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          >> EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO 
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CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2024. 
          I THINK I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS THE LAST MEETING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? I THINK MR. SPIKER SAID HE RECOMMENDED EXTENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR ANOTHER MONTH. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> OFFICIALLY CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          WE HAVE ALL FOUR OF OUR MEMBERS PRESENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO MENTION HERE BRIEFLY THAT THESE ARE ALL FOUR MEMBERS. 
          WE STILL HAVE ONE VACANT SEAT. 
          WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING THAT SEAT FOLLOWING THE STATUTORY DIRECTION AND HAVE HAD OUR INTERVIEWS, WHICH WE HAD SOLICITED PUBLICLY INTEREST AND APPLICANTS, AND SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD MAKING A DECISION FOR THE BOARD TO SELECT SOMEONE. 
          THAT WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON. 
          CERTAINLY WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH. 
          YOU'LL SEE A FIFTH BOARD MEMBER UP HERE IN JULY. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          WITH THAT SAID, WE DID HAVE A CLOSED SESSION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. 
          NOW WE'D LIKE TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO DO SO. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE MOVE FROM CLOSED SESSION TO OPEN SESSION. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> WE ARE OPEN. NOW WE START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I THINK DENTON ELEMENTARY HAS COME HERE TO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          MS. CREBS IS IN THE ROOM. 
          HELLO. 
          WELCOME. 
          IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE KIDS AND PARENTS. 
          >> YES, IT IS. 
          >> WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 
          >> WE PRACTICE EVERYTHING. 
          >> YES, YOU DO. WELL PLAYED, DR. CREBS. 
          WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT? 
          >> WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY. 
          >> VERY GOOD. GLAD TO SEE SO MANY HAPPY FACES. 
          YOU ALL MUST NOT HAVE HEARD MR. BARTON'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR BY A MONTH BECAUSE WE WERE SMILING WALKING IN. IT DIDN'T PASS. 
          >> I WAS JUST KIDDING. THERE'S ONE VOTE OF SUPPORT. 
          >> I TRY. 
          >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S JUNE. IT'S WARM. 
          WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE SO MANY OF YOU GUYS OUT TONIGHT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARENTS FOR BRINGING YOU OUT. 
          WE KNOW HOW BUSY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS AND HOW MUCH EVERYBODY HAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          ARE WE OKAY DOING QUICK INTRODUCTIONS? LET US KNOW WHO WE HAVE. JUST YOUR FIRST NAME AND GRADE LEVEL, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          WAS AWESOME TO HAVE YOU GUYS OUT HERE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS AS WELL. 
          DR. CREBS HAS A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU. 
          THERE ARE ALSO REALLY DELICIOUS COOKIES THAT ARE OUT THERE PROBABLY FOR SOME OF YOU. 
          BUT BEFORE YOU GO, WE HAVE TO GET YOUR SMILING FACES IN A PICTURE. 
          MS. BARRY WILL HAVE YOU GUYS JUST MOVE TOWARDS US, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT THE WALL. 
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NOW YOUR PARENTS. HOLD ON. WAIT FOR YOUR PARENTS. 
          PARENTS, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THEM OUT WITH THE STORMS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF AS WELL. 
          >> I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD WITHOUT TRYING BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS ESTABLISHED, BUT WE DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. 
          >> I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. JUST FOR A MOMENT, MR. PLUTSCHAK HAD TO STEP OUT. HE'LL BE BACK. 
          EVERY MONTH, DURING OUR MEETING, WE READ THE MISSION STATEMENT JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, INCLUDING OURSELVES, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. 
          THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, WE PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READINESS THROUGH A CHALLENGING AND PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          THAT IS OUR MISSION. I THINK WE CAN SKIP RECOGNITION. 
          >> WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN HERE. 
          >> THE WONDERFUL THING IS WE DO HAVE SOME TERRIFIC RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT, 
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AS I THINK YOU ALL ARE AWARE AND IS PART OF WHY YOU'RE HERE. 
          >> AS OUR FIRST GROUP IS COMING IN, THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE THUNDER FROM THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK, BUT WE HAVE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE TWO RUNNING CLUBS FROM GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOTH THE GIRLS RUNNING CLUB AND THE BOYS RUNNING CLUB, FOR AN INCREDIBLE FEAT THIS YEAR. 
          WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE PARENTS WHO BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN OUT FOR THIS PLUS EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE 22 STUDENTS IN EACH CLUB, CLOSE TO THAT. 
          WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR RECOGNITION, BUT THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT THING. 
          >> WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE. 
          >> THAT'S WONDERFUL, MS. KERR. 
          WHILE WE'RE PREPPING, I WILL ALSO GIVE FULL CREDIT ALSO TO MS. SEWARD AND MS. PINKETT WHO WERE LIKE, THIS RUNNING CLUB DID SOME NEAT STUFF. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE BOARD. 
          YOU JUST TELL MS. SEWARD AND MS. PINKETT YES. THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS. 
          WE DIDN'T BOTHER ASKING HOW MANY. 
          IT WAS JUST YES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE. 
          >> WE DO HAVE A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE FILTERING IN. 
          >> NO PROBLEM. HAVE THEM FILTER IN. 
          >> WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT, GIRLS ON THE RUN IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, AND FITNESS. 
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[BACKGROUND] WE'VE BEEN INVADED. 
          >> THAT'S FINE. WE GOT IT. WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. 
          >> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. 
          MRS. CURL ONCE WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN, WE'LL LET YOU GO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE PARENTS IN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ROOM, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          >> NO PROBLEM. WE'RE GOOD. 
          >> WE'RE ALMOST THERE, DR. SIMMONS. 
          >> NO. YOU'RE GOOD. BRING THEM ON. 
          >> THERE'S SOME ROOM UP HERE ON THE LEFT. 
          >> IT'S WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP. 
          >> YES, WE WILL. 
          >> IS THIS ON? I CAN USE MY TEACHER VOICE IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. SIMMONS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO RECOGNITION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HAVE PUT INTO THE RUNNING CLUB. 
          NOT TO MENTION OUR WONDERFUL COACHES THAT ARE HERE. 
          OUR GIRLS TRAINED FOR 10 WEEKS IN ORDER TO RUN A 5K SAILWINDS PARK IN CAMBRIDGE, WITH ALL OTHER GIRLS ON THE SHORE, AND THE GIRLS ON THE RUN PROGRAM. 
          GIRLS ON THE RUN IS AN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM THAT INSPIRES GIRLS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR INNER STRENGTH, INCREASE THEIR LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR OTHERS. 
          ALL THE GIRLS RAN IN EXTREMELY WINDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS ON THAT SATURDAY, MAY 4 WITH MISS PIPER HOLT, COMING IN FIRST OVERALL. 
          [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GIRLS. 
          AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE MEMBERS HERE THIS EVENING, SO I WILL CALL THOSE NAMES. 
          [INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS. 
          [APPLAUSE] IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PICTURE, AND THEN WE CAN PASS OUT ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          >> PERFECT. 
          >> YOU GO FIRST. 
          >> I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE HERE. 
          IF YOU CAN TAKE ONE STEP BACKWARDS. 
          AND THEN YOU GO BACK WHERE YOU WERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SPACES ARE JUST. 
          I DON'T WANT YOU TO MOVE AN INCH BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE. 
          >> PARENTS? 
          >> THE PARENTS. 
          >> ANY OTHER PARENTS NEEDED A SHOT? ARE YOU GUYS GOOD? WELL LADIES, CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE. 
          IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT. 
          AND SOMETHING AWESOME THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING NOW AT YOUR AGE. 
          PLEASE KEEP RUNNING, KEEP RUNNING, KEEP RUNNING. 
          THE ONLY TIME THAT MATTERS IS YOURS AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING IT. 
          KEEP STRIVING TO GET BETTER EVERY DAY. 
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I USED TO RUN MORE THAN I DO NOW. 
          BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS THE GOAL. 
          DO BETTER EACH DAY JUST FOR YOURSELF AND PUSH YOURSELF FURTHER. 
          I KNOW YOUR COACHES ARE PUSHING YOU IN THAT DIRECTION TOO, AND KEEP AT IT. 
          IT'S AWESOME YOU'RE DOING IT AT YOUR AGE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> GREAT JOB, GIRLS. 
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          >> GOOD EVENING. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN THAT WORKED IN THIS COUNTY AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HIM AND HIS NAME WAS MERYL MORGAN. 
          HE SERVED IN THE COUNTY AS A COUNSELOR AND HE WAS THE BASKETBALL COACH FOREVER. 
          WHEN MR. MORGAN PASSED AWAY, HE HAD PARKINSON'S FOR 19 YEARS. 
          STACY AND CAROL AND MYSELF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A NICE IDEA TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE AND DO SOME GOOD FOR THE PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION. 
          WE CAME UP WITH A 5K MEMORIAL RUN, IN NAME OF MR. MORGAN. 
          THIS YEAR WAS THE SECOND YEAR. 
          WE WERE JUST EXCITED AS WE COULD BE WHEN THE FIRST GROUP TO SIGN UP TO RUN WAS FROM GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          IT WAS THE GUYS THAT CAME AND THEY'RE THE ONES STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN THE T-SHIRTS. 
          WE WERE UPSET. WE SAID, "WHAT ABOUT THE GIRLS?" WELL THE GIRLS ARE HERE TONIGHT TOO. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY TO GIVE TO PARKINSON'S. 
          THERE IS A GROUP IN EASTON CALLED, ROCK STEADY BOXING. 
          THIS YEAR, THANKS TO THESE YOUNG MEN AND OTHERS WHO PARTICIPATED, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE ROCK STEADY BOXING IN EASTON, $4,287. 
          [APPLAUSE] THE MORGAN FAMILY WANTED US TO DONATE TO THE MICHAEL J FOX, WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING PARKINSON'S FOR A LONG TIME. 
          THEY WILL RECEIVE $3,507. 
          WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE TONIGHT AND WHEN WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT ALL OF YOU WILL COME DOWN AND JOIN US BECAUSE WE THINK THIS IS A WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATION TO RAISE MONEY FOR. 
          WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE YOUNG MEN WHO RAN FOR US THIS YEAR. 
          >> WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT DAY, SO EXCITED. 
          WE HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG THE 5K RUN IS. 
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          >> BUT THEY DID A MARVELOUS JOB. 
          WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL FOR ORGANIZING THE RUN. 
          WE WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS WHO SHOWED UP FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          AS WE WERE REGISTERING THEM, THE LINE JUST KEPT COMING AND COMING AND WE WERE SAYING TO THE PARENTS, "WHO'S RUNNING? WHO'S RUNNING?" BUT THEY CAME TO SUPPORT. 
          WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE FEEL THAT BECAUSE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHEN US OLD FOLKS ARE NO LONGER ON THE SCENE, THESE YOUNG CHILDREN, ARE GOING TO CARRY ON AND CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE CAME TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. 
          DR. SIMMONS, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT COME TO RUN OR PARTICIPATE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHIRT. 
          MAYBE THAT WILL GET YOU OUT THERE NEXT YEAR. 
          >> MISS THICKET, I WILL NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION ON THE OPENING DAY. 
          I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOY IS HERE. 
          BUT ONE OF THE BOYS THAT RAN THAT DAY, HIS FATHER AND SISTER WERE THERE. 
          THE SISTER WAS HOLDING UP A SIGN THAT JUST HITS THE MARK. 
          IT SAID, RUN LIKE YOUR PHONE IS DYING. 
          >> NO. HE'S NOT HERE. 
          >> THAT CAN BE YOUR MOTTO. 
          RUN LIKE YOUR PHONE IS DYING. 
          [LAUGHTER] WE'RE INVITING ALL THE BOY'S CLUB AND THEIR PARENTS TO FOLLOW US FOR ICE CREAM RIGHT AFTER THIS. 
          >> NO, DOCTOR SIBBY, YOU CANNOT COME. YOU'VE GOT TO RUN THE 5K. 
