[1. Call to Order]
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          COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. SO EVERYONE, JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND. THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OR MIGHT NEED SOME OF YOUR PRAYERS OR THOUGHTS. JUST TAKE A MOMENT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'VE ASKED BOARD MEMBER MR. JEREMY DONEGAN TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND WE'LL SAY THE PLEDGE? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE 
          [3.1 Adopt the Agenda]
AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO ADOPT. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          I FINALLY GET TO SAY IT AGAIN. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS, SEVEN ZERO. NOW THAT WE HAVE ZONE TWO REPRESENTATIVE HERE AND WE'RE COMPLETE AGAIN. SO MOTION PASSED SEVEN ZERO TO 
          [4.1 Election of Chair]
ADOPT THE AGENDA. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ITS ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. OUR FIRST OUR FIRST ITEM UP IS TO THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR. DO I HAVE ANY. I NOMINATE JOE PADILLA. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MAKE A MOTION. NOMINATIONS CLOSED. ALL RIGHT. SO NOMINATIONS WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A NOMINATION. SO MISS SHERRY, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. MISS LYNN DOESN'T WANT HER NAME NEXT TO THAT. I'M JUST FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. MISS LYNN'S NAME IS THERE. 
          [4.2 Election of Vice Chair]
MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR. 
          I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE GREG HOMAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IF NOT, MISS SHERRY READY TO VOTE. 
          [4.3 Appointment of TLN]
MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ARE APPOINTMENTS. I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE TLN. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THAT THE TLN IS AND SEE IF I HAVE ANY ANY VOLUNTEERS. THE TLN APPOINTMENT REFERS FOR A MEMBER TO SERVE AS A DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE NETWORK REPRESENTATIVE. NOW, WHAT THEIR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE IS LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY LIAISON TO STATE ASSOCIATIONS POLICY GUIDANCE, WHICH WHICH ENTAILS WITH REPORTING STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY BACK TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS SO THEY CAN ADAPT LOCAL SCHOOL POLICIES ACCORDINGLY. DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE THE TLN? I THINK I THINK MR. KEVIN MACK, WOULD YOU MIND BEING THE TLN? OKAY. MR. MACK 
          [4.4 Appointment of FRN]
IS GOING TO BE THE TLN THE FRN FR N DEALS WITH. WHERE THE. TLN IS LIAISON TO STATE 
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ASSOCIATIONS. THE TLN IS THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATIVE NETWORK, AND THEIR ROLE IS TO ACT AS THE DISTRICT'S PRIMARY LINK TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAWMAKERS. THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO INCREASE CONGRESSIONAL AWARENESS REGARDING HOW FEDERAL LEGISLATION GRANT GUIDELINES REGULATIONS IMPACT LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED BEFORE I APPOINT SOMEONE TO BEING THE FRN? I WILL APPOINT MY GOOD FRIEND SITTING TO MY RIGHT, MISS MELISSA LYNN, IS THAT OKAY? YOU'RE APPOINTED TO THE FRN. SOUND GOOD? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BONUS WITH THAT. MAYBE. NO. NO BONUS. I'M JUST KIDDING. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO BONUS. 
          [4.5 Appointment of Ethics Committee]
OKAY. ETHICS COMMITTEE. I NEED THREE MEMBERS FOR THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO JUST APPOINT THREE PEOPLE. I WILL MISS MISS JAMIE, DO YOU MIND BEING ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE? AND, MR. DONEGAN, DO YOU MIND BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE? SURE. AND THEN. OKAY. MR. MCPEEK IS ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE. NOW, WITH THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, MAYBE BEFORE ANOTHER BOARD MEETING, TO NOMINATE WHO THE CHAIR WILL BE. OF THAT, I WILL MAKE SURE WE SCHEDULE THAT WITH YOU GUYS SO WE CAN MAKE IT AS 
          [4.6 Appointment of Two Sick Leave Trustees - Two WCEA Members and Two Board Members]
EASY AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. APPOINTMENT OF TWO SIX SICK LEAVE TRUSTEES. I NEED TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ON THE SICK LEAVE COMMITTEE. MYSELF AND MISS LYNN WERE ON IT LAST TIME. 
          DOES MR. MCPEEK, DO YOU MIND BEING ON THAT SICK LEAVE COMMITTEE? YES, I WILL, OKAY. 
          AND THEN, MR. DONEGAN, DO YOU MIND BEING ON SICK LEAVE COMMITTEE? OKAY. SO MR. DONEGAN AND MR. MCPEEK ARE BOTH ON SICK LEAVE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THOSE ARE OUR ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. WE WILL MOVE ON. YES. YES, MA'AM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WE TO APPROVE THE MEMBERS ON THE SECOND. OKAY, I WILL SO WE HAVE TO MAKE WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MEMBERS. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND AND THE TWO AND THE TWO CEA MEMBERS. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND. SEEMS LIKE IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU KNOW THOSE TWO NAMES, MA'AM? OR. OKAY. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE. 32. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. 
          [5.1 Student Board Members - Durden Brooks - GHHS, Emily Hudlow - LHS, Aven DeHart - MJHS, TJ Licano - WHS, Ross Perlick - WCHS]
MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PROGRAM HERE. IT'S A STATE LAW. 
          BUT WE WE STARTED DOING THIS BEFORE STATE LAW WHERE WE HAVE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY. SO THESE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOLS. THEY WERE SELECTED BY THEIR PRINCIPALS AND THE LEADERSHIP STAFF TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS WITH US AND KIND OF BRING TO THE TABLE WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL IS DOING AT THAT TIME. 
