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[1. Closed Meeting - 5:30 p.m.]
YOU'RE GOOD.MS. ALLENS, COULD YOU PLEASE READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? YES.
THIS MOTION IS MADE THAT THIS OPEN PUBLIC MEETING OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BECOME A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER IN A CLOSED MEETING, SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, OR INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING, OR RESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, SPECIFICALLY THE PERSONNEL REPORT AND THE PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM.
IS THERE A SECOND? MAY I SECOND IT? MR. VALENTINE, COULD YOU DO ROLL CALL PLEASE? YES.
[2. Meeting Opening - 6:30 p.m.]
MS. SALAN.COULD YOU READ US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION PLEASE? 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 ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS WERE LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, WHICH WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEANING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
COULD YOU DO ROLL CALL PLEASE? MRS. LOWE? AYE.
[2.A. Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence - School Board Chair]
WELCOME.AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED THIS EVENING.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC APPROACHES STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE OF THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2.B. Accept or Modify the Agenda - School Board]
FIRST UP THIS EVENING, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT OR MODIFY THE AGENDA AND IF WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.ANY DISCUSSION? UM, I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD AN ITEM TO DISCUSS OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE.
I COULD, YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT.
SO I MOVE THAT WE MODIFY THE AGENDA TO ADD AN ACTION ITEM TO DISCUSS OUR MEETING SCHEDULE IN JUNE.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? I SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[2.C. Attendance Award Presentation - Dr. Ballenger]
UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE AWARD PRESENTATION, DR.UM, SO THIS WRAPS UP OUR YEAR FOR, UH, ALL OF OUR ATTENDANCE AWARDS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, WE DO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, JUST MISSING A FEW DAYS HERE AND THERE ADDS UP QUICKLY AND MISSING CONTENT, UM, AND, AND BEING IN FRONT OF THAT TEACHER.
AND SO SCHOOLS HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THIS.
AND, AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE SCHOOLS TONIGHT, UH, FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR, UM, WITH OUR ATTENDANCE AWARDS.
AND ONE SCHOOL I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE SPECIFICALLY, AND I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE THEM FIRST TONIGHT.
UM, AND, AND THIS SCHOOL HAS WON THE ATTENDANCE FLAG FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE MONTH THIS YEAR.
UH, THIS SCHOOL HAS ALSO NEVER HAD AN ATTENDANCE RATE BELOW 90%.
UH, I THINK ACTUALLY THIS MONTH IS PROBABLY THEIR LOWEST AT 90.39%.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR, UM, OF, OF ATTENDANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, UH, FOR A JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING TO, TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS.
CHRIS JOHNSTON FOR HIS EFFORTS THAT, THAT HE HAS DONE THIS YEAR FOR WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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UH, DR.BALLINGER ASKED ME WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY AND I TOLD HIM I RAN OUTTA THINGS TO SAY ABOUT ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR,
SO OTHER THAN THANK YOU, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO COME TO SCHOOL, UH, AS OFTEN AS THEY CAN.
AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO, TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ELEMENTARY AWARD, AND THIS IS THEIR SECOND TIME THAT THEY'VE WON THE ELEMENTARY AWARD, UH, THE THIRD AWARD, UH, AS FAR AS IN A ROW, THEY DID WIN THE, UM, THE MOST IMPROVED BACK IN MARCH.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HILDA J BARBER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE ELEMENTARY WINNER FOR, UM, THE MONTH OF MAY.
WELL, THIS WAS A NICE SURPRISE.
I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS, BUT THE END OF THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE LAST MONTH, IS ALWAYS A HARD TIME TO GET ANYBODY TO WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL.
AND SO THE FACT THAT OUR STAFF WORKED SO HARD, WHICH I THINK EVERY STAFF, EVERY SCHOOL DID TO MAKE THE KIDS WANT TO BE THERE, MAKING IT SO THAT THEY DIDN'T WANNA MISS, THAT JUST TALKS, SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE FACT THAT ANYBODY SHOWED UP TO SCHOOL, ALL THESE SCHOOLS DESERVE THIS AWARD RIGHT NOW.
AND NOW FOR OUR MOST IMPROVED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR THIRD TIME COMING IN THIS YEAR, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LFK AS OUR MOST IMPROVED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
I BROUGHT A LITTLE CAT WITH ME.
HE, THIS IS CONNOR JONES AND HE MISSED LESS THAN FIVE DAYS THIS YEAR.
HE'S WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE AT SCHOOL, AS HAVE MANY OF OUR LITTLE CATS, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THE MOST IMPROVED ATTENDANCE, UM, AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, SO WE ARE VERY, UM, HONORED TO HAVE REACHED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GOAL.
UM, THE END OF THE YEAR WAS A LOT OF FUN AND OUR STUDENTS WERE THERE.
BUT I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT OUR ATTENDANCE RATE FOR TESTING WAS REALLY GOOD.
I DID VERY FEW MAKEUP TESTS FOR KIDS WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THEIR TEST DATE.
AND I'M WANNA SAY THANKS TO THE FAMILIES AND TO THE STUDENTS WHO WERE AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY READY TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS AWARD.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH US? COME TAKE A PICTURE.
[2.D. ESS Employee of the Year Award Presentation - Ms. Chandlee]
OKAY.AND NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE ESS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING US.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. MARY PESA, UM, THIS YEAR.
IF YOU WANNA TURN AND FACE EVERYONE, MS. MARY PESTA IS WINNING THE SUB OF THE YEAR AWARD TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO MARY.
UM, SHE, I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE, BUT WE HAVE A NOTE FROM MR. GREG, UM, FROM BLUE RIDGE TEXT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ.
UM, SO I'M WRITING THIS LETTER TO OFFER MY SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS OF MS. MARY PESTA.
MARY WALKED INTO A MESSY SITUATION THIS SEMESTER.
OUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE TEACHER WAS UNEXPECTEDLY OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FU FUTURE AND A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER WITH ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTHCARE AND PARENTES.
MR. GREG
THANKFULLY MARY, MARY SOON STEPPED INTO OUR SCHOOL AND COMPLETELY SAVED
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THE DAY.MARY WALKED INTO HER NEW CLASSROOM LIKE SHE OWNED IT FROM DAY ONE, SETTING CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND DEVELOPING INTERESTING LESSONS.
SHE BROUGHT HER OWN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE AND QUICKLY GOT TO WORK TEACHING AND GETTING TO KNOW HER STUDENTS.
IF YOU'VE EVER MANAGED A CLASSROOM OF 20 PLUS TEENAGERS, THERE IS A MOMENT ON YOUR VERY FIRST MORNING OF TEACHING WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL RING AND STUDENTS SHUFFLING DOWN THE HALL TOWARD YOUR CLASSROOM.
FOR MANY, THIS IS A MOMENT OF FIGHT OR FLIGHT WHERE YOU WONDER THE FOLLOWING, CAN I HANDLE THIS? AM I THE IN THE RIGHT PLACE? IF MARY FELT A HINT OF THIS PANIC, SHE CERTAINLY NEVER SHOWED IT.
INSTEAD, MARY CONSISTENTLY CONDUCTED HERSELF WITH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM OF A VETERAN TEACHER.
SHE REACHED OUT FOR ASSISTANCE WHEN NEEDED, WHICH WAS NOT VERY OFTEN, AND SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENTS SO WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES.
MARY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR BRTC AND OUR STUDENTS WHEN WE NEEDED IT THE MOST.
I KNOW YOU'RE PLANNING TO ENTER A TEACHING PREP PROGRAM TO OBTAIN YOUR LICENSE, BUT KEEP IN MIND YOU STAND HERE TODAY AS A FINE TEACHER ALREADY.
I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL FIND NOTHING BUT SUCCESS IN YOUR FUTURE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE POSITIVE IMPACTS ON YOUR STUDENTS.
WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
[2.E. Community Participation]
NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.AM GONNA SEE IF I CAN SKIP READING THIS GIANT PREAMBLE AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY, CAN WE ALL BE RESPECTFUL WHEN WE SPEAK? WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND WHEN RECOGNIZED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, WHETHER YOU ARE A COUNTY RESIDENT, PARENT OF WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES PLEASE.
MR. VALENTINE, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LIST? YES.
THE FIRST PERSON IS SARAH JONES.
MY NAME IS SARAH JONES AND I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR THE HAPPY CREEK SCHOOL BOARD SEAT AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY, A GRADUATE OF WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AND A PROUD PARENT OF TWO WARREN PUBLIC WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS.
I HOPE TO CONTINUE THE STRONG LEGACY OF THE HAPPY CREEK SCHOOL BOARD SEAT THAT IT CURRENTLY HOLDS.
I AM RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF WARREN COUNTY, THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THEY RECEIVE, AND THE LONG-TERM PROSPERITY OF OUR COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THAT SUCCESS BEGINS IN OUR CLASSROOMS WHERE WE MUST OFFER EVERY STUDENT THE TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO EXCEL.
WHILE WARREN COUNTY FACES SEVERAL CHALLENGES, SUCH AS STAFF RETENTION, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, LEARNING LOSS DUE TO COVID-19, ATTENDANCE CONCERNS AND TEST SCORE IMPROVEMENT.
I'M INSPIRED BY THE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS AND STAFF WHO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITH DEDICATION AND PASSION.
THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY TO NURTURE AND GUIDE THE NEXT GENERATION.
OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WORK TIRELESSLY TO CREATE SUPPORTIVE AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS.
AS BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE RETAINING THE STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF POSITIONS.
THESE POSITIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO FOSTERING ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH AMONGST OUR STUDENTS.
THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING THE READING SCORES AT ALL LEVELS.
IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WILL PRIORITIZE COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF EVERY STUDENT.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS TO ANY OBSTACLE WE FACE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY, BUILDING STRONGER SCHOOLS TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF WARREN COUNTY.
ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING? MR. VALENTINE.
UM, ANGIE ROBINSON, NORTH RIVER DISTRICT.
TODAY MARKS THE END OF MY 26TH YEAR IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION OVER TWO DECADES DEDICATED TO TEACHING, MENTORING, AND SERVING CHILDREN.
AND YET, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING AT HOME, I'M HERE ANGRY.
WATCHING THE SAME POLITICAL GAMES PLAY OUT AGAIN WHILE TEACHERS WAIT IN LIMBO.
THE SCHOOL BOARD STAYS ENTANGLED AND A SMALL MINORITY TRIES TO CA CAST THEMSELVES AS HEROES.
SWOOPING IN TO SAVE OUR SCHOOL'S BUDGET IS AN EXHAUSTING LIE.
WHERE WAS THE URGENCY MONTHS AGO? WHY HASN'T THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FINALIZED THE SCHOOL BUDGET? WHY ARE OUR EDUCATORS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COMMUNITY STILL WAITING FOR ANSWERS, STABILITY, AND BASIC RESPECT? THEY ARE TIRED, FRUSTRATED, DEMORALIZED, AND THEY ARE NOT FOOLED.
WE HAVE WATCHED THIS PLAY OUT BEFORE MS. SALE'S VOTE AFTER VOTE.
TO COVERING HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES NOT BECAUSE YOU WERE SILENT, BUT
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BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS PUSHED FOR LESS MONEY.THEN WHEN THE PRESSURE'S ON AND THE CAMERAS ARE ROLLING, YOU REBRAND YOURSELF AS THE DEFENDER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
AND MR. MCFADDEN, YOUR DISENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN VERY OBVIOUS.
YOU BARELY SPOKE IN MEETINGS AND CONTRIBUTED NOTHING IN SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND WHEN ASKED WHAT YOU'D CUT, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
BUT YOU HAD NO PROBLEM HOLDING PARKING LOT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BUDDY ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
NOW YOU WANNA PLAY FOR THE PART OF RESCUER.
THIS COMMUNITY IS DONE WITH BACKROOM DEALS TO THOSE NOW CALLING FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION.
WHERE IS THAT SPIRIT WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PROPOSED? YOU CANNOT LEAD SCHOOLS AND YOU DON'T SHOW UP THAT YOU DON'T SHOW UP FOR.
YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO SUPPORT EDUCATION WHEN YOUR RECORD SAYS OTHERWISE.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE.
STUDENTS WHO DESERVE RESOURCES.
TEACHERS WHO DESERVE A LIVABLE WAGE.
