[1. Call to Order]
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          THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, 2026 REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE ARE GOING TO START THIS OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR DIRECTOR, MR. MAYFIELD. PLEASE RECOGNIZE SOMEONE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, SHANNON CARNEY, WHO IS A ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WATERTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE WAS A LONGTIME TEACHER AT WILSON CENTRAL, LOST HER HUSBAND, KENNETH CARNEY, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO KEEP HER AND THE FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. KENNETH WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MAN. HE DID A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING FOR SCHOOLS. I KNOW HE DID A LOT AT WILSON CENTRAL. HE PROBABLY DID STUFF FOR WATERTOWN AS WELL. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT FAMILY. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. I'D ASK. MR. MR. IF YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, SIR. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH 
          [3.1 Adopt the Agenda]
ONE ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS MOTION. SECOND, MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MISS SHERRY. 
          MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO. MOVE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 
          [5.1 Evans Hill Missionary Baptist Church]
SECTION FIVE. STATEMENTS FROM GUEST DELEGATIONS AND SPEAKERS WOULD PASTOR WEST FROM EVANS HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, SIR. I'M GOING TO READ A QUICK STATEMENT REAL QUICK, SIR, IF YOU JUST LISTEN AND THEN AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME. 
          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 REMARKS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR REMARKS, THE BOARD AND DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MISS SHERRY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING TO EACH OF YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO ONCE AGAIN SAY THANKS FOR LETTING YOU ALL ALLOWING US TO USE THE MOUNT JULIET MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE PAST SINCE OCTOBER, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY. HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMPLETED WITH OUR CHURCH RENOVATIONS BY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. SOMEWHERE THERE. YOU KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS CAN BE, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT. HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCIPAL NATION AS WELL AS CHRISTINA AND JUST ENJOYED THE FACILITY. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYFIELD, THE PAPERWORK IS IN ORDER. EVERYTHING'S EVERYTHING IS GOOD. 
          YES, SIR. THEY ARE GOOD TO GO. MR. NATION APPROVES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NOT READY TO VOTE. 
          MOTION WAS APPROVED SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, PASTOR WEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMING UP HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. LAST QUESTION. BEST WAY FOR ME TO REMOVE MYSELF. MR. CHERRY, WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT? I'M PARKED BACK HERE, SO. OKAY, SO YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. GOD BLESS HER. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. WELL, HE'S MAKING HIS WAY OUT. 
          [5.2 Kelley Wilson]
IF I CAN HAVE IS. THERE'S NOT KELLY WILSON IS THERE. KELLY WILSON HERE. SHE SIGNED UP BUT SHE NEVER REALLY TURNED HER SIGN IN. SO OKAY, THERE'S NO KELLY WILSON. UP NEXT WE'LL HAVE MR. KEN YOUNG, SIR. MR. KEN, I'M GOING TO READ THIS. SIR, 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. 1.44 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'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO YOU KNOW, THREE MINUTES, SIR, IS FOR DIVORCE. YOU HAD QUESTIONS 
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ABOUT THE WATER AUTHORITY CONTRACT AT YOUR MEETINGS LAST JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. NO ONE FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY ATTENDED ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS. WHY? WE NOW KNOW IF THEY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS HONESTLY, THEIR PLAN WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. WITHOUT HEARING THOSE ANSWERS, YOU MADE THE BEST DECISION YOU COULD WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION. 
          THERE IS INFORMATION NOW NOT AVAILABLE. THEN THAT DESCRIBES THEIR PLAN. NEWLY OBTAINED RECORDS TELL A STORY OF SELF-DEALING AND MALFEASANCE. YOU HAVE SOME OF THE RECORDS. 
          MR. JENNINGS HAS THEM ALL. THERE ARE ALSO MISSING DOCUMENTS, THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND THE FINANCIAL RECORDS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A PLAN OTHER THAN THE PIPELINE. 
          CONCEALED ARE THE CONTRACTOR RECORDS OF WHO WAS PAID AND FOR WHAT. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? FIRST, THE WATER AUTHORITY CONCEALED THE SPECIFIC CONDITION CAUSING NONCOMPLIANCE AT THEIR TREATMENT FACILITY, WHICH IS NOW AT YOUR TREATMENT FACILITY. THIS MATERIAL DEFECT WAS SIGNIFICANT LAND DEFICIENCY. IT NEEDED LAND, SO IT TOOK YOURS NEXT FOR THE CHANGE ORDER TO HAVE BEEN VALID AND THE MILLION DOLLAR UPCHARGE TO BE LEGITIMATE, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ORIGINAL TO CHANGE FROM. YET NO ORIGINAL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS OR BILL OF MATERIALS HAVE BEEN FOUND. YOU WERE PRESSURED AND MANIPULATED INTO PURCHASING A PIPELINE YOU DID NOT NEED, AND AUTHORIZING A TRIP. A TREATMENT PROCESS ILL SUITED FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          WE STILL NEED THREE THINGS AND YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A NOTE. WE NEED A STANDALONE SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH A DISINFECTING PROCESS ON AN INDEPENDENT PERMIT. THIS STILL CAN AND MUST BE OBTAINED. YOUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OBTAIN THE CORRECT SYSTEM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE TAXPAYER. MR. JENNINGS CAN ADVISE YOU PRIVATELY ON HOW TO PROCEED, AND IF ASKED, I WILL SHARE MY DOCUMENTS AND WHAT I KNOW NOW. RECENTLY I WAS REVIEWING RECORDS AND I FOUND THIS EMAIL. 
          IT WAS FROM MR. JENNINGS TO MR. LIEBER INVITING HIM TO A MEETING THAT WAS IN JULY. HE DID NOT COME LAST MONTH. I ASKED DON CHAMBERS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER AUTHORITY, TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THEIR MEETING AGENDA. IT WAS. WAS THERE ANOTHER DESIGN NOT RELYING ON THE PIPELINE? IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA. AND THEY STILL WON'T TALK ABOUT IT. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTION. YOU HAD MENTIONED. THERE WERE THREE THINGS. DID YOU GIVE US ALL THREE? I HOPE I DID STANDALONE SYSTEM, THAT IS, YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THE ACADEMY ROAD TREATMENT FACILITY. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL. I CALL IT BAIT. THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN MID 2023. AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A DISINFECTING PROCESS ALONG WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND MAKE SURE AND IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT PERMIT INSTEAD OF RELYING ON A MODIFIED PERMIT, WHICH YOU ARE NOW. THANK YOU. 
          MR. MAYFIELD. ARE WE CONTINUING TO GET THE PUMPING RECORDS FROM THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE SINCE THE LAST ONE I GOT, SO I WILL REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY'LL PROVIDE ANOTHER ONE. I WILL SAY MY CONTACT I BELIEVE HAS IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH ADINA'S, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THE ENGINEERS AND HAVE THEM OBTAIN THE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO. 
          I'LL GET IT FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY. THEY'LL HAVE IT. OKAY. AND I GUESS. MR. MR. JENNINGS, WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THAT THEIR FACILITY THAT WE'RE USING IS STILL NON-COMPLIANT, WE SHOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXPOSURE WE HAVE TO THAT END, IF FOR SOME REASON IT CONTINUES TO BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE, WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A PROBLEM FOR OUR SCHOOL. NO. WE DO NOT. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. UP NEXT, IF THERE'S A. 
          [Additional Item]
MR. NICHOLAS POLK. I'M GOING TO READ THIS REAL QUICK FOR YOU, SIR. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT JUST TO KEEP IT STANDARD, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND 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 SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, OH, I'M NICK POPE, I TEACH AT BARRY TATUM ACADEMY, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS FIRST OFF. BUT TODAY I WANTED 
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TO. MY CONCERNS ARE DIRECTED AT THE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES RELATED TO TENNESSEE HOUSE BILL 47. SPECIFICALLY, THE EXPLICIT, EXPLICIT EXPRESSION OF THE BOARD'S CHAIR DESIRE TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION LIKE, WHY ARE NOT OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES NOT TAKING PRIORITY EVERY TIME THIS ISSUE IS BROUGHT UP AROUND THE COUNTRY, IT'S ALWAYS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WHICH TAKE PRIORITY IN BEING DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHERE IS THE HARD PUSH FOR THE CONSTITUTION OR THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? AS SOMEONE WHO TEACHES THESE DOCUMENTS EVERY YEAR IN MY CLASSROOM, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE THE TOP CANDIDATES TO DISPLAY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. HOWEVER, FOUNDING AMERICAN DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THESE ALWAYS TAKE A BACKSEAT TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE LEGAL PRECEDENT IN THE US FROM THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE POLICIES ARE LARGELY UNLAWFUL. 
          THESE THINGS ALWAYS END UP ON THE NEWS AND RESULT IN LAWSUITS THAT CAUSE NOTHING BUT FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, PROFESSIONAL COST TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ALL THEY SERVE. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE IN TEXAS, ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON, FRISCO, FAYETTEVILLE, SPRINGDALE AND BENTONVILLE. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ALL THE DISTRICTS WHO ALL TRIED TO IMPLEMENT DISPLAYING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, ALL TRIED, ALL GOT SUED AND ALL LOST. FURTHER LEGAL PRECEDENT HAS GIVEN PARENTS THE RIGHT TO PULL THEIR KIDS FROM LEARNING ANYTHING IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM THAT GOES AGAINST THEIR RELIGION. IT HAS ALSO GIVEN TEACHERS THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF TEACHING CURRICULUM THAT GOES AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. UNDER THIS NEW PRECEDENT, TEACHERS WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THIS POLICY, AND PARENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL RIGHT TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM IN WHICH THEY DESPERATELY NEED TO BE. AS A LIFELONG CHRISTIAN MYSELF WHO HAS BEEN A TITHING MEMBER OF A CHURCH SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, THIS ISSUE ISN'T ABOUT RELIGION FOR ME. THERE ARE OVER 200 CHURCHES IN WILSON COUNTY. THEY'RE GREAT AT TEACHING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SEE IT AT MY OWN CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. LET'S LET CHURCHES TEACH WHAT THEY'RE GOOD AT, AND LET WILSON COUNTY TEACH STUDENTS TO MASTER THE STATE STANDARDS, WHICH IS THE METRIC THAT I AM HELD TO AND DESPERATELY NEED TO FOCUS ON AS A TEACHER. ULTIMATELY, I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW DISPLAYING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WILL IMPROVE TEST SCORES AND MAKE ME A BETTER TEACHER. THESE ARE OUTCOMES I VALUE AS A TEACHER AND A TAXPAYER OF WILSON COUNTY. SO AS A CHRISTIAN IN WILSON COUNTY, A CITIZEN OF MOUNT JULIET AND A TEACHER IN WILSON COUNTY, I'M DEEPLY, DEEPLY WORRIED THAT THIS POLICY, IF IMPLEMENTED, WILL TAKE AWAY CRUCIAL TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES THAT SHOULD GO TO EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS. IT'S A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT SERVES MORE AS A VIRTUE SIGNAL, AT THE COST OF MAKING ANY REAL, PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I'M ASKING, AS A TEACHER WHO LOVES WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THOMPSON COUNTY STUDENTS, JUST FINISHED MY LAST STATEMENT HERE. IT'S TIME. WE HAVE TO STOP. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE. YEAH. CAN I FINISH MY LAST PART HERE? I LITERALLY JUST HAVE LIKE TWO SENTENCES LIKE, NO, IT'S YEAH, IT'S IT'S POLICY. UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO ASK HIM A QUESTION. IT'S THREE MINUTES. SORRY. WE HAVE TO STAY BY OUR POLICIES AND GUIDELINES. I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ALL. AND I JUST WANT TO I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR LAST TWO SENTENCES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR IT. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTENSION. I'LL BE QUICK. BUT YEAH, JUST AS YOU KNOW, A CHRISTIAN IN WILSON COUNTY, A CITIZEN OF MOUNT JULIET AND A TEACHER IN WILSON COUNTY. I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS JUST TAKING AWAY FROM OUR RESOURCES. IT'S A PIECE OF. YEAH, ALL THAT STUFF. SORRY. I JUST REALLY THINK THAT THE TIME THAT IS SPENT HERE AT OUR EXPENSE SHOULD BE GOING TO IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES THAT HAVE REAL, TANGIBLE RESULTS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK, CAN WE LET OUR TEACHERS TEACH, LET OUR STUDENTS LEARN? AND I'M ASKING, PLEASE DO NOT GIVE WILSON COUNTY EDUCATORS YET ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT TAKES AWAY FROM OUR MAIN FOCUS OF EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS. LET'S ENSURE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH EVERY STUDENT DEVELOPS HIGH PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. TIME AND EXTENSION. JUST ONE SECOND, SIR. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CLARIFICATIONS ONE. IF IF IT IF THIS. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. OKAY. SO SO SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S WATCHING YOU FOCUS ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. BUT WE ARE WE ALSO DISPLAYING THE PREAMBLE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. OKAY. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE IN A PROMINENT LOCATION IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING, NOT IN EVERY CLASSROOM. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT GOING IN EVERY CLASSROOM. ALSO, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TAUGHT. IT'S NOT IN THE CURRICULUM. IT'S NOT ADDING. THIS IS SIMPLY A DISPLAY OF THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE A, IF WE DID A STATUE OF, OF, OF JEFF LUTTRELL BECAUSE HE WAS SO GREAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS A DIRECTOR, IF WE JUST PUT A STATUE, THERE'S NOTHING. IT'S. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESOURCES AND WE'LL GET INTO 
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THIS WHEN WHEN WE TALK, BECAUSE I DID BRING IT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I BROUGHT IT TO THE TO THE THIS THIS WON'T COST THE SCHOOL A THING OTHER THAN THE SPACE THAT WE PUT IT, BECAUSE WE ALREADY I'VE ALREADY FOUND DONORS TO, TO, TO PROCURE AND TO PAY FOR IT. SO IT'S LITERALLY JUST DISPLAYING THOSE THREE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. AND I'D LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU AND GET YOUR IDEAS ON OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DISPLAYED, BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT OUR STUDENTS LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE FOUNDING OF OUR OF OUR COUNTRY. SO THE STATE STARTED WITH THESE THREE. MAYBE THEY'LL EXPAND. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE IT'LL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'LL TAKE AWAY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT FOR FOR THIS BILL, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING, SIR. JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. YES, SIR. SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP MY REQUEST THE SAME, BUT I'D LOVE TO TALK. NO, NO, DEFINITELY. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A TEACHER AND COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING. I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS AND KNOW THAT I THINK ALL OF OUR EMAILS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO COMMUNICATE AND LET US KNOW AND HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH. OF COURSE, KEEPING THE DIRECTOR IN THE LOOP AS WELL. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL. 
