Aug 07, 2024 Board Meeting

CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

MADAM VICE CHAIR? AYE.

MR. MCFADDEN? AYE.

MRS. SALAN? AYE.

MS. SA, IF YOU'LL PLEASE READ US OUT OF CLOSED MM-HMM.

, ACCORDING TO THE VOTES RECORDED BY THE CLERK, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF WARREN COUNTY DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION APPLIES.

AND TWO, 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.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MR. SALANS? AYE.

MR. MCFADDEN? AYE.

MADAME VICE CHAIR? AYE.

MRS. LOWE? AYE.

I WILL

[2.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair]

AND IF WE COULD PLEASE KEEP THE FAMILY, THE ISLER FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AT THIS TIME 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 ALL.

THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA? I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

[2.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IS NEXT.

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 THEIR CONSIDERATION.

PERSONS ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE

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ADVISED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THOSE RELEVANT TO THE PENDING ITEMS. NO PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS EXCEPT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AFTER AUDIBLY STATING THEIR NAME AND WHOM THEY REPRESENT.

IF APPLICABLE, NO PERSON SHALL BRING INTO THE BOARDROOM ANY SIGN, BANNER, OR OTHER SUCH ITEM WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SEEING, HEARING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.

PROVIDED THAT MODELS, PHOTOS, MAPS, CHART, DRAWINGS, AND OTHER SUCH DEMONSTRATIVE MATERIALS INTENDED FOR USE IN A PRESENTATION BY A SPECIFIC PERSON SHALL BE PERMITTED UPON RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR OR CLERK OF THE BOARD.

THE SPEAKER SHALL ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR CAN FIND THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS, WHICH FROM THEIR USUAL CONSTRUCT AND COMMON ACCEPTANCE ARE DEFAMATORY TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR TEND TO VIOLENCE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE.

REFRAIN FROM OBSCENITY OR VULGARITY, STAY WITHIN ALLOTTED TIME.

STOP SPEAKING.

WHEN DIRECTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, CR CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH CONDUCT ONCE ANY ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER THE WARNING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

AND THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ASK THE COUNTY SHERIFF TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OR CLEAR THE BOARDROOM SO THAT THE BOARD CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHEN RECOGNIZED.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU ARE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF A WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENT TO THREE MINUTES.

MR. VALENTINE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP? NO ONE HAS SIGNED IN ADVANCE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I READ ALL THAT FOR NOTHING.

IT'S OKAY.

LAST CALL.

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

[3. Consent Agenda]

CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

[4.A. Superintendent]

BALLINGER.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR.

UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US ONLINE TONIGHT.

UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE WATCHING THIS AT A LATER DATE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

UH, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO DISCUSS AND JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT OPEN HOUSE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST THE 12TH, 2024, BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 6:00 PM DUE TO TROPICAL SCOR STORM.

DEBBIE, UH, THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE AREA TOMORROW WITH FORECASTED RAIN TOTALS BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX INCHES WITH FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES ARE SAFE AS WE WELCOME EVERYONE BACK.

UH, WE DID SEND OUT A CALLER TO FAMILIES AND TO STAFF, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, MEETING EVERYBODY ON MONDAY INSTEAD OF TOMORROW.

UH, WE, WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE AS, UH, THE STORM COMES IN.

UH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS.

THERE CAN BE SOME LOCAL FLOODING WITH SOME HIGH WINDS, SO, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO BE A LITTLE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AS, AS WE'RE BRINGING EVERYBODY BACK.

AS YOU KNOW, MUL, SOMETIMES WE HAVE MULTIPLE FAMILIES GOING TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND SO WE JUST WANT IT TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE'RE BRINGING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS BACK IN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR, OUR EVENT LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, TORNADO WARNING COME THROUGH AND EVERYBODY HAD TO HUNKER DOWN IN OUR BUILDINGS.

UH, SO, UH, WE'LL TRY TO AVOID THAT THIS YEAR.

UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE DID WELCOME BACK NEW TEACHERS, UH, LAST WEEK TO THE DIVISION AND THAT ALL STAFF REPORTED, UH, ON MONDAY.

ALSO, UH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY.

ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THE WCPS COMMUNITY FUND DAY IS CURRENTLY STILL SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY AUGUST THE 10TH, BETWEEN 10 O'CLOCK AND TWO O'CLOCK.

UM, IN WORKING WITH, UM, LOOKING AT THE WEATHER TODAY, WE, WE NOTICE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO MOVE OUT BY FRIDAY.

UH, SO AS DRY AS WE ARE, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, AND WITH SOME WIND THAT CAN HELP KEEP THINGS DRY.

AND THAT SATURDAY IT'S LOOKING LIKE THERE IS NO RAIN FOR SATURDAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NICE DAY AND

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THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO SOGGY OUT THERE ON THE FIELD, UH, FOR, UM, THE EVENT.

BUT AT THE WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND DAY AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S AT 1 55 WESTMINSTER DRIVE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MULTITUDE OF VENDORS FOR INDOOR ACTIVITIES, FREE HAIRCUTS, UH, YOGA AND TAEKWONDO, BIKE AND HELMET SAFETY FINGERPRINTING EXHIBITS, SELF-DEFENSE DEMONSTRATIONS.

THERE'LL BE A BOUNCE HOUSE OBSTACLE COURSE CLIMBING, WALL DUNK TANK JOUSTING ACTIVITIES, UH, BARREL TRAIN RIDES, VEHICLE DISPLAYS FROM THE FIRE AND RESCUE AND SHERIFF ASSORTMENT OF FOOD TRUCKS, PETTING ZOO.

THERE WILL BE A DJ IN A CAR SHOW.

SO, UH, WE JUST KEEP ENHANCING THIS.

UH, LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR OF HAVING IT, SO THIS IS THE OFFICIAL, UH, FIRST ANNUAL, UH, EVENT.

SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT.

THIS IS JUST OUR WAY OF BRINGING EVERYBODY BACK, NOT JUST ON OPEN HOUSE, BUT WELCOMING THAT BACK WITH, WITH SOME ACTIVITY AND, UH, JUST SOME INFORMATION.

AND SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO OUR FAMILY.

FUN DAY ON THIS ON SATURDAY.

I HOPE WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT EVENT.

ALSO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT SCHOOL WILL START ON TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 13TH.

UM, JUST WANTED TO REMIND ALL THOSE OUT THERE THAT THOSE, UH, BIG YELLOW BUSES WILL BE BACK ON THE ROAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GET USED TO NOT SEEING THEM OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, OVER THE SUMMER, BUT JUST REMIND DRIVERS THAT WHEN THAT STOP SIGN IS OUT, THAT YOU NEED TO STOP BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE LITTLE ONES CROSSING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE BUS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

UH, SO JUST BE AWARE OF LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONES AND AREAS WHERE WE HAVE OUR BUSES AND OUR STUDENTS, UH, BECAUSE SAFETY IS OUR UTMOST IMPORTANCE, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET STUDENTS TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND WE GET THEM HOME SAFELY.

SO, UH, WE DO NEED YOUR COOPERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

UH, ALSO I DID JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE THE BOARD AN UPDATE AS FAR AS WITH OUR, OUR CURRENT VACANCIES AS FAR AS WE'RE BEGINNING, WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR RIGHT NOW.

UM, I DID CHECK WITH HR JUST BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING.

RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 10 TEACHER VACANCIES, TWO IAS, UH, OR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.

TWO NURSES, TWO COUNSELORS.

UM, ALL OF OUR BUS ROUTES ARE COVERED RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT WE STILL ARE TRYING TO FILL THREE SUB DRIVERS, BUT WE HAVE TWO IN A SCHOOL OR IN OUR PROGRAM, OUR TRAINING PROGRAM.

SO THAT WILL BE TWO OF THOSE THREE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY FULL ON OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH CAR DRIVERS, BUT IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS THAT COULD CHANGE.

SO WE STILL HAVE THAT POSTED OUT THERE.

SO WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CAR DRIVERS, UH, JUST IN CASE WE MAY NEED THOSE ON DOWN THE LINE.

SO, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE A LOT WORSE THAN US.

I'VE HEARD OF SOME SYSTEMS BEING DOWN 50 STUDENTS THAT ARE OUR SI OR 50 TEACHERS THAT ARE OUR SIZE.

UM, AND FOR US TO HAVE 10, UH, I THINK THAT THAT BODES WELL FOR NOT JUST WARREN COUNTY, BUT FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS REACHING OUT AND FINDING, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT THEY, THEY KNOW WILL, WILL SERVE OUR STUDENTS WELL.

SO, UM, THAT IS MY UPDATE.

UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REPORTS, MR. VETT.

AND,

[4.B. School Board]

SO IT SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY SINCE WE LAST MET, WHICH HAS BEEN KIND OF NICE.

ANYWAY.

UM, SO DURING THIS TIME OFF, WE'VE HAD, UM, HAD A BUILDING TOUR WITH, UH, MR. SALAN AND I WENT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, MR. HEL AND, UM, LOOKED AT THE, ALL THE GREAT GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE COUNTY.

UH, MR. COSTNER IS THERE, DR.

COSTNER IS THERE AS WELL, WHERE WE WENT TO LFK TO SORT OF SEE THE 99.9% FINISHED PRODUCT.

BEAUTIFUL JOB, GREAT JOB.

EVERYONE SEEMS HAPPY WITH WHAT'S THERE.

UM, WE, THE, THE GYM AT THE E WILSON MORRISON, IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO SEE IT FROM WHAT IT WAS TO WHAT IT IS NOW.

THOSE KIDS HAVE GOTTA BE HAPPY WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GET BACK THERE.

AND, UM, GOING OVER TO, WE WENT TO THE, UH, 15TH STREET DIVERSIFIED MINES PLACE TO SEE A, A, A NEW NEW DESIGN FOR SAFETY DESIGN OVER THERE.