          >> ROCK STEADY BOXING IS AFFILIATED WITH THE YMCA? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARKINSON'S, AND IT'S JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          IT INCLUDES BOXING TECHNIQUES. 
          THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HIT EACH OTHER. 
          IT'S BOXING TECHNIQUES THAT HELPS THEIR BALANCE OR COORDINATION, THEIR FITNESS AND REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          >> ROGER ERICKSON IS A MEMBER. 
          HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF ROCK STEADY AND HE'S COME TO THE RACES AND WALKS. 
          >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. GREAT PROGRAM. 
          OF COURSE. TROUBLEMAKER. 
          >> I'M JUST ACTUALLY RE-ARRANGING THESE GUYS. 
          NOW DON'T MOVE, BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. 
          >> WE WANT YOU GUYS TO CHALLENGE ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO GET A RUNNING CLUB STARTED AND SEE HOW MANY THEY SEND TO US AT THE RACE NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'VE ALREADY TOLD DENTON ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS. 
          IT'S A NICE IDEA, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEND THAT CHALLENGE OUT TO THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          >> EXCELLENT. 
          >> YEAH. CHALLENGE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          >> CHALLENGE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TOO. 
          >> YOU ARE GOING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, SO YOU ARE IN CHARGE. 
          [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> VERY GOOD. GREAT JOB. 
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          >> THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. GREAT JOB. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> HIGH FIVE. 
          >> THANK YOU. WHAT GRADE ARE YOU? YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? MAKE SURE THEY GET A RUNNY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN STAY. 
          WE GOT TWO MORE HOURS. 
          TOM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO TAKE PICTURES OF HIM GETTING ICE CREAM. 
          GET SOME FOR YOURSELF. JUST BRING SOME. 
          WE'RE UP HERE GOING, DO WE JUST RECESS FOR A WHILE? 
          >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          >> FRESH DIP BULLOCKS. YOU VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE? THERE'LL BE COOKIES LEFT. LIAM, IF THERE'S NOT A COOKIE, I'LL MAKE SURE I BRING YOU ONE BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY KILLED THEM. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> AS THEY FILE OUT, THE RECOGNITION IS MARYLAND'S EMERGING SCHOLAR. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE LIAM WALLACE. 
          LIAM, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP WHILE I TALK WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU? LIAM IS A MEMBER OF NEXT GEN SCHOLARS, WHICH IS LED BY ABIGAIL TRICE, WHO JUST PASSED OUT A MAGAZINE THAT HAS LIAM'S PICTURE IN IT. 
          BUT WE ARE HERE TO CONGRATULATE LIAM TONIGHT ON BEING NAMED ONE OF THE 24 MARYLAND EMERGING SCHOLARS. 
          THIS AWARD THROUGH THE MARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE RECOGNIZES STUDENT LEADERS THROUGHOUT MARYLAND FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, COMMUNITY, AND SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN MBRT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS. OKAY LIAM IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY YOUNG MAN. 
          HE IS IN TENTH GRADE WITH A GPA OVER 4.0. 
          HE'S A MEMBER OF THE MARCHING BAND, THE JAZZ BAND, THE CONCERT BAND. 
          HE'S A MEMBER OF SGA, AS WELL AS OTHER CLUBS. 
          IN ADDITION, LIAM ALREADY HAS OVER 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          LIAM ASPIRES TO BE A UNITED STATES FOREIGN DIPLOMAT WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON GLOBAL PEACE AND ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          WITH THIS HONOR, LIAM WAS ABLE TO SPEND THE DAY IN ANNAPOLIS WITH OTHER RECIPIENTS AND ATTENDEES. 
          THEY ATTENDED SESSIONS AT THE STATE HOUSE AND LIAM PRESENTED A STEM ADVOCACY PROJECT WHERE HE DISCUSSED PROJECT AND DISCUSSION, WHERE HE USED HIS ENGINEERING PROJECT FROM SCHOOL TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF STEM IN THE REAL WORLD. 
          I TOLD LIAM I AM WELL MORE THAN DOUBLE HIS AGE AND I HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED NEARLY WHAT HE HAS AS A 16-YEAR-OLD. 
          IT IS MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO CONGRATULATE YOU LIAM AND HIS PARENTS WHO ARE WITH US HERE TONIGHT ON THIS AMAZING HONOR. 
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          >> YOU ARE WELCOME. I KNOW ABBY WANTS TO ARGUE. 
          >> HELLO. DR. SIMMONS, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL, EVERYONE HERE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT MISS MCCORMICK HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN DESCRIBING LIAM AND HOW AMAZING HE IS AND HOW WELL DESERVING HE IS OF THIS AWARD. 
          THIS IS MBRT'S INAUGURAL AWARD YEAR. 
          SO LIAM IS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD EVER IN CAROLINE COUNTY, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL, AND IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE TO A BETTER STUDENT. 
          LIAM IS GREAT. HE ALSO SERVES AS A STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR MBRT AND HONESTLY, I LEAN ON HIM MORE THAN I DO SOME ADULTS SOMETIMES, AND HE'S GREAT. 
          FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND FROM MBRT CONGRATULATIONS TO LIAM, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND ALLOWING US TO SERVE STUDENTS LIKE LIAM. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> LIAM, WE CAN DO PICTURES. WE'LL COME DOWN TO YOU. 
          I REMEMBER HOW HE WORKS WHEN IT'S 44 ELEMENTARY KIDS IN [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> MAGAZINE IS AWESOME. 
          >> THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> IT SHOWS. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE MARYLAND HISTORY DAY WINNERS. 
          >> PRESIDENT BARTON, DR. SIMMONS, THE REST OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, THANKS FOR LET ME COME OUT TONIGHT. 
          I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR TO ACTUALLY GIVE AWAY AN AWARD FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN CAROLINE COUNTY. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS [INAUDIBLE] WHO HAS BEEN NAMED MARYLAND HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. 
          SHE'S BEEN TEACHING FOR 26 YEARS. 
          EXCUSE ME, I LIED, 28 YEARS. 
          >> TRYING TO GET ME TO STAY LONGER. 
          >> I DEFINITELY AM. 
          SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE HISTORY DAY FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS SHE SAYS AND THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY QUALIFIED SOMEBODY TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE HAD STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPETED LOCALLY AND ONE AT CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE, THEN WENT TO UMBC AND COMPETED IN ONE THERE, AND NOW THEY ARE MOVING ON TO THE NATIONAL, WHICH WILL BE COMPETING NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON COLLEGE PARK. 
          WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, ARIANA ALVAREZ, AND LUCY HOWARD. 
          AND THESE YOUNG LADIES HAVE DONE A PROJECT ON THE BICYCLE AND HOW THE BICYCLE HELPED WITH WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN WHICH THE CONNECTION IS UNBELIEVABLE, SO LADIES, GOOD LUCK NEXT WEEK. 
          WE'RE ALL BEHIND YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU BRING ON THE GOLD. 
          >> BEFORE WE DO THE PICTURE BECAUSE MR. MARKETO, NOW I FEEL OLD. 
          MISS ECHENOK AND I WE STARTED THIS HISTORY DAY STUFF TOGETHER, 10 YEARS AGO WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          I'M THRILLED. YOU GUYS DID AN EXHIBIT, RIGHT? 
          >> THEY DID. 
          >> WHERE DOES YOUR EXHIBIT RESIDE LIKE NOW? LIKE TODAY? OR PERHAPS TOMORROW WOULD BE THE BETTER QUESTION? 
          >> WELL, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THESE LADIES, THEY NEVER STOP. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THEIR PROJECT. 
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THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER? THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE WE WENT TO STATE. 
          IT'S RIGHT NOW IN THE BACK OF MY ROOM. 
          WE'VE SECURED IT EARLY SAFE AND IT'S ONLY THING IN THE LITTLE ENVELOPE THAT I MADE, SO NOTHING HAPPENS TO IT SO WE TRANSPORT IT BECAUSE WE'VE TRANSPORTED IT IN RAIN, WE'VE TRANSPORTED IN WIND. 
          SO YES, THIS PROJECT IS HEADED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA. 
          >> NOT BY BICYCLE, RIGHT? 
          >> NOT BY BICYCLE. NO. 
          >> IF AN OLD GUY UP ON THE PODIUM WANTED TO COME BY AND SEE IT TOMORROW THAT COULD PROBABLY BE ARRANGED? 
          >> HE CERTAINLY CAN. 
          >> BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CONNECTION AND HOW YOU GUYS HIT THE THEME. 
          I'M ABSOLUTELY INTRIGUED BY YOUR TOPIC. 
          >> THE THING THAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE IS THAT THEY CAN ONLY USE 500 STUDENT COMPOSED WORDS TO PROVE THEIR THESIS. 
          THEY HAVE TO DO THAT AND ADD PICTURES AND ADD TIMELINES AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, TRIMMING OF THE WORDS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES INTO A LOT OF RESEARCH SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> VERY MUCH SO. 
          >> THEY'VE GOT ME TO NATIONALS NOW. 
          I'M ONE HAPPY HISTORY DAY TEACHER FOR SURE. 
          >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. LADIES, I WILL BE SWINGING BY TOMORROW TO TAKE A LOOK. 
          [INAUDIBLE] I MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          ALL GOOD PROBING QUESTIONS. 
          >> YEAH, FOR WHAT'S COMING. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY INTRIGUED BY THE PROJECT. 
          THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL. NEED TO SEE US FINALLY GET TO THIS POINT. THAT'S AWESOME. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, GUYS. MISS ECHENOK, YOU GOT TO COME UP AS WELL. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. YES. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] 
          >> WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE SHIFT IN THE LIST OF THINGS HERE IN THE ORDER BECAUSE OF OTHER PRESSING MATTERS THAT ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN, SO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR IS NOW. 
          >> WE HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF HAVING BRETT IRELAND, WHO'S BEEN OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HE WAS NAMED DISTRICT 8 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR. 
          THIS IS A PRETTY BIG HONOR BECAUSE IT'S VOTED ON BY THE REST OF THE DISTRICT, AND HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTY AND FOR COLONEL RICHARDSON. 
          HE REALLY TRULY IS A BLESSING TO HAVE AT OUR SCHOOL, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          BRETT, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> WELL DONE. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MR. IRELAND, THIS IS NUMBER TWO? 
          >> YES. 
          >> SECOND TIME FOR IT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> I THINK WE NEED TO HURRY AND CONTINUE. 
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          >> I GOT A BALL GAME. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> A BUNCH OF LITTLE BOYS OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU. 
          >> YEAH, THEY ARE. 
          >> I TAKE IT THE RAIN STOPPED? 
          >> YEAH. 
          [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> PLAY BALL. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
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[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> I MAY HAVE DONE THAT EARLIER. 
          >> NOW WE HAVE NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. 
          >> YES. I GET THE PLEASURE OF THE RECOGNITION FOR OUR NEW STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES. 
          EACH YEAR, BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS GET TO SELECT A STUDENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL SERVE AND REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR END OF THE COUNTY WITH DISTINCTION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR UPCOMING. 
          TONIGHT WE WILL RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS AND THEN YOU START YOUR ACTUAL TIME IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE'LL START THE RESPONSIBILITIES THERE. 
          FIRST UP, AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE ORDER THAT I HAVE ON MY SHEET AS WELL, AND IT IS ON THE SCREEN, IS OUR COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NEXT YEAR, WHO IS A SENIOR, AND THAT IS VANESSA, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, ODIDIKA? 
          >> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IS THAT CORRECT? GOOD, I DIDN'T BUG, MR. SHERMAN BEFOREHAND, AND THAT WAS MY MISTAKE, I SHOULD HAVE. 
          VANESSA WILL BE A SENIOR AT COLONEL NEXT YEAR. 
          SHE IS TREASURER OF THE SGA, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL HONOR SOCIETY, A MEMBER OF THE LEO CLUB, ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, GREAT CONCERT, BY THE WAY. 
          AFTER GRADUATION, HAS PLANS TO BE A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN. 
          SHE ALSO PLAYS SOCCER AND TENNIS. 