          SO THE. STATEMENTS FROM GUEST DELEGATIONS PORTION IS OVER. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE 
          [6.1 Approve Consent Agenda]
APPROVED CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. READY TO VOTE. MISS SHERRY, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH MR. MACK AND MR. HOFFMAN. YES. 
          [7.1 District Contracts]
MOTION PASSED, SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.1. DISTRICT CONTRACTS. I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MR. YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          [7.2 School Contracts]
MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. NEXT ITEM 7.2. SCHOOL CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION? SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT READY TO VOTE? MR. I'M SO SORRY. I WAS STARING AT THE SCREEN LIKE WAITING AND. MOTION PASSED. 
          [8.1 Executive Session - Christopher Hayden]
UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. SECTION EIGHT LEGAL. MR. I'M GONNA TURN OVER MR. JAMES FOR A SECOND AS WE MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. JENNINGS YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DIRECTOR MAYFIELD, WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED OR YOU'VE REQUESTED TONIGHT TO DISCUSS A MATTER OF PENDING LITIGATION. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE SMITH COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CASE, NO VOTES CAN BE ASKED FOR. NONE CAN BE TAKEN. WHILE WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DO NOT ANTICIPATE, WHEN WE COME OUT OF THAT SESSION, THAT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO. A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME QUESTIONS THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HEAR WHERE WE ARE AND TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. I MAKE A MOTION. WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS PURPOSE. ALL RIGHT. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A VOTE OR WE'RE GOOD. WE NEED TO VOTE TO GO. YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. LET'S. MR. HELLMAN. YES. YES. IT JUST SHOWED UP. 
          [9.1 Report from County Attorney]
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OKAY. W. EVERYBODY BACK. WE'RE ALL BACK, MR. JENNINGS. YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT MAYBE WATCHING OR THAT'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. WE DID MEET ABOUT A MATTER OF PENDING LITIGATION, AND SEVERAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. THERE WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND NO MOTIONS ARE NECESSARY TONIGHT FROM THIS BODY IN OPEN SESSION. NONE WERE MADE IN PRIVATE SESSION, AS THE SMITH COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS, WE CANNOT AND WE ALWAYS FOLLOW THAT. SO THAT MATTER IS FOR TONIGHT CONCLUDED AS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ASK OUT HERE. AND IF NOT, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY TO YOU THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER REPORT AS COUNTY ATTORNEY. SO. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. MOTION SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. WE ARE READY TO VOTE. 
          MR. JERRY. WE HAVE TO VOTE. TWO. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN, 
          [10.1 Director's Report]
10.1. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE OUR BRAND NEW WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTOR, MR. TRAVIS MAYFIELD, GIVEN HIS VERY FIRST DIRECTOR'S REPORT. WELCOME, SIR, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING GREAT SO FAR, SO WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME THE FLEXIBILITY TO SIT HERE. THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS, IS I FEEL LIKE I'M AN AGENT OF THE BOARD. I WORK FOR YOU, I MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, I GIVE YOU INFORMATION. I WE DISCUSS POINTS. I PREFER TO LOOK AT PEOPLE WHENEVER I'M TALKING TO THEM. AND THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD IS WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS. AND I KNOW MR. LUTTRELL WOULD SIT THERE AND HAVE IT BE LOOKED BACK AND FORTH, AND YOU CAN'T SEE ANYBODY. SO THIS IS WHERE I PREFER TO BE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH YOU ON A FACE TO FACE BASIS. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GET STRAIGHT INTO THE REPORT. THE NUMBER ONE ITEM ON THERE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE HAVE DOCTOR CAUTHEN HAS COMPILED FROM LAST YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR CAUTHEN TO GIVE MORE DETAILS. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY. 
          WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB THIS PAST YEAR, CONTINUING TO DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AND DOCTOR CAUTHEN HAS SOME DETAILS FOR YOU. OKAY, SO I LEFT A HANDOUT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE GRAPHS TO, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND. AS MR. MAYFIELD ALLUDED. TO, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE. ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS ARE THOSE THAT SCORED AT THE MET OR EXCEEDED LEVEL OR WHAT WE CALL PROFICIENT ON THE T CAP AND EOC. WE ARE EXCITED IN THIS YEAR. WE'RE HAVING MIC PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE REACHED ANOTHER ALL TIME HIGH IN ALL THREE CONTENT AREAS. ELA, MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES INCREASED AGAIN THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE SAID THAT WAS THE HIGHEST WE'D EVER BEEN, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE MADE GAINS IN ALL THREE AREAS. IT'S THE HIGHEST RATE THAT WE'VE SEEN. YOU CAN SEE L A THAT'S FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12. SO THAT INCLUDES OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL. WE IN L A ARE AT 56.1. THE STATE AVERAGE IS 42.3 56% IN MATH WITH A 40.9% STATE AVERAGE. SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE BOARD WE ARE WHERE WE ARE FALLING IN ELA. MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES KIND OF GAVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. SO SINCE 20 2021, WE'VE IMPROVED BY 14.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN ELA, 16.7 IN MATH AND 11 POINTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES. 
          THESE ARE SOME TREMENDOUS GAINS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PERIOD. ON THE SECOND PAGE, EVERY YEAR WE SET A DISTRICT FOCUS AREA AND WE PINPOINT AREAS WHERE WE'VE EITHER SEEN A DECLINE IN ACHIEVEMENT OR WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN GROWTH. AND THESE WERE OUR FOCUS AREAS FOR THE YEAR. THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS CRUCIAL FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT THIRD GRADE RETENTION LAW, WAS THIRD GRADE ELA. SO IN THIRD GRADE, ELA, WE ACTUALLY SET A GOAL, AND WE 
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EXCEEDED OUR GOAL BY ALMOST FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS. BUT OVERALL FROM PREVIOUS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE IMPROVED BY 8.4 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THIRD GRADE ELA. SO WE ENDED AT 57.5% OF OUR STUDENTS IN THIRD GRADE SCORED AT THAT MET OR EXCEEDED. FIFTH GRADE MATH IS AN AREA FOR US, NOT NECESSARILY AN ACHIEVEMENT. IT IS GROWTH. SO BUT WHEN WE SEE THAT ACHIEVEMENT RISE, WE ALSO HOPE TO SEE THEIR GROWTH NUMBERS RISE TOO. SO WE IMPROVED BY 2.4 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN FIFTH GRADE MATH, SEVENTH GRADE MATH. WE ALSO SAW AN INCREASE. 
          SEVENTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES IS QUITE AMAZING AT 76.6% PROFICIENT. JUST THAT LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY IN ANY CONTENT AREA IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED FOR ENGLISH, ONE THAT WAS OUR SECOND HIGHEST GAIN. ENGLISH ONE RAISED TO 53%. THAT WAS A 7.6% AREA GAIN. OUR FOCUS LAST YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD WAS WRITING, PARTICULARLY COGNITIVE WRITING, AND THINKING ABOUT WHEN STUDENTS CAN WRITE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND THEY CAN ARTICULATE THAT IN A WRITTEN IN A WRITTEN FORM, THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING. SO WE KNOW THAT THE COGNITIVE WRITING COMPONENTS AND THE OTHER PIECES OF POWERFUL CORE INSTRUCTION, THOSE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES WORK GEOMETRY ALSO WENT UP 5.3 PERCENTAGE POINTS. SO THESE WERE OUR TARGET AREAS AND OUR FOCUS AREAS. AND WE ARE WE ARE CELEBRATING BECAUSE WE WENT UP IN EVERY AREA. YOUR THIRD PAGE IS A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKDOWN OF OUR SUBGROUP PERFORMANCE. SO I BROKE IT DOWN FOR EACH CONTENT AREA IN EACH GRADE BAND. SO YOU HAVE YOUR THREE FIVE, YOUR SIX EIGHT AND YOUR 912. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE UP AND DOWN OF HOW MANY FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. HOW MUCH DID WE GAIN? OR DID WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SUBGROUPS, SUBGROUP AREAS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST LOOKING AT THE COLOR CODING, WE HAD VERY FEW CONTENT AREAS AND SUBGROUP AREAS WHERE WE SAW A DECLINE. AND IF WE SAW A DECLINE, IT WAS MINIMAL IN MOST CONTENT AREAS. YOUR LAST PAGE IS A COMPARISON OF OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA. JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS NICE TO SEE HOW DO WE FALL. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BREAKDOWN FOR ELA, MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES, AND YOU CAN SEE WE FALL SECOND BEHIND WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN THAT AREA ACROSS THE LARGE DISTRICTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STATE, WHEN THERE'S 144 TO 147 DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, WE FALL 12TH IN ELA, 13TH IN MATH AND EIGHT IN OVERALL SOCIAL STUDIES OUT OF 144 TO 140 7 TO 147 DISTRICTS, DEPENDING ON IF THEY SERVE ELEMENTARY ONLY ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF HERE. TREMENDOUS WORK, AND IT IS JUST EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR CATHERINE? WOW. YES. THAT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. SO AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE STATEWIDE DISTRICTS, A LOT OF TIMES THE ONES THAT ARE BETWEEN US AND THE TOP, SOME OF THOSE ARE SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE A VERY SMALL POPULATION AND SOMETIMES A VERY DIFFERENT POPULATION THAN WE MIGHT SERVE. SO I JUST DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND, AND ADMINISTRATORS AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF THAT WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. STUDENT REGISTRATION IS ONGOING. CURRENTLY, YOU'VE GOT THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS LATER IN THE PACKET. WE'RE UP ABOUT 229 STUDENTS. THAT CHANGES DAILY. WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE NUMBERS THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING. I WILL BRING YOU CURRENT DAY ONE WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN WE START SCHOOL. YOU SEE FLUCTUATIONS BY SCHOOL. 
          BUT REMEMBER, THOSE LARGE NUMBERS AT GLADESVILLE AND RUTLAND ARE RELATED TO CENTRAL PIKE OPENING UP. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. A COUPLE PERSONNEL UPDATES. MR. JOE CRUMBY WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT GLENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE'S REPLACING DOCTOR BETHANY WILSON, WHO HAS TAKEN THE POSITION OF SECONDARY SUPERVISOR HERE AT THE ATC. AND MISSY HUNTER WILL BE OUR NEW SCHOOL HEALTH COORDINATOR. PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, TEACHER AND A COACH AT GLENVILLE MIDDLE, AND SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THOSE 
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ATHLETIC DIRECTORS THAT RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATOR CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM ON BOARD. NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION STARTED TODAY. YOU ALSO HAVE THE CERTIFIED. REPORT FOR CURRENT OPENINGS, SO THAT HAS ALSO IMPROVED SINCE THIS WAS PRINTED ON JULY 14TH. SO I'LL BRING THE NEW NUMBERS TO YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AS WELL. BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD FILL RATE. WE HAVE VERY FEW OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE STILL FILLING SOME OF THOSE. 
          EVEN THIS WEEK. SUBSTITUTE PAY INFORMATION. YOU HAVE A HANDOUT IN THE PACKET RELATED TO THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE BOARD AS FAR AS INCREASES FOR SUBSTITUTE PAY. SO EACH LEVEL RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNTS. AND IT VARIES BY THEIR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND THE POSITION IN WHICH THEY'RE FILLING. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEP. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU HAVE A STUDENT TRIP REPORT. THOSE ARE ATTACHED AS WELL. 
          TRANSPORTATION REPORT. SO ONE THING I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS WE GO INTO THIS YEAR. WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED ROUTES WHERE WE CAN CURRENTLY, THERE'S ABOUT 19 DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND THAT RANGES FROM THE EAST SIDE, FROM WATERTOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST SIDE IN ORDER ANY BUS NUMBER THAT HAD LOW STUDENT POPULATION THIS PAST YEAR, THEY WORK TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE ROUTES. AND NOW THEY MIGHT NOT JUST COMBINE TWO ROUTES, THEY MIGHT TAKE ONE, DISSOLVE IT AND SPLIT IT UP AMONGST THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO REDUCE EFFICIENCY AND ALSO KEEP US IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIDE TIME. OKAY. IN ADDITION TO MAKING THE MOST OUT OF OUR BUSSES. SO SOMETIMES I REALIZE IF THERE'S 25 KIDS ON THE BUS, WE GOT A LOT OF THEM THAT SIT IN ONE TO A SEAT, BUT WE GOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IF YOU GOT A 90 PASSENGER BUS, IT'S IT'S ONLY 60 KIDS AT TWO TO A SEAT. 
