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[Board Meeting on January 8, 2025.]
GOOD EVENING.IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, THIS MOTION IS MADE THAT THIS OPEN PUBLIC MEETING OF A WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BECOME A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER IN A SESSION MEETING, SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION ON INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING, OR RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SPECIFICALLY THE COURT PERSONNEL REPORT AND THE PERSONNEL REPORT.
ADDENDUM SECTIONS 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1, A SEVEN, AND A EIGHT, CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND BRIEFINGS BY STAFF MEMBERS FOR CONSULTANTS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION WHERE SUCH CONSULTATION OR BRIEFING AND AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY RELATED TO AN EASEMENT DISPUTE AND CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC, BY THE PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL, SPECIFICALLY A DEED OF EASEMENT AND RELATED LAND USE MATTERS.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OF WARREN COUNTY DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE DISCUSSION, ENCLOSED MEETING OF THE MATTER IDENTIFIED HEREIN.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND, MR. VALENTINE, CAN YOU GIVE, UH, GIVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION CLERK, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF WARREN COUNTY IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AS 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 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, HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MR. VALENTINE, WOULD YOU DO A RECALL VOTE PLEASE.
AND I, MS. I COULDN'T SEE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS, UH, MEETING TO ORDER IF WE COULD PLEASE, UH, EVERYBODY STAND AND ALLEGIANCE AND HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY.
UM, NOMINATIONS, ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR, OR MOTION FOR CHAIR? I NOMINATE, UH, DR.
VOTE MR. BROWN AT NINE, PLEASE.
MADAM CHAIR, YOU WELCOME THE MEETING? DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR? I NOMINATE ANTOINETTE FUNK AS VICE CHAIR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
MR. VALENTINE, COULD YOU DO ROLL CALL
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DR.OKAY, NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL, UM, GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THERE A NOMINATION? ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MS. LOWE TO SERVE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR'S.
IS THERE A SECOND? OH, SECOND.
NEXT UP WE HAVE APPOINTMENT OF TWO BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ARE THERE NOMINATIONS? I MOVE THAT MELANIE SALE AND KRISTEN PE BE APPOINTED AS THE 2024 WARREN COUNTY BOARD.
I MOVE THAT MR. MCFADDEN AND DR.
TO BE APPOINTED AS
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
MR. MCFADDEN, ANYBODY FOR THE BUILDING COMMITTEE? I MOVE THAT, UM, MR. SALAN AND DR.
UH, PENCE BE APPOINTED TO THE AS THE 24 24 WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE, THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE NOMINATION FOR THE CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
I RECOMMEND, UH, MR. ROB VALENTINE TO SERVE.
NEXT UP IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPUTY CLERK OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
I RECOMMEND THAT, UH, SARA STO WILL BE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CLERK FOR WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND? WE SECOND IT.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING THE MOTIONS, BUT WE'RE GONNA SAY WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOUR, UH,
AND LAST, WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE DESIGNEE TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.
I RECOMMEND THAT DR. CHARLES A COSTNER BE APPOINTED AS THE DESIGNATED OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ABSENCE OF INABILITY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND, UH, FOR THE 25 YEAR JUDGE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
MOTION ON THAT, OR SECOND? I MOVE THAT DR. CHARLES A COSTNER BE APPOINTED AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ABILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 21ST, 2025 TO DECEMBER 25.
NEXT UP WE HAVE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, REVISE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY REMOVING, UM, WE CAN GET TO IT HERE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? THERE USED TO BE ANOTHER.
YEAH, THERE USED TO BE OTHER THINGS ON HERE.
DID YOU GUYS REMOVE SOMETHING ELSE THERE? WE DID MOVE ONE.
THAT WAS, IT WAS, THERE WAS A POLICY THAT NEEDED TO YES.
YEAH, THAT WE MOVED IT DOWN BECAUSE THAT WAS A READING.
WE NEEDED THREE READINGS, SO WE MOVED IT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GONNA, THAT WE DID THAT THE OTHER DAY.
THEN I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? YOU SECONDED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE A, UM, PRESENTATION FROM HIKE.
UH, THE HI, HIKE KIDS FOUNDATION IS A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN FRONT VIRGINIA.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AN UN TO PROVIDE AN UNBURDEN THAT CHILDREN AND CARETAKERS IN OUR LOCAL AREA
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WHO ARE WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE BASIC NEEDS TO THRIVE EQUALLY AS, AS CHILDREN SHOULD.THE HIKE KIDS FOUNDATION HAS RAISED $6,520 FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN WARREN COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH SUPPORTING THE BASIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS.
THE DONATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TO EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' BASIC NEEDS AT, AT ALL FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THIS GENEROUS DONATION WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS TO EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BASED ON THE SCHOOL'S PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
E WILSON MORRISON WILL RECEIVE $1,774.
LESLIE FOX, KAISER $1,255 HILL TO J BARBER, $1,145 AND AS RHODES $954.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. AND MS. HE UP TO THE PODIUM.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M EXTREMELY ENCOURAGED BY THE SUPPORT AND THE GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE MISSION, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO FROM, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS TO CORPORATIONS, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER NON-PROFITS, THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UH, WHEN WE STARTED THIS FUNDRAISER, UH, FOR THE UNREAD THE CHILDREN UNDER THE TEACHER'S CAMPAIGN, SHE SET A GOAL OF 6,000.
I I THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD GONE OFF A ROCKER
SHE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HIT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE PEOPLE GETTING BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS.
AND IT'S ENCOURAGING FOR US TO KEEP THIS IN WHAT WE'VE STARTED.
WE WANT KEEP FUNDING AND, AND KEEP IT GOING.
SO THIS IS AN INITIATIVE, THE UNBURDENED THE TEACHERS CHILDREN PROGRAM.
THE REASON THAT WE DID THIS IS BECAUSE OF OUR KIDS.
WERE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HERE.
UM, MR. WILLIAMS, MRS. LAYMAN, THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD, WE WANTED TO DO THIS PROGRAM FOR SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS.
AND WE KNEW THIS YEAR WAS THE YEAR.
SO WHEN WE STARTED IT, WE THOUGHT, WHAT COULD WE DO THAT WE CAN TRUST THE MOST? AND THAT'S FOR TEACHERS.
AND SO WE WANTED TO REMOVE ANY BARRIER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE.
AND WE KNOW IT'S A CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
WE WANTED TO DO IT WITH THE SCHOOLS.
WE WANTED TO GET TO THE CHILDREN.
WE, UM, SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY.
WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH, UM, MRS. MARTIN.
UM, SO SHE'S EDUCATING ME ON THE MCKINNEY VINTAGE CHILDREN AND WHEN WE HOPE TO, UH, TO DO A LOT MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALLY, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.
AND WE WANNA HAND OVER OUR CHECK.
WE DO HAVE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES, SO IF OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WOULD COME UP AND, AND THE CAMERA FOR OUR LIVE STREAM IS COMING UP THIS WAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE PERFECT IF WE COULD YEAH.
AND WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE AND WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD.
SHE, WELL, SHE WAS PAYING US THE INSTRUMENTAL GUYS, THE CAMERA'S THERE.
SO LET'S JUST GO RIGHT OVER HERE.
I KNOW THE CAMERA WON'T BE BEHIND THE CAMERA, BUT THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IF WE COULD GET OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
AS LONG AS I CAN, I GOT EVERYBODY IN THERE.
YOU WANT A PICTURE? NO, I GOING TAKE PICTURE.
AND I KNOW SHE HAS THE CHECKS FOR
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YES MA'AM.AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN GET A PICTURE OF, SO PRINCIPAL COME BACK THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE, CAN WE GET INDIVIDUAL PICTURES? THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT IN THE SNOW AND COLD AND ALL OF THIS.
YOU WANT TO GRAB YOUR, JUST DIS COME BACK RIGHT WITH YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE AWARD PRESENTATION.