          VANESSA, WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU TO REPRESENT THE SOUTHERN END. 
          WE WILL SET UP TIME THIS SUMMER, MS. BARRY WILL, FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING YEAR AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOINING US. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          OUR NORTH-END REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE KADEEN BELL. 
          KADEEN WILL BE A JUNIOR AT NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. 
          SHE'S TREASURER OF THE CLASS OF 2026. 
          TWO TREASURERS, THAT'S A FIRST. 
          [LAUGHTER] BOTH OF YOU ARE TREASURERS OF YOUR CLASS FOR SGA. 
          SHE IS A STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THE MBRT MARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE. 
          WELL DONE. SHE IS CO-DIRECTOR FOR THE POSITION OF REGIONAL POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND FOR MARYLAND AYA. 
          SHE IS ALSO A TRIO UPWARD BOUND MEMBER. 
          SHE IS ATTENDING AN INTENSIVE LAW TRIAL PROGRAM AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY THIS SUMMER, PLANS TO STUDY LAW AFTER GRADUATION, AND SHE PLAYS LACROSSE AT NCHS. 
          OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE FROM BOTH OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU GUYS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR TOGETHER NEXT YEAR, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS THE ONLY NIGHT WHERE YOU WON'T BE SITTING UP HERE AT A TABLE FOR A WHILE AND CONTRIBUTING AND BEING A PART OF IT, BUT WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO COME OUT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] 
          >> DID YOU MENTION THAT? 
          >> YES, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY COME BACK FROM COLLEGE, ACTUALLY FROM EUROPE, [LAUGHTER] TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT. 
          ANY WORDS OF WISDOM OR ADVICE FOR OUR NEW REPS? 
          >> WORDS OF WISDOM AND ADVICE, MAKE THE MOST OF IT. 
          DEFINITELY, WHEN YOU'RE DOING VISITS WITH THE SCHOOLS, GET TO BLEND WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND REALLY LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT SCHOOL AND TRY TO BE THE BEST STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE POSSIBLE AND VISIT [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> THAT'S AWESOME. 
          >> GREAT. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WELL, THANKS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB BRINGING YOUR OWN PERSONALITY TO THAT ROLE, AND WERE ENGAGING AND SHARED SOME HUMOR IN YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE, AND YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB. 
          YOU'LL BE JUST FINE. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THE ADVICE TO GO TO THE FEEDER SCHOOLS, GO TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS. 
          TAKE TIME. PRINCIPALS WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS IF YOU WANT TO STOP BY. 
          IF LOCKERMAN OR COLONEL MIDDLE HAS SOMETHING HAPPENING, OR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT YOU WANT TO BE THERE AND ENGAGE IN AND GET TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY WILL SUPPORT YOU IN GOING. 
          THEY'RE BOTH HERE AND THEY HEAR ME SAY THAT ANYWAY, BUT THEY WOULD. 
          BUT FEEL FREE TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND BE PART OF IT AND HELP PROVIDE YOUR VOICE WHEN WE'RE AT BOARD MEETINGS AND FEEDBACK AND THOSE THINGS AS WELL. 
          BUT DEFINITELY AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY. 
          >> GREAT EXPERIENCE, AS YOU CAN SEE. 
          >> AND ENJOY IT. MAKE IT FUN. 
          >> IF YOU WANT, WE'LL COME FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING. 
          WE'LL GET YOUR FIRST PICTURE. [BACKGROUND] 
          [00:45:10]
          >> THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> DR. SIMMONS, BY THE WAY, SHELBY, ANOTHER STUDENT BY THE WAY. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THAT'S RIGHT. IT ALSO SHOWS THE GOOD WORK THAT MBRT DOES WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          SHE'S BEEN A SEVEN YEAR PARTNERSHIP, BY THE WAY. 
          >> SEVEN YEARS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE OLD. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALL SEVEN. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          [LAUGHTER] REMEMBER, IT'S STARTING TO. 
          >> IT COULD BE YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          >> WE'RE VERY ACTIVE. SHELBY IS GOING TO GO GIVE HIM SOME MORE ADVICE? [LAUGHTER] NOW WE HAVE PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER OF THE YEAR, MELISSA PRETTYMAN. 
          >> MRS. NICOLE FISHER WILL BE DOING THIS RECOGNITION. 
          >> FIRST OF ALL, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION AS WE ARE SO PROUD OF MS. MELISSA MULLIGAN [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> PRETTYMAN. 
          >> PRETTYMAN, I'M SORRY. 
          MISS MELISSA [LAUGHTER] PRETTYMAN. 
          AS WE WENT TO OUR PPW CONFERENCE AND CAROLINE COUNTY REPRESENTED. 
          SHE IS A VERY TYPICALLY SHY AND UNASSUMING PERSON WHO DOES NOT LIKE THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT NO FINER PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS. 
          DEFINITELY HERE AS A SYSTEM, WE RECOGNIZE ALL THAT SHE DOES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          IN CELEBRATION OF BEING NAMED THE PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER OF THE YEAR, WE JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB OF FACILITATING AND MAKING REFERRALS FOR SERVICES AND REMOVING BARRIERS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND MS. PRETTYMAN IS EXEMPLARY WITH DOING THAT. 
          WE WANTED TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE WE LET THE WHOLE COUNTY KNOW THAT NOT ONLY IS SHE APPRECIATED HERE IN CAROLINE, BUT ACROSS THE STATE, SHE WON THIS HONOR. 
          MS. PRETTYMAN. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> MELISSA, AS WE'RE COMING FORWARD AND I KNOW YOU ARE JUST LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF THIS. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'M GLAD YOUR FAMILY IS HERE. 
          MELISSA IS PART OF A VERY DYNAMIC TEAM, AN INCREDIBLE TEAM FOR PPWS. 
          HER AND HER PARTNER IN CRIME, THEY ARE THREE, BUT REALLY THERE'S HER AND HER PARTNER IN CRIME STARTED IN THIS VENTURE. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN A DECADE WITH ABSOLUTELY PUTTING THEMSELVES BEFORE EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          IT'S YOUR WORK, IT'S YOUR ART WORK, AND IT SHOWS. 
          THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE SO THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS, MS. PRETTYMAN. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE IN HALL WE CAN BRING IN TO RECOGNITION? [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THE GROUND THINS OUT. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE MOVE ON NOW TO REPORTS AND WE START WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
          [3. Reports]
THIS MONTH, WE ARE SKIPPING THE BOARD REPORTS. 
          WE AGREED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE AGENDA AND THE ACTION ITEMS, AND OTHER THINGS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          >> I PROMISE NOT TO FILL THE TIME THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH MINE. 
          JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF MY REPORT FOR THIS MONTH. 
          JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR GRADUATES AND OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY. 
          GRADUATION TRULY IS THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THE YEARS OF HARD WORK FOR OUR KIDS, OF OUR FAMILIES, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT TRULY IS A SPECIAL EVENT. 
          IT IS THAT ONE MOMENT. 
          EVERY YEAR THAT EVEN FOR ME, YOU STILL SIT UP ONSTAGE AND BEAM LIKE A LITTLE KID. 
          YOU FIND YOURSELF TEARING UP ALL OVER THINGS THE KIDS ARE SAYING. 
          THE SPEECHES THIS YEAR BY OUR STUDENTS WERE JUST INCREDIBLE. 
          YOU CAN LOOK OUT IN THE CROWD AND SEE PARENTS TEARING UP AS WELL WITH JOY. 
          IT TRULY IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE GRADUATED NEARLY 400 STUDENTS BETWEEN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE STAFF FROM BOTH OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHO PUT ON AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE CEREMONY. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK MR. MENGEL AND HIS CREW. 
          [00:50:03]
I APPRECIATE SCOTTY BEING HERE THOUGH. ONE FOR THIS REASON. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE SCOTTY AND HIS TEAM AND EVERYBODY'S WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AS AS THIS ROOM KNOWS. 
          NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATION WAS TO BE OUTSIDE UNTIL THE WEATHER FORECAST CHANGED. 
          5:00 PM, THE NIGHT BEFORE, A 10% CHANCE OF RAIN ON MY APP AND A COUPLE OF OTHER APPS. 
          THEN BY THE NEXT MORNING BY 5:00 AM, IT WAS 50 SOME PERCENT, AND THEN 65. 
          I LITERALLY KEPT TAKING SCREENSHOTS ALL DAY. 
          I'D HAVE EVIDENCE THAT YES, IT SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO STORM. 
          I'M GLAD IT DID, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD [LAUGHTER] [NOISE] BECAUSE I'M SURE WE WOULD BE FACT CHECKED AT SOME POINT. 
          BUT LITERALLY AT 5:30 THAT MORNING, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, MR. SPIKER AND MYSELF AND MR. MENGEL, TEXTING BACK AND FORTH OF WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT MORNING IF TO MOVE IT INSIDE, AND THAT MEANT MOVING EVERYTHING INSIDE ON A DIME, PIVOTING, MOVING IT ALL IN. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT EVERYBODY DROPPING WHAT THEY COULD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND THE GYM WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER MISSED A BEAT. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS PLANNED TO BE OUTSIDE. 
          EVERYTHING LOOKED REALLY WELL AND FLOWED WELL. 
          COLONEL WENT VERY WELL, ALSO, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK. 
          I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS IN YOUR BUILDING, MR. SPIKER AND IN MR. SHERMAN'S BUILDING WHO NAVIGATE AND COORDINATE BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THE GRADUATION, BUT IT'S YOUR STAFF WHO HELPED ORGANIZE ALL THE KIDS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. 
          IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 
          I WANT TO THANK TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS OUR TEAM, THAT WE WORK WITH THROUGH CHRIS DOERR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR STREAMING THE GRADUATIONS. 
          THEY ARE STILL UP, THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE, BUT THEY DID AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE JOB. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK BOTH MR. JONES AND MR. PLUTSCHAK FOR THEIR GREAT COMMENTS AT GRADUATION. 
          YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE NATURALS UP THERE, DELIVERING YOUR REMARKS AND THEY WERE HEARTFELT AND HONEST AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WORKED GREAT, AND THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE KIDS. 
          IT'S THEIR NIGHT, AND IT'S JUST VERY WELL DONE. 
          IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT. 
          IT'S JUST VERY NEAT TO SEE IT. 
          THERE'S TWO SPECIAL DAYS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THE FIRST DAY IS ALWAYS FUN WATCHING KINDERGARTNERS COME IN, AND PRE K KIDS, THE EXCITEMENT IS REAL, AND THEN GRADUATION. 
          THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO MOST SPECIAL DAYS OF A YEAR. 
          IT WAS AWESOME, AND HATS OFF TO BOTH OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND EVERYBODY HAD A HAND IN IT. 
          >> WELL DONE. IT'S NICE TO SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT WE HAVE THE VALEDICTORIANS INCLUDED IN THE PHOTOS. 
          OF COURSE, REFERENCE AGAIN TO OUR STUDENT BOARD REPS. ONE OF THEM IS IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER, ALSO A VALEDICTORIAN. 
          A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR THAT POSITION ON THE BOARD. 
          THERE'S TWO GREAT NIGHTS, REALLY WELL DONE. 
          I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN YOU DID. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE FINANCE REPORT. WELCOME, ERIN. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE [LAUGHTER] THIS MONTH. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] THAT'S STILL A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. 
          >> I KNOW. THEY ALWAYS ARE A TOUGH ACT. 
          >> IT IS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS. 
          YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE FINANCE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE 11 MONTHS INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR, SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE MONTH LEFT SO WE'RE STARTING TO WRAP THINGS UP. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY 90% OF OUR BUDGET AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON, SINCE WE ARE TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THERE'S ANOTHER NEW OVERAGE THAT I HAVEN'T EXPLAINED IN A PRIOR BOARD MEETING. 
          THAT OVERAGE IS ON PAGE 1, UNDER THE OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS, THE TRANSFER LINE ITEM AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A TRANSFER. 