          NOW, NOT EVERY ELEMENTARY KID COULD SET THREE TO A SEAT, BUT WE WE WILL HAVE THAT. AND THE THE OPTIONS ARE. WE EITHER HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CAPACITIES WHERE WE'RE BUMPING IT UP TO 70, 75 KIDS IN ORDER TO STAFF ALL OF OUR ROUTES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IF WE START HAVING LOW NUMBERS ON A BUS, IT'S COSTING US A DRIVER. OKAY, WE'VE GOT THE BUSSES, IT'S THE DRIVERS THAT WE NEED. SO THEY'RE WORKING TO CONSOLIDATE THAT. THEY ARE ALSO IN SOME OF OUR LARGE SUBDIVISIONS WE'VE GOT GREEN HILL, FOR INSTANCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUS THAT RUNS GREEN HILL. WE'VE WORKED IT OUT WITH THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE COVERAGE. THEY'RE GOING TO DROP A FIRST LOAD OF STUDENTS THAT ARE FROM FARTHER OUT OF THEIR ZONE. AT 745, THE SCHOOL WILL SUPERVISE. WE'VE ALREADY WORKED THAT OUT. THEN THAT BUS IS GOING TO GO TO ONE OF THE LARGE SUBDIVISIONS RIGHT THERE. CLOSE PICK UP A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION AND HAVE THEM BACK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS ON TIME. THEY FEEL LIKE 30 MINUTES TOPS, SO THEY WOULD BE BACK BY 815. THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY. NOW, WHENEVER IT COMES TIME TO GO HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SHORT TRIP FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AND GET THE BIGGER GROUP THAT GOES FARTHER OUT. SO THOSE KIDS MIGHT BE WAITING FOR 20 TO 30 MINUTES FOR THAT BUS TO GET BACK. BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD STUDENTS WAITING UP TO AN HOUR TO WAIT ON A SECOND RUN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THAT. NOW. IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE DRIVERS, WE CAN WE CAN DISSOLVE SOME OF THOSE SECOND RUNS. IF WE'VE GOT THE THE AVAILABILITY OUT OF THE DRIVERS TO DO THAT. BUT MY DIRECTION HAS BEEN LESS LET'S TIGHTEN IT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL ON TIME BEFORE WE START BANKING ON ALL OF THESE APPLICANTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS SPRING, BEING IN THE SEAT. SO IN REGARDS TO THE APPLICANTS, WE'VE GOT FOUR NEW DRIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND HAVE PASSED THE TEST, AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO ROUTES. WE GOT ONE DRIVER THAT HAS CAME BACK TO US, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAIN THAT PERSON. WE'VE GOT THREE IN TRAINING THAT ARE GOING TO TEST NEXT WEEK. WE GOT TWO MORE IN TRAINING THAT WILL TEST IN EARLY AUGUST, AND THEN WE'VE GOT NINE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TEST DATE. AND THEN ONE ONE THAT JUST ACTUALLY STARTED. 
          WE'VE GOT SIX NEW APPLICANTS IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING HIRED AND THREE BRAND NEW APPLICATIONS WHERE WE'RE JUST CHECKING REFERENCES. SO WE HAVE ADDED OVER 20 POSITIONS. IF EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE CAN CONTINUE NOW. SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND RETAIN OUR CURRENT POOL, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO REALLY WELL IN THE 
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TRANSPORTATION SIDE. I THINK IN ADDITION TO THE BONUS THAT WE PROPOSED, I THINK IT'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE IN THOSE SEATS. YES, MISTER. QUESTION ABOUT RETAINING THAT CURRENT POOL WHEN WE HAVE LIKE SUCH A A LARGE GROUP OF NEW EMPLOYEES, ARE ANY HOURS GOING TO BE CUT FOR OUR EXISTING STAFF? SO NO HOURS SHOULD BE CUT. NO MATTER OF FACT, I WILL SAY THIS WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT FULL TIME STATUS, BECAUSE THE BENEFITS IS THAT THAT'S THE KEY. WE ARE NOT ABOUT TAKING PEOPLE'S BENEFITS AWAY. WE'VE GOT THE WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, LET'S JUST SAY WE GOT 20 AND EVERYBODY'S SHOWING UP FOR WORK. WE'RE NOT SENDING ANYBODY HOME. I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON A BUS THAT HAS SOME PROBLEMS TO HAVE A SECOND ADULT ON THERE. THAT'S HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PIECE THAT WE'RE MISSING. BUT WE WE GOT TO START WITH GETTING DRIVERS IN THE SEATS. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO ACTIVELY HIRING EAA'S BUS MONITORS AS WELL. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS OF THOSE TO PUT PEOPLE ON THERE FOR THE BEHAVIOR ASPECT. OKAY. SO TRANSPORTATION AS FAR AS THE ROUTING PIECE AND THE STAFFING PIECE, ALSO, I'VE GOT INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT THE THE DISCIPLINE. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, YOU SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUS SUSPENSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR. YOU HAVE 188. ALL RIGHT. I ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET BECAUSE I KEPT ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FINALLY GOT IT. AND IT'S IN THE HANDOUT OF ALL THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY OUR BUS DRIVERS, BECAUSE WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT, WELL, THE KIDS WON'T BEHAVE AND THE SCHOOL WON'T DO ANYTHING. SO HERE'S A TOTAL NUMBER OF REFERRALS THAT WE RECEIVED 525. THOSE ARE REFERRALS MADE BY DRIVERS THAT ENDED UP IN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR PRINCIPAL'S DESK. OKAY, NOW I DON'T HAVE ALL THE CONSEQUENCES THAT TOOK PLACE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AND I'VE MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS OVER THIS, THIS PAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE EMPHASIZED FOLLOWING THE CODE OF CONDUCT, EVEN AS IT APPLIES TO BUSSES. MY RECOMMENDATION IS A BUS DRIVER. IF TRAVIS IS MISBEHAVING, THE BUS DRIVER SHOULD ADDRESS THAT WITH TRAVIS. IF I CONTINUE TO MISBEHAVE, THE BUS DRIVER SHOULD MAKE A REFERRAL TO THE SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. THE WHO? THE DISCIPLINARY AGENT SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT CHILD. 
          DEPENDING ON THE AGE GROUP MIGHT DETERMINE WHETHER YOU NEED TO CALL HOME OR NOT. AND THE SCHOOL KNOWS THE KIDS. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS AT A HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, I COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THINGS GOT HANDLED. AND I THINK WE NEED TO OFFER CHILDREN THE FREEDOM TO CORRECT THEIR BEHAVIOR ON THEIR OWN. IT'S AGE DEPENDENT. IF TRAVIS GETS A THIRD REFERRAL. SO I CONTINUE ON THE BUS. I DO IT AGAIN. THEN THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO HAVE A PHONE CALL OR A CONFERENCE WITH THE PARENT ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR. I'M NOT EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT A DISCIPLINARY ACTION OTHER THAN THAT PHONE CALL OR CONFERENCE, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL THAT PARENT FROM THE SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT'S WENT ON. IT'S GOT TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER AT THAT POINT. THEY NEED TO KNOW IF IT ESCALATES, THE CHILD'S GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BUS FOR A SET PERIOD OF TIME, DEPENDING ON THE INFRACTION. I REALLY FEEL LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE CAN FIX THIS, BUT WE GOT WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT ON HOW WE DO IT AND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS. AND PARENTS DO NEED TO BE INFORMED BEFORE WE EVER REMOVE A CHILD OFF A BUS. NOW, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. IF THERE'S A FIGHT ON THE BUS AND THAT'S FIGHTING, THEY'RE SUSPENDED OUT OF SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUSPENDED FROM THE BUS. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR BUS DRIVERS. I WANT TO BE FAIR TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS. SO I FEEL LIKE OUR DATA IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD IN SHOWING THAT WE ARE GETTING THE REFERRALS AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH THEM. SO BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OFFS SOMETIMES WHERE BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING'S PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT DON'T GO WELL. IS THERE A IS THERE IS THERE A THE REPORTING PROCEDURE FOR THE BUS DRIVERS? THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO FILL OUT MONOTONOUS PAPERWORK. HOW WOULD THEY KNOW IF AN ELECTRONIC PROCESS, THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT FROM THEIR TABLET ON THE BUS. OKAY. THOSE BUS TABLETS, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO. THEY CAN THEY CAN USE THOSE TO CLOCK IN. THEY CAN USE THOSE TO SUBMIT DISCIPLINE. I THINK THEY CAN. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ONE OTHER TIME CONFIRM THEIR TIME CLOCK. 
          I THINK IT IS. SO IT'S VERY LIMITED WHEN WHEN THE BUS IS IN MOTION, IT ONLY SHOWS THE THE ROUTING PIECE. OKAY. BUT THEY DO HAVE ELECTRONIC MEANS. EVERY ONE OF THEM. YES SIR. YES. THEY COVER THAT AT THE THE DRIVER KICK OFF. SCHOOL HEALTH IN THE PACKET. THERE'S A HANDOUT OF ALL OF OUR REFERRALS TO OUR SCHOOL NURSES. THIS IS STUDENT REFERRALS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT 
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EVENTS THAT THEY PROCESSED OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT END UP IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE, BUT 90% OF THEM ARE BACK IN CLASS AFTER THEY VISIT WITH THEIR NURSES. YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THOSE NUMBERS. THEY ARE EXTREMELY BUSY. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS COHEN AND ALL THE NURSES MET WITH THEM TODAY. I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. THEY THEY DO NOT HAVE AN EASY JOB AND THEY ARE BUSY ALL DAY LONG. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL. TAX FREE WEEKEND STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 31ST GOES THROUGH AUGUST 2ND. IT'S THE TENNESSEE'S ANNUAL TAX HOLIDAY, SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING AND AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. NEXT IS CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES REPORT. SO CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY, THE RIBBON CUTTING JULY 29TH AT 530, THERE'LL BE AN OPEN HOUSE TO FOLLOW. WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY YESTERDAY. SO WE ARE GOOD TO WE'RE GOOD TO USE THE BUILDING. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE STILL DIGGING AND PUTTING IN THAT SEWER LINE. 
          OKAY. MET WITH ARCHIE ANDERSON IN THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS LAST WEEK. ARCHIE ANDERSON IF IF NEED BE, THEY WILL PUMP THE TANK UNTIL THEY HAVE THE FULL LINE INSTALLED. 
          THEY WILL DO THAT AS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT. SO WE WILL NOT BE DOING ANYTHING. WE ALREADY HAVE PERMITS ISSUED FOR SEWER AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE CAN START SCHOOL. 
          THERE'LL BE NO INTERRUPTION. THEY WILL HAVE SOMEBODY ON SITE AND MONITOR THAT AS NEEDED. AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT LINE IS HOOKED UP, THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL IT. IT'LL BE FORCE MADE UP TO THE CONNECTION POINT. OKAY. LAKEVIEW RENOVATION. THEY'VE STARTED WITH THE ABATEMENT PROCESS, PULLING OUT ALL OF THE ASBESTOS OUT OF CEILING TILES. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE GETTING ALL OF THE GRID OPENED UP SO THAT ONCE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE DONE AND THEY WILL BE WORKING ABOVE GRADE WITH LIKE THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE STORMWATER COMMENTS BACK IN ORDER TO START PROCEEDING. 
          THERE IS A. DETENTION POND THAT IS LISTED BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT COME OFF OF OUR PROPERTY AND IS DIRECTLY FLOODING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS RIGHT BEHIND THE SCHOOL. SO THERE IS PLANS TO HAVE A DETENTION POND PUT BACK THERE THAT'S STILL GOING THROUGH THE STORMWATER PROCESS. BUT IN THE EVENT YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, I'VE REACHED OUT TO ONE HOMEOWNER A COUPLE OF TIMES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ON THOSE DETAILS TO COME BACK. WATERTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON THE STORMWATER AND GRADING PERMITS, BUT ONCE THOSE COME INTO PLAY, THEY WILL START ON THE SITE WORK. THEY WILL DEVELOP US A PLACE TO PARK, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW WATERTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL GOLDEN BEAR PROPERTY. SO IN YOUR PACKET, I MADE YOU A COUPLE OF HANDOUTS. ONE OF THEM IS THIS GOOGLE MAP THAT SHOWS THE EXACT LOCATION OF PROPERTY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OWNS ON GOLDEN BEAR PARKWAY. OKAY. IT SITS RIGHT THERE TO THE BASICALLY TO THE SOUTH OF US, JACKSON HILLS AND MOUNT JULIET HIGH SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, THAT PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED. IT WAS WHEN DOCTOR WRIGHT WAS THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS RIGHT TOWARDS THE END OF HER TENURE. AND THEN ON THIS OTHER HANDOUT, THIS LARGER MAP. AND IT'S IT TALKS ABOUT A LAND SWAP. THIS PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT BOUGHT WAS LANDLOCKED AT THE TIME. SO THERE WAS DOCTOR WRIGHT HAD BEEN WORKING ON A DEAL IN ORDER TO DO A LAND SWAP, TO GIVE UP THREE PIECES IN ORDER TO GAIN ANOTHER AREA. PART OF THE CONTINGENCY AT THAT PRESENT TIME WAS THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO SUPPLY THE UTILITIES TO THE SITE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THERE. ALL RIGHT. MR. LUTTRELL BECAME THE DIRECTOR. HE WASN'T READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN, AND HE JUST PUT IT ON HOLD. SO IT HAS CAME UP THAT THERE IS A GROUP ABOUT THERE IN CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY THAT'S CONSIDERED, I THINK IT'S THE KURD FARM BASICALLY TO THE WEST AND ALSO TO THE SOUTH OF GOLDEN BEAR IS WHAT THEY ARE PURCHASING. AND I THINK THERE IS EVEN A PIECE TO THE EAST AND THERE A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. IT WOULD BE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEM BY THE CITY OF MOUNT JULIET, AND THEY THEIR PROPOSAL IS GOING TO BE TO PROVIDE THE SEWER AND THE UTILITIES ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL SITE AT NO CHARGE TO US. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. NOW THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW AND, AND NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY THEY HAVE, THEY WILL HAVE SOME PERMIT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY FOR AS FAR AS I THINK MAYBE REZONING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID SHARE WITH ME IS IF THIS ALL GOES THROUGH, THEY 
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WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING THOSE UTILITIES ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL SITE. THEY SAY THEY WILL GRANT US ACCESS. WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT. AND THEY WILL PROBABLY TRY TO DO SOME MIXED USE AROUND THE SCHOOL BEING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SOME RETAIL SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND MOVE THE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION AREA BACK AWAY OFF THE PROPERTY, OFF THE GOLDEN BEAR GATEWAY. I ASSUME IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO IF YOU GO ON FURTHER DOWN TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME OF THAT INDUSTRIAL SPACE OFF GOLDEN BEAR, WHERE IT'S BACK OFF THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. THEY TALKED ABOUT LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERS THAT IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING. THEY'RE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT AND, AND THE PROCESS. BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO COME. IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT COMING ABOUT IT. 
          SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES. SO I'M GOING TO DO THE SEWAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT THEY DID JUST TO BE THEY HAVEN'T ASKED ANYTHING. THEY, THEY, THEY SAID, WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN WILSON COUNTY ALREADY. SO. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF MOUNT JULIET, WHO HAS SOME, I ASSUME SOME RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS THAT THEY WANT AND HOW THEY WANT TO SEE THE PROPERTY DESIGNED AND LAID OUT. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS OTHER THAN THEY, THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO PLANT WHEN THEY BRING THE SEWER, INSTEAD OF JUST STOPPING AT THEIR FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY BRING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. HE DIDN'T SAY PROBABLY. HE SAID HE WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO THE SCHOOL SITE, SO IT WOULD BE THERE WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO BUILD ANOTHER SCHOOL. THE ONLY ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS, AS WE'RE WATCHING THIS, JUST WATCH FOR GREENWAYS, THAT THEY MIGHT PLAN THROUGH THAT PROPERTY AS PART OF THEIR MIXED USE THROUGH OUR SCHOOL CAMPUS. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. SORRY. IS THERE ANY FLOODING AREAS IN THAT, IN THAT BACK THERE? IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP. YEAH. ANYTHING BEHIND THE BASEBALL FIELD, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE CREEK? CEDAR CREEK, CEDAR CREEK. SO I'M SURE THAT AREA, THE REASON THOSE BALL FIELDS ARE PUSHED BACK ON A ON A STAGING MAP IS DUE TO A FLOODPLAIN. 
          OKAY, I'M SURE OF IT. YES, SIR. IF WE WERE GOING ALONE WITHOUT THEM, WHERE WOULD WE GET THE SEWER AND THE WATER? DO YOU. DO WE HAVE A KIND OF ANALYSIS OF WHAT THAT BENEFIT LOOKS LIKE? I KNOW IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO GIVE IT TO YOU ACCURATELY. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A SEWER CONNECTION AT THE BACK OF JACKSON HILLS THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY A PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM. THAT'S POTENTIAL TO TAP INTO BECAUSE. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO CROSS THE CREEK. SO I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY HAS NOT. MR. LUTTRELL DID NOT EXPLORE ANY POSSIBILITIES ON THIS PROPERTY WHILE HE WAS HERE, BECAUSE LIGADO WAS THE FOCUS AND THEN CENTRAL PIKE. SO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 2 OR $3 MILLION TO DO THAT. YEAH. IT WAS IT WAS 3 MILLION AT THE TIME, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS AGO. SO IT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVING FOR THE DISTRICT. YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO. YEAH. IF WE HAD ANY PREVIOUS STUDIES OR ANYTHING THAT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. I WILL SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE. DO YOU KNOW THE SIZE OF THE LOT? NO, IT'S PROBABLY 50 SOME ACRES BECAUSE IT'S GOT TWO BUILDINGS ON IT. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING. THOSE ARE JUST PUT IN THERE. IT'S KIND OF A VISUAL. WILL IT FIT? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW TYPICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TOOK A FOOTPRINT OF ANOTHER SCHOOL AND JUST LAY IT IN MAPS. SO YOU KIND OF GET A VISUAL THAT IN BY NO MEANS IS THE EVEN THE PLAN AT THIS POINT. CERTAINLY. AND IF I REMEMBER, I THINK THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR AN ELEMENTARY. 
          WELL, THE PLAN WAS AN ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH LOOKS VERY TIGHT TO ME, BUT THAT THAT'S WHERE WE NEED ENGINEERS INVOLVED, FLOODPLAIN, ALL OF THAT, MAKING SURE UTILITY CONNECTIONS ARE GOOD. SO. THE ONE PROMISING THING IS WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR UTILITIES. SO. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE THE GOOGLE MAP HAS THE RED LINE GOING DOWN THE GOLDEN BEAR AND THIS AREA 1A1C1 IS AT THE GIVE IS THAT WAS PART OF THAT? YES. IF YOU GIVE ME THIS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT ACCESS THAT. 
          GOT IT TO NOW THIS COMPANY HASN'T HE. HE SAID HE'S SEEN THIS BUT THEY DIDN'T MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT. WE WANT THESE THREE AREAS TO GIVE YOU. THAT'S STILL I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE WAYS AWAY FROM THAT PART OF IT YET. SO YEAH, I'LL COMMENT A LITTLE FURTHER. I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, MR. LUTTRELL, BECAUSE I HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THAT LAND DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXTEND OUR LAND. THE SCHOOLS LAND DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO 
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GOLDEN BEAR. THAT WAS KIND OF THE BASIC PROBLEM. AND THAT WAS DONE THAT WAY BY WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO US WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF A FUTURE LAND SWAP. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVES MCCULLOUGH SOME SOME OF THAT LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDITIONAL LAND THAT MAY BE MORE USEFUL TO US, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE VICINITY OF THAT GAS PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY AND GET RIGHT OF WAY TO THE GOLDEN BEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED. BUT AT THE TIME EARLIER, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SEWER. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE FOUND A USER THAT'S WILLING TO DO THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A WIN WIN. I THINK IT HAS SOME I THINK IT COULD BE POSITIVE FOR THE DISTRICT. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL. ANOTHER GREAT PIECE OF NEWS. WE RECEIVED A FEMA CONTRACT. IN ORDER FOR THAT 17 MILLION. SO I HAVE SIGNED THE CONTRACT AS THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. IT'S BEEN SENT BACK TO THEM. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT BRITTANY BILLS IS THE REASON WE'RE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR WILSON COUNTY, NOT JUST WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, BUT SHE HAS REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT PROJECT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO SHE WAS SHE HAD, I WILL SAY, DOGGED DETERMINATION. AND SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FILE ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY CONTINUE TO ASK FOR TO THE VERY END. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 17 MILLION FOR THAT, WHICH WE'LL GO TO THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO HELP FUND THE LAKEVIEW RENOVATION, IF YOU REMEMBER. SO IT'S A PLAQUE FOR THAT. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. SO SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. SO SHE SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. SO SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S AT THE CENTRAL PIKE. SHE'S I MEAN, SHE'S, SHE'S PIVOTAL TO THIS DISTRICT. YES. 
          THE ONLY OTHER PIECES YOU APPROVE SOME TRACK AND TENNIS COURT WORK AT WILSON CENTRAL. 
          THAT IS COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STRIPING THE TRACK DUE TO THE RAIN. THEY GOT TO LET THAT DRY BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY A SEPARATE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT DOES THE ACTUAL STRIPING AS OPPOSED TO THE SURFACE. BUT BOTH OF THOSE ARE ARE ABOUT TO BE FINISHED COMPLETELY. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR OTHER PROJECTS. SO, MR. ADAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE BOARD? HE IS GETTING MY PAPERWORK PRESENTLY FOR NEW BUSINESS. DOCTOR COCHRAN, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM HER. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL MISS OWENS, ANY INFORMATION? MR. SEBASTIAN DOES HAVE SOME NEWS FOR US. GOOD EVENING. YES, I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO GO OVER TONIGHT. THE MAIN THING IS THE. I PRESENTED ALL OF YOU WITH A FUN 264, WHICH IS OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUND, A YEAR END SUMMARY. WE ENDED FISCAL YEAR 26. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES, A LOSS OF $2.4 MILLION. SO WE'RE ABLE TO DEFINITELY CLOSE THE GAP TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR IN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. OF COURSE, THAT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE $3 MILLION FUND BALANCE TRANSFER THAT WE HAD OUT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND, AND THEN OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE IS $7.7 MILLION IN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND FOR THE YEAR. AND I JUST GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THAT FISCAL YEARS, 21 THROUGH 26, JUST AN A LOOK BACK FOR THE PROFIT SLASH LOSS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE YEARS. JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE TREND LOOKS LIKE IN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IN REGARDS TO THIS, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE INSTITUTED THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION, WE ONLY COLLECTED THAT FOR BASICALLY FIVE MONTHS, WHICH IS HALF THE CONTRIBUTION. SO WE WE RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 1.1 MILLION. AND I CONFIRMED THIS WITH MR. SEBASTIAN EARLIER FROM THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. THIS YEAR, THAT CONTRIBUTION WILL BE MORE LIKE 2.2. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S ANOTHER MILLION, ONE THAT WILL BE A PART OF OUR INSURANCE FUND. 
          SO THAT DOESN'T COMPLETELY BRIDGE THE GAP AT ALL. BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID MEET WITH GALLAGHER, WHICH IS OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT, AND ASKED THEM TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION FOR ME SO I CAN START TO PLAN ON THIS ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. I WANT TO KNOW, NUMBER ONE, HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY MET THE $500 DEDUCTIBLE? HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES MET THEIR OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUM? I THINK THOSE TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION WILL TELL US THE EXTENT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE USING IT. OKAY. AND IN ADDITION TO IF WE MAKE ANY PLAN CHANGES, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT OUR EMPLOYEES? HOW MANY WOULD IT AFFECT? AND THOSE KINDS OF INFORMATION. I DID ASK 
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GALLAGHER. IN ADDITION, I SAID IF THEY COULD GO BACK AND CALCULATE FISCAL YEAR 26, WHAT IF WE HAD BEEN ON AN 8515 OPTION AS OPPOSED TO THE 9010 THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON? WHAT WOULD THAT BE THE TOTAL COST TO THE DISTRICT IF WE HAD THOSE NUMBERS? THE REASON BEING, IF IF WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR $500 DEDUCTIBLE IN SEVERAL CASES OR ARE OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUM, THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO ADJUST OUR COVERAGE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T IMPACT PEOPLE GREATLY. 
          NOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. I AM MERELY GATHERING INFORMATION TO EXPLORE OPTIONS. LIKE I TOLD YOU WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THIS POSITION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IS GATHER INFORMATION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM SOME SCENARIOS SO I KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO, OR TO RECOMMEND WHICH WAY TO GO TO YOU AS THE BOARD ON. AS WE EXPLORE THIS FURTHER. NOW I WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE WE INTERESTED IN HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLANS? WE ALL KNOW WE'VE HEARD ABOUT REQUESTING TIERS. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. SO A TIERED COVERAGE WOULD BE I PAY X FOR EMPLOYEE. I PAY ANOTHER AMOUNT FOR EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE. I PLAY A DIFFERENT AMOUNT FOR PLUS ONE AND A SPOUSE. NOW THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT DO THAT. BUT IN TRYING TO GET A, AN ANSWER ABOUT HOW OTHER DISTRICTS FUND THEIR INSURANCE HAS NOT BEEN AS EASY AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO THEY MIGHT CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BASED ON WHICH PLAN I CHOSE AND WHAT MY COVERAGE OPTIONS LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S NOT A FLAT RATE LIKE WE'VE DONE IT. SO THE BUT I AM COMMITTED. I'M COMMITTED TO BRINGING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION I CAN POSSIBLY GATHER. AND THAT BEING FROM INSURANCE COMPANY, OUR OUR CONSULTANT AND OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO? BUT I WANT TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TO TALK ABOUT TO OUR TEACHERS AT OUR TEACHER KICKOFF IS THE FACT THAT I'M GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOU TO GATHER INFORMATION. WE NEED YOU TO RESPOND SO THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PICTURE POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS POSSIBLE FOR ALL INVOLVED. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE ALREADY STARTED ON REQUESTING INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR INSURANCE FUND. THANK YOU. OH THANK YOU. I'M INTERESTED TO SEE ALL THAT. I THINK OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TEARS AND EVEN AN HSA ACCOUNT. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK OF US BEING -7 MILLION. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THIS POINT HOME WHEN THIS FUND IS RECONCILED. WE WERE NOT -7 MILLION. WE WERE -2.4, WHICH WE EXPECTED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PLANNING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE PAY, CONTINUE TO RAISE PAY, AND THEN THEN WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON INCREASING THE AMOUNT WE SPENT PER EMPLOYEE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE IN OUR TIME THAT WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO THAT. BUT THAT IS NOT MISMANAGEMENT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD MONEY IN THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER IT UNTIL WE GOT THERE. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT 2.4 MILLION BIG DIFFERENCE FROM $7 MILLION ONCE THIS FUND WAS RECONCILED. SO AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT MR. SEBASTIAN, WHENEVER I'M ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INSURANCE FUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HE WAS ABLE TO BASICALLY TAKE ANY INSURANCE, ANY FUNDS THAT HE HAD DESIGNATED FOR INSURANCE IN THE, IN, IN THE BUDGET THAT WEREN'T USED AND MASS MOVED THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR ON JUNE 30TH, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, HE DOES PUT A $500,000 IN A LINE ITEM THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR RETIREES HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT IT GOES IN JUNE 30TH. SO THERE WAS ONE OF THE MASSIVE LUMPS OF MONEY THAT'S NOT IN THERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE MONTH TO MONTH COMPARISONS. SO BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE. SO I, WE GOT SOME REAL POTENTIAL TO, TO, TO GET THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT. YEAH. I THINK MY AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO MY, MY CONCERN IS THE, THE ABILITY TO GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE. AND IF THE FUND BALANCE IS NOT THERE, THEN THAT $3 MILLION ISN'T MATERIALIZED. 
