIS YEAR? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THERE'S, IT DOESN'T REFLECT ON THIS SHEET, BUT, AND WE COULD ADD THAT AS ANOTHER COLUMN JUST TO SHOW THE PRIOR YEARS, UM, ACTUAL, AND IF IT'S HELPFUL, WE COULD PUT ONE FOUR YEAR TO DATE THROUGH FEBRUARY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ISN'T ALWAYS A GOOD INDICATOR BECAUSE SOME EXPENSES ARE HEAVILY FRONT LOADED AND OTHERS MAYBE WE DON'T GET A RENEWAL ON A SUBSCRIPTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR SOFTWARE TILL MAY OR SOMETHING.
SO, UM, BUT THE PRIOR YEAR MIGHT BE THE MOST HELPFUL, OR ESPECIALLY JUST IN AT LEAST THE CATEGORIES THAT WE KNOW WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED.
LIKE, LIKE WE KNOW OUR SUB BUDGET HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA EXCEED, SO MOVING ON DOWN TO TWO 50 AS ROADS.
IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE A MEMORIZED.
I, SO AS WE, WE LOOKED THROUGH, THROUGH AROS, THEIR, THEIR REQUEST WAS GOING TO BE 24,000, $26 AND WE REDUCED THAT BY 14,250.
UH, WE WERE, WE, WE IDENTIFIED $14,250 THAT WE SAID, OKAY, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA REDUCE IN THAT.
A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PAPER COST, JUST MATERIAL SUPPLIES.
THOSE, THOSE THINGS HAVE JUST WENT UP DRASTICALLY ON, ON SCHOOLS.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THAT AT AS ROADS, THEY WENT FROM ONE YEAR MOST IN ONE OF THEIR CATEGORIES.
UM, THEIR EXPENDITURES IN PAPER WENT UP LIKE $3,000.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF MORE USE OR JUST BECAUSE OF INFLATION? WELL, IT, IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING, YOU'RE SEEING THAT IT WAS PROBABLY PART OF, COULD HAVE BEEN INFLATION, PART OF IT COULD BE ALSO OF USE.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THINGS ARE ROLLING WITH THE SCHOOL THAT YEAR.
UM, IT'S GONNA FLUCTUATE, BUT SOME OF IT WAS PROBABLY, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, PROBABLY SOME OF THAT WAS INFLATION RELATED TOO.
WELL, AND I THINK BECAUSE WE LEVEL FUNDED THEM LAST YEAR, WE MIGHT BE SEEING LIKE TWO YEARS OF PENT UP INCREASE, NOT JUST 1 2 60 L-F-K-L-F-K.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LFK, THERE WAS NO INCREASE FROM YOUR, UH, NO.
SO THEIR PROPOSAL WAS $2,700 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, WE DID, YOU KNOW, WHEN LOOKING AT THAT, DID NOT FEEL THAT A $2,700 INCREASE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT IS ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE, UH, LOOKING AT, AT CUTTING MUCH.
SO WE DID NOT, UM, ADJUST ANYTHING AT LFK THEN TWO 70 HILDA BARBER.
AND I'M GONNA ADD THE DESCRIPTION WHEN WE HAD THE PRIOR YEAR BECAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL YEAH.
AGAIN, THEIR INCREASE, UH, WAS 4,321.
SO WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY, ANY REDUCTIONS IN THAT SCHOOL MOVING ON DOWN TO TWO 90 SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE DID IDENTIFY 16,000, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCREASE TO 21 5.
UH, BUT WE SAID, OKAY, THERE'S 16,000 THAT WE WOULD TAKE OUT OF THAT, UH, TOTAL REQUEST TO 21 5.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S IN, UH, EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY CONSUMABLES.
NEXT IS WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 2 95, AND WITH WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
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THERE ON THIS PAGE.THERE TOTAL IS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, JUST ABOVE THE NEXT COST CENTER.
UH, THEIR INCREASE WAS ONLY 3,600 AND, UH, $74 THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING.
SO WE DID NOT, UH, TOUCH THEIRS AS WELL GETTING INTO THREE 10.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, I KNOW THIS S WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAD A REDUCTION IN THEIR REQUEST.
THEY WENT FROM, UH, 179,000 1 0 4 TO 170,319.
SO WHEN THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH THEIR ZERO BASED BUDGET, THEY ACTUALLY CUT OUT 8,785 UM, DOLLARS.
SO WE DIDN'T TOUCH WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, THREE 11 BLUE RIDGE TECH.
SO HERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS, WE HAVE COST FOR, WELL, YOUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AT BLUE RIDGE TECH ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL HANDS-ON PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE WELDING, YOU HAVE CULINARY, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE MEDICAL, I MEAN, YOU, THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA COST A LITTLE MORE.
UM, AND SO ALSO WE HAVE THE, UH, OH, IT'S THE CREDENTIALING.
UM, WE FELT THAT WE COULD TAKE 5,000 AFTER TALKING WITH, UH, MR. GREG ABOUT THAT OUT OF THE CREDENTIAL TESTING.
BUT OUT OF HIS REQUEST, HE, HE WAS ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 47 140 $7,192.