          [LAUGHTER] TRANSFERS ARE PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          BY LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN PLACED IN STATE SUPERVISED CARE. 
          AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS HOW MANY CHILDREN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN STATE SUPERVISED CARE, SO HOW MUCH THE BILL IS GOING TO BE SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THE BUDGET FOR THIS LINE ITEM. 
          THERE IS AN OVERAGE BASED ON THE BILLS THAT HAVE COME IN THUS FAR. 
          HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE SAVINGS AND OTHER LINE ITEMS TO COVER THESE OVERAGES AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BASED ON MY ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE IN GOOD FISCAL SHAPE, AND I WILL BE COMING TO YOU LATER THIS EVENING WITH A LONG LIST OF ONE TIME YEAR END PURCHASES THAT ARE 
          [00:55:01]
NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          >> VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMENTS? GREAT TO SEE THE CONDITION WE'RE IN AT THIS POINT, BUDGET YEAR AND THE TRANSFERS MAKE PERFECT SENSE. 
          I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S UNPREDICTABLE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NOT BE AN OVERAGE, BUT YOU'RE PREPARED FOR IT AND VOTES ARE COMING. 
          >> FLUCTUATES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          >> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE TRANSFER OUT? 
          >> IT FLUCTUATE. THEY BILL US ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 2-5 STUDENTS. 
          >> IT CAN BE ANYBODY WHO'S IN THE DSS PLACEMENT, OFFICERS SERVICES PLACEMENT, OR DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES PLACEMENT. 
          >> THIS IS A LAW. 
          IT BECAME LAW AT SOME POINT IN MY TIME HERE. 
          WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PAY FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          >> THE RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YES. 
          >> THEY LIKE TO PUT THE COST ONTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THEY'VE TO FIND SOMEONE TO COVER THE COST, YES. 
          >> THE STATE TENDS TO DO THAT. 
          >> YES. THEY DO FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          >> YES. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS EVERYONE. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> NOW WE'RE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [4. Consent Agenda]
THERE'S QUITE A BIT HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF PERSONNEL, I BELIEVE, DR WILLOUGHBY? 
          >> YES, THERE IS. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD EVENING. MR. BARTON, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          TONIGHT'S PERSONNEL AGENDA INCLUDES THREE RESIGNATION, 16 TEACHER APPOINTMENTS TO REGULAR CONTRACT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL NEW HIRES FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, FULLY COMPLETED THEIR PROCESSING. 
          WE BRING THOSE TO YOU TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE MINUTES FROM MAY 7TH AND MAY 21ST. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO OUR MINUTES? HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT STANDS. 
          >> SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND, THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. NONE OPPOSED. 
          CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED. 
          DO WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS? 
          >> NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          >> I WAS HOPING THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN HERE, WE'D HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN OR EIGHT. 
          >> ME TOO. 
          >> ALL KIDDING ASIDE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AND THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, NEEDLESS TO SAY. 
          WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO CITIZEN COMMENT. 
          INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS. 
          [6. Individual Action Items]
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE. 
          THERE'S A LOT AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THIS TIME OF YEAR. 
          COORDINATOR OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          >> YES. FIRST WILL BE MR. BILL MENGEL. 
          FOR THIS POSITION BEFORE MR. MENGEL STARTS, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING ARE NEUTRAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET. 
          IT'S A REDESIGN OF SOME EXISTING POSITIONS. 
          FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING OUR BUDGET IMPLICATION OF SUCH, WE ARE REPURPOSING IT. VERY GOOD. MR. MENGEL. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS. 
          I COME FOR YOU THIS EVENING WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO PROMOTE MR. GARRETT SHAW FROM A TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR TO THE COORDINATOR OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE ANS RANKINGS. 
          THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE RETIREMENT BUG HAS HIT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HARD. 
          THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS LOSING ITS LEADER. 
          AFTER 44 YEARS, THE TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR KARMA MILIGAN IS RETIRING. 
          ALSO, THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST, TERRY LUZKI IS RETIRING AFTER 12 YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          ALSO, OF NOTE, MR. JOHN BOB IS STEPPING UP FROM TRANSPORTATION RANKS AS A PREVIOUS BUS DRIVER AND DRIVER TRAINER OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO BECOME THE NEW TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR. 
          ALL THIS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST. 
          WITH SUCH CHANGES COMES A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE DEPARTMENT'S REORGANIZATION. 
          WHILE MISSES MILIGAN'S AND MISS LUZKI'S SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN HIRED, THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE SIMPLY MIND BOGGLING ON A NORMAL DAY WITH AN EXPERIENCED TEAM. 
          WE WILL BE PULLING MANY OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OFF OF THE CURRENT SUPERVISORS PLATE TO ALLOW FOR A MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF OUR FLEET AND DRIVING STAFF FROM THE SUPERVISORS LEVEL. 
          THOSE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES WILL FALL TO THE COORDINATOR OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          GIVEN THE NATURE OF THESE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, I'M SEEKING THE BOARD APPROVAL TO PROMOTE THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR, MR. GARRETT SHAW, HERE ON MY RIGHT TO THE COORDINATOR OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN ANS RANKS. 
          WITH FIVE YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, 
          [01:00:02]
MR. SHAW WOULD BE THE CLEAR NUMBER TWO PERSON IN TRANSPORTATION. 
          HE WOULD BE GROOMED TO EVENTUALLY STEP UP TO THE SUPERVISOR POSITION WHEN PRESENTED BY SUPPORTING THE NEW SUPERVISOR AND ASSISTING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW SPECIALIST, UPHOLDING A RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE SEVERAL ASPECTS OF TOMMY PAPERWORK, PAYROLL AND BUS INSPECTIONS, GUIDING BUS DRIVERS AND COMMUNICATING WITH SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATION, DIRECTING FLEET RESOURCES WHERE NEEDED AND OVERALL, BASICALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR, THE NEW TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST, AND OUR NEW DRIVER TRAINERS TO QUICKLY SOLIDIFY THIS NEWLY FORMED TEAM THAT'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER, LIKE I SAID, JULY 1ST. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> SOUNDS LIKE IN THERE, THERE WERE SOME SUCCESSION PLANNING GOING ON AS WELL. 
          IT'S REALLY MY COMPLIMENTS. 
          >> THANK YOU. A LOT IN THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          >> BEFORE BEFORE THE BOARD MOVES TO TAKE ANY ACTION, I JUST WANT TO SAY GARRETT HAS DONE AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB WITH US IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          GARRETT'S WELL RESPECTED. 
          HE'S SOMEONE WE ALL LEAN ON AND HAS DONE AGAIN, DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 
          I KNOW GARRETT WILL ABSOLUTELY ROCK THIS POSITION, AND HE WILL SUPPORT WHERE THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO GO AND WITH THE SHIFTS HAPPENING, I HAVE ZERO CONCERN WITH THE TEAM THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED AND WITH GARRETT BEING A MAJOR PART OF THAT. 
          >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION APPOINTMENTS AS MR. MENGEL HAS PRESENTED. 
          >> ANY SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THIS IS WONDERFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> PICTURE? I THINK IT IS. YOU STOOD UP. 
          IT'S LIKE PICTURE MIGHT BE FOLLOWING UP. 
          [LAUGHTER] SHE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT ON INTERNET. 
          >> BASED ON YEAR OF SPECIALTY. 
          >> I KNOW. 
          >> SIX YEARS? [BACKGROUND] 
          >> [BACKGROUND] NEXT UP, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. 
          >> I WILL TAKE THE HELM ON THIS ONE. 
          MOVING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH SOME CHANGES WE HAVE HAPPENING WITHIN THE STUDENT SERVICES REALM, PART OF THAT BEING THE FACT THAT CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE EIGHT OF OUR NINE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR, WE HAD THREE, WE WILL BE AT EIGHT OF NINE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT LIFT WITHIN THE STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE REALLOCATING SOME RESOURCES AND BRINGING BACK OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES POSITION TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THAT DEPARTMENT OVER NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WORK, BUT THE OTHER WORK WITHIN STUDENT SERVICES. 
          IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BRING FORWARD MR. KIRK HOWIE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. 
          DR. DOWNES LED AN INTERVIEW TEAM OF SEVERAL VERY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WHO ALL COULD HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN THE POSITION. 
          WHAT STOOD OUT WITH MR. HOWIE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CLEARLY DID IS HIS EXPERIENCE, VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE HE'S HAD IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY DOING THIS WORK, DOING THE VERY WORK THAT WE'RE ASKING HIM TO DO HERE. 
          MR. HOWIE HAS BEEN A DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES IN DORCHESTER COUNTY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          I FIRST MET HIM WHEN HE RECEIVED THE POSITION IN DORCHESTER, AND I WAS IN THE POSITION HERE, AND PEOPLE IN THOSE POSITIONS TALK AN AWFUL LOT. 
          >> YOU MEAN RANDOMLY OR TO EACH OTHER? 
          >> PROBABLY BOTH. [LAUGHTER] SOMETIMES TO OURSELVES. 
          BUT YOU DEFINITELY COMMUNICATE AN AWFUL LOT BECAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND A LOT OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES WORKING THROUGH WITH FAMILIES. 
          INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE WORKING TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO SIMILAR FAMILIES WHEREAS PEOPLE MOVE BACK AND FORTH. 
          PRIOR TO THAT, MR. HOWIE WAS PRINCIPAL AT EASTON HIGH SCHOOL. 
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HE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE IN DORCHESTER COUNTY AS WELL. 
          WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE KIRK JOIN OUR RANKS AND CAROLINE AND BECOME PART OF THE CAROLINE FAMILY. 
          REALLY, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A PIECE THAT REALLY SOLIDIFIES OUR TEAM AND REALLY BUILDS UPON THE STUDENT-CENTERED FOCUS THAT YOU HEARD US TALKING ABOUT MELISSA PRETTYMAN AND HER PPWS. 
          I THINK HE WILL HELP SOLIDIFY THAT AND BRING IT FORWARD. 
          KIRK ALREADY HAS STRONG CONNECTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN CAROLINE, BUT ACROSS THE MID-SHORE. 
          I THINK THAT BRINGING THAT FOCUS TO US ON TOP OF HIS KNOWLEDGE BASE IS REALLY GOING TO HELP PROPEL US FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS EVEN STRONGER THAN WE DO NOW. 
          I'M EXCITED TO BRING MR. HOWIE FORWARD TO YOU ALL TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES EFFECTIVE JULY 1. 
          >> BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHO WAS THE PRIOR INCUMBENT IN THAT POSITION? 
          >> THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE POSITION, IT WAS ME. 
          >> HOW ABOUT THAT? WOULD THIS BE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW? 
          >> I DON'T KNOW. 
          >> IT MIGHT BE A LOW BAR, MR. MARTIN. 
          [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> LEVITY ASIDE, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU CONTINUING TO BUILD YOUR TEAM. 
          AS MR. MENGEL WAS JUST BEFORE YOU, AGAIN, BUILDING A TEAM THAT'S VERY POWERFUL, STRONG AND COOPERATIVE AND WORKS TOGETHER AND IT'S INTERACTIVE WITH EACH OTHER AND ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          TO BRING IN A GENTLEMAN LIKE MR. HOWIE WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND HE BRINGS EXPERIENCE FROM ELSEWHERE, THAT BRINGS FRESH IDEAS. 
          THIS JUST HAS ALL THE LOOK OF A TERRIFIC APPOINTMENT AND NOT THAT THE PREVIOUS ONE WASN'T. 
          THESE ARE REALLY GREAT GREAT TEAM BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES HERE. 
          WITH THAT SAID, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> MOTION WE APPROVE MR. KIRK HOWIE AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. 
          >> A SECOND SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> UNANIMOUS. YOU'RE APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          SANDY'S GOING TO WANT A PICTURE. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] LIKE A PICTURE. 
          >> YEAH. 
          [LAUGHTER]. [BACKGROUND] 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> CONGRATULATIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JUST ARRIVED. 
          >> WE DO. JUST IN TIME. 
          >> MERIT SOME RECOGNITION. 