          AND THAT'S A $5.5 MILLION LOSS THIS YEAR. SO I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO KIND OF PLAN FOR THAT EVENTUALITY WHERE WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO GO INTO THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO I THINK I HOPE THAT IN GALLAGHER'S NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AS THE TRUE NUMBER, NOT NOT THE ABILITY TO GO BACK INTO THAT OR IF WE'RE GOING TO PLAN TO GO BACK INTO THAT, IS THERE A PLAN TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK, OR HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE SOLVENT ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT FILLING ITSELF UP EVERY YEAR. YOU'RE CORRECT. MR. MAYFIELD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEGINNING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. JUST ONE CLARIFICATIONS TO MISS FARROW'S COMMENTS. THE $7 MILLION WAS NEVER PROJECTED OR SUSPECTED TO BE THE 26TH FINAL POSITION. THE $7 MILLION 
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LOSS THAT WAS PROJECTED AS POSSIBLY A FUTURE THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR LOSS, THE 2627. SO HOPEFULLY I'M HOPING WITH THE REST OF US THAT THAT THAT'S THE CASE. BUT IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE 7 MILLION DOWN AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26. IT'S THAT WE PROJECTED AND PUT IN PLACE IN THE BUDGET, A NOTE THAT SAID WE COULD POSSIBLY BE THAT LOW IF SOMETHING DOESN'T CHANGE IN 20. MR. MAYFIELD IF IF IF I MAY ANSWER THAT FOR YOU. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALS OF REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES. SO THE TREND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, THAT'S WHAT THE TREND WAS. BUT ONCE I WAS ABLE TO RECONCILE OUR YEAR END STUFF AND DO THE BUDGETARY MOVES THAT I KNEW THAT WE HAD THERE, AS FAR AS FULLY EXPENDING SOME OF THE LINES THAT WE HAD NOT EXPENDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO, SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTS THAT ARE EARMARKED JUST FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE. AND THOSE ARE TIED TO FULL TO STAFF NUMBERS. AND SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS 100% STAFFED. AND SO AT YEAR END, I'M ABLE TO SEE WHAT LINES HAVE WE NOT FULLY EXPENDED. I EXPEND THOSE AND I MOVE THOSE IN A LARGE LUMP INTO 264. SO FORTUNATELY THIS YEAR THERE WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT WE HADN'T FULLY EXPENDED. BUT I CAN'T TOUCH REALISTICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE WE COULD FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND IT COULD EAT THAT UP. SO IN LOOKING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I COULDN'T BANK ON WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT MONEY THERE. SO I'LL PUT IT INTO MY PROJECTIONS. AND SO WHAT I GAVE YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS ACTUALS. AND THEN AT YEAR END, WHEN I DO MY RECONCILIATIONS, ALL THAT MONEY IS MOVED. AND SO IT DEFINITELY DID HELP BRIDGE THE GAP ON WHAT WE WERE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AT YEAR END, IT PRODUCED A $2.4 MILLION DIFFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HAD SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH WAS CLOSER TO THE 7 MILLION. NOW, MR. HOFFMAN, THAT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE $3 MILLION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A $5.5 MILLION LOSS. REALISTICALLY, THAT WOULD BE WHAT IT WAS WITHOUT THE $3 MILLION FUND BALANCE TRANSFER THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MR. SEBASTIAN, COULD YOU REPEAT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT THE ACTUAL LOSS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 FOR FUND 264 WAS $5.4 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU IF YOU EXCLUDE THE FUND BALANCE TRANSFER. SO THERE'S TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. DO YOU REALLY COUNT THE FUND BALANCE TRANSFER AS AN OPERATIONAL TRANSFER OR AS A. I'M GIVING YOU A LIFELINE. SO YES, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON I'M GIVING YOU A LIFELINE. YES. IT WAS MORE OF A 5.4. BUT IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT LIKE IT'S ONE BIG BUDGET, THEN NO, IT WAS A $2.4 MILLION. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE WAS $3 MILLION MOVED FROM OUR GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND BALANCE TO THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. AND THAT IS IN THE CALCULATIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT. I THINK GALLAGHER'S POINT WAS INSTEAD OF MOVING IT FROM FUND BALANCE, NOW BUDGETED THAT $3 MILLION OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO AND GIVE OURSELVES CREDIT TO PUT IN OUR EMPLOYEES BENEFITS PACKAGE LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS DO, WHERE OTHER DISTRICTS FUND EACH EMPLOYEE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE DO IN SOME SITUATIONS. I DON'T HAVE THE COMPARISON, SO THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. BUT FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED PAY, INCREASED PAY, INCREASED PAY, AND WE HAD SAID WE WERE GOING TO DEDICATE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO INSURANCE AND THAT HAS COME DUE. YEAH. SO TO ADD TO MR. MAYFIELD'S COMMENT EARLIER, ALSO ON THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION SIDE, YES, WE'LL GET FINALLY, THE THE FULL TEN MONTHS, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $2.2 MILLION IN LOOKING AT FROM JANUARY TO THE MID JUNE. THAT'S THE PROJECTIONS THAT GALLAGHER GAVE US. AND IF I HAVE IT, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WITH WHAT THEY ESTIMATED. SO WE'LL HAVE THE FULL 2.2 MILLION. AND ALSO IN BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE DID BUILD AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE. THAT WAS ANOTHER ESTIMATED 2.4 MILLION ON TOP OF WE ON TOP OF WHAT WE NORMALLY HAD BUDGETED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK FORWARD INTO FISCAL YEAR 27, WE SHOULD SEE AN INFLUX OF ABOUT SIX POINT EXCUSE ME, $4.6 MILLION ADDITIONAL THAT WE SHOULD SEE IN REVENUE STREAM COMING IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. NOW, AS FAR AS THE EXPENSES, THAT'S THE VARIABLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO, TO, TO REASONABLY ESTIMATE. THERE'S ACTUARIAL STUDIES THAT WE DO RECEIVE THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THOSE THOSE ARE STILL ESTIMATES. THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE THAT GOES BEHIND THE ACTUARIAL STUDIES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THEY'RE ESTIMATES BASED ON TREND ANALYSIS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. BUT WHAT WE DID ADD MORE INTO BUDGET. WE DID BUILD MORE MONEY INTO BUDGET TO 
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HELP WITH THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 27. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE CONTINUING GOING INTO 28 TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN SUPPLEMENT, BECAUSE I THINK THE SWEET SPOT FOR THAT WOULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 11 TO $12,000 PER EMPLOYEE THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE. THAT WOULD BE THE POINT WHERE A, WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN BREAK EVEN. AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT HIGH UP, THAT'S WHEN THE BOARD CAN DECIDE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED FOR US TO CHARGE THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE NOW IT'S BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET. 
          SO CHARGING EMPLOYEES, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS NOT A PERMANENT THING. SO WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS CAN WE BUILD IT INTO OUR BUDGET IN ORDER FOR US TO REMOVE THE $50 PER PAYCHECK ON THE EMPLOYEES? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK FORWARD INTO 2028 TO SEE WHAT HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN KIND OF CLOSE THAT GAP. I GUESS I'M CONCERNED JUST BECAUSE WE HAD WE HAD JUST APPROVED THE BUDGET, THAT WAS $236 MILLION AND $253 MILLION IN SPENDING. SO WE'RE STILL I GOT A $17 MILLION GAP THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE UP, AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO GO AFTER THE FUND BALANCE. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE MAYBE THE OPTIMISTIC POINT OF VIEW THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE TO CHARGE THE EMPLOYEES ANYMORE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT REALISTICALLY PROBABLY HAPPENING. DEFINITELY NOT IN 2028. I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A PROBABLY A THREE YEAR PLAN DOWN THE ROAD. IF WE NAVIGATE BUDGETING TO WHERE WE SUPPLEMENT THOSE GAPS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE YES, IN FUND BALANCE, REALISTICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE EARMARKED LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE EARMARKED IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WE HAVE EARMARKED OVER $20 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, WHICH AT SOME POINT IS A HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S MY POINT, IS THAT IF THAT IF OUR FUND BALANCE HAS TO STAY AT A, AT A, AT A MINIMUM, JUST TO COVER TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENSES, ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T TOUCH THAT ANYMORE. SO WHAT, WHAT THEN DO WE DO? AND I THINK THAT THIS BOARD'S, YOU KNOW, FIDUCIARY DUTY IS TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, IF IF AT THAT POINT, I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE THEN HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS BASED ON NOW, WE CAN ALWAYS GUESS ON, ON HOW THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO GO AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT PESSIMISTIC OR AT LEAST HAVE THE OPTION OF OF WORST CASE, BEST CASE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. YEAH. AND I THINK MR. MAYFIELD'S BEEN VERY PROACTIVE AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS THAT MAY GATHER A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS. WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM MAKING ANY DECISIONS, AND I WILL BE BRINGING YOU MORE INFORMATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU JUMPING IN ON IT. GOT A COUPLE OTHER HANDOUTS. MR. I'M SORRY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE, JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, WE CAN LIKEN THAT TO A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. YES. FOR. SO IN THIS FUND. 264 THAT'S OUR INSURANCE. ONE YES. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE $7 MILLION SITTING IN THAT FUND AS A AS A FUND BALANCE, AS A FUND BALANCE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. YES. AND THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE ONE FOR OUR OVERALL BUDGET. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. THERE'S ONE FOR GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND FOR THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. AND THEN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND ALSO HAS ITS OWN FUND BALANCE. YES. SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE MONTHLY IN THE NEGATIVE, WE DO HAVE MONEY IN OUR INSURANCE. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST A COMPARISON OF REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES, RIGHT? I GET WE DON'T WANT TO USE IT, BUT WE DO HAVE $7 MILLION SITTING SOMEWHERE. 
          YES. YEAH. YEAH. SO ACTUALLY, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE. WE REALLY HAVE AT MONTH END, WE REALLY HAD $11 MILLION IN CASH. BUT WHEN I HAVE TO DO MY CALCULATIONS, THERE'S SOME LIABILITIES THAT HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR ON OUR BALANCE SHEET AND SO ON OUR BALANCE SHEET. THIS IS PRODUCED BY LOOKING AT OUR CASH AND BANK VERSUS OUR LIABILITIES, VERSUS THE $2.4 MILLION LOSS THAT GIVES ME THAT FUND BALANCE. SO REALISTICALLY, CASH FLOW, WE HAVE 11 MILLION, BUT OUR FUND BALANCE TAKING EVERYTHING ON OUR BALANCE SHEET INTO ACCOUNT. OUR FUND BALANCE IS 7.7 MILLION. SO WE'RE NOT AS BAD OFF AS WHAT IT APPEARS IS. WHAT I'M SAYING IS MY POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. YEAH. AND SO I ALSO GAVE YOU A LITTLE ANALYSIS THERE. THE PERCENT OF TOTAL COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IN COMPARISON TO OUR EXPENDITURES, WHICH I USE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 EXPENDITURES, WE REALISTICALLY HAVE 23% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE IN THE FUND BALANCE THERE FOR THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. TO 
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PIGGYBACK ON THAT, WE ARE MEETING THE STATE REQUIREMENT FOR OUR FUND BALANCE. CORRECT. 
          THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND IS NOT DOES NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY ANY MINIMUM FUND BALANCE THAT WOULD APPLY FOR OUR GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND. AND THAT ONE, YES, WE ARE MEETING THE THE MINIMUM, WHICH IS 3%. YES. AND SO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MISS FARROW SAID, WE'RE NOT INSOLVENT. WE HAVE FUNDS. WE ARE WE'RE JUST USING THOSE FUNDS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD. I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC THINKING THAT WE'RE INSOLVENT AND WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY OUR BILLS. NO. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT'S GOING AROUND. AND I DON'T WANT THAT OUT THERE. NO, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT INSOLVENT. AND I THINK THAT WAS THAT QUESTION WAS POSED TO ME A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ALSO. AND MAYBE DURING BUDGETING. NO, WE'RE NOT INSOLVENT. THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. NO, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WE'RE STRICTLY LOOKING AT ACTUAL REVENUES VERSUS ACTUAL EXPENSES AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND BUT ALSO PRESENT OUR NET POSITION ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS. AND FOR THE MOST PART, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT'S BEEN FLOATING AROUND THIS, THIS 7 TO $10 MILLION AS FAR AS CASH BALANCE IN THE BANK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS BOARD HAS WORK TO DO. WITH THE INSURANCE FUND, BUT THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE TO DO THAT. AND SO WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PLAN AND SEE WHERE IT LEADS US TO. BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YOU GOT TO LET ME YOU GOT TO LET ME GET THE INFORMATION. WE. YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. THIS IS FOR THE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY WE HAD RECEIVED FOR THE HIGH PERFORMING LEE, A BONUS, IT WAS THE $1.1 MILLION THAT IS SCHEDULED BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO DO IT THROUGH A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO WE'VE GOT THAT SCHEDULED TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER AMENDMENT PROCEDURES IN AUGUST. SO IT'LL BE PAID OUT ON THE AUGUST 31ST PAYCHECK. 