UM, AS USUAL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MONITORING OUR ATTENDANCE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE LAST FOUR DAYS OFF OF SCHOOL
UM, SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST US.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN, OUR ELEMENTARY WINTER FOR THE, UH, MONTH OF DECEMBER.
I HAD TO BE SEATED NEXT TO RUY JEFFRIES, I FOR THIS BANNER.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES ACROSS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE MUCH THE SAME, UM, FOR EVERYONE.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FALLS TO LUCK WHO, WHO GETS THOSE VIRUSES AND WHO DOESN'T.
YOU KNOW, HOW HEALTHY WE CAN STAY.
WE DO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST HAND WASHING PRACTICES COVERING YOUR MOUTH AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE SPREAD OF GERMS. UM, SO, AND WE ALSO DID AN INCENTIVE IN DECEMBER FOR A DRAWING FOR A TV AND A BICYCLE.
UM, SO WE HAD ABOUT 250 STUDENTS THAT ENDED UP WITH THREE OR LESS TARDIES, EARLY PICKUPS, ABSENCES FOR THE MONTH.
SO THAT REALLY SEEMED TO INCENTIVIZE SOME PEOPLE TO, TO BE AT SCHOOL AND, AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.
SO WE APPRECIATE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO.
AND OUR STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY FOR MAKING THEIR EDUCATION A PRIORITY.
AND JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, UM, AS ROADS HAD AN, AN ATTENDANCE RATE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF 94.02%.
UH, OUR SECONDARY WINNER, AGAIN WILL BE WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEY HAD AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 91.93%.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ALWAYS, WE TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE ANY CHARACTER OUR KIDS GET TO SCHOOL.
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TO BE THE PRINCIPAL THERE AND SEE ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT KIDS DO.I WISH OUR ATTENDANCE WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN DECEMBER, KIND OF THAT LAST WEEK WE DID DOWN SOME, THOSE STUDENTS ARE TAKING OFF.
UH, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME BACK WHILE WE'RE WELL RESTED, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON EVERY DAY.
UH, THANKS TO OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO THANKS.
AND OUR SCHOOL WITH THE MOST IMPROVED, UH, THEY HAD AN ACTUAL INCREASE OF 1.33%, WHICH GAVE THEM AN ATTENDANCE, UM, RATE FOR THE MONTH OF 93.26%.
UM, WOW, YOU GUYS MOVED AROUND.
UH, MADAM CHAIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
BALLINGER ON BEHALF OF E WILSON MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD FOR THE MOST IMPROVED ATTENDANCE FOR DECEMBER, 2024.
AS I WAS OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE FOR MOST OF DECEMBER.
I DID COME BACK FOR THE WEEK BEFORE BREAK.
UM, BUT THIS AWARD IS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMITMENT OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
SHANE HOY, OUR DEAN OF STUDENTS, WAS OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE AS WELL, SO HE DID A GREAT JOB.
AND THE E WILSON MORRISON COMMUNITY, IT'S A COMBINED EFFORT OF THE EDUCATORS, STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS TO WIN THIS AWARD.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE STRIVE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL AND LEARN EACH DAY.
WE WORK HARD TO INCREASE OUR DAILY ATTENDANCE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION OF THAT HARD WORK.
NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SCHEDULE REPORTS.
UH, THIS MONTH I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GUIDELINE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASK MR. BURKE TO COME UP.
SCHOOL BOARD, MADAM CHAIR, DR.
I AM SUPER STOKED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY OUR BAND PROGRAM.
UM, OUR BAND, UH, LED BY MS. LEACH, WHO'S VIRTUAL.
SHE'S, UM, SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY.
BUT, UM, GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
VIRTUALLY HAS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE YEAR SO FAR.
UM, THEY PERFORMED AT OUR HALLOWEEN BASH, UM, WHERE WE HAD OVER 600 COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME THROUGH OUR DOORS, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
UM, THEY PLAYED, UH, THRILLER AND, AND GHOSTBUSTERS ON, ON LOOP, I BELIEVE
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, HAD A GREAT WINTER CONCERT.
UM, WHAT AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY THOSE STUDENTS AND, AND MS. LEACH.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE, UM, SAY SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, PENELOPE DUBLIN.
UM, SHE'S AN EIGHTH GRADER WHO EARNED A, A PRESTIGIOUS ALL DISTRICT BAND, UM, FOR THIS, THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST A VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUAL.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA LET MS. LEACH, UM, TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR BAND AND SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, I'M HERE VIRTUALLY, SORRY THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT I LIVE ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM FRONT ROYAL, AND THE ROADS OUT HERE ARE STILL A SHEET OF ICE.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPAND ON WHAT ALL DISTRICT BAND IS AND EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT PENELOPE WENT THROUGH AND, UM, WHAT SHE'LL GET TO DO NOW THAT SHE'S MADE IT INTO THE GROUP.
SO, TYPICALLY, UM, ALL DISTRICT BAND IS MOSTLY EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO AUDITION.
UM, IT ENCOMPASSES OUR BAND DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, OBVIOUSLY WARREN COUNTY, SHENANDOAH PIER, PAIGE, RAPPAHANNOCK, WINCHESTER, FREDERICK, UM, AND CLARK.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO AUDITION.
PENELOPE WAS ONE OF, I THINK I COUNTED 38 FLUTES WHO AUDITIONED.
SHE ALSO AUDITIONED LAST YEAR AS A SEVENTH GRADER.
SHE WAS OUR ONLY SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT LAST YEAR.
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SECOND YEAR AUDITIONING, WHICH SHE JUST SPEAKS TO HER DEDICATION.UM, SO FOR HER AUDITION, SHE HAD TO PREPARE, UM, A SOLO PIECE, UM, MEMORIZED SCALES, AND THEN A SITE READING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN 30 SECONDS TO LOOK AT BEFORE THEY PERFORMED FOR THE JUDGES.
SO OBVIOUSLY, SHE DID REALLY WELL AND EARNED HER SPOT.
SO AT THE END OF THE MONTH, JANUARY 31ST AND FEBRUARY 1ST, SHE'LL GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, THE STUDENTS TAKE ALL OF FRIDAY TO WORK WITH A GUEST CONDUCTOR, AND THEY REHEARSE ABOUT FIVE PIECES FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
ALMOST A NINE HOUR DAY OF JUST REHEARSING WITH A BREAK FOR LUNCH.
THEY COME BACK SATURDAY MORNING, REHEARSE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER TWO HOURS, AND THEN THEY PUT ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.
SO IT'S THE CREAM OF THE CROP, ALL OF THE BEST STUDENTS FROM EACH SCHOOL WHO GET IN.
AND IT'S QUITE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT TO HAVE THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF REHEARSAL TO PREPARE, UM, SUCH ADVANCED PIECES.
SO, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO SPEAK ABOUT OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE BAND PROGRAM, I DID WANNA GIVE PENELOPE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM FOR YOU A PIECE OF HER AUDITION.
UM, SHE IS AWESOME THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO DO THIS FOR EVERYBODY AND BE THERE TONIGHT WITHOUT ME.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT SCHOOL.
SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO PENN BEFORE I CONTINUE ON.
UM, I'M SURE SHE WAS THRILLED TO HAVE TO PLAY THAT AGAIN, I THINK AFTER
UM, AS MR. BURKE SAID, WE DID, UM, THIS YEAR HAVE SOMETHING NEW IN THE BAND PROGRAM WE PERFORMED AT THE HALLOWEEN EVENT THAT THE SCHOOL PUT ON.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SPECIAL FOR OUR BAND STUDENTS.
UM, I DID NOT REQUIRE THAT AS A CONCERT OR GRADE IT.
I OPENED IT UP TO OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AND SAID, IF YOU WANT TO COME, YOU CAN, BUT IT'S GONNA BE AFTER SCHOOL AND REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA OF YOUR TIME AND ALL.
BUT THREE OF THE STUDENTS IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND COMBINED SHOWED UP THAT NIGHT AND STAYED FOR THE FULL, YOU KNOW, THREE HOURS.
AND AS MR. BURKE SAID, JUST, WE PERFORMED ON A LOOP.