WE WERE SAYING, OKAY, LET'S PAIR THAT OUT.
LET'S, LET'S TAKE 16, 26,000 OUTTA THAT, UH, REQUEST.
BUT, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID THAT IN EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY CONSUMABLES, AND THEN ONLINE CONTENT.
THAT'S THE, UH, CREDENTIAL TESTING.
SO WITH UH, BLUE RIDGE TECH, THEIR ENROLLMENT IS UP.
THEIR ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN INCREASED, STAYING, STAYING FAIRLY HEALTHY.
BUT LIKE, SO IS THAT FACTORED IN WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT A SCHOOL IS GETTING AS FAR AS EXTRA OR KEEPING THEM FLAT? LIKE IF, IF THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAMS AT BLUE RIDGE TECH MM-HMM.
WHEREAS IF A DIFFERENT SCHOOL IS THEIR, THEIR SIZE IS STAYING THE SAME, LIKE, I DUNNO, IF E IS GROWING, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE PAPER AND WHATNOT.
IF A MM-HMM,
AND SO WE, WE, WE LOOK AND TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DO REACH OUT TO, TO THE VARIOUS DIRECTORS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS AND SAY, OKAY, HEY, WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS OR THAT.
AND WE MAY ASK 'EM SOME QUESTIONS, UM, TO SAY, OKAY, CAN YOU LIVE WITH THIS FOR NEXT YEAR? UM, AND SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE GOOD POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS.
NOW DO WE CALL AND TALK TO EVERYBODY? NO, WE DON'T.
UM, BUT WE, WE WILL TALK TO THOSE THAT IF WE, WE GET DOWN AND WE SEE, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S HAVE A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ADD A, UM, AN HVAC PROGRAM.
AND SO IF, IF WE WERE GONNA ADD AN HVAC PROGRAM, THEN YEAH, WE MAY NEED TO ADD $50,000 TO THAT BUDGET, UM, FOR A NEW PROGRAM AND ALL THE STUFF IS GONNA GO TOWARDS IT.
SO, BUT YEAH, SO WE DO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS AS WE'RE LOOKING.
SO WE'RE NOT, ARE ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE NOT ADDING THE HVC PROGRAM? UM, NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THAT'S NOT WE, THE HVAC PROGRAM.
SO YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.
SO IT MAY BE ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE LOOK AT THAT HVAC PROGRAM, UH, THREE 15.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE SPLIT OUT NON-TRADITIONAL FROM SPECIAL SERVICES, IT USED TO BE SPECIAL SERVICES HAD SPECIAL EDUCATION AND NON-TRADITIONAL ALL LUMPED INTO
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UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.SO WHEN WE PULLED THAT OUT TO CREATE THE PUPIL SERVICES WITH THE NON-TRADITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST LOOKED AT WHAT BUDGET WAS, WAS THERE, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT, OKAY, WE SAID, WELL, WE KNEW WHAT WAS PROBABLY HAPPENING THAT WITH THE, WHEN IT WAS ALL UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, IF THE PERSON DIDN'T HAVE MONEY IN THIS CATEGORY, THEY PULLED IT FROM THIS CATEGORY.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE PURCHASING AND USING BOTH FUNDS TO, TO PURCHASE ITEMS. AND SO WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A TRUE IDEA WHEN WE SEPARATED THEM WHAT THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT 35 5 AND SAID, OKAY, 56.
NOW THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE AT, THEY'RE NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS.
ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS PROGRAM PAYS FOR ALL OF OUR APEX SEATS, UM, IN THE COUNTY TO, TO, TO DO OUR THREE TO FIVE PROGRAMS AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DID NOT TOUCH, UM, THE, UH, NON-TRADITIONAL PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, UH, RACE TO GED PRO EXCUSE ME PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE THE, UH, FISCAL AGENT FOR.
LAUREL RIDGE ACTUALLY HANDLES IT.
WE HAVE REVENUE TO OFFSET IT FROM THE STATE.
SO BASICALLY THEY BILL US FOR THE SERVICES, WE GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE AND WE PAY THEM.
SO IT'S ALL FLOW THROUGH MONEY, THAT ONE'S, AND THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, REVENUE IS PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEN MOVING INTO THREE 30 SKY SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO OUTTA SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, THE MAIN THING THEY WERE LOOKING AT DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM WAS AN INCREASE.
AND, UM, UH, BASICALLY THEIR OFFICIALS, 'CAUSE OFFICIAL PRICES HAVE WENT THROUGH THE ROOF.
UM, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WAS, WAS PAYING, AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SAYING WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GONNA TAKE 10,000 OUT OF THAT BECAUSE THEY DO GET GATE GATE RECEIPTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, BUT WE WAS GONNA STILL STAY IN THERE TO MAKE THAT A 30,000, UH, TO PAY FOR THEIR, UM, OFFICIALS AT, AT THEIR SCHOOL.
WARREN COUNTY HAD A DIFFERENT NUMBER IN THERE.