          CURRENTLY, THE CALCULATION THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THE EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE, IS $400 FOR THE FULL TIME, WHICH MEANS IT'S 200 FOR PART TIME. THE BOARD HAD VOTED ON USING THE SAME CRITERIA THAT WE USED IN FISCAL YEAR 26. SO WE'LL STICK WITH THAT. MISS LYNN, YOU DID HAVE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RETIREES, AND WE REACHED OUT TO TCRS ON THAT. TCRS CAME BACK AND SAID, BECAUSE IT IT CREATES A LOT OF ISSUES FOR THE RETIREES INDIVIDUALLY. THE GIST OF IT WAS THEY REPLIED TO US AND SAID THAT IN THE MOST POLITE MANNER, THEY WARNED US THAT IN US PAYING RETIREES, WE ARE KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY CREATING AN ISSUE WITH THE STATE FOR RETIREES. THEREFORE, WHEN THEY GO BACK AND RECONCILE, IT WOULD NOT BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. AS FAR AS PRIORITY AS FAR AS FIXING THE RETIREES FILE. SO THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT. BUT THEY TOLD US UP FRONT AND IN A VERY POLITE MANNER THAT WE ARE CAUSING A BIG ISSUE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECONCILE EACH INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE INDIVIDUALLY. SO IT WOULD BE A BIG ISSUE FOR THEM. AND THEN US TURNING BACK ON THE EMPLOYEE PROFILES ON OUR SIDE OF THINGS. IT WOULD BE A HUGE LOGISTICAL THING FOR US TO KIND OF TAKE ON. SO, MISS LYNN, I PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. THAT'S STRAIGHT FROM TCRS. WE WE'VE GOT TO CONSULT THAT THAT WE SPOKE WITH. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID IS THAT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE CREATING A PROBLEM FOR THEM, AND THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THAT PROBLEM AS A PRIORITY. AND THEN MAYBE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THEY COULD RESOLVE EACH INDIVIDUAL RETIREES FILE AND RECONCILE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR CHECKING. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TWO MORE PIECES OF, WELL, THREE ACTUALLY TWO HANDOUTS. YOU HAVE YOUR TLC NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT. CURRENT ENROLLMENT IN REGARDS TO THOSE, THERE ARE FOUR KIDS ON WAITING LISTS. THOSE SCHOOLS DO HAVE SPOTS, BUT I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY NEED THE INFANT ROOM, WHICH IS AT CAPACITY. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ON THE WAITING LIST. BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR THAT. YOU ALSO SEE OUR ENROLLMENT FOR KIDS CLUB, WHICH IS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE. WE DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT WAITLISTS FOR MOUNT JULIET ELEMENTARY AND GLENVILLE ELEMENTARY. I ASSUME THAT'S LARGELY IN IN RELATION TO SPACE AND EMPLOYEES. SO BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE TOTAL NUMBERS. THE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IS THIS HANDOUT DAY IN THE DIGITAL LIFE OF WILSON COUNTY K-5 STUDENT. SO WE HAVE A NEW POLICY. WE HAVE A NEW STATE LAW. WE BRING THE POLICY TONIGHT. IN DOING SO, I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY USING THE COMPUTERS? SO I WENT TO TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND SAID, CAN YOU PULL THIS INFORMATION? SO 
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HERE'S WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. WITH THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE. THIS IS REALLY A SNAPSHOT FROM SECOND SEMESTER OF LAST YEAR. OKAY, NOW THIS IS K-5 AND THIS IS AN AVERAGE ACROSS K-5. SO YOU GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT ON AVERAGE, OUR STUDENTS ARE SPENDING 36 MINUTES A DAY WITH A DEVICE. ALL RIGHT. PRIMARILY IT'S RELATED TO THE CORE CURRICULUM, THE I-READY PROGRAM, SUCCESS MAKER, GOOGLE DOCS, SCHOOLOGY, DIFFERENT COLLABORATION PROGRAMS BETWEEN STUDENTS, CAHOOTS AND IT'S AGE APPROPRIATE. I KNOW PBS KIDS IS ON HERE SOMEWHERE THAT IS MORE K-2 BECAUSE THEY OFFER SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS FOR K-2. I WILL TELL YOU, LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT. WELL, THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS, BUT YOUTUBE DOES SHOW UP. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOUTUBE. WELL, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH OUR TEACHER PLATFORM. ALL RIGHT. THEY POST A LINK FOR STUDENTS TO WATCH. THE STUDENTS AREN'T GOING DIRECTLY TO YOUTUBE, BUT PRIMARILY OUR STUDENTS ARE ARE JUST USING IT 36 MINUTES A DAY ON AVERAGE. OF COURSE, THAT FLUCTUATES BY DAY, BY STUDENT BY CLASS. I DID A LITTLE MATH. THERE'S 420 MINUTES IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. IF YOU TAKE OUT 25 MINUTES FOR LUNCH, 15 MINUTES FOR TRANSITION. WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 380 EVEN 80 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION TIME DURING A SCHOOL DAY. YOU TAKE OUT THAT 36 MINUTES, IT'S 94.7% OF OUR DAY IS SPENT WITHOUT A DEVICE. NOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE OUR TEACHERS ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING SURE IT'S FOCUSED TO STUDENT LEARNING AND NOT JUST BUSY TIME. NOW, I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY I'M NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT EVERY TEACHER ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS IN THIS SAME SPOT. OKAY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IF PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR CHILD AND ON A DEVICE, THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE VARIABILITY AMONG TEACHERS. WE ARE WE STRIVE TO REDUCE THAT VARIABILITY BECAUSE WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S WHY WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THE TRAINING THAT GOES INTO ALL THESE THINGS. BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS A CHILD SITTING ON A DEVICE ALL DAY. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE STATE LAW CAME FROM AND THEREFORE OUR POLICY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL AS WELL. IS IT A GOOD QUESTION? IF I CAN, DO YOU KNOW, IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME STUDENTS ARE SPENDING ON DEVICES OUT OF SCHOOL FOR HOMEWORK? I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING. SO I I'M THIS ISN'T ONCE AGAIN, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME I BRING YOU THIS KIND OF INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO DO CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO EXPLORE. MR. PADILLA, IS THERE A IS THERE A, AN APP OR SOMETHING WHERE A PARENT CAN SEE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE GOT TO GO GUARDIAN THAT CAN SEE HOW MUCH USE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH EACH STUDENT IS ON EACH APP. I DON'T KNOW, OKAY. BUT I WILL ASK, OKAY. YEAH. HOW, HOW ARE HOW ARE WE DOING ON CHROMEBOOKS? THE REASON I ASK, I HAD SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO ME TODAY AND, AND SAID THEY WERE ON THEIR SECOND ONE AND THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND I DIDN'T I HADN'T REALLY ASKED HOW WE'RE DOING ON OUR CHROMEBOOK SUPPLY. I MEAN, WE HAVE ENOUGH. ARE THEY ALL TOP NOTCH AND IN SHAPE? NO. OR SOME OF THEM OUT OF WARRANTY? YES. WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH PHASED OUT THE ONES THAT WE CAN'T UPDATE. 
          SOMETIMES THOSE ARE FORCE UPDATES, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT IN BAD SHAPE. IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE WALKING AROUND WITH ONE THAT'S 1 TO 2 YEARS OLD. I DO KNOW THAT THEY PRIORITIZE DURING TESTING TO MAKE SURE WHENEVER WE HAVE TO USE THEM FOR TESTING, THAT WE HAVE THE ONES THAT ARE THE NEWER MODEL THAT DON'T REQUIRE FORCE UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I MEAN, WE, WE CUT IT AS CLOSE AS WE CAN IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY. SOMETIMES WE HAVE DEVICES THAT DON'T WORK AS WELL. THEY'RE SLOWER. WE DO HAVE PROCESS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE UPDATED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, ALSO THROUGH OUR DELL TECH PROGRAM WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK ON SOME OF OUR CHROMEBOOKS. SO WE HAVE THAT AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT YOU DURING YOUR FIRST MEETING. I'M SORRY, I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK SO. 
          SUCH A COOL PROGRAM. YEAH, IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT THAT IS MY REPORT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE. MORE DISCUSSION. IF NOT WE'RE READY TO VOTE. WELL WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON THAT FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT'S LISTED. I 
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THINK THE WRONG THE OLD LANGUAGE IS STILL IN THERE. BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE HAD CHANGED THAT IN THE IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAD. OKAY. IF WE CAN MAKE THAT. YEAH. ON THE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FIX THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR LANGUAGE ABOUT. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION 11. 
          [11.1 Recommendation to Approve on Second Reading Policy 6.411]
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. 11.1 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING POLICY. 6.411. IF. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORT THE POLICY, THERE. THERE IS. THIS ISN'T THE LANGUAGE THAT THE DIRECTOR, MR. MAYFIELD, HAD WANTED TO PUT IN HERE, SIR, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT LANGUAGE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS CAFFEINATED DRINKS CONTAINING MORE THAN 100MG OF CAFFEINE WOULD NOT BE SOLD DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. YES. OKAY. SO DID YOU GET THAT SHERRY? NOW, TO CLARIFY, AND I HAVE TALKED TO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR PRINCIPALS DO. THEY CAN STILL SELL THAT BEFORE THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY BECAUSE IT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THEM. IN ALL REALITY, IF SOME STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO BUY IT BEFORE SCHOOL REGARDLESS, FEEL LIKE THAT'S A FAIR COMPROMISE. BUT BUT WE WILL NOT SELL THOSE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. IT DOES NOT. THAT WILL STILL PROVIDE OUR CULINARY ARTS PROGRAMS THEIR OPPORTUNITY, AND ALSO LIMITING THESE HIGH CAFFEINATED DRINKS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE THERE WAS SOME VENDING CONTRACTS IN THE THE SCHOOL CONTRACT AGENDA. THEY CAN SELL THAT STUFF IN THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE. THEY CANNOT SELL THAT STUFF TO THE STUDENTS. AND REALLY, WE'RE ONLY TALKING HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT YOU WILL HAVE SOME VENDING MACHINES IN THE TEACHERS LOUNGE THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS THAT WILL HAVE THAT IN THE MACHINE, BUT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ADULTS. SO. MR. DO YOU WANT TO READ BEFORE I DRINK 100MG OF CAFFEINE, YOU WILL NOT BE SOLD DURING THE SCHOOL DAY OR MORE, 100MG OR MORE SHALL NOT BE SOLD DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. INSTRUCTIONAL. YES. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CORRECTED LANGUAGE. SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME? I'M NOT SURE. THE BELL RINGS WHEN THE BELL RINGS. THE BELL RINGS AND THE BELL RINGS. AT 830 AT A HIGH SCHOOL BETWEEN CLASS PERIODS. IT'S NOT INSTRUCTION. I WAS GOING TO SAY BETWEEN CLASS PERIODS IS NOT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. SO FROM I'M IN CLASS FROM 8 TO 9, BUT AT 910 I CAN GO TO THE VENDING MACHINE. SCHOOL DAY WHEN THE MEETING YOU SAID SCHOOL DAY. 
          YEAH. DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. DAY. IT'S DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. SCHOOL DAY. DO WE NEED TO AMEND? I'LL JUST PULL BACK. I MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION. I MEAN, I'LL PULL BACK THE MOTION AND I APOLOGIZE. NO THAT'S FINE. I SLIPPED TO I'D WRITTEN IT DOWN AND I FORGOT TO READ IT. SO I PULLED BACK AS. AND GREG, YOU PULL BACK YOUR SECOND. OKAY. AND SO THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION IS TO APPROVE WITH CORRECTION AND WORDING TO SAY DRINKS CONTAIN 100MG OR MORE OF CAFFEINE WILL NOT BE SOLD DURING SCHOOL DAY. 
          IS THAT GOOD, MR. MAYFIELD? SOUNDS GOOD. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. YEP. ALL RIGHT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THAT LANGUAGE. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE'LL VOTE. 
          PLAYERS UP. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MY EYES ARE GETTING BAD. OKAY. OKAY, SO 
          [11.2 Recommendation to Approve Policies 1.400, 1.806, 4.213, 4.215, 4.600, 4.2031, 4.301, 4.106, 5.204, 5.302, 5.303, 5.600, 6.200, 6.202, 6.205, 6.303, 6.4081, 6.318, 6.4053, 6.412 and 6.203 on First and Final Reading]
MOVING ON TO BEFORE WE STEP INTO ITEM 11.2, WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO APPROVE ON FIRST AND FINAL READING. DO I HAVE THAT MOTION? SECOND, TO SUSPEND THE RULES. 
          GREG. YOU SECOND. GREG. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL VOTE ON THAT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT? ALL OF THESE POLICIES PUT YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST. SO WHEN WE APPROVE THESE POLICIES, IF WE APPROVE THESE POLICIES AS PART OF OUR MAINTAINING OUR POLICIES, WE CAN REVIEW AT ANY TIME. ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN 
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BRING THESE UP FOR REVIEW, BUT WE ALSO REVIEW THEM PERIODICALLY BASED ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO USUALLY IN THE SPRING IS WHEN THAT STARTS. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ONLY CHANGES ON THESE POLICIES CURRENTLY ARE BRINGING US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. 
          NOTHING ELSE. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. WE'RE JUST SUSPENDING THE RULES RIGHT NOW. WILL SUSPEND THE RULES AND THEN I'LL WHEN I MAKE. YEAH. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET ON TO ITEM 11.2. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICIES. 