WE PLAY OUR FOUR PIECES, TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN DO 'EM AGAIN.
UM, SO THE FACT THAT THOSE STUDENTS ALL VOLUNTEER TO BE THERE, I THINK JUST SPEAKS TO THE COMRADERY THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN THE PROGRAM AND THAT THE STUDENTS ARE HUNGRY FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM.
UM, THE NEXT MONTH IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL EIGHTH GRADE NIGHT WITH THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S A VOLUNTEER EVENT.
UM, ANY OF OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MARCHING BAND NEXT YEAR, WE TAKE THEM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY GET TO REHEARSE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, HAVE SECTIONALS, HAVE PIZZA, PLAY GAMES, AND THEN GET TO PERFORM WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE FOOTBALL GAME THAT NIGHT.
UM, SO JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH MR. HOLLAND AND START TO BRIDGE OUR TWO PROGRAMS AND GET THE EIGHTH GRADERS READY FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, PENELOPE PARTICIPATED IN THAT AS WELL.
ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO HER, UM, IN DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL WINTER CONCERT, UM, THAT FEATURES OUR SIXTH GRADE BEGINNING BAND, SEVENTH GRADE, AND EIGHTH GRADERS.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT.
UM, THE SIXTH GRADERS, I'M ALWAYS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THEM SINCE THEY ONLY START TOUCHING THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, THEY PERFORMED ALMOST THE LONGEST SET OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT NIGHT, JUST TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM.
AND THIS YEAR I ADDED SOMETHING NEW WITH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS PERFORMING A COMBINED PIECE.
THEY DID ONE FINALE PIECE, REHEARSING TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEY ONLY HAD TWO CLASSES, TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL TO REHEARSE THAT PIECE COMBINED, JUST BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING.
SO IT WAS ALSO GRACIOUS TO THEIR CORE TEACHERS FOR LETTING ME PULL THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT TO REVERSE THAT TOGETHER.
THIS SEMESTER WE HAVE, AS I SAID, ALL DISTRICT BAND WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, WE HAVE OUR SPRING CONCERT AT THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH.
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EVERYBODY'S INVITED.UM, AND THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PYRAMID CONCERT, WHICH WILL BE OUR EIGHTH GRADE BAND STUDENTS ALONG WITH THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
UM, MR. HOLLAND AND I ARE PILOTING THAT THIS YEAR.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT HIS GROUP WILL PERFORM A FEW OF THEIR CONCERT PIECES, THE EIGHTH GRADERS WILL PERFORM, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED, UM, A LOCAL COMPOSER TO WRITE A PIECE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE STUDENTS FOR THIS CONCERT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT THIS PIECE IS BEING WRITTEN JUST FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THESE STUDENTS.
UM, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME THE PIECE IS PERFORMED.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE STUDENTS TO REHEARSE THAT THIS YEAR.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND JUST GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM.
UM, THAT'S MY GOAL WITH THEM, INSTEAD OF JUST TWO ANNUAL PERFORMANCES, TO GIVE THEM MORE WAYS TO PERFORM AND SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND FOR MR. HOLLAND AND I TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, ONE BIG MUSICAL VEHICLE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, THURSDAY, MAY 8TH, AND THAT WILL BE AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE LAST SEMESTER AND WHERE WE'RE GOING THIS SEMESTER.
UM, I'M REALLY GRACIOUS TO YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME GET TO SPEAK ABOUT BAND.
I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD.
CAN THEY HAVE TOMORROW OFF BECAUSE THEY CAME IN
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE EXTRAVAGANT PLAN FOR PERFORMING, UM, THIS EVENING, BUT THE SNOW MADE US PIVOT, UH, REAL QUICK.
AND IT'S JUST THE EPITOME OF EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPT WHENEVER SOMETHING COMES YOUR WAY.
SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, BRIANNA AGAIN.
APPRECIATE YOU, YOU COMING IN AND HANGING OUT WITH US FOR A WHILE, UH, AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
AND, AND THANK YOU WARD, MADAM CHAIR AND DR.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL REPORT? NO.
AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO GO IF YOU'D LIKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING NEXT UP THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? MOVING ON.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S JOINING US ONLINE, THOSE THAT WERE INTENDANCE TODAY.
UM, I, AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE HIGH FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT PARTNERS SUCH AS THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS AND OUR, A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF SUPPORTS THAT WE, THAT WE GIFT OUR FOOD ARE BECAUSE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND BECAUSE OF THESE FOUNDATIONS AND BECAUSE OF, OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I, I WANT THANK THE HEIGHT FOUNDATION FOR, FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, ALSO, I WANNA THANK MR. BURKE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, PRESENTING HIS, HIS STUFF.
THAT REALLY, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT IS SCHOOL'S CLOSE TOMORROW.
UM, I REALLY TRIED TO GET A TWO HOUR DELAY.
UM, I JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THE, THE ROADS ARE, ARE, ARE IN SOME AREAS ARE STILL JUST ICE COVERED.
UM, SOME OTHER CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE BUS STOPS TO WHERE CARS PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE CARS USUALLY PARK.
IT'S ALL NOW PILED WITH SNOW, SO THE CARS DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK.
SO THEY WOULD BE PARKING ON THE ROAD.
THEN YOU HAVE A BUS ON THE ROAD.
ALSO IN TOWN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SIDEWALKS, SOME OF OUR SIDEWALKS, WHERE IF OUR STUDENTS ARE AT A BUS STOP AND THERE'S A SIDEWALK, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA BE STANDING? THEY'RE GONNA BE STANDING IN THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S CLEAR.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONCERNS THAT REALLY, WHAT, WHAT MOVED ME TO, TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW TO SEE IF WE CAN GO FRIDAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY BE A A A TWO HOUR DELAY.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT FRIDAY, UH, WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS AS FAR AS WITH THE WEATHER.
UH, WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH, UM, SUN TODAY AS WE WANTED ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROADS.
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A LITTLE OVERCAST THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM COMING IN THIS WEEKEND.UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED.
OFFICES WILL OPEN UP AT NORMAL TIME TOMORROW.
UM, I KNOW THIS ISN'T TECH TECHNICALLY USUALLY A QUESTION PART, BUT HOW MANY BUILT-IN SNOW DAYS DO WE HAVE ON OUR CALENDAR? UM, IT'S HOURS.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS THINKING TODAY ABOUT TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE ARE PROBABLY GETTING CLOSE TO THAT POINT WHERE WE MAY HAVE TO START MODIFYING THE CALENDAR.
KOSNER NOW TALK ABOUT TOMORROW.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE TAKE EVEN ON A TWO HOUR DELAY, THAT'S TWO LESS HOURS.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE AND I COULD DEFINITELY SEND THE BOARD A, A REPORT ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
I KNEW I WAS PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT WITH THAT, BUT I THINK YOU WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT IT, SO, MM-HMM
NEXT UP WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS, AND FIRST UP TONIGHT WE HAVE DR.
UM, AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, WE DID HAVE A WARREN COUNTY BUDGET, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, UH, THE CALENDAR, WHICH I THINK THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WHICH I THINK IS ON THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE NOW.
UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVES THE DATES AND, AND THE TOPICS AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NON-LABOR OPERATING BUDGET, UM, PAY SCALE STAFFING REQUESTS, AND THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET PRIORITIES.
UM, THEN ON DECEMBER 19TH, WE HAD A CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, WE DISCUSSED WHAT THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WAS.
WE SHARED OUR NON-LABOR, UH, INFORMATION, UH, COST PURPLE, UM, PER PUPIL, UM, NON-LABOR.
WE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED, WE, WE SHARED WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WENT OVER THE PROCESS OF HOW WE DO THAT BUDGET AND HOW IT'S CREATED ON OUR END.
AND, UM, TWO GOOD CONVERSATIONS DURING THOSE TWO DATES.
UM, SO WE, WE WERE, UM, KEEPING BUSY TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER THERE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING AT THIS TIME.
