[1. Call to Order ]
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          GOING TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, MACKENZIE HAUSER, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. SO IF EVERYBODY CAN STAND, PLEASE. 
          PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY FOR ALL. RIGHT. UP NEXT, IF I HAVE A 
          [3.1 Adopt the Agenda ]
MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, MOTION TO ADOPT. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONS OR. 
          OKAY, MISS SHERRY. 
          MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. UP NEXT, WE HAVE SPECIAL 
          [4.1 Bonnie Holman - LHS Culinary ]
RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. IF I MISS BONNIE HALLMAN, THE AMAZING MISS BONNIE HALLMAN FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU VERY. 
          A LITTLE BETTER. LET ME START OVER. GREEN HILL HIGH SCHOOL HOSA MEMBERS COMPETED AT THEIR STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THIS PAST MONTH. MISS ALEX JENKINS IS THEIR ADVISOR HERE WITH THEM TODAY. OTHER ADVISORS, MISS LINDSAY FARRIS AND MISS DANA JOHNSON, WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE. SUE CHO WAS THE TOP FIVE IN HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. MEGAN EPHRAIM WAS TOP FIVE IN PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN. THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS PLACED IN THE TOP THREE, AND THEY WILL BE COMPETING THIS JUNE AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA. MADELINE KIM, SECOND PLACE IN FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN RUTH GITMO WAS FIRST PLACE IN RESEARCH, RESEARCH, PERSUASIVE WRITING AND SPEAKING. ELLISON. 
          NASH. EVERLY, ELLA, ELLA, KILEY, AND NICOLE FLORES WERE FIRST PLACE IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING THESE STUDENTS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. MIKHAIL MIKAYLA WAS ALSO THIRD IN HEALTH CARE PHOTOGRAPHY. ALMOST OMITTED THAT ONE. MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NEXT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, HOSA, IF YOU WOULD JOIN US AT THE FRONT, PLEASE. THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED WITH THEIR ADVISORS, MISS JENNIFER LAWRENCE, MISS JENNY OLDHAM, MISS SHERRY VAUGHT AND MR. PHILLIP ALLISON. 
          FINISHING FOURTH PLACE IN PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKING IS SHIRA. KARA, DID I GET IT CORRECT? CLOSE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO STEP FORWARD AND BE RECOGNIZED AS THE STATE OFFICER. SHE WAS ELECTED AS THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE VICE PRESIDENT FOR HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, STUDENTS OF AMERICA. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THOSE STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES, ANNUALLY, STATE OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEVERAL STATE OFFICERS IN WILSON COUNTY, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HER. ALSO. VAMSHA VASANTHAN WAS FIRST IN JOB SEEKING SKILLS. I APOLOGIZE IF I WAS NOT CLOSE IN THAT NAME. ABIGAIL YODER WAS FOURTH IN CLINICAL SPEAKING, AND MARIA NIKOLAO WAS THIRD PLACE IN PERSUASIVE SPEAKING AND WRITING. LET'S GIVE ALL THESE STUDENTS A 
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ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL SKILLSUSA BOTH BOTH CULINARY AND OUR CARPENTRY DIVISIONS. CULINARY IS ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR ADVISOR, MISS LINDSAY MORGAN. CARPENTRY IS ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR ADVISOR, MR. MARK WOOTEN. COME ON DOWN. 
          AND THEY WITH THEM TONIGHT ALSO IS DOCTOR FAISON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL. SO I'LL BEGIN WITH OUR SKILLSUSA, THE CARPENTRY DIVISION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. MR. NATHAN LUIS SANTOS. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS NAME. HE DEFENDED HIS STATE TITLE AND PLACED FIRST IN COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL ROOFING, ROOFING AT THE SKILLSUSA COMPETITION. ALSO, JANIAH SADLER WAS FIRST PLACE IN CABINETMAKING AT THE STATE SKILLSUSA COMPETITION. WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. MARK WOOTEN AND ALSO ROOFING COMPANY FOR HELPING TO PREPARE THOSE STUDENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING OUR CULINARY DIVISION FOR SKILLSUSA, BUT A DOUBLE RECOGNITION. SO THEY COMPETED IN FEBRUARY AT THE ANNUAL PROSTART COMPETITION. AND THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE TENNESSEE HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. SO YOU HAVE INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND EMPLOYERS THAT ARE HOSTING THE EVENT. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL HAD SEVEN STUDENTS COMPETE IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. TONIGHT. WE'RE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF HIGHLY ACUMEN AND IRENAEUS SHIPMAN. THEY FINISHED FIRST PLACE IN THE STATE. THEY COMPETED IN A SHARK TANK STYLE SESSION, PITCHING THEIR ORIGINAL RESTAURANT CONCEPT TO 25 JUDGES. THEY WERE COMPLIMENTED ON THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, KNOWLEDGE, PASSION AND STYLE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HOLLY ARJUMAND FOR HER FIRST PLACE FINISH IN EXTEMPORANEOUS PUBLIC SPEAKING AT THE SKILLSUSA COMPETITION, AND SHE TOO WILL ADVANCE TO NATIONALS THIS SUMMER ALONG WITH NATHAN AND JANAYA. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING THESE STUDENTS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND WHILE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND ADVISORS. A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MISS LINDSEY MORGAN. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER NAME IN THE NEWS LATELY AS OUR WILSON COUNTY. TEACHER OF THE YEAR. WE'RE BLESSED WITH SOME OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN WILSON COUNTY, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED I CAN GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT TONIGHT TO JOIN ME WITH ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR TAKING THEIR TIME TO COME AND VISIT US. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEIR ADVISORS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY THAT THEY DO. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING UP NEXT. WE HAVE. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS ELLEN, ELLEN MATTINGLY AND MISS 
          [4.2 Ellen Mattingly and Lisa Stamps - Transition Academy]
LISA WITH THE TRANSITION ACADEMY. HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA PEOPLE WITH ME TONIGHT. OKAY. 
          BRING THEM ALL UP. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. IT DOES. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO? DIRECT FIRST. THIS IS DRAKE COSTA. HE IS A FORMER GRADUATE OF THE TRANSITION ACADEMY. IN JUST A MINUTE, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSITION ACADEMY. BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR LIFE WORDS FROM DRAKE, BECAUSE HE'S A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IN WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND HE HAS A GREAT STORY. AND SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM TALK FIRST, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE THE HORNS COME UP AND HIT THEIR PARENTS OF ANOTHER STUDENT FROM OUR ACADEMY. SO WHAT WE DO AT THE TRANSITION ACADEMY IS WE PUSH YOUNG, YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, GET JOBS SO THEY CAN MAKE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN. AND IF THEY'RE CAPABLE ENOUGH, DRIVE BACK AND FORTH AND STUFF FROM WORK AT HOME BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO DO THAT, BUT NOT RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE TO HAVE TO PICK YOU UP. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DISABILITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY, WHERE YOU WORK AND WHAT SO WHAT WHAT I DO FOR WORK IS I'M A HOST COORDINATOR AT DEMOS IN LEBANON. AND WHAT THAT IS, 
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IS A HOST COORDINATOR CONTROLS THE FLOW OF GAS TO ENTER THE RESTAURANT. AND I WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, ALMOST GETTING ABOUT 30 HOURS A WEEK. AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT TO TRY TO PUSH IT TO 40 A WEEK AND TELL THEM WHERE YOU LIVE. WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I LIVE IN MOUNT JULIET AND I DRIVE ON I-40 EVERY DAY BACK AND FORTH. THAT'S AWESOME. WONDERFUL ABOUT DIRECTOR. I WENT TO WILSON CENTRAL AND HIS FORMER TEACHER IS HERE WITH HIM WITH HER ASSISTANT TONIGHT. AND AND, YOU KNOW, DRAKE WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS. HE TRIED HIS BEST. 
          DRAKE HAS OVERCOME MANY, MANY OBSTACLES IN HIS LIFE. AND ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE BEGINNING. 
          HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE COULD EVER HOLD A FULL TIME JOB AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. AND DRAKE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. AND WE WORKED VERY HARD WITH HIM AND WITH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TO HAVE THE DRIVE IN SERVICES. WE WORKED ON THE PERMIT PIECE. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU TAKE THE PERMIT TEST? TWICE. THERE YOU GO. AND WE TOOK HIM TO THE DMV AND HE DID THAT PART. VOC REHAB KICKED IN, AND THEY DO THE DRIVING PIECE BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING IN THE CAR WITH ANYBODY. RIGHT. SO DRAKE IS A SUCCESS STORY, AND I WANTED YOU TO SEE HIS FACE TONIGHT. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, WHAT WE DO IN WILSON COUNTY AND WHO IT AFFECTS THE MOST, BECAUSE WE CAN SEND KIDS TO COLLEGE EVERY DAY. BUT IT'S THESE KIDS WHO NEED THE MOST SUPPORT, WHO NEED US TO BACK THEM SO THEY CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF LIFE. THANK YOU, MR. DRAKE. DRAKE. SIR, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF YOU. AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AND BLESSED THAT YOU CAME UP THROUGH WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND YOU'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GET THOSE 40 HOURS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. SO THIS IS FAMILY WE CARE ABOUT. YOU KEEP US UPDATED AND WE SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. NEXT IS A WONDERFUL PARENT. SHE'S ALSO A TEACHER HERSELF WITH LEBANON SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MISS VALERIE HORNE. OH, AND HER HUSBAND TERRY. YEAH, MY HUSBAND, TERRY LEE. YEAH. I TEACH AT LEBANON SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE LEBANON SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS IS WE FEED INTO THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. MY SON WENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION ACADEMY WITH MISS ELLEN, AND AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL TO GET HIS, YOU KNOW, DEGREE, WE WERE THINKING, WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AFTER THIS? AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW AS A, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT OUR CHOICES WERE WITH THAT. BUT I KNOW MISS ELLEN CAME TO ONE OF OUR IEP MEETINGS AND SHE TOLD US ABOUT THE TRANSITION ACADEMY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAD AN OPTION FOR MY SON TO BE ABLE TO GO AND GET TRAINING TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND HE WORKED AT DMRS, HE DID TRAINING THERE. HE TRAINED AT KROGER. HE WORKED WITH HELP CENTER. HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ME, EVEN AS AN EDUCATOR OR MY HUSBAND AS A BUSINESS PERSON, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO GO INTO THESE PLACES TO GET THE TRAINING THAT HE WOULD NEED TO WORK IN ANY OF THOSE PLACES. SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, FELT REALLY BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THE TRANSITION ACADEMY. MY SON NOW TONIGHT IS AT WORK AT CHICK FIL A, AND HE'S A LIKE THE FLOOR MANAGER THERE. HE LOVES IT. HE LOVES TO GO TO WORK. AND IF HE WERE HERE RIGHT NOW, HE WOULD SAY, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T GO BECAUSE I GET TO GO TO WORK TONIGHT BECAUSE HE LOVES TO GO TO WORK. HE LOVED GOING TO SCHOOL. HE LOVED WORKING WITH MISS ELLEN. AND I COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT HAS REALLY WORKED TO HIS ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND TO HAVE SKILLS TO TO HOLD THE JOB. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TRANSITION ACADEMY THAT THEY WORKED RIGHT. WITH NIKOLAIA SIDE BY SIDE AT KROGER'S, THAT IS, AND AT THE HELP CENTER. AND WE ASKED NIKOLAI AND WE, WE WE ADOPTED NIKOLAI 20 YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS TWO FROM RUSSIA. AND HE'S BEEN A BLESSING TO US. BUT WE ASK HIM, WHAT DID HE WANT TO SAY TONIGHT? WHAT DID HE WANT TO TELL MISS ELLEN? TELL HIM I LOVE MY JOB AND THEY LOVE ME. I SAID, YEAH, SO? SO THEY REALLY DO LOVE HIM. HE REALLY LOVES ALL THE PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH. SO BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROGRAM TO GET HIM KICKSTARTED INTO THAT MODE OF OPERATION, OF BEING ABLE TO WORK, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'D BE DOING. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRAM. YES. THANK YOU. SO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND TELLING US YOUR STORY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I HAVE THE FORMER INSTRUCTOR HERE WITH ME TONIGHT AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK. THAT'S OKAY. BUT HERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT 
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OUR MISSION AT THE ACADEMY IS FOR MEANINGFUL CAREERS, COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT, MEANING WE WANT EVERYBODY TO GO TO WORK AND GET PAID. THAT'S WHAT THE ACT WAS PASSED IN 2017 FOR COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT, AND WE WORK HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. STATISTICALLY, WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN EMPLOYED WHILE IN SCHOOL. AND SO THAT IS OUR MISSION TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO COMES THROUGH THE ACADEMY, THEY HAVE EMPLOYMENT WHEN THEY LEAVE. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN HIRED AND MISS STAMPS. MY ASSISTANT IS HERE, AND SHE'S BEEN THERE ALL THE LAST THREE DAYS WITH THAT YOUNG MAN. HE GOT HIRED AT WHATABURGER AT 109. 
          EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, WHAT'S WHATABURGER? YOU KNOW, NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT FOR THAT YOUNG MAN WHO HAS COMMUNICATION ISSUES, HE STARTED TO WORK MONDAY, WORKED MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, HE WALKED IN THIS MORNING. THE FIRST THING THE MANAGER CAME AND SAID TO MISS STAMPS, AND SHE TEXTED ME IMMEDIATELY TO TELL ME HE GOT A DOLLAR RAISED TODAY AND HE'S WORKED THREE DAYS. THAT IS HUGE IN MY WORLD. THIS CHILD IS GOING TO GET OFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY. HE'S GOING TO WORK A FULL TIME JOB AND PAY TAXES EVEN WITH HIS COMMUNICATION DISABILITY. AND THAT IS HUGE IN OUR WORLD. AND SO I JUST THE IMPACT THAT THESE PROGRAMS MAKE, I KNOW THEY MATTER. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE RESULTS. AND THE OTHER PIECE IS INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS. AND I'M GOING TO JUMP DOWN THE VERY BOTTOM IN COLLABORATION WITH CUMBERLAND. CUMBERLAND HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO THE TRANSITION ACADEMY ABOUT BEING THERE AND PROVIDING FOR US AND DOING FOR US. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH A BEST BUDDIES PROGRAM THERE THAT'S PART OF NONE. AND IN YOUR FLIER, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COLORED FLIER. MADE SURE I PRINTED THAT ON COLORED PAPER. WE HAVE AN EVENT TOMORROW CALLED THE SPRING FLING. IT'S OUR END OF THE YEAR EVENT. TYPICALLY, WE HAVE A FALL FEST WHERE WE INVITE EVERYBODY, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. SO SPRING FLING IS TOMORROW FROM 11 TO 1. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COME OUT, COME MEET OUR INTERNS, COME MEET OUR BEST BUDDIES, ALL OF OUR GUYS ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. WE ARE VERY BLESSED. I KNOW IN WILSON COUNTY SOMETIMES THE FOCUS IS ON NEGATIVE THINGS, BUT THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE. THIS IS A PROACTIVE, GREAT APPROACH TO EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISABILITY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLICK THROUGH HERE AND STOP TALKING. BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS OUR GUYS WORKING AT PAPA JOHN'S, THEY HAVE REAL JOBS. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING IN SOMEWHERE TO WORK AND CLEAN A BANK ALL NIGHT LONG. NO, THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS SOME OF OUR BEST BUDDY GROUPS. AND THERE'S DRAKE. BOY, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. BUT YOU SEE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE WHERE WE HAVE A SHIRT PRESS BUSINESS. SO IF YOU EVER NEED SHIRTS MADE, GIVE US A CALL. WE'LL BE GLAD TO TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT THESE ARE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT STUDENTS LEARN, LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, HOW TO WORK OUT IN THE PUBLIC, WORKING AT GOODWILL, DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT MY MAIN THING I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND LOOK THERE, THERE'S OUR GUYS. ALL THREE OF THOSE GUYS GOT THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THEY'RE ALL THREE VERY SUCCESSFUL LIVING ON THEIR OWN. ALL THREE WORK FULL TIME AND DRIVE THEMSELVES BACK. 
          THAT'S HUGE IN MY WORLD. SO ANYWAYS, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE AND WHAT GOOD IT DOES FOR WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. MISS ELLEN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. DO WE PARTNER WITH CERTAIN COMPANIES IN WILSON COUNTY? WE ABSOLUTELY DO. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, THE TRANSITION ACADEMY PARTNERS WITH KROGER HERE IN LEBANON, GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, CAREER SOLUTIONS, VIVA HOME CARE ASSISTED LIVING, WHICH USED TO BE WILSON MANOR HERE IN TOWN, WHATABURGER. I'M JUST GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT A BIG ONE. OUR NUMBER ONE IS CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. THEY PROVIDE A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FROM WORKING IN THE CAFE, WORKING AT STARBUCKS, PAPA JOHN'S, CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE THEY OFFER. AND DOCTOR STONE WAS GOING TO COME TONIGHT, BUT HE HAD A PREVIOUS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT IN NASHVILLE. HE COULDN'T COME. BUT IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE JUST ARE SO EXCITED TO BE WITH THEM. HOW LONG HAS THIS PROGRAM BEEN IN PLACE? WHAT YEAR? 1995. 1995. 
          WOW. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. YES. I JUST GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. GOT IN COLLEGE. SO SINCE 1995. YES, SIR. AND IT'S GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. AND JUST KNOW THAT THE FOCUS AS WE HAVE AGED AND PROGRAMING HAS COME ABOUT, AND EVEN THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS COMING THROUGH THE DISTRICT HAS CHANGED. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADAPT AND ACCOMMODATE AND MAKE THAT PROGRAMING BETTER. AND THEN HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? CURRENTLY WE HAVE NINE AND I HAVE FOUR GRADUATING THIS YEAR. I HAVE 
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THREE HAVE SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT. ONE, HE IS BEING HE IS GOING TO VANDERBILT PROJECT SEARCH WITH VANDERBILT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. HE DRIVES EVERYTHING. HE KNOWS HOW TO RIDE THE TRAIN. WE HAVE TAUGHT HIM HOW TO RIDE THE TRAIN. I LIKE THAT BETTER THAN I-40, BUT HE WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO PROJECT SEARCH WITH VANDERBILT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HE WILL DO ROTATIONS FROM AN OPERATING CARE COORDINATOR TO A VARIETY OF THINGS. BUT HE GETS TO INTERN AT PROJECT SEARCH AND THAT'S HIS ULTIMATE GOAL. HE WANTS TO BE IN A HELPING FIELD. 
          AND WHAT BETTER WAY COULD HE DO THAT AT A HOSPITAL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR PROVIDING PURPOSE FOR THEM. THAT'S THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US PRESENT TONIGHT. YOU GOOD? OKAY. MOVING. MOVING INTO SECTION FIVE STATEMENTS FROM GUEST SPEAKERS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR THAT. SO WE ARE CLOSING THAT PORTION. 
          [6.1 Approve Consent Agenda ]
WE ARE MOVING ON TO SECTION SIX TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND MISS SHERRY? 
          [7.1 School Contracts ]
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION SEVEN SCHOOL CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND, MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS? IF NOT, COMMISSIONER READY TO VOTE? 
          [8.1 Mackenzie Houser - LHS ]
MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION EIGHT. STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. WE ARE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE MISS MCKENZIE HAUSER FROM LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL JOIN US. 
          MISS MCKENZIE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. HI, I'M MCKENZIE HAUSER. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AGAIN. SO SINCE I WAS LAST HERE, OUR. LET'S SEE, OUR BASKETBALL SEASON HAS ENDED. WE ARE BOYS. 
          MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO A SUBSTATE GAME. UNFORTUNATELY CAME UP SHORT AND DID NOT WIN. 
          BUT THEY OVERCAME A LOT OF THINGS THIS YEAR. AND THEN OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST IN A REGION TOURNAMENT GAME. WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDST OF OUR SPRING SPORTS. SO OUR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, BOYS SOCCER, TENNIS AND TRACK ARE ALL CURRENTLY IN SEASON AND ARE DOING PRETTY WELL. OUR JUNIORS TOOK THEIR ACT. OUR MUSICAL SHREK WAS A REALLY BIG SUCCESS, HAD A LOT OF LIKE A REALLY GOOD OUTCOME. AND FEBRUARY, WE FOUND OUT THAT TWO OF OUR SENIORS WERE SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, AND THEY ARE BOTH NOW FINALISTS FOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP. OUR MISS MORGAN, THE CULINARY TEACHER AT LEBANON, WAS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS VERY, VERY BIG DEAL. OUR HOSA, FBLA AND FFA GROUPS ALL HAD STATE CONVENTIONS, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE GOING TO NATIONALS FOR THAT IN DIFFERENT STATES. WE ALSO ARE YEARS COMING TO AN END, AND OUR SENIORS HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE OUR ACADEMIC HONORS BANQUET, OUR SENIOR BREAKFAST, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 
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BREAKFAST, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GRADUATION, WHICH IS UPCOMING VERY SOON. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT LEBANON RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE MISS HAUSER HAD A BIG EVENT LAST WEEK ALSO. OH YES. I COMMITTED TO TREVECCA TO CHEER. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? SECOND MOTION A SECOND. READY TO VOTE. I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, MISS HAUSER, BUT WHAT? WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE NEXT CLASS OR TO THE NEXT GROUP OF SENIORS AT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL OR WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS? I WOULD JUST SAY, LIKE, GET INVOLVED. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO LIKE, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT WAS THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO ENJOY HIGH SCHOOL LIKE THAT, JUST GETTING INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT CLUBS AND SPORTS. AND LIKE, I AM IN CHEER. 
          I'M IN STUDENT COUNCIL, BUT ALSO LIKE SOMETHING FOR ME WAS THE LIKE, NATURE NEEDS GLASSES, WHICH ARE THE CDC GLASSES AT LEBANON. THOSE ARE FANTASTIC WAYS TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND MAKE LIKE CONNECTIONS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S MY ADVICE IS JUST GET INVOLVED. LIKE THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS 6 TO 0. AND YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          [9.1 Report from County Attorney ]
OKAY. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE REPORT FROM MR. JENNINGS, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR YOU TONIGHT. KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT ONE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT YOU MAY WANT SOME INPUT ON. MAY NOT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU TONIGHT. I AM CURIOUS WHY YOU DON'T EVER TELL ME WHEN I GET DONE. I'M FREE TO GO. I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING. JOE, YOU WALKED INTO THAT ONE, BUDDY? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT? I'LL SECOND. 