          WE, WE REALLY ENJOY HAVING OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS. THEY ARE AN ASSET. AND WE'RE HOPING EVERY YEAR WE IMPROVE AND GET THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE READY TO THE PROVERBIAL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY. WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND KIND OF INVOLVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO START OFF TONIGHT IS I'M GOING TO CALL EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER UP. AND IF YOU CAN, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'RE SIMPLY GOING TO STATE YOUR I'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR NAME, STATE YOUR NAME AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU REPRESENT, AND THEN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT SCHOOL, WHAT WHAT YOU PLAN ON DOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND ONE THING THAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WHILE YOU'RE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. OKAY, SO I'LL REPEAT THAT IF, IF YOU GET LOST, BECAUSE THOSE WERE SOME I TALK FAST AND THOSE ARE SOME, SOME INSTRUCTIONS. SO WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT SCHOOL YOU COME FROM A LITTLE BIT, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND THEN WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN ONE, JUST ONE OF YOUR ONE, ONE THING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO WHILE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD. OKAY. 
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STARTING FIRST, WE HAVE MR. DURDEN BROOKS FROM GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING, MR. DURDEN. HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? I'M DURDEN BROOKS. I'M FROM GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE YOU SAID, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM AN EAGLE SCOUT AND I PLAY TENNIS, AND I AM THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAIR AT OUR SCHOOL'S STUDENT COUNCIL. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLAN ON DOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I CURRENTLY PLAN ON PURSUING MUSIC LAW. OH, OKAY. GOOD GOOD, GOOD. AND ANY OF YOUR ANY GOALS OR ANY THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TO ACCOMPLISH WHILE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH Y'ALL JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND JUST HOPE TO MAKE GOOD CONNECTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          GIVE HIM A HAND. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MISS EMILY HUDLOW FROM LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL? HI. MY NAME IS EMILY HUDLOW AND I'M FROM LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL. SOME ABOUT ME. I AM THE CLASS PRESIDENT AND I'M CURRENTLY HELPING CO-FOUND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. AND THEN WHAT I WANT TO DO AFTER COLLEGE, SIMILAR TO MR. BROOKS, I KIND OF WANT TO DO IP ATTORNEY. SO YEAH, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I THINK IS VERY INTERESTING. I LIKE TO ARGUE AND THEN REMIND ME IT WAS, WHAT DO I WANT TO DO? JUST ONE THING ON THE BOARD. YES, MA'AM. YES, I THINK I WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THE FRESHMEN MORE INVOLVED AND LIKE, GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION. I KNOW AS A FRESHMAN MYSELF, ESPECIALLY WITH AP CLASSES, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE. SO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES LIKE GETTING THE FRESHMEN MORE INVOLVED. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. AND IF IF THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS DON'T LEAVE, I'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS WITH THE DIRECTOR BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF THAT'S OKAY. I'LL TAKE A PICTURE. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MR. EVAN. EVAN, EVAN DEHART FROM MOUNT JULIET HIGH SCHOOL. HEY, MY NAME IS EVAN DEHART. I'M FROM MOUNT JULIET HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT WAS THE NEXT QUESTION? SORRY, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. OH, I'M THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT. I'M INVOLVED IN THE YEARBOOK, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, THINGS LIKE THAT. I WANT TO MAJOR IN BIOCHEMISTRY OR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. I HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND IT WAS, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE BOARD WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER? OH, I REALLY LIKE WISH TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE REALLY KNOWS THAT IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO FOR COLLEGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AND I JUST WISH TO COMMUNICATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. TJ. LOCARNO I GET THAT RIGHT. TJ LOCARNO RIGHT MISS FROM WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. HOW YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD EVENING. GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS TJ LOCARNO. I REPRESENT WATERTOWN. I'M A CURRENT SENIOR OVER THERE. SORRY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM THE STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT AT MY SCHOOL. I TAKE PART IN NHS BETA CLUB PRESIDENT MU ALPHA THETA, ALL SORTS OF GOOD STUFF. AND I RUN CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK OVER THERE VARSITY. A LITTLE SOMETHING I PLAN TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. I PLAN TO ATTEND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, OKAY, AND HOPEFULLY GRADUATE AS A AS AN OFFICER IN THE NAVY AND FLY FIGHTER JETS. AWESOME. AND SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE WHILE BEING A PART OF THIS BOARD. JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING A LITTLE IN LITTLE WAYS, RIGHT? NOT FOCUSING ON THE MAJOR GOALS, BUT WORKING ON THE SMALL ONES AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. TJ. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ROSS ROSS PERLICH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSS PERLICH. I AM A SENIOR AT WILSON CENTRAL. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS A CAPTAIN OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM. I'M AN ACT AMBASSADOR, PART OF THE ACT THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP TUTOR STUDENTS. I'M AN NHS MEMBER. BETA CLUB. SERVING. I. I HOPE TO KIND OF BE A VOICE FOR SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN CENTRAL AND KIND OF. BE AN OUTLET AND KIND OF COMMUNICATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT I GET A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION. 
          AWESOME. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I WANT TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SIR. CAN I GET CAN I GET ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, 
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MAYBE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO COME UP HERE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE DIRECTOR, PLEASE. SIR. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE? DO YOU WANT ME TO OR. 
          THANK YOU GUYS ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE TO SAY YES. AND TO THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO STAY IF YOU WOULD NOT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WRITE DOWN NAMES AND SEE WHO STAYED OR NOT. OKAY, SO IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. THIS IS THIS IS YOUR SCHOOL BOARD. 
          [5.2 Ellen James - Wilson County Retired Teachers Association]
WE WORK FOR YOU. SO WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MISS ELLEN JAMES FROM THE WILSON COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. MISS JAMES, HOW ARE YOU? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YES, MA'AM. GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND THIS YEAR I HAVE EXCITING NEWS. 