JUST, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYBODY BACK, YOU KNOW, STARTING A NEW SEMESTER AND EVERYBODY BACK ON TRACK HERE, AND, UM, WELCOMING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR TEACHERS AND, AND PRINCIPALS WILL BE EAGER TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT JUST, UH, IN MY HOUSEHOLD.
WE'RE EAGERLY AWAITING THE START OF SCHOOL.
UM, SO MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY.
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE END OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS ON SUNDAY FOR THE TISM OF THE LORD.
SO I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE WELL DURING THIS HOLY TIME.
UH, I'M EXCITED FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR TO FIRST TIME ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I TRIED TO GET OFF OF IT, BUT I, MYSELF IN
UH, WE'LL BE HAVING A LOT OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I ENCOURAGE CITIZENS OF WARREN COUNTY TO FOLLOW ALONG AND TAKE PART IN OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET, WHICH WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THE SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE SOMEWHERE AROUND FEBRUARY 5TH AND MARCH 5TH.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO IT TOO, BEING ON THE BUDGET.
MOST OF THE MONEY THAT THAT IS IN, IN THE BUDGET IDEA IS, IS MOSTLY PERSONNEL.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF ALWAYS CLAMORING, LET'S, LET'S CUT THE BUDGET.
IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO CUT PEOPLE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO WANT DO THAT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO SORT OF MAKE IT, MAKE IT WORK THAT WE CAN TRY TO ASK WHAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, NOT, NOT AFFECT THE, THE TAXPAYERS.
UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS PAST YEAR'S, MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD FOR THE BOARD CHAIR, DR.
AND I'M EXCITED THEY DECIDED TO RUN AGAIN FOR THOSE SAME POSITIONS SO THE REST OF US DON'T HAVE TO.
UH, I THINK THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB THIS PAST YEAR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH THEM THIS YEAR.
UM, I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY, UM, ABOUT THE MUSIC PROGRAM.
I, FOR THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M KIND OF A MUSICIAN.
I PLAY PIANO, LIKE TO WRITE MUSIC, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE THE, THE BAND, SOMETIMES THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN PEOPLE GET TO GET THEIR NOTIFICATION WHO THEY ARE.
MY MY WIFE IS ALSO FOUT THIS, AND SHE CLAIMS IT'S THE ONE OF THE HARDEST INSTRUMENTS TO PLAY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO PANEL PENALTY.
AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS JUST SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF YEARS, YOUR END OF YEARS, YOU LIKE TO LIST ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR THINGS THAT HAPPENED, SORT OF A COUNTDOWN.
I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOR THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE ALWAYS KNOWS THAT THE GOOD WINS, BUT THESE ARE SOME, I WOULD SAY, SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION OVER THIS PAST YEAR IS JUST MY, MY THOUGHT ON THE THING.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE CHARLES COSTNER WITH US, A NEW, NEW NEW, UH, NEW VICE SUPERINTENDENT.
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HE WAS HERE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT IS JUST GOOD TO BE ABLE, ABLE TO HIRE SOMEONE WITH SUCH GOOD CALIBER TO COME ON AND, AND THEN TRY TO FILL HIS SHOES OF WHERE IT IS.I THINK YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB SO FAR.
YOUR ACCENT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
BUT ANYWAY,
NEW PRINCIPALS AT SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL, LFK WILSON MORRISON.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE WITH THE PEOPLE BEFORE THEM, BUT IT'S JUST, THESE ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE DONE FOR THIS YEAR.
THE NEW CELLPHONE POLICY WAS CREATED, AND IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FULLY, RIGHT? IF SCHOOL STARTS, UM, WHICH IS A, IS A, IS A GREAT DEAL.
THERE'S NO FIGHTING ABOUT, OR IT WAS GREAT.
WE ALL AGREED ON THESE THINGS.
WE UPDATED THE DISCIPLINE POLICIES.
HOWEVER MANY POLICIES WERE THERE, WERE, ALL OF THEM WERE UPDATED.
WE UPDATED HOMESCHOOL POLICIES.
UH, WE CREATED THE SICK LEAVE PAYOUT SYSTEM, WHICH WE'RE NOT SURE HOW IT'S ALL GONNA WORK OUT OR WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA AFFORD IT, BUT WE AT LEAST CREATED IT AND GOT IT IMPLEMENTED.
UH, WE HAD THE BUILDING PROJECTS AT LFK AND E.
WILSON AND MORRISON WERE SUCCESSFUL ON TIME UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS AMAZING.
WE JOINED THE SBMA FOR POLICY UPDATING, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
UH, WE HAD LEVEL BUDGETING FOR SCHOOLS THIS PAST YEAR.
SO AS MUCH AS WARREN COUNTY TAXES WENT UP, IT WASN'T DUE TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, FOR WHAT IT WAS.
WE CREATED YEARLY GOALS BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT WAS, WAS THE PLAN FROM 2021 TO 26, WE CREATED A BETTER SYSTEM OF REPORTING FOR THOSE WHO ARE REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT A LITTLE BETTER.
WE CREATED A BOARD SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE, MAYBE EVER, OR AT LEAST RECENTLY.
AND I THINK THAT WAS BENEFICIAL TO US.
WE EVALUATED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ESTABLISH YEARLY GOALS FOR HIM, WHICH I THINK WAS A, A MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.
UH, WE BEGAN TO UPDATE ALL POLICIES TO CONFORM TO THE LAW AND JUST SORT OF BEST PRACTICES AND WHAT IS OUT THERE.
AND WE CAN GO IN THROUGH THEM.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THEM ALL UPDATED, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES AND POLICIES TO BETTER MONITOR AND EVALUATE SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM AND SAVE MONEY, HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE ESS PROGRAM AND THE, AND PUTTING MONEY INTO EACH SCHOOL'S BUDGET FOR WHAT IT IS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
THOSE ARE JUST THINGS I COME UP WITH AS RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO US WORKING TOGETHER AND US DOING IT, AND THE GREAT PERSONNEL THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S MUCH MORE TO COME.
BUT AS A FIRST GUY ON THE BOARD FOR A YEAR, I, I WAS KIND OF LIKE, HEY, YEAH, WE DO SOME THINGS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR.
UM, OUR LAST MEETING, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALLIANCE AND POWER ED, UM, TRAINING DOWN RIGHT OUTSIDE OF RICHMOND.
AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A VERY INSPIRATIONAL TWO DAY EVENT DOWN THERE.
UM, THE GOVERNOR YOUNGIN CAME, UH, WHEN, SINCE SEARS WAS THERE.
A TON OF PEOPLE CAME THROUGH AND THEY, THEY WERE ALL JUST VERY POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING.
UM, REALLY THE OVERALL TAKEAWAY FROM, FROM THE EVENT WAS THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF IF THEY HAVE IDEAS, BRING THEM FORWARD.
UM, THEY, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE, UH, SEMINARS WAS THE ONE THAT EXPLAINED OUR, UM, NEW ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL WE'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING SET UP WITH, UM, MS. SCALIA AND, UM, GET THEM OUT HERE TO, TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S JUST A VERY HELPFUL, CLEVER WAY OF EXPLAINING EVERYTHING.
AND I, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UM, NICE TO SEE IF THEY COULD, UH, COME AND ATTEND.
UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I HAD, UM, I MEETING WITH MOUNTAIN VISTA GOVERNOR SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARD.
UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE.
I WAS, I SERVED ON THAT BOARD FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, IT'S A REALLY AWESOME SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT THE SURROUNDING COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE.
UM, I KNOW MS. LOWE IS GONNA ENJOY BEING ON THAT BOARD.
UM, AND JUST HEARING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THOSE STUDENTS DO.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UM, BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING THAT, UM, DR.
FUNK TALKED ABOUT, UM, WITH OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK THE WORK, UM, THANK DR.