          [10.1 Director's Report ]
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN, 10.1 A DIRECTOR'S REPORT. SIR. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE LEFT, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE COUNTING THEM DOWN. BUT THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. TONIGHT'S REPORT IS SHORT. DO YOU WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ON YOUR ENROLLMENT? YOU'RE HOLDING AT 20,861. PROJECTION NUMBERS COMING IN. I FULLY EXPECT WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO HIT 21,000 BY THAT AUGUST 1ST WHEN YOU START SCHOOL YEAR. WE WILL BE TALKING LATER ABOUT A BOARD WORK SESSION TO LOOK AT SOME HEALTHCARE BENEFITS. THAT THAT MEETING WILL BE JUST A A WORK SESSION, NO VOTES TAKEN JUST INTO IN RESPONSE TO SOME QUESTIONS, AS WE START BUILDING THIS BUDGET AND LOOKING, MAKING SOME DECISIONS, BUT THAT WILL BE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK, LATER IN THE MEETING. WE ARE THIS PART OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, A LOT OF TESTING GOING ON. WE'VE KICKED OFF OUR TESTING ALSO. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BUSSES ON THE ROAD HERE MIDDAY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT. A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ATTENDING SOME OF THEM, SO IT'S A GREAT PART OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AS YOU WRAP UP AND CELEBRATE WITH OUR STUDENTS, THINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, AND ALL THAT'S GOING ON. AS FAR AS DEPUTY DIRECTORS, MR. ADAMS IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE DOES. YOU DO HAVE INCLUDED IN MY REPORT, OUR DISCIPLINE REPORT FOR THE YEAR BY MONTH. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE. DOCTOR CATHERINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ACADEMIC JUST TESTING. RIGHT. THAT'S THE NAME. 
          THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW IS OUR TESTING IS ONGOING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING THAT. BUT THANK OUR OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE IT DOES DISRUPT THE DAYS WITH DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. ALSO OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW THEY TAKE IT IMPORTANT. SO SO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THEM. MR. MAYFIELD GOT A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR US. YES. IN REGARDS TO CENTRAL PARK, WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY. THE FIRE SPRINKLER 
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INSPECTIONS ARE PLANNED FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL COME IN AND TEST ALL THOSE LINES. THEY PLAN TO START THE CLEANING IN TWO WEEKS AS WELL. PAVING IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK. ONE THING DELAYED ABOUT THE PAVING IS THEY'RE WAITING ON SOME POLES TO BE MOVED OUT ON THE ROAD BY MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC. BUT THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC POLES ALSO HAVE COMCAST DATA ON THEM, AND COMCAST HAS YET TO COME GET THEIR DATA OFF THE POLES. SO MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC CAN MOVE IT. SO WE CAN START THE THE WIDENING OUT THERE ON CENTRAL PIKE. WE DO HAVE THE PERMIT FROM T DOT TO TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD THAT. SO THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR COMCAST TO GET OUT THERE SO THEY CAN GET THAT BALL ROLLING. 
          BUT THEY DO ANTICIPATE STARTING PAVING ON OTHER PARTS NEXT WEEK. AND FENCING IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK. THE FINAL SEWER PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF LEBANON. IT HAD 2 OR 3 REVISIONS, BUT THIS REVISION DOES NOT HAVE AN UPGRADED LINE THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR. SO AT ONE POINT IT LOOKED LIKE WE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO IMPROVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE SEWER LINE THAT RUNS TO THE FOREST MAIN. WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. THE REASON BEING WE ARE LIMITING THE FLOW OF OUR SEWER INTO THEIR SYSTEM BY REDUCING THE PIPE SIZE, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FORCE MAIN RUNNING FROM CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY TO A MANHOLE LOCATION OVER TOWARDS THORNTON'S AT 109. THAT'S WHERE WE CONNECT INTO THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM. SO ALL THE CALCULATIONS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS DUE TO THE LINE SIZE AND THE FORCE MAIN IS WHAT MAKES IT BE ABLE TO PASS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS IS WITHOUT AN UPGRADE. SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR US AS FAR AS COST GOES. WEST WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS THE SITE WORK IS IN PROGRESS. THEY HAVE PULLED THE ELECTRICAL LINES OUT OF THE GROUND THAT FEED THE POLES AND THE SCOREBOARDS. THEY DID THAT. SO WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT SITE WORK AND THEY CUT THAT LINE, IT SAVES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. ON NOT HAVING TO REPLACE COPPER IN THE GROUND DUE TO THE EXPENSE. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL IN REGARDS TO THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES. WE HAD SOME SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL GAMES AFTER THAT INITIAL SPRING BREAK SNAFU. IF THERE'S A CHANCE THERE'S A PLAYOFF GAME, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO IT TO KNOW WHETHER WE CAN HAVE THAT OR NOT. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS MIGHT NOT BE WORKING AND THE BOTH TEAMS WANT TO PLAY AT FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT. BUT IT'LL BE THE DAY, WELL, NOT THE DAY OF A FEW DAYS BEFORE. IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DECISION. THE LAKEVIEW AND WATERTOWN MIDDLE PLANS ARE ABOUT TO BE FINALIZED. THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN MAY FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT BE PUT ON THE VIEW SCREEN THIS TIME JUST DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT HE WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. BACK IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING. AND THEN I SENT YOU INFORMATION RIGHT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING STARTED ABOUT THE WEST ELEMENTARY ROOF PROJECT AND ALSO THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. AND HE'S GOT PICTURES INCLUDED IN THERE. THEY DO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL IN REGARDS TO TESTING. SO THIS WEEK, I THINK HE MENTIONED IN THERE THAT THEY BACKED OFF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROJECT DUE TO. SO THEY WOULDN'T CREATE NOISE AND AND A DISRUPTION. SO THAT'S ALL. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, MISTER MEMPHIS. OKAY. ARE YOU SO I'M SORRY, ON THE WAY UP HERE, SOMEONE CALLED IS IS IS RUTLAND. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEIR HVAC AT RUTLAND? DO YOU KNOW ARE YOU TRACKING ANY OF THAT? I HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE OF A PROBLEM. OKAY. IF THERE IS, PRINCIPAL NEEDS TO REACH OUT. I'M JUST. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU DID. I JUST WANT TO SEE, SO NO WORRIES. SIR. 
          THANK YOU. MISS OWENS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM HR? I DO WANT TO REPORT. WE HAD OUR JOB FAIR LAST WEEK. WE DID HAVE OVER 165 WOW CANDIDATES THAT CAME TO THE JOB FAIR. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND OUR PRINCIPALS WERE VERY PLEASED THAT THE CALIBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT CAME. I DID PROVIDE YOU A COPY. ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THE BOARD MEMBERS LAST YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ON THERE ABOUT COVID BECAUSE WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID LAST YEAR THE WAY THAT WE DID THE FIVE FINALISTS IS WE HAD THREE GENERAL QUESTIONS, AND THEN EACH BOARD MEMBER HAD FIVE MINUTES TO ANSWER TO ASK QUESTIONS. AND THEN THEY HAD AT THE END, WE HAD 15 MINUTES FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE DID THREE GENERAL QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING. WE DID EACH BOARD MEMBER ASK, HAD FIVE MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE DID SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS AT THE END, THE WAY THAT WE DID IT THE LAST TIME, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO 
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THAT AGAIN, IS WE PUT ALL THE NAMES IN THE HAT AND WE JUST DREW NAMES. I THINK SHERRY ACTUALLY DREW THE NAMES THE LAST TIME FOR US, AND THAT'S HOW WE DECIDED WHO WENT IN WHAT ORDER. WE DO HAVE ON THE TIMELINE NEXT TUESDAY THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED A MEETING, IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT OR WHATEVER, I'M FINE FOR YOU JUST TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO ME. THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD. YOU KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT. I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN THE THE LAST PART OF THE WEEK, SO I DO NEED THAT INFORMATION THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK SO THAT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN NOTIFY ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED HOW WE WANT TO DO THE MEET AND GREET. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS. ONE IS THAT WE ALLOW THE FIVE CANDIDATES TO GIVE 2 TO 5 MINUTES APIECE. 
          WHATEVER YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO. WE'VE ALSO HAD A SUGGESTION ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO ASSIGN TABLES AND JUST PUT THE CANDIDATES AT DIFFERENT TABLES AND LET YOU WALK AROUND. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WISHES TO DO. YOUR SCORE SHEET IS BEHIND TAB 17. YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF IT. YOU CAN FAX IT, EMAIL IT, TEXT IT OUT, WHATEVER IS EASIEST FOR YOU TO SEND IT TO ME. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GOT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL ENJOYED READING? DO YOU MIND WAITING FOR OLD BUSINESS? AND WE'LL HIT WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. OWENS. MR. ED, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY FINANCE UPDATES? WE ARE VERY DEEP IN BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW. ACTUALLY, THIS MORNING, DOCTOR GOTHARD AND I SAT DOWN AND WE WERE WORKING ON OUR CERTIFIED BUDGET FOR OUR TEACHERS. SO WE'VE GOT SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT THIS WEEK JUST TO GET SOME FINAL NUMBERS, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK ON THE CERTIFIED SIDE OF THINGS. SO ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION IN, OF COURSE, I'LL TURN IT INTO MR. LUTTRELL. 
          WE'LL DISCUSS NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. I AM WAITING ON THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WILL PROVIDE ME THE PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION TO THE SCHOOL FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN AND FORECAST WHAT THE REVENUE GROWTH FOR SALES TAX MAY BE. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO I'LL SIT WITH MARY ANNE MAYNARD AND SEE WHAT WE CAN ESTIMATE AS FAR AS REVENUE GROWTH FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON SALES TAX SIDE OF THINGS, WITH BUDGET SEASON, EVERYBODY'S IN BUDGET RIGHT NOW. SO THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN BUDGET. SO I'M MONITORING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SIDE OF THINGS ON THAT FOR THE BUDGET INCREASES THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE HAVING ON THERE. I DID SEE YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 5000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. SO THAT'S TAKEN, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EDUCATION DOLLARS AWAY. SO JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US AT THE END OF THE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND MOVING UP A HIGHER LEVEL ON THAT IS THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT IS FOR OUR TITLE GRANTS. THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT STATUS QUO AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE SOME DEPARTMENTS TO HOPEFULLY FREE UP SOME MONEY IN THE CONSOLIDATION. THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO GET CONSOLIDATE STAFF IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION CURRENTLY, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THEY'RE INCREASING $539 MILLION FOR THEIR TOTAL BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. SO THE ONE THING THAT I AM KEEPING AN EYE ON IN BUILDING OFF OF THE CONSOLIDATING PROGRAMS IS THE K-12. THEY'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE AND CONSOLIDATE DEPARTMENTS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS ESSENTIALLY THEY'LL REDUCE THEIR WORKFORCE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STREAMLINE THE FUNDS GETTING TO THE STATES. SO I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT BECAUSE THAT MAY AFFECT THE THE SPEED IN WHICH WE RECEIVE OUR EITHER OUR BUDGETS FOR OUR GRANTS. AND THEN ONCE WE SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MAY AFFECT NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS THE TIME FOR US TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS. SO IT'S VERY EARLY ON FOR BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO READ ON THAT, AND I'LL I'LL BORE MYSELF AND JUST INFORM ME WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER SEBASTIAN? OH, OH, I'M SORRY IF I CAN BACK UP MISS OWENS. AND I DON'T MIND SAVING THIS FOR OLD BUSINESS, BUT I GOT A QUESTION. SO WHILE I'D LIKE TO ASK IT NOW. 