          LAST YEAR IT WAS GOOD NEWS. THIS YEAR IS EXCITING NEWS. OKAY, GOOD. I HOPE YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK. I THINK SHERRY PROBABLY GAVE IT TO YOU. YES, MA'AM. IT'S. IT'S ALL ATTACHED. 
          YES. OKAY. DID YOU SEE THE PICTURES? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE HAD TWO WINNERS LAST YEAR. TO ME, THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THIS, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO WINNERS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WINNER IN YEAR TWO. SO TWO YEARS. WELL ACTUALLY LAST YEAR WAS TWO YEARS. WE TWO WINNERS. 
          AND I WAS ESPECIALLY THRILLED. I WAS NO INFLUENCE ON THIS. BUT THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO UT GOALS AND ONE OF THEM'S GOING TO BE A MUSIC MAJOR AND ALREADY WAS ACCEPTED TO THE PRIDE OF THE SOUTHLAND BAND BY THE TIME I MET HIM. AND THE OTHER IS GOING TO BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. SO THAT ALSO MADE ME ESPECIALLY HAPPY. AND THESE STUDENTS SHOUT OUT TO WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? BOTH OF THEM ARE FROM WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. I'LL SAY THAT. AND I WILL ADD THIS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SCORING COMMITTEE WHO, YOU KNOW, I COLLECT THE PAPERS AND THEY LOOK AT THE ESSAYS. AND THE ONLY TIME I EVER REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IS IF THERE IS A TIE AND I NEED TO BREAK THE TIE. WELL, SO I'M A THIRD READER AND WE HAD A TIE. EACH OF THESE YOUNG MEN, THEIR ESSAYS SCORED AS A TIE, AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I REALLY COULDN'T EVEN BREAK THE TIE EITHER. SO THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP GIVING BOTH OF THEM. THAT'S AMAZING. $1,500 SCHOLARSHIP TO TAKE TO UT FOR THEM. AND SO I WAS ESPECIALLY THRILLED WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES. OKAY, I KNOW IT'S IN THE PAPER. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. SO YEAH, WE HAVE MR. DUNCAN SHARPE AND SAM WILSON. SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY DUNCAN SHARPE AND SAM WILSON, WE'LL GIVE THEM A HAND. AMAZING. AND THE OTHER ONE, I SAID BOTH OF THEM. DUNCAN SHARPE AND SAM WILSON. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND I WILL JUST SAY, AS A AS A FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WRITING. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO IMPRESS ME AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE. SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL THEY WROTE. AS A RESULT OF HOW WELL IT WENT LAST YEAR. THIS IS YEAR THREE. I TENDED TO APPROACH OUR RETIRED TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP, THE REBOOT OF THIS AS IN THE SAME WAY THAT I DID WHEN I DID TESTING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I HAD A PILOT YEAR AND WE HAD SOME APPLICATIONS AND NONE OF THEM QUALIFIED. AND THEN LAST YEAR WAS THE FIELD TEST YEAR, AND THAT WENT REALLY WELL. SO WE'RE OPERATIONAL NOW. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE MEMBERSHIP HAS AGREED TO INCREASE THE SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT FROM $1500 TO $2000. OKAY. I WAS ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M TRYING TO GET IT AS CLOSE AS I CAN TO WHAT THEY GIVE TO NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS, WHICH IS $2,500. I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL GET THAT FAR, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PACKET IS THAT YOU HAVE. IT EXPLAINS THAT THIS WAS INCREASED, AND YOU ALSO SEE A COPY OF THE APPLICATION ON THE NEXT PAGE. THE STUDENTS FILL THIS OUT. I HAVE A COPY OF THE SCORING RUBRIC, WHICH IS THE RUBRIC THAT WE USE TO SCORE THE ESSAYS THAT THEY SUBMIT. SO THAT KIND OF MAKES IT MORE IN LINE WITH ASSESSMENT AS WELL. I ALSO HAVE. 
          I DIDN'T DO ANY WORKSHOPS LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR I HAD HOPED TO DO WORKSHOPS AT THE SCHOOL, DIDN'T GET ANY INVITATIONS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THIS YEAR I ALREADY HAVE ONE. IN FACT, A WEEK FROM TODAY I WILL BE AT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL, MY ALMA MATER, DOING A TEACHING AS A PROFESSION WORKSHOP FOR 24 STUDENTS. I WILL GIVE EACH OF THE STUDENTS A COPY OF THE APPLICATION PACKET, AND IF THEY NEED ME TO COME BACK AND HELP THEM WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO. 
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BUT MOST OF THE PRESENTATION I DO COVERS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO INCLUDE IN THAT ESSAY. 
          THAT'S KIND OF MY HOW I TEACH METHOD. I GO THROUGH AND MODEL IT FOR YOU AND THEN SAY, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU NEED TO INCLUDE. I'VE ALREADY DELIVERED FIVE PACKETS TO EACH OF THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AT EACH OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS I DID THAT JUST DROVE THEM OUT THERE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY SAW ME FACE TO FACE, AND I COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE APPLICATION PACKET, JUST IN CASE THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I JUST WANTED TO TO JUST STATE, YOU KNOW, THE THE THIS IS, IN CASE YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW, WASN'T CLEAR. SHE'S MISS MISS ELLEN IS FROM THE WILSON COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. 
          AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR INVESTING BACK INTO THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU'VE BUILT AND ALL OF OUR SCORES, ALL OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A LOT OF IT IS, IS CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE LAID FOR US. SO THANK YOU. PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. WILSON. 