SO THEY PROBABLY UTILIZED THEIR FUNDS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO PAY FOR, FOR OFFICIALS FROM, WHETHER IT'S GATES OR, OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT SCHOOLS DO TRY TO PROTECT THOSE, THOSE ACCOUNTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T PURCHASE UNIFORMS, WE DON'T PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.
THAT ALL HAS TO COME OUT OF THEIR ATHLETIC BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WHEN, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
900, IT'S THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION.
SO IN THIS, UM, WE TOOK OUT 4,000 OUTTA PRINTING AND BINDING, AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THE 1 3 5 8 17 OR THE 87 482.
THAT IS AGAIN, YOU GUYS RECEIVED A, UM, PRESENTATION CONCERNING, UM, OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES AND THE INCREASE IN JANITORIAL SERVICES.
AND THEN THAT 87,000, UH, 4 82 IS THE COST FOR OUR PORTION OF TWO SR OR TWO HALF, HALF OF TWO, HALF OF TWO SROS WITH THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BILL US FOR THAT.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY THEM FOR THAT.
SO THE, THE ONLY DEDUCTION THERE WOULD BE $4,000 OUT OF, OUT OF THAT BUDGET, 9 0 1, THAT'S THE HR BUDGET.
THEY HAD NO INCREASE OR ASK FOR INCREASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THEY JUST MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND 9 0 2.
SO TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A, UH, LOOK FOR AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.625 MILLION.
NOW A MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE FOR DEVICES SUCH AS, UH, CHROMEBOOKS AND ALSO COMPUTERS.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND IS DOUG'S STILL HERE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WITH, WE'RE MOVING FROM WINDOWS 10 TO WINDOWS 11 THERE REQUIRES A CHIP THAT HELPS WITH MALWARE SECURITY.
HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD BACK THERE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT ALL EXPIRES.
SO, SO THEY WILL QUIT SERVICING THOSE IN 2020 5TH OF OCTOBER, 2025.
SO WE HAVE ALL THESE DEVICES THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE BE BEFORE OCTOBER OF 2025, UM, THAT ARE DESKTOPS THAT ARE MICROSOFT NOW ALSO WITH
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THE CHROMEBOOKS.THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE'RE REPLACING THOSE ON NEW CYCLES FOR THOSE THAT ARE AGING OUT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ABOUT ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS OF, OF THAT INCREASE THAT THAT WAS ASKED THERE.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE AS WELL, BUT WE LOOKED AT AND SAID, OKAY, LET'S REDUCE THAT BY A MILLION BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE AN ADDITIONAL 6 25.
THAT WOULD HELP US GET SOME HEADWAY GOING ON THE COMPUTERS AND THE CHROMEBOOKS, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL STUFF.
AND THEN SEE IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE OCTOBER 25 NEXT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO TRY TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.
BUT IT AT LEAST GETS US A LITTLE BIT OF A JUMP ON IT.
'CAUSE I THINK THE CHROMEBOOKS WAS, WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND 500,000.
I THINK THE, UH, DESKTOPS WERE 500,000.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF WE COULD DO 200 AND 200 ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REQUESTED IN THAT BUDGET, THEN THAT WOULD AT LEAST GET US A JUMP ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
IT'S NOT THE FULL ASK, BUT IT HELPS US MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR THOUGHT.
WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE COLLECTED COMING IN FROM PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE DECIDED TO DESTROY THEIR CHROMEBOOKS AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT? SO AS FAR AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE, WE ONLY SPENT MAYBE, I DUNNO, I DO HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S LESS THAN $2,000 FOR WHAT WE HELPED SUPPLY FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING ANY FUNDS OR SENDING OUT INVOICE FOR DAMAGES.
BECAUSE THE GENERAL FLOW IS IF THERE'S A DAMAGE THAT TEACHERS OR WHOEVER SHOULD, SHOULD, UH, WRITE OR WRITE THAT UP.
AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.
BUT, AND THEN THEY SEND THE INVOICE TO A PARENT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
SO WE, SO THAT THE CENTRAL OFFICE, THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, YOU DON'T GET REIMBURSED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR ANY OF THE MONEY THAT THEY COLLECT FROM THE PARENTS? NO, GENERAL, ANY, ANY, IF THEY WROTE A CHECK AND SENT IT TO US, A LOT OF TIMES THAT WOULD GO BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT SO THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PUT IT BACK INTO TECHNOLOGY.
SO GENERALLY WE, YOU SAY THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, IF THEY GO AHEAD AND COLLECT IT THROUGH A TECHNOLOGY LINE ITEM, THEY, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND FILE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS OR CHARGERS OR WHATEVER THEY MIGHT NEED HELP, KIND OF DO THAT.
AND THEN THEY CAN DO THAT AND WORK THROUGH THE TEXTS REPAIRED.
IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, WELL, I THINK WE CAN SEND IT OFF TO REPAIR D THE DOES, DO WE HAVE INSURANCE THAT COVERS LIKE THE PUNCHING THROUGH SCREENS AND, AND THE TYPES OF THINGS? I THINK IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST WARRANTY, RIGHT.
INTENDED FOR INTENTIONAL DAMAGE.