AND THEN WE WENT, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE, OF THE STORAGE UNITS, THE STORAGE BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE HUGE AND LOTS OF STUFF IN THEM.

AND I HOPE TO NEVER GO BACK TO THAT .

UM, IT WAS KIND OF SCARY, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS, UH, DR.

JAMON AND CHERYL COLORS FROM THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISOR WITH US ON THIS WHOLE TOUR.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION OF WHAT TO DO WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.

IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF PACK RATS HAVE BEEN LIVING BACK THERE, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GET RID OF SOME OF IT.

SO ANYWAY, IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING, UH, BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING.

NORMALLY WE SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT ONE OR TWO THINGS, BUT WE ACTUALLY WENT AND TOURED ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

SO IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD.

AND IT'S ALL UNDER BUDGET, AND IT'S ALL UNDER THE TIME IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.

SO I, I DON'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT, I JUST SHOWED UP

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AFTERWARDS.

BUT, UH, MR. HELMICK DID A GREAT JOB, UM, MANAGING THIS, THIS WHOLE THING.

AND THE LANCE CONSTRUCTION WAS JUST AMAZING.

SO THAT WAS ONE THING.

UH, THE SBMA, SO WE MADE THE, WE MADE A, A VOTE RECENTLY TO GO WITH POLICY AUDITS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALLIANCE GROUP.

AND, UM, SO, UH, MRS. LOWE AND I ARE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE TO, TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW IT'S ALL GONNA WORK OUT.

AND WE HAD AN ONLINE MEETING WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY WHERE WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS GOING TO BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE, WE CONTRACTED WITH THEM FOR THE YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, I THINK, TO AUDIT OUR, LOOK OVER OUR, ALL OF OUR POLICIES, AND PARTICULARLY LOOK AT THE ONES THAT ARE OUT OF DATE AND ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

AND WHEN THEY HAD PRESENTED THEIR CONTRACT TO US OR PROPOSED IN THE BEGINNING, THEY'D SAID THERE WAS ABOUT 50 THAT SEEMED TO BE OUTTA WHACK.

SO THEY, THEY, WE, WE SAID, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO START WITH THOSE.

HOW ABOUT YOU LOOK AT THOSE 50 OR THEREABOUTS AND START WORKING ON THE ONES THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT.

THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE, THEN THEY WOULD GET 'EM TOGETHER.

THEN THEY'D SEND THEM IN BATCHES OF MAYBE FIVE AT A TIME TO MRS. LOWE AND MYSELF, WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT 'EM, SEE, SEE HOW THEY LOOK.

AND IF THEY LOOK ON THE UP AND UP, WE WOULD THEN PRESENT 'EM TO THE FULL BOARD FOR, FOR THEN, UH, VOTING ON THEM HAVING TO READ THINGS THREE TO FOUR TIMES.

YOU KNOW, THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES THAT ARE GONNA GO THROUGH IT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S GOOD TO, TO GET ON, ON, ON TRACK WITH THIS.

UM, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.

THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS.

THEY'RE PRIORITIZING THE POLICIES OF NON-COMPLIANCE.

THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SIGN OF GET IT ALL TOGETHER IS BY NOVEMBER 29TH.

BUT WE DID ASK THEM TO SEND US IN IN BATCHES RATHER THAN WAITING FOR ALL THE POLICIES THAT COME IN ON ONE DAY, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

SO OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE A SMOOTH PROCESS AND WE'RE GONNA GO START GOING THROUGH THEM.

UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT IT ARE SOME OUR REGULATIONS AS WELL.

IT'S NOT SORT OF PART OF THEIR CONTRACT OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT TO LOOK AT, TO SEE AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE POLICY MANUAL, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD TO THEM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY COME UP WITH, IT'S, IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO ACCEPT THESE OR NOT.

SO THEY'RE JUST RECOMMENDER.

THEY WILL RECOMMEND IT US THINGS.

AND THEN AFTER THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED THEM OR MADE ANY CHANGES, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES AT THE VERY END, IT WOULD GO TO OUR ACCOUNT, OUR, OUR LAWYERS, TO THEN MAKE SURE IT'S LEGIT.

SO WE, WE WOULD TRY TO SPEND AS LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON OUR LAWYERS' FEES BY HAVING EVERYTHING DONE BEFOREHAND.

AND AT THE END, THEY CAN JUST SORT OF READ OVER IT 30 MINUTES, CHECK OFF AND SAY, IT LOOKS GOOD.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH EMAILS SENDING US THESE THINGS.

SO I, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.

I WAS HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GONNA GO INTO LUNCHEON ON, IF WE DON'T GET RAINED OUT OR HAVE TO GET A BOAT OR SOMETHING TO GO TO THE SHENDO COUNTRY CLUB, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, IN, IN, IN MEETING SOME MORE OF THE, THE TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MS. SALANS.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN HERE.

UM, SO OVER THE PAST MONTH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE, UM, E WILSON MORRISON CHAIR SALE.

UM, I, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE TOTAL COUNT OFF, OFF HAND BECAUSE AFTER POSTING PICTURES OF THE CHAIR CHAIR STALE DAY, WE GOT MORE PEOPLE COMING BACK SAYING, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE, HAVE SOLD, UM, QUITE A FEW OF THOSE CHAIRS.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY THROUGH WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL'S, OPEN GYM, AND, UM, EAT A POPSICLE WITH THE PRINCIPAL THERE.

AND HAD HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO THE, UH, MEET AND GREET WITH THE, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO ATTEND THE MEETING WITH THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE STATE MODEL POLICIES FOR CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS.

UM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THE MODEL POLICY SOON.

IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AN, AN INFORMATIVE MEETING.

UM, THERE WERE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, UM, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS STUDYING, UM, CHILDREN'S BRAINS AND, AND SOCIAL SKILLS.

AND, UM, I'M SURE THEY WILL GET MORE IN DEPTH WHEN THEY PRESENT THESE MODEL POLICIES.

BUT I, I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF SOME OF THE EFFECTS THAT, THAT THE CELL PHONES ARE HAVING ON CHILDREN'S BRAINS, UM, FOLLOWING CERTAIN PATHWAYS IN THEIR, IN THEIR NEUROTRANSMITTERS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTIONS, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, IT IS, IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE LEANING TOWARDS, UM, TOTAL REMOVAL OF CELL PHONES FROM, FROM SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

UM, AND I JUST, THE ONLY INPUT THAT I REALLY HAD TO GIVE WAS TO JUST STRESS THAT WHATEVER THE STATE MANDATES US DO THAT THE STATE THEN BACK US UP WITH, UM, FUNDING, LEGAL PROTECTION GUIDANCE, ET CETERA.

UM, IF WE'RE HAVING TO PURCHASE

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THOSE LOCKERS TO HOLD CELL PHONES IN WILL HELP US PAY FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, I ATTENDED THE BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING AS WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED, AND THEN I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE NEW TEACHER LUNCHEON AND MEET SOME OF THE, THE NEW FACES AND, AND THAT THAT WAS A VERY, UH, PLEASANT, REWARDING DAY.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU MRS. LOWE.

I ALSO, IS THAT GOOD? IS ANY BETTER? HELLO? COOL DOWN.

IS THAT ONE BETTER? YEAH.

SHOULD I START OVER? ? ALL RIGHT.

SO I WAS JUST SAYING THAT, UM, I GOT TO ATTEND THE, UM, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL MEET THE PRINCIPAL EVENT.

AND SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. BURKE AS WELL AS HIS, UM, FACULTY AND STAFF FOR HAVING THAT EVENT.

UM, AND WHILE I WAS THERE, I SPOKE WITH TWO MOMS WHO WERE LOOKING AT GETTING A PTA STARTED.

UM, SO I HOPE THAT ANY OTHER PARENTS OF SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS, UM, WILL CONSIDER LOOKING THAT UP AND JOINING SO THAT WE CAN, UM, SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AT THAT SCHOOL.

UM, I ALSO WENT TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY WITH MR. MCFADDEN ABOUT OUR POLICY REVIEW PROCESS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE FIRST MEETING.

WE JUST KIND OF MET AND SET EXPECTATIONS, LIKE HE SAID.

UM, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO HIS SUMMARY WAS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF LINKING OUT TO CODE DIRECTLY FROM OUR POLICY, UM, WHICH I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT WAS, WOULD BE HELPFUL SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT DOES OUR POLICY SAY, AND THEN WHAT DOES THE CODE SAY AND HOW DO THOSE INTERACT? BECAUSE QUITE A BIT OF OUR POLICIES ARE TAKEN VERY DIRECTLY FROM THE CODE IF YOU ARE NOT.

UM, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH ONES ARE AND WHICH ONES AREN'T.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING MY KIDS TEACHERS, UM, TOMORROW.

OF COURSE, THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED.

IF YOU LOOK AT MY HAIR, YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A HURRICANE COMING, , NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THEM ON MONDAY INSTEAD, UM, AND READY TO GET THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, I HAVE NOT HAD QUITE AS BUSY TIME, UH, WITH EVENTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

I, UH, UH, TO BE HONEST, I THINK I WAS ON VACATION DURING A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS.

SO UNFORTUNATELY I PLANNED MY VACATION NOT VERY WELL.

UM, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE.

BUT, UM, I AM EXCITED TO, UM, AS AFTER THE YEAR GETS STARTED TO GET OUT AND SEE A LOT OF THE PLACES THAT, UH, MR. MCFADDEN WAS TALKING ABOUT AND ALL THE RENOVATIONS AND THE CHANGES.

UM, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME, I THINK WHEN THEY JUST STARTED LFK THAT I HAD BEEN THERE TO, TO SEE IT.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND SEE THOSE, UM, THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

I WOULD AGAIN LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S IN, BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, IS HUGE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO COME INTO THOSE AREAS.

AND I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF E WILSON MORRISON, UM, AND I JUST KNOW THOSE STUDENTS.