          RETIRED TEACHERS WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU I'M A LITTLE TOO PASSIONATE, BUT I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. SO BUT THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO COME AND BRING YOU GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 
          [6.1 Kate Cortelyou]
STATEMENTS FROM GUEST DELEGATIONS AND SPEAKERS. IF THERE IS A MISS KATE, IS IT QUARTERLY? QUARTERLY? IF YOU COULD APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE. I HAVE SOMETHING TO READ FOR YOU REAL QUICK, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. IT'S A SHORT STATEMENT, SO 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 SHOULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WHEN MISS SHERRY HAS THE CLOCK, YOU CAN START, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS KATE, AND I'M A SPECIAL ED ADVOCATE THAT RECEIVED MY TRAINING TEN YEARS AGO THROUGH VANDERBILT KENNEDY CENTER. TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. THREE WEEKS AGO, A BLACK STUDENT WORE THIS HEADBAND, TIED THIS WAY TO CLASS, AND WAS TOLD TO REMOVE IT. SHE AND HER PARENT RECEIVED AN EMAIL SAYING IT WAS AGAINST THE DRESS CODE. FOR THREE WEEKS. I COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER ON HOW THIS HEADBAND CROSSED THE LINE. I WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE POLICY AND GIVEN VAGUE ANSWERS THAT WERE NON-RESPONSIVE. TO MY QUESTION. THE POLICY IS SO VAGUE, IN FACT, THAT HER TEACHER TOOK A PHOTO OF HER AND WROTE TO HER ADMIN, ARE WE ALLOWING THEM TO WEAR BONNETS? SINCE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION HERE. THIS IS A HEADBAND. THIS IS A HEADBAND. THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT HEADBANDS. AND THIS IS A BONNET. 
          A BONNET COVERS THE ENTIRE HEAD. A HEADBAND IS NOT CONFUSING THEM, REVEALS IGNORANCE ABOUT BLACK HAIR CARE, AND THAT IGNORANCE, COMBINED WITH VAGUE POLICY AND THE POWER TO ENFORCE IT, IS EXACTLY HOW DISCRIMINATION HAPPENS, WITH OR WITHOUT INTENT. THAT IS WHERE CULTURAL BIAS ENTERS. WIDER HEADBANDS ARE COMMONLY USED WITH BLACK AND TEXTURED HAIR. 
          WHEN A THINNER HEADBAND WORN WITH FINER AND STRAIGHTER HAIR IS ACCEPTED, BUT A WIDER ONE IS WORN BY A BLACK STUDENT AND RENAMED A BONNET AND PROHIBITED. THE POLICY IS NOT OPERATING NEUTRALLY. AFTER I SHARED THIS STORY PUBLICLY, PARENTS AND STUDENTS CONTINUED TO SHARE MORE STORIES WITH ME. MR. PADILLA, YOU WROTE, IF THERE IS CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF UNEQUAL ENFORCEMENT, BRING THAT EVIDENCE FORWARD. HERE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT. ONE YEAR WE WALKED INTO THE BUILDING AND THE N WORD WAS SPRAY PAINTED DOWN THE HALLWAY. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO GO BACK TO MEXICO AND THREATENED WITH ICE. I WENT TO WILSON CENTRAL AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE TEACHERS IN THERE SAYING THE N WORD. KIDS PUT CONFEDERATE FLAGS ON THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCKS AND STARTED THREATENING BLACK KIDS. THESE ARE FOUR OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF STORIES THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, AND ALL THE STORIES HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE. STUDENTS OF COLOR DO NOT FEEL SAFE OR WELCOME. THEY BELIEVE NOTHING WILL CHANGE EVEN IF THEY SPEAK UP. AND BULLYING BY BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GOES UNCHECKED. 
          YOU SAID A MANUFACTURING CERTAINTY WHERE FACTS ARE INCOMPLETE. THE FACTS ARE NOT INCOMPLETE. THEY ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. THIS IS NO LONGER SIMPLY A QUESTION ABOUT THE WIDTH OF A HEADBAND. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY HERE, AND WHETHER THIS BOARD WILL INVESTIGATE THE PATTERN FAMILIES ARE REPORTING, OR CONTINUE DISMISSING EACH INCIDENT AS AN ISOLATED EVENT. DISCRIMINATION DOES NOT STOP EXISTING SIMPLY BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE NOT SEEN IT. I AM ASKING THIS BOARD TO TAKE FOUR SPECIFIC ACTIONS. FIRST, RELEASE AN IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM WEARING HEADBANDS BASED ON AN UNWRITTEN RULE ABOUT WIDTH. SECOND, REVISE THE DRESS CODE POLICY THROUGH PUBLIC PROCESS THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE OF COLOR. THIRD, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DESCRIBING THE STUDENT'S HEADBAND AS A BONNET WAS CULTURALLY INACCURATE, AND FOURTH, CREATE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO COLLECT AND INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW THE EXPERIENCES BEING REPORTED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND REPORT PUBLICLY ON WHAT THE DISTRICT FINDS. THIS STARTED WITH A HEADBAND, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL TELL THE COMMUNITY WHETHER WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS IS WILLING TO CONFRONT THE MUCH LARGER PROBLEM OF THE SYSTEMATIC RACISM IT REVEALED. THANK YOU MA'AM. PLEASE, I DON'T YOU CAN'T APPROACH HER 
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FOR YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A 
          [7.1 Approve Consent Agenda]
MOTION MOTION SECOND, MR. CHAIR, READY TO VOTE? 
          [8.1 District Contracts]
MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT. 8.1 DISTRICT CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MR. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO SCHOOL CONTRACTS. MOTION I WILL SECOND. DO WE 
          [8.2 School Contracts]
HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL CONTRACTS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL IN HERE. IN ONE OF THE CONTRACTS I'M PRETTY INTERESTED IN IS CENTRAL. CENTRAL PIKE IS DOING DISNEY'S 101 DALMATIAN KIDS. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EXCITING TO GO TO WHENEVER THEY HAVE THAT PRODUCTION. MOTION WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, MR. JENNINGS, SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE 
          [9.1 Report from County Attorney]
TO DO YOUR REPORT FIRST OR GO INTO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FIRST? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? WELL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY OPENING COMMENTS, MY REPORT BE VERY SHORT, I CAN TELL YOU. 
