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          LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE HERE TO OUR JUNE 11TH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. WILL WE BE DISCUSSING THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN 
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TRAVIS MAYFIELD AND THE WILSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION? WE WILL OPEN THIS UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, WHICH IS MR. MAYFIELD. SO MR. MAYFIELD. DO YOU NEED TO READ IT TO ME? MY NAME IS TRAVIS MAYFIELD. I'M THE POTENTIAL DIRECTOR. LET ME. YEAH, I DO HAVE TO READ IT. I DO HAVE TO READ IT TO YOU. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FROM THE SUBJECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS TO THE CHAIR. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE REMARKS THAT VIOLATE BOARD POLICY. 1.404 THE BOARD HAS NO OBLIGATION TO RESPOND TO YOUR REMARKS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR REMARKS, THE BOARD AND THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. I HAVE A COPY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS TRAVIS MAYFIELD. I'M THE POTENTIAL DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, AND MY SUBJECT MATTER IS THE CONTRACT. AND AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I HAVE BEEN I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT. I CAN WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I HAVE. IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD FOUR OF YOU, YOUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. AND THE OTHERS. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP SO FAR. THIS CONTRACT IS GETTING DIVISIVE, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE I NEED US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER FOR US TO CONTINUE WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THIS DISTRICT. IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT LET'S LET'S PUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND EVALUATE YOU BY THAT. I DON'T WANT TO BE EVALUATED SOLELY ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUOUS INFORMATION AND GAPS IN IT AND THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MY CONTROL OR BUDGET DEPENDENT. NOW, IN SAYING THAT, I DO THINK WE NEED TO REEVALUATE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EACH AND EVERY YEAR, AND THEN I NEED TO EXECUTE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND I WANT TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU LOOK IF IN THAT SECTION OF THE HANDOUT WHERE YOU GOT PERFORMANCE GOALS AND DUTIES, IT SAYS IN A HIGHLIGHTED SECTION, THE SECTION OR THE POLICY 5.803 THE BOARD WILL DEVELOP WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS A SET OF PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS WILL BE REVIEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE SPECIFIC GOALS. SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT SO. SO I'M PROPOSING A COMPROMISE, AND I, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN PADILLA. AND I INCLUDED THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. BASICALLY, IN THIS CONTRACT, I TOOK OUT THE GOALS AND PUT THEM IN A PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT, WHICH WE SHOULD DEVELOP. IT SAYS IN YOUR OWN POLICY THAT WE WILL DO THIS. THESE ARE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE GOALS IN WHICH I WANT TO BE EVALUATED. THOSE ARE WHAT I'M GOING TO SEEK TO ACHIEVE. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IS LISTED IN OUR POLICY. WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. AND BY POSITION, I'M THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION. REGARDLESS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE SAFETY. WE NEED SECURITY ASSESSMENTS EACH AND EVERY YEAR. I NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD. WE CAN HAVE A CLOSED MEETING WHEN IT'S DUE TO SAFETY. THAT'S THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT AND THE WHYS BEHIND EVERY LITTLE THING. AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT. AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS DEPEND ON YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M DOING THAT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THE ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO PUT THAT IN OUR K-8 SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO REDUCE BULLYING. NOW, CAN I MEASURE THAT THAT THAT THING IS EFFECTIVE? NOT NECESSARILY. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET REPORTS EACH AND EVERY YEAR ABOUT OUR REPORTED BULLYING INCIDENTS THAT GO TO THE STATE. I HAVE 10S LEFT. I HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTRACT. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME CONTRACT, BUT I TOOK OUT A LOT OF THOSE METRICS AND I PLACED THEM IN A PERFORMANCE GOALS THAT SHOULD BE REVISITED EVERY YEAR AND THEN REEVALUATED. AND WE SET NEW TARGETS. THAT IS MY PROPOSAL BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET A CONTRACT APPROVED. SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THE PERFORMANCE GOALS AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD LISTED? YOU DID THAT LAST PART. YOU JUST SAID, CAN YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN WHERE YOU SAID ACADEMICS PERFORMANCE GOALS? I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THIRD GRADE ELA PROFICIENCY. IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. AND IN ALL REALITY, I MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST THESE METRICS AND IT PROBABLY WON'T BE. IT'LL BE MORE. IT'LL BE HIGHER IN ALL REALITY. T CAP OVERALL ELA PROFICIENCY WE'VE GOT. THAT'S AN INCREASED GOAL. 