UN BUT I THINK WHEN WE PUR OH, OH, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GONNA, WHEN WE PURCHASE THE NEW CHROMEBOOKS, DON'T WE BUY AN INSURANCE POLICY? BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING, YOU KNOW, WE DO GET CHECKS FROM THEM IF THEY CAN'T REPAIR THEM OR WHATEVER, WE GET A CHECK FROM 'EM.
AND THAT DOES GO BACK INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO THE INSURANCE WOULD COVER THE INTENTIONAL DAMAGE THAT'S, YEAH, IT'S INSURANCE THAT'S PURCHASED WHEN THE UNIT, IT'S PURCHASED, I GUESS THROUGH THE SELLER.
IT'S PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, I THINK.
THREE YEAR WARRANTY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I HEARING ABOUT LIKE THE VAST NUMBER OF THESE THINGS OF HOW BADLY ABUSED THEY ARE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WASTE THERE IS, HOW MUCH IS COMING IN AT EACH SCHOOL, HOW MANY ARE BEING DESTROYED AT EACH SCHOOL.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN STRETCH THE DOLLAR.
I, I, LIKE I SAID, I DO THINK THAT THAT COULD BE TRACKED AT LEAST THROUGH ANY INVOICES THAT SENT PARENTS.
NOW THIS ONE, THERE IS SOME, SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
IF WE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER AN RFP TO SEND AN RFP OUT, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY WITH THE ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW TO LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO MR. LEE HAS WORKED ON THAT.
UM, IF WE STAY IN HOUSE, WE WERE GONNA SAY, OKAY, 1.3 MILLION THAT WOULD TRY TO, WE WOULD TRY TO PULL THAT IN TO, TO WORK WITH MAYBE OUR, YOU KNOW, AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
BUT WE WOULD STILL NEED THE 72,000 TO 8,000 AND THE 1300 BECAUSE THOSE ARE SUPPLIES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THAT 72,000 WOULD BE THE, UM, WOULD THE FRONTLINE, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
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VENDOR, THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD GO WITH WHAT THAT VENDOR QUOTED US.BUT THEN YOU COULD TAKE OUT THE 72, THE EIGHT AND THE 1300.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, 80, 81, 80 $2,000 THAT IF WE GO WITH THE VENDOR, WE CAN TAKE IT OUT.
BUT IF WE KEEP IT IN HOUSE, THEN YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOOK AT PROBABLY KEEPING THAT IN THE LINE ITEM.
SO, BUT THAT NUMBER DOESN'T MATCH THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN IN ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT SUBSTITUTE NUMBERS.
SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PAIR THAT DOWN BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING, OKAY, IF WE DO AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM, HOW MUCH ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE FROM THAT TO HELP WITH, WITH INCENTIVIZING TO, TO BREAK SOME OF THAT DOWN.
LIKE THE PAYING OUT THE PAYING OUTTA THE DAYS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IT DOES ALSO GET, I, I THOUGHT IT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE LIKE THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS PART OF THE LABOR BUDGET AND LIKE IF WE TOOK IT IN-HOUSE, THEN THE SUBS WOULD BE LA SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE HARD TO KNOW, LIKE DO WE PUT IT IN NON-LABOR, WHICH IT WOULD BE IF IT'S CONTRACTED OR IN LABOR, WHICH IS WHAT OUR, IF WE DO INHOUSE EMPLOYEE GET WHEN THEY COVER AND WHAT THE, UM, INCENTIVE IS.
SO IT'S LIKE STRADDLES BETWEEN BOTH.
SO THAT MAKES IT JUST A LITTLE COMPLICATED OPERATIONAL AND WELL, I WOULD JUST THINK OF IT AS EVERY TEACHER GETS THEIR, LIKE ASSUME THAT THAT EVERY TEACHER THAT QUALIFIES IS GOING TO WANT THE PAYOUT OF THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY.
SO FACT OR WORST CASE SCENARIO.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THOSE WHO WANNA OPT OUT OR WHATNOT.
SO REALLY THE ONLY OVERAGES WOULD BE WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING THE COST OF WHAT THEIR SUB WOULD COST, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT THEIR, LIKE WE JUST, WE NEED THAT STATISTICAL THAT WE NEED IT RUN THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN SEE WORST CASE SCENARIOS.
BUT I MEAN, WE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A SINGLE YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY STAYED WITHIN BUDGET OF OUR SUB NUMBERS AND, AND WE'VE LIKE GROSSLY EXCEEDED IT AND NONE OF THOSE NUMBERS MATCH ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING GIVEN.
AND THEN BECAUSE BE IT, IT'S ALSO SOMEHOW NOT BEEN PUT OUT FACTUALLY IT'S GONNA SAVE US MONEY TO BRING IT IN-HOUSE.
SO I, NONE OF THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE MATCHING UP WITH THAT SUB BUDGET STUFF.
THERE, THERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 500,000 THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO PAIR THAT DOWN TO, TO WHERE WE CAN SAY, OKAY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE SAYING THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS AND IF THIS INCENTIVE, AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INCENTIVE, IT WAS 30,000 WAS THE INCENTIVE SAVINGS WAS WHAT WE, WELL THAT WAS JUST FOR THIS YEAR.