          OKAY. FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. OH, WELCOME. I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND WELCOME BACK TO ALL THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS. AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. AND I MEAN THAT WE HAVE A MATTER TONIGHT THAT NEEDS WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS. IT'S A MATTER OF PENDING AT THIS TIME. ATTORNEY CARL SPINNING IS HERE AND REPRESENTS US IN THIS MATTER. AND I JUST NEED TO MAKE THE STATEMENT. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YEARS GET TIRED OF HEARING IT. THE TWO NEW ONES CAN HEAR IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THAT IS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PENDING OR THREATENED LITIGATION UNDER THE SMITH COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ACT, WHICH WAS DECIDED ABOUT 40 OR 45 YEARS AGO. IT IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE OPEN MEETINGS, BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS GO BACK AND BE PRESENTED WITH THE FACTS AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT ANY ACTION TAKEN ON IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE WHEN WE RETURN INTO AN OPEN MEETING AND DONE OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. 
          SO HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL JUST ALSO ADD, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT ME DOING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR EVERYBODY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE COULD DO THAT NEXT TIME. IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANYBODY THAT HAS A QUESTION ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING, IF YOU'LL SHOOT THAT TO ME, I'LL TRY TO EITHER GIVE YOU AN ANSWER THEN OR HAVE YOU AN ANSWER THAT NIGHT. SO WHAT, WE'RE READY TO GO INTO SESSION IF Y'ALL ARE, I THINK MR. SPINNING IS. YEAH. YES, SIR. AND NOW WE DON'T WE DON'T WE NEED A VOTE TO GO INTO SESSION OR WE CAN JUST GO BACK INTO SESSION. RIGHT. I THINK YOU MOVE TO RECESS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SO YOU NEED A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. SECOND. YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. DO WE VOTE OR WE JUST WE JUST GO, RIGHT? YEAH. WHAT? YEAH. YOU PROBABLY SINCE IT'S IN THE RECORD AS A MOTION. YES. NO, THAT'S WHAT WE WE'VE DONE IT GIVE A CLEAN RECORD A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. SO MR. MACK MADE THE MOTION. I MADE THE SECOND. YES, MA'AM. AND FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE WE'RE 
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GOING TO BE GOING TO THE BACK TO SPEAK FOR A WHILE. IT COULD BE FIVE MINUTES. IT COULD BE TEN MINUTES. IT COULD BE 30 MINUTES. SO IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU EVERYB? WELCOME, EVERYBODY BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. JENNINGS, SIR? YES, SIR. AS PROMISED, WE MET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A MATTER OF PENDING LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION. YOU WERE GIVEN SOME OPTIONS TO CONSIDER, AND YOU WERE ALSO GIVEN THE FACTS OF THE MATTER AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. NO VOTES WERE ASKED FOR AND NONE WERE TAKEN. IN THE PRIVATE SESSIONS THAT WERE BACK OUT IN PUBLIC NOW IN THE SUNSHINE, AND I BELIEVE THE REQUEST IS FOR YOU TO APPROVE EITHER OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO, WHICH WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON OPTION TWO. SECOND. THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION, SO WE WILL VOTE MISS SHERRY. SO WE'RE VOTING ON OPTION TWO. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. OPTION TWO WAS PASSED UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'M GOING TO ASK TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE REST OF THE MEETING. YES, SIR. SO THAT'S YOUR REPORT? WE CAN MOTION TO ACCEPT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. CHAIR, YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          OKAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN, DIRECTOR'S REPORT, MR. MAYFIELD, 
          [10.1 Director's Report]
SIR. FLOOR IS YOURS. YES. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE YOU HAVE A COPY OF MY PACKET, WE'VE GOT ENROLLMENT UPDATES AS OF 824. SO OUR WE'RE ABOUT 20,600. OUR ENROLLMENT IS KIND OF STEADY RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT TREND. I DID PUT A DIFFERENT PIECE OF INFORMATION IN HERE ABOUT HOME SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 5355 THAT HAS INCREASED IN WILSON COUNTY. NOW ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IS IF THAT TREND STOPS AND REVERSES, WE COULD HAVE MORE STUDENTS COMING BACK TO US. SO WE DO MONITOR THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL BRING THAT BEFORE YOU AS WELL. THERE IS A SITUATION INVOLVING THE STAFF BONUSES. AND FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS THIS WAS BASED ON 2425 SCHOOL YEAR PERFORMANCE. WE RECEIVED THAT MONEY IN 2526, I THINK IT CAME IN ABOUT NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. WE MADE A PROPOSAL ON HOW TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES. THERE WERE SOME CAFETERIA WORKERS WHO WERE NOT CODED CORRECTLY IN THE SYSTEM, AND THERE WAS TWO OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS THAT WERE OUT ON WORKERS COMP AT THE TIME, WHICH MADE THEM NOT QUALIFY BY THE STANDARDS THAT WERE SET FORTH. 