THAT'S JUST GONNA BE SUCH AN EXCITING, UH, WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THEM THERE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINLY WISH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS RETURNING TEACHERS, NEW TEACHERS, UM, ASSISTANTS, CAFETERIAS, CUSTODIANS, EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

I WANNA WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST OF SCHOOL YEAR THIS TIME EVERY YEAR.

I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR NOW, 20.

THIS IS MY STARTING MY 26TH YEAR NOW BEING AN EDUCATOR.

BUT THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS WHEN YOU COME BACK, UM, YOU COULD ALSO ARGUE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN MAY THAT YOU, YOU HAVE THAT SAME FEELING IN MAY WHEN IT'S ABOUT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA DENY THAT, BUT IT, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING IN IT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR BELLY WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE NEW KIDS WALKING IN AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR STAFF SITTING OUT THERE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE IN YOUR BUILDINGS.

AND, UM,

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IT'S JUST AN EXCITING, EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME KIDS OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANNA SLEEP BECAUSE I HAVE ONE THAT IS, WANTS TO STAY UP AND GET UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA GET READY FOR SCHOOL.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE, SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

OH, I GUESS I GOTTA KEEP MOVING ON.

UM, WE

[5.A. Addition to the Miscellaneous Scale and Timesheet to reflect the additional compensation for "Interim Administrator." - Dr. Ballenger]

ARE NOW TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, AND WE HAVE ITEM A ADDITION TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SCALE AND TIME SHEET TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR DR.

BALLINGER.

THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.

UM, AS, AS THE BOARD MAY RECALL, WE DISCUSSED THIS, UM, TO MAKE THIS AN, AN ADJUSTMENT TO THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING TWO JOBS.

UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST TO FORMALIZE THAT DISCUSSION, AND I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD, UM, APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL PAY RATE FOR INTERIM ADMINISTRATORS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL PAY RATE FOR INTERIM ADMINISTRATORS? IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

B, POLICY REGULATION, GCBD DASH R UPDATE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[5.B. Policy Regulation GCBD-R Update - Dr. Costner]

DR.

COSTNER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SHOULD SAY GOOD EVENING.

I'M MY VICE CHAIR AND I'M BOARD OF MEMBERS.

I BRING TO YOU TONIGHT.

UH, THE APPROVAL TO, TO, UM, FOR THE REGULATIONS IS PRESENTED FOR POLICY GCBD DASH R, THE UPDATE, THE UPDATE IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE MAY REQUEST THAT AN EMPLOYEE AT THE EMPLOYEE'S EXPENSE SUBMIT A PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATE VERIFYING THE ILLNESS UPON THE SICK LEAVE REQUEST AS BASED.

AND THIS IS FOR BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT STAFF.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAVE, UM, I'VE HAD A, I'VE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF PRINCIPALS AND TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A, A REGULATION OF HOW TO, HOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I, I, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM THE PURPOSE OF, I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF THIS AT SOME POINT, OBVIOUSLY, IT, IT SORT OF STARTED WITH US WE'RE, WE HAVE A NEW, YOU KNOW, THE, WE'RE DOING THE SUBSTITUTES, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY ON SUBSTITUTES AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS HAVE HAVE SICK DAYS AND PERSONAL DAYS AND BEREAVEMENT DAYS.

I GUESS THERE'S SOME BELIEF THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE AREN'T USING THEM.

THERE'S SICK DAYS FOR BEING SICK.

AND SO JUST AS A PERSON WHO LIKES TO SORT OF LESS GOVERNMENT IS BETTER THAN NO GOVERNMENT, OR IS MORE GOVERNMENT, IS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME OTHER WAY AROUND.

LIKE, LIKE SORT OF PUNISHING ALL THE PEOPLE OF SAYING YOU'RE ALL SUSPECT OF BEING CRIMINALS OF, YOU KNOW, USING THE WRONG SICK DAYS AND SAYING YOU'RE IN SICK WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY, RATHER THAN, I WOULD IMAGINE AS ANY EMPLOYER WOULD KNOW, THEY HAVE CERTAIN TEACHERS THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE EMPLOYEE, IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, WHO'S SORT OF MAYBE DOING IT.

SO I, I DON'T, SO THE FACT THAT IT'S SORT OF A, I UNDERSTAND IT DOES SAY MAY, THERE'S A MAY IN HERE THAT THAT'S NOT REQUIRED OF SOMEONE.

BUT FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE I WAS TALKING TO, IS THAT SORT OF A LITTLE LIKE, WELL, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AS EPIDEMIC AS PEOPLE THINK IT IS, IS THIS ACTUALLY GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM? AND I, I JUST, SO I JUST, THE BOTTOM LINE, I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO IT.

THESE ARE JUST THE QUESTION I CAME UP WITH AND I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE LAST NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT, UH, WORK SESSION WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE GET SOME EVEN MORE IN INTEL FROM PEOPLE FROM HOW IT GOES.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A POLICY, IT'S A REGULATION, BUT IF IT'S BEING BROUGHT UP TO HERE, I JUST, I WOULD FEEL BETTER.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT IT, AND IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE WRITTEN BETTER.

JUST FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WAY THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IS OBVIOUSLY IT SAYS REASONS FOR USING SICK LEAVE INCLUDE ILLNESS OF EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE, OR ILLNESS WITHIN THE EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY OR BEREAVEMENT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO SHOW SOME AN OBITUARY IF THEY'RE BEREAVING? OR LIKE, HOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY DID THAT? IF IT'S, UNLESS IT'S JUST ABOUT SICK DAYS.

SO I, I MEAN, I THINK IT NEEDS MAYBE A LITTLE COUPLE MORE NUANCES OR SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT GIVEN ARBITRARILY TO CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT SOMEONE MAY OR MAY NOT, I MEAN, SOMEONE MAY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY AND JUST USE IT AGAINST THEM ALL THE TIME AND SAY, YOU, YOU HAVE TO SHOW US THE NOTE AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO EVER SHOW THE NOTE.

AND I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THERE'S SOME, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WE WANNA DO IT, IT JUST SEEMS THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT.

BUT, UH, THAT'S, I WOULD, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE TO THE, TO THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

SO I WAS

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JUST GONNA MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

UM, AGAIN, I I, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, I HEAR ALL, ALL SIDES.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN THERE THAT AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABSENCE, PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH A MEDICAL REPORT FROM THEIR ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

THIS REPORT SHOULD STATE THE ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF ABSENCE.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THIS.

I DID A, LITERALLY A VERY QUICK SEARCH.

I KNOW THAT THIS VERY SIMILAR LANGUAGE IS IN SHENANDOAH, FREDERICK, AND WINCHESTER CITY SCHOOLS.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE DIVISION WHERE I WORK IN ANOTHER STATE.

UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK, UM, IF THAT SECTION SHOULD GO RIGHT WITH THAT AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, UM, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DISCUSSION JUST AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, YOU KNOW, DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE SUPER, OR MAYBE IT COULD BE ALTERED, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE DESIGNEE MAY REQUEST UPON, YOU KNOW, UM, VALID, UM, TREND, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANNA WORD THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I THINK THE REASON FOR THIS AND BEING, YOU KNOW, IS IF YOU KNOW THAT EMPLOYEE A IS TAKING OFF EVERY MONDAY, UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A PATTERN OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOST INFAMOUS IS EMPLOYEE A HAS SAID, OH YEAH, I GOTTA TAKE OFF SICK.

BUT THEY'VE PLASTERED ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY WERE AT HERSHEY PARK FOR THE DAY.

'EM OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

UM, THAT'S A BLATANT USE MISUSE OF THAT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS? UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, GRIEVING, GRIEVING, YOU KNOW, TAKING OFF FOR GRIEVING, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS.

I MEAN, SOMEBODY MIGHT NEED MORE THAN THREE DAYS.

UM, BUT I AM VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR STAFF TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO I'M NOT SURE ANYTHING IF THAT REALLY MADE A LOT OF SENSE.

BUT I THINK THERE IS ROOM TO ADD SOME MORE SPECIFICS.

UM, BUT IT ALMOST IS LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE AFTER FIVE, WE CAN ASK FOR A DOCTOR'S NOTE.

WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL MAYBE INTO THIS SECTION AS TO WHY I DON'T, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF SEE IS LIKE, WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE AFTER FIVE, SO NOW WE'RE JUST SAYING BLANKET, THEY KIND OF NEED TO GO TOGETHER.

MM-HMM.

BUT IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE OFF ON FRIDAYS AND MONDAYS.

THEORETICALLY, AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T AFTER A PATTERN, A LITTLE PATTERN PATTERN WHEN YOU SEE A PATTERN OR TREND PATTERN.

'CAUSE I MEAN, I, I, I, I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATORS, I MEAN, WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE SEE A PATTERN EVERY, EVERY HOLIDAY.

YOU'RE OFF, EVERY MONDAY, EVERY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MM-HMM, OR THOSE THAT, UM, HAVE USED ALL THEIR SICK LEAVE, UM, THAT ARE TAKING LEAVE WITHOUT PAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE REASONS.

SO THIS IS JUST, AND, AND MR. MCFADDEN, AS YOU SAID, IT SAYS MAY, SO THE INTENT OF THIS IS NOT TO ASK STAFF FOR MEDICAL NOTES OR ANYTHING.

THIS IS JUST, IF AN ADMINISTRATOR NEEDS TO ASK BECAUSE THEY SEE A PATTERN OR SOMEBODY HAS BEEN HABITUAL WITH SOMETHING, THEN THEY CAN ASK, BECAUSE NOW IT'S ACCORDING TO CURRENT POLICY OR REGULATION, THERE IS THAT WE CAN DO THAT AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

BUT IF YOU MISS THREE DAYS HERE, THEN YOU MISS THREE DAYS HERE, THEN YOU MISS THREE DAYS HERE THAT YOU'RE NOT HITTING YOUR FIVE CONSECUTIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S JUST TO ALLOW FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, OKAY, I'VE NOTICED SOMETHING HERE.