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QUESTION. DID WE MENTION A MINUTE AGO THAT THE THE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO BE LIVE STREAMED? THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T HEAR IT. BUT SOMEONE ASKED ME THAT QUESTION. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. WE WE HAVE A SCHEDULE READY TO GIVE TO SWAGGART JUST AS SOON AS. SO I'LL EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN. THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWING AT THE END OF THE DAY WOULD HAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE FROM THE PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, BECAUSE THEY COULD SIT THERE AND WATCH LIVE STREAMS OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S INTERVIEWS ALL DAY. SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE RECORD AND RELEASE ALL THE INTERVIEWS AT ONCE. SO THERE'S NOBODY THAT HAS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. AND WE SEE LIKE THE TRUE CALIBER OF EACH CANDIDATE. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION WHILE THIS PERSON WAS WATCHING. 
          THANK YOU. ONE MORE NOTE IN MY REPORT CONCERNING FINANCES. WE DID RECEIVE ANOTHER EMAIL LAST WEEK FROM FEMA THAT OUR $17 MILLION CLAIM THAT WE HAVE AN AWARD LETTER, BUT IT'S BEEN PAUSED AND ON HOLD THAT WE THE EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED LAST WEEK WAS TO REINFORCE THAT WE WILL BE GETTING THAT 17 MILLION AND THAT OUR CLAIM NUMBER SUPPOSEDLY IS GOING TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THE CONTRACTS. THERE IS SOME NEW STATE LEGISLATION I THINK, THAT WILL IMPACT. THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL SAID. BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A REPORT. DO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT MONEY WILL COME IN AT SOME POINT. AND THAT'S 17 MILLION FOR THOSE WATCHING IS COMING FROM WHERE WE FILED WENT BACK AND FILED A CLAIM ON THE TORNADO DAMAGE. WES WILSON AND STONER CREEK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN FEMA MONEY. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AND WE'LL BE CRUCIAL GOING FORWARD AS WE BRING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR FUNDING. MR. THAT IS MY R THAT'S REAL QUICKGET THAT 17 MILLION, IS THAT ALREADY ALLOCATED TOWARDS SOMETHING? NO, THAT WILL GO TO THE COUNTY, TO THE TRUSTEE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTY THAT WILL NOT COME INTO OUR BUDGET. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND. MOTION SECOND. 
          MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION 11, WE HAVE 11.1 
          [11.1 Recommendation to Approve Policy 1.404 on Second Reading with changes and to remove language "at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled start of the Board Meeting to request time to speak" as amended on first vote. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY. 1.404 ON SECOND READING WITH CHANGES AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED START OF THE BOARD MEETING TO REQUEST TIME TO SPEAK, AS AMENDED ON THE FIRST VOTE BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW, MR. JENNINGS, WE GOT SOME ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO REQUEST IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN MAKE THE PROPER MOTION, I WILL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONE THAT I SHARED IS SEND OUT. YES, MISS. 3 OR 4 DAYS AGO. THAT'S THE ONE YOU WILL BE VOTING ON, MR. GREEN, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. MR. HAYDEN, WHO'S OUR ATTORNEY ON OUR LAWSUIT, FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE A A DEFENDABLE POLICY LOOKS LIKE A LEGAL POLICY, I SHOULD SAY. OKAY, SO JUST SO EVERYBODY'S WATCHING, WHAT WAS ADDED TO BE REMOVED WAS A CHAIRMAN OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER. OKAY, I'LL START OFF THIS IS FOR POLICY. 1.404 AND IF YOU GO TO BELOW APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT STATES, AND THIS IS WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE REMOVED, THE CHAIRMAN OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER MAY RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR REMARKS TO THE BOARD, IF HE OR SHE DETERMINES THAT SUCH IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. SO THAT IS WHAT MR. JENNINGS IS ADDED TO, TO AMEND IT AGAIN. BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AS TO WHY THAT WAS, WHY THAT PART OF IT WAS REMOVED. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. THE THE SECTION ON THE CHAIRMAN OR THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER MAY RECOGNIZE WHY DID WHY WAS THAT REMOVED? UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN THE LAW, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S. I THINK WE FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST SUPERFLUOUS. SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE TIME REQUIREMENT OF 24 HOURS, THAT IT BASICALLY, THE POLICY YOU'VE GOT THERE ALLOWS 
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ANYBODY TO SPEAK RIGHT UP UNTIL THE TIME YOU CUT OFF PUBLIC COMMENT. AND MR. JIN, DOESN'T THE NEW STATE LAW REQUIRE THAT ANYONE CAN SPEAK, REQUIRES WHAT? IT REQUIRES IT. ANYONE CAN SPEAK. THERE'S NO GOING TO A YES IT DOES. YES. NOW, I SENT OUT SOME STUFF TO YOU THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS GOING TO VOTE ON MONDAY NIGHT JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. I'M NOT NOT SUGGESTING THAT IT APPLIES TO TO THIS BOARD, BUT THE OURS IS MUCH MORE RESTRICTIVE. WE HAVE PUT A TIME LIMIT ON TOTAL SPEAKING TIME. AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. YOURS IS WIDE OPEN. 
          SO I REALLY DON'T SEE WHY ANYONE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. WELL, LET ME THROW OUT THIS HYPOTHETICAL. SUPPOSE I HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I'M TRYING TO GET PASSED, AND I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATED TO THAT. WHAT WE USUALLY DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS IS CONTACT AND PUT THAT ON AGENDA AS A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S USUALLY, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS FOR THE ATTORNEY. OH, I'M SORRY, I JUST I THOUGHT IT WAS TO ME YOU'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW, SO I HAVE TO LOOK PAST YOU TO SEE MR. JENNINGS. 
          WELL, YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL WAYS FOR. I MEAN, IF THE PERSON WANTS TO SPEAK, THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP THAT EVENING. SO THEY COULD THEY COULD BE UNDER THE PUBLIC APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD. THERE'S ALL TYPE OF THINGS THEY COULD DO. I, I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST OPENING UP COMMENT ON AN ITEM AFTER YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO YOUR AGENDA. THAT'S THAT'S TIME FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION. IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, THEY'VE GOT A NEW IDEA, THERE NEEDS TO BE HEARD, THEN DEFER IT. WE ROUTINELY DO THAT. HOWEVER, ON A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT NEEDS TO DO A PRESENTATION OR SPEAK OR LOOK OR TALK OR WHATEVER. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE ARCHITECT THAT TALKS ABOUT SCHOOL PROJECTS. SO I MEAN, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. AND THERE'S IF ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTS TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE THAT HAPPENED TO BE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THE ISSUE, THIS REALLY DOESN'T GET TO THE THE TENNESSEE LAW CHANGE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS OUT. IT'S BEEN IN HERE. AND WHY WOULD WE WHY WOULD WE CHANGE IT NOW? IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LAW CHANGE. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. I THINK THIS TOUCHES EXACTLY. IN FACT, IT'S WORD FOR WORD WITH WHAT THE THE LAW SAYS. AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO. PERHAPS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LAW CHANGE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME? FOR EXAMPLE? I BELIEVE THAT IT MEANS THAT ANY CITIZEN CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S GERMANE TO THIS BOARD DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PERIODS, YOU CAN CORRECT ANY ANY ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA OR THAT'S GERMANE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BOARD. THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAT SAYS THAT THE CHAIRMAN OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER MAY RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THAT IS TO SAY THAT WHILE WE'RE IN DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEM, THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM SOMEBODY THAT WE THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND BY TAKING THIS OUT, THAT THAT ELIMINATES THAT OPPORTUNITY. LET ME LET ME ADDRESS SOMETHING ELSE TO THIS. 
          WE ARE INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT RIGHT NOW WITH MOMS FOR LIBERTY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FAVORABLE RULINGS UP UNTIL THIS POINT WITH THE WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD CAUTION YOU AGAINST GOING ANY FURTHER WITHOUT CHECKING WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT IS HANDLING THAT LAWSUIT FOR US. HE FELT GOOD ABOUT THIS. I CHECKED WITH HIM AS LATE AS 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON TO MAKE SURE. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT TO BE MINDFUL OF. 
          THAT LAWSUIT IS STILL PENDING IN FEDERAL COURT. WE'VE GOTTEN FAVORABLE RULINGS ON THAT. OKAY. 
          THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT I CAN HAVE THE COURTESY OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS INDIVIDUAL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE POLICY AS PROPOSED BY MR. JENNINGS, THAT WAS SENT OUT TO US A FEW DAYS AGO. 