IF YOU PUT ALL OF THEM IN, I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO, UM, IF WE LOOK AT THE INCENTIVE AND I, AND DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 400 MAYBE IF WE LOOKED AT EVERYBODY THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE NEXT YEAR.
SO, SO I SAID, OKAY, IF WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THAT, THEN THAT WOULD HELP US TO REDUCE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF LANDED ON THAT NUMBER.
AND, AND I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT NUMBER 'CAUSE I JUST ASKED HER TO GIVE ME A, A REPRESENTATION ON WHAT WOULD THE MAX BE.
AND AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK THAT NUMBER.
MM-HMM
WE'VE LEVEL FUNDED THE FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE WE WON'T KNOW TILL AUGUST OR SO WHAT OUR APPROPRIATION FROM THOSE FUNDS WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THOSE, THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE OTHER THAN LEAVE THEM AS THEY ARE TO, TO MATCH WHAT THE REVENUE IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THEN 9 21 SPECIAL SERVICES.
UM, WE TOOK OUT, UH, 46,000 6 0 5 THERE.
UH, THAT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD CONCERNING, UM, CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR, UM, HEARING IMPAIRED OR FOR YEP.
FOR HEARING OR SIGN LANGUAGE, SIGN LANGUAGE, SIGN LANGUAGE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THAT POSITION AVAILABLE.
SO IF WE DON'T FILL THE POSITION, THEN THAT MONEY IS PUSHED DOWN
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INTO THE CONTRACT SIDE.IF WE DO FILL THE POSITION, THEN WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT IN THE LABOR SIDE.
SO WE PULL THAT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT, THERE'S THAT FUNDING POOL AVAILABLE THAT WE WANT TO HIRE A POSITION, UH, 9 22.
THAT IS THE, UH, HEALTH SERVICES FOR NURSES.
WE ACTUALLY ADDED 13,000 TO THAT FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, UM, IN OUR NURSING CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS.
9 23 SOCIAL WORK SOCIAL WORKERS, THAT'S STAGE 0 9 26, PSYCHOLOGIST STAGE ZERO, AND THEN 9 27 TESTING.
SO THAT AD OF, OF 200,000, WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A SCREENER WITH A WAY TO MONITOR FOR READING AND MATH.
NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING LEXI AND Z, BUT THAT RUNS OUT NEXT YEAR HALFWAY THROUGH.
IT RUNS OUT AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A HALF OF, THEY HAVE A HALF A YEAR WITH IT.
Z IS NOT A UNIVERSAL SCREENER ON PROGRESS MONITOR, A TWO YEAR APPLICATION, LEXI MORE SO.
UM, BUT THOSE CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE RUN OUT DECEMBER 20.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WE NEED TO FIND A, TO GO ALONG WITH OUR READING PROGRAM AND, AND TO HELP INCREASE OUR MATH SCORES.
A SCREENER THAT WILL BE K THROUGH EIGHT TO HELP US IDENTIFY OUR STUDENTS IN NEED, ALSO HELP TO REMEDIATE.
UM, AND, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YEAH, YOU CAN GET A SCREENER WITHOUT GETTING THE PIECE THAT, THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE, THE MONITORING FOR A LOT LESS THAN YOU DO.
LIKE SAY, I THINK DREAMBOX IS ONE, CORRECT? DREAMBOX LIKE THE, UH, THEY WRITE OUT 30, UH, $30 A STUDENT.
UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING THERE FOR THE SCREENERS FOR OUR STUDENTS K THROUGH EIGHT SO THAT WE CAN DRILL DOWN, FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THEN ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS IN SMALL GROUP OR THROUGH REMEDIATION.
HOWEVER, WE MAY NEED TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT INCREASE IS THERE.
UM, NO INCREASES TO THOSE AT ALL.
GOING TO THE NEXT PAGE, 8 0 9 TEACHER MICRO PROGRAM IS NINE 30, INSTRUCTION IS NINE 30.
AND THEN 9 32 PREK PRE-K OH, I MISSED IT.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE COLUMN.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THEY DIDN'T GO UP.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE COLUMN INSTEAD OF COLUMN ON THE LOWER.
SO THAT ONE, THE 9 33 DID GO UP.
A THOUSAND GIFTED AND TALENTED.
GIFT AND TALENTED AND THAT BIG COST THERE IS MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR SCHOOL, THAT 1 64.
ALL RIGHT THEN 9 35, 9 37, 9 38.
UM, ACTUALLY IT WENT UP ABOUT $412, 9 39.
SO THE BIG ASK HERE IN TRANSPORTATION WAS 800,000 FOR BUSES AND VEHICLES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE DID PUT INTO A TRANSPORTATION FUND.
WE'VE ZERO ZEROED THAT OUT ON THE COUNTY SIDE 'CAUSE WE'VE PURCHASED ALL THE BUSES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THROUGH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT FUND WAS CREATED WHEN WE HAD CARRYOVER TO WHERE YOU AS A BOARD COULD SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO PUT X DOLLARS IN THE TRANSPORTATION FUND SO WE CAN BUY BUSES.