I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DOCUMENTATION.

UM, IT'S NOT TO SIT HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF THIS, AND IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATORS SAY, I REALLY CAN'T ASK EMPLOYEES FOR, FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE POLICY OR REGULATION ONLY SAYS AFTER FIVE.

AND SO IF I'M IN CHARGE OF MY BUDGET, BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE BUDGETS NOW FOR THEIR, FOR, FOR ESS, FOR THEIR SUBS.

THEY SAID, IF I'M IN CHARGE FOR MY BUDGET, I'M GONNA NEED AT LEAST THE AVAILABILITY TO SAY, I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS AND YOU DID IT AGAIN.

I NEED A DOCTOR'S NOTE.

SO, SO WHY? AND SO, SO IT'S, IT'S IT, AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY GET US LOCKED INTO, WELL, YOU CAN ONLY DO, YOU CAN ONLY ASK FOR THIS, THIS, OR THIS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S MAY.

AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN INTENT TO BE A GOTCHA.

IT'S NOT AN INTENT.

YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATORS ARE GOING TO LET STAFF USE THEIR LEAVE.

I MEAN, THEY EARNED THEIR LEAVE AND, AND I'M ONE, I I LET PEOPLE USE THEIR LEAVE.

AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO BEREAVEMENT, YOU, THAT ADMINISTRATOR AND THAT TEACHER, THAT THAT STAFF MEMBER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONE THAT, THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW WHY THAT PERSON IS TAKING BEREAVEMENT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE KEPT SECRET FROM

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YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATORS AT THOSE BUILDINGS WORK WITH THEIR STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS.

THEY KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH AND THEY WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT, AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY IS ABUSING THE, THE SYSTEM AND THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TAKING THEIR LEAVE.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE WORD MAY IS IT JUST GIVES THE AVAILABILITY TO SAY, I'VE NOTICED THIS OR THIS, I NEED A DOCTOR'S NOTE.

AND, AND THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF IT.

IT'S NOTHING MORE, AND IT'S NOTHING LESS THAN THAT.

IT'S JUST GIVING THE AVAILABILITY FOR AN ADMINISTRATOR TO NOW ASK OUTSIDE OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO JUST WHERE IT SAYS AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF ABSENCE, A NOTED TREND PATTERN OR BLATANT MISUSE, I'M SURE THERE'S A BETTER WORD TO USE, RIGHT? RIGHT.

MM-HMM, , UM, OR BLATANT MISUSE.

AGAIN, EVIDENCE OF MISUSE.

EVIDENCE OF MISUSE, YEAH.

UM, COMMA, PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH A MEDICAL REPORT.

COULD WE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU JUST MAKE IT INTO ONE THING YOU JUST SAY, AFTER THE FIVE DAYS OR THIS OR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

THOSE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS.

I, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT, I LIKE HOW THAT'S PHRASED.

UM, CAN WE CHANGE DOCTOR'S NOTE TO VALIDATION? SOME, SOME TERMS SUCH AS VALIDATION? I KNOW MY THOUGHTS ARE WHEN THIS CAME UP WITH OUR STUDENT ABSENCES AND REQUIRING PARENTS TO GET NOTES FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND I, AND I FEEL LIKE THE RULES SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, IF WE EXPECTED OF OUR STUDENTS, WE SHOULD EXPECT THE SAME OF OUR STAFF.

UM, I KNOW I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE DOCTOR'S NOTE FOR CHILDREN, THOUGH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A FAMILY THAT GOES TO THE DOCTORS.

I, I, I'M TREATING IT AT HOME WITH ESSENTIAL OILS AND VITAMINS, BUT, UM, SO ASKING ME FOR A DOCTOR'S NOTE, IT'S JUST GONNA RUB ME THE WRONG WAY.

UM, BUT EVEN ASKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE VALIDATION, THAT, AND THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR GROUNDS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE CHILD HAS A, AN APPOINTMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, JUST ANY TYPE OF, OF VALIDATION, WHICH COULD INCLUDE A DOCTOR'S NOTE, BUT IT COULD ALSO OPEN UP JUST, YOU KNOW, A QUICK VIDEO CHAT OR SOMETHING WITH SAID ADMINISTRATOR JUST TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT ME.

I DON'T FEEL WELL RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT YES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT, UM, THE REASONS WHICH COULD GET US TO THIS POINT.

AND, AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS STARTS BEFORE, A LOT OF THIS NEEDS TO START RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT PRINCIPALS ARE HAVING WITH THEIR STAFF AND POINT OUT THINGS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, OUR SUB BUDGET IS SO GROSSLY OVER BUDGET BECAUSE OF THIS.

AND WHEN WE'VE, WHEN THIS BUDGET HAS GONE UP AND UP AND UP, THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FREED UP FOR THINGS LIKE COVERING THE FULL EXTRA EXPENSE OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO COME THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE NEED, WE NEED BUY-IN FROM ALL STAFF MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE CAN GET THIS NUMBER DOWN, THE SUB BUDGET NUMBER DOWN, IF WE CAN GET THE TEACHER ABSENCES DOWN, THAT WILL FREE UP MONEY FOR RAISES AND COVERING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND, AND DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM ON THIS AND ENCOURAGE PRINCIPALS TOO, TO HAVE, TO HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON WHEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY'S MISSED THEIR SECOND MONDAY IN A ROW AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS ISN'T REALLY LOOKING GREAT.

UM, DOES THAT YEAH, I HAVE A, THAT, THAT I LIKE, I LIKE THAT AS WELL.

AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU, YOU WORDED IT, UH, DR.

FUNK AS WELL, BUT MM-HMM.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS WHAT HAPPENS IF, HEY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR SICK NOTE? AND NO, I DON'T, I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE CAN'T PRODUCE THIS? YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T PROVE GOOD OR BAD THAT THEY WERE SICK.

WHERE DOES THAT GO? I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I SAW ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT IT, SO, OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I DO, I DO THINK, I MEAN, ONE OF THE ONE, UH, PRINCIPLE IS TALKING TO SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SIXTH, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT BE ON, ON DEATH'S DOOR AT THAT POINT, MAYBE THREE DAYS, MAYBE THREE DAYS IS, IS BENEFICIAL JUST TO SAY AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR WHATEVER ELSE DR.

F MENTIONED, TWO MONDAYS OR TWO FRIDAYS OR, OR, OR PATTERN OR PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR TREND PATTERN OR TREND PATTERN OR, OR, OR WHATEVER.

SO I, THAT, THAT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT AFTER THREE DAYS, SOMEONE'S EITHER SICK OR THEY'RE ON, ON A CRUISE , YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, THREE DAYS.

SO,

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AND I, I'LL BE GLAD TO, UM, TAKE THIS AND REWORD IT, MOVE IT TO PAGE TWO, UM, AND PUT IT WITH THE UNDERNEATH THE CATEGORY, IF IT'S THE BOARD'S WISHES.

UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO, UM, DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE, UM, THE NEXT WORK SESSION.

I, I WOULD LIKE THAT, THAT WHOEVER THE BOARD WISHES, AND I KNOW SCHOOL WILL HAVE ALREADY STARTED BY THEN, SO THAT THAT IS, UM, FORTUNATE.

BUT I, I THINK THAT WE COULD, I THINK WE COULD MAKE THIS, YES, I, I THINK WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE CLEANING IT UP, BUT GOING FOR WELL, AND I THINK JUST PUTTING IT TOGETHER, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY COMMON PRACTICE.

IT'S, I I LITERALLY LOOKED UP ALL THREE COUNTIES.

IT'S, IT'S IN THERE, BUT WE, IT IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT DOWN THERE AND THEN AT THAT UP THERE, WE NEED TO, LET'S JUST STAY CONSISTENT.

AND IF WE JUST MAKE IT ONE THING AFTER THIS, THIS, OR THIS, SO IT DOES GIVE OUR ADMINISTRATORS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE, UM, THAT MISUSE OF IT, IT CAN BE ADDRESSED.

UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT, AND I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN OUR ADMINISTRATORS THAT THEY WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES, UM, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR, OUR STAFF.

UM, AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE LEAVE.

AND, AND I WANT, AND I THINK ALL OF US HERE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I, WE KNOW OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE GONNA WORK WITH OUR STAFF, BUT IT IS OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ACCOMMODATE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS APPROPRIATE AND TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I THINK WE COULD JUST WORD THAT, MAYBE ADD IT IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE AT, I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

IT WOULD WORK BETTER.

[5.C. Discussion - First Reading - Policy BDD Electronic Participation in Meeting From Remote Locations - Dr. Costner]

OKAY, SO I GUESS WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS AGAIN, DR.

COSTNER DISCUSSION.

FIRST READING OF POLICY BDD, ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND MEETING FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS.

AND IF THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU DO HAVE POLICY, B, D, D, ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND MEETING FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS.

AND, UM, ATTACHED IS THE, THE DRAFT OF THE RED LINE, UM, FOR THE POLICY WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE PARTICIPATION.

AND BASICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU NOTICE IN THE RED LINE VERSION, IT DOES GIVE YOU A DEFINITION OF WHAT A CAREGIVER IS AND EXPLAINS HOW IF A CAREGIVER IS TAKING CARE OF SOMEBODY THAT MAY BE DISABLED OR NOT, AND THAT HOW THAT THEY CAN JOIN OUR, UM, MEETINGS VIRTUALLY, UM, AS LONG AS IT DOES MEET THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS AND DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY OF THE LAWS, UM, PARTICULARLY IN HELPING TO FORM A QUORUM.

THAT'S KIND OF IN A QUICK NUTSHELL OF WHAT'S LISTED THERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME FOR THE FIRST READING OF THIS? AND IF I MAY ADD, UM, AND THANK YOU DR.