          WE THEN RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MONEY THIS PAST SPRING. ALL RIGHT. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT PAID BY JUNE 30TH. SO THAT MONEY WAS TRANSFERRED IN FUND BALANCE. MR. SEBASTIAN IS GOING TO MOVE THE MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO. WE PAID OUT OUR EMPLOYEES. ALL RIGHT. THIS LAST PAYCHECK, THERE WAS A BONUS. THESE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT RECEIVE IT. I PLAN TO FIX THAT MISTAKE ON THIS SECOND ROUND TO WHERE I PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT BONUS ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. SO THAT IS MY PLAN. IF YOU APPROVE MY REPORT, THEN I WILL ASSUME YOU APPROVE ME DOING SUCH. IT'S A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE DISTRICT. YES. WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION SPECIFICALLY TO THAT EFFECT? NO, NO, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TO HANDLE IT. OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU APPROVE MY REPORT, IT'LL BE COVERED UNDER MY REPORT. OKAY. OKAY. DID EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT? OKAY. SO THESE PEOPLE WILL BE GETTING 
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THEY WILL BE GETTING THE BONUS. OKAY. FOR THIS SECOND ROUND, THE SECOND ROUND OF BONUSES, WHICH THEY. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT GOT LEFT OUT. AND SO IF WE GET OUTCOME MONEY THIS YEAR OR PERFORMANCE MONEY THIS YEAR, THEN I HAVE SOME IDEAS. IF THE BOARD DECIDES THEY WANT TO PASS THAT BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY. THERE BE ANY BUDGET AMENDMENT DUE TO THIS? I THINK IT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, RIGHT. MR. SEBASTIAN? YEAH, WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT WAS BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. SO THAT WAS ALREADY WE DIDN'T USE UP THE ENTIRETY OF IT BECAUSE WHENEVER I BROUGHT IT FORTH, I DIDN'T HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE HEADCOUNT, BUT IT WAS PART OF BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. SO WE DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. NEXT YOU SEE THE EVACUATED CLASSROOM REPORT. I'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU. 
          AND I'LL ONLY SHARE THAT INFORMATION BY GRADE BAND SO WE DON'T IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL STUDENTS. BUT YOU SEE WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. THIS IS PART OF THAT LAW WHERE WE NOTIFY PARENTS ANYTIME WE HAVE TO TAKE STUDENTS OUT OF A CLASSROOM DUE TO A SITUATION INVOLVING ANOTHER STUDENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S HOW MANY WE'VE HAD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE OUR HIGHEST. OCCASIONALLY WE WILL HAVE ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. JUST JUST REAL QUICK, SIR, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW SPECIFIC SCHOOL WE COULD TALK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU HAVE, YOU GUYS ARE TRACKING FOR LIKE SAME CLASSROOMS. YES. SO IF IT'S LIKE THE SAME CLASSROOM 3 OR 4 TIMES. OKAY, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SHARE THAT IN PUBLIC. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY. YEAH. SCHOOL CAPACITY. I INCLUDED THE CHART IN HERE THAT'S UPDATED ABOUT OUR BUILDING CAPACITY, OUR ENROLLMENT. SO CURRENTLY LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT'S AT 95% OR ABOVE. SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE DO STILL HAVE. STONER CREEK. YOU KNOW, IT IS A CONCERN BECAUSE OF THAT BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING RIGHT IN THERE TO THE NORTH OF THEM. SO WE WILL WATCH THAT ONE. JASON MORRIS WITH KB. JM HAS OFFERED TO DO ANOTHER SCHOOL PLANT SURVEY WHERE WE ANALYZE HOW OUR CLASSROOMS ARE BEING USED AND WHAT THAT CAPACITY TURNS OUT TO BE. SO THAT'S JUST PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT I WILL INITIATE THIS YEAR. 
          ACTION FOR HEALTHY KIDS, THAT'S COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH AND THE HEALTHY SCHOOL TEAMS. SO THERE'S INFORMATION ALSO IN MY PACKET RELATED TO THAT PROGRAM. IT IS A STATE APPROVED PROGRAM. 
          YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ED ABOUT WHAT ALL IS INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND THEN THE SURVEY THAT'S LISTED IS WHAT THE SCHOOL HEALTH TEAMS FILL OUT. AND YOU HAVE THE COPY OF THAT AS WELL. IN ORDER TO GUIDE OUR OUR MR. MAYFIELD SCHOOL HEALTH, WHO WHO DOES THIS SURVEY GO TO? JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE HEALTHY SCHOOL TEAM. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A HEALTHY SCHOOL TEAM AT EACH BUILDING. OKAY. AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR IS IT IN IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? IT'S IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. BUT IS THERE A IS THERE A FEDERAL COMPONENT AS WELL? I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THERE'S NOT A FEDERAL COMPONENT. THIS IS PART OF THE STATE SCHOOL COORDINATED HEALTH PROGRAM TO GATHER DATA ON OUR HEALTH AND HEALTH HEALTH WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. YEAH, I DID DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. AND IT SAID THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL HEALTH INDEX THAT WAS PART OF SOME COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS, BUT WELL, THIS RELATES TO STATE BOARD EDUCATION POLICY. 4.204 THAT'S IN THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM. OKAY. IN THE STATE IS OKAY WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CLIMATE ON THAT. THAT'S MY THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT BECAUSE IN SOME OF THE RESEARCH I DID, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL HEALTH INDEX REQUIREMENT. BUT I KNOW OUR STATE HAS BEEN ADAMANT AGAINST THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PART OF IT. SO I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE UP WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATURE. THEN THERE'S THAT. THERE'S ALSO THE FAMILY, THE FAMILY, THE FAMILIES, MISS ANNIE. SHE DOES A HEALTHY INDEX. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE FEDERAL THAT THAT TAKES A DIFFERENT DATA THAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. I KNOW I HAVE THAT I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO TALK WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THAT. VAPE DETECTION REPORT. SO WE DID MOVE VAPE DETECTORS. AND I INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE RATES THAT THOSE THINGS ARE ALERTING AT THE SCHOOL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE EFFECTIVE. I DID TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL. HE SAID, BASICALLY, WHAT WE LEARNED AT MOUNT JULIET, THE STUDENTS TEND TO LEARN WHERE THEY'RE BEING CAUGHT AND THEY 