BALLINGER AND MR. VALENTINE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID, KIND OF GOING INTO THOSE, UM, INITIAL BUDGET MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THERE'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT THAT ALL THAT INITIAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, JUST TRYING TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SORT OF WHERE WE START FROM AS A SCHOOL DIVISION AND ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SHARING THAT PROCESS WITH SORT OF ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN
AND MR. MCFADDEN KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET, WE ARE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT ALL THE
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PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF TEACHING AND EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN EVERY DAY.SO, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO FIND WAYS, UM, TO MAKE ALL OF IT WORK AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM TOM AND MR. PADDEN AND DR.
PO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS THIS SEASON.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR.
MOVING INTO THE ACTION AGENDA.
WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR, DR.
UM, EACH YEAR WE SET OUT A CALENDAR FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND OUR WORK SESSIONS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE, YOU KNOW, ADDED, ADDED A FEW THINGS AND KIND OF OUTLINED SOME, SOME MEETINGS AHEAD OF SCHEDULED.
NOW WE, UM, INFORMATION RECEIVED TODAY.
THANK YOU MR. MCFADDEN, FOR, FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, NOTICE THAT THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING AND THE NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CALENDAR, UH, HERE TONIGHT, ACTUALLY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE TAKEN THOSE DATES TO HOLD MEETINGS.
SO WE WILL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU, WHEN READING THE MOTION, UH, WHETHER WE DO IT HERE, IF THE TOWN ALLOWS US, OR IF THIS ROOM IS AVAILABLE, OR WHETHER WE DO IT AT DIVERSIFIED MINES, JUST MAKE THAT, TAKE THAT INTO THE MOTION THAT EITHER WE DO IT AT TOWN HALL IF AVAILABLE OR AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS, UM, AS ONE OF OUR OPTIONS.
AND THEN ONCE WE WORK THROUGH THAT, WE CAN SOLIDIFY AND GET THIS POSTED OUT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE TO WHERE THE MEETINGS ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE.
SO, UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR OR, I MEAN, I'D LIKE, IF THIS IS ALL, ASSUMING THIS IS WORKING WELL TONIGHT, NONE OF US CAN SEE THE LIVE STREAM.
BUT IF IT'S WORKING WELL AND IT WORKS OKAY FOR TOWN COUNCIL, THEN I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THE SAME FOR THOSE TWO MEETINGS AS WELL.
PERSONALLY, FOR THE, UM, ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE MEDIA WORK SESSION, SORT OF WHAT THE TOPIC WILL BE.
I MEAN, SOME OF 'EM, FOR EXAMPLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH SAYS THERE'S GONNA BE DISCIPLINE, STUDENT CODE OF CONTACT, FIRST READING.
IS THAT LIKE LEFT OVER FROM A PLACEHOLDER OR, OR IS THAT ON JUNE 4TH, 2025? I MEAN, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE SCOREBOARD POLICIES, THEIR UPDATES ARE GONNA BE SENT IN OR WHEN, RIGHT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THESE WERE SPECIFIC THINGS EXACTLY.
THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OR IF IT'S SO, YEAH, SO, SO WHAT, WHAT OUR GOAL WOULD BE ON THAT JUNE 4TH MEETING IS FOR DR.
KOSNER AND, AND, UM, WHOEVER HE WORKS WITH, TO HAVE OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATED AND BE READY FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW THAT IN JUNE SO THAT IT CAN BE ADOPTED, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE HIT IT, GET INTO
SO STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, NOT THE POLICY, RIGHT? YEAH, NO, THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, WE UPDATE THAT EVERY YEAR WITH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S NEW LAW BEING PASSED THAT THE POLICIES ARE BEING CHANGED.
UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ADDING OR SUBTRACTING FROM THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
AND SO THAT, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FIRST READING FROM THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE JUNE MEETING.
I KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, WE WERE KIND OF, UH, LATE I THINK GETTING THAT IN, WAS IT JULY THAT WE WERE KIND OF PRESSED TO GET THAT OUT AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE FOR OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE BOARD REVIEW THAT, GETTING FEEDBACK AND MAKING ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT PUBLISHED AND PUSHED OUT AND READY TO GO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE PROPOSED MEETING CALENDAR? I MOVE THAT THE PROPOSED 2025 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR BE APPROVED AS AMENDED.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET.
SECTION 15.2 2 5 0 0 6 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD ONE OR MORE HEARINGS EXCUSE AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO ADOPTING A BUDGET NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE GIVEN AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR THE HEARING, AND SHALL BE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
HAVE A GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE LOCALITY.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE 2026 BUDGET BE HELD DURING THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 AND THE MARCH 5TH, 2025 MEETINGS.
IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT IN CASE THERE IS, UH, THEY HAVE TO BE CANCELED DUE TO IMPLEMENT WEATHER, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 AND MARCH 19TH, 2025 RESPECTIVELY.
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I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS, UM, MS SALE.AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AND I MET, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, AND I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE ADVERTISEMENT SAYS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FEBRUARY 5TH PUBLIC HEARING, I'D REALLY JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF MEMBERS, EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT'S THE TIME TO COME AND PRESENT WHAT YOU THINK YOUR NEEDS ARE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
BECAUSE OUR BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE IS GONNA BE WORKING ON IT.
AND IF THEY CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE AT THAT FEBRUARY 5TH PUBLIC HEARING, I MEAN, SEND AN EMAIL, A CALL ANYTIME.
BUT THAT'S REALLY THE TIME TO BE POINTING OUT WHAT EXPECTATIONS EVERYONE HAS, WHAT NEEDS THEY HAVE FOR THE BUDGET.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, OR EITHER BEFORE
UM, SO ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY AT THAT MEETING, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT USUALLY SAYS MR. VALENTINE, BUT I JUST AM HOPING THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN PUSH IT OUT OR EVEN MAYBE A PRESS RELEASE THROUGH THE SCHOOL THAT, HEY, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME WITH YOUR THREE MINUTES OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
AND I KNOW I DO SHARE THAT WITH, UM, MY TWO ADVISORY GROUPS, SO MM-HMM
I HAVE THE TEACHER ADVISORY GROUP AND THEN WCEA.
I KNOW WE, WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY TALKED TO BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS TO JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET THE TEACHERS KNOW THAT A BUNCH OF SEASON'S COMING UP.
BE SURE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE GO THROUGH, BE SURE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, UH, TO THE BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, GO TO THOSE HEARINGS.
SO, BUT YES, WE CAN POST IT ON, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEND IT IN AN EMAIL OUT TO ALL STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY ALL STAFF GET IT IN, IN AN EMAIL.
BUT I, I, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO, TO, TO TALK BEFOREHAND, BE PROACTIVE WITH IT.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE USUALLY WE GET A REACTION ONCE WE'VE ALREADY, WE'RE PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LINE WITH THE BUDGET.
SO WE REALLY NEED THAT PROACTIVE, GET OUT HERE AND TELL US, AND TO GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS CAN SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.
SO, UM, LIKE THE FEBRUARY 5TH MEETING, LIKE WE DISCUSSED, THE BUDGET HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED YET.
YOU'RE NOT THERE TO TALK ABOUT A NON-RES PRESENTED BUDGET.
THAT'S THE TIME TO SAY WHAT YOU WANNA SEE IN IT.
IT'S TOO, IT USUALLY WE HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN IT'S TOO LATE.
NOW HERE'S, UH, I THINK THIS HAPPENED THIS YEAR AS WELL, WAS THAT ON THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE THE SECOND READING OR THE HEARING PART, THAT SAME DAY WE VOTE ON IT.
I MEAN, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THIS, WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING WHERE WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 5TH, BUT THEN IT SAYS THE GOAL IS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, THAT COULD RUB PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY.
IT SORT OF DID WITH THE SUPERVISORS THE OTHER DAY, SORT OF LIKE, WELL, YOU HAD A HEARING AND THEN YOU VOTE ON IT RIGHT THERE AFTER THAT SEEMS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE SHOULD BE SOME TIME, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE A PROBABLY HEARING THAT DAY, BUT WHENEVER WE VOTE ON IT, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING RATHER THAN AT THE EXACT SAME MEETING WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE HEARD IT SHOULD BE HEARD PERFECTLY FINE.