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SECOND, SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WOULD REMOVE JUST EVERYONE'S TRACKING. THE MOTION WOULD BE TO REMOVE NOT ONLY THE 24 HOUR REQUIREMENT, WE'D BE REMOVING THAT AS WELL AS REMOVING THE CHAIRMAN. OUR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER MAY RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR REMARKS TO THE BOARD IF HE OR SHE DETERMINES DETERMINES THAT SUCH IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. JIMMY? YES. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT SENTENCE IS REALLY A DUPLICATION OF THE LAW. THE LAW STATES THAT ANYBODY CAN SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE GERMANE TO THIS BODY. THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE THAT SENTENCE IN THERE A SECOND TIME IN OUR OWN WORDS. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. IT'S CONFUSING. YEAH. AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ABOVE STATEMENT THAT SAYS CITIZENS MAY SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE CHAIRMAN OR AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS TO HELP EXPLAIN THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY. THEY MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA THEMSELVES TO DISCUSS. SO THAT'S IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SEPARATION. ONE IS THE CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND TO ME, THIS ADDRESSES THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, CITIZEN OR WHOEVER SPEAK DURING THE DISCUSSION OF AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          WE CAN I HEAR I HEAR WHAT MR. JENNINGS IS SAYING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THAT ATTORNEY, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION TO GET FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE ME THE COURTESY OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER. BUT I DIDN'T GET A SECOND TO MY MOTION. AND SO HERE WE ARE. LET'S SAY IF WE DEFER, WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW CHANGE. BUT, MR. MACK, I BELIEVE THAT SENTENCE GOES ALONG WITH APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD. IT'S NOT HAVING AN EXPERT WITNESS OR AN EXPERT WHATEVER ON AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO BRING. I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND IF THEY YOU HAVE AN EXPERT THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK, THEN HAVE THEM COME AND SIGN UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. THE THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD AT THE BEGINNING. AND IN THE SECOND CASE WHERE IT SAYS THE CHAIRMAN OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, TO ME, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT MY ABILITY. IF I HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM OR ANYONE'S ABILITY, IF THEY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO HAVE A CITIZEN ADDRESS DURING THAT TIME, THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. PERHAPS I'M WRONG. I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY, BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE THREE MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS POLICY DOESN'T COVER A BOARD MEMBER'S ABILITY TO HAVE SOMEONE SPEAK AS WE CONSIDER AN AGENDA ITEM, WHICH ONE DOES? THERE IS A POLICY ON SETTING THE AGENDA. AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK IN MY FIVE YEARS, ANYTIME A BOARD MEMBER'S CONTACTED ME WANTING TO PUT SOMEONE ON AGENDA, WE HAVE DONE THAT MYSELF AND THE CHAIR WHEN WE SET THE AGENDA THAT IS COVERED ON HOW TO GET ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, I'M JUST IF YOU CAN GIVE ME. YEAH, THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, SPECIFIC AGENDA, THE JUST FOLLOW ME. IF THE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS TO DO THIS AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CALL HIM UP TO THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE WHERE I RAN INTO A PROBLEM AND WAS ESSENTIALLY NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, WAS WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THAT WE ASKED, WE PASS A RESOLUTION TO ASK MR. JENNINGS TO BE AN INTERVENER IN THE CASE WITH TDEC ON THE LAGADO SCHOOL SITUATION, WE HAD SOMEONE, A LOT OF YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S A TECHNICAL, COMPLICATED TOPIC AND YOU ALL UNDERSTANDABLY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND A LOT OF YOU ALL HAVE A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE ON THAT SITUATION THAN I DID, BECAUSE I'M A JOHNNY COME LATELY TO THAT SITUATION. I HAD SOMEONE HERE THAT COULD HAVE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO LET HIM SPEAK. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PREVENT AND TRYING TO ALLOW. AND WHETHER IT'S ME OR ANYBODY ELSE, IF THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT ENABLES THAT TO HAPPEN? IF NOT THIS? SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM. AND AGAIN, I'LL BE HAPPY. I, 
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I RESPECT MR. JENNINGS OPINION. WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR DECADES AND I ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE ATTORNEY THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CASE. I'VE HEARD OTHERS OF YOU MENTION IT, AND I PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT OPENS US UP TO ANY LEGAL LIABILITY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, BUT I CERTAINLY DEFER TO TO MR. JENNINGS. IS THERE A I'M SORRY, IS THERE A QUESTION? WELL, MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS, CAN WE PUT THIS OFF FOR ONE MEETING AND GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THAT FELLOW THAT YOU RECOMMENDED I TALKED TO? I JUST HAD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY, JUST JUST IN GENERAL ON ADDING TO THIS, THE ONLY THING THAT THREW ME OFF IS IT SAYS THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, HE OR SHE SHALL SIGN UP ON THE FORM PROVIDED. SO HAVE WE GIVEN ANY DO WE NEED TO ADD INTO THIS? HOW SPECIFICALLY SOMEONE. IS THERE GOING TO BE A CHECKLIST OR SOMETHING AT THE DESK THAT THEY SIGN UP FOR? AND THEN WE READ OFF THEIR NAMES. IF THEY SHOW UP THE DAY OF OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN ADVANCE, THEY WOULD USE THE FORM. BUT IF THEY'RE COMING IN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ORGANIZE WHO COMES AND TALKS AND HOW? AND I LIKE THE IDEA TO, MR. JENNINGS SUGGESTED IS THAT AFTER THE COMMENT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE THEY'RE NOT COMING UP RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CALL. BUT IT'S NOT EXPLICIT IN THIS IN THIS EITHER. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IT. YEAH. I THINK THE WAY THAT MOST BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN WILSON COUNTY HANDLE IT IS THEY SIMPLY HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET. THEY DO, I THINK SO. SO THE SIGN UP SHEET ISN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS POLICY, BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT MISS MISS SHERRY HAS. AND I'M PRETTY SURE MISS SHERRY IS IS WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE IT TO MAKE IT IN LINE WITH. TO MAKE IT IN LINE WITH THE POLICY. SO THE SIGN UP SHEET, THE ONE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED THAT THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETINGS WITH THE ATTORNEYS, IS THE ONE THAT I ASKED HER TO SEND OUT. I THINK SHE SENT IT OUT MONDAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, NOT THIS POLICY, BUT TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK. SO MISS SHERRY IS AND YES, SHE'S GOING TO DETAIL IN THAT FORM TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO FILL THIS OUT. BUT IN ADDITION, ON THAT FORM, IT WILL SAY IF YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A SIGN UP SHEET AT THE ENTRANCE AND IT'S OVER AT 6:00, IT'LL BE CUT OFF AND THEN IT'LL BE BROUGHT TO US. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BEGIN, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE THE NAMES ON THERE WILL HAVE ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, TOPIC, AND THEN THEY BRING IT TO US AND THEN THEY'LL BE ADDED IF THERE'S OTHER SPEAKERS. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. MR. MR. MR. MR. ROMAN, I WAS ASKING YOU TO. YES, YES. THANK YOU. AND SO THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS A MOTION, BUT WE ALSO IS ANYBODY GOING TO. SECOND. OR HAVE YOU TRIED TO. MELISSA DID. MELISSA. SECOND, THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE ON HAND, WHICH IS TO ACCEPT IT AS IT IS PRESENTED WITH THE CHANGES WITH THE 24 HOURS PLUS THE CHANGES THAT MR. JENNINGS HAS REQUESTED. SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW TO VOTE ON. WE ALSO HAVE MR. MAX MENTIONED THAT DID NOT GET A SECOND, SO I'M ASSUMING IT DIED. AND THEN I MADE A MOTION. SO. SO BEFORE WE VOTE FURTHER COMMENTARY, I GUESS I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD IF YOU IF WE'RE DEBATING AN ISSUE AND WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND MAKE HELP US MAKE A BETTER DECISION, WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM? IF, IN THE OPINION OF ONE OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, THAT THERE'S VALUE TO THAT? SO THE SUGGESTION THAT IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S A PRESENTATION AND YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE ITEM, AND THEN JUST PRIOR TO THE MEETING, MAYBE YOU HAD AN IDEA THAT YOU WANTED TO PRESENT THAT WASN'T ON MAYBE GERMANE TO THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, YEAH, SO I'M BACK TO WHERE I STARTED WITH THE LAGADO SCHOOL SITUATION WITH TDEC AND THE RESOLUTION WITH MAYOR JENNINGS. YOU GUYS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. I WAS BRINGING THAT, AND YOU GUYS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR ALL OF THEM. AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS KNEW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO. BUT I HAD A CITIZEN HERE THAT I WOULD CONSIDER A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THE 
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TOPIC, BUT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK. WHILE WE WERE CONSIDERING THAT, WE HAPPENED TO COME TO, I THINK, A GOOD DECISION IN THAT CASE. BUT WE MIGHT WE MIGHT HAVE COME TO A DIFFERENT DECISION BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM HIM IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. HOMAN. DO WE NOT HAVE THAT DISCRETION NOW? I MEAN, IS IT NOT EXPLICIT IN NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS POLICY, BUT JUST IN GENERAL? WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT FOR SOMEBODY HERE THAT KNOWS THAT THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA, WHY WOULDN'T THEY SPEAK DURING THE TIME OF PUBLIC PRESENTATION? WELL, BECAUSE AT YOU MEAN AT THE AT THE BEGINNING? YEAH, THEY CAN THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO. AND IN THIS CASE, THAT PERSON DID THAT, BUT THEY CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERY QUESTION THAT IS GOING TO BE ASKED. AND IN FACT, A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WHICH ARE VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AND DESERVED ANSWERS AND DESERVE TO BE LOOKED AT AS WE CONSIDERED WERE ASKED, BUT THAT PERSON WAS NOT GIVEN THE ABILITY TO TALK, EVEN THOUGH I ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR IT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS OPEN, WHY WOULD WE TAKE THIS SENTENCE OUT OF HERE? THAT SEEMS TO GIVE A BOARD MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I ALSO HAVE ROOM SENSITIVE TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT OPENING UP LEGAL SITUATION. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOUR RESOURCE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THAT IS AND COME BACK AND REPORT TO THE BOARD NEXT TIME AND SAY, HERE'S THE DEAL. I'M EITHER CONVINCED OR I'M NOT. AND AND HERE WE GO. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION, BUT IT DIDN'T GET A SECOND. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER THAT. BUT AS WE VOTE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TO TO PASS THIS WITH BOTH OF THOSE OUT, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AGAIN, IF WE'RE MAKING A DECISION AND WE'VE GOT A CITIZEN HERE THAT COULD HELP US MAKE A BETTER DECISION AS WE DISCUSSED IT, WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY? AND WITH THAT, I'M DONE. I THINK MAYBE. MR. JAMES CAN CORRECT ME THIS. SO THIS POLICY IS ABOUT APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD. OKAY, MAYBE. 
          MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA. OKAY. THE AGENDA POLICY WHERE WE SET THE AGENDA AND UNDER NEW BUSINESS HAVE SOME PARAMETERS SAYING THAT IF SOMEONE'S BRINGING NEW BUSINESS OR IF AN ITEM IS BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ADD THAT. SO THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THIS IS JUST TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD. SO IF WE LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY THE POLICY THAT DEALS WITH THE MEETING AND THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, YOU'RE WANTING HIM TO SPEAK AT A DIFFERENT SECTION WHERE THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC TO ITEM. ITEM FIVE. SO ITEM FIVE IS THIS IS SPECIFIC TO ITEM FIVE. YOU ARE CORRECT. SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK UP THAT POLICY AND WE CAN BRING THAT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THAT WITH SOME CHANGES, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WOULD THAT BE A WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO DO ANYTHING. I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL WE MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT DO ANY DAMAGE TO OUR DEFENSE OF THE LAWSUIT. OF COURSE, THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE OVERRIDING THING. SO. SO WE CAN WE CAN VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT. OKAY. AND IF YOU SAY IF IT APPROVES LIKE IT IS, AND THEN AFTER THIS, WE'LL GET THE AGENDA POLICY AND BREAK OUT SOME SECTIONS, AND THEN YOU CAN PUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEW BUSINESS THAT WE COULD HAVE WAITING WITH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THAT TO OUR LAWYER WHO'S REPRESENTING US TO SEE HOW IT WOULD IMPACT US, SIR, AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD. IT'S FINE WITH ME. OKAY, I LIKE THAT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE VOTING ON. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY 1.404 ON SECOND READING WITH CHANGES AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING TO REQUEST TIME TO SPEAK, AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS ON. YES. AS WE'RE VOTING ON LOW AND READY. 
          [11.2 Recommendation to Approve Fee Schedule 2026-27 ]
MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION 11.2 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2026 2027. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE'S NOT REALLY CHANGES, BUT THERE'S NO CHANGES. I THINK WE DID ADD ONE CLASS TO THIS DOCTOR CATHERINE, WAS THAT. CAN YOU TELL US WHICH CLASS THAT WE DID? WE ADDED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO NO 
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INCREASE OR CHANGE TO FEES. JUST WE DO HAVE TO DO ANNUAL APPROVAL APPROVAL ON FEES. DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT? NO, NO, IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. IT'S IN THERE. 
          IT'S PRESENTED. THAT CLASS IS LISTED. IT'S IN THERE. THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS SHERRY. 