COSTNER FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

YOU KNOW, OUR POLICY DID ALLOW US PREVIOUSLY TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION, BUT WHAT USED TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WAS THOSE THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE HAD TO VOTE TO ALLOW THE OTHER ONE TO COME IN.

THE ONLY CHANGE WITH, AS DR.

COSTNER POINTED OUT, WAS CAREGIVER.

IF YOU ARE A CAREGIVER AND YOU MEET THAT DEFINITION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A VOTE FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD.

NOW THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE.

MM-HMM, AND YOU BECOME PART OF THE QUORUM AS HE MENTIONED ALSO.

UM, SO EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF STILL STAYS THE SAME, IT'S JUST THAT THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE TO, TO THIS POLICY.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A RECENTLY PASSED LAW IN VIRGINIA, RIGHT? JULY ONE, I BELIEVE SO.

[5.D. Fourth Reading of Discipline Policies - Dr. Costner]

I THINK WE ARE MOVING ON NOW TO D FOURTH READING OF DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE POLICIES.

AGAIN, DR.

COSTNER.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE FOURTH READING AND I KNOW THAT THESE, THESE ARE A LOT OF POLICIES, SO PLEASE KIND OF BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, THAT YOU DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THE, UM, POLICIES, JFC STUDENT CONDUCT, JFCD WEAPONS IN SCHOOL, JFCF DRUGS IN SCHOOL, JFCH DASH R-J-F-C-I DASH R, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, J-G-D-J-G-E, STUDENT SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, AND JGDA DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND JGDB DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR INFLATIONS OF SERIOUSLY BODY INJURY IS REALLY NOT A RED LINE.

IT WAS THERE FOR REVIEW.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT WITH POLICY JFCD WEAPONS IN

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SCHOOLS ON POLICY JFCF, UM, ON PAGE TWO AND PAGE PAGE TWO OF JFCD, PAGE ONE OF JFCF, THE, UM, BASICALLY THE SAME VERBIAGE WAS USED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COINCIDED WITH POLICY JGD AND JGE, WHICH BASICALLY IT SAYS WHERE STUDENT SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS, IT READS THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ACCORDANCE TO POLICY J-G-D-J-G-E STUDENT SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS SHALL EXPEL.

NOW, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION EARLIER WHERE THE DISCUSSION OF MAY, THERE IS A TERMINOLOGY MAY THAT'S LISTED LATER IN THE POLICY THAT GIVES THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, THAT MAY LOOK AT IT IF THERE IS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALSO, ALONG WITH THIS IN THE UMM FOURTH READING ON PA, PAGE SIX OF POLICY J-G-D-J-G-E, UM, NUMBER THREE, IT DOES GIVE THE DESCRIPTION FOR ASSAULT AND ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND GOES ON TO DESCRIBE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN ON NUMBER FOUR, THE WORD WRITTEN WAS REMOVED SO THAT NOW IT SAYS THAT ANY THREATS ARE TO BE REPORTED.

AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE, PAGE, PAGE SIX OF JGD AND, UM, JGE, THEY ARE FOR REPORTING AND THAT'S WHY IT IS WRITTEN IN THAT WAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IS THERE ANY WAY, UM, WHEN WE ARE UPDATING THIS POLICY, MY ELECTRONIC COPIES ON HERE DON'T HAVE ANY PAGE NUMBERS ON THERE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS? BECAUSE IT'S, I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I MEAN, WHAT I CAN DO, IF ANYTHING, I CAN HAND WRITE IF NECESSARY.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID WITH MINE.

UM, AND, AND THE POLICIES ARE IN BOARD DOCS AND I DO NOT KNOW BOARD DOCS DOES, ALLOWS FOR PAGE NUMBERS.

SO I, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A NOTE TO TRY TO FIND OUT.

IT JUST, I MAKES IT EASIER TO FOLLOW ALONG.

UM, I THINK THAT BOARD DOCS JUST ADDED A FUNCTION TO WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT TO WORD, AND SO WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD IT TO WORD, THEN YOU CAN ADD PAGE PROBABLY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAYBE ADD PAGE NUMBERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, IT USED TO BE A PAIN TO GET THEM OFF OF BOARD DOCS AND GET THEM INTO A DOCUMENT THAT YOU COULD USE, UM, WITH ALL THE FORMATTING AND EVERYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO, BUT NOW THEY'VE CREATED THIS WORD SO IT DOWNLOADS IT AUTOMATICALLY.

AND SO WE C SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADD SOME NUMBERS AND, AND THAT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YES, WHEN YOU'RE SCROLLING THROUGH THOSE THINGS, WE CAN GET LOST.

SO, AND, AND I WILL JUST GONNA TAKE A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO SAY ANYTHING THAT WE LOOK AT, IF WE CAN PUT PAGE NUMBERS ON IT AND DATE STAMP IT.

MM-HMM, IT MAKES IT, THAT WOULD VERY, UM, EASIER FOR US WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING FROM ONE DOCUMENT TO ANOTHER DOCUMENT WITH ANYTHING.

SO I JUST, A WORD TO EVERYBODY, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN PUT IN WITH PAGE NUMBERS AND DATE STAMP, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY SHOULD DO THAT.

MM-HMM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD IN ENTAIL.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE, THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, PARTICULARLY WITH LIKE, FOR THIS POLICY, THESE POLICIES YOU'VE LOOKED AT, THESE WERE GOOD, BUT THESE CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE.

SO THIS DATE, BAM, THIS DATE.

I, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THEY LOOK GREAT.

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE FOR A WHILE.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT JOB.

UH, GOOD COMBINATION GETTING EVERYONE TOGETHER THERE.

ON PAGE SEVEN THOUGH, THERE WAS JUST A TYPE OF THE WORD, UM, UNDER, UNDER PAGE SEVEN, UNDER F UNDER RIGHT BEFORE THE RED LINING BEGINS, OR IT SAYS ACCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW.

IT SAYS WHICH, WHICH POLICY SIR? UH, OH, SO MY BAD.

THE ONE WHERE, JUST THE LAST ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JGDJ.

YEAH, DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE THE SECOND RED LINING, UM, BEGINS.

IT SAYS, MUST IMMEDIATELY REPORTS TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

JUST SHOULD SAY REPORT.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.

I MEAN IT, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM AT THE BEGINNING WAS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DISCREPANCY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S DISCREPANCY ANYMORE.

AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD START.

IT'S, THAT'S, THERE'S A BUNCH OF POLICIES KNOCKED OUT.

KNOCKED OUT.

THAT'S GOOD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THE DISCIPLINE UPDATES POLICY J-F-C-D-J-F-C-F-J-F-C-J-F-C-H DASH R-J-F-C-I DASH R-J-G-D-J-G-E-J-G-D-A BE APPROVED FOR INCLUSION IN THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAN POLICY MANUAL AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU.

OUR LAST ITEM ON THE ACTION AGENDA E IS PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICES DR.

AND

[5.E. Personally-Owned, Electronic Devices]

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BALLINGER, I BEL.

SO, UM, AND THE JUNE 15TH 22 WORK SESSION, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD REVIEWED THE PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICES DRAFT AND THAT DRAFT WAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND SO THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED INTO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION AT THAT, UH, JUNE 15TH 22 MEETING.

UM, THEN ON JULY 9TH, 2024, EXECUTIVE ORDER 33, UH, WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR YOUNGEN TO ESTABLISH A CELL PHONE FREE EDUCATION TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF VIRGINIA'S K 12 STUDENTS.

AND SO JUST BRINGING THESE, THIS BACK UP, UM, AS WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, I, I, I INCLUDED THE DRAFT AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT IF YOU'RE WANTING TO STICK THAT INTO THE POLICY, YOU PUT THAT AS A REGULATION WHICH FOLLOWS OUR, UM, AND I THINK I LISTED IT THERE, I-I-B-E-A DASH R THREE.

IF YOU LOOK AT I-I-B-E-A AND THE POLICIES THAT STARTS WITH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.

UM, SO YOU HAVE, LEMME GET THERE REAL QUICK.

SO YOU HAVE I-I-B-E-A AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE COMPUTER USE.

THEN YOU HAVE I-I-B-E-A-R TECHNOLOGY USE GUIDELINES.

THEN YOU HAVE I-I-B-A-R TWO GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYEE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORK SITES.

AND THEN THIS WOULD BE IIBA, SORRY, I-I-B-A-R DASH R DASH THREE DASH R THREE, SORRY.

AND IT FALLS, I KNOW IT JUST FALLS.

IT'S, IT'S THE NEXT SEQUENCE IN ORDER THERE.

SO YOU GO FROM THE POLICY TO ONE, TO TWO, TO THREE.

SO IT'S ALL FALLS WITHIN THAT TECHNOLOGY.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LISTED UNDER I-I-B-E-A AND YOU COULD, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THAT SECTION.

AND THEN OF COURSE IF THERE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU, AS YOU REVIEW THAT, WANNA MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ON AS FAR AS CHANGES, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN YOU'D HAVE THAT REGULATION THERE, UM, IN, IN THE HANDBOOK OR, OR IN THE POLICY BOOK.

SO, UM, FROM THE, THE MEETING AT THE, WITH THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY WAS THAT, UM, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE THE MODEL POLICY IN PLACE YET, BUT WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO GET SOMETHING IN PLACE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THEY REFERENCED THAT, UM, IT TAKES 21 DAYS TO MAKE A NEW HABIT, SET A GOOD HABIT, AND TOLD US THAT THE, THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT, UM, IF THIS IS STRICTLY ENFORCED THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF SCHOOL, THAT IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR THE REST OF THE DURATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IF WE ARE LAX ON THIS NOW, AND WE WAIT UNTIL THE KIDS COME BACK FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK, IT'S GONNA BE HARDER ON THE TEACHERS TO GET THIS ENFORCED.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO GET THIS POLICY IN PLACE BEFORE THE, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, IT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

UM, READING THE NEWSLETTER THAT CAME OUT FROM WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN, UM, THE ACT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND, AND I PRAISE HIM FOR THIS SAYING THERE, THERE WILL BE NO CELL PHONES OUT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

AND THAT IS DEFINITELY WHAT THEY'RE LEANING TOWARDS WITH THIS MODEL POLICY.