WELL, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A WHILE SINCE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A CARRY OVER TO WHERE WE CAN PURCHASE BUSES.
AND SO, UM, HE DID ADD THAT IN THERE ALSO WITH THE, UH, VEHICLES.
UM, I BELIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE VEHICLES THAT WE SERVICED, UM, WHEN THE COUNTY
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WAS GETTING READY TO GET RID OF THEM, THAT THEY WOULD JUST SIGN THEM OVER TO TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.NOW I BELIEVE THE COUNTY IS TAKING THOSE AND PUTTING THEM OUT FOR AUCTION.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED A VEHICLE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.
UH, SO WHAT WE LEFT IN THERE WAS BASICALLY TWO BUSES AND MAYBE ONE VEHICLE.
UH, IF YOU FIGURE A BUS IS 130,000, THAT'S TWO 60, UH, THAT LEAVES YOU ABOUT $40,000 TO UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET SOME USED VEHICLES, MAYBE YOU CAN GET TWO USED VEHICLES, UH, WITH $40,000.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN THERE OR LEFT IN THERE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, DO YOU KNOW IF IN ANY OF THAT TRANSPORTATION HE HAS, UM, SOME SORT OF LARGER VEHICLE? I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT JUST SMALLER COMPETITIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS GO TO.
LIKE FFA GOING TO VIRGINIA TECH SEMI REGULARLY, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THERE AREN'T, I GUESS, VEHICLES BIG ENOUGH.
THEY END UP HAVING TO HAVE PARENTS DRIVE DOWN HALL STUDENTS.
SO I WILL LET, UM, AARON KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
BUT I THINK VIRGINIA HAS A LAW WITH WHAT YOU ABOUT TRANSPORTING STUDENTS IN CERTAIN SIZE VEHICLES.
UM, AND SO LET ME GET WITH AARON AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND, UH, BUT LET ME, LET ME CHECK WITH HIM AND AND OUTLINE THAT BECAUSE I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING OF INSTEAD OF TAKING A BIG OLD BUS YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TAKING BUSES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE JUST CALLING ON PARENTS TO, TO DRIVE, LEAVE THIS DRIVING.
UM, SO I KNOW PEOPLE DO TAKE THOSE, BUT I CAN CHECK ON THAT.
I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S A COMMUNICATION PIECE THAT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF SOMETHING AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE LEFT IN THERE.
UH, THAT'S MR. BALLANTINE OVER HERE.
SO TALK, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY OUR FINANCE SOFTWARE, THE DIFFERENT PACKAGES OF IT THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION OF OUR CAFETERIA PLAN, WHICH, UM, ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO TAX SHELTER VARIOUS, UM, OF THEIR, OF THEIR, UM, PAY.
AND, UM, THOSE HAVE GONE UP AND I HAVEN'T BUMPED MY BUDGET UP FOR A WHILE AND I NEED TO, TO, TO CATCH UP WITH THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I'VE LEVEL FUNDED OUR INSURANCES, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A RENEWAL HERE IN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO ON OUR, UM, LIABILITY, OUR PROPERTY, OUR, UM, VEHICLE, UH, INSURANCE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL NOT HAVE GONE UP ANY, BUT IF IT DOES, WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT THAT.
ALRIGHT, THEN THE NEXT 1, 9 43.
UH, WE DID PAIR THAT DOWN TO, UH, $225,000, UH, WHERE WE TOOK THAT DOWN.
UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, UH, WE TOOK THAT DOWN 80,000.
UH, WE TOOK DOWN, UH, 10,000 OUT OF REPAIR MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES.
AND THEN, UH, THE CAPITAL PLACEMENT THAT'S FOR THE, UH, COOLING TOWER AT HILDA AND ALSO THE SYSTEM THAT KIND OF RUNS EVERYTHING THEY'RE WANTING TO REPLACE.
UH, AT SOME SCHOOLS, WE FOUND A CHEAPER WAY TO, TO DO THE COOLING TOWER AT HILDA.
UH, I THINK A RENOVATION OF IT IS ACTUALLY 36 TO $40,000.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS HIM, 'CAUSE I THINK HE SAID IT WAS ABOUT 10,000 PER SCHOOL AND HE HAD SIX SCHOOLS, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW HIM TO, TO, TO UPGRADE ON THAT SYSTEM.
SOME SCHOOLS, BUT NOT ALL SIX SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE 40, THERE'S, THERE WAS BASICALLY ONLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH LEFT IN THERE.
SO BASICALLY IT'S REALLY DOING THE JOB AT HILDA WITH THE COOLING TOWER.
UH, NINE 50 IS SUPERINTENDENT.
UH, WE JUST MOVED SOME THINGS THERE.
THE A HUNDRED, THE $1,200 INCREASE IN THAT IS THE, UH, PITNEY BOSE MILLING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THE, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S.
SO IS THAT THE LEGAL SERVICES THERE TOO? YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S AT 55.