          1.4001.8064.2134.21544.6004.203, 6.200, 6.2026.2056.3036.4081, 6.318, 6.4053, 6.412 AND 6.203. 
          ON FIRST AND FINAL READING MOTION. SECOND DISCUSSION. MR. GREG. YEAH. JUST A COUPLE. 
          DOCTOR CATHERINE, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ON 4.213 THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT THAT CHILD TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION IS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT ENTAILS? I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. IT'LL BE OUR NEW COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH THAT WILL WORK ON AGE APPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAN IT IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. DOCTOR CATHERINE, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? YES. WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING TO SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF INSTRUCTION FOR FOR OUR K5'S. FOR THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT FOR AN ELEMENTARY THAN IT IS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME AT SOME OUTSIDE, EVEN SOME SPEAKERS WHO COULD COME IN AND DO SOME PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THAT GRADE SIX, EIGHT AND 912 TO BE ABLE TO MEET THIS COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST WANTED FOR PARENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES OR THE EPINEPHRINE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO'S SEVERELY ALLERGIC, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PARENTS KNOW THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN THE POLICY BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO READ IT FOR FOR PARENTS SAKE. EACH SCHOOL SHALL MAINTAIN EPINEPHRINE EITHER AS AUTOINJECTORS NASAL SPRAYS OR OTHER FORMS, WHICH ARE THE TWO NEW ADDITIVES IN AT LEAST TWO UNLOCK SECURE LOCATIONS SO THEY MAY BE ADMINISTERED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL BELIEVED TO BE HAVING A LIFE THREATENING, ALLERGIC OR ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION. SO JUST SOME ASSURANCE TO THE PARENTS OUT THERE THAT DEALT WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE DEALT WITH AS FAMILY. A LITTLE BIT OF ASSURANCE THERE THAT THAT'S THAT'S THERE AND OUR NURSES ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION. YEAH. ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A COMMENT ON POLICY 5600 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYEES DATING. WELL, IT SAID OTHER THINGS GRADUATES. I MEAN I KNOW IT'S THE LAW. I LOOKED AT IT AND I'LL VOTE FOR IT, BUT I DISAGREE WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING I DISAGREE WITH THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT'S JUST OUT OF COLLEGE, THEY MIGHT BE 22, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GRADUATE THAT HAS TURNED 19. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE OR THE LAW, OR WE COULD TELL PEOPLE WHO THEY CAN AND CANNOT DATE. BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE LAW, SO WE HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT. BUT I'M JUST GOING ON RECORD. I DISAGREE WITH THAT POLICY. I KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT TOO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE SAME THING FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT THAT LAW COULD BE CHALLENGED. ONE DAY A STUDENT POSSIBLY SUED THE STATE, BUT IT DOES SAY NOT INFINITELY A TEACHER OR STUDENT THEY CAN'T EVER DATE. IT'S THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS. AND I THINK IT'S THE INTENT IS HONORABLE. IT'S TO STOP LIKE GROOMING. BUT I DO THINK THERE COULD BE A CHALLENGE THERE IN THE FUTURE FROM A STUDENT OR FORMER STUDENT. I AGREE, AND I SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE AND THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, BUT IT GIVES A BAD LOOK. IF I HAD YOU AS A STUDENT AND THEN I START DATING YOU. BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU WERE EVEN IN MY SCHOOL. IT COULD JUST BE SOMEONE THAT YOU ATTEND CHURCH WITH OR YOU'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT MAYBE YOUR BROTHER'S BEST FRIEND OR I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY YOU COULD DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE THAT'S A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'LL VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. BUT THAT ONE JUST REALLY CONFUSED ME. I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT FOR VIEWERS WATCHING. 
          [01:30:06]
MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNTIL I GOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD NOT LONG AGO. 
          BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MANY, MANY THINGS PRESCRIBED TO IT BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT ARE SIMPLY TAKING THE 100 OR SO LAW CHANGES THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE MADE REGARDING SCHOOLS, AND JUST ALIGNING OUR POLICIES WITH THE LAW THAT THAT THEY MADE. SO WE MAY NOT LIKE THIS. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT OR AGREE WITH IT. NEED TO TALK TO YOUR YOUR LEGISLATOR ABOUT THAT, NOT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I MEAN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK TO US, BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN LAW THAT CHANGE, BUT THEY DON'T DIRECTLY HAVE TO BE REFLECTED IN OUR POLICIES. THEY WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN POLICY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. JUST LIKE SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE WILL BE TASKED TO DO SO. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIR. READY TO VOTE. 
          [11.3 Recommendation to Approve Annual Board Meeting Calendar]
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.3. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR. MOTION. I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. THE MAY CALENDAR I. 
          CAN WE GO AHEAD AND ELIMINATE THE 20TH. BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING BUDGET THREE TIMES A MONTH AND GRADUATIONS. AND NORMALLY WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE. SO. I AGREE MAY FOR SCHOOL BOARD IS INTENSE. WE CAN WAIT. BUT IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO THE ELECTIONS COMING UP, NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS GETTING EVERYONE ON BOARD. BUT IF YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, THAT'S FINE. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT AT ALL. I MEAN, WE CAN WAIT AND DO IT NEXT YEAR LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, BUT I THOUGHT WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD. AND SO I MAKE A MOTION TO ELIMINATE THE MAY 20TH BOARD MEETING DUE TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS IN MAY 2ND. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN AMENDMENT RIGHT. DO WE GO AHEAD AND PUT A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE FOR THE 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH FOR BUDGET MEETINGS? IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ALMOST LIKE KIND OF DID YOU GET THAT SHERRY? YES, MA'AM. AND WE'RE READY TO VOTE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA EITHER. JUST HIGHLIGHTED AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A PLACEHOLDER. 
          SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR AS IT'S WRITTEN, AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED. SORRY. MOTION HAS ALREADY BEEN. YEAH, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          YEAH, WE ALREADY GOT IT. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. SHERRY. SHERRY. SORRY. 
          [11.4 Recommendation to Approve SSO Manual 26-27]
MOTION UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.4. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE. SO MANUAL 2627. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION. SECOND, MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. DID WE ARE THESE AGAIN BRINGING THIS UP INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO STATE LAW ON THESE CHANGES? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE RELATED TO STATE LAW. 
          ARE THEY IN? NO. SO THEY JUST GAVE UPDATES ON THESE THESE MANUALS. SO THERE'S A THERE'S ONE THAT THE STATE RELEASES. AND THEN JUST ANY OF THE LANGUAGE UPDATES THAT THEY DO ON THERE, WE JUST APPLY IT TO HERE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID WAS JUST LIKE A 
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RELEASE OF WAIVER. THEY HAD IT ON THEIR MANUAL. SO WE JUST ADDED IT TO OUR MANUAL ALSO. 
          YEAH. SO JUST A, YEAH, WE'RE BASICALLY UPDATING OUR DOUBLING THE GIFT CARD BALANCE FROM 100 TO 200 ON THE GIFTS THAT WAS BASED ON THE, THE POLICY THAT WE HAD UPDATED. YEAH, YEAH. 
          JUST REMEMBER WE BROUGHT THAT BEFORE THE BOARD BACK IN MAY OR JUNE. YES. SO WE WENT THROUGH ON THIS ONE AND I KNOW YOU'LL LOOK AT THE ACCOUNTING MANUAL NEXT, BUT WE JUST UPDATED THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO MATCH OUR POLICY ALSO ON THAT. AND THEN ON PAGE 40 REGARDING THE THE SCHOOL LUNCHES BEING REMOVED AS PART OF THE UNDER BAD, BAD CHECKS. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE ACCOUNTING MANUAL ON THAT ONE? OH IS THAT. YEAH, SO AM I. OH MAYBE I'M IN ACCOUNTING. YEAH. 
          YEAH. SO YEAH. RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE ON THE THE MENU. CORRECT. YEP. MY BAD. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MANUAL OR DISCUSSION. IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MR. 
          [11.5 Recommendation to Approve Accounting Manual 26-27]
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.5. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ACCOUNTING MANUAL. 2627 I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. MR. GREG YEAH, SORRY. SO, YEAH, ON PAGE 40 OF THE MANUAL WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT AND I THINK TYPICALLY WE GO AND JUST PAY IT OUT OF THE PRINCIPAL'S FUND, RIGHT? FOR KIDS THAT AREN'T PAYING THEIR SCHOOL LUNCHES, IS THAT WHY? SO AT THE AFTER SCHOOL GETS OUT, WE NOTIFY OUR PRINCIPALS OF THEIR THEIR LUNCH CHARGE ACCOUNTS, BASICALLY, HOW MUCH DO THEY NEED TO COLLECT? WE GIVE THEM UNTIL JUNE 15TH TO REACH OUT TO PARENTS TO TRY TO COLLECT THOSE FUNDS. AT THAT POINT, IF THEY DO NOT COLLECT, THEN THEY USE THEIR PRINCIPAL LUNCH ACCOUNTS, WHICH IS BASICALLY DONATED FUNDS TO THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO ZERO OUT THOSE BALANCES. BASICALLY, IN THIS SECTION, IT WAS SAYING THAT THIS WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD THE REPORT CARD FOR SOMEBODY THAT WAS VERY OLD LANGUAGE THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS STILL IN THERE. SO WE JUST DID A STRIKEOUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HOLD A REPORT CARDS FOR FOR THAT SCHOOL LUNCH DAY. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ACCOUNTING MANUAL? IF NOT MISS SHERRY WE'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12, OLD BUSINESS. IS THERE ANY OLD 
          [12.1 Old Business]
BUSINESS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? I HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE I FORGET TO ASK LATER. 
          SINCE WE'VE CHANGED OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER POLICY, PEOPLE SIGNING UP LIKE CLOSER TO TIME. IS THERE A WAY TO ADJUST THAT ON HERE SO THAT IT SHOWS UP CORRECTLY ON THE MINUTES? WHO SPOKE AT WHAT MEETING? I CAN I WILL ADD THEM TO THE MEETING NOW THAT I HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET. 
          OKAY, COMING TO THE MINUTES. CAN'T DO IT TO THE MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DO NOT CUT IT OFF FROM SIX GOING LIVE, I CAN'T ADD THAT'S FINE, BUT I WILL ADD IT TO THE MINUTES. 
          I'VE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT SHOWING UP CORRECTLY ON THE MINUTES. YEAH, I'LL ADD THEM TO THE MINUTES BASED ON THE SIGN UP SHEET. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. GOOD CATCH, GOOD CATCH, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? NEW BUSINESS? YES. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS. OUR OLD BUSINESS. WE 
          [13.1 Joe Padilla - Founding Documents HB47]
WILL MOVE TO ITEM 13.1. NEW BUSINESS. UNDER NEW BUSINESS. I AM MAKING A. I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO. ADD THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN WILSON COUNTY. SECOND MOTION, SECOND DISCUSSION SINCE I BROUGHT IT. I'LL JUST START OFF REAL QUICK, JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. SO THIS BILL. I'LL JUST READ THE BILL. IT'S NOT A LONG BILL. 
          AS ENACTED, AUTHORIZE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES TO ALLOW SCHOOLS IN THE LEA OR THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, AS APPLICABLE, TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE PREAMBLE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IN A PROMINENT LOCATION IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. SO THIS WILL NOT BE IN CLASSROOMS. IT WILL 
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BE IN A PROMINENT LOCATION. SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL BILL. NOW, TO ADD ON TO THAT, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TAKING UP RESOURCES, I HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT AND HAVE CURRENT DONORS. ONCE WE DO GET AN ESTIMATE, MR. MAYFIELD, ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO PLACE IN EVERY SCHOOL. I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THAT, THAT COST. SO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PULLING FUNDS FROM FROM ANY OTHER NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE. AND THEN JUST, JUST TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS A PASSIVE DISPLAY. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, IT'S ALSO A COUPLE OTHER OF OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. AND THIS IS MORE ABOUT A REFERENCE TO OUR HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, TO OUR HISTORICAL PRACTICES AND HAVING HAVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. SO IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKED TO BRING THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, MISS. YES, MA'AM. SOMEBODY ELSE TALKING. NO I THINK SORRY. SO MR. MAC AND I ATTENDED SUMMER LAW AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS. AND SO I DO HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE MOTION TO AMEND. AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. 
          MOTION TO AMEND. AND I SENT THIS TO MISS HOTTER THAT THIS WILL ONLY BE POSTED USING THE TEXT IN THE PUBLIC CHAPTER, AND ONLY IN LOCATIONS THAT THE OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO DISPLAYED, AS DEFINED IN THE PUBLIC CHAPTER, IN THE SAME FONT AND THE SAME SIZE FONT DICTATED BY THE PUBLIC CHAPTER. AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE ATTORNEYS KEPT SAYING IS THIS IS ALLOWED AS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. SO IF YOU ARE MAKING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS A SUPER LARGE FONT AND YOU'RE MAKING THE OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS SMALL, THAT COULD STILL BE SEEN AS PROMOTING RELIGION. SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DISTRICT FROM LAWSUIT, AND I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING. MR. LUTTRELL'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL BRING BACK SOME MR. LUTTRELL WISDOM. IT'S NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING TO LET OTHER DISTRICTS DO THIS FIRST AND LET THEM WORK OUT THE KINKS, SO I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO LETTING ANOTHER DISTRICT OR TWO. TRY THIS FIRST AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH AND WHAT THEY HAVE SUCCESS WITH. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S MY AMENDMENT. NO, NO, I WILL SECOND THAT AMENDMENT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE THE LAW THAT IT HAS TO BE THOSE FONTS AND BE THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S JUST REITERATING IT, WHICH I LIKE. 