          LEVEL FIVE GROWTH T CAP OVERALL MATH PROFICIENCY. IT'S A HIGHER STANDARD OR LEVEL FIVE GROWTH. 
          SAME WITH SCIENCE. SAME WITH SOCIAL STUDIES. EVALUATING OUR T CAP. OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF 
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OUR STUDENTS. GRADUATION RATE GREATER THAN 95%. WE'VE BEEN THERE. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS. ACT DISTRICT AVERAGE 20.9 AND 2027. CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, LESS THAN 15.1%. 
          AND THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO READJUST THAT GOAL EVEN FOR THIS YEAR. BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD DOES THAT OR MY I'M GOING TO REPORT IT TO YOU, AND I'M GOING TO PUT IN PROGRAMS BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY GOT IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT NUMBER. BUT THE REALITY IS I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP IN THAT. THEN YOU'VE GOT PHYSICAL, OPERATIONAL SAFETY, HUMAN RESOURCES, PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS, BECAUSE GOALS ARE EXPECTATIONS. 
          IT GETS A LITTLE MUDDY. BUT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, IT'S A BOARD POLICY. 5.802 THERE'S ALSO PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT GOALS. I'M SORRY, OTHER POLICIES IN OUR DISTRICT, POLICIES THAT RELATE TO AUDITS AND FINDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I WILL SAY SOME OF THESE POLICIES THAT RELATE BACK TO THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS PROBABLY NEED TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE IT SAYS, I'M SUPPOSED TO REPORT AUDIT FINDINGS TO THE COMPTROLLER, BUT IN ALL REALITY, I SHOULD BE REPORTING THAT TO YOU AS WELL. SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADJUST OUR POLICY SO THAT YOU HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND JUST DOES THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL PUT A REMEDIATION PLAN IN PLACE WITHIN 90 DAYS? WELL, HE SHOULD, SO LET'S PUT IT IN POLICY IF THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. MAY I STOP YOU REAL QUICK? ARE YOU SAYING THAT THESE ARE THINGS YOU WANT TO KEEP IN? YES. OKAY. I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT CLEAR. I WANT THOSE AS THE PERFORMANCE GOALS, I THINK, AND THIS WILL CLEAR IT UP. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, THERE'S TWO THINGS. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT D AND E ON THE CONTRACT AND EXPLAIN THOSE CONTRACT. AND THEN THERE'S THE PERFORMANCE GOALS WHICH THE BOARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ME SETS, IT SHOULD BE EACH AND EVERY YEAR. THAT'S WHY I TOOK OUT THE 2028 GOAL IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HERE ARE THE PERFORMANCE GOALS THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO REACH. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE PROBABLY NEXT JULY OR AUGUST WHENEVER WE GET SOME DATA IN SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THEN WE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. BECAUSE IN ALL REALITY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO FOR PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS. WE SET PERFORMANCE TARGETS EVERY YEAR. 
          THEY HAVE TO HAVE A A PLAN, A SCHOOL PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT. AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. I MEAN, AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT. SO I HAVE THAT SAME TYPE OF MINDSET. AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE CONTRACT IS REALLY SEPARATE FROM THE PERFORMANCE GOALS, EXCEPT THE CONTRACT REFERENCES IT BECAUSE YOUR ON BOARD POLICY REFERENCES THOSE PERFORMANCE GOALS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M READING IS THE DIRECTOR SHALL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE GOALS. WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THE REALITY IS I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP, BUT I KNOW IN YOUR POSITION THAT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SIGNING A CONTRACT, THE REALITY DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS MATTERS. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M STUMBLING IS. THE CONTRACT SAYS YOU SHALL ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE. SO IT WAS TAKEN. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ONE, THEN HIGHLIGHTED IT. SEE THE I DON'T THINK OURS IS HIGHLIGHTED. THE CONTRACT IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED. 
          BUT THE CONTRACT HE'S LOOKING AT THE DIDN'T DIDN'T THE ONE YOU PASS OUT HAVE. YES. 