SO I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
SO ARE WE INTENDING TO NOT, WELL, ORIGINALLY IN LAST
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YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING UP TO 55 BECAUSE I MADE US LEAVE THE VSVA AND WE HAD TO HAVE OUR POLICIES REWRITTEN, BUT THEN WE NEVER ACTUALLY SPENT THE MONEY TO REWRITE THE POLICIES.INSTEAD, WE'VE SPENT A DISGUSTING AMOUNT OF MONEY DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEALT WITH PROPERLY.
SO WHEN DO WE ACTUALLY GET TO START SPENDING SOME OF THIS LEGAL SERVICE MONEY ON REWRITING THESE POLICIES THAT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER? SO I KNOW THEY'VE SENT US SOME POLICIES AND THEY HAVE BILLED US FOR SOME OF THOSE POLICIES.
IT DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO TOUCH WHAT WAS, BUT NO, AND, AND SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S YEARS THAT YOU HAVE LEGAL FEES THAT, THAT ARE UP AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE DOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T SAY OURS ARE PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GO ON THAT OUR OURS, OURS ARE UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE THE THING IS, IS THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO, TO, TO STAY WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE.
I MEAN, ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO SAY, OKAY, HIRE SOMEBODY ON STAFF FOR WHAT, WHAT HIRE A LAWYER ON STAFF, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THOSE, IF THOSE WILL BE I'D ALL IN FAVOR OF REPLACING SAN ANDERSON.
UM, I MEAN AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS LIKE WE PAID THEM A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE US A WHOLE LOT OF LEGAL ADVICE THAT'S GOTTEN US A WHOLE LOT OF SUED.
SO LIKE, AT WHICH POINT IN TIME AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, LIKE OUR, IF OUR LAWYER IS GIVING US LEGAL ADVICE, THAT'S THEN GETTING US INTO MORE LEGAL TROUBLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE SIMILAR INSTANCES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OTHER AREAS IN THIS COUNTY WHERE WE USE SAN ANDERSON, THE ONLY PERSON GETTING RICH OFF OF US IS SAN ANDERSON.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A DECISION FOR YOU, YOU ALL SETTING UP THERE.
I MEAN, WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, IS IT SAFE FOR US TO, TO THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA SOMEHOW STICK IT $55,000 IN LEGAL SERVICES WHEN WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
I MEAN, STATED WE'RE GONNA BLOW THAT BUDGET UP.
I I, I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
BUT I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND THIS WAS JUST A, A FIRST AND THIS IS WHY I'M GIVING IT TO YOU GUYS TO SAY, OKAY, HEY, YOU WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, VISIT WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN TELL ME, YOU CAN TELL YOUR YOUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, THAT SAY, HEY, LET'S, CAN WE LOOK AT THIS? I HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THIS THING IN A, IN AN AREA WHERE, WHERE YOU AS A BOARD ARE, ARE HAPPY WITH IT.
SO, BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER 'EM.
UM, LOOK OVER ALL THE NON-LABOR.
UM, IT SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'VE CUT, IT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE ASK WAS.
UM, THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS SAYING, HEY, LET'S SHIFT MONEY HERE.
LET'S THINK, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THAT.
THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A, ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP.
SO, AND THEN THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS FINALIZED OR, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT AT THE WORK SESSION.
UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I MEAN YOU CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THEY CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT 'CAUSE THEY, THEY DO HAVE THIS NOW.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING UPON HOW THINGS, UM, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OUT THERE AND HOW THINGS ROLL.
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ON THE BUDGET THIS EVENING.
[6.B. Board Member Requests]
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.UM, I HAD, LET'S SEE ON MY LIST I HAD, UM, JUST THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE OR PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL HAVE FROM SPECIAL SERVICES AT OUR, UM, MARCH WORK SESSION.
I, UM, I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING TO PRESENT THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ASK IF ANYBODY FROM TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT GOES INTO TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS WITH IEPS OR MCKENNEY VENTO STUDENTS.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF MS. MCDONALD WOULD BE COVERING THAT OR IF THAT'S REALLY MORE TRANSPORTATION PART OF IT.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAD ON THERE AT SOME POINT, UM, TO DO JUST A GENERAL BOARD DISCUSSION OUTTA WORK SESSION ABOUT, UM,
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AND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THE PROCESS GOES BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT EXEMPTIONS ARE APPLIED AND HOW THOSE ARE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY ACROSS EVERY REQUEST.AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A, A CONVERSATION TO HAVE SORT OF AT A WORK SESSION SO EVERYBODY IN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THE MARCH WORK SESSIONS PROBABLY ARE GONNA BE PRETTY BUSY WITH THE SPECIAL SERVICES PRESENTATION.
'CAUSE I IMAGINE THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE LONG.
SO IT'S NOT A HUGE EMERGENCY THAT WE DO IT IN MY MIND IN MARCH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN APRIL OR MAY MAYBE.
SO I DID TALK TO, UM, MR. SMITH ABOUT A FOIA PRESENTATION IN, UM, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
SO I THINK HE WAS PLANNING ON THAT, SO.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I ADDED JUST TO NATE WAS THAT, UM, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD, UM, CODE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING OUR, UM, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SECTION, JUST THOUGHT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE LOOK INTO AS A BOARD AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE, WE COULD DEVELOP THE POLICY, YOU AS A BOARD, DEVELOP THE POLICY.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU HAVE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE, SO YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING.