          [11.3 Recommendation to Approve 2026-2027 Textbook Committee Recommendations CTE & Lifetime Wellness ]
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.3. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE 20 2627. TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. CTE AND LIFETIME WELLNESS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANTED TO THANK MISS HOLCOMB AND DOCTOR CATHERINE FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS DURING THIS ITEM. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I ECHO THAT TOO. THANK YOU FOR THE HELP. AND AND PERHAPS AS A NEWCOMER, THAT MAYBE SOME CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A. WHAT IS THE TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE AND WHO IS IT AND WHAT GUIDELINES THEY USE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS? I DON'T KNOW. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME CITIZENS THAT DON'T KNOW TAKES TEXTBOOK COMMITTEES APPOINTED EVERY YEAR. IT'S SUBJECT AREA TEACHERS ARE OUR BEST TEACHERS. WE INCLUDE VARIOUS ONES ON THAT. WHEN WE DO CURRICULUM ADOPTION, WHAT GUIDELINES IS. I HAVE ONLY EVER PRESENTED STATE APPROVED CURRICULUM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN WENT THROUGH THE STATE COMMITTEE BOOK COMMITTEE AND SAID THIS IS APPROVED CURRICULUM THAT ALIGNS WITH THE STANDARDS AND STATUTES IN TENNESSEE. AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS, THEY HAVE MEETINGS, THESE COMMITTEES, THEY GET BOOKS, ALL KINDS OF THE ONES THEY'RE CONSIDERING GOES BACK TO THE SCHOOLS. SO ALL TEACHERS GET AN INPUT INTO IT. THEN THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE, THEY COME BACK AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THE TEACHERS WANT TO ADOPT FOR THE CURRICULUM. AND AT TIMES WE HAVE MEETINGS THAT ARE OPEN EVEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF MEETINGS WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD COME AND LOOK AT ANY ANYTHING THAT'S EVEN UP FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION. AND I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY CAN REQUEST IT. ABSOLUTELY. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD THAT'S INTERESTED IN SOMETHING, YOU CAN. I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEXT BOOK COMMITTEE WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. I SEE THAT THERE'S A BOOK THAT DISCUSSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND THAT COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS. BUT I DID A LITTLE GOOGLING IN AI AROUND AND IT HAD IT IT REFERENCES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, AND I WONDER IF THAT MAYBE HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED PREVIOUSLY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE COMFORTABLE TELLING THE CITIZENS AMOUNT OF WILSON COUNTY RATHER THAT THIS BOOK DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD FIND OFFENSIVE AS FAR AS THAT TYPE OF TOPIC. IS THAT IS THAT WHERE I. YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION. THAT WAS EXACTLY MY QUESTION TOO. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO ME FROM PARENTS. AND SO, YEAH, THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL SECTIONS OF THIS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS CURRICULUM. SO THEY ARE NOT PART OF IT. YEAH. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO REVOKE, MA'AM. 
          [11.4 Recommendation to Approve Wilson County School buses and drivers to be used for the 2026 Wilson County Fair -  Tennessee State Fair with reimbursement from the Wilson County Fair-Tennessee State Fair. ]
MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.4. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL BUSSES AND DRIVERS TO BE USED FOR 2026. WILSON COUNTY FAIR. 
          TENNESSEE STATE FAIR WITH REIMBURSEMENT FROM WILSON COUNTY FAIR. TENNESSEE STATE FAIR MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE, MISS SHERRY. 
          [11.5 Recommendation to Approve the purchase of 4 Weapon Detection Units ]
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MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.5. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF. FOR WEAPON DETECTION UNITS. I'LL. SECOND. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. OKAY. TELL ME ABOUT THIS. A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORTHY OF DISCUSSION AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH RECENT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IT BEEN? TWO YEARS AGO, THIS BOARD MADE A DECISION. WE WANT TO START ADDING WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEM. WE WENT WITH ONE COMPANY FIRST AND JUST BOUGHT A FEW UNITS. WE HAVE TRIED ANOTHER COMPANY, PURCHASED SOME OF THEIRS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO ADD MORE AND MORE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE'VE HAD TO DO IT WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND WE'RE READY TO ADD SOME MORE THAT THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET SET ASIDE. SO THIS IS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SECURITY LAYER. AND ONE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY ARE MOBILE. SO WE COULD TAKE THEM TO FOOTBALL GAMES, AND WE CAN TAKE THEM TO DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE THERE'D BE LARGE CROWDS. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY. 
          SIR, DO WE HAVE SOME OF THIS BRAND ALREADY? WE DO. AND THEY THEY WORK. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. 
          NOW THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS 100%, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE. OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE LOOKED AND GIVEN INPUT OR SROS INTO WHAT WORKS BEST. AND THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE. AND WE'RE DOING A PURCHASE INSTEAD OF A LEASE. WE THINK IT'S MORE ECONOMICAL TO DO IT THAT WAY. MR. LUTTRELL, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THIS PLATFORM. THIS IS A SIMILAR PLATFORM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          RIGHT? SO WE HAVE SOME OF THIS CURRENT PLATFORM. YES. OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD EARLIER ABOUT THE VAPE DETECTIONS AND SMOKE DETECTORS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THIS ULTIMATELY ON THE SAME PLATFORM, OR IS THIS A NO. IS IT INDEPENDENT, SEPARATE TYPE OF THING? THIS IS STRICTLY FOR WEAPONS. PERFECT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. ARE THESE SLATED FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR ARE THESE GOING TO BE MOBILE UNITS. 
          NOW WE HAVE THEM ROTATING AND THAT IS PART OF ONE OF OUR LAYERS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. SO SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADD MORE TO MAKE THAT WHERE WE CAN ROLL THEM MORE FREQUENTLY. JUST LIKE TO JUST, I KNOW WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S TRAINED ON THESE THINGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRAIN MORE STAFF TO RUN THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE MORNING. OR I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, I KNOW IT'S TIGHT, BUT IF WE GET A STIPEND OR SOMETHING, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT RUN THOSE, I'M JUST I KNOW PRINCIPALS CAN DO IT ON THEIR OWN. I GUESS I'M JUST I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. 
          SEBASTIAN. YEAH. AND IF I CAN ADD, I KNOW, MR. MAC, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. MOST OF THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PAID OUT OF OUR. WE WERE AWARDED A PUBLIC SCHOOL SECURITY GRANT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE IN FROM THE STATE. THEY AWARDED US $421,736. 
          SO WE'RE JUST SUPPLEMENTING $16,000 OUT OF OUR BUDGET TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN THAT. SO MOST OF IT'S PAID FOR BY A GRANT. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MR. 
          [11.6 Recommendation to Approve Extension of ABM Cleaning Contract ]
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.6 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EXTENSION OF ABM CLEANING CONTRACT MOTION. I'LL SECOND, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION THE DETAILS REAL QUICK, SIR, ABOUT THIS CONTRACT. YEAH, THIS IS AN EXTENSION. IT GOES BACK. YOU HAVE THAT IN THE MEMO. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH ONE YEAR EXTENSION. AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE NEEDING TO BID THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT. I'M MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE WITH A 1% INCREASE. AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY. 
          OKAY. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO BACK UP AND SAY THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE. BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE COMPANY ON THE. IS THERE MORE THAN ONE ON HERE? WELL, THIS WAS WE JUST GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. YES. OKAY. YES. THIS IS WE'RE JUST EXTENDING. ABM'S. WE GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION OF THE ORIGINAL BID. OKAY. IT'S WHAT I PROVIDED YOU. GOT YOU. THIS IS AN EXTENSION. OKAY. MISS SHERRY. 
          [11.7 Recommendation to Approve FY 27 Title IA Neglected MOU Agreement]
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MOTION PASS. UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.7. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FY 27. 
          TITLE. IS IT TITLE ONE OR I? A NEGLECTED MOU AGREEMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND MOTION A SECOND. YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND. YEAH. COULD SOMEBODY GIVE ME A BRIEF TUTORIAL ON WHAT THIS IS? HANG ON. LET ME GET TO IT. BRIEF. THIS IS FOR YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, RIGHT? YES. IT'S A REQUIREMENT. YES. WITH OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. YEP. 
          WHAT DOES IT DO? WELL, A PRIVATE SCHOOL HAS THE ABILITY TO USE SOME OF OUR FUNDING. 
          FEDERAL FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THE HOLDER OF IT FOR FOR MOST OF THE TIME. AND WE MEET WITH THEM AND THEY DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT. SO AND I THINK LAST YEAR, MOST OF THEM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WANTED TO USE IT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR TEACHERS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WITH THE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THERE'S A COST SHARING INVOLVED WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND SO THIS IS JUST AN MOU THAT KIND OF SPELLS OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE MONEY. BUT YEAH, THIS THIS IS BUILT INTO THE TITLE ONE NEGLECTED FEDERAL GRANT. WELL, THAT CONTINUE NOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO LIKE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GETTING PUBLIC DOLLARS AND A VOUCHER, OR DO WE GET A PORTION OF THEIR FUNDING. WE DO NOT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SOMETHING TO REACH OUT TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT. YES. ALSO LOOKS LIKE THESE TWO SCHOOLS LISTED ARE LEARNING ACADEMY AND MOUNT JULIET ACADEMY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, I THINK, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. 
          FOR THAT ONE. I'LL BE HONEST. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY TAKE VOUCHERS LIKE I'M NOT TARGETING THOSE SCHOOLS WHATSOEVER. NO. YES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12.1, 
          [12.1 Director Search]
WHICH IS OLD BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 
          I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR'S SEARCH. 13.1 NEW BUSINESS HOUR 12.1. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO FIRST START OFF WITH JUST TO GET THIS OUT THERE. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH MISS FARROW'S RECOMMENDATION. I THINK IT'D BE BETTER INSTEAD OF SITTING HERE TALKING IN CIRCLES AND NOT REALLY MAKING A DECISION, JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ABOUT IT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE VIDEO RECORDED, HAVE THE INTERVIEWS RECORDED AND RELEASED AT A LATER DATE WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETED. I WOULD SAY EVEN THAT NIGHT, I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH A LATER DATE, BUT I'M FINE WITH THAT. YES, AT THE CONCLUSION. SECOND. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I WAS COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH LIVE STREAMING, SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE PERSON THAT POINTED THAT OUT. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHAT WE DID LAST TIME, BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD POINT. IF SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO WATCH ALL EVERYBODY ELSE'S INTERVIEWS, THEY COULD UNFAIRLY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. SO I'M GLAD. THANK YOU TO THE PERSON WHO POINTED THAT OUT TO ME. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL VOTE MISS SHERRY. A SECOND, I THINK, MR. MATT. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS, SIX ZERO. OKAY. SO FOR THE NEXT ITEM THAT I'LL I'LL BRING UP, I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT ON THE DAY OF THE 21ST. OKAY. 
          BUT BEFORE I MAKE THIS MOTION, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, MISS OWENS, WHEN IS THE IF WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE 21ST, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A MEETING OR WE JUST SEND IT TO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WHEN DO YOU NEED IT BY. BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TABULATE AND DO THESE THINGS. 