COMMUNITIES THAT DESERVE FUNCTIONING SERVICES.
AND MCFADDEN SHOW POLITICAL THEATER THAT WASTES TIME AND ERODES TRUST AND MISS SALE.
YOU HIJACK MEETINGS FOR ATTENTION, NOT RESULTS.
YOU CREATE CHAOS, THEN PLAY THE HERO.
YOU DEFLECT AND YOU SMEAR ANYONE WHO TELLS THE TRUTH.
YOU SHOW UP THINKING YOU RUN THIS COUNTY.
LIKE EVERY ISSUE NEEDS YOUR FACE ON IT.
IT'S NOT SERVICE, IT'S SELF-PROMOTION.
YOU DON'T SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU USE IT AND YOUR TIME IS UP.
THIS COMMUNITY IS CHANGING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND YOU WATCH THAT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING LAST NIGHT, YOU SAW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE COME TOGETHER AND DEMAND BETTER.
AND INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO CHERYL COLORS, THE ONE SUPERVISOR FINALLY STANDING UP FOR THE PEOPLE YOU RAN TO FACEBOOK AND CALLED HER A LIAR.
AND WE WILL REMEMBER WHO STOOD UP BEFORE IT BECAME POPULAR TO DO SO.
STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES.
ANYBODY ELSE THIS EVENING? THAT WAS THE LAST TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY,
[3. Consent Agenda]
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION AND CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[4.A. Superintendent]
UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE REPORTS DR.UH, SO SEVERAL RULE WILL BE TAKING OFF ON MONDAY, UM, AND SUMMER SCHOOL WILL RUN FROM JUNE 9TH THROUGH JULY, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? TEST, TEST.
UH, SO I JUST HAVE TWO ITEMS TONIGHT.
UH, ONE SUMMER SCHOOL KICKS OFF ON MONDAY.
IT WILL RUN FROM JUNE 9TH THROUGH JULY 3RD, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THAT'S, SO WE WILL RUN IT FOUR DAYS A WEEK FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY.
ELEMENTARY, WE'LL BE AT HILDE J BARBER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN WE ALSO WILL OFFER, UM, SUMMER SCHOOL AT DIVERSIFIED MINES.
AND, UM, ALSO OUR ESY PROGRAMS WILL BE AT THOSE SAME SCHOOLS AS WELL.
UM, THEN THE SECOND THING I DID WANNA MENTION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COLLAR THAT JUST WENT OUT, BUT FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T IN OUR SYSTEM, UH, THE SUMMER MILL PROGRAM, UH, IT, IT'S A FABULOUS PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SUMMER MEALS, UM, INFORMATION CAN BE LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE NUTRITION TAB.
ON OUR HOMEPAGE, JUNE 6TH IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST DAY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
UM, THERE WILL BE BULK MEALS PROVIDED.
UH, MEALS CAN BE PICKED UP AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, OR AT ANY OF THE LOCATIONS ON THE MOBILE ROUTE.
SO THEY DO HAVE A NICE LITTLE FLYER, UH, THAT THAT GIVES TIMES AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND SO IF PARENTS CAN'T COME TO SKYLINE AND WE'RE OUT IN YOUR AREA, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THAT, THAT FOOD IF YOU HAVE.
ONE TO 18, I BELIEVE IS THE, UH, THE, IS THE PARAMETERS THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, NO COST TO YOU AS A, AS A PARENT.
UM, YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO ATTEND WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAM.SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY JUST REACH OUT AND UTILIZE THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
[4.B. School Board]
HAVE SCHOOL BOARD REPORTS.UM, WASN'T ABLE TO DO A WHOLE LOT THIS MONTH.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE BLUE RIDGE EDUCATIONAL CENTER, UM, GRADUATION.
IT IS A, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT IS A SMALLER, UM, PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COUNTY.
UH, WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE IT HERE IN OUR COUNTY, BUT IT SERVES, UH, STUDENTS FROM WARREN, FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
NOT SURE I'M GONNA GET 'EM ALL CORRECT, BUT LIKE WARREN FREDERICK, I WANNA SAY PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK, MAYBE THERE'S MAYBE ONE MORE.
UM, BUT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR GRADUATION.
THERE WAS, UH, A WONDERFUL MEAL PROVIDED BY MR. SMITH, UM, AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH SOME OF HIS CULINARY STUDENTS.
UM, SO I, I, LIKE I SAID, I I MADE IT THERE.
UM, I DO, I APPRECIATE KNOWING THE DETAILS OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL 'CAUSE I, UM, DO HAVE IT ON MY LIST.
I'D LIKE TO VISIT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING THIS SUMMER.
UM, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF OUR, UH, PRINCIPALS AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TEAMS HAVE DONE TO GET THESE AWARDS.
UM, I KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS AND, AND I KNOW HOW THOSE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, ARE HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE BECAUSE TRULY WE ARE SETTING, UM, THE LIFE SKILLS FOR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, BY COMING TO FOR ATTENDANCE.
UH, WE ALL WAKE UP AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T REALLY FEEL GOOD TODAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA GO TO WORK.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT ALL OF YOUR TEAMS AND I, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAM EFFORT 'CAUSE WE'VE HEARD EVERY MONTH, UM, THAT YOU, THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.
SO TAKE A BREAK FOR THE COUPLE MONTHS AND, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOUR IDEAS ARE GONNA BE FOR THE FALL.
I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY LEFT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, HAVING, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US IN SAYING WE'VE SEEN SOME WONDERFUL CHANGES IN ESS, UM, AND JUST HAVING, UM, SOMEBODY HERE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS ARE 100% NOTICED.
UM, AND, AND I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS DID THAT, UM, ESS SUB OF THE YEAR.
SO THANK, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US DIFFERENT RECOGNITIONS THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE SUBS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE IN IN THAT COMPANY.
UM, AND THEN THE SUMMER MEALS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO WORKS THERE.
I KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORK, UM, TO PROVIDE THOSE SUMMER MEALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO VISIT AND YOU'VE SEEN THE OPTIONS AND THE CHOICES THAT OUR KIDS HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM, UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD BROCCOLI TODAY, MOM.
WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT BROCCOLI, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO, TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND, AND, UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY HAVE THOSE CHOICES.
UM, AND, AND, AND I KNOW, UH, NICOLE AND HER TEAM WORK REALLY HARD TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST ABOUT ALL THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING HERE, THERE WAS THE GRADUATIONS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES OF OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME GRADUATING FROM ANY COLLEGE OR HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, GETTING ON WITH THAT.
IT'S, IT'S, UM, THERE'S A LOT TO IT.
SO KEEP KEEP, KEEP THE GOOD WORK AND FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANNA DO AND LIVE YOUR DREAMS, AS THEY SAY.
UM, SINCE, UH, MAY 7TH, WHICH WAS OUR LAST MEETING HERE, WE HAD A MAY 8TH BUDGET SCHOOL BUDGET MEETING FOR A, A JOINT MEETING WITH THE DR.
FUNK AND MYSELF, AND THEN, UH, DR.
JAMON AND MRS. COOK AND, AND VARIOUS OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO WE WE'RE STILL WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON SOME OF THE BUDGET IDEAS THAT ARE GOING ON.
THE BUDGET PROCESS IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAN WE WANT IT TO BE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING MORE OF THE BUDGET TODAY.
BUT BASICALLY THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S THE, LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT INSURANCE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ASKS IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE RIGHT TIMELINE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING PAST EVERYBODY.
THERE'S SORT OF TOO MANY CHEFS IN THE KITCHEN, AS THEY SAY, IT SEEMS LIKE.
UM, AND SO AS A RESULT, I THINK HOPEFULLY TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THE BUDGET COULD LAND.
THE, THIS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SEEM TO HAVE ALREADY A LOT OF THIS, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT, THAT MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH AND SEE WHERE IT IS.
MAYBE WE CAN ASK FOR A LITTLE MORE.
SO, UH, STAY TUNED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.
THANK YOU, MS. SALEMS. UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD THE, UH, FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH I TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT
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ARE AT OUR WORK SESSION, SO I WON'T, I WON'T GO INTO THOSE DETAILS.UM, JUST REGARDING THE, THE TENNIS COURTS AND, AND WHATNOT.
UM, ACTUALLY I DID WANNA UPDATE.
I, I BELIEVE I SENT IT OUT TO THE BOARD THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
I, I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE, MAYBE I DIDN'T SEND THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
I THOUGHT SO, BUT IF, IF NOT, I'LL SEND IT AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE, THE TENNIS COURT SITUATION, UM, AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE USTA.
THE US TENNIS ASSOCIATION DOES OFFER A, A VARIETY OF GRANTS FOR REPAIR, TOTAL COURT REPLACEMENT.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN, UH, OUR NEXT FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.
BUT, UM, I THINK IF WE CAN GET A LONG-TERM PLAN IN PLACE AND GET THE, THE GRANT ASSISTANCE, WE COULD HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT GETTING THOSE TENNIS COURTS REPLACED.
UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A, UM, IT, IT'S CALLED, UH, THIS IS IT, THIS KIND OF PLAY ON THE WORDS OF THIS IS IT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT'S PUT ON BY FRANK LEGE, AND IT IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WARREN COUNTY.
AND THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT IS BECAUSE, UH, FRANK WAS EXPLAINING THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAD FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY 20 TO 25 KIDS.
THEY GIVE THE KIDS ALL SORTS OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.
THEY GOT A RASPBERRY PIE, THEY GOT A COMPUTER MONITOR.
THEY GAVE AWAY AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER AND HEADPHONES, AND THEY TAUGHT THEM HOW TO USE AI.
THEY TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT IT RELATED THINGS, AND THEN HAD THEM PUT ON A MOCK BUSINESS PRESENTATION AS THEIR CLOSEOUT MEETING.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS KNOW THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE.
IT IS FREE, AND I DO EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE DOING IT AGAIN, OFFERING AGAIN IN THE FALL.
AND I JUST, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GUYS CHECK IT OUT.
UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, UM, A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN OR ATTENDED WERE THE END OF THE YEAR EVENTS.
SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UM, ELEMENTARY GIFTED AND TALENTED SHOWCASE, UM, WHERE THERE WERE STUDENTS FROM ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO WERE PRESENTING THEIR END OF THE YEAR PROJECTS.
UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE HAD LIKE AN ONLINE COMPONENT AND AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT.
THERE'S SOME REALLY CREATIVE PROJECTS THERE.
UM, ALSO WENT TO END OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT MY GIRLS ATTEND, UM, WHICH ARE RESI AND SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL GATE, UM, SHOWCASE, AND THEN ATTENDED BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.
UM, AND JUST ALL OF THOSE EVENTS TAKEN TOGETHER ARE JUST SUCH A NICE WRAP UP OF THE YEAR.
IT'S SO NICE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF TAKE STOCK OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE YEAR, THE LEARNING THAT HAS HAPPENED, UM, AND SEE THE, THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES SO PROUD, ESPECIALLY AT GRADUATION, BUT REALLY AT ALL OF THESE EVENTS.
UM, IT'S JUST SUCH A NICE TIME OF YEAR TO KIND OF LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING LAST MONTH.
SO SOME OF MY STUFF IS BACK FROM APRIL, BUT I STILL WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE, UM, WORK THAT I SAW HAPPENING OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL COUNSELING WRAP UP MEETING AT SSI WITH MS. FRANKL AND MS. CHARLES AND I ALWAYS LIKE GETTING THEIR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SORT OF WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR THE YEAR WITH THE REST E STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH, AND THEN SORT OF WHERE THEY FINALIZE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEY'RE, UM, WORKING HARD STILL.
THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS CONTINUING TO BE ATTENDANCE IN THE SCHOOL AND THEN ALSO JUST TEACHING KIDS AT THAT ELEMENTARY AGE, NOT JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL, BEING ON TIME, BUT ALSO DEVELOPING GOOD STUDY HABITS AND BEHAVIORS AND HELPING THEM REALIZE WHY GETTING A BALANCED MEAL AND WHY GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPACTING THEIR DAY AT SCHOOL.
SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, AND I APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THAT.
UM, I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, COMMUNITY HELPER DAY AT RESI.