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MOVE LOCATIONS, WHICH GOES TO THE POINT TO REALLY MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE, YOU NEED IT IN ALL OF THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE PLACE THAT ADULTS STAY OUT OF. FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SOMETHING GOING ON, THEY DO ENTER, BUT THIS GIVES YOU THE DATA ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO CONCLUDE IS WE NEED TO HAVE AN ENTIRE SCHOOL COVERED ONE TIME IN ORDER TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW AS WELL AND INVITE YOU. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO COVER THE COST OF GETTING A PILOT PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT. ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS WE'RE MAKING SOME SHIFTS IN PERSONNEL HERE AT THE ATC, CHRISTINE MILLER, WHO'S OVER OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, IS GOING TO START LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND BE IN CHARGE OF GRANT WRITING FOR THE DISTRICT. YEAH. MANY OF THE THE GRANTS THAT I'M LOOKING AT SO FAR ARE IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MAYOR HUTTO TO DISCUSS THAT, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT HE STARTED OR WAS ONE OF THE STARTERS FOUNDERS, I GUESS, OF THE DRUG FREE PROGRAM. SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE COULD APPEAL TO HIM BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ISN'T SOMETHING IN OUR BUDGET. SO BUT I INVITE YOU IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT MEETING 9:00 ON THE 23RD, I THINK. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DID ATTEND THE TOSS NEW SUPERINTENDENT CONFERENCE AND THE MID CUMBERLAND SUPERINTENDENT CONFERENCE, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS SCHOOL VISITS. I LIKE TO BE IN SCHOOLS. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WATERTOWN ELEMENTARY WON AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART CHALLENGE, WHICH USED TO BE JUMP ROPE FOR HEART. THEY WON A $10,000 GRANT TO BE USED FOR THEIR GYM AND THEIR P.E. DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING. AND SO ACTUALLY THE T REX, I THINK THAT'S HIS NAME FROM THE TITANS. THEIR MASCOT CAME AND WAS EVEN HELPED PRESENTED THEM WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. SO WE'RE PROUD OF WATERTOWN ELEMENTARY. THEY WON THAT AS ONE OF FIVE SCHOOLS TO WIN THIS GRANT. THE FIRST ONE IN TENNESSEE IS FROM THE SOUTHEAST REGION. SO IT WASN'T JUST TENNESSEE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO WATERTOWN ELEMENTARY. SCREENAGERS THAT EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 6 P.M. AT THE CAPITOL THEATER. IT'S SPONSORED BY TENNESSEE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DRUG FREE WILL CO LEBANON SPECIAL, AND WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS. YOU HAVE DATES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT. IN SEPTEMBER. TRANSPORTATION UPDATE YOU GOT THE DOWNED ROUTES. WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAST YEAR ON DOWNED ROUTES. LAST YEAR WE DID NOT CHECK DELAYED ROUTES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRACK THAT THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA AS WELL. MR. HOOVER DOES HAVE SOME NEW DRIVERS IN THE QUEUE. IF WE CAN JUST GET THEM THROUGH AND ALL THE PAPERWORK PROCESSES. JUST GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THIS REAL QUICK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S WE'RE STILL JUST WANTED TO ASK THIS FOR, FOR A PARENT WHEN WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT APP WE'RE USING. IF WE'RE USING AN APP TO TRACK WHICH TIME BUS DRIVERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO ARRIVE. WE JUST WE'VE HAD A COUPLE SUBSTITUTES AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, YOU SOME DELAYS WHEN WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE BECAUSE THEY'RE LEARNING THE ROUTE THE KIDS. BUT THIS THIS THIS PARENT WAS TOLD THAT THE BUS WAS GOING TO GET THERE AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THIS IS AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT. WELL, THE BUS GOT THERE 20 MINUTES EARLIER THAN THAT TIME AND THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION. SO WHEN WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING TO GO OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE ELEMENTARY KID COMES IN, KINDERGARTNER, I'M SORRY, KINDERGARTNER COMES KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR AND SHE'S LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, SO IS THE APP. DO WE HAVE AN APP THAT CAN UPDATE THOSE TIMES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DROPPED OFF BECAUSE THEY WERE DROPPED OFF 20 MINUTES EARLIER THAN THE TIME THAT WAS STATED. SO WE HAVE TWO METHODS OF COMMUNICATION, ONE OF THEM BEING THE ROBOCALL SYSTEM THAT WE CAN USE THAT WILL ALERT PARENTS ABOUT DELAYED ROUTES OR DOWN ROUTES. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE BUS TRACKING APP THAT THE PARENTS CAN DOWNLOAD SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE THE BUS IS. 
          I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MR. HOOVER TO MAKE SURE THAT IS OUT, AND I'LL GET WITH BART TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMMUNICATED. AND JUST IF I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ABOUT ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS, YOU KNOW, FIRST GRADE JUST, I BELIEVE AS A PARENT SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE BUS STOP WHEN A KINDERGARTEN IS DROPPED OFF. OKAY, JUST HAND THOSE OFF TO A PARENT IF WE CAN REITERATE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS PARENT WAS REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, THEY ASKED MY DAUGHTER IF SHE WAS OKAY WALKING HOME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S. NO MALICIOUS INTENT. I THINK EVERYTHING'S FINE. EVERYTHING WENT GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE MAKING SURE WE TAKE, ESPECIALLY THE KINDERGARTNERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO SOMETHING WE HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 
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THE NOT GETTING BACK TO PARENTS IN AN AMOUNT OF TIME. I GOT ANOTHER EMAIL ON THE WAY HERE. 