UH, PHONE FREE BELL TO BELL IS WHAT THEY WERE CALLING IT THERE.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THIS CELL PHONE POLICY, OR I'M SORRY, REGULATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

I THINK, AND I, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, THAT OUR NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DIVERSIFIED MINES BECOME A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC FREE SCHOOL AFTER THE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE HAD AT THAT SCHOOL DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND US HAVING TO EXPEND FUNDS TO BUILD A SECURITY WALL AND INSTALL THE METAL DETECTOR, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THAT, UM, THE, I I ASSUME THAT THE REGULATION FOR, FOR THE USE OF THE METAL DETECTOR IS COMING, BUT, UM, THE METAL DETECTOR CAN BE USED

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TO DETECT CELL PHONES AS WELL.

IT'S A VERY SMALL STUDENT POPULATION OVER THERE.

UM, THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN ELIMINATE CELL PHONES FROM THE PREMISES ALTOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THE DISCIPLINE UNDER CONTROL.

SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

I'M ALL FOR, UM, GETTING THIS THING ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS SOMEHOW.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS ALREADY PART OF THE STUDENT CONDUCT, SO IT'S THERE, BUT, UM, I WAS READING SOME DIFFERENT COUNTIES THAT ARE DOING FKI COUNTY IS, IS IMPLEMENTING IT AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT.

NO TEACHERS CAN OR STAFF CAN HAVE CELL PHONES EITHER.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S, IT'S LIKE SAYING THE WHOLE THING IS JUST LIKE, WELL, IF THERE'S NO CELL PHONES, THERE'S NO CELL PHONES, UM, I, AGAIN, THE, THE TEACHERS AREN'T THE ONES CAUSING THE TROUBLE.

SO, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD, THERE'S THE, THE, ACCORDING TO THE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT DOES SAY BY AUGUST 15TH, THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING UP ON THEIR VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE.

WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC GUI GUIDANCE FOR IT, AND THEN THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET SOME FEEDBACK BY SEPTEMBER 16TH AND THEN HOPING TO IMPLEMENT IT BY JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

THEY DO STATE THOUGH, THAT ANY SCHOOL DIVISION CAN IMPLEMENT SOMETHING STRICTER THAN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME, COME UP WITH NOW BEFORE IT STARTS.

I DO AGREE WITH MISS SALE TO SAY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GO GO HEAD FIRST IN, IN MAKING THIS THING A START RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING RATHER THAN CATCH UP LATER, LATER ON.

SO, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE POLICY AS STATED IN HERE IS PRETTY GOSH DARN SIMPLE STUDENT USE OF A PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AS TO FINDING THIS POLICY IS PROHIBITED.

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY EASY POLICY TO SAY THERE IT IS.

THE REST OF IT'S MORE EXPLANATION BEHIND IT, BUT I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT.

AND, AND IT'S, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.

THERE'S GONNA BE, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, HOW DOES IT WORK WITH AN EMERGENCY SITUATION? I, I THINK YOU CAN ALWAYS, IF THE SCHOOLS ALWAYS HAVE PHONES AVAILABLE IN, IN, IN THIS DRAFT POLICY, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A, A, A, A PROBLEM TO HAVE THIS.

AND OF COURSE WE WANNA GET IN LINE WITH WHAT THE, THE RULES OF THE STATE ARE TOO.

AND THEY CAN BE OFF AND STORED IN LOCKERS, BOOK BAGS.

THEY, THEY, THEY JUST HAVE, THEY HAVE TO BE OFF.

BUT I, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT NON-TRADITIONAL NEEDS TO BE FULL CELL PHONE BAN.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT TOO.

UM, SO I WOULD SAY THAT I SHARE, UH, Y'ALL'S CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF THE GOVERNOR ABOUT CELL PHONES.

UM, I'VE SEEN THAT RESEARCH ON THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE HAVING ON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

UM, I'M GLAD WE PASSED THIS, UM, LAST YEAR TO GET INTO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT LAYS OUT THAT, UM, CELL PHONE FREE FROM BELL TO BELL.

I THINK THAT OUR REGULATION DOES LAY THAT OUT.

UM, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF, OF VOTING FOR THIS REGULATION TODAY.

UM, AND I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE STATE AND WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS DO, HOW THAT WORKS.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE.

I THINK EVEN LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOLICITED SOME PARENTAL INPUT ON IT AND IT WAS NOT, I'M GONNA SAY PARTICULARLY POPULAR AMONG THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIKED IT, BUT MANY WHO DIDN'T.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I MEAN, IF, IF THE PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THOUGHT IT WAS BAD TO HAVE SMARTPHONES IN THE HANDS OF TEENAGERS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THEIR TEENAGER SMARTPHONES.

BUT THE FACT IS THEY DID BUY THEIR TEENAGER SMARTPHONES.

SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN A COMMUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS.

AND I HOPE THAT, UM, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WATCHING THIS AND DO LOOK AT THAT RESEARCH AND LOOK AND SEE WHY THIS IS A CONCERN.

UM, SEE WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ARE.

AND IT'S NOT JUST DISCIPLINE, IT, IT SOMETIMES IMPACTS DISCIPLINE, BUT REALLY IT'S MORE, IN MY OPINION ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN.

UM, LIKE I SAID, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

I THINK IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.

UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO MAKE A MANDATE RIGHT NOW THAT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL BE CELL PHONE FREE ON TUESDAY.

I THINK THAT IS TOO SUDDEN.

UM, I KNOW THERE ARE STUDENTS WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES WHO USE THEIR CELL PHONES TO TRACK THEIR BLOOD SUGAR.

THEY NEED TO HAVE THEM WITH 'EM.

UM, WE NEVER KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE PICKUP SITUATIONS OF THE STUDENTS.

UM, NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE IN DIVERSIFIED MINDS BECAUSE OF DISCIPLINE ISSUES.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE TO, TO, UM, DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE STAFF OF DIVERSIFIED MINDS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS OF DIVERSIFIED MINDS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THINK ABOUT THIS AND THINK ABOUT HOW THIS CAN BE, UH, REALLY ENFORCED.

AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN, UM, WITH THIS IN MIND, AND ALSO KNOWING THAT IT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

UM, IF OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS WANNA KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THIS AND COME UP WITH SOME THINGS THAT WORK WELL FOR THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR LEARNING COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, 'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT FURTHER REVISIONS

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TO THIS DOWN THE LINE ONCE WE SEE WHAT COMES FROM THE STATE.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD, I, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS REGULATION.

I'M NOT READY TO MAKE A MANDATE FOR, FOR TUESDAY FOR ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS PERSONALLY, UM, ON THE REGULATION, AS FAR AS JUST THE ON UNDER DEFINITIONS, PART A ONE, TWO ON THE THIRD LINE DOWN.

UM, IT'S, IT SAYS INFORMATION IN ANY FORM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CELL PHONES.

I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LAPTOPS, COMMA COMPUTERS.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE WAY IT READS IS LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, I THINK IT'S JUST MISSING A COMMA.

LAPTOPS COMMA, COMPUTERS, SMARTPHONES, BEEPERS, TWO-WAY RADIOS DOES.

DO YOU SEE THAT UNDER SECTION THREE DEFINITIONS, SECTION A UNDER PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

I THINK AT THE, THAT THIRD LINE DOWN INFORMATION IN ANY FORM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CELL PHONES, COMMA LAPTOPS, COMMA COMPUTERS.

THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A COMMA THERE.

WELL, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S JUST THE DESIGNATION TO SAY THAT IT IS A LAPTOP COMPUTER.

WELL, THEN IT SHOULD BE LAPTOP AND TAKE THE S OFF AND TAKE THE S OFF.

I THINK THAT'S THE, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT'S, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARD TO CARRY, DON'T SEE SOMEBODY BRINGING IN WHOLE COMPUTER'S BE HARD TO CARRY A COMPUTER AROUND.

SO I THINK SO I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE THE S OFF OF THERE AND DELETE THAT EITHER WAY, MA'AM.

I FEEL LIKE MR. MCFADDEN AND I WERE KIND OF THE, UM, THE, THE COMMA GURUS THERE.

YEAH.

UM, AND THEN I THINK, UM, ON THE SECOND PAGE, AT THE TOP ON NUMBER FOUR, THERE'S JUST AN EXTRA PERIOD IN THERE AT THE END, UM, AS FAR AS JUST HOW THAT IS WRITTEN.

BUT YEAH, JUST TAKE THE S OFF OF LAPTOPS BECAUSE YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DRAGGING IN A BIG OLD, UM, COMPUTER DESKTOP THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HIDE.

UM, AS FAR AS THE REGULATION, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST VIRGINIA MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

IT'S OTHER STATES THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, 100% HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THERE IS A, I I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID.

IT'S THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH.

THERE'S, I MEAN, WE COULD SIT UP HERE FOR HOURS AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT AFFECTS EVERY PERSON, NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS, BUT AFFECTS ADULTS TOO.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, AND, AND WE NEED, AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW OUR TEACHERS, OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS WORKING, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HERE TO LEARN.

AND I KNOW OUR TEACHERS WORK HARD TO PROVIDE A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS, NOT JUST LECTURE HANDS ON.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE USING COMPUTERS IN THE, IN THE CLASSROOMS AND, BUT DURING THOSE TIMES, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR PHONE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE STILL HAVE PHONES IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

UM, I'M GONNA DATE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD A, A PROBLEM GOING ON IN SCHOOL, I HAD TO GO TO THE PRINCIPALS OR TO THE OFFICE AND CAN I CALL HOME? YOU KNOW, OH, PRACTICE GOT CANCELED TODAY, I NEED TO CALL HOME.