AND SO JUST AGAIN, SEEING MEMBERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY COME FROM THEIR DIFFERENT JOBS AND WATCHING, UM, THE ELEMENTARY KIDS GET EXCITED AND SOME OF THEM ARE DRESSED UP AS POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS OR WHOEVER THEY HOPED TO SEE THAT DAY.
AND SO THEM JUST GETTING ENGAGED AND AGAIN, LEARNING KIND OF WHY THEY'RE IN SCHOOL IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHAT THEY MIGHT HOPE TO DO, UH, ONCE THEY GRADUATE, EVEN AT THE KINDERGARTEN LEVEL, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PUT TOGETHER THE HIRING EVENT THAT WE DO FOR SENIORS AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AND ESPECIALLY THANK ALL THE BUSINESSES AND TRADES AND EVERYONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAME TO TAKE THE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO SET UP THAT JOB FAIR AND TO BE THERE.
AND, UM, I HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK THIS YEAR THAT IT WAS
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EVEN BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.UM, JUST WITH ATTENDANCE FROM THE STUDENTS AND JUST ALSO WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES THAT CAME AND SET THOSE TABLES UP AND SPOKE TO THE, TO THE KIDS.
UM, OF COURSE, I THINK WE ALL ATTENDED THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, UM, BANQUET.
AND THAT WAS OF COURSE, WONDERFUL.
AND AGAIN, JUST CELEBRATING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
I ATTENDED THE SKYLINE FFA AWARDS BANQUET IN MAY, AND SEEING THOSE KIDS AND JUST ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE, UM, AND ALL OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND THERE WERE KIDS THAT JUST KEPT GOING UP FOR AWARD AFTER AWARD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BASICALLY ALL OVER THE STATE, UM, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND JUST THE HOW PROUD THEY ARE AND HOW THEY'RE JUST SUCH A GROUP OF KIDS, UM, THAT ARE WORKING SO HARD, NOT JUST ON THEIR ACADEMIC SIDE, BUT ALSO THE THINGS THAT ARE THEIR TRUE INTERESTS AND DEVELOPING WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
AND SORT OF WITH SOME OF THOSE SAME KIDS, I ACTUALLY, UM, WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH TWO DIFFERENT, UM, VET SCIENCE CLASSES.
AND SO AGAIN, JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE KIDS THAT ARE SORT OF SHAPING THEIR GOALS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AFTERWARDS.
AND SO I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS AGAIN TO EVERY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AT BLUE RIDGE TECH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I THINK ANYTHING, ANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING TO CAPTURE THEM AND BRING THEM INTO SCHOOL.
AND SO I THINK JUST SEEING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS REALLY, UM, THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I ATTENDED THE GATE SHOWCASE AS WELL, UM, THE ENRICHMENT SHOWCASE AT THE WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UM, THE FACT THAT OUR THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS ARE DOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO HAVE A QR CODE AND GO ONLINE.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WAY BEYOND WHAT I EVER DID WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO, UM, THEY HAD SOME REALLY DETAILED PROJECTS AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT HEARING THEM AND JUST SEEING HOW PROUD THEY WERE TO SHOW EVERYBODY AND TALK ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS.
AND THEY'D BEEN WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, ALL SEMESTER.
UM, SO THEY WERE JUST REALLY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND SO IT WAS GREAT TALKING TO ALL THOSE LITTLE GUYS.
UM, I ATTENDED THE SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND I MISSED WARREN COUNTY, BUT JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S HAVING A REALLY FUN SUMMER AND GETTING READY FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO NEXT.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE MEALS PROGRAM, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT OUR, OUR FOOD SERVICES ARE DOING.
I KNOW I'VE HAD LOTS OF FAMILIES ALREADY REACH OUT.
THEY'RE ASKING CONFIRMING, SO THANKFULLY THAT CALLER JUST WENT OUT TO GET EVERYBODY REGISTERED.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS WEEK LOTS OF TEXTS OF WHEN IS, WHEN ARE THE MEALS.
UM, SO I THINK THE CHANGE FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY MAYBE CAUGHT PEOPLE OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT.
SO FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH AND GOING AHEAD AND GETTING REGISTERED.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AT OUR WORK SESSION, UM, WAS THAT DISCO FUNDRAISER THAT'S GETTING READY TO COME UP FOR THE HIKE KIDS FOUNDATION.
UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S JUST ONE MORE, UM, ONE MORE WAY THAT WE CAN SHOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER FOR OUR KIDS.
I'VE HAD KIDS IN, UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE THEIR PARENTS HAVE REACHED OUT AND THEY'RE JUST SO EXCITED BECAUSE WHAT THAT GROUP IS DOING IS TAKING THOSE KIDS SHOPPING FOR THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHES.
AND THESE PARENTS HAVE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS USUALLY ARE GETTING HAND-ME-DOWNS OR WE'RE GOING TO THE THRIFT STORE.
AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED, THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR PAPERWORK, THEY'RE GONNA GET TO GO TO A STORE TO GO SHOPPING FOR THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, CLOTHES.
THEY'RE, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IF YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU CAN SUPPORT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE KIDS IN OUR COUNTY.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE HOW EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTY COMES TOGETHER FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
[5.A. Purchase of Chromebooks for EWM, HJB, LFK, and RJE - Mr. Stefnoski & Mrs. Boies]
SO NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR ACTION AGENDA.AND FIRST UP WE HAVE THE PURCHASE OF CHROMEBOOKS FOR E WILSON, H-J-B-L-F-K, AND RUSSY JEFFRIES, MR. STEFANSKI AND MS. BO.
AND I SEE MS. BRAGG
UM, SO ON BEHALF OF, UM, MR. STEFANSKI AND MRS. BOYCE WHO IS HERE WITH US, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DELVE INTO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD TO THE BOARD THE PURCHASE OF DELL CHROMEBOOKS WITH THE GOOGLE CHROME EDUCATION UPGRADE AND THE THREE YEAR PREMIUM PRODUCT PROTECTION TO PURCHASE CHROMEBOOKS, WCPS WILL USE THE TITLE ONE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT YOU SEE BELOW.
THE PURCHASE WAS BID THROUGH A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT AND MEETS THE VIRGINIA PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS AMOUNT FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT IS STRUCK THROUGH.
IT HAD TO DO UPON CLOSER LOOK OF THE QUOTE, UM, THERE WAS LIKE A, A FEE FOR LIKE A DOUBLE WARRANTY THAT WE DON'T PURCHASE.
AND SO THAT WAS RETRACTED OFF.
SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE PRICE A ADJUSTMENT IS THERE.
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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BRAGG? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF DELL CHROMEBOOKS FROM CDW IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,019 AND 18 CENTS TO BE PAID FROM TITLE ONE FUNDING? IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.[5.B. Second Review of the Substitute Plan for WCPS 2025-26]
UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE SUBSTITUTE PLAN FOR WCPS 2020 5 26 SCHOOL YEAR, MS. DRAKE, GOOD EVENING.SO THIS IS OUR, UM, TIME TO VOTE FOR OUR ESS CONTRACT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, BEFORE YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THAT, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, JUST TO OUR ESS EMPLOYEES THAT WE, THEY DID REMOVE THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY WON'T CHARGE US, UM, IF WE HIRE MAYBE THEIR ESS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
SO NO, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT AND TALKING WITH THEM, SO APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THEM REMOVING THAT AS WELL.
BUT THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR REQUESTS.
SO I KNOW WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. DRAKE? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE ESS FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 CONTRACT AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.F. Approval to Contract with Custodial Services Management Company]
UP THIS EVENING.THAT'S, YEAH, I THINK I'VE COVERED UP.
COSTNER, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRIEFLY GO OVER YOU.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE WANTING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CUSTODIAL UM, SERVICES.
UM, AND WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WITH THE RFP PROCESS OF HOW WE WENT THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UM, WITH THIS RFP PROCESS WE DID BACK IN APRIL, WE, UM, SET IT UP WHERE THE BIDS AND PROPOSALS WOULD COME IN.
WE HAD 10 PROPOSALS FROM THOSE PROPOSALS.
THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF TWO PRINCIPALS, ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MYSELF, THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, AND ALSO THE WARREN COUNTY BUYER PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
UM, EACH OF THOSE PROPOSALS ALL INDEPENDENTLY WENT THROUGH THOSE AND RANKED THEM.
AND TO LET YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT, THERE WERE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND I'M KIND OF GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE.
THE QUALIFICATIONS WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND IT COUNTED 25%, UM, WHICH MEANT THE EXPERIENCE, UM, OF THE FIRM AND YEARS IN BUSINESS.
THE CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY, THE CORPORATE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES, STAFF TRAINING AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
THEN THE NEXT 25 PER 20% WAS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONNELS ASSIGNED TO THIS PROJECT.
THE NEXT 20% WAS THE WARREN COUNTY, UM, PROJECT PLAN.
AND HOW, IN OTHER WORDS, HOW ARE THEY GONNA MAKE IT FIT WARREN COUNTY NOT JUST COME IN AND SAY, HERE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEN WE ALSO HAD CLIENT REFERENCES THAT WE CHECKED, AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT, WHICH WAS ONLY 15%, WAS ON PRICING.
BUT ALL THOSE WE LOOKED AT, WE RANKED.
AND FROM THAT IT WAS NARROWED DOWN TO FOUR.
THERE WAS CLOSE, ALL OF 'EM WERE, UM, THOSE FOUR WERE IN CLOSE, I WOULD SAY COMPETITION, SO TO SPEAK.
AND SO THEN WE ASKED THEM TO COME MAKE A PROPOSAL.
UM, THOSE FOUR, THOSE FOUR CAME AND PRESENTED TO US ON MAY THE SECOND.
AND FROM THAT, THE COMMITTEE MADE THEIR FINAL DECISION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO, UM, WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IS THAT, UM, AS A PART OF THE PROPOSAL, THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS.
AND, UM, THEY, UM, THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WENT WITH OPTION ONE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND REMOVE EVERYBODY AND THEN START TO REHIRE.
THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOW THOSE, OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, IF THEY WANNA STAY WITH THE COMPANY, THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMPANY AND WITH THE BENEFITS AND ALSO WITH THE CURRENT SALARY THAT THEY'RE AT, THEY'RE NOT COMING IN AND CUTTING SALARIES.
SO, UM, BASED ON ALL THIS INFORMATION, THE COMMITTEE MADE THE FINAL DECISION AND THE COMMITTEE, UM, DECISION WAS TO GO WITH THE HES FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE BRING FORTH.
AND I DO WANNA SHARE, I KNOW THAT IT WAS ONLY 15% WAS DEALING WITH THE, UM, FINANCES.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION, I WILL READ THIS TO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING WILL UNDERSTAND, UM, WE ARE BRINGING FORTH THIS.
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BE GIVEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN, SIGN THE 12 MONTH CUSTODIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH HES FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,265,288 FOR THE 2025 2026 PHYSICAL YEAR.WE'RE BRINGING FORTH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE BUDGETED FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, THE COMPANY THAT IS WITH US NOW, WE HAD BUDGETED $2,343,583.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU THAT IS BECAUSE WHAT WE CURRENTLY BUDGETED THIS YEAR VERSUS WHAT THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE GOING WITH, THERE WILL BE A, A SAVINGS OF $78,295 THAT WILL ALLOW AS THE BOARD WISHES AND SEES FIT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
UM, SO I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT THE FINAL REASON WHY WE SELECTED THIS COMPANY.
WE SELECTED THIS COMPANY FOR WHAT WAS BEST THAT WE FELT FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S WHY I BRING THIS MOTION TO YOU.
WHEN YOU WERE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES, YOU WERE SAYING OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES COULD KEEP THEIR POSITIONS, BUT WE USE A CONTRACTOR NOW, RIGHT? SO WE'RE REFERRING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRACTED NOW.
I'M REFERRING TO THOSE THAT ARE WITH THE CURRENT CUSTODIAL, UM, COMPANY NOW THAT, UM, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY.
THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU.
AND, UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
AND THIS IS A DO NOT EXCEED CONTRACT.
CORRECT? THERE WOULDN'T BE THE A DO NOT EXCEED THAT PRICE.
UM, JUST THEY'RE NOT GOING THIS BE ALLOWED TO THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S, EXCEPT FOR THIS YEAR.
NOW, AGAIN, JUST WITH EVERY, UM, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, THE RFP, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE MAY BE AN AMENDMENT TO WITH A 3% INCREASE.