          HIGHLIGHTS. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT WHERE THE CONTRACT NOT THE CONTRACT. HE'S LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN BUT NO BUT THE THERE'S A CONTRACT IN THERE TOO. I'VE GOT THE CONTRACT BUT THERE'S NO HIGHLIGHTS ON IT. THE. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES BASED ON THE SYSTEM CHANGE THAT. YES. YES IT'S D IT'S D YES. I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IT HERE BUT IT'S D. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GIVE ME A PAUSE. YES THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. GIVE THAT WAS PASSED OUT BY MR. PERRY. MAYBE GIVE US LIKE A BEAT TO JUST LOOK OVER THIS. I MEAN, YOU CAN KEEP TALKING IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I KNOW I'M GOING TO NEED A MINUTE JUST TO LOOK OVER IT. THAT'S FINE. I CAN GO SIT DOWN WHENEVER. SO. AND I'M JUST. AND WHILE SHE'S READING IT FROM, FROM WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE YOU TOOK WE TOOK OUT ALL OF THE OBJECTIVES FROM THE CONTRACT THAT WERE IN THERE, THE PERFORMANCE, THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, AND WE REPLACED THEM WITH THE LETTER D, WHICH SAYS THE BOARD WILL DEVELOP WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, A SET OF PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS WILL BE REVIEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIED GOALS, AND THAT REFERENCES POLICY 5.803, WHICH IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE, WHICH IS BEHIND THE PERFORMANCE GOALS THAT HE THAT MR. MAYFIELD HAS LISTED. WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU TO SAY IS WE NEED TO EVALUATE YEARLY THE 
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PERFORMANCE GOALS. NOT NOT SAY 27, YOU'LL DO THIS. 28 YOU'LL DO THIS. 29 YOU'LL WE NEED TO DO THAT YEARLY EACH AND EVERY YEAR. GOTCHA. I AGREE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T MEET IT IN A C T, THEN AS A AS A BOARD, YOU COULD SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO GET BACK ON TRACK FOR A C T? AND I'M GOING TO DEVELOP A PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACADEMIC STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND PRINCIPALS IN OUR BUILDINGS. I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC WHAT I'VE READ. I HAVE ONE THING THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE ON E, WHERE IT SAYS, THE DIRECTOR SHALL IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE THE WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN 2025, 2023 OR 2030, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD EACH YEAR TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD AND THE DIRECTOR. I DO NOT LIKE THE WORD EXECUTE BECAUSE THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE AND YOU ARE NOT. THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOARD THAT WAS IN MR. LUTTRELL'S CONTRACT VERBATIM. SO THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM THAT WE CAN. SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AND ANYONE ELSE THAT THEY DON'T, I'M OKAY WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU I KNOW EVERYBODY'S STILL REVIEWING THIS, BUT THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HANDED US, WHICH CHANGES THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND PUTS THEM IN A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW EVERY YEAR. AND IT'S POLICY BASED. YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THIS CONTRACT AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN I AM. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE PLAN BOARD THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR DEVELOPING THE PERFORMANCE GOALS? SO WE WOULD. BASICALLY, I DEVELOPED THIS PARTICULAR SET BASED ON THE INPUT THAT I RECEIVED. SO THE ACADEMIC GOALS THAT KIND OF CAME UP, THE PHYSICAL OPERATIONAL SAFETY GOALS THAT. AND THEN EACH YEAR YOU HAVEN'T. WE WOULD RECONVENE AND YOU WOULD SUGGEST, ALRIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE GOALS BASED ON WHERE WE AT, WHERE WE ARE AT AT THE END OF 27. AND. MR. MISTER MAC, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS TOO. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE HAVE A, WE MEET TO BUILD THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE BRING EVERY DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE IN THEIR SECTION, AND EACH ONE OF US IN A TEAM GOES SECTION BY SECTION, IDENTIFY PRIORITIES OF WHERE WE WANT, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO. SO THAT'S WHERE WE DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE METRICS AT. AND THERE'S ALSO SPECIFIC CRITERIA IN POLICY. 5.803 EVALUATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU WORK THROUGH THAT. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, THEN ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS WE HAVE IS TO DEVELOP THE PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR 2627. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME SOME THINGS WRITTEN DOWN HERE, RIGHT. BUT THE GOAL ISN'T THAT THIS WOULD BE EVERYTHING. IT'S THIS WAS JUST A FIRST STAB AT THE WHERE WE WERE KIND OF AT PREVIOUS AND PULLED THOSE ITEMS OUT. THAT'S I THINK THERE'S 13 DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THERE. AND I WILL SAY, JUST LIKE IN REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THERE FOR ME TO WANT TO IMPROVE IT. AND I'M, I'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THAT. I'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS AS FAR AS WHAT I THINK CAN THE PERFORMANCE, THE ATTENDANCE BONUS, I THINK THAT WILL DRIVE BETTER DRIVER ATTENDANCE, AND I THINK THAT WILL MEAN MORE ROUTES COVERED. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO. THE STAFF MEMBER THAT CALCULATES THE DOWNED ROUTES. WE'RE GOING TO CALCULATE DOWNED ROUTES AND DELAYED ROUTES, AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT THOSE TO YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE POSSIBILITIES OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE IN ALL REALITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I, I WANT, I WANT TO MAKE THIS A GREAT DISTRICT FOR EACH AND EVERY KID IN THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO PROVIDE GREAT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. I WOULDN'T HAVE DROVE A BUS AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING IF I DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO HELP THAT GROUP OF KIDS, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO. I CAN'T CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE BUS, BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SAME MINDSET. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A. WE TAKE ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WE'VE HAD, AND IT'S A IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE. IT IS. AND IT'S NOT REALLY A COMPROMISE BECAUSE IT'S FOLLOWING BOARD POLICY, I THINK. I APPRECIATE YOU, MR. MAYFIELD. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH YOUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. AND YOU'RE 
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GOING TO BE MAKING MANY, MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH. 
          AND I DO SEE THIS, AS, YOU KNOW, A GREAT COMPROMISE AND YOU DEFINING YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATING IN THIS CONTRACT, IT WASN'T ONE SIDED. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, IT WAS COLLABORATIVE. 
          AND YOU BROUGHT A LOT MORE TO THE TABLE THAN, THAN MAYBE I DID, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. AND, AND I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST, I SIGNED UP UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE SURE MY NAME WAS AT THE TOP BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE COMING. WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS CONTRACT? I WANTED TO SAY WHAT I HAD TO SAY FIRST. IN ALL REALITY, I, I WOULD I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE ONE THAT WAS PASSED OUT. MISS SHERRY WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN EDIT IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF SICK DAYS, BECAUSE I DID NOT CATCH THAT. AND IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO MAKE YOUR HANDS. YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE MOTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS WRITTEN. ADDING THE SICK DAYS FOR MISS SHERRY HYDER. SECOND. I WILL SAY, AND I'VE TALKED TO MR. MAYFIELD, I SAID FROM DAY ONE WHEN I SAW THE CONTRACT, AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, I KNOW ALL OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE. AND I THINK MISS FARROW MENTIONED THIS MONDAY NIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT AND NOT 18 MONTHS, BECAUSE I FEEL THE FIRST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH MR. MAYFIELD HAS WORKED IN THIS COUNTY, HE'S NOT WORKED AS THE DIRECTOR. AND I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE A LEARNING CURVE. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO EVALUATE HIM AT 18 MONTHS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BE A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING. IT DOESN'T SAY EVALUATE IN 18 MONTHS. IT SAYS REVIEW. SO JUST TO REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE. BUT GO AHEAD SIR. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT. SO I DID REACH OUT AGAIN TO THE TOSS ORGANIZATION AND A OFFER OF SUPPORT. TYPICALLY A DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS FORFEITS THEIR TENURE RIGHTS ALMOST ALL THE TIME. I DO NOT WANT TO FORCE IT FORFEIT MY TENURE RIGHTS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. AND, AND I THINK A FAIR COMPROMISE FOR ME ASKING FOR THAT IS MAKE IT TWO YEARS, EVALUATE, REVIEW, EVALUATE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. AND BECAUSE IN IN THE REALITY, IN 18 MONTHS ACCORDING TO POLICY. AND YOU HAVE TO EITHER EXTEND OR IT'S GOING TO EXPIRE BECAUSE IT'S SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE CONTRACT ENDING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE JANUARY OF 28, I THINK. AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT FORFEITING. I DO NOT WANT TO FORFEIT MY TENURE RIGHTS, PERIOD, TYPICALLY, BUT IT'S NOT A STATUTE THAT YOU HAVE TO FORFEIT YOUR TENURE RIGHTS. THAT'S TRUE. HERE'S WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE, AND I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS. IN 18 MONTHS, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S FILLING WHICH SEAT, I BELIEVE I WILL GET OFFERED AN EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT, AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE GREATER THAN TWO YEARS IN. MY ANTICIPATION WOULD BE FOR. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. 