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO MEET IS THE DEADLINE FOR WHEN IT HAS TO BE, UM, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH I THINK I'VE PUT IN THERE.
SO, I MEAN, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY MODIFY THAT, IF THAT IS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS THINK OF? I THINK WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S GOING TOO, BUT REALIZE THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT GETS TABLED THAT NIGHT OR WE MIGHT EVEN DECIDE TRUE BEFORE WE GET THERE.
WE MAKE PEOPLE TALKING AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, MAYBE IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS.
IF WE HAVE 200 PEOPLE COMING AND TELLING US THAT OUR BUDGET NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT THEN.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ADVERTISEMENT? I MOVE THAT THE AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 2026 BUDGET OF THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 AND MARCH 5TH, 2025 MEETINGS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE MEETINGS MUST BE CANCELED, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 MEETING AND THE MARCH 19TH, 2025 MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? THEY SECOND IT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DONATION.
THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT GUARANTEES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MCKINNEY-VENTO LIAISON BU, UH, SAW EARLIER MS. JOANNA.
EW MARTIN SUPPORTS FAMILIES WITH ENROLLMENT, TRANSPORTATION, SCHOOL, MEALS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY.
WARREN, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK ROCKLAND CHURCH, CORNERSTONE CHURCH, LEEDS CHURCH, AND THE RETIRED TEACHERS ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS
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DONATIONS IN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2024 OF CLOTHING, WINTER OUTERWEAR FOR WARMTH, FOOD ITEMS, ART SUPPLIES, STORE CARDS FOR FOOD, AIR MATTRESSES, AND HOLIDAY GIFTS.AND MOVING FORWARD AS DONATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY ARE ONGOING.
AND AS, UH, WE DEVELOP, UM, AND CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADDITIONAL GROUPS LIKE THE WONDERFUL HIKE FOUNDATION THAT YOU HEARD THIS EVENING.
WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE, UM, THE GENEROUS DONATIONS WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY ON A BI-MONTHLY BASIS.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAN EVERY OTHER MONTH TO SHARE OUT, UM, AND ASK THE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THOSE GREAT COMMUNITY, UM, MEMBERS THAT ARE SUPPORTING US.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTS THE DONATIONS AS PRESENTED TO THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MCKINNEY VENT TO LIAISON WITH GRATITUDE? THERE? A SECOND.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE 25 26 SCHOOL CALENDAR.
I CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, MS. HALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU, TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, I JUST WANNA KINDA WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION BEFORE, UH, UH, TO COMING UP WITH, TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
UM, THE CALENDAR WAS, UM, CALENDAR COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.
THIS COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH SCHOOL.
THEY CAME IN, WE MET, WE REVIEWED THE OLD CALENDAR.
WELL, I SAY THE OLD, THE CURRENT CALENDAR WORK.
WE REVIEWED IT, TALKED ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF IT.
THEN FROM THAT POINT, THEY WENT BACK TO THE, UM, FACULTY.
THEY, UM, PRESENTED, TALKED TO THE FACULTY.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTIONNAIRE.
UM, SO ALL THE FACULTY HAD INPUT.
AND THIS CONSISTED OF EVERY, FROM EVERY SCHOOL, INCLUDING ALSO THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
AND THEN WE DEVELOPED AN OPTION A AND THEN OPTION B BASED ON THE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN FROM OPTION A AND OPTION B, THOSE, THOSE TEACHERS, AND AGAIN, THIS COMMITTEE IS PHENOMENAL.
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CALENDARING DAYS, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT LOTS OF THINGS.
SO IT, IT'S HARD TO PLEASE EVERYONE.
BUT, UM, SO THEY TOOK IT BACK OPTION A AND OPTION B, THE SCHOOLS VOTED.
UM, AND THE CALENDAR OPTION A WAS THE ONE THAT THEY, UM, ALL SCHOOLS BUT ONE VOTED FOR.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU USED, UH, KIND OF GIVEN THE HIGHLIGHTED VERSION AND ALSO THE COPY OF THE CALENDAR.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW UP FRONT, EVERYONE DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT CERTAIN DAYS, OR LIKE THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T WANNA START AT A LATER DATE, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO YEAH, THERE'S GOTTA BE A BALANCE.
UM, AS YOU ALSO NOTICE ON THERE THAT THIS YEAR, VETERANS' DAY IS NOT A DAY OFF, BUT IT WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING DAY TO HONOR OUR VETERANS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
UM, WHERE THAT THEY WILL HAVE, BE ABLE TO HAVE SPEAKERS COME IN AND, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE VETERAN CAN COME AND HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU.
I MEAN, THIS COULD BE A TREMENDOUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO LITTLE DIFFERENCES THERE.
UM, YOU DO NOTICE THAT THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP, DR.
PENCE, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THIS CALENDAR DOES HAVE, UM, 1050 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS WERE REQUIRED 990.
SO THAT GIVES US ABOUT 60 BANK HOURS.
THAT'S ABOUT FIVE MORE HOURS THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE, UM, THE NO MOTIONS NECESSARY.
THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE 2020 5 26 PHOTOS CALENDAR.
BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU OR BRING BACK TO YOU? WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR? UM, REALLY THE, I HONESTLY TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NOT THE BIG, WELL, I, THE BIGGEST CHANGE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID GO IN AND ADD.
UM, INSTEAD OF CALLING 'EM TEACHERS' WORK DAYS, THEY, UM, AS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS UNENCUMBERED PLANNING DAYS.
SO THEREFORE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT IS WE ARE LETTING THE TEACHERS KNOW THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND SAY THAT YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO A TRAINING FOR TWO HOURS, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FACULTY MEETING OR THOSE THINGS.
SO YOU HAVE TIME AS A TEACHER TO GO IN AND SIT DOWN AND PLAN MM-HMM
UM, TO, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL SECURE ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT THE TEACHERS WANTED THAT TIME.
UM, AND, AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SQUEEZE MORE TIME IN THE DAY, WHICH WE, WE COULDN'T DO.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES.
WE DID, UM, KEEP, UM, BASICALLY THE, UM, THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, THE WINTER BREAK, SPRING
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BREAK, ALL THAT.AND WE TRIED TO BE, TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SURROUNDING DIVISIONS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SOME, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT HELPS TO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, THAN THE OTHER DIVISIONS.
I MEAN, I, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE, THE UNENCUMBERED PLANNING DAYS, I, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THOSE ARE TO, TO TEACHERS AND, UM, I THINK EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION PROBABLY, UM, TACKLES THAT IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HERE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS CHALLENGING.
YOU COME IN AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE STUDENTS, BUT IF YOU'RE IN MEETINGS ALL DAY, YOU DON'T GET TIME IN YOUR CLASSROOM TO DO THE REARRANGEMENT OF SEATS TO DO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUT YOUR STATION, CHANGE OUT, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU COME IN EARLY IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE STAYING LATER.
SO HAVING THOSE SCHEDULED IN THERE, UM, I, I KNOW WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A NICE CHANGE TO SEE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THE OTHER CHANGE THAT I SEE THAT I THINK IS BIG, AT LEAST SINCE UM, I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CALENDAR IS THAT WE GO PAST MEMORIAL DAY MM-HMM
WE'VE JUST BEEN USED TO US GETTING OUT THE WEEK BEFORE, AND SO THAT IS JUST SOMETHING TO LET MAKE PARENTS BE AWARE OF THAT.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT WE, WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT GO INTO JUNE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE GOAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS EVENING? AND WE'LL HAVE THE PLAN TO DO A SECOND READING, UM, AT OUR WORK SESSION LATER THIS MONTH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THIRD READING AND APPROVAL AT OUR FEBRUARY.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REASSIGN STAFF, MS. DRAKE.
UM, YES, THIS DID GET MOVED, SO MY APOLOGIES FOR WHERE I HAD PUT IT ORIGINALLY.
IT'S A ANNUAL REVIEW THAT WE DO FOR THE RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE IT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
AND, UM, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA DID, OR THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL LAWS DID CHANGE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'LL MAKE THIS THE FIRST READING, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHAT THOSE UPDATES WERE.