          I WOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT TO YOU PRIVATELY, BUT I KNOW I MENTIONED TO YOU, DO WE NEED ANOTHER POSITION HERE AT THE ATC JUST TO RETURN PHONE CALLS? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF FRUSTRATION COULD BE HEADED OFF JUST BY COMMUNICATING BACK. I'M OPEN TO ANOTHER POSITION, EVEN PART TIME HERE AT THE ATC, JUST TO RETURN THOSE CALLS AND SAYING THINGS ARE BEING LOOKED AT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT LOOKED AT, OKAY, I WILL LOOK AT IT AND HAVE SOMETHING TO COME BACK WITH YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. I'M GOING TO SKIP THE INSURANCE UPDATE TO THE LAST PART. IT IS A LITTLE LENGTHY. WATERTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 6 P.M. I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING OR ANYBODY COULDN'T ATTEND. SO IF THAT'S NOT GOOD, I REALLY NEED TO KNOW SO WE CAN SET THAT DATE. THE WATERTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. YES. WELL, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL. YEAH. WE NEVER. MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A DUMMY. YEAH. RG ANDERSON RECOMMENDED SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 6 P.M. I'M NOT TIED TO THAT DATE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I THOUGHT I SENT AN EMAIL AND I DID NOT. SO WE CAN PUSH THAT. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT DAY WOULD WORK. GOOD FOR THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IT'S A WEDNESDAY. THAT IS THE ONE COMPLICATION. NO, I'M OUT OF TOWN. YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M ALSO OUT OF TOWN. THE 16TH THROUGH THE 27TH. SO I THINK I'M OUT OF TOWN. I'M LOOKING AT MY. CAN WE DO THE 15TH? TUESDAY THE 15TH. 16TH. 
          OKAY. NO, I'M GOOD FOR THE 16TH. BUT IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE, I CAN BE THERE. WE CAN WE CAN LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT DATE. SO, JAMIE, YOU LIKE TO BE THERE? I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD IT UP. IF WE NEED TO DO IT, THEN IT'S OKAY. WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK. MISS FARRELL, COULD YOU DO TUESDAY THE 15TH? I DON'T KNOW IF RG ANDERSON COULD DO THE 15TH. WHAT IS WHAT IS? I'M GOING TO SEND AN EMAIL, I PROMISE. TONIGHT. IT'S OKAY. 
          HEY, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF EMAILS WE GOT. JUST LET ME KNOW YOUR AVAILABILITY LIKE A WEEK. 
          I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MEETING TOMORROW AND I'LL BRING THAT UP AND TRY TO GET IT NARROWED DOWN. 
          OKAY? BECAUSE I DO WANT YOU GUYS TO ATTEND. YEAH, I DEFINITELY WANT. ALL RIGHT. 
          UPDATES FROM DEPUTY DIRECTORS, MR. ADAMS. OH, HE STEPPED OUT. LET'S GO TO MISS CUTLER. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS. I LEFT A FEW DOCUMENTS AT YOUR AREA TONIGHT. ONE THING WE'LL START OFF WITH IS SEPTEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 18TH IS CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK. THAT IS A WAY OF CELEBRATING CONSTITUTION DAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. MEGAN GUNNAR, OUR SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR, PUT TOGETHER SOME GREAT RESOURCES WHICH I ATTACHED TO THAT FRONT SHEET THAT SHE SHARED WITH THE SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATORS, ALONG WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL THAT THEY WILL USE EACH DAY. SO THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION. BUT WE ALSO ASK OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. SO THAT FRONT PAGE KIND OF SUMS UP SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY PLANNED ON DOING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO CELEBRATE CELEBRATE FREEDOM WEEK. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. MEGAN. GUNNAR WILL BE HERE WITH US AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ON THE 17TH TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE HAD AN EVENT TODAY. IT WAS A LUNCH AND LEARN WITH THE BAKER SCHOOL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. AND LAMAR ALEXANDER WAS HERE TO SPEAK UP, AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOU AT THAT SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING. THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR SOCIAL STUDIES. 
          THIS IS ALSO SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK ADOPTION YEAR. SO SHE'S GOT SEVERAL UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. ON THE SEPTEMBER 17TH BOARD MEETING, THE SECOND PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I GAVE YOU WAS AROUND THE T CAP AND EOC TESTING TIMES THIS YEAR. IN PAST YEARS, THE STATE HAS CONDUCTED FIELD TESTS AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. AND THERE WE WERE ON A ROTATING BASIS WHERE WHEN WE ONE YEAR WE MIGHT DO A FIELD TEST, THE NEXT YEAR WE MIGHT NOT. DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WERE SELECTED FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. ALL DISTRICTS WILL CONDUCT A FIELD TEST, PARTICULARLY IN ELA WRITING. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS FIELD TEST IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN OPERATION DURING THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL TEST. SO IT'S ADDING ON ADDITIONAL TEST TIME TO THAT OPERATION, OPERATIONAL ELA ASSESSMENT. SO I KIND OF GAVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE LENGTH OF EACH FIELD TEST, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES TO READ THROUGH JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE. WE WILL, AS WE GET CLOSER TO ASSESSMENT TIME, WE WILL SHARE THIS OUT 
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WITH WITH FAMILIES, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN ON THE NEWS, SO I KNOW SEVERAL ALREADY KNOW. SO JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE AND INFORMED OF THAT INCREASE IN THAT ELA TESTING TIME AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY. JUST SOME POINTS TO SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE. THIRD THING IS SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING AT 5:00 FROM 5 TO 545, WE WILL HAVE AN AREA OPEN WHEN YOU COME IN THE EVENT ENTRANCE, WHERE WE WILL BE HAVING A SESSION ON OUR FAMILY LIFE PROGRAMING, AND IT'LL BE A TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC TO COME AND SEE THE CURRICULUM THAT WE USE, AND ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS OPINIONS OR CONCERNS. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT SET UP THAT KIND OF BE A PUBLIC EVENT OUTSIDE AND ONE OF OUR CONFERENCE ROOMS, AS YOU COME IN THE EVENT ENTRANCE FOR FOLKS TO SHARE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT OUR FAMILY LIFE CURRICULUM AND PUT SOMETHING OUT FOR THAT. DO YOU KNOW, AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING TO PEOPLE? WE HAVE