          WHAT, WHAT WOULD WHEN WOULD YOU NEED IT BY. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MEET ON THE 21ST AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAND THEIR SHEETS IN, THEN WE CAN JUST I MEAN, WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME IS THE SHEETS WERE HANDED IN AND I TABULATED 
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THEM RIGHT THERE. SO IT DEPENDS IF YOU WANT TO TURN THEM IN, IF THEY'RE TURNED IN OR IF YOU WANT TO JUST MEET THAT NIGHT AND WE OKAY, REGULATE THEM THERE. IF WE SEND THEM TO YOU, WHEN WOULD YOU NEED THEM BY? WELL, DO YOU WANT TO. THERE WAS NO MEETING. NO MEETING. WE JUST SEND THEM TO YOU. WHEN WOULD BE. I KNOW THE 21ST IS WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO SEND THEM TO YOU AT 8:08 P.M. ON THE 21ST. WHEN WOULD YOU. IS. I WOULD NEED THEM NO LATER THAN THE THE END OF WORK THE DAY BEFORE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG TO TABULATE THEM, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THEM BY THE END OF. DO YOU WANT TO SAY BY 4:00 ON THE 20TH? SURE, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TURN OUR SHEETS INTO HR BY COB ON THE 20TH, AND THEY ARE ANNOUNCED BY HR ON THE 21ST SECOND WITH NO MEETING. THAT'S FINE. MOTION IS SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE. WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE FIVE CLEAR WINNERS? OR TOP CANDIDATES? I GUESS I SHOULD SAY. CAN WE ON THIS MOTION AND THEN. BUT THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. YEAH. ARE YOU SAYING IF IT TIES FOR LIKE A SIXTH PLACE. YEAH, I WOULD SAY I MEAN, I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION, BUT I'M JUST DISCUSSING I WOULD SAY THEN WE INTERVIEW THE SIXTH CANDIDATE. WOULD THAT HAPPEN? IT COULD. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT COULD HAVE A LOT OF IT WAS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY. AND I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD IF WE TURN THEM IN ON THE 20TH BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL US BEFORE THE 21ST THAT, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TIE AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN GO FROM, YEAH. SO YES, THERE'S SO THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT AD NAUSEAM AND WHEN WE CAN BRING THEM UP, I HAVE NO, NO ISSUE. YOU KNOW, ALSO THE QUESTION IF, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE FIVE AND DON'T WANT TO PUT FIVE NAMES ON THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, QUESTION, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY GOT TO VOTE ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT OKAY, THE WAY THAT WE DID IT IN THE PAST, IF THEY DIDN'T, WE TOOK THE TOP FIVE OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT INTO A SHEET. SO TABULATE WHETHER YOU PUT ONE, TWO, 3 OR 4 IT'S GOING TO SHOOT OUT WHO THE TOP FIVE ARE. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE THE OTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS ONCE WE GET THE FIVE CANDIDATES TO ASK THEM FOR A COPY OF A PICTURE SO THAT WE COULD, WE COULD PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT WITH THE ABOUT THE MEET AND GREET. OKAY, IN THE INTERVIEWS, TELL ME ONE MORE TIME, JUST SO I'LL BE CLEAR, IF WE HAVE A MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND TURN THEM IN THERE, YOU'RE OKAY GETTING THEM AT SIX, 7:00, RIGHT. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING, YOU NEED THEM 24 HOURS EARLIER. THAT IS CORRECT. IF YOU WANT THAT THAT INFORMATION TO BE KNOWN ON THAT, ON THAT DAY BEFORE WORK ENDS, THEN. YES. WELL, HOW COULD WE DO THAT IF WE HAD A MEETING, IF WE HAD A MEETING, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE. WELL, IF WE HAD A MEETING, I WOULD TABULATE THEM. AT THE MEETING, WE WOULD TAKE A BREAK, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME IS WE TOOK A RECESS WHILE, TABULATED THE THE SCORE SHEETS. OKAY. SO AGAIN, I DON'T MIND TO TO COME ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND TABULATE THE SHEETS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PREFER. I DON'T, I JUST HATE TO LOSE 24 HOURS OF DECISION MAKING TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING. I MEAN, THAT JUST I DON'T STILL DON'T GET IT, BUT. OKAY. WELL, IT'S IT'S ANOTHER GOOD THING IS WE'VE GOT WE GOT THE PACKAGES FOUR DAYS EARLIER. SO YOU GAVE US FOUR MORE DAYS TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THOSE PACKAGES TO US BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE 14TH. WE GOT THEM ON THE 10TH, I BELIEVE, BUT I'LL ECHO THAT. THANK YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER WONDERFULLY. YES, I'LL ECHO THAT TOO. THANK YOU. YES. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION TO TURN THESE INTO HR BY BY 4:00 ON THE 20TH. AND THEN FOR HR TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 21ST. THAT'S THE THE CURRENT. OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO TURN THEM IN ON THE 21ST BY 4:00, I WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN THAT AROUND. I THINK IF WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE, IF WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE 21ST, IF WE GET INTO THE 20TH, THEY'LL GIVE YOU TIME WITH THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET THAT PUT TOGETHER. SO ON 21ST WE CAN PUT IT ALL OUT. I'LL BE GLAD TO DO WHATEVER YOU. OKAY, OKAY. CAN I ASK A REAL QUICK QUESTION, MISS OWENS? WHEN YOU DO THE PICTURES, WILL YOU ALSO CREATE LIKE A SHORT SUMMARY OR A SOMETHING ABOUT THE CANDIDATE ALONG WITH THEIR PICTURE? WE HAVE BEEN 
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ASKED, ARE WE GOING. ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE RESUMES. WE CAN DO THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. I HATE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT INFORMATION ON RESUME. I'D RATHER JUST PREFER TO TAKE THE RESUME. OR IF YOU WANT CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WANT, WE'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT AS WELL. BUT WE OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ASKED, ARE WE GOING TO RELEASE THE RESUMES OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES? I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WE RELEASED SOME SORT OF CREDENTIALS. AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? WE RELEASED THE RESUMES. WE DID THE RESUME. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          AND EVEN IF IT'S THAT SHEET THAT YOU SENT US THAT HAD THE VERY SHORT, LIKE WERE THEY CURRENTLY WORK AT. I'D BE FINE WITH WITH THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE MORE WORK FOR YOU, BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE PICTURING THEIR NAMES ARE THERE, WE'RE GOING TO MEET THEM ON THAT FRIDAY. BUT LET'S LET'S WAIT. ARE THERE ANY I'M SORRY, THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON THIS. WE'RE GOING DOWN DIFFERENT. I THINK IT'S TIME TO VOTE. SO THE MOTION IS TO TURN IN THESE SHEETS TO HR NO LATER THAN APRIL 20TH AT 4 P.M. AND THEN THAT'LL ALLOW MISS OWENS TO RELEASE THEM ON THE 21ST. WHENEVER SHE'S DONE. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? OKAY, SHARON. 
          MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. LET'S JUST. I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION. WE COULD AMEND IT OR CHANGE IT IF WE WANT. I MAKE A MOTION FOR. DURING THE MEET AND GREET. EACH CANDIDATE GETS FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND A TABLE THAT'S SET UP TO ADDRESS THE CROWD. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CHANGE IT TO THREE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES. THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M PUTTING OUT THERE TO GET US STARTED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION. I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM JUST HAVING THE TABLE AND PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND TALKING TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW THAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FIVE MINUTES, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS THERE, IS THERE? I'M JUST SAYING, IS THERE A REASON THE FIVE MINUTES ISN'T? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. IF THEY COULD ADDRESS EVERYBODY. 
          I'M JUST ASKING IF IT MIGHT CHANGE MY MIND. IF YOU CAN, I JUST. I JUST LIKE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM IF YOU JUST WALK UP AND SPEAK TO THEM. OKAY? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. 
          I GUESS MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD HEAR HIM SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PLATFORM AND WHO THEY ARE. AND THEN WHEN I GO TALK TO THEM AT THE TABLE, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ALL OF US. WE'RE ABLE TO ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS JUST BASED OFF WHAT THEY SAID OR WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY COVERED. THAT WAS JUST MY THINKING. BUT IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO. I JUST WANTED TO START WITH SOMETHING. SO WE'RE NOT HERE ALL NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY DO IN BOTH TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS. MR. LUTTRELL, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED, I THINK THE TOP TWO DID A SPEECH LIKE THAT. DID YOU? I THINK SO, BUT WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR A SECOND EVENT FOR THE TOP TWO, SO NOW WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE CAN VOTE, MISS CHERIE. 
          MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SIX ZERO. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DIRECTOR SEARCH QUESTIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP? I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE RELEASING OF THE RESUMES AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT, I THINK WE SHOULD DECIDE THAT TONIGHT. OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON THAT. I ALMOST THINK THAT IF WE DID IT LAST TIME, THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD PRECEDENT TO DO IT AGAIN. BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS. I AGREE, YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RELEASE THE CANDIDATE RESUMES ONCE WE NARROW IT TO TOP FIVE SECOND. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION CAN BE SCRUBBED. SCRUBBED OFF. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY SCRUBBED THAT INFORMATION OFF. YES. I WILL ECHO AGAIN, YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THESE BINDERS. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WHAT IS THE TIME OF THE MEET AND GREET? IT'S 6:00, BUT 
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IS THERE A ENDING? WE SAID 6 TO 8. WILL THERE BE COOKIES? LET ME GET THE LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE COOKIES. I'VE ALREADY ORDERED THE COOKIES. GET THOSE LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WON THAT AWARD. AND THE CULINARY ARTIST TEACHER OF THE YEAR TO. WELL, THEN YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE TRULY DONE A GOOD JOB. YES. OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. SO RESUMES WILL BE RELEASED AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS OR ISSUES WITH THE DIRECTOR SEARCH? ARE THE INTERVIEWS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? WE WE DID THE LAST TIME. IT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE LAST TIME THE DIFFERENT. 
          SOME. SOME OF THE CANDIDATES BROUGHT PEOPLE WITH THEM FOR THE INTERVIEWS AND AND AND SOME DID NOT. THANK YOU. I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE DID LAST TIME. OKAY. I THOUGHT THE LAST TIME IT WAS LIVE STREAMED BECAUSE I REMEMBER WATCHING IT WAS IT WAS LIVE STREAMED. I FELT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, IN MY BRAIN OR SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME THAT THE CANDIDATES WERE KEPT IN ANOTHER ROOM TO WHERE THEY COULD NOT WATCH. I REMEMBER THAT LIVE STREAM TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW. MR. MR. MAYFIELD, YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW I DIDN'T WATCH ANYONE. I DON'T EVEN I CAN'T REMEMBER FIVE YEARS AGO EXACTLY, BUT I DID NOT WATCH ANYBODY ELSE'S INTERVIEW. AND I HAD A TIME I SHOWED UP AND WALKED IN HERE AND INTERVIEWED. THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. WE DID HAVE INDIVIDUALS. MR. OBVIOUSLY WAS IN THIS BUILDING, BUT WE DID HAVE A ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO SIT THAT WAS NOT IN HERE. IF IF THEY WANTED TO, RATHER THAN LET THEM SIT OUT FRONT AND BUT WE DID HAVE A ROOM RESERVED FOR THEM AND WHOEVER CAME WITH THEM. AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THEM THE LAST TIME. OKAY. SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO RELEASE IT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. SO THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED ON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES? YOU GOT COOKIES. I'M HAPPY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD COOKIES. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS ANYBODY LIKE TO BRING UP. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HERE OR AT THE NEW BUSINESS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THE ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ON THE CITIZENS SPEAKING DURING THE AGENDA THING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT TIME. NO, NO, THAT'S ALREADY I'VE ALREADY GOT THAT WRITTEN DOWN. I'LL BE PULLING THAT JUST TO FIND OUT WHERE AND THEN SEEING WHAT YOU WANT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT, I'LL SEND YOU THE THING AND YOU CAN SEND ME YOUR CHANGES. THAT WILL BE DEFINITELY BROUGHT UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS ITEMS? OKAY, WE HAVE 
          [14.1 Next Board Meeting May 4, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]
SOME MEETINGS COMING UP. EVERYONE NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION. SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOW, THERE WILL BE A RELEASE COMING OUT FROM SHERRY. WE ARE MEETING ON APRIL 23RD. THERE WILL BE A WORK SESSION WHERE NO VOTES ARE TAKEN, WHERE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS. SO THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CURRENT INSURANCE PROVIDER AND MAYBE ANOTHER OPTION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION THERE JUST TO LISTEN. IT'S JUST A WORKSHOP AND TO LISTEN TO GET INFORMATION AND FIGURES FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AND WHAT MAYBE I THINK THE STATE, I THINK MR. HOMAN HAS A STATE COMING TO TO GIVE US A. OVERVIEW OR A BRIEF ON WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO THAT WILL BE ON APRIL 23RD AT SIX RIGHT HERE. AND I KNOW MR. HOMAN HAD PASSED OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, SOME JUST SOME FINANCIALS. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO BE READY FOR THAT MEETING. 
          BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE PUBLIC. THERE WILL BE NO VOTES TAKEN STRICTLY A WORK SESSION TO GATHER INFORMATION. I ALSO IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR, WE ARE FOR THE GRADUATIONS THAT WE GO TO. IF YOU ARE GOING TO CARPOOL WITH WITH MISS MOORE, OUR SRO MORE, PLEASE LET MISS PAM KNOW SO SHE KNOWS SHE CAN MAKE SURE SHE HAS A LIST. WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND. ALSO, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MAY 4TH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THERE IS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN EARLY VOTING, SO PLEASE EVERYBODY VOTE. REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU SUPPORT AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IS WE HEARD FROM FINANCE, OKAY, THINGS ARE BEING CUT AND WE NEED TO HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CANDIDATES BECAUSE THERE'S PROGRAMS LIKE THIS TRANSITION ACADEMY THAT WE WANT TO KEEP GOING. AND WHEN WE 
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START LOSING FUNDINGS, WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THAT, THAT WE LOVE DOING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. SO PLEASE, EVERYBODY VOTE, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS. SO AND MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. IS THERE ANY MORE DATES THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER? SKIPPED OVER SOME ON THE 24TH. 
          WE'VE GOT THE MEET AND GREET, RIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ON THE. 29TH WE'VE GOT INTERVIEWS FOR THE TOP FIVE, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT MEETING ON THE FOURTH. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD AN INTERVIEW FOR 29TH. AND THE 30TH. OKAY. BOTH DAYS. I WAS GOING TO SAY STARTING AT 10:00 BOTH DAYS. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I DIDN'T HAVE THAT. YEAH. PUT IT DOWN AS ONE DAY IT WAS ONE DAY TWO. I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE DAY. YEAH. WE IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO DO ALL OF THEM IN ONE DAY. WE SAID TWO DAYS WHEN WE SET UP THE TIMELINE. OKAY. I WAS THINKING THAT'S WHY WE STARTED AT TEN. THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED IT TO 10 A.M. SO WE COULD DO ONE DAY. 
          OKAY, YOU NEED TO TELL ME HOW MANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ASK AND ALL THAT. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY. THEN AGAIN, I NEED SOME KIND OF DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. WE CAN BE HERE EARLIER TOO. I'M OKAY WITH BEING HERE EARLIER TO FIT IT ON ONE DAY. ESPECIALLY IF WE GET ANOTHER DAY OFF, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW. YES. I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH. ONE DAY. THAT'S WHAT WE PUT ON THE TIMELINE THAT'S IN YOUR IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT TO ONE DAY, AGAIN, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU WANT TO DO FOR THE INTERVIEWS? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS, BUT WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I HADN'T BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS, SO I'LL ABSTAIN. I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD GET IT DONE IN ONE DAY THOUGH. YEAH, I PREFER THE ONE DAY JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH HAPPENING AROUND THIS TIME WITH BUDGET AND GRADUATIONS AND DIRECTOR SEARCH AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. I THINK THAT IF WE NEED TO GET HERE AT EIGHT AND DO AN INTERVIEW, THEN IT'S FIVE INTERVIEWS. WE CAN DEVOTE AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES TO EACH, TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN GO INTO THE NEXT INTERVIEW. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU BROKE IT DOWN WHERE ONE DAY WOULD WORK PERFECTLY. YEAH, AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTE BREAK ON THE TIMELINE THAT SHERRY SENT US. IT ONLY SAYS APRIL 29TH. THE TIMELINE THAT I PUT OUT, THAT I SENT TO EVERYBODY HAS BOTH DATES ON THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT DAY. 
          AGAIN, I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY INTERVIEWS BECAUSE WHEN WE DID IT BEFORE, WE DID THREE GENERAL QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN EACH BOARD MEMBER HAD FIVE MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO HOW MANY QUESTIONS DOES EACH BOARD MEMBER WANT TO ASK? WELL, IF WE WANT TO SET THAT UP, WELL, IF WE GET FIVE MINUTES EACH, THAT'S 30 MINUTES OF OUR TIME. AND THEN IF THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING, THAT WOULD GIVE US IF WE HAD AN HOUR PER APPLICANT. THAT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME, I BELIEVE. AND THEN IT ALSO HELPS WITH RELEASING THE VIDEO THAT NIGHT ALL AT ONCE. ALL OF THEM, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BREAK THOSE TWO THINGS UP. I STILL THINK WE COULD START AT TEN. IF WE DO AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES, THAT'S TEN, 11, 12 ONE. SO HOW LONG DO YOU WANT FOR EACH INTERVIEW? LET'S START THERE. HOW LONG IS AN HOUR? RIGHT? INTERVIEW AN HOUR. YOU WANT AN HOUR FOR EACH INTERVIEW? YES. AND THEN I'LL SPLIT IT UP FROM THERE. YES. AND DO YOU EACH WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS? I THINK KEEPING US ALL AT FIVE MINUTES IS THE BEST. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO ONE OF US TO MONOPOLIZE ALL THE TIME. AND WE'LL LET THE CANDIDATES KNOW, HEY, IT'S FIVE MINUTES. WE'LL START. START A CLOCK JUST LIKE WE DO WITH EVERYONE ELSE. AT FIVE MINUTES WE'RE DONE. AND THEN WE JUST KEEP KEEP ROLLING AND AND GO FROM THERE. OKAY, SO DO WE WANT TO START AT 10 OR 8? WHAT IS. I WOULD SAY LEAVE THAT TO MISS OWENS. IF SHE KNOWS IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT, THEN LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO BE HERE AT EIGHT. 
          I THINK YOU PROBABLY WANT TO START AT EIGHT BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE CELEBRATION. OKAY, OKAY. IF WE DO IT ON THE 29TH CELEBRATIONS ON THE 30TH, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S ON THE 30TH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE SAVED. YES. SO IF WE DO IS 20 933 THE 30TH UP COMPLETELY. SO WITH. MISS OWENS AT EIGHT THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT MISS OWENS DOES BECAUSE SHE 
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MADE THE BINDER SO AWESOME. I'LL DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS. EIGHT THE EMPLOYEE CELEBRATION IS ON 30 30TH. OKAY, SO WE CAN FINISH UP ON THE 29TH. I HAVE I HAVE RESERVED THE ROOM FOR BOTH THE 29TH AND THE 30TH. SO WE CAN DO WHAT, WHICHEVER WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. LET'S, LET'S START FOR STARTING AT EIGHT. GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL REALLY A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE FIVE AND WELL TEN. BUT 10 TO 6 IS. STILL PLENTY OF TIME ISN'T IT. FOR FIVE. I MEAN I'M NOT OPPOSED TO STARTING AT EIGHT, BUT I FEEL LIKE 8 TO 6 IS A REALLY LARGE GAP THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LEAVE US AT LEAST TWO HOURS PER. WOULD TEN BE OKAY? I CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. WE ALSO TOOK AN HOUR FOR LUNCH THE LAST TIME BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES AS WELL. 
          OKAY, NINE WITH AN HOUR FOR LUNCH OR NOT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO NINE, 9:00 AN HOUR EACH AND THEN A BREAK FOR LUNCH. AND THEN AFTER WE'RE DONE THAT DAY, WE'LL RELEASE THE VIDEO. I DID NOT CATCH ANYTHING. THERE WASN'T A VOTE ON THAT. I DON'T THINK SO. 
          DO WE WANT TO? WE DID THE OTHER THINGS. MIGHT AS WELL. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE ALL THE INTERVIEWS DONE ON THE 29TH BEGINNING AT 9:00, AND EACH APPLICANT GETTING ONE HOUR WITH A SECOND SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THIS. 
          IT HAS YOU PREPARED? YES, MA'AM. 
          MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. OKAY. BEFORE WE MAKE THAT LAST MOTION, I JUST WANT TO THANK MISS ELLEN MATTINGLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND EDUCATING US ON THIS TRANSITION ACADEMY AND HOW GREAT THAT PROGRAM IS. AND THEN ALWAYS MISS MISS BONNIE HOME. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME SPEAK AND RECOGNIZE THOSE AWESOME STUDENTS. ONE LAST MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH. 
          OKAY. SO ARE YOU GOING TO SEND ME THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK? BECAUSE THE LAST TIME ALL THE QUESTIONS CAME THROUGH ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL THAT WAS ASKED. 
          SO DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE I GAVE YOU THE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST TIME. DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE? DO YOU WANT TO SEND THE QUESTIONS? BECAUSE WE JUST DO NOT WANT TO ASK ANY INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION. YOU ALSO WERE ABLE TO WEED OUT DUPLICATES SO THAT WE DIDN'T WASTE ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS. SO THAT IS CORRECT. SO. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST THINK I'LL BE THERE. PRETTY GENERAL QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING. BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO BE LEGAL. WHAT DO YOU I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT JUST BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT, IF SOMEBODY'S NOT USED TO INTERVIEWING, IF THEY ASK SOMETHING THAT SEEMS INNOCENT ENOUGH, BUT COULD GET OUR DISTRICT IN TROUBLE. OKAY. IT'S INTERESTING. HR SPECIALTY IS THE. IT IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN ASK WHAT'S A SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS QUESTION AND STEP ON A LANDMINE. SO I THINK RUNNING OUR QUESTIONS, I THINK I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT US AS BOARD MEMBERS RUN YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH REBECCA OWENS. HOWEVER THAT MAY BE, YOU MIGHT HAVE THEM READY TODAY. YOU MIGHT HAVE THEM READY THE DAY BEFORE, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN THEM THROUGH MISS OWENS. 
          OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. IS THERE A DEADLINE TO GET THOSE TO. AND OF COURSE, THE SOONER THE BETTER. THAT IS CORRECT. AS LONG AS I HAVE, I CAN REVIEW THEM BEFORE THE FIVE MINUTES GOES FAST. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASK 3000 QUESTIONS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO IT'S JUST FIVE MINUTES WE FOUND LAST TIME IS FIVE MINUTES REALLY WAS NOT QUITE ENOUGH TIME TO ASK THREE QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. SAY YOU HAVE LIKE A COUPLE PREPARED SO THAT IF ONE CANDIDATE SOMETHING THEY SAY BASED ON ANOTHER PERSON'S QUESTION, YOU MIGHT CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ONE OF YOUR PRE-APPROVED QUESTIONS TO ASK THEM VERSUS THE CANDIDATE 
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BEFORE. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TOO, IS THE INFORMATION BEHIND THE TAB ABOUT THE SURVEYS MAY ALSO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. I WAS GOING TO ASK KIND OF QUESTIONS TO ASK. HAVE WE HAVE WE CLOSED OUR SURVEY? THE SURVEY INFORMATION IS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. OKAY, SO THE THE ONE THAT THEY TOOK ALREADY THAT'S IN OUR NOTEBOOK. OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. NO, NO, I HAVE, I JUST I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THAT WAS FROM THE LAST BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THEM ON THE 14TH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FROM THE LAST. BUT IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL GOOD. I'M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.