          >> THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TIME TO GET. 
          >> NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING PLAN. 
          >> NO [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. 
          >> SORRY, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. 
          >> THE BOSS IS HERE JUST FOR THAT. 
          >> HOW DID I MISS THAT JUST FOR THAT. 
          [LAUGHTER]I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THAT. 
          >> FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS PART OF OUR REALIGNMENT OF SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO STREAMLINE AND SUPPORT THINGS MOVING FORWARD. 
          REALLY, THIS IS ALSO PART OF US PREPARING FOR WHAT IS COMING FROM BLUEPRINT THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SHARE, YOU'VE HEARD MRS. THORNTON SHARE, AND YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING AND THE AMOUNT OF OVERHAUL THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN TO THE WAY THAT WE BUDGET. 
          IN THE COUNTY, WE ARE CHANGING A POSITION, RECOMMENDATION HAS CHANGED DR. WILLOUGHBY'S POSITION FROM SUPERVISOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO EXPAND HIS POSITION TO DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OVERSEEING HUMAN RESOURCES AND A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF OUR FINANCE DIVISION FOR THE HR PURPOSES. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE ROBIN TO THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES POSITION. 
          ROB WILL CONTINUE HIS WORK OF LEADING HR AND WILL PICK UP THE AREAS OF PAYROLL AND BENEFITS AND A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCE AS WELL. 
          I THINK THIS HELPS POSITION US IN A MOVE TO REALLY CONCENTRATE OUT OF OUR REMAINING FINANCE OFFICE, OUT OF OUR CFO POSITION, AND OUR GRANTS ACCOUNTANT POSITION, AND OUR DATA POSITION OUT OF FINANCE TO REALLY HELP REBUILD OUR BUDGET STRUCTURE FOR WHAT IS COMING THIS YEAR. 
          THE AIB GAVE ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS A COUPLE YEAR ROADMAP TO OVERHAUL OUR SYSTEMS. 
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INITIALLY, AS YOU RECALL, IT WAS GOING TO BE A ONE YEAR. 
          I WAS GOING TO BE WALKING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          THEY'VE GIVEN US A COUPLE YEAR ROADMAP WITH NEXT YEAR REALLY DOING THE LEG WORK TO BUILD IT. 
          IT'S TRYING TO STREAMLINE OUR SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE FOR THOSE WHO WILL NEED TO BUILD AND MOVE THE HR FUNCTIONS OUT OF FINANCE OVER TO DR. WILLOUGHBY TO FREE UP THAT SPACE. 
          I BRING YOU THE RECOMMENDATION OF MOVING ROB INTO THAT POSITION FROM SUPERVISOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY. 
          >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE DR. 
          ROB WILLOUGHBY AS DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. 
          >> HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. IT'S PASSED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> I WAS HOPING YOU GUYS TONIGHT WOULD TAKE ONE OF THEM TO JUST POSE AND JUST WAIT. 
          JUST LOOK AT EACH OTHER FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND SEE IF SOMEBODY SWEATED OVER THERE. 
          NOBODY HAD TO TONIGHT. 
          WAS VERY KIND OF YOU ALL. 
          USUALLY, THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WE DO IT TO. 
          THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE, EVERYBODY WAS LIKE. 
          >> THE TODDLER CEMENTED. 
          THAT WAS GOOD A GOOD PLAY. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] I'M JUST THINKING, MOM, TAKE ME TO BULLOCK'S. 
          >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ICE CREAM. 
          >> ICE CREAM. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> NOW. SPECIAL EDUCATION. WHAT'S THAT? 
          >> DR. DOWNES [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING PLAN AND LOCAL APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          >> DR. DOWNES. SORRY, MRS. SHOP. 
          DR. DOWNES SAID SHE WOULD TAKE THIS FOR MRS. MCDONALD TONIGHT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          YOU HEARD THE LAST MEETING OF THE STAFFING PLAN PRESENTED BY MS. ERICA MCDONALD, OUR SUPERVISOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND I PRESENT THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL. 
          >> WE DID HAVE A VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER, DETAILED PLAN IN OUR WORK SESSION OR DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN. 
          SHE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB. 
          >> SHE DID. SHE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, MADE IT VERY CLEAR, CONCISE, AND PRACTICAL. 
          >> YES. 
          >> AND WE UPDATED IT. 
          >> IT WAS EASIER FOR US TO FOLLOW. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> MUCH APPRECIATED. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IT'S A FRONT-FACING DOCUMENT. YES. 
          >> APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT MS. MCDONALD, MS. THORNTON, AND DR. WILLOUGHBY ALL PUT IN, ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CLEARLY ALIGNS WITH THE APPROVED BUDGET AND THE DRAFT BUDGET. 
          IT WAS A BIG LIFT FOR THE THREE OF THEM, AND I APPRECIATE IT AS WELL. 
          >> VERY WELL DONE. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. IS THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> IS THIS WHERE WE MAKE SOMEBODY SWEAT? [LAUGHTER] 
          >> IT'S NOT EVEN HERE TO BEAT. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING PLAN. 
          A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN. 
          >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. 
          >> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, DR. DOWNES. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> I THINK CHRISTMAS IN JUNE HAS ARRIVED. 
          >> WITH A LONG LIST. 
          >> REQUESTED END OF FISCAL YEAR PURCHASES. 
          THIS IS AN INDICATOR THAT IT WAS WELL MANAGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE. 
          >> YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. SIMMONS. 
          AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT APPEAR ON THIS LIST ARE ONE-TIME PURCHASES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T NEED ONGOING FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THEM. 
          MOST OF THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST WERE REQUESTED DURING 
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THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LAST FALL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU'VE SEEN ON PREVIOUS BUDGET SUMMARIES, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FUNDING IN OUR FY 25 OPERATING BUDGET TO BUILD THEM INTO THERE, SO WE ARE GOING TO USE YEAR-END FUNDING. 
          AS I MENTIONED ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT, WE ARE IN A GOOD FINANCIAL SITUATION, NOT ONLY ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THINGS, BUT ALSO ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS. 
          WE'VE HAD MORE MONEY COMING IN AND INTEREST REVENUE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR. 
          THE LOCAL MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE LINE ITEM WILL HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED, SO THERE'S FUNDING THERE AS WELL. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST, THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS THE BIG WINNER THIS YEAR. 
          ITEMS NUMBER 1 THROUGH 12, GO TO MR. MENGEL AND HIS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND MOST OF THEM, HOPEFULLY, ARE SELF-EXPLANATORY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE DESCRIPTION AND THE LOCATIONS AND THE COST OF THESE ITEMS. THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, WE HAVE SOME POWERSCHOOL PERFORMANCE MATTERS TRAINING, THE SPANISH AND FRENCH TEXTBOOKS THAT YOU APPROVED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT WE DID NEED TO PUT THEM ON THIS LIST BECAUSE CURRENTLY, THE TEXTBOOK LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET IS ZERO. 
          IT GOT ZEROED OUT A FEW YEARS BACK AND IT'S NEVER BEEN RESTORED. 
          SO WE NEEDED TO PUT THOSE ON THIS LIST FOR YOU TO APPROVE. 
          THEN I DON'T KNOW IF DR. SIMMONS WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE YONDR CELL PHONE BAGS. 
          >> GLADLY. LINE ITEM 15 IS SOMETHING WE'RE CONSIDERING WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SECONDARY PRINCIPALS. 
          IT'S A LOCKING BAG THAT A CELL PHONE GOES IN THE MINUTE YOU GO IN THE BUILDING, AND YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT UNLESS YOU UNLOCK IT THROUGH A LOCK THAT'S PLACED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO THE KIDS CAN OPEN THEM GOING OUT. 
          A LOT OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE PUT THEM IN PLACE IN PARTICULAR AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS. 
          KIDS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ADULTS. 
          THEY WANT TO ACCESS THEIR PHONE BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE EVIDENCE IS REALLY OVERWHELMING THAT THEY'RE SEEING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CELL PHONE USAGE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR, AT THE KIDS DEVELOPMENTALLY AT THAT AGE. 
          IF YOU REALLY DRILL IT DOWN EVEN MORE, ARE FEMALES IN PARTICULAR, IT'S SEEING A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AMONG OUR TEENS, NOT JUST OURS BUT NATIONALLY. 
          WE'RE STRONGLY PUTTING OUR PLANS IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AT LEAST IMPLEMENTING IT AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE CONSIDERING THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS OVERWHELMINGLY ARE ASKING FOR IT. 
          ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ALREADY STARTED LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS TO SEE IF SOMEONE WOULD SPONSOR IT AND IT ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS WHEN WE LOOKED INTO IT TO SEE ABOUT IT DISTRICT-WIDE. 
          AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE VERY SURE WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE'VE GOT SOME POLICY THINGS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TO PUT IN PLACE THIS SUMMER, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY START IT AT MIDDLE AND HIGH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. 
          LITERALLY, IT'S A NEOPRENE SLEEVE WHEN THE KIDS WALK IN THE DOOR, THEY GET ASSIGNED THEIR SLEEVE, THEIR BAG. 
          THEY TAKE THEIR BAG WITH THEM ALL YEAR, BAGS LAST FOUR YEARS, ROUGHLY 3-4. 
          WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU PUT YOUR PHONE IN, CLOSE IT UP, FILL YOUR POCKET, YOU CAN'T GET YOUR PHONE OUT ALL DAY. 
          UNTIL YOU WALK IT BY THE MAGNET, TOUCH THE MAGNET, IT POPS OPEN, YOU CAN PULL YOUR PHONE OUT. 
          STUDENTS WHO NEED ACCESS TO THEIR PHONE BECAUSE OF MEDICAL REASONS, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIABETES HAVE A MONITOR THAT'S ATTACHED TO THEIR CELL PHONE, THEY STILL GET A NEOPRENE BAG THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM, IT JUST DOESN'T LOCK. 
          IF THE CELL PHONE IS AN ISSUE, YOU DEAL WITH THE CELL PHONE AS THE ISSUE. 
          >> GOOD. 
          >> YOU DON'T LIMIT ACCESS TO THE TOOL THEY NEED TO MONITOR FOR HEALTH. 
          SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE IMPLEMENTED, HAVE SAID IT TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO BREAK THE HABIT. 
          WILL YOU HAVE KIDS WHO TEST YOU? YES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KIDS DO. 
          BUT YOU DEAL WITH A FEW WHO TEST YOU, NOT THOSE WHO ALL DO. 
          BUT AGAIN, EVERYBODY WHO'S IMPLEMENTED IT SO FAR, THEY'VE SEEN DRAMATIC INCREASES IN SOCIALIZATION AMONGST KIDS, HEALTHY HABITS AMONGST KIDS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GOING UP BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING AWAY A SIGNIFICANT DISTRACTION THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP USING. 
          IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN ADULTS. 
          AGAIN, PUT A BUNCH OF ADULTS IN A ROOM, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, WE'D ALL BE DOING THE SAME THING. 
          BUT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT IT TO START AT LEAST IN THE MIDDLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. 
          WE JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP OUR KIDS. 
          >> IS THERE A REDUCTION OF SOCIAL MEDIA BULLYING? 
          >> DURING THE DAY, YES. 
          IT'S STILL A LITTLE EARLY TO KNOW IF IT'S HAVING IT LONG TERM BECAUSE KIDS WILL STILL BE KIDS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> BUT DEFINITELY DURING THE DAY. 
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WE'VE TRIED THINGS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OF PUT YOUR CELL PHONE IN A BOX AND YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. 
          YOU TRY THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S ONLY STILL GOOD AS YOU CAN. 
          WILL THIS BE A UNIVERSAL FIX? NO. BUT WILL IT HELP? YES. THERE ARE KIDS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY KIDS WOULD. 
          I HAVE TWO PHONES, ONE FOR WORK, ONE FOR PERSONAL USE. 
          THERE ARE KIDS WHO WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE CELL PHONES. 
          WE ASSUME A KID HAS A CELL PHONE, SO IT'S ONE BAG. 