SO THAT IS WRITTEN IN FOR THE NEXT FOLLOWING YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GONNA HAVE ANY SURPRISES IF THEY, WELL, I SOMEHOW WENT OVER IF, IF WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY SURPRISES.
WE HAVE ASKED OUR LAWYERS TO REVIEW THE RFP BEFORE IT WENT OUT.
WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE, UM, PROCUREMENT OFFICER THROUGH WARREN COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS PLUS.
SO, UM, YES, WE'RE NOT HOPING FOR, NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT APPROVAL WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN THE 12 MONTH CUSTODIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH HES FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLC AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,265,288 FOR THE 20 25, 20 26 FISCAL YEAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.C. Discussion and Consideration to Approve a Revised FY2026 Proposed Budget - Dr. Ballenger]
OKAY, NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A REVISED FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET.UM, ON THIS ITEM, JUST I GUESS A QUICK RECAP FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING.
UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED OUR BUDGET ON MARCH 5TH.
OUR INCREASED LOCAL ASK, UM, WAS $4.2 MILLION OVER THE FY 25 YEAR.
WE MET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON MARCH 25TH, UM, PROVIDED OUR FULL BUDGET PRESENTATION TO THEM AND WE WERE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
UM, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I THINK EVERYBODY FROM EACH DEPARTMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION THAT PRESENTED THAT NIGHT DID A GREAT JOB OF WALKING THROUGH EACH OF THE ASKS WHY WE FELT LIKE THE ASK THAT WE WERE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOWED TRUE NEEDS TO OUR SCHOOLS, TO OUR TEACHERS, AND TO OUR STUDENTS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT ALL WENT, THAT PRESENTATION WAS GREAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PAST, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS THAT I'VE SAT THROUGH BUS BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE BUDGET JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE BETWEEN OUR SIDE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE'VE HAD SOME NUMBERS SORT OF THROWN AROUND, UM, BUT WE AS A BOARD HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT AGAIN UNTIL OUR WORK SESSION JUST LAST WEEK.
UM, HONESTLY, I KIND OF LEFT THAT MEETING, UM, SORT OF THINKING, OKAY, WE CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION.
WE'VE SEEN THE $750,000 NUMBER THAT'S BEEN PUT UP, UM, FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY THE COUNTY.
IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT THEIR WORK SESSION.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR CONVERSATION FOR TONIGHT, WE WERE HOPING, OKAY, WELL WE AS A BOARD HAVEN'T REALLY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE A $4.2 MILLION ASK OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT ARE THERE THINGS THAT THE FIVE OF US COULD AGREE ON THAT WE
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WOULD SAY, IF WE GOT MORE THAN $750,000, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THAT MONEY? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I KNOW WE'VE ALL PROBABLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK AND I WAS FEELING KIND OF HOPEFUL.AND THEN JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I SORT OF HEARD THAT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR BUDGET HEARING NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS JUNE 10TH.
UM, I KNOW THAT MS. DRAKE ALREADY PUT INTO OUR CONTRACTS OR, OR LET OUR STAFF KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO RETURN THEIR CONTRACTS UNTIL JUNE 13TH.
'CAUSE WE WERE ALL KIND OF COUNTING ON KNOWING AN ANSWER AND HAVING OUR BUDGET APPROVED AND THEN OUR STAFF KNOWING THAT THEY COULD SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS AND IT WOULD COME BACK JUNE 13TH AND WE'D ALL JUST MOVE ALONG.
BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNTY IS NOT ACTUALLY VOTING TO APPROVE THEIR BUDGET UNTIL JUNE 24TH.
SO, UM, THAT KIND OF ADDED ANOTHER LAYER OF ROLLERCOASTER TO THIS BUDGET SEASON AND SORT OF DEFLATED ALL OF THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A SPOT NOW WHERE I THINK WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, BUT REALISTICALLY, WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING TO SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS TO KNOW, ARE THEY STAYING WITH WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR OR ARE THEY GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND AT SOME POINT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, THIS, THIS OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION IS READY TO TAKE MY CONTRACT NOW AND THEY'RE READY TO GUARANTEE ME WHAT I'M GONNA GET.
SO I THINK THE THINGS THAT I KNOW AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN SAY, THE THINGS THEY KNOW, BUT THE THINGS I KNOW IS WITH THE $750,000 THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE 10.2% INSURANCE INCREASE SPLIT BETWEEN US AND OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD IN OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET, OUR CURRENT APPROVED BUDGET.
UM, I THINK IN TALKING WITH MS. DRAKE AND, UM, DR.
BALLINGER, EVEN MR. VALENTINE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
I THINK THINGS THAT WE'RE, MY OPINION, THINGS THAT WE'RE LACKING, UM, STILL ARE GONNA BE, WE'RE HOLDING OUR NON-LABOR BUDGETS FOR THE SCHOOL THE SAME, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT AN $80,000, UM, NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE COST OF EVERY SINGLE THING HAS GONE UP AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL ARE HAVING FUNDRAISERS, WE'RE BEGGING PARENTS TO SEND IN PAPER AND PENCILS AND PENS AND YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST THAT LITTLE BIT FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS I THINK WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH, THE STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES AND READING INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK FOR ME IT WOULD BE, UM, MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE KIND OF SEEING WHAT POSITIONS DO WE THINK WE COULD AGREE ON IN ADDING IN AND WHAT OTHER NUMBERS.
UM, AND I'M KIND OF SETTING ASIDE THE $78,000 THAT DR.
COSTNER, UM, MENTIONED BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WE, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO, BUT WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
BUT I THINK THIS ALL HINGES ON, HOPEFULLY THAT $750,000 IS KIND OF OUR MINIMUM THAT WE'RE GONNA GET.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT IS JUST US HOPING AND SHOWING THIS IS WHY WE REALLY NEED MORE THAN THAT.
SO, UM, TO CLARIFY, I WAS, I WAS HOPING MR. VALENTINE, YOU COULD GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT EMAIL WE RECEIVED FROM DR.
DALEY, UH, SAYING THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY GOTTEN AN EXTRA 450,000 BECAUSE THEY TOOK OVER OUR, ONE OF OUR, OUR DEBT SERVICES.
UM, AND, AND HE, I, I, I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE CORRECT IN WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
UM, THE, THE COUNTY TOOK ON AN ADDITIONAL $467,233 EXPENSE AND HOW THIS ALL STARTED, IT WON'T BE IN OUR SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY IT.
SO IT IS AN EXPENSE RELATED TO SCHOOLS.
HOW THIS STARTED, UM, JUST GOING BACK OVER TIME, THE COUNTY HAS PAID ALL OF THE DEBT SERVICE OUT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT THAT AND WE CERTAINLY REALIZE AND APPRECIATE THAT THEY DO THAT.
UM, IT IS AN EXPENSE FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY PAY IT AND IT DOESN'T FLOW THROUGH OUR BUDGET EXCEPT FOR ONE BOND.
AND THAT WAS THIS ENERGY, UM, CONSERVATION BOND THAT WAS ISSUED BACK IN, I THINK EARLY 2016.
AND IT PAID FOR, UM, A COMPANY TO COME IN AND DO A COMPLETE, UH, ENERGY AUDIT AND INSTALL LIGHTING, UM, TOILET FIXTURES, THINGS THAT WOULD SAVE US, UM, EITHER ENERGY OR UTILITIES TO THE POINT THAT THEY PUT IN WELLS TO IRRIGATE OUR FIELDS.
AND EVEN I THINK TO, UH, RUN SOME OF OUR
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CHILLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO CUT OUR WATER USAGE DOWN.AS PART OF THAT, UM, AGREEMENT, THEY GUARANTEED THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE ENOUGH SAVINGS IN UTILITY TO PAY FOR THAT BOND LESS, BUT WITH ALSO A TAX CREDIT THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE.
NOW WE DON'T PAY TAXES, SO IT'S SOMEONE BUYS THAT TAX CREDIT AND THEN THE MONEY FLOWS BACK THROUGH US.
THAT TAX CREDIT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 200,000 A YEAR.
THE BOND PAYMENT RIGHT NEXT YEAR WILL BE 666,000.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE 4 67 IS ACTUAL MONEY THAT HAS TO COME OUTTA SOMEONE'S BUDGET TO COVER THIS.
SO EARLY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE COUNTY AND SAID, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT FROM YOUR BUDGET TO OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE PAY IT.
AND BASICALLY THEY'LL BE PAYING ALL OF OURS.
SO WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR BUDGET, UM, AND I HOPE WE WERE CLEAR ABOUT IT, WE TRIED TO BE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE TOOK OUT THE 200,000 ROUGHLY REVENUE THAT WE HAD SHOWN EVERY YEAR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET.
WE TOOK THAT OUT BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T RECEIVE THAT.
THE COUNTY SHOULD RECEIVE IT THERE.
THEY'RE PAYING OUR BOND PAYMENT FOR US.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE TOOK OUT THE 666,000 IN BOND PAYMENTS THAT WE SHOWED AS AN EXPENDITURE.
SO WHEN WE DID THAT, THAT IN ESSENCE REDUCED WHAT WE WOULD'VE ASKED THE COUNTY FOR.
IF EVERYTHING ELSE STAYED THE SAME BY $467,000, THEY, THEY WOULD'VE SAVED IT ON OUR SIDE, BUT THEY TOOK IT ON THEIRS.
SO ONE MIGHT SAY, WELL, HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE 4.2 MILLION INCREASE? WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE ALL OF OUR EXPENSES AND, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR PROJECTED, AND THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THAT BOND PAYMENT.
SO WE TOOK ALL THE PROJECTED EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE TAKE ALL THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES WE HAVE OTHER THAN THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION.
WHEN YOU ADD THOSE UP, THEY'RE LESS OBVIOUSLY THAN WHAT OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE.
THOSE EXPENDITURES, AGAIN, NOT INCLUDING THAT BOND PAYMENT, IT'S GONE.
AND WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE LOCAL APPROPRIATION IS.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S THAT $4.2 MILLION THAT'S BEEN, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UM, PREVIOUSLY IS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF OUR INCREASE.
SO, UM, YES, THE COUNTY IS PICKING UP THAT 400 AND SOME NET EXPENSE.
UM, AND YES, THE SCHOOL BOARD DID RECOGNIZE THAT IN THEIR BUDGET REMOVING IT, BUT EVEN WITH IT REMOVED, UM, THE INCREASED REQUIREMENT FROM THE COUNTY TO MATCH ALL THOSE OTHER EXPENSES, EXCLUDING THAT ONE IS THE 4.2 MILLION.
HAD WE LEFT THAT IN THERE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN DECEPTIVE.
WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING PAYING IT.
IF WE HAD, THAT WOULD'VE BUMPED THE INCREASE FROM 4.2 TO ALMOST 4.5 MILLION.
SO TO JUST CLARIFY, OH, 4.6, RIGHT? WE, WE WON'T GET TO FACTOR IN THIS, THIS, UH, $467,000 WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO PLAY WITH THAT MONEY.
SO I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE USING LIKE FOR THE AG TEACH, ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WERE HELD LAST YEAR, THAT IS HOW YOU LOOK AT THAT 400.
IT'S ALREADY, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME, LIKE JUST LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGET AND SEEING WHERE THAT 400,000 OR, WELL, 600,000 BEFORE THE REBATE, BUT WHERE THAT IS AND IT'S JUST ALL THEIR BONDS ARE TOGETHER.
BUT SHE ASSURED ME THAT IT'S IN THERE.
UM, OUR BOND PAYMENT IS NOW REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY AND THEY JUST, THEY TOOK THAT OVER REALIZING THAT WE WOULD USE THAT MONEY IN ANOTHER LINE ITEM THIS YEAR WHEN THEY DID IT.
SO, SO WE'VE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IT.
WE'VE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IT.
DON'T GET TO, I I WAS, IT'S NOT A MYSTERY.
I WAS HOPING WE MIGHT GET TO, TO FACTOR IT INTO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, BUT, BUT NO.
PENCE, YOU WENT OVER KIND OF A LIST OF PRIORITIES, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT SEVEN $50,000 FOR THE INSURANCE WOULD BE PRIORITY ONE.