SO, UH, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH, WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND IS THIS ALL US ABOUT? WHAT OTHER CHANGES WERE THAT, SORRY.
IS EVERYTHING YOU ADDED, IS THAT RIGHT? DIRECT LANGUAGE FROM CODE, IT'S COMPLETE.
I DID NOT ADD OR DELETE OR ANYTHING.
NOT, NO, I DON'T
TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, IT COMES RIGHT FROM CODE, BUT IT'S USUALLY, YEAH, RIGHT IN THERE.
WE'RE TALKING THE CODE CGCI ONE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S THREE KIND, LIKE THREE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS GCI, CORRECT? YES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, OUR POLICY BEING UPDATED WITH THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER ATTACHMENTS IS, I DID PUT THE ACTUAL VIRGINIA CODE IN THERE, SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THE COPY AND PASTE OVER ON THE GCI.
ONE OF THE THINGS WAS RED LINE, THE LAST TWO LINES OF THE RED LINING ONTO THE REASSIGNMENTS TRANSFERS.
UM, SO WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, I, I, I SENT THIS ON TO OUR SPMA POLICY WRITERS, JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE VOTING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I JUST SAID, WELL, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THIS? AND THEY SAID, HEY, IT ALL LOOKS UP, UP KOSHER.
BUT THEY DID SAY BY, IN THE NEW WAY WE HAVE IT, THAT IT TAKES OUT THOSE LAST TWO LINES OF TEACHERS MAY REQUEST A CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT WITHIN THE AREAS OF YOUR CERTIFICATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL SHALL DEVELOP PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF VOLUNTARY TEACHER TRANSFER REQUESTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN SOME OTHER CODE SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT THEY JUST SAID NOTED.
WELL IF YOU, IF YOU, IF THOSE ARE RED LINE, IT'S NO LONGER IN THE CODE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IS THERE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR, 'CAUSE THIS SAYS PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS.
IF A STUDENT, IF A TEACHER SAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THERE SOME OTHER CODE GOVERNING THIS, OR IS THIS THE CODE? THIS IS THE CODE STRAIGHT OUT OF IT.
BUT THERE IS, I MEAN WE WOULDN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I GUESS IS PROBABLY MY BEST ANSWER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF WE WANT TO LOOK TO ADD THOSE TWO SENTENCES BACK IN, SO IT'S JUST THERE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST THAT.
IT WAS JUST WHAT OUR POLICY WRITERS SUGGESTED IS SAYING, WELL, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT AND IT'S UP TO CODE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THOSE THINGS, UNLESS THEY'RE SOMEPLACE ELSE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, WELL, LET'S ASSUME ANYONE CAN PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER.
BUT SO, SO THE THING IS, WHEN SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO TRANSFER, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT HIRING PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TRANSFER ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER SCHOOL WITHOUT THAT ADMINISTRATOR SAYING, I I WANT THAT TRANSFER TO OCCUR.
UM, SO, SO THERE STILL IS THAT PROCESS.
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YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE REASONS IF THAT I MAY REASSIGN REASSIGNED SOMEBODY TO A VACANT POSITION THAT IS AVAILABLE.AND THAT MAY BE THE ONLY POSITION, BUT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A THIRD GRADE MATH TEACHER AT RE'S THAT WANTS TO BE THE THIRD GRADE TEACHER, I KNOW I USE MATH, BUT THIRD GRADE TEACHER, SORRY, THIRD GRADE TEACHER
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE ALSO DO WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD STILL BE AN EMPLOYEE, SO IT'S NOT A NEW HIRE OR THIS OR THAT.
AND I THINK WE DO PUT ALL OF OUR TRANSFERS ON THE PERSONNEL REPORT THAT THEY ARE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT.
SO YOU GUYS DO SEE THOSE, THOSE TRANSFERS WHEN THE SCHOOL SAYS YES.
ALSO ON THE FILE, GCI DASH E THIS, SO I PRINTED OUT, IT SAYS AT THE TOP OF WHICH ONE IT IS, IT'S THE, IT'S THE FIRST ONE UNDER OUR ATTACHMENTS.
UM, THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT TO REASSIGN STAFF.
UM, THE WORD I THINK TWO IS MISSING ON THE SECOND LINE AUTHORIZES, UH, THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS AUTHORIZED AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THERE'S A COMMA.
IT SHOULD JUST SAY TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN, I THINK.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT GOES DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT FONT, WHICH IS BEING RESOLVED AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, YOU SAY PERMISSION TO REASSIGN ANY TEACHER ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS.
I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY THE SAME THING AS EVERYTHING ELSE.
TEACHER, PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHICH WE SAY EARLIER, HALFWAY DOWN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, THAT'S THE RESOLUTIONS FOR ALL THOSE PERSONNEL.
AND THEN OTHER, SO THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED SUPERINTENDENT TO REASSIGN STAFF.
UM, I WAS LOOKING BACK, I MEAN THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED WAS A WHILE AGO.
IT WAS LAST REVISED 2013 AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN 2018 TO, TO REVIEW AND THEN IT WASN'T VOTED ON OR WHATEVER.
SO IS THIS, IS THIS I I WAS LOOKING FOR THE OLD MINUTES OF THE THING THAT WENT, THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T SEEM TO EXIST FROM SOME OTHER, FROM THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
IS IT A BRAND NEW RESOLUTION? IS THAT WHAT THE LAW CHANGED? THAT WE'RE THIS RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S NOT ON OUR'S, NOT ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ON THE, IN THE, IN THE OPENING MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE YEAR LONG DEAL, WHICH THE RESOLUTION STATES, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR AT THE OPENING MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE THAT, OR THE MEETING BEFORE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE, BUT SO, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE WHEN WE RUN THROUGH WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TURNOVER WITHIN OUR HR DEPARTMENT, IT'S, IT'S THE DEPARTMENT TO, TO GET THAT DONE AND TO GET THAT ON THERE.
AND SO IT MAY BE THAT IT WAS AT A DIFFERENT MEETING THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
UM, BUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH MS. DRAKE, WITH HER COMING IN, I'M LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AT EACH JANUARY MEETING, RIGHT.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK LATER ON IN THE YEAR AND TAKE CARE OF THIS.
SO, SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING EVERY YEAR AT THE JANUARY MEETING, UM, JUST SO IT, IT IS TAKING CARE OF THAT RESOLUTION AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING AND NORMALLY IT WOULD BE UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT THIS YEAR THERE WAS, THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE CODE, TO THE ACTUAL CODE.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, THE COPY RATE FOR THE BSBA SHOULD BE GONE FROM FIVE 2013.
I MEAN, WE DO WANNA OWN DEAL JUST AS WE GO THROUGH THESE POLICIES LIKE THAT STILL STUCK AT THE BOTTOM.
OH, AT THE, ON THE GCI PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE, THE WALL ONE.
NO, JUST AS WE GO THROUGH OUR POLICY, BUT YEAH.
AND A BIGGER DISCUSSION OF THIS IS JUST MORE, AGAIN, THIS IS CAN BE BROUGHT UP AND, AND, AND THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL STAFF HERE IN WARREN COUNTY COULD, COULD COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT DURING OUR NEXT TWO READINGS IS THAT WHEN I'VE TALKED TO SOME TEACHERS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY LOVE WORKING WHERE THEY WORK.
THEY CHOSE THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THAT SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEIR KIDS THERE, THEY CALL PROXIMITY TO THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE A WHILE, THEY SEEM REALLY, REALLY WORRIED THAT, I MEAN, AT ANY GIVEN POINT, MY MY, IT CAN BE JUST RIPPED OUT DUE TO, 'CAUSE SOMEONE I UNDERSTAND SOMEONE NEEDS IT.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT FROM A MANAGERIAL POINT OF VIEW.
IT DOES US A SERVICE BY SAYING WE NEED TO TRANSFER SOMEONE 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE NEEDS.