MM-HMM, .

UM, WERE THERE LONG LINES AT TIMES? YES.

HAD TO CALL HOME MAYBE A A WAS THERE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S MADE? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TORNADO COMING, WE NEED TO CANCEL PRACTICE TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THE FLIP SIDE OF IT.

A LOT OF OUR ARTS AND SPORTS AND AFTER CLUB ACTIVITIES USE DIFFERENT APPS TO REMIND THEIR PARENTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT ALL WORK.

BUT DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOOL DAY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PHONES BEING PUT AWAY OUTTA SIGHT.

LET THE TEACHERS TEACH, LET THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS DO THEIR, THEIR JOB AND, AND TEACH.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE COULD BE A JUST, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT WITH THAT.

UM, AS FAR AS ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL, I'M TOTAL, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT AT ALL.

I THINK THE TIMING IS REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE WEDNESDAY, RIGHT BEFORE KIDS COMING ON MONDAY.

UM, BUT I DO FEEL THAT WITH THIS BEING IN PLACE AND THAT SMALLER SCHOOL FOR RIGHT NOW, IT CAN COMPLETELY BE MONITORED.

THERE IS NO EXCEPTIONS.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST NO EXCEPTIONS.

IT'S INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

IT'S VERY CLEARLY WRITTEN.

THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, AS MR. MCFADDEN STATED, STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL, PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AS DEFINED IN THIS POLICY IS PROHIBITED.

THERE'S NO IF, ANDS, OR BUTS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I FALL ON EVERYTHING.

I THINK WE, UM, CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THIS, UM,

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AS WE GO FORWARD AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING.

DO WE NEED TO ADD THE EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL REASONS? BECAUSE, UH, MS. LOW, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THEY DID DISCUSS THAT AS WELL AT THAT MEETING.

UM, WITH THE USE OF THE PHONES FOR DIABETES, THEY SAID THAT THE PARENT JUST HAS TO FILL OUT THE, THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION.

UM, BUT I, I DON'T SEE THAT THAT BE, IS IT IN HERE, SIR? SO, SO THAT SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED IF THE STUDENT HAS A 5 0 4 AND AN IEP OR SOMETHING THAT IS SO TEST.

SO IT WOULD BE WRITTEN THAT, AND THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON THERE TO, TO BE SURE TO THAT, THAT THE PHONE COULD BE UTILIZED.

SO I'M GETTING SOME HEAD NODS BACK THERE.

UM, SO THERE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED THE PARENT TO SIGN BECAUSE THEY WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO GET THAT USED.

TO CLASS, IT'S OVER AND DONE WITH AND, AND THE PHONE IS AWAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I DO WANNA JUST GIVE YOU SOME, SOME NUMBERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR NON-TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE 42 STUDENTS OUT THERE.

UH, WE HAVE 12 STUDENTS THAT ARE ON IEP OR A 5 0 4.

UM, WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER TO US FROM ANOTHER NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOL.

UH, WE HAVE 14 THAT WERE, UM, PLACED THROUGH ADMISSIONS TEAM, UH, FOR BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT.

THERE WERE 13 THAT ARE PLACED THERE FOR RECOVERY, CREDIT RECOVERY.

AND THERE'S ONE THAT HAS BEEN PLACED THERE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NONTRADITIONAL IS NOT ALWAYS, UM, BASED ON, ON, ON STUDENT BEHAVIORS.

IT IS ALSO BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS OR STUDENT.

SOMETIMES A STUDENT JUST WILL OPERATE BETTER IN A SMALLER SETTING, AND THEY CANNOT FUNCTION IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

BUT WHEN YOU GET THEM TO A TO, TO A, A, A DIFFERENT SETTING, THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BEHAVIOR ISSUE OR IT'S A, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT IS JUST THE SERVICES AND, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO, TO BE WORKED WITH ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS, THAT MAY BE ALL THAT THAT STUDENT NEEDS.

UM, SO, SO THERE ARE VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS, UM, FOR THAT.

AND I WILL SAY OUT OF, OUT OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, CELL PHONES, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS JUST FROM MY, MY RECOLLECTION, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN REMEMBER US HAVING AS MUCH AS MANY ISSUES AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS WITH CELL PHONES AS I, AS WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE ISSUE WITH CELL PHONES.

NOW, TRUST ME, I, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO NOT HAVE CELL PHONES IN, IN THE SCHOOL OR DURING INSTRUCTION.

SO THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS THE USE OF THE CELL PHONES OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHEN THE TROUBLE GETS BROUGHT INTO THE SCHOOL.

IS THAT THROUGH SNAPCHAT OVERNIGHT OR THROUGH THIS OR THAT DURING THE, THE EVENING HOURS, AND THEN IT CARRIES OVER INTO THE NEXT DAY.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT TAKE UP A LOT OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS TIMES BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, AND THEN IT BLOWS UP IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS COME AND, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO GET TOGETHER.

UM, SO, UH, I, I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE, THAT IS ONE THING A TOUCH POINT THAT, THAT WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ADMINISTRATORS CONCERNING EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE, THE LANGUAGE OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND NO CELL PHONES.

UM, WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION TO MAKE, TO EMPHASIZE THAT AGAIN, THAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, THAT THEY CANNOT HAVE THEM DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND THAT EVERY TEACHER HAS TO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME SITUATIONS LAST YEAR WHERE SOME TEACHERS DID ALLOW AND SOME TEACHERS DIDN'T, AND IT CAUSED TROUBLE, BUT THAT CANNOT OCCUR.

IT IS EVERYBODY GOING THE SAME DIRECTION WITH NO CELL PHONES DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

NOW, I KNOW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE THEY PUT THEM IN LOCKERS, UM, AND REQUIRED THEM TO PUT THEIR CELL PHONES IN LOCKERS.

I KNOW I WAS AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND WALKING SOME STUDENTS TO THEIR LOCKER TO PUT THEIR PHONE IN IT.

UM, SO, SO I'VE DONE THAT AS I'VE WALKED AROUND THE, THE BUILDING.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I, IN, IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE, UM, STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO USE 'EM AT LUNCHTIME.

YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT HELPS WITH ALSO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY GO IN, THEY EAT, THEY WATCH A MOVIE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR PHONE, UH, DURING THAT LUNCH PERIOD.

AND THEN, BUT WHEN THEY GO BACK

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UM, SO THERE IS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, UM, BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW THAT IN THE POLICY ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATOR DURING NON-INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

BUT THE KEY IS EVERY TEACHER ENFORCING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

RIGHT? AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH AT FIRST BECAUSE KIDS AREN'T USED TO THAT, OR THEY'VE HAD THEIR PHONES ALL SUMMER LONG.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, LET, IF YOU WANT TO GET THAT ON THE BOOKS, GET THAT ON THE BOOKS, UM, BUT IT IS IN OUR CO STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

UM, AND I AM GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A REMINDER TO PARENTS ABOUT, UM, THE NO CELL PHONES WITH THE, UM, EXECUTIVE ORDER, UM, JUST TO REMIND THEM.

SO THAT WILL BE GOING OUT TO PARENTS AS WELL, UM, THIS WEEK.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE REGULATION I-I-B-E-A DASH R THREE SLASH GAB DASH R THREE USE OF PERSONALLY OWNED ELECTRONIC DEVICES BE CREATED AS EDITED TONIGHT.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

TO BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.

SUPPOSE NO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, ACTION ITEMS. WE ARE NOW

[6. Discussions by School Board]

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS? I HAVE A COUPLE.

UM, ONE IS, I WAS LOOKING ON OUR WEBSITE.

I, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, AT VARIOUS TIMES, OUR WEBSITE'S NOT VERY UP TO DATE IN VARIOUS AREAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN FOR IT IS OR WHO UPDATES IT OR WHETHER THERE'S AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT DOES IT, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE.

BUT THE CURRICULUM, THE, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AT LEAST AS THE OTHER DAY, WAS NOT UP TO DATE FOR THIS YEAR.

I'M SURE YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

UH, THE STAFF NAMES AND PICTURES ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, SOME HAVE PICTURES, SOME HAVE JUST A EMBLEM, SOME ARE WRONG.

THE CONTENT FOR REVIEW FOR EACH SCHOOL, UH, WHERE PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP THERE AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR WHAT'S GONNA GO ON, THAT'S FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

SO I, I, I'VE DONE WEBSITE UPDATES MOST OF MY LIFE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MILLION PAGES AND WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO IT OTHER THAN IT, IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK AT FOR, UM, I MEAN, I, I REFERENCE IT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GET UPDATED MORE OFTEN WITH MORE NEWS OR INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S LESS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER MECHANISMS FOR IT TO, FOR THAT TO GO OUT.

I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE CONTACT PAGE AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WERE UP TO DATE.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT THAT'S KEPT UP.

SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW, AGAIN, I KNOW A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN I WASN'T ON THE BOARD, I CAME TO A MEETING AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING GETTING A NEW WEBSITE, AND THEN THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PAYING A ANNUAL FEE TO KEEP IT UP.

I, I DON'T, JUST DON'T SEE IT BEING KEPT UP VERY WELL IN THAT AREA.

SO, UM, PARTICULARLY AGAIN, THE, THE CURRICULUM, THE CODE OF CONDUCT CONDUCT, KNOWING WHO TO CON WHO THIS, WHO'S IN THE STAFF POSITIONS, AND EVEN SEEING A PICTURE, A PICTURE, A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AS THEY SAY.

AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE WHO'S WHAT, WHO ARE THEY.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT CONTENT FOR THE PARENTS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UM, THAT'S MY REQUEST.

ON LIKE YARD SALE STYLE ON SAY THE SATURDAY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER.

ANYONE ELSE? I, I HAD ONE AS WELL.

UM, THIS KIND OF STEMS FROM OUR BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING WITH, WITH DR.

COSTNER AND MR. HELMICK.