I ALSO AGREE THE $80,000 FOR SUPPLY ALLOCATION FOR THE SCHOOLS TO HAVE THAT AS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
UM, AND THEN THAT THE SUPPORT COACHES AND, AND BACHELOR LEVEL SUPPORT COACH WOULD BE, I MEAN, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S, IF WE ADD ALL THAT UP, IT'S ABOUT 1.147.
I'D BE OKAY WITH SIGNING OFF AND THEN ASKING FOR THAT.
IF THAT WAS, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT WOULD BE ANYONE WOULD TAKE IT, BUT IT'S A LOT MORE DOABLE THAN SOME OTHER NUMBERS.
THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A NEW PROPOSED BUDGET OR AMENDED BUDGET UP HERE.
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BUT I GUESS WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I WAS KIND OF KICKING IT AROUND, LIKE WHAT DOES THIS EVEN LOOK LIKE? 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.I WAS THINKING IF WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH IT, WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT WE WANT TO ASK AND WHAT WE WOULD USE IT FOR.
I THINK THE MOTION WOULD, WE COULD SAY LIKE, WE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKE A RESOLUTION THAT THIS IS THE ASK THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED AND THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD ADJUST OUR BUDGET TO SHOW.
I MEAN THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GIANT BUDGET AMENDED THIS EVENING TO DO SO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY THAT WE AS A BOARD COULD MAKE A MOTION AND SHOW IT TO THE COUNTY TO AMEND OUR REQUEST OF, OF PRIORITIES OR RE RESOLUTION, IDENTIFYING THE, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE, WHAT OUR NEW ASK IS NEW ASK, RIGHT? MM-HMM
REALIZING WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT ASK IS 4.2 MILLION, SO WE WOULD SAY WHAT OUR NEW NUMBER IS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE VOTE ON THAT, THAT WE YEAH.
AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT, RIGHT.
I KEEP, I KEEP JUST KIND OF CALLING THIS OUR, OUR, OUR BEST AND FINAL OFFER JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER AND VERY CLEAR PRIORITIES GOING INTO THAT PUBLIC HEARING, INTO THAT FINAL VOTE THAT IF MIRACULOUSLY THEY DO HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO, TO KICK AROUND, JUST HAVE OUR BUDGET LOOK AS, AS POLISHED AND CLEAN AND AS POSSIBLE FOR WHAT OUR VERY CLEAR PRIORITIES ARE.
SO THAT HOPEFULLY IF THERE IS ANY EXTRA FUNDING THAT THEY CAN FIND THAT IT CAN COME TO US.
AND IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO QUOTE UNQUOTE CUT OUR BUDGET OR DEFUND OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S MY, MY METHOD OF, OF THOUGHT PROCESS WHEN I FOLLOW AND TRACK THE, THE BUDGET.
AND I AM NOT ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, SO I, I DO NOT GET TO, TO ATTEND THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS.
BUT I, I TEND TO WATCH THE COUNTY'S BUDGET MEETINGS AS THEY GO AND THE TAX ASSESSED VALUES AND THE DAVENPORT REPORT AND FIGURE OUT AND CALCULATING IN MY OWN HEAD HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY IS GONNA BE COMING IN AND THEN WANT TO SEE OUR REQUEST FALL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO BE COMING IN EXTRA FOR THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE CAN'T BLOW OUR DEBT CEILING OUTTA THE WATER.
UM, WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN, WITHIN OUR MEANS.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS HOW I COME UP WITH, IN MY OWN HEAD WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS.
UM, AND THE AMOUNT THAT THAT HAS BEEN IN MY MIND SINCE, SINCE HEARING THE COUNTY'S NUMBERS HAS BEEN 1.2.
SO I, I'M AMENABLE TO ASKING FOR THE, WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WOULD BE? 1.4, 1.1 4 7, 1 0.147.
SO THAT, SO I JUST WANNA, BECAUSE I'M, I'M SITTING HERE DOING NUMBER TWO AND I GOT ONE, UM, 1 MILLION 145, 490 8,000.
BUT I'M, I, CAN WE JUST KIND OF GO OVER THE NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT? I KNOW THEY'RE POTENTIALLY WON'T BE EXACT.
THE SEVEN 50, WELL, THE DIFFERENCE IS THE $2,000, WHICH IS, IS IN THAT CUMULATIVE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT I CAME UP WITH, RIGHT? IS THAT, IS THAT EXTRA, I WAS JUST ADDING UP THE SEVEN 50, THE EIGHT 80,000 2 82.
THE NON-LABOR AND THEN THE TWO NUMBERS, 2 47, 42, 4 7 49 AND 67 2 7.
BUT THEN YOU, BUT THEN THE ONE, THE, THE SECOND ONE ABOUT ADDING NURSING COORDINATOR AND ELIMINATE HELD THAT 2000, THE ADDED COST WAS THIS YEAR WOULD BE $2,164.
I THINK JUST TWO MORE THINGS FOR ME.
UM, WELL, ONE, I'LL COME TO YOU DR.
BALLINGER, UM, BECAUSE WITH THAT 78,000, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR INCREASE FROM THE COUNTY.
THAT'S WITH THE, UM, SAVINGS THAT WE JUST GENERATED FROM THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT.
SO IT, IT'S NOT IN THE, UH, WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT WE DID IS WE LISTED IT ON MR. SHEET SHEET, THAT 78,000.
UM, SO MR, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK? WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO, YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
UM, THE WAY OUR BUDGET STOOD BEFORE WE LOOKED AT THESE OTHER ITEMS, WE ACTUALLY HAD A 56,200 $642 DEFICIT.
UH, COSTNER WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE OUT OF OUR, UH, UH, OUR NEW CONTRACT OF 78,295 ACTUALLY GETS REDUCED BY THE 56, 642 THAT WE WERE IN THE HOLE.
SO, UM, DESPITE HIS GOOD EFFORTS, WE, WE END UP WITH, UH, 21,653 MM-HMM
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AVAILABLE.SO IT, IT, HAD IT NOT BEEN DONE THOUGH, WE'D JUST, WE'D HAVE BEEN IN THE HOLE BY 56,000.
SO IT AT LEAST GETS US OUT OF THE HOLE, GETS US 21,000 TO THE GOOD BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT THE 750 THAT WE MAY BE GETTING FROM THE COUNTY HOW TO SPEND THAT.
AND THAT DOES ALLOW US TO, TO DO THE NURSING COORDINATOR WITH THAT, THAT UP.
WHEN, WHEN WORKED THAT THROUGH, UM, YOU WE'RE OUT FOURTH GRADE TEACHER OR THAT NURSING COORDINATOR, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT, A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN, IN THE COST THERE.
UM, AND THEN MS. VALENTI, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE SHEET THERE? EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BETTER.
THOSE BASICALLY THE SHEET THAT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE ONE EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT, BUT THE ONE THAT'S THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND, UH, BUDGETS, UM, BASICALLY, UM, I, I THINK WHAT YOUR, YOUR MATH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PORTRAYING IS CORRECT SEVEN 50 TO BASICALLY LEVEL, UM, OR TO SHARE THE INSURANCE EQUALLY, 10% EQUALLY WITH EACH, UH, THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN ADDING THE 80,000 2 82 FOR THE, UH, ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND THEN ALSO THE SEVEN, UH, STUDENT SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AND THE ONE BACHELOR LEVEL, UM, THAT WOULD COME UP TO AROUND THE ONE, 1.2 MILLION, SLIGHTLY LESS, UM, FOR, FOR THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE 21,000 YOU HAVE, I WON'T SAY TO PLAY WITH, BUT TO, WITH, HAVE DISCRETION WITH.
AND I THINK JUST THE LAST CAUTION I WOULD HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CHANGE TODAY, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NON-LABOR SUPPLIES AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL ADDITION OF POSITIONS, OR WE'RE MAYBE KEEPING SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT BESIDES THE $750,000, WHICH HOPEFULLY THAT, SINCE THAT'S BEEN ADVERTISED, AND THAT'S IN THERE, WE'RE NOT DROPPING BELOW THAT.
BUT I'M JUST, I'M TRYING NOT TO MAKE ANYTHING THAT WE SAY TONIGHT, MESS WITH ANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING OUT OR GIVE ANY SORT OF FALSE HOPE TO ANYONE.
AND I THINK WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS, UM, JUST US SHOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE AGREE ON.
THAT'S, AND THEN I DID WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
OR DID YOU WANT ME TO NOT DISTRACT FROM THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE JUST GOT AND MAKE THAT RESOLUTION FIRST AND THEN DISCUSS THE TENNIS COURTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS AT THIS VERY MOMENT? I KNOW WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK AT THE FACILITIES.
WELL, YES, ACTUALLY, I, I, I DO.
'CAUSE I, I WENT AHEAD AND REFORWARDED YOU GUYS THE, THE EMAIL.
UM, AND SO IF YOU'RE, I HAVE THE USTA CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE, THE GRANTS THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROCESS TO THAT, BUT, UM, THE DYER SITUATION AT SKYLINES TENNIS COURTS, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN URGENCY IN TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO LISTED HERE, IT SAYS REPAIR OF TENNIS COURTS IS $106,740.
THE, UM, USTA CONTRIBUTION STATES THAT THEY WILL DO RESURFACING UP TO $8,000 PER COURT.
WE HAVE THE EIGHT COURTS THAT WOULD BE $64,000.
SO THAT WOULD LEAVE 42,740 IN, IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
I'M HOPING MR. VALENTINE MIGHT GIVE US SOME GREAT NEWS THAT WE HAVE UNSPENT FUNDS THAT MIGHT BE RETURNED TO US.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE VERY, VERY CLOSE.
IS THERE GONNA BE ANYTHING? SO, SO ANY, SORRY, THAT'S LOUD
SO, SO ANY FUNDS THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR CAPITAL FUND MM-HMM
ACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE 'EM ON OUR SIDE, SO IT'S JUST RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S ON THE COUNTY SIDE, SO IT WILL REVERT BACK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT DR.
COSTNER DID HOLD A MEETING TODAY TO TALK ABOUT TENNIS COURTS.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING AS FAR AS TO, TO BRING FORWARD TO, TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THEN ALSO TO BOTH BOARDS TO DISCUSS, UM, WITH THIS CAPITAL.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT, THAT HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, UH, OR HAS SPOKEN TO DR.
DALEY ON, ON, ON THE COUNTY SIDE AND IS WORKING WITH DR.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE TRYING TO, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
AND, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THE BILLING COMMITTEE OR POSSIBLY EVEN PRIOR TO THAT BEING THE NEXT
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WORK SESSION TO SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, TO, UM, AND UM, YES, THE GRANTS ARE ALSO A PART OF THE DISCUSSION.AND BEING LOOKED AT ALL, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BEING LOOKED INTO FROM REPAIR TO REPLACE THEM.
SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL AS SOON AS WE CONTINUE.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISION ON TONIGHT FOR THEN ASK, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON WHERE WE'RE AT HERE? SO I, I DID SOME QUICK MATH HERE AND IF YOU INCLUDE THE HEALTH INSURANCE, SHARING IT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SEVEN IAS, UM, FOR STUDENT SUPPORT, UH, THE ONE STUDENT SUPPORT COACH, UM, INCREASING THE SCHOOL'S NON-LABOR BUDGETS BY THE FORMULA THAT WAS PRESENTED.
AND ALSO, UM, TAKING ONE HELD POSITION AND CONVERTING IT INTO THE NURSING COORDINATOR.
THE TOTAL I'M GETTING ON ALL OF THOSE ITEMS IS 1,000,100 47, 662, IF THAT ENCOMPASSES WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IN, IN THIS AMENDED BUDGET OR, OR HOWEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD RESOLVED THAT SHOULD THE COUNTY PROVIDE FUNDING, UM, IN EXCESS OF LAST YEAR'S FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,147 SIX 1 MILLION 147 660 $2, THAT OUR PRESI PRIORITIES WOULD BE AS DESCRIBED, WHICH INCLUDES THE HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, UH, THE STUDENT SUPPORT COACH, AND CONVERTING A POSITION TO NURSING COORDINATOR AND THE NON-LABOR MENTION AND THE NON-LABOR INCREASE IN SUPPLY FUNDING AS DISCUSSED.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? I SECOND IT? ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL TYPE THIS UP AND, AND GET IT TO THEM BEFORE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, MR. BALLANTINE TAKES CARE OF THOSE.