          THERE WILL BE WORKAROUNDS THAT KIDS WILL FIND BECAUSE IT'S WHAT KIDS DO. 
          HOWEVER THE COMPANY WHO WE'VE TALKED TO ABOUT IT, THEY HAVE SAID THE BEST PRODUCT RESEARCH ON THEIR PRODUCT IS INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, YOUTUBE, EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY PUT OUT A PRODUCT, THEN KIDS FIGURE OUT A WAY TO JAIL BREAK IT OR WHATEVER. 
          THEY'RE MARKETING PEOPLE JUST CHECK OUT THE APPS AS WELL AND GO, KIDS HAVE NOW DONE THIS. 
          THEN THEY RETOOL SOMETHING BECAUSE KIDS SHARE HOW THEY DO THINGS. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT MOVING THAT FORWARD AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND STRONGLY CONSIDERING IT AT HIGH. 
          >> WHEN THEY LEAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY, PHONE COMES OUT OF THE BAG? 
          >> YEAH. THE BAG GOES WITH THEM, JUST UNLOCK THE BAG, AND THEY JUST GOT TO PUT THEIR PHONE IN THE NEXT DAY WHEN THEY COME IN. 
          >> WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY FORGET THE BAG? 
          >> THEY HAVE TO LEAVE IT IN THE OFFICE. 
          >> GOOD. 
          >> THAT'S HOW IT GETS HANDLED. 
          >> IS IT GOING TO SLOW THEM GETTING OUT OF THE BUILDING? 
          >> THEY GIVE YOU MULTIPLE LOCKS THAT THEY SCREW ON THE WALL AND UNSCREW OFF AND JUST PULL THEM BY THE EXIT DOOR GOING OUT. 
          LITERALLY, IT'S JUST A THUD AND POPS RIGHT OPEN. 
          THEIR INITIAL WORK WAS DONE AT CONCERT VENUES FOR COMEDIANS AND FOR SOME MUSICIANS WHO DIDN'T WANT THEIR WORK VIDEOD, AND THEY'D HAND THEM OUT THERE AND THEY CAN CLEAR OUT A 20,000 PERSON CONCERT HALL WITHOUT HOLDING PEOPLE UP. 
          THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO TURN THE BAGS IN. 
          >> PROBABLY EASIER IN CLEARING UP THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THE OTHER THING THAT POPS UP IS EMERGENCIES. 
          THEY HAVE HANDHELD LOCKS THAT YOU CARRY WITH YOU. 
          SO IF WE HAD TO HAVE AN EVACUATION OF A BUILDING, YOU CAN GRAB THE HANDHELD AND TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT THE LOCATION, AND OPEN IF YOU HAD TO. 
          THOUGH WHAT WE HEAR LARGELY FROM MOST EMERGENCY FOLKS, THEY ARE 100% OKAY WITH THE PHONES BEING IN THE BAGS BECAUSE THE LAST THING THEY WANT, IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT IN THE BUILDING, ARE KIDS TRYING TO GET ON A CELL PHONE, FOR ONE, BECAUSE CELL PHONE SERVICE GETS JAMMED, OR TWO, IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS A PARENT CALLING THEIR KID TO CHECK ON THEM AND GIVING AWAY THE LOCATION OF THEIR KID IF THERE'S SOMETHING BAD GOING ON. 
          >> WHICH HAS HAPPENED. 
          >> YES. EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS SUPPORTED THIS IN AREAS WHERE IT'S TAKEN PLACE, POLICE HAVE SUPPORTED IT. 
          >> DO WE THINK IT CALLS ANY MORE WORK FOR OFFICE STAFF AND STUFF LIKE THAT? 
          >> IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. 
          >> I'M JUST THINKING, [OVERLAPPING] WHEN JOHNNY NEEDS TO RIDE THE BUS, PLEASE GIVE THIS TO THIS PERSON. 
          >> THAT MAY, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> AS OPPOSED TO TEXTING JOHNNY IN CLASS WHEN WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE THEIR CELL PHONES OUT DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY, AND THEY DO, OR AS SOMEONE MAY HAVE SAID EARLIER, DON'T KNOW WHY A KID TAKES A CELL PHONE TO A BATHROOM. 
          >> IT WOULD HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          AGAIN, WILL EVERYBODY LOVE IT? NO, NOT AT ALL. I GUARANTEE YOU AND EVERYBODY WILL LOVE IT. 
          >> SOME PARENTS MAY WANT THESE AT THEIR HOMES. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> SOME PARENTS WILL BE MAD, TOO. YOU'LL HAVE BOTH. 
          >> BUT SOME WILL NOT. 
          THEY WANT INTERNET THE REST OF THEIR TIME. 
          >> MY POINT THOUGH IS THAT BY SPENDING $57,500 ON THIS, WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE COURSE. 
          >> IF WE DO JUST MIDDLE, IT'D BE ABOUT HALF OF THAT. 
          >> RIGHT. BUT WHATEVER WE SPEND ON IT, WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE HAS BEEN NO COST. 
          JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT CELL PHONE USE OR PROHIBIT CELL PHONE USE AND WE'VE DID IT FOR A LITTLE BIT AND HAD THE COMPLAINTS AND GOTTEN AWAY FROM IT, WHEREAS NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MONEY ON IT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION THAT AS A BOARD, WE WANT TO STAY THE COURSE ON THIS. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY FOR IT, WE WANT TO SEE THIS THROUGH THIS TIME AND I'LL MAKE IT WORK. 
          >> I APPRECIATE IT, MR. JONES, AND I WILL SAY WE ARE SEEING ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR IN A LOT OF AREAS WITH READING AND MATH ON OUR OWN INTERNAL MEASURES. 
          WE'VE GOT FIVE-AND-A-HALF DAYS TO GO, BUT WE'RE SEEING GOOD TRENDS IN SOME OF OUR DISCIPLINE DATA GOING DOWN. 
          THAT'S WHEN IT STILL BEING THERE. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> WITH THOSE DISTRACTIONS AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE SPENT IN THE SCHOOL DAY, 
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WE'RE RELATED AROUND CELL PHONES. 
          LIMITING THAT DISTRACTION CAN ONLY INCREASE THOSE THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          >> I CAN SAY THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT I HAVE SEEN AS A PARENT AND A BOARD MEMBER IS HOW THE CELL PHONE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE LEARNING DAY. 
          >> I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ON ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          I CAN SEE WHERE IT'S A NEED TO HAVE CELL PHONES, BUT THAT'S ON MY END. 
          I'M ON THE FENCE FOR THAT. 
          >> WHERE DO YOU UNDO THE BAG AFTER YOU GET OUT OF THE DOOR? 
          >> THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          >> THEY HAVE LOCKS BY THE DOORS, BUT IT IS A NEOPRENE. 
          >> IS IT THE EXIT DOORS? 
          >> EXIT DOORS. YOU WON'T DO IT WITH THE CLASSROOM. 
          >> I KNOW, BUT I MEAN MORE THAN ONE EXIT? 
          >> YEAH. YOU PUT THEM AT WHATEVER EXIT DOOR YOU HAVE THE KIDS GO OUT. 
          THEN THEY'VE ALSO SHARED. 
          IT'S A NEOPRENE BAG SO A GOOD PAIR OF SCISSORS WILL CUT RIGHT THROUGH IT. 
          >> GOOD POINT. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> AS LONG AS TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> RIGHT. IT'S A GOOD POINT. ABSOLUTELY A GOOD POINT. 
          ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ON THE LIST, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT ONE IS MAYBE MR. ELWOOD CAN DESCRIBE BOILER FIRE EYE. 
          >> BOILER FIRE EYE? 
          >> NUMBER 8, ROW 8. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> IF WE'RE OUT OF STOCK. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THANK YOU. JUST TO RUB AGAIN. 
          >> FOR RIDGELY ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE TWO BOILERS. 
          THEY WERE INSTALLED IN '78. 
          THE FIRE, WHAT IT DOES, IT CONTROLS THE FUEL MIXTURE TO THE BURN AND CAN NO LONGER HAVE THOSE FIRE REBUILD, SO THE FIRE ONLY TAKE AS AN ENGINEERING STUDENT HAVE GOT THAT PRICE FROM TO COME AND INSTALL TWO NEW FIRE EYES. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THEM WARM. 
          >> I'VE HAD CONFIDENCE IN IT BEING ON HERE. 
          I JUST WANT TO HEAR THE DESCRIPTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> I'VE SEEN THE PRICE OF THAT. I WAS LIKE, OH SHUCKS. 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. NUMBER 16. 
          CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT THE ALIGNMENT, RACK MACHINE IS? 
          >> YES. THE AUTO PROGRAM AT THE CCTC. 
          >> THIS IS THE COST OF PHASE 2 OF THE PROJECT. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN TWO PHASES BECAUSE OF [OVERLAPPING] THE TOTAL COST WAS OVER 70,000, AND THEY USED THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THEY USED THEIR FUNDING FOR PHASE 1, AND THEN REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED PHASE 2 WITH YEAR END MONEY. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I THINK NUMBER 12, THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS, HONDA ELANTRA HYBRID, THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN WHAT HE'S PROBABLY CURRENTLY DRIVING AROUND. 
          >> HE'S DRIVING AN OLD PICKUP. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> VERY RELIABLE. [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> ALL THE SCHOOLS. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> EXACTLY. HE GOES TO EVERY SCHOOL EACH NIGHT, I THINK, FOR THE MOST PART. 
          >> YES. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE NEED FOR A TRUCK. 
          >> RIGHT. 
          >> IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT WE HAD. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> YOU WANT TO START PUTTING IN OUR GREEN FOOTPRINT OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I FIGURED WHAT BETTER [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> EXACTLY. 
          >> YEAH. CERTAINLY PLACES WHERE IT FITS VERY MUCH NOW. 
          >> HE'S ALL IN FAVOR OF IT ON GREEN FOOTPRINT. 
          >> CAN WE HAVE CONNECTIONS FOR HIM TO PLUG IN? 
          >> IT'S NOT AN E-MOTOR, IT'S A HYBRID. 
          >> HYBRID. GOT YOU. 
          >> VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE ON HERE TO HIGHLIGHT? NO? I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE END OF THE YEAR ONE-TIME PURCHASES, WHICH IS AGAIN, EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT. 
          >> I'LL MOVE WE APPROVE THE END OF YEAR PURCHASES AS SUBMITTED. 
          >> WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. 
          >> AYE. THEY ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU, ERIN. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. BARTON. THANK YOU, MR. MENGEL AND MR. PEPPER FOR ALL THE WORK. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> QUOTES TOGETHER AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT. 
          THEN THE FUND BECOMES OF THEN GETTING IT ALL. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT THANK YOU, GUYS. 
          >> YOU KNOW THAT SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT GOT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> I KNOW. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE ARE AT OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC MEETING DATES FOR 2024 AND '25. 
          >> THE PROPOSED MEETINGS FOR NEXT YEAR FOLLOW THE SAME RHYTHM AND PACE AS THIS YEAR. 
          REGULAR MEETING DATES ARE AS TYPICAL OF OUR BOARD, FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. 
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MS. BARRY DID RUN THESE AGAINST THE MADE CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER. 
          IT DOES NOT CONFLICT THIS YEAR, NOR DOES THE NSPA CONFERENCE. 
          WE'RE WITHIN THOSE TO STILL CONTINUE WITH, SORRY, THE FIRST TUESDAY. 
          THE WORK SESSION IS THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          TYPICALLY IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST, WE DO NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION. IN DECEMBER, WE DO NOT. 
          DECEMBER, THE BOARD IS USUALLY VERY BUSY WITH CONCERTS AND IT BEING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ABBREVIATED MONTH, AND JUNE IS ALWAYS TO BE DETERMINED IF THERE IS A BUDGET OR A CONTRACT PIECES THAT WE NEED TO FINALIZE THERE. 
          IT FOLLOWS THE SAME RHYTHM THAT WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          >> MR. JONES, YOU MIGHT [OVERLAPPING] HAVE COMMENT ABOUT THAT? 