          I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO DO THE JOB THAT THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. MOTION TO AMEND TO MAKE THIS FOUR YEARS SECOND. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO, I. I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH EVALUATING 18 MONTHS AND I. THE PLAN THAT YOU LAID OUT IS PERFECT, BUT WE HAVE A FIRST AND THE SECOND. I THINK WE'VE BELABORED AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO. I THINK IF WE JUST VOTE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE BEST. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ENOUGH. UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING BEFORE I VOTE, LET ME JUST CLARIFY. MR. MAYFIELD HAS REQUESTED THAT IT BE 18 MONTHS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, BY THE ORIGINAL 24 BY BOARD POLICY, THE CONTRACT I EITHER HAS TO BE. 
          THE OFFER OF EXTENSION HAPPENS SIX MONTHS BEFORE IT TERMINATES. RIGHT. WHICH THAT WOULD BE 18 MONTHS FROM THIS DATE. AND I HAVE SAID I AM FINE WITH THAT WHILE I APPRECIATE IT. AND IF THE IF THE BOARD DECIDES IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR YEARS, THAT'S FINE TOO. I PLAN TO WORK HERE MORE THAN FOUR MORE YEARS IN SOME CAPACITY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. SO. 
          BUT I WILL DEFER TO YOU ALL. I'M OKAY. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE SLOW. MISS FARRELL, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? HE'S ASKING FOR. HE'S NOT ASKING FOR TWO YEARS. HE WAS OFFERED TWO YEARS, AND HE'S SAYING HE WILL TAKE THAT. BUT HE WOULD ALSO TAKE FOUR. FOUR IS STANDARD. AND IF YOU DO RESEARCH, YOU'LL SEE THAT FOR THE THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF A DISTRICT, A LONGER CONTRACT IS IS WHAT STABILIZES THE DISTRICT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT LEADERSHIP TURNOVER IN ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SUCH AS THESE, TURNOVER OF STAFF KIND OF TOPPLES DOWN AND SUCCESS AS FAR AS PROGRAMS T CAP SCORES, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT DECLINE. SO FOR OVERALL LONG 
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TERM STABILITY, CONTRACT LENGTH IS IMPORTANT. AND YOU'LL FIND GENERALLY 4 TO 5 YEAR CONTRACTS ARE WHAT ESPECIALLY IN TENNESSEE, WHERE QUALITY CANDIDATES ARE HARDER TO FIND AT THIS LEVEL. SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? I THINK HE'S FINE EITHER WAY. I DEFER TO THE BOARD. OKAY. YOU GUYS GOOD. I WAS GOING TO GO TO WORK FOR YOU. I. 24 OR 48. MAY I JUST ASK A QUESTION? HOW HOW DID IT COME ABOUT FOR THE TWO YEARS? I DON'T WANT TO KEEP HASHING THIS THROUGH, BUT AGAIN, FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW WE GOT TO THE TWO YEARS, I THINK IT WAS THE THE TEN YEAR. WHAT DO YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT THE TEN YEAR IS THAT THAT'S JUST THAT WAS THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. AND IT WAS THAT. AND THEN THE EVALUATION PERIOD OF TAKING OVER, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I THINK VERY HIGHLY. MR. MAYFIELD, I THINK HE'S A DO GREAT IN 18 MONTHS AND 24 YEARS AND HE'S GOING TO GET A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. BUT I ALSO THINK TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ABOUT PROTECTING OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY TO HAVE AN 18 MONTH REVIEW OF HIS CONTRACT WHERE WE TAKE EVERYTHING IN THE TOTALITY OF EVERYTHING, NOT JUST T CAP SCORES, NOT JUST NOT JUST TANGIBLE DATA, BUT JUST AS PERFORMANCE AS A WHOLE AT THE 18 MONTH MARK AND SAY, WE DEFINITELY GOT THIS HIGHER. RIGHT? OKAY. THERE'S ALSO IN PROFESSIONAL AREAS, THEY DO HAVE CLAUSES IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SIGNING SOMEBODY UP FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS. 