COULD YOU JUST LIKE, DO IT BY EMAIL AND COPY OUR BOARD ON IT WHEN IT GOES? I, I WILL.
I, WE USUALLY CA HAND CARRY A LETTER SIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT DOWN TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND COPY THE COUNTY FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND I CAN SEND A, UH, EMAIL COPY OF WHAT, WHAT WAS PUT IN THERE.
[5.D. Second Reading - FECBA - ENERGY EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION, FECBB - ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABLED, FEG - CONSTRUCTION PLANNING, FF - PUBLIC DEDICATION OF NEW FACILITIES, FFA - SCHOOL NAMES, FG - RETIREMENT OF FACILITIES, FK - FACILITY RENOVATIONS, GA - PERSONNEL POLICIES GOALS, GAA - STAFF TIME SCHEDULES, GAH - SCHOOL EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, GBC - STAFF COMPENSATION PROCEDURES, GBD/BG - BOARD-STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, GBEA-E - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM FOR EMPLOYEES ALCOHOL AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE, GBEF/JHCL - LACTATION SUPPORT, GC - PROFESSIONAL STAFF, GCB - PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONTRACTS, GCBB - SUPPLEMENTARY PAY]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THE SECOND READING OF F-E-C-B-A, ENERGY EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION, F-E-C-B-B ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABLED FEG CONSTRUCTION PLANNING, FF PUBLIC DEDICATION OF NEW FACILITIES, FFA SCHOOL NAMES FG RETIREMENT OF FACILITIES, FK FACILITY RENOVATIONS, GA PERSONNEL POLICIES, GOALS, GA A A STAFF TIME SCHEDULES GA H SCHOOL EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, GBC STAFF COMPENSATION PROCEDURES, GBD SLASH BG BOARD STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, GBEA DASH E ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM FOR EMPLOYEES, ALCOHOL AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE, GBE F SLASH J HCL, LACTATION SUPPORT GC PROFESSIONAL STAFF, GCB PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONTRACTS.
GCBB SUPPLEMENTARY PAY WAS, OH, DID I NOT REFRESH ON SOMETHING? I, I CAN, I'LL GET THAT.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR READING ALL THOSE, UM, ONE EXTRA MAYBE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, MADAM CHAIR, GBEA DASH E, UM, HAS BEEN PULLED ALONG WITH, UM, IT ALSO GBE A DASH R HAS ALSO BEEN PULLED FOR THE SECOND READING.
WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON THAT BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DEEPER REVIEW OF THAT.
SO MORE INFORMATION ADDED TO IT.
AND WE DID NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO PRESENT IT AT THIS TIME FOR ITS SECOND READING, SO THAT ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE WILL GET IT TO YOU IN TIME SO YOU ALL CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT FOR OUR SECOND READING.
I, I, I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL ASKED ME TO READ IT AGAIN FOR THE, UH, MOTION.
BUT THESE ARE THE, THESE POLICIES DO COME TO US FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE AND, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR REVISIONS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS FIT WITH
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THE POLICIES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY? AND OUR PLAN WILL BE TO VOTE ON THIS AT OUR JUNE WORK SESSION, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE THE THIRD AND FINAL READING.
THE FIRST READING WAS ON MAY THE 28TH.
[5.E. First Reading - GCBD-R PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEAVE AND ABSENCES and GDBD-R SUPPORT STAFF LEAVE AND ABSENCES]
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OF GCBD DASH R PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEAVE AND ABSENCES AND GB, GDBD DASH R SUPPORT STAFF LEAVE AND ABSENCES.I LOVE OUR POLICY NUMBERS AND LETTERS,
UM, SO SOME OF THIS CAME FROM OUR WORK SESSION IN RELATIONS TO OUR, UH, BOTH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE, UM, INCLUDING THAT IT IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THE SICK LEAVE PAYOUT, BUT THEN ALSO THAT THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON IT EVERY YEAR IF WE ARE PURSUING IT OR NOT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
NEXT READING WOULD BE AT THE END OF JUNE, AND THEN IN JULY YOU WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON IT.
SO IF THERE'S CHANGES, WE'LL MOVE QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL NEED TO VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IF WE'RE DOING THE POLICY.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS TIMELINE WORKS OUT.
UM, BUT AS I'M REVIEWING THE POLICY AND WORKING WITH THE TEAM AND JUST KIND OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT ELSE WE SHOULD BE CHANGING IN POLICY, SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT COMING UP HERE TALKING THREE OR FOUR TIMES ABOUT THE POLICY.
I DID INCLUDE A FEW OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND THE FIRST ONE IS CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN HAD ABOUT DONATED LEAVE.
AND SO WE DO HAVE, RIGHT NOW, UM, IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE LEAVE, THEY CAN GET UP TO 30 DAYS.
IT HAS TO BE FOR, UM, SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OR MAYBE A LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD GET WHATEVER THEY GET DONATED AND THEY CAN REQUEST IT ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS MAX OF 30 DAYS.
AND SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TO US FROM EMPLOYEES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DONATING THESE DAYS AND THEN MAYBE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY NEED IT FOR THAT EVENT.
THERE WERE SOME EXTRA DAYS DONATED.
AND SO EMPLOYEES ARE LIKE, WELL, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT TIME BACK, OR MAYBE IT'S NOT FOR THAT EVENT.
AND SO JUST KIND OF MORE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
AND SO THE PROPOSAL IN HERE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN ANOTHER DISCUSSION I WAS GOING TO BRING UP, UM, BUT WITHIN THE POLICY IS THAT IT HAS TO BE PER EVENT.
UM, SO I'LL USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, I GO OUT AND I HAVE A BABY AND I NEED, YOU KNOW, 10 DAYS TO COVER IT.
WELL, I CAN MAKE A REQUEST, IT CAN BE DONATED, AND SOMEBODY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT GET 12 DAYS DONATED TO ME.
WELL, THAT WILL GO IN ORDER AS RECEIVED.
AND THOSE LAST TWO DAYS WOULD GO BACK TO THE LAST EMPLOYEE, UM, WHO DONATED THEM.
AND THEN IF I HAD ANOTHER EVENT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON I HAVE A FOOT SURGERY, I DON'T KNOW, AND I NEED MORE TIME DONATED, TO ME, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EVENT, BUT I JUST CAN'T SURPASS THE 30 DAYS.
SO NOW IT'S JUST PER EVENT THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING THE LEAVE FOR, AND IT'S JUST ONLY FOR WHAT THAT MEDICAL NOTE HAS.
UM, SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT KEEPING ANY ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS AND THEY GO BACK TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO DONATED THEM.
UM, SOME OTHER CONVERSATION AROUND THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY, I JUST KIND OF WANNA STAY IN ORDER, UM, WAS SOME IDEAS FLOATED AROUND.
I DIDN'T WANNA PUT IT IN THE POLICY, BUT JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, FOOD FOR THOUGHT IS RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN OUR SIK BANK IS VRS EMPLOYEES, UM, ON PLANS ONE AND TWO.
AND SO JUST KIND OF A BRIEF SUMMARY FOR THEM.
THEY'RE ABLE TO GET 30 DAYS FOR LIKE SHORT TERM DISABILITY PAID AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, AND THESE MEMBERS, THIS GOT CUT OFF JANUARY 1ST, 2014.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE, COMING IN AFTER THE FACT, I'M A HYBRID MEMBER, SO IT IS DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO BACK TO THE PLAN ONE AND TWO, THEY GET 30 DAY SHORT TERM DISABILITY, A HUNDRED PERCENT PAID, AND THAT'S IT.
OKAY? A HYBRID MEMBER CAN GET UP TO 125 DAYS AT 60%.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION TO APPROVE THIS.
SO THE LONGER YOU'RE WITH US, YOU KNOW, IT WILL GO FROM 60 TO MAYBE 65, 70%, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, BUT BACK TO THE PLAN ONE AND TWO, AGAIN, THEY CAN GO AND DO THE SICK BANK AND ONLY GET 30 DAYS.
SO THEY DONATE ONE AND THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND THEN THEY GET 30.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT, THEN WE HAVE, SO I, THIS IS A NICE LITTLE RECRUITING EFFORT I'M PUTTING IN HERE TOO, UH, FOR THE HYBRID AND FOR OUR POOL RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE CAN DONATE, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE TIME AS THEY'RE NEEDED.
SO WE ARE PUTTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR HEALTH FIRST, RIGHT? WE WANT THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
UM, SO ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP BY SEVERAL EMPLOYEES IS, HEY, I'M
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RETIRING.I DON'T WANNA CASH OUT MY SICK TIME.
WELL, RIGHT NOW, OUR POLICY SAYS, AND STILL SAYS ON WHAT I'M PRESENTING, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REQUEST.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST DONATE, LEAVE TO A SICK BANK BECAUSE THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR OUR HYBRID MEMBERS, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR PLAN ONE AND TWO.
SO THE ASK AND SUGGESTION IS, OKAY, WELL I AM EXITING WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'M RETIRING, OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I'D LIKE TO DONATE IT INTO MAYBE LIKE A SICK POOL, HAVE TO BE A DIFFERENT WORD.
UM, SO WHATEVER THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE NOW, THAT WOULD BE A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO.
SO THERE WOULD BE A COST IMPACT IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THIS, OR JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LEAVING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE IT CASHED OUT.
THEY WOULD GET $15 A DAY IF THEY MET THE FIVE YEARS, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T WANNA CASH IT OUT, RIGHT, PUTTING THAT BACK IN.
SO THAT DOES HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BUDGETING FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IT WAS A SUGGESTION TO BE ABLE TO EXIT THE SCHOOLS AND, AND DONATE IT.
AND THEN I HAVE, AT ANOTHER, UM, ORGANIZATION I WORKED IN, WE HAD A COMMITTEE.
AND SO PEOPLE WOULD PUT IN REQUESTS FOR THAT, LIKE WHAT WE CALL IT A SIC BANK, BUT HERE IT WOULD NOT BE THAT.
AND THEY HAD TO APPROVE, IT WAS ANONYMOUS.
UM, SO IF I NEEDED 10 DAYS AND SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDED FIVE DAYS, BUT WE ONLY HAD, YOU KNOW, 10 DAYS IN THE BANK, LIKE HOW COULD WE DISTRIBUTE THEM EVENLY TO HELP THE EMPLOYEES? UM, BUT ANYWAYS, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR AN ADDITIONAL OPTION.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF TIME THAT ANY EMPLOYEE COULD BE OUT AS WELL.
UM, AND SO NOW THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR SUB BUDGET BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PAYING THEM AND THEN STILL ALLOWING THEM TO BE OUT.
UM, SO I, I THINK IT'S JUST, I WANNA BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT, THAT THIS IS, IT SOUNDS LOVELY FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THEM, BUT THERE DOES HAVE OTHER IMPACTS TO THAT.
UM, BUT I LIKE PUTTING OUR EMPLOYEES FIRST AND WE'LL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE POLICY, BUT JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RETIREES THIS YEAR AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOW CAN I GIVE MY TIME BACK TO PEOPLE THAT NEED IT? AND I THINK THAT'S VERY GENEROUS AND KIND, SO JUST FOOD FOR CONVERSATION LATER.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WAS ADDED IN.
THE FIRST PART I WAS TALKING ABOUT PER EVENT.
UM, SO THAT WAY OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ONLY GETTING WHAT THEY NEED FOR THAT INSTANT, BUT THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST TIME.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT AWAY.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURED.
UM, THE SECOND PART IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IS, UH, FROM THE WORK SESSION, MAKING IT AN INCENTIVE, UM, LANGUAGE IN HERE AND THEN THE BOARD VOTING ON IT EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN THE LAST SECTION, AND I APOLOGIZE, OUR POLICIES ARE NOT, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM.
UH, BUT IT'S CHANGING THE TITLE FROM ANNUAL LEAVE TO VACATION LEAVE THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY USE.
IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY CALLED VACATION.
UM, SO JUST, AGAIN, JUST UPDATING THE POLICY TO THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS THAT WE ALREADY FRONT LOAD, UH, THE PERSONAL DAYS AND SICK LEAVE FOR OUR 11 AND 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES AND THE SICK LEAVE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES COMING IN.