AND THEN I SAW THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IS STILL ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S LIST AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OTHER, I THINK THING THAT I HAD KIND OF ON THERE FOR THIS EVENING.
NEXT, I THINK I PRETTY WELL SAID MINE, I THINK DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WITH LOOKING INTO, UM, ALTERNATIVES FOR, FOR LEGAL AND THE, THE BUDGET FOR, FOR LEGAL AND UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS, THE MONEY FOR, FOR FREEWRITING THE POLICIES.
OH, AND THEN YES, SORRY, ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE AN ACTUAL, UM, TRUE COST BREAKDOWN COMPARISON WITH, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE PAYOUT FOR PER DAYS VERSUS THE INCENTIVE AND LIKE REAL CONCRETE NUMBERS WITH REGARD TO THAT.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS ANY EMPLOYEE THAT CURRENTLY HAS THE 30 DAYS BANKED BECAUSE THAT THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR 30 DAYS BANKED AND THEN POTENTIALLY 10 DAYS ABOVE.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT, RIGHT? I KNOW KENDALL'S WORKED ON THAT.
SO I I I THINK SHE'S LET, LET ME SEE WHAT SHE HAS, UH, WITH ME.
OKAY, WELL YEAH, AND, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME BECAUSE THERE'S 15 DAYS TOTAL, SO THE FIVE PERSONAL DAYS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PAYING OUT.
SO WE NEED TO ASER ASSUME WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT ALL OF THOSE FIVE DAYS ARE TAKEN BY EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER AND HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST US IN A SUB COST.
THEN YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK AT YOUR 10 DAYS THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING OUT AND WHO'D BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT AND ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET PAID OUT ALL OF THAT.
THEN COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAYING OUT THE SUB DAYS VERSUS PAYING OUT THE, THE ACTUAL SUBSTITUTE.
AND SEE A TRUE COST COMPARISON ANALYSIS THAT WE CAN TRULY WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS AND HAVE A REAL BUDGET NUMBER TO, TO WORK WITH.
I MEAN, I THINK THE PLACE WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE, I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
I THINK THE PLACE WHERE THERE'S GONNA ALWAYS BE SOME UNCERTAINTY IS THERE ARE LIKELY PEOPLE NOW WHO ARE JUST BANKING THEIR DAYS AND WE'RE NOT PAYING A SUB OR PAYING THEM.
SO THAT WILL BE A HIGHER COST AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT WILL BE OFFSET BY SOME PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WOULD BE MOTIVATED TO GO TO WORK IF THEY COULD GET A PAYOUT FOR IT.
UM, SO WE WON'T KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, GOES ON EACH SIDE.
WE WON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE THE PAYOUT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OFF OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN OFF THAT TAKE THE PAYOUT INSTEAD.
AND THE WAY WE WILL SAVE MONEY IS IF PEOPLE TAKE THE PAYOUT INSTEAD OF THE DAY OFF.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE NUMBERS LIKE AT BOTH EDGES AND THEN WE'LL KNOW THAT IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE DEPENDING ON WHAT EVERYONE DOES.
WELL IT'D BE LIKE A, AN EQUATION YOU COULD GRAPH SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, SO I HAVE HERE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WANTING TO COMPARE UNUSE SICK DAYS, SO THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT ABOVE 30.
SO THAT WOULD EVEN INCLUDE IF THEY HAVE 31 BECAUSE
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THEY COULD DO ONE, UM, AND UNUSED SICK DAYS VERSUS IF THEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TOOK THEIR FIVE PERSONAL, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY PAYING OUT FOR SICK.AND THEN, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO PAY THE SUBS ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, IF FOR THOSE SICK DAYS, IF EVERYBODY TOOK SICK DAYS, CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TO HOW PEOPLE SICK? 0%.
WE GET RUN IT AS A MODEL AS IF LIKE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE COULD JUST RUN THE MODEL FOR THIS YEAR AND SAY, OR GO BACK ANOTHER YEAR OR WHATEVER SINCE WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED YET, BUT, AND START TO COMPARE MAYBE THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FROM LAST YEAR.
SO LIKE JANUARY THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR? WELL, WE'RE IN MARCH NOW, SO I GUESS TECHNICALLY WE COULD GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, BUT SO FROM THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN PULL THE NUMBERS FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, FEBRUARY THROUGH THE END OF SCHOOL TO GET THE HYPOTHETICAL FOR WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST US THIS YEAR, PAYING OUT DAYS COMPARED TO ACTUAL SUB COSTS.
IT'S LIKE DOING A, A MOCKUP SCENARIO.
[7.A. Approval of March 6, 2024 Personnel Report, 2024 Spring Supplements, and Personnel Report Addendum - Mr. Lee]
ONE MORE MOTION FOR THIS EVENING AND THAT'S ON THE, UM, PERSONNEL REPORT.I MOVE THAT THE MARCH 6TH, 2024 PERSONNEL REPORT, 2024 SPRING SUPPLEMENTS AND THE PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? A SECOND.