          >> I HAD A COMMENT ABOUT OUR WORK TESTING DATES GOING FORWARD. 
          MY THOUGHT WAS PERHAPS WE COULD DO THOSE IN THE MORNING OR DURING THE DAY. 
          OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WOULD STILL BE AT NIGHT, AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THEM, BUT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING OUR WORK SESSIONS AND AS IT'S A WORK SESSION, STAFF IS ALREADY HERE AT WORK. 
          IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS DURING THEIR WORK DAY AND THEN GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AT NIGHT VERSUS HAVING TO STAY AROUND UNTIL 6:00 AND THEN STARTING A PRESENTATION, SOMETIMES UNTIL SEVEN OR EIGHT O'CLOCK. 
          I JUST THINK IF IT WORKS THAT IT'S A SUGGESTION. 
          I CAN MAKE A MOTION TOO. 
          >> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST, JANUARY 21ST, THAT ONE. 
          >> YEAH? 
          >> IT'S DONE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 
          THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE AN EVENING. 
          I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR DAYTIME MEETING. 
          >> I THINK I COULD SAY WHEN APPLICABLE. 
          THE WORK SESSION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SET FOR MORNING OR A CERTAIN TIME, BUT THAT THE WORK SESSION CAN BE ON A MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          WE CAN HAVE A MORE FLEXIBLE TIME FRAME FOR THE WORK SESSION WHERE IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE EVENINGS. 
          PERHAPS SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINES. 
          >> THAT'S A MOTION? 
          >> YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TOO IF NO ONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE MEETING DATES. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE ONE TO DO BOTH OR JUST FOR MINE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING DATES AND WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THE WORK SESSION? [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS. 
          >> THAT'S FINE. WHAT MY MOTION WILL BE THEN IS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT FUTURE WORK SESSIONS, THE TIMING BE ANYTIME DURING THE WORKDAY OR DURING THE WORKDAY OR EVENING ON THE APPROVED DATE. 
          >> ON THE WORK SESSIONS ONLY? 
          >> ON THE ONE WORK SESSIONS ONLY. 
          >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THAT ON THE TIMING. 
          THAT WAS THE ONLY DATE THAT I THOUGHT WHICH I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER MEET. 
          >> YOU'RE RIGHT. THEN THERE MAY BE A SESSION THAT REALLY JUST DOESN'T WORK DURING THE DAY AND NEEDS TO BE IN THE EVENING, SO THAT'S WHY [OVERLAPPING] THE MOTION PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT. 
          >> SURE. THERE COULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE AREN'T RECOGNIZING. 
          >> EVEN FOR US. 
          >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR? ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. 
          >> AYE. IT CARRIES. WE ALSO NEED A MOTION FOR THE REGULAR MEETING DATE? 
          >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGULAR MEETING DATES. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> I SECOND IT. 
          >> MICHELE. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] AYE. 
          >> PASS IT. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A VERY LIKELY FUTURE BOARD MEMBER IN THE ROOM WHO MAY HAVE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO ATTEND. 
          STEPHANIE JOHNSON IS HERE AND SHE HAS FILED FOR THE DISTRICT 2 SEAT FOR THE ELECTION, UNOPPOSED. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DIDN'T GET TO VOTE ON THE DATES. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM. 
          >> I THOUGHT OF THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE AWFUL FOR NOW. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> AGREE. 
          >> I AGREE. 
          IN DECEMBER, YOU CAN CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THEN WE NEED TO SPOT YOU THERE, BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT. 
          I WAS JUST TALKING OKAY. 
          TELL HIM HE HAS DUTIES ON THOSE DAYS NOW. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POLICY REVISIONS. 
          SINGLE READING POLICY. 
          I'M NOT EVEN TO TRY TO READ THAT. 
          THIS ONE IS ETHICS. I HAVE THE FIRST POLICY TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD, AND IT REALLY ONLY NEEDS A SINGLE READING BASED ON OUR POLICY ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS REVISIONS TO OUR ETHICS POLICY. 
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THE STATE MADE CHANGES TO THE ETHICS LAW, AND WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT OUR POLICY NEEDED TO BE REVISED TO MEET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE BOARD'S LEGAL COUNSEL, PK LAW, REVIEWED OUR PREVIOUS POLICY AND REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW AND MADE THE NECESSARY REVISIONS TO OUR POLICY TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW AS IT IS WRITTEN NOW. 
          THE POLICY THAT'S ATTACHED, YOU'LL HAVE BOTH THE POLICY AND THE REGULATION. 
          THE FORMS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO MEET NEW REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. 
          I BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL OR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TONIGHT. 
          DO WE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ETHICS POLICY? DID WE GET THIS AHEAD OF TIME TO READ? YES, THIS ONE WAS IN, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT THE MOST EXCITING READ. 
          NO. YOU SAID THE REASONS FOR THE CHANGE WERE? IT'S TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW. 
          TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT. 
          THE ETHICS COMMISSION REVIEWS ETHICS POLICIES PERIODICALLY, AND THEY REVIEWED OURS AND WE HADN'T BROUGHT IT UP TO STATE LAW. 
          NOW, THIS IS 100% COMPLIANT THANKS TO PK LAW'S WORK. 
          THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS APPROVED? YES, THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE REVISIONS. 
          THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION? YES, THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT, AND WE'VE MET ALL MARKS AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE POLICY ON ETHICS. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          IT PASSES. 
          THANK YOU, DR. SIMMONS. 
          THANK YOU TO PK LAW. 
          THANK YOU. POLICIES FOR FULL APPROVAL, SECOND READING. 
          DR. WILLOUGHBY DID COME BACK, BUT HE HAS NO TODDLER WITH HIM THIS TIME. 
          SHE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY FOR THIS ONE. 
          SHE HASN'T PICKED UP POLICY WRITING YET, I DON'T KNOW. 
          NOT THE GLAMOROUS STUFF. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY. EXACTLY. LAST MONTH, WE BROUGHT TWO POLICIES BEFORE YOU FOR THEIR FIRST READING. 
          THEY HAD HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS TO THEM, AND SO THEY DID LAYOVER. 
          THEY ARE BEFORE YOU NOW FOR A SECOND READING. 
          THESE WERE PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I DON'T SEE WHERE MS. BARRY WENT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. 
          BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS BACK. 
          THE FIRST, WHAT ORDER DO YOU HAVE THEM IN THERE, RACHEL? PRE-K ENROLLMENT. 
          THIS POLICY IS A CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT POLICY BECAUSE TO BRING IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH BLUEPRINT REGULATION, IT DOES ELIMINATE THE LOCAL OPTION FOR QUALIFICATION, AND IT REFERENCES THE TIERED SYSTEM OF WHICH TIER 1 IS ACTIVE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE REGULATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE IS BEING CHANGED. 
          THEN AS YOU REMEMBER, INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING WAS A SINGLE-LINE POLICY, I BELIEVE, LAST UPDATED IN 1987. 
          SO WE HAVE FLUSHED THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICIES WITH AN ACCOMPANYING REGULATION. 
          MR. PLUTSCHAK, WE MADE THE REVISIONS THAT YOU SUGGESTED ABOUT EMS COMMAND CENTER, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THOSE TWO POLICIES HAVE LAID OVER FOR THE MONTH AND ARE NOW BEFORE YOU FOR FULL APPROVAL. 
          GOOD. THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER POLICY? HEARING NONE, I THINK WE'LL DO A SEPARATE MOTION FOR EACH POLICY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING POLICY? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE REVISED INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING POLICY. 
          I'LL SECOND AGAIN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          UNANIMOUS. IT PASSES. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE PRE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT POLICY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE POLICY FOR PRE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT. 
          THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. PASSES THANK YOU, DR. WILLOUGHBY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SUCCESS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS, THESE ARE THREE POLICIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FOR YOU TONIGHT THAT HAVE HAD SLIGHT REVISIONS IN FORMATTING OR IN POSITION TITLES, 
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BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE POLICY. 
          SO THESE REVISIONS CAN BE APPROVED IN A SINGLE READING. 
          THERE ARE THREE, THEY ALL BELONG IN MR. MENGEL'S SHOP, AND SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME. 
          THE FIRST IS 7-7210, WHICH IS BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 
          THIS IS THE POLICY THAT REALLY DELINEATES THE PROCESS FOR WHICH OUR BUILDINGS ARE USED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WISH TO RENT OUR BUILDINGS. 
          WE KNOW, BEING A RURAL COUNTY, OUR BUILDINGS ARE COMMUNITY CENTERS. 
          SOMETIMES THEY ARE THE ONLY AUDITORIUMS, I BELIEVE, IN THE COUNTY AND LARGE EVENT SPACE AND GYM SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN 1997. 
          IT HAD BEEN REVISED A LITTLE ALONG THE WAY. 
          THERE WERE IN THE POLICY, AS WRITTEN, A NUMBER OF VERY SPECIFIC THINGS INTO HOW BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS WOULD BE MANAGED, INCLUDING THE DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC FEES THAT WOULD BE CHARGED AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS THAT REALLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICITY, BELONG IN A REGULATION AND NOT IN A POLICY. 
          BOTH MR. MENGEL AS WELL AS MR. RYAN, OUR ENERGY MANAGER, TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE BECAUSE WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE MAY NEED TO, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO RENT A CERTAIN PART OF OUR BUILDING, WE MIGHT NEED TO TO CHARGE AN ENERGY SURCHARGE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE AIR CONDITIONING A BUILDING, LET'S SAY, ON A DAY THAT SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, AND WE WERE PLANNING TO NOT HAVE THAT SPACE ENERGIZED, AND EVEN RISK MANAGEMENT AND TRYING TO MITIGATE RISKS. 
          RECENT CHANGES IN LEGISLATION REQUIRING THAT ANYONE THAT USES OUR BUILDINGS ALSO HAVE AED ACCESS AND TRAINING. 
          ALL THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE IN THE REGULATIONS, THE POLICY BEING A BROAD GOVERNING DOCUMENT THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE THERE, THEY ARE COMMUNITY CENTERS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE. 
          WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT RENT OR NOT ALLOW SOMEONE TO USE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, INCLUDING IF WE WOULD LIKE FOR PROFIT ITEMS. THEN ALSO JUST PUTTING INTO THE POLICY, OF COURSE, THAT THERE ARE INSURANCE GUIDELINES, THERE ARE HOLD HARMLESS GUIDELINES, THERE ARE NO ALTERATIONS TO THE SITE BEING MADE, THINGS THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE UNIVERSAL NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE USING THOSE GROUNDS. 
          JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUCH UP THERE. 
          AGAIN, MR. MENGEL TOOK A LOOK AS WELL AS MR. RYAN. 
          THEN IF APPROVED, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON A COMPANION REGULATION TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR FEES HAD REALLY BEEN UPDATED IN THE LAST 5-7 YEARS PROBABLY. 
          THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 
          OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CONTRACT, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN HERE, HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED A LONG WHILE. 
          JUST GIVING THAT A TOUCH UP, BUT IN A REGULATION THAT CAN BE CHANGED OVER TIME OUTSIDE OF THE POLICY AS NEEDED. 
          THAT IS THAT PARTICULAR REVISION. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MENGEL WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU FORM. 
          WE CAN TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME? YEAH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? IT SEEMS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, LOOKS LIKE A GREAT POLICY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS POLICY? I'LL MOVE WE APPROVE THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS POLICY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          EITHER ONE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          IT IS PASSED. THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT POLICY IS POLICY 7-7310, FIXED ASSET DONATIONS. 
          THIS IS A POLICY THAT WAS IN OUR POLICY BOOK THAT ACTUALLY HAS NO DATE ON WHEN IT WAS ADDED, AND SO WE'LL BRING IT FORWARD FOR REVIEW AGAIN FOR FORMATTING. 
          THROUGHOUT THE POLICY, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO A POSITION THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, BEING THE PERSON THAT WOULD APPROVE THESE THINGS, AND SO WE HAVE UPDATED THAT AND TRIED TO GENERALIZE THAT. 