          AND IF THEY DID MAKE A BAD HIRE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DID. BUT IF THEY DID, THERE'S A CLAUSE IN THERE, USUALLY AT THE 18 MONTH MARK TO WHERE THE COMPANY CAN CAN REVIEW THEIR LEADER AND THEY CAN EITHER DECIDE TO KEEP THEM, EXTEND THEM LIKE WE'VE DECIDED TO DO OR TO, YOU KNOW, TERMINATE AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH OUT YOUR CLAUSE. WE DIDN'T GET THIS PICK RIGHT. 
          AND THEN HE CAN GO ON AND DO, YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO BEING WHATEVER POSITION HE CAN BE IN WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE TENURE GOT BROUGHT IN. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIDES TO HOW THINGS CAN BE DONE. THERE'S NOT JUST ONE WAY TO DO SOMETHING. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO US TO VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT IT TO BE FOR TWO YEARS. REGARDLESS, LIKE I SAID, MR. MAYFIELD IS HAPPY WITH THIS CONTRACT. WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND SEE, AND THEN AFTER THAT VOTE, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AFTER THAT. YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT I WAS NOT FORCED TO SAY, YEAH, YOU WANT A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. I'VE SAID FROM THE GET GO THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO NOT WANT TO FORFEIT MY TENURE RIGHTS, PERIOD. I'M FINE WITH TWO YEARS TO PROVE MYSELF AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. I'VE ALREADY STARTED BUILDING CULTURE OF THE TRAVIS MAYFIELD ERA IN OUR PD THAT'S TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK. I'M GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB. OKAY. AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TENURE PROCESS. SO IF WE MAKE YOUR CONTRACT FOUR YEARS, DOES THAT PUT IT AT RISK SOMEHOW? LET ME EXPLAIN IT. HERE'S HERE'S THE REAL SIMPLE VERSION. LET'S SAY YOU YOU GIVE ME A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT TONIGHT IN IN 18 MONTHS, THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL. AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, WHOEVER IT WOULD BE, IS LIKE, WE DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. WE THINK WE NEED A NEW LEADER. 
          I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I DIDN'T STEAL MONEY. I DIDN'T DO ANY. I, I DIDN'T VIOLATE ANY OF THE TCA CODES WHERE YOU WOULD FIRE ME, BUT YOU WILL. BUT BY REGAINING MY TENURE AND, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT, I'M GOING TO GO THE WORST. WELL, NO, ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT I COULD BE PUT IN WOULD BE TEACHING PE IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. IF IT'S FOUR YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ME $195,500 FOR TWO AND A HALF OF THOSE YEARS, THAT'S NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BY THE BOARD. AND I REALIZE THAT IF IT'S TWO YEARS AND AT 18 MONTHS, YOU WANT ME OUT OF HERE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THAT FOR SIX MONTHS. AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT TERM, I'M GOING TO BE PAID ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE LIKE EVERY OTHER TEACHER. DOES THAT CONDENSE IT? BUT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR TENURE WITH THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FORFEIT TENURE. YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T. WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR TEACHERS IN A NEW POSITION TO LONGER THAN 18 MONTHS AND CONTINUE TO GROW THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE A BETTER EMPLOYEE. 
          WE GIVE THEM LONGER THAN 18 MONTHS. YES. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ARE VOTING ON THE 
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AMENDMENT? YES. OKAY. THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO GO FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS. 
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THE AMENDMENT FAILED THREE, YES AND THREE NO'S. SO IT STAYS AT TWO YEARS. A TIE IS A FAILED MOTION. SO WE WILL GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS WRITTEN. UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS WITH THE EDIT OF SICK DAY. SORRY. 
          YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION PASSED. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS MR. MAYFIELD. 
          THANK YOU. BOARD.
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