BUT FROM A CARING OF THE PERSONNEL, I THINK IT'S A HORRIBLE DECISION.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT ANYONE'S EVER WORKED.
THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TO JUST SAY, I WANNA APPLY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THEY SAY, I WANNA APPLY FOR THIS JOB DURING THIS THING AT THIS PLACE, AND I WANNA WORK WITH THESE PERSONNEL AND THE PEOPLE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW, IT'D BE GOOD TO HEAR.
AGAIN, I HEARD FROM, FROM SOME LONGTIME EMPLOYEES AT, WELL, MO COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, I THINK MS. LEVI AND I WERE THERE LAST YEAR
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AND THEY, THEY LIKE HAD FEAR IN THEIR VOICE.LIKE, THIS IS A THING THAT KEEPS US UP AT NIGHT THAT THIS, THIS COULD HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN THAT FREQUENTLY AND I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.
BUT IT, BUT THE THING THEY HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THEY ARE WARREN COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THEY GET ALL THAT AND, AND, AND, AND I DO AGREE THAT WHEN THEY GET HIRED IN A PLACE THAT THEY'RE, BUT HERE'S THE THING, WHEN, WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, IF WE HAVE TO CUT STAFF AND WHEN WE DO A, UH, REDUCTION IN FORCE, THEN WE WILL GIVE THAT PERSON THE OPTION OF, OKAY, YOU CAN EITHER LOSE YOUR JOB OR YOU CAN TRANSFER TO THIS SCHOOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ALSO HELPS TO COVER.
BUT HAVE WE HAD TO DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? NO, WE HAVEN'T.
WELL NOW WHAT? WHAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY ON SOME THINGS WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED WITH OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH OUR STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES, RIGHT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A DROP IN AN ENROLLMENT OR AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT AND A DROP AT ONE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE, AND WE TRY TO, TO MOVE VACANT POSITIONS.
SO LIKE, WAS IT LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN THE ENROLLMENT WENT DOWN AT HILDA, THERE WAS A VACANT POSITION THAT WE MOVED TO RE'S.
INSTEAD OF TAKING A TEACHER AND MOVING TO
I JUST LOOKING AT MORE LIKE THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY OF SAYING, GIVEN SOME OF THE OPTION TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DO THIS, WHO'S INTERESTED IN DOING IT AND, AND GIVING SOMEONE INCENTIVE TO DO IT.
I MEAN, I, AGAIN, IT'S, WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH PEOPLE, WELL I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE IN, IN EDUCATION.
THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I, I I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, 'CAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED SITUATIONS SIMILAR WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT NUMBERS AND, UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, I WOULD JUST SAY MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT COME BEFOREHAND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA DO WHAT'S BEST TO PUT THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE KIDS WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HIRING THREE MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANNA MOVE.
BUT, BUT I, I HEAR YOUR POINT.
I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS SCARY.
'CAUSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY, WELL, YOU WORK FOR HERE, WE GOTTA MOVE YOU HERE, WE GOTTA PUT YOUR HERE, YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND I, I THINK IT, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OUR PRACTICE IS COMMUNICATION FIRST, UM, IN PROCESSING ALL THOSE, BUT AS WELL, JUST MY 2 CENTS.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST ALSO MOVING SCHOOLS.
IT'S ALSO, I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST TWO OR THREE EXAMPLES FROM THIS LAST YEAR WHERE WE'VE ASKED THE TEACHER, WELL, I HAVEN'T ASKED, TOLD THE TEACHER, WELL, YOU, YOU WERE HIRED, YOUR CONTRACT SAID YOU'RE GONNA TEACH THIS, BUT WE NEED A TEACHER TO TEACH THAT.
SO THEY STAY IN THE SAME BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE TEACHING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND THOSE THREE, THOSE THREE THAT COME TO MIND, BUT WE LOST 'EM FROM OUR STAFF ALTOGETHER.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THAT THIS IS THE NORM FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE INDUSTRY.
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.
IT, WE HAVE TO, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE HUMAN SIDE FIRST AND TRY TO, HENCE WHY I SAID CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE, UM, AS WELL.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO FOLLOW CODE, OBVIOUSLY I CAN THINK OF OUR CODE IS THERE, RIGHT? THE CODE'S IN THERE.
BUT I'M SAYING THIS OPTION, I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S TOTALLY LEGIT.
IF WE, IF WE VOTE ON IT, I GET IT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S JUST, IT IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF WHEN YOU'RE DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A PLE OF PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY.
WHEN I FIRST GOT OUTTA COLLEGE, I'M BEING A RESTAURANT MANAGER FOR A CHAIN IN DC AREA.
WE DIDN'T, I JUST APPLIED TO THIS CHAIN AND THEY, THEY MOVED ME TO MAIN, I DIDN'T LIKE MOVING, BUT I WASN'T APPLYING TO ONE STORE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN, I, I GOT MOVED ALL KINDS OF PLACES.
BUT FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST SAYING, I WANNA BE AN A TEACHER FOR ONE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR A PRINCIPAL.
IT'S, IT'S, I WANNA WORK IN THIS PLACE BECAUSE OF A LOT OF VALUES THAT FOR ME, WHATEVER THOSE ARE.
AND I JUST THINK IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, I UNDERSTAND, I'M SURE THIS CONVERSATION NOT JUST, HEY, YOU'RE MOVING THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE FEAR OF THESE LADIES VOICES WHEN THEY WERE TALKING, I, I, I WAS, I WAS SURPRISED OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TELL US ABOUT ALL THEIR PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES, AND THIS WAS THEIR BIGGEST THING.
AND THERE'S ALMOST TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHO WE WANNA WORK WITH.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH DR. JOHNSTON.
AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THE SCHOOL MESSED UP OR THEY CAN'T CALL TEACHERS.
I HAVE TO GO WORK IN THE BATTLE ZONES.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S HOW THEY TOOK IT.
WHETHER THEY SHOULD TAKE IT AWAY, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M LIKE, WELL, I'M GOING TO JUST DO STAND FOR THAT AND SAY THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA BRING THAT UP.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, IF IF THIS IS THE INDUSTRY NORM AND ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US DO FEEL AND MOVE THE TEACHERS AROUND, THEN MAYBE THIS IS WHAT STARTS.
IF WE, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS, THEN MAYBE THIS IS WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO WANNA COME HERE THAT, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PRACTICE IN PLACE HERE.
YOU GET TO SIGN ON YOUR SCHOOL AND YOU CAN'T JUST BE UPROOTED.
I I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE OR NOT, BUT I MEAN, I HAVE HEARD WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
I JUST RECOMMEND IF THERE'S ANY FOLKS, THIS IS, IS WE HAVE THESE PUBLIC
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READINGS TO, FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PUT THEIR COMMENT ON IT.AND THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE IN THREE MORE, THREE MORE MEETINGS, IT'LL BE VOTED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO I JUST WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CARDS? I THINK, SIR, NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? I DO NOT.
UM, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT, UM, OFF WHEN WE GOT OUR MEETING STARTED THIS MORNING.
SO WE, WE DID, OR THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE DID FORGET TO ADD, UM, AN EXTRA AGENDA ITEM FOR READING OUT OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, IF SO, IF WE WANTED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UM, APPROVAL OF ITEMS OF THE CLOSED MEETING.
UM, THERE'S REALLY A C ALSO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ADDED, BUT WE GOT A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE OFF, A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION IF YOU WANT ME TO, BUT I'M GONNA SAY THE NAME IF I DO, I, I MEAN I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN AND WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL WE HAVE, WELL FIRST WE HAVE THE APPROVAL, UM, OF THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 PERSONNEL REPORT AND PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM.
I MOVE THAT THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 PERSONNEL REPORT AND THE JANUARY 8TH, 2025 PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION COMING OUT OF CLOSE? I'D LIKE TO AUTHORIZE THAT OUR, THE SCHOOL BOARD COUNSEL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL BOARD COUNSEL TO PROCEED, PROCEED WITH LITIGATION AS DIRECTED ON THE DEED OF EASEMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND? A SECONDED.