          BUT THIS POLICY REALLY GOVERNS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WISH TO DONATE THINGS TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND IT JUST GOVERNS THAT IF THAT DONATION IS OFFERED, THAT THE BOARD MAY ACCEPT, MAY NOT ACCEPT, WILL LOOK AT THINGS AS FAR AS EQUITABLE SERVICE. 
          IF WE ACCEPT IT, DOES THAT PUT ONE SCHOOL AT AN ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS? 
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DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          ALSO, IF WE ACCEPT IT, WHAT ARE WE TAKING ON AS FAR AS UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE? THE DONATION IS FANTASTIC, BUT WHAT COMES WITH IT, AND WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY SHORT POLICY. 
          THIS EVEN NOW AS REVISED ONLY HAS A POLICY STATEMENT AND A PROCEDURE. 
          A REGULATION WOULD COME AFTER APPROVAL. 
          BUT THIS JUST LAYS OUT THE TERMS BY WHICH WE COULD OR COULD NOT ACCEPT AND WHAT WE WILL DO WITH AS WE GO, AND THAT THE DONATION BECOMES OUR PROPERTY, AND WHAT YOU GIVE IT, THAT IS OURS TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. FORWARD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIXED ASSET DONATION POLICY? 
          >> HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FIXED ASSET DONATIONS POLICY AS PRESENTED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> POLICY IS APPROVED. 
          >> THE FINAL ONE FOR TONIGHT IS POLICY 77410, WHICH IS IMPROVEMENT TO SCHOOL SITES AND FACILITIES. 
          WHERE FIXED ASSETS WAS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD WITH ITEMS THEY WISH TO DONATE. 
          SOMETIMES PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO BUILD THIS OR I'D LIKE TO FIX THIS OR I'D LIKE TO DO WHATEVER. 
          CLASSIC EXAMPLE, I KNOW IN BOTH SCHOOLS, THERE'S BEEN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AROUND DUGOUTS. 
          I BELIEVE DOWN AT COLONEL AT ONE POINT WHEN I WAS TEACHING, DR. SIMMONS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PRINCIPAL, AN EAGLE SCOUT. 
          BUILT DUGOUTS AS THEIR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          BUT THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS PROPERTY AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? I THINK AT NORTH JUST RECENTLY A YEAR OR SO AGO, WE HAD A LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT WANTED TO DONATE A GOOD PORTION OF LABOR AND MATERIAL TO BUILD DUGOUTS. 
          WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS OUR PROCESS? AGAIN, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, VERY SIMPLE. 
          THIS AGAIN, HAD AN OLD TITLE IN IT THAT HAD NOT BEEN USED IN QUITE SOME TIME. 
          WE HAVE UPDATED THAT AND THIS THE IDEA THAT IF SOMEONE WISHES TO MAKE THAT SORT OF DONATION, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNING LAWS, WITH CODES, WITH GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE ON THE PROJECT, THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE PROJECT, THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          AGAIN, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD REGULATION WILL BE DEVELOPED TO FOLLOW, BUT JUST TRYING TO GET IT UPDATED IN LINE, AGAIN, ANOTHER POLICY THAT HAD NO DATE ON IT, SO WE WILL THROW TODAY'S DATE ON IT IF YOU APPROVE IT, AND THEN IT'LL GO INTO OUR FOUR YEAR CYCLE ROTATION. 
          >> VERY GOOD. BOARD, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY? 
          >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          >> YES. 
          >> ANY ITEMS SUCH AS THE DUGOUT OR ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT THAT STILL HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          I>> I THINK IT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR- 
          >> TO CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          >> TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT WAS BASED ON A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PLANETARIUM. 
          >> THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER OVER A $1 MILLION PROJECT, PROBABLY. 
          SO THAT WOULD MOST CERTAINLY NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL BEFORE IT MOVES FORWARD AND THERE'S A LOT OF [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> THAT GOES ALONE WITH THAT? 
          >> THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS BOTH OF THESE POLICIES WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE IT'S READY TO COME TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT YES, MS. WAYMAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S OVER WHETHER IT'S 50 OR 100 DEPENDING ON WHERE THE BOARD SETS THE THRESHOLD ONCE WE REVIEW THE CHANGE THE LAW. 
          SIMILARLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO SPACE NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S ALSO THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, IS GOING TO BECOME A SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          >> THAT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, SPACE CURRICULUM. 
          >> TIME, COMMITMENT TO ONGOING UPKEEP MAINTENANCE. 
          IT'S A PERMANENT STRUCTURE. 
          THE BEST EXAMPLE TO PROBABLY THROW OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO IT LAST YEAR, MR. MENGEL AND I WE HAD A LEAK IN A CONCESSION STAND AT FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S OWNED BY NOBODY. 
          BUT IT'S OWNED BY US BECAUSE IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY. 
          ON TWO OF OUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES, WE HAVE CONCESSION STANDS THAT ARE NOT OUR BUILDINGS. WE DIDN'T BUILD THEM. 
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WE LET THEM BE BUILT, BUT WE DIDN'T BUILD THEM, BUT THEY ARE BUILDINGS SO WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THEM. 
          THE ROOF COLLAPSES, IT'S OUR LIABILITY. 
          SO BY DEFAULT, THEY ACTUALLY ARE OURS. 
          THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, THEY WEREN'T ROPED IN UNDER A POLICY AT THE TIME, I BELIEVE. 
          THEY ARE OUR LIABILITY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN THAT POSITION EVER AGAIN. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL THERE FOR THE LOCAL LEGS. 
          BUT IF PUSH COME TO SHOVE AND THAT SOMETHING WAS UNSAFE FROM ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS BECAUSE A STORM BLOWS THROUGH OR WHATEVER, CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BOARD OF AD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE STRUCTURES, THOUGH, THE CONTENTS, THE DESIGN, NONE OF THAT WAS DONE BY US, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT AGAIN. 
          >> ANYTHING NOW WE HAVE TO FOLLOW? 
          >> YES. 
          >> WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT AGAIN. 
          >> EVEN IN CONSIDERATION, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE OTHER POLICY ABOUT EQUITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF SOME BENEFACTOR CAME FORWARD AND SAID, I WANT TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BASEBALL FIELD AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          BUT RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS THE SOFTBALL FIELD, NOT GETTING THOSE, YOU RUN INTO TITLE 9 CONSIDERATIONS. 
          EVEN THE IDEA OF WHETHER TO ACCEPT THAT DONATION OR NOT, THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO WEIGH THAT. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OFFER. 
          BUT IF WE ACCEPT IT, WHAT ARE WE OBLIGATING OURSELVES TO DO OR OURSELVES TO THEN UPKEEP OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT GOVERNS THAT PROCESS. 
          >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          ALSO, IT SAYS UPON COMPLETION, THE IMPROVEMENTS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE INSTANCE THAT I WOULD THINK IS IF, SAY SOMEONE DONATED TO HAVE THE BALL FIELD REDONE, AND THEN FOR SOME REASON, THAT SAME PERSON A YEAR LATER GOT MAD ABOUT SOMETHING AND DECIDED TO COME IN IN THEIR TRUCK AND DESTROY THE BALL FIELD. 
          THEY COULD BE PROSECUTED FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR PROPERTY, IT'S JUST LIKE DONATING A PIECE OF MACHINERY OR WHATEVER TO THE LAWN MOWER TO THE SCHOOL, IT BECOMES THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK. 
          YOU CAN'T TEAR DOWN SOMETHING YOU BUILT JUST BECAUSE YOU GET MAD WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          >> IT'S LIKE DONATING CASH, YOU CAN'T COME IN AND WANT YOUR MONEY BACK. 
          >> AND NEED MY $100 BACK. 
          >> OR JUST GO IN THE CHILL AND TAKE IT. 
          >> NOT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT THE EXAMPLE IS IF YOU HAD FOUR UPSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO START AN ORGANIZATION, FROM SCRATCH AND THAT ORGANIZATION NEEDED BYLAWS, AND THOSE FOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE KNOWN ALL YOUR LIFE ARE GOING TO BE THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, YOU WOULD STILL WRITE IN THE BYLAWS, HOW TO REMOVE OFFICERS. 
          >> YES. 
          >> BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE OFFICERS. 
          AND DOWN THE LINE, YOU MAY RUN INTO SOMETHING. 
          WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED. 
          WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE USED, WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE COMMUNITY CENTERS. 
          BUT AT SOME POINT, SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHERE EVEN IN THE BEST INTENTIONS, WE HAVE TO WEIGH WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY COST TO THE BOARD? WHAT IS THE LIABILITY TO THE BOARD? WHAT IS THE UPKEEP FOR THE BOARD? AND JUST HAVING SOMETHING THAT TRIES TO GOVERN THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          KNOWING WHEN IT WAS LAST UPDATED IS IMPORTANT TO WHEN THEIR EYES ON IT. 
          >> CORRECT. 
          >> YEAH, IT'S THE BEST INTEREST OF NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THE COMMUNITY. MAKES SENSE. 
          >> IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT BECOMES OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT JUST SAYS THE MAINTENANCE. 
          SHOULD WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IT BECOMES, UNLESS I MISSED IT. 
          >> IT DOES. UPON COMPLETION, ALL IMPROVEMENTS BECOME THE PROPERTY. 
          IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          >> THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          >> PERFECT. GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 
          >> DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS POLICY? THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SCHOOL SITES AND FACILITIES? 
          >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] AND FACILITIES. 
          >> ARE THOSE WRITTEN? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THANK YOU ALL. 
          >> THAT'S KIND OF THANKLESS WORK. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH US. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MUCH APPRECIATED. WE'RE THANKING YOU FOR THE THANKLESS WORK. 
          IT'S REALLY TEDIOUS, I'M SURE. 
          BUT YOU'VE DONE A REALLY COMPLETE JOB, MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          WE ARE NO REPORTS OR PRESENTATIONS. 
          NO DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR FUTURE BOARD ACTION. 
          NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IN JUNE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERTS. 
          [LAUGHTER] 
          >> MUCH SMALLER THIS MONTH. 
          >> SO WE CAN LOOK. 
          >> WE KNOW ONE ITEM THAT'S THAT'S NOT UP THERE ON JUNE 18TH. 
          [10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO SCHEDULE A WORK SESSION. 
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ACTUALLY, WE SAID WE WOULD WORK ON A TIME AND WE WOULD COMMUNICATE OVER EMAIL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT TIME WOULD BE THAT DAY. 
          BUT WE KNOW ON JUNE 18TH, WE WILL HAVE BOTH THE LONG AWAITED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS 100 PAGE DOCUMENT FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW. 
          THAT'S A FASCINATING READ. 
          WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR APPROVAL, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE FINAL BUDGET FOR APPROVAL. 
          AT THE JUNE 18TH WORK SESSION, AND AGAIN, JUST FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING A DAYTIME MEETING FOR THE WORK SESSION FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS. WE'RE WORKING TO ALIGN CALENDARS TO SEE WHAT TIME ON THAT DAY WOULD WORK. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO ANTICIPATED ITEMS THAT DAY. 
          >> THE PLAN YOU'RE DESCRIBING, YOU GUYS CAN ARM WRESTLE OVER WHICH OF THE POLICY WORK OR THAT PLAN, WHICH IS MORE TEDIOUS AND CHALLENGING. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT. 
          IT'S AN IMPORTANT TASK. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL DO THEN. 
          THERE'S ONLY TWO OTHER ITEMS ON THE LIST, THAT'S PRETTY EASY. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE IN JULY, BUT THE NEXT WORK SESSION WILL BE IN 18TH. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA, BEEN A GREAT MEETING. 
          A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. 
          THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU LEFT OUT IN THERE? NOTHING. WE'RE GOOD? WE CAN ADJOURN IF WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          >> WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. THE MOTION CARRIED, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          >> YOU GUYS PUT IN A SEVEN AND HALF HOUR DAY JUST AS A BOARD MEMBERS.
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