UM, AS WE TOURED 15TH STREET SCHOOL, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH SPACE THERE THAT, UM, AND, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TON OF ITEMS IN THERE THAT ARE, ARE VALUABLE, THAT SHOULD BE PUT UP FOR SURPLUS SALE.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE, ARE BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR.

AND, UM, TABLES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BROKEN, NO, NOBODY'S GONNA WANT THEM, BUT WE CAN'T DISPOSE OF THEM.

UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE WAY THE THING THINGS ARE, WE'RE NOT DISPOSING OF ANYTHING.

SO WHAT WE HAD HAD KIND OF TOUCHED ON WITH, WITH OUR DISCUSSION WAS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAYBE SET THIS FOR OUR NEXT WORK SESSION AND, AND THEN TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON IT, BUT, UM, I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF IF WE HAVE A, AND I'M JUST GONNA USE THE, THE BROKEN CAFETERIA TABLE AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT THERE, THERE'S A TON OF STUFF IN THERE, TON OF STUFF.

UM, IF MR. HELME CAN TAKE JUST A, A PICTURE OF THE ITEM VERY BRIEF, IT, IT, THIS IS BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR, IT CAN BE ADDED TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND WE CAN GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND, AND TRASH THOSE ITEMS. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT WE COULD, UM, SOME OF THE LOWER VALUE ITEMS, UM, COULD BE PUT OUT

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AND, YOU KNOW, HEY, ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU WANT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR, $5, $10, WHATEVER THE, WE DECIDE THAT THE THRESHOLD IS FOR THE DOLLAR FIGURE.

AND THEN IF THAT POINT IN TIME, IF IF NOBODY WANTS IT, NOBODY TAKES IT, THEN WE DONATE IT OR WE DISPOSE OF IT.

UM, I KNOW, UH, BUCK SMITH HAD HAD TALKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT ALSO UPDATING OUR POLICY FOR, UM, SURPLUS SALES.

UM, HE SAID THAT, AND IF, IF, AND I HOPE I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR, UM, OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PURCHASING, PURCHASING THESE, THESE ITEMS. UM, BIDDING ON THESE ITEMS, DR.

BOUNDARY, YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS THAN, THAN I AM OFF HAND, BUT, UM, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO POSSIBLY, AS WE'RE DOING THE, THE POLICIES WITH THE SBMA REVISIT UPDATING THAT, THAT POLICY SO THAT WAY OUR, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM, UM, I BELIEVE THEY, IS IT THEY EXCLUDE 'EM FROM AUCTIONS? IS THAT WHAT, WHAT IT IS? UH, THERE WAS ONE, I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE POLICY, BUT THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN, IN THERE ABOUT SOMETHING.

I JUST CANNOT REMEMBER IT AT THIS POINT.

I DON'T REMEMBER IT.

YEAH.

BUT, BUT WHEN IT'S, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES HERE IN WARREN COUNTY BEFORE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE POLICY WAS ADDED.

UM, OKAY.

UH, FROM, FROM SURPLUS ITEMS GOING FOR SALE AND FAVORITISM.

AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES BUYING CER CERTAIN SURPLUS ITEMS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.

A DOLLAR FOR IT, GIVE US A DOLLAR, IT'S YOURS.

UM, AND SO, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, WHEN WE, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE GOOD, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT, THAT THE REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS HAD.

SO WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THAT IN CABINET.

UM, THAT'S WHY MR. MCFADDEN, YOU, YOU DID SEE SOME OF THOSE UPDATES WITH, UM, ON THE WEBSITE.

WE, WE, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SOME OF THE LINKS WITH INSTRUCTION WILL TAKE YOU TO ONE PLACE AND THEN ANOTHER LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER PLACE.

YEAH.

, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTING ALL OF THOSE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE VISITED WITH MS. BRAG AND LOOKING AT THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY TOLD ADMIN, UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO GO THROUGH AND GET THAT, UM, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL LIST, MAKE SURE THAT'S UP TO DATE.

SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH AND, AND ADDRESSING THOSE.

AND THEN ON THE SURPLUS, I KNOW THAT, UM, DR.

COSTNER HAS PUT OUT A, A, UM, A GOOGLE DOC FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO LIST THEIR, THEIR SURPLUS ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT, AT POLICY, UM, AND BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE WITH SOME OF OUR OLD FURNITURE, WE THROW IT UP, WE SAY, WE'RE HAVING THIS THING, YOU CAN COME GET IT FOR A DOLLAR IF YOU WANT IT.

THEN AFTER THAT, BECAUSE POLICY SAYS THAT AFTER WE TRY AND IT'S UNDER $500, SO ANYTHING UNDER $500, IF WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT A PRICE ON IT.

AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T SELL, THEN AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, I CAN DISPOSE OF IT.

ANYTHING OVER $500 HAS TO COME TO YOU AS THE BOARD TO LIST IT AS SURPLUS ITEMS. SO WE HAVE TO KINDA LOOK TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THIS WORTH? UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS THAT MAY BE, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OLD MOWERS.

MM-HMM, , AND A LOT OF THOSE CAN GO TO THE, THE JUNK OR TO THE CRUSHER OR WHERE, WHERE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR SCRAP METAL, A LOT OF THAT CAN BE GONE FOR SCRAP METAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANNA PUT WHAT SCRAP PRICES ARE ON THAT AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME BUY IT, OR WE JUST TAKE IT TO THE SCRAP YARD AND WE GET THE FUNDS OURSELF FOR THAT.

UM, BUT WE HAVE TO AT LEAST PUT THAT, DO THAT OUT THERE ACCORDING TO POLICY.

UM, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT IT'S JUST A WASTE OF TIME TO MOVE IT FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHEN IT NEEDS TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE DUMP.

UM, IF YOU HAVE A, A, A CHAIR WITH A BROKEN LEG OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT JUST NEEDS TO GO.

UH, BUT ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY, WE AT LEAST HAVE TO GIVE.

AND WHAT OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DID TAKE SOME FURNITURE TO THE, TO THE DUMP ONE DAY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME BIG QUESTIONS OR A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THAT WENT TO THE DUMP.

WELL, THERE WAS OLD FURNITURE.

SO WHAT WE STARTED FROM THAT POINT FORWARD WAS PUTTING OUT THERE SAYING, HERE IT IS.

IF YOU WANT TO COME GET IT, COME GET IT.

OTHERWISE, ON THIS DAY IT'S GOING TO THE DUMP.

AND SO WE'RE AT LEAST GIVING OUR COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME PICK IT UP IF THEY WANT IT, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE DUMP.

SO, UH, I KNOW WITH A LOT OF OUR FURNITURE, WE EVEN JUST PUT IT OUT THERE FOR, UH, I KNOW WE WERE DOING A LOT OF LFK STUFF FOR A DOLLAR, UH, , YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET RID OF IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME US

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UH, THAT WAY IT SAVES US THE TIME TO LOAD IT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE, THE DUMP OR, OR WHEREVER WE'RE TAKING IT, UM, TO THE SCRAP YARD.

UH, IT, IT JUST, IT, IT DOES HELP US.

BUT I'M NOT GONNA DISAGREE THAT THAT POLICY PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT WORTH, IF IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING, IT NEEDS TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE DUMP.

UM, WE SHOULDN'T SET IT OUT THERE.

'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE WASTING SOMEBODY'S TIME TO CARRY IT FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO SET IT OUTSIDE, TO LEAVE IT OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS OR THREE DAYS OR A WEEK, LET SOMEBODY COME AND LOOK AT IT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND SAY, YEAH, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.

THEN THAT SAME PERSON HAS TO PICK IT BACK UP, PUT IT IN THE TRUCK, THEN TAKE IT OUT TO THE DUMP, AND THEN THROW IT AWAY.

I MEAN, THAT'S OUR PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

UH, SO, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT LIST GOING.

WE WILL, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAS HAVING A BIG, UH, KIND OF PULLING ALL THAT STUFF OUTTA 15TH STREET, BUT THEN ALSO GATHERING STUFF FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT THEY WANT TO, THAT THEY WANT TO SURPLUS.

BRINGING IT OUT THERE, HAVING A DAY FOR PEOPLE TO JUST COME PICK IT UP.

IF THEY WANNA PICK IT UP FOR A DOLLAR OR WHATEVER WE PUT ON IT, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME ITEMS. WE WILL HAVE TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THERE.

UM, BUT THEN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OVER $500, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE BOARD DO THAT.

THEN WE CAN TAKE BIDS ON THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO, BUT I WOULD NOT DISAGREE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THAT POLICY AS WELL.

ANY OTHER REQUESTS? I'LL JUST ADD THAT I, UM, THE WEBSITE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN, UM, I HAVE FREQUENT A LOT AND WANNA MAKE SURE IT IS UP TO DATE.

I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT TOOL THAT OUR PARENTS USE AND ACCESS AND, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, AND THERE'S SO MANY, I, I KNOW DIFFERENT LINKS AND YOU CLICK HERE AND YOU CAN GO DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEBSITE STAYS AND REMAINS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE FOR OUR, UM, COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

UM,

[7.A. Approval of August 7, 2024 Personnel Report - Mr. Fox]

NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVAL OF CLOSED MEETING ITEM, UH, NUMBER A I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORT AND ADDENDUM WITH EXCEPTION OF ACTIONS PERTAINING TO EMPLOYEE 0 8 0 7 2 4 1.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

OPPOSED? NO.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, MOTIONS? YES, MADAM VICE CHAIR? AYE, MOVE THAT WE AS A BOARD MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGAL ACTION REGARDING THE HEPT A EASEMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

I THINK I FORGOT TO ASK FOR DISCUSSIONS AT SOME POINT, BUT THAT'S GOOD.

ANY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? NO.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? YES, I MOVE THAT THE ACTIONS FROM THE PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM RELATED TO EMPLOYEE NUMBER 0 8 0 7 2 4 DASH ONE, UH, BE APPROVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.