THIS POLICY CURRENTLY SAYS THAT WE DO NOT FRONT LOAD THE ANNUAL LEAVE.
IT'S ACCRUED OR EXCUSE NO NOW VACATION LEAVE.
UM, IT'S A ACCRUED, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST FRONT LOAD THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
SOMEBODY COULD COME IN, THEY COULD TAKE THAT TIME OFF AND THEN QUIT AND WE WOULD BE OUT THAT TIME.
SO EVEN IF THEY DO ACCRUE THAT TIME AND IT'S OWED TO THEM, WE WOULD STILL PAY THEM OUT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT FOR TWO OTHER OPTIONS.
JUST AGAIN, IT'S MORE OF A SYSTEM USE, UM, WOULD BE EASIER TO FRONT LOAD IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HIRE 11 AND 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE STARTING IN JULY, THAT'S KIND OF THE TIME PEOPLE TAKE VACATIONS.
SO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT WITHOUT NOT HAVING THE TIME OR HAVING TO USE SICK TIME INSTEAD OF THEIR ACTUAL VACATION DAYS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, BUT JUST THREE ITEMS IN THERE.
AND THEN, UH, FOR DISCUSSION, BUT ANYTHING, AND IT'S THE EXACT SAME IN BOTH POLICIES.
THE ONLY THING I NOTICED IS IN A COUPLE OF THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS BEING EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2008 OR 2007.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IN THERE.
SINCE WE'RE UPDATING IT, IF IT'S, IF IT'S EFFECTIVE JULY ONE THIS YEAR RATHER THAN JULY, JULY, 2008.
SO IT'S A NUMBER OF DATES THAT I JUST NOTICED IN HERE THAT OBVIOUSLY IT'S WHEN IT, WHEN IT, HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT, SINCE IT'S UPDATED TO SOME DEGREE, IT SHOULD TALK ABOUT NOW.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST READING? OKAY.
[5.G. Warren County Special Education Advisory (SEAC) Committee 2024-2025 Annual Report]
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NEXT UP THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THE WARREN COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY CX COMMITTEE, 2024.THE WARREN COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR CAC WORKS CLOSELY WITH WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THE 20 24 20 25 ANNUAL REPORT IS A REPORT OF WHAT OCCURRED IN CAC DURING THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AS THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES, I AM, UH, I SERVE AS A CONSULTANT, UH, ON WITH, WITH CAC.
UM, AND I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR CHAIR, SARAH GRIFFITH AND OUR SECRETARY ERIC ROBINSON THIS EVENING, UM, SO THEY CAN PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THIS REPORT? OKAY.
UM, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY THIS PAST YEAR, UM, WE MET QUARTERLY.
WE, UM, AMENDED OUR BYLAWS IN THE WINTER WITH MS. MCDONALD.
UM, WE MEET AT THE DIVERSIFIED MINE BUILDING ON 15TH STREET.
I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF SKI OVER THIS FOR YOU.
UM, OUR CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF ME AS THE CHAIR.
MR. ROBINSON IS OUR SECRETARY.
UH, WINNIE ELLINGER IS OUR VICE CHAIR.
SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND MR. MILLER IS OUR, UM, TEACHER MEMBER.
HE'S ALSO THE TRANSITION COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY.
SOMEONE YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM.
UM, AND THEN OUR EMPLOYEE CONSULTANTS ARE MS. SPERLING AND ALSO MS. LEE FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, SUPPORTED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE MET QUARTERLY, UM, OUR MEETING TOPICS THIS YEAR.
WE DID, UM, THE ANNUAL PLAN, THE STATE AUDIT RESULTS, UM, AND TOOK NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS.
UM, SO IF ANYONE'S LISTENING, THAT WOULD BE, UM, GREAT.
YOU COULD SEE ONE OF US, UM, FOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS OR ATTEND ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT INDICATOR 14 LEARNING CENTERS, THE PACE PROGRAM, PRE-K SERVICES, CHILD FIND EARLY INTERVENTION, HOMESCHOOL OUTREACH THERAPIES, AND, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OFFERED IN SCHOOL.
IN APRIL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF REHAB, PRE-EMP, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ADULT SERVICES, UM, AND THE APPLICATION PROCESSES FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND WE DRAFTED OUR ANNUAL PLAN.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
OUR PROJECTED MEETING DATES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE LISTED ON THIS DOCUMENT.
THEY'RE AUGUST, OCTOBER, FEBRUARY AND APRIL.
AND THEN OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP.
UM, THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF PARENTS, ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE HAVE VERY LOW MEMBERSHIP.
UM, WE HAVE TRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO STAND UP HERE AND ASK FOR MEMBERS
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE WHAT OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO GET MEMBERS.
UM, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR MEMBERSHIP.
A LOT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, THOSE OLDER STUDENTS AND PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE AGING OUT, WHICH WE REALLY LIKE AND APPRECIATE THEM.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET SOME PARENTS OF YOUNGER STUDENTS AS WELL, UM, TO TRY TO GROW OUR COMMITTEE.
UM, WE ARE ALSO HAD SOME PARENTS THAT BROUGHT UP A BOOTCAMP, UM, WHERE WE WOULD DO SOME KIND OF TEACHING SESSIONS FOR PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS THAT ARE NEWER TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TO TRY TO, UM, KIND OF COME ALONGSIDE THEM.
IT CAN BE VERY SCARY TO LEARN ALL THESE NEW ACRONYMS AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IT WOULD KIND OF PARTNER THEM WITH PARENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE PROCESSES, UM, WITH ELIGIBILITY AND IEPS AND HOW THINGS GO IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, PC IS A PARENT ADVOCACY, UM, ORGANIZATION WITH THE STATE.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE SOME PREPACKAGED BOOTCAMPS THAT WE MIGHT WORK WITH THEM AS WELL WITH ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT, UM, BEFORE OUR MEETINGS.
SO WE MIGHT MEET A LITTLE EARLIER, HAVE THAT BOOTCAMP, AND THEN GO INTO OUR MEETING.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR PLANS FOR THE FALL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
WE ALREADY DO THAT, UH, QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER.
WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, SO THAT HAS KIND OF FALLEN OFF THE RAILS.
ALSO SOME CHANGES AT SPECIAL SERVICES.
SO WE HOPE TO BRING THAT BACK.
UM, ALONG WITH THE, WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW CIAC FLYER.
UM, CEC IS ALSO, WELL, I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT INCREASING MEMBERSHIP, UH, A LIST OF PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
APPLICATIONS AREN'T TAKEN UNTIL THE FALL.
SO I LISTED OUR CURRENT MEMBERS AND A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL REAPPLY, UH, HAVE A LIST OF
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APPRECIATIONS WE HAVE HERE AS WELL.UM, AND WE ARE JUST, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SERVE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, AND HELPING THEM HOWEVER WE CAN.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? QUESTIONS COME ON.
UM, WITH THE, WITH ATTRACTING MORE MEMBERS, WOULD YOU CONSIDER ALLOWING MEMBERS TO JOIN AT, AT ANY POINT IN TIME? UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS IS THAT HAVING THE, THE FALL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION, PEOPLE MISS IT.
AND, AND THEN IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUSY.
THEY FORGET WHAT, WHAT A WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT IF WE COULD MAYBE LET THEM JOIN AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
LAST WINTER, WE, UM, UPDATED OUR BYLAWS AND ACTUALLY SAID, UNTIL WE REACHED A HIGHER MEMBERSHIP LEVEL, I THINK IT WAS 20 OR MORE, THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE APPLICATIONS AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
SO WE ACTUALLY CHANGED OUR BYLAWS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BUT JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO COME TO A MEETING, CORRECT? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
'CAUSE UM, I MEAN, I'VE PARTICIPATED FOR MANY, UH, MANY YEARS AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE.
UM, BUT JUST TO, FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER JUST TO COME.
IF YOU WANNA COME AND CHECK IT OUT, YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE SOME CONTACTS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T GET THERE FOR THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, BUT THEN YOU WANNA COME AGAIN.
UM, I, I KNOW, I THINK I CAN EXPERIENCE FROM A PARENT, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT NOTIFICA NOTIFYING PARENTS.
SO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST ONE TIME A YEAR.
AND I ENCOURAGE IF, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, UM, TRULY, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN, YOU KNOW, THOSE LOWER GRADES, KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE, UM, IT'S A LOT COMING AT YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT, YOU WANNA DO EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A PLUG.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
DO WE NEED TO APPROVE? OH, I DON'T, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THAT PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE WARREN COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CAC, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 20 24, 20 25 BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.H. Title I, II, III, and IV Grant Applications Approval - Ms. Bragg]
YOU.NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE TITLE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR GRANT APPLICATIONS APPROVAL.
UM, THE TITLE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE SEEKING FEDERAL FUNDING TO IMPROVE THE BASIC INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING SUPPORT FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND INCREASED THE DIVISION'S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.
WE JUST HAD THE WORK SESSION PRESENTATION OF THE FOUR TITLE GRANTS AT LAST WEEK.
UM, AND SO JUST BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR FINAL APPROVAL, THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE STATE BY JULY 1ST.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE BUDGET NUMBERS ARE BASED ON THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEY WILL CHANGE WHEN WE GET FINAL NUMBERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, AND REVISE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANS AS THE NUMBERS ROLL IN FOR 25, 26.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5.I. Update to Program of Studies to Include World Geography]
UPDATE TO PROGRAM OF STUDIES TO INCLUDE WORLD GEOGRAPHY MS. BRIGHT.SO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOMMENDS CHANGING THE CURRENT NINTH GRADE HISTORY COURSE FROM WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TO 1500, WHICH IS AN ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY COURSE TO THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY COURSE.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY IS AN APPROVED VDOE COURSE, UH, WITH STATE PROVIDED SOLS AND MEETS THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS TAKE A WORLD HISTORY OR GEOGRAPHY, OR BOTH COURSE TO EARN A STANDARD OR ADVANCED DIPLOMA.
AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, STUDENTS IN WORLD GEOGRAPHY WILL COMPLETE THE STATE APPROVED OPTION TO EARN THE HISTORY VERIFIED CREDIT BY COMPLETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LOCALLY AWARDED
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VERIFIED CREDIT AND REPLACE THE END OF HISTORY SOL TEST AND THE COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY COURSE FROM THE STATE, FROM THE STATE STANDARD.UM, THE ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY COURSE WOULD NOT GO AWAY FOREVER.
MOST MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF OUR NINTH GRADERS ARE CURRENTLY JUST AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY.
IF YOU'RE GETTING A STANDARD DIPLOMA, IT'S ACTUALLY A CHOICE.
YOU CAN TAKE WORLD GEOGRAPHY ANCIENT HISTORY, WHICH IS WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TO 1500, OR YOU COULD TAKE THE MODERN WORLD HISTORY CLASS, WHICH IS FROM 1500 TO THE PRESENT.
SO YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS, AND IF YOU HAVE A STANDARD DIPLOMA, YOU ONLY NEED ONE OF THOSE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
IF YOU'RE GOING FOR AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA, YOU NEED TWO OF THOSE WORLD GEOGRAPHY COURSES.
SO WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY PLACED STUDENTS IN ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY AS THE STARTER COURSE.
GEOGRAPHY AS A WHOLE IS A COURSE OF THE CURRENT WORLD.
IT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAPS AS THEY ARE TODAY.
IT'S A REGIONAL, UM, SORT OF FOCUS OF THE CURRICULUM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD.
IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HUMAN, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, MIGRATION, THAT SORT OF THING.
IT'S A MORE, UM, SORT OF A SURVEY COURSE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEN THEY COULD DIVE INTO ANCIENT HISTORY DEEPER OR MODERN HISTORY DEEPER, WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE.
OR WITH THE WAY OUR SCHEDULE WORKS AT HIGH SCHOOL ON THE FOUR BY FOUR BLOCK, IF THEY WERE SO INCLINED TO TAKE A HISTORY, ALL THREE OF THEM, THEY COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPTION, A MORE, I THINK, RELEVANT OPTION THAT IF A STUDENT IS ONLY GONNA TAKE ONE WORLD HISTORY GEOGRAPHY COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A COURSE THAT IS ABOUT THE CURRENT WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAVC FOR LOCALLY AWARDED CREDIT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BRAGG ON THIS? SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING THE PLAN WOULD BE TO OFFER ALL THREE COURSES NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR? YES.