          IT'S OKAY TO REITERATE THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOUBLE PROTECTED. SO I'LL SECOND THAT, THAT MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WELL, TO BE HONEST, I. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. I'M MORE FOCUSED ON THE OTHER THING THAT'S RELATES DIRECTLY TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AM I OPPOSED TO PUTTING UP FOUNDING DOCUMENTS? NO. AM I ADVOCATING FOR YOU TO PLEASE PUT THESE UP? NO. I MEAN, I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION, IN MY OPINION. I MEAN, IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION. THANK YOU. AND WHEN IT SAYS A PREDOMINANT LOCATION, IS THERE A THOUGHT AS TO WHERE THAT MIGHT BE? WELL, I THINK I'D HAVE TO WORK WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST LOCATION. BECAUSE, I MEAN, IS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION. DO YOU WANT IT AT THE ENTRANCE? I ASSUME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IS THE FRONT OFFICE IS THAT PREDOMINANT? I THINK WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH IS PREDOMINANT ENOUGH WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN EVERY SCHOOL. I THINK YOU YOU CAN RUN WITH THE INTENT OF WHAT THE BILL IS. JUST LIKE IN GOD WE TRUST IS DIFFERENT IN EVERY SCHOOL. I THINK THIS COULD BE WHATEVER YOU AND THE PRINCIPALS COME UP WITH WILL BE FINE. YES, INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. I'LL IF YOU GUYS APPROVE IT, I WILL MAKE SURE IT'S IN A PROMINENT LOCATION. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, IF YOU CAN, IF IT IS APPROVED, ONCE WE GET AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FONT AND EVERYTHING DONE. WHEN YOU GET THAT, IF YOU CAN BRING THAT TO, TO, TO US AT A MEETING OR WHATNOT, I CAN, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET IT, YOU KNOW, GET IT PAID FOR. YOU WILL SEE IT BEFORE IT EVER GETS PRINTED. OKAY. I WILL SAY I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT I'VE HAD MANY REACH OUT TO SAY THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS. AND LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE EARLIER, WE HAVE MANY RELIGIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS. I GET IT, WE'RE AMERICA, WE A CHRISTIAN NATION, I GET IT, BUT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IN OUR SCHOOL. SO I'VE HAD MANY SPEAK OUT THAT THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT, I TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE LINED UP IN THE HALL AND WE WOULD LOOK AT STUFF ON THE WALLS. SO THERE'S, THERE COULD BE QUESTIONS. AND ARE WE GOING TO PUT A TEACHER IN THE 
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POSITION OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MEAN? I WOULD I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DEFINITELY YOU'RE CONCERNED. I WOULD JUST SAY IF IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WITH THIS, WHICH IS A STATE LAW, THEN WE NEED TO DO THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HUNG IN CLASSROOMS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT TEACHERS PUT UP IN THE HALLWAYS AND IN THE CLASSROOMS THAT A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS OVER. I KNOW THIS BOARD IN THE PAST HAS BEEN OKAY WITH LETTING TEACHERS PUT THOSE THINGS UP. SO THIS IS A STATE LAW THAT THAT LIKE I SAID, IF IT STARTS A CONVERSATION, GREAT. THIS IS A PASSIVE DISPLAY. IT'S NOT, NOBODY'S GOING TO BE COERCED TO, TO READ IT TO, TO, TO FOLLOW IT, TO TEACH IT. IT'S, IT'S OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. IF IT WAS ONLY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, I WOULD UNDERSTAND AND I PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD, WOULD QUESTION WHETHER THAT'S JUST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SHOULD BE DISPLAYED. BUT WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IT WITH OTHER FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT SOLIDIFIED MY REASON FOR SUPPORTING A CONSTITUENT WHEN THEY REACHED OUT AND WANTED TO PUT THIS IN THE SCHOOLS, I THINK I HAD A SIMILAR I THINK I HAD A MORE OF A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE CONSTITUENTS I HAD. AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO AN INFORMED CITIZENSHIP. I MEAN, THESE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS. OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND A MORE PERFECT UNION MEAN THAT WE'RE BETTER EQUIPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CIVIC LIFE. SO I THINK HAVING HAVING THEM THERE IS JUST A REITERATION OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT. I THINK THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE PRESENTED HERE IN MORE OF A HISTORICAL INFLUENCE CONTEXT. IT'S A SOURCE OF MATERIAL THAT SHAPED THE WESTERN LEGAL AND ETHICAL TRADITIONS REFLECTED IN LATER CIVIC DOCUMENTS, NOT AS REALLY A DEVOTIONAL INSTRUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE BILL'S SPONSORS. I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING AT MORE OF A SECULAR THING LIKE, THIS IS WHO WE ARE AS A NATION. THIS IS WHERE WE CAME FROM AND OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW IT. I THINK WE'RE GETTING LESS AND LESS AND FURTHER AWAY FROM FROM CIVICS AND JUST WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. AND I THINK HAVING IT PASSIVELY PRESENTED IN IN THE SCHOOLS IS THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE CAME FROM? OF COURSE, UNITED STATES EMBRACES ALL TO COME AND BENEFIT AND MAKE THIS PLACE BETTER. BUT I THINK THIS IS CORE TO OUR KIDS. WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SEE IT EVERY DAY. LIKE THESE GUYS WERE, ARE REALLY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PUT THEIR LIFE AND THEIR FORTUNES AT RISK. OUR FOUNDERS DID. AND I THINK IT'S JUST A NICE WAY TO REITERATE THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY MADE FOR THE BENEFIT THAT WE ALL GET HERE 250 YEARS LATER. AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE YOU SAID HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY REFERRED TO IT AT SUMMER LAW. 
          AND I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS, BUT I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE SOME BIBLE CLASSES, AND OUR BIBLE CLASSES ARE NOT TEACHING THE BIBLE AS A RELIGION. THEY'RE TEACHING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THIS IS INTENDED IN THE SAME SPIRIT. 
          THAT IS WHY IT IS ALLOWED. SO. ANYWAYS, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU SAY IT'S A STATE LAW, IT'S THE STATE LAW THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A POLICY AND ALLOW IT. IT'S NOT THE STATE LAW SAYING WE MUST DO THAT. YES. IF IT WAS JUST SO THAT, YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THIS IS A THIS IS THIS. THE STATE IS GIVING EACH LEA THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEY DISPLAY IN THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT IF YOU DO, IT HAS TO BE. THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU PUT FORTH, WHICH WILL BE VOTING ON FIRST. IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION. SO YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENT WITH THE THE FONT AND EVERYTHING. YES. OKAY. CAN WE VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE? I'LL LET YOU BRING IT UP THEIR FIRST BEFORE I OPEN THE VOTING TO MAKE SURE I JUST WANT. EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU READ IT, PLEASE? FROM YOUR. YES, SAMANTHA. THIS WILL ONLY BE POSTED USING THE TEXT IN THE PUBLIC CHAPTER AND ONLY POSTED IN LOCATIONS THAT. OTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO DISPLAYED IN THE PUBLIC CHAPTER, IN THE SAME FONT, AND IN THE SAME SIZE FONT DICTATED BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR. IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU, MISS JAMIE? OKAY, I THINK THAT GOT ACROSS OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING THAT THE LAW TEXT ACTUALLY HAS THE TEXT OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN IN IT, YOU HAVE TO USE THAT VERSION. SO OKAY, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND WHAT SIZE FONT TO USE AND ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. 
          YES, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL BILL DOES SAY THAT. SO THIS IS JUST THE DOUBLE PROTECTION. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. NOW TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS H.B. 47 B DISPLAYED AS AMENDED. YES, MA'AM. 
          [13.2 Joe Padilla - August 20, 2026 Board Meeting Change]
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MOTION WAS APPROVED SIX ZERO. MOVING ON TO ANOTHER ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE A CONFLICT ON AUGUST 20TH BOARD MEETING. I WAS GOING TO CHECK TO SEE IF AUGUST 18TH, AND I ALSO LOOKED AUGUST 17TH, IF IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR EVERYONE TO MOVE THAT MEETING TO THOSE DAYS, THE MONDAY OR TUESDAY INSTEAD OF THE THURSDAY. I'M SORRY. YES, THE 17TH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SO WE MOVED TO THE 18TH. WOULD THAT BE A CONFLICT WITH ANYBODY HAVING ON AUGUST 18TH? OKAY. THAT WORKS. THAT WORKS. ALL RIGHT. DON'T YOU MAKE A MOTION CHANGE THE CALENDAR. I CAN CHANGE THE SECOND. I CAN CHANGE THE SECOND MEETING AS A BOARD CHAIR. RIGHT. 
          IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE POLICY SET BY THE BOARD CHAIR. OKAY. SO I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COOL WITH THAT. SO WE WILL BE MOVING THAT NEXT MEETING TO AUGUST 18TH SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE FAIR AND THEN COME WATCH OUR MEETING. OR, OR COME TO OUR MEETING AND THEN GO TO THE FAIR. OR WE CAN HAVE THE FAIR HERE. WHILE WE'RE HAVING OUR MEETING, WE HAVE OUR MEETING AND HAVE OUR MEETING AT THE FAIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS? OH I'M SORRY. 
          WAIT, WAIT. WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS. SO I HAVE TWO FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO ATTEND LHS. THEY THEY DID SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION IN TIME FOR THE DEADLINE. THEY'RE SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION IS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, AND WE'VE HAD TROUBLE DECIPHERING OR MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION. I'VE CHECKED WITH DOCTOR WALTERS. HE ADVOCATES FOR THESE STUDENTS. THEY CAME HERE LAST YEAR DURING THE SHORT TERM EXCHANGE. THEY WANT TO COME BACK FOR A FULL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. DOCTOR WALTERS WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEM ALREADY. I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY DO THOSE STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, THE KIDS AT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU ALLOW THESE TWO STUDENTS TO ATTEND, MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. SECOND. 
          SECOND. YEAH. IT'LL BE A. I WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S CONTINGENT ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE PROPER DOCUMENTS ON FILE BEFORE THEY WOULD EVER ATTEND SCHOOL. SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS PERSONALLY, SHOULD WE MODIFY THAT? IT SAYS IT IN THE LANGUAGE ON THE ON THEIR DOCUMENT. OKAY. YES. COPY OF THAT. I WILL GET IT TO YOU. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. PUT THOSE COPIES TOGETHER. WE CAN. SHE'S GONNA NEED THE ELECTRONIC COPY, BUT AT LEAST SHE'LL HAVE THAT. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THIS. YEARS AGO, WHEN WHEN OUR KIDS WERE SCHOOL AGE, WE HOSTED A COUPLE OF EXCHANGE STUDENTS. AND IN WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENT, FOR THE SCHOOL, FOR US. SO ANYTIME SOMETHING COMES UP REGARDING EXCHANGE STUDENTS, I'M THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF IT. I THINK I WOULD AGREE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ME. I WAS RUNNING MY LIFE. MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO. WE'RE GOING TO LET MISS LYNN ANOTHER. YOU WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING? I JUST WANT REBECCA. IF YOU'LL HELP ME OUT WITH THIS. CAN YOU DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE IN A WORK SESSION, WORKSHOP RETREAT AND AN ACTUAL BOARD MEETING? I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT MIKE LEFT ME. PARTICULARLY IN HOW WE VOTE. SO ASK YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WORK SESSION AND A REAL, OPEN PUBLIC MEETING, PARTICULARLY IN HOW WE VOTE AT THOSE MEETINGS. THE WORK SESSION, THERE'S NO ITEMS. I'M SORRY IF IT'S A WORK. WELL, 
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IT DEPENDS ON THE WORK. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MID MONTH MEETING. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A WORK SESSION WORK SESSION. SO IF IT'S A WORK SESSION LIKE YOU'RE DOING A BOARD WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER, YOU USUALLY DON'T VOTE DURING THOSE MEETINGS. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS JUST TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU DO THE BUDGET MEETING, YOU JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION. AND THIS THIS PAST YEAR, WHEN MR. SEBASTIAN DID THOSE AND THEN THERE WAS A CALLED BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU ACTUALLY VOTED ON THAT SESSION. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, AT A WORK SESSION, WE ONLY GATHER INFORMATION TO FURTHER OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WE DON'T VOTE. WE DON'T VOTE BY EMAIL, TEXT, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OR ANYTHING. WE JUST GATHER INFORMATION AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO A REGULAR MEETING OR PUBLIC MEETING CALLED MEETING. AND THAT'S WHERE WE DO OUR VOTE. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS REGARDS KEN YOUNG AND HIS PRESENTATION. HE'S COME SEVERAL TIMES AND HE CAME THIS TIME INDICATING THAT HE HAD GIVEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO US ATTORNEY JENNINGS. AND SO I WANTED TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO HEAR A REPORT FROM MR. JENNINGS ON THAT MATERIAL. AND IF WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE LEGAL MIGHT BE INVOLVED, THEN WE'LL DO THAT AS AS HE THINKS APPROPRIATE. BUT THAT WOULD BE MY MY REQUEST. GOTCHA. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL COORDINATE THAT AND HAVE THAT ON THERE. SO I GOT ONE THING. WILSON COUNTY GO OUT AND VOTE. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE. YEAH. WE GOTTA HAVE MORE THAN 8% THIS THIS TIME. SO PLEASE DO YOUR DUTY AND GO OUT AND VOTE. YES. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE 
          [14.1 Next Board Meeting August 3, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]
BOARD. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS AUGUST 3RD. LET'S NOT FORGET SOME KEY DATES. JULY 29TH WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AT 530 AT CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY. AND THEN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS COMING UP AS WELL. AUGUST 3RD. YES. SO. ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD? THE FAIR STARTS AUGUST 13TH. MISS LYNN'S BIRTHDAY. ONE MORE MOTION. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.