SO IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, NINTH GRADERS WOULD'VE TAKEN ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY AND THEREFORE WOULD PROBABLY MOVE TO THE MODERN WORLD HISTORY COURSE.
AND OUR INCOMING NINTH GRADERS WOULD TAKE WORLD GEOGRAPHY.
SO WE REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE A NEED FOR ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT IN THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, THE COURSE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, REINTRODUCED.
SO WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, NINTH GRADERS AND WORLD GEOGRAPHY, THEN 10TH GRADERS COULD PICK BETWEEN ANCIENT MODERN, OR LIKE I SAY, THERE'S, THERE IS ENOUGH BLOCKS IN THE SCHEDULE.
IF SOMEONE IS A HISTORY BUFF LIKE MYSELF, YOU COULD TAKE ALL, YOU COULD TAKE ALL THREE.
SO IT WOULD NEVER COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
THE ANCIENT COURSE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
IT WOULD JUST KIND OF BE ON HOLD FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
'CAUSE WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS TO, TO RUN A COURSE OFFERING OF IT BECAUSE THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN IT AND THE NEW ONES ARE TAKING WORLD GEOGRAPHY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THROUGH THE TRANSITION? AND ARE ANY OR ALL OF THESE THREE COURSES, ONES THAT WE WOULD EXPECT WE COULD SOMETIMES OFFER DUAL ENROLLED? THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR WORLD HISTORY DUAL ENROLLED, BUT NOT AT THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE LEVEL.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE HICCUP FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR THESE COURSES.
A FEW YEARS AGO WE DID HAVE, UM, AN ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY COURSE THAT WAS OFFERED AS A DUAL ENROLLED COURSE.
UM, BUT IT DIDN'T REPLACE OUR ANCIENT HISTORY REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO WE SORT OF USED THE NINTH GRADE ANCIENT HISTORY CLASS AS THE CREDIT CHECK FOR THE HISTORY COURSE.
AND THEN IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE THAT DE COURSE, IT BECAME LIKE AN ELECTIVE.
UM, AND THAT REALLY AND TRULY SOME OF THAT LIMITATION IS JUST THE DUAL ENROLLED AT 11TH AND 12TH GRADE.
AND THESE COURSES WOULD TYPICALLY RUN NINTH AND 10TH.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADD WORLD GEOGRAPHY TO THE 25 26 PROGRAM OF STUDIES? THERE? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Additional Item]
ALL RIGHT.AND THEN OUR ADDITIONAL ITEM THIS EVENING, UM, IS THE CON IS FOR US TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL MEETING TO ADOPT OUR FISCAL YEAR 26TH BUDGET.
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE THEIR BUDGET ON JUNE 24TH.SO WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AS OUR BOARD TO THEN APPROVE OUR FINAL BUDGET SO WE CAN OPEN OUR DOORS ON JULY 1ST.
SO, UM, THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT MEETING ON JUNE 25TH, UNLESS MR. VALENTINE LOOKS AT ME AND THINKS OTHERWISE.
UM, AND WE HAVE A FACILITIES MEETING THAT DAY AT FIVE.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE JUNE 25TH AT 6:00 PM FOR SPECIAL MEETING.
DO WE HAVE IT AT FIVE OR DO WE HAVE IT AT FOUR? OH, I DON'T KNOW.
AND DO WE KNOW, IS THAT GONNA BE AT, UM, DIVERSIFIED MINES? IS THAT WHERE WE WERE PLANNING TO, TO HAVE IT? OR WERE WE TRYING TO HAVE IT? WE DO THIS WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS THING WAS.
IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO HAVE, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE OUR FACILITIES MEETING TO HELP ACCOMMODATE.
I MEAN, IS THAT, THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU IF WE HAVE IT AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS THAT NIGHT? SO THAT WAY IF WE DO OUR MEETING, OKAY.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? SO I MOVE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PLAN TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 25TH AT 6:00 PM AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
[6.A. Board Member Requests]
AND NEXT UP WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.UM, MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT AS WE CONCLUDE THIS BUDGET SEASON AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THAT WE CONTINUE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE AS FINDING A, A PLAN GOING FORWARD TO WHERE ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES WILL FINALLY RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE, THE SAME VALUE AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME BENEFIT PAYOUT.
UM, I THINK WE, I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
I THINK IT'LL SIMPLIFY THE BUDGET PROCESS COME THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE THE, THE HEALTH INSURANCE SITUATION IS JUST ALWAYS A PROBLEM.
AND WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THIS AND COME UP WITH A MORE EQUITABLE MANNER IN WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT.
UM, DR. JOHNSTON, CHRIS JOHNSON, HE'S LEFT, UH, I WAS GONNA GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT HERE.
I, HE SENDS OUT A, A, AN EMAIL FREQUENTLY THAT I'M, I RECEIVE.
UM, AND OTHERS OF US DO AS WELL.
BASICALLY WAS HE HAD SENT OUT A YEAR END EMAIL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, GIVEN A GREAT SUMMARY, WAS GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE, THE WHERE WE ARE IN ATTENDANCE, ON DISCIPLINE, ON, ON SOL SCORES.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD MANDATE IT OR NOT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA FOR, TO HAVE THAT FROM EVERY SCHOOL TO SEE, JUST KIND OF GET AN OVERVIEW AT THE END FOR EACH COMMUNITY MEMBER.
I'M SURE THE PARENTS THAT READ THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, FROM WARREN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT WAS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT, UM, INFORMATION EMAIL THAT MAYBE COULD BE DUPLICATED ACROSS THE, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM HERE.
UM, ON THAT END TOO, WE, WE, WE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BOUND TO GIVE A SORT OF AN ACADEMIC OR A SCORECARD, UM, UPDATE EVERY ONCE A YEAR.
AND THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT QUAL SCHOOL QUALITY.VIRGINIA.GOV AND APPEARS THAT WE, WE UPDATE OUR INFORMATION ON THERE AND IT'S, IT'S A GOOD INFORMATION PLACE TO GO AND READ ALL ABOUT WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN COMPARISON OR EVEN WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT JUST HAS THE INFORMATION THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE, ALL THOSE DATES AND STATS COME IN, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A, A PUBLIC PRESENTATION DURING THE SUMMER WHENEVER WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION JUST HERE FOR OUR OWN SAKE AND FOR THE VIEWER'S SAKE AND FOR OUR DIVISION'S SAKE TO SEE.
WE OBVIOUSLY GET THE INFORMATION FROM SOMEWHERE AND WE, WE UPLOAD IT.
IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE IT ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO, TO US.
JUST ANOTHER SUGGESTION, UH, THE LAST ONE IS LAST, AT OUR LAST MEETING WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SBMA, WONDERING WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD DO ABOUT, UH, POLICY SERVICES TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IS, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT, SOME VERY FUTURE MEETING TO SAY, IS THIS SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO DO OR NOT? I THINK IT ONLY, THEY GENERALLY, THEY, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, THEY RUN FROM JUNE 1ST TO MAY 30TH.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE NEW LAWS COME INTO IT AND IT COSTS $2,900.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE A, A STEAL FOR WHAT IT IS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GET THAT ON, ON A AGENDA FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PARTICULAR REQUESTS OTHER THAN, UM, IN, IN MY PERFECT WORLD IF I COULD, COULD MAKE A REQUEST.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT COMMUNICATION
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AND PARTICIPATION AMONGST OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR SCHOOL BOARDS.UM, AND I AGREE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT.
UM, I WOULD TRULY LIKE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VISITING OUR SCHOOLS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM, UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ON A FIVE MINUTE CHECK-IN, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE PASSIONATE, WHY OUR TEACHERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A CHALLENGE TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, THAT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, STARTING JULY ONE TO DECEMBER 31ST, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM BE ABLE TO REPORT, UM, THAT THEY ARE VISITING OUR SCHOOLS, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES, UM, THEY'RE KEEPING THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT THEY ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT OPEN.
UM, I ALSO RECOGNIZE WITH THAT SAME TOKEN THAT THEY NEED TO VISIT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE, UM, FACILITIES.
SO I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
UM, I'VE MADE A PERSONAL INVITATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UM, JOIN THEM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY WANNA, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA GO AROUND BY THEMSELVES.
I CAN, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE, FOR DR.
BALLINGER, BUT I'M SURE HI, UH, EITHER DR.
BALLINGER OR ANY OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OR A DESIGNEE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THEM JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE, UM, CONTEXT WHEN THEY'RE VISITING.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY, UM, LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD, UH, ALSO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, I ALSO HAD, UM, SOME INSURANCE QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION ON MY REQUEST FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO GO INTO THE SELF-INSURED PROCESS.
I, I THINK SOMEONE TOLD ME IT TAKES LIKE A YEAR TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD COST SAVE LOTS OF TIMES, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT SERIOUSLY THIS TIME.
UM, I ALSO KNOW MS. DRAKE IS BRAND NEW, UM, ONE YEAR IN.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OOH, THERE'S A BAD FLY THAT JUST LIKE
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR INSURANCE AND EVERY YEAR IT DOES BECOME A BIG DEBACLE WITH WHERE'S THE FORMULA? THERE'S NO FORMULA WITH OUR INSURANCE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN FOR DECADES BEFORE ANY OF US.
AND SO, UM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, MS. DRAKE AND MR. VALENTINE OR WHOEVER ELSE WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF TAKE ON THAT MAYBE THERE IS A MORE PHASED PLAN TO START SLOWLY MAKING THOSE STRIDES BECAUSE INSURANCE IS REALLY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE ABLE TO ADJUST IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD, MAYBE THE WAY WE WANT IT.
BUT IF WE HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN LAID OUT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO TRANSITION, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN YOUR POLICY SERVICE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD THAT ON MY, UM,
SO, UM, THAT'S COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES RECENTLY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE RIGHT NOW THAT'S, THAT'S BRINGING FORWARD NEW POLICIES TO US.
SO WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CATCHING UP OUR POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO KEEP UP WITH NEW POLICIES AS THEY COME OUT.
AND SO WE'RE ASKED SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND WE JUST AREN'T BRINGING THOSE FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND GET THAT ON THE AGENDA, UM, TO HAVE A PLAN THERE.
OUR ATTORNEYS DOING IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
AND SO I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT BASE POLICY AND WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMEONE PROVIDING US WITH THE NEW POLICIES THAT ARE COMING OUT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, OF COURSE WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE OUR ATTORNEYS REVIEW ANYTHING LIKE THAT IF WE NEED IT TO BE REVIEWED.
SO THAT'LL BE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING, I KNOW WE'RE JUST STILL TRYING TO FINISH UP THIS BUDGET SEASON, BUT MY REQUEST FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE GOING INTO THE FALL, I KNOW YOU'LL BE STARTED IN, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, JULY 1ST.
PROBABLY THAT'S WHEN WE SHOULD GET STARTED.
MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE COME AND RECORD THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, I THINK THAT I'M NOT GONNA VOLUNTEER ANYBODY, BUT I THINK WE COULD FIND SOME MONEY IN OUR BUDGET FOR THAT.
UM, BECAUSE AS MS SALE SAID THE SAME GOES FOR ME, WE'RE NOT IN THOSE MEETINGS.
AND SO THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN IS PRESENTED AS SOMETHING THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD KNOWS AND WE
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DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE.AND THAT JUST WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO ARE NOT ON THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE, FOR THOSE OF US THAT AREN'T ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THAT WE COULD JUST AT LEAST HAVE A REFERENCE AND WE COULD GO LOOK AT THAT VIDEO.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST PRIORITY FOR REQUEST TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT AND I THINK IT'D BE PRETTY EASY TO DO.
[7. Approval of Closed Meeting Item(s)]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT UP THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF JUNE 4TH, 2025 PERSONNEL REPORT AND PERSONNEL REPORT.
IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE JUNE 4TH, 2025 PERSONNEL REPORT AND PERSONNEL REPORT ADDENDUM BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND WE DO STILL HAVE OUR WORK SESSION ON JUNE 18TH, SO THAT JUST A REMINDER SINCE WE ADDED THAT SPECIAL.
AND THAT'LL BE AT DIVERSIFIED MINDS AND WE START THAT AT FIVE 30 AND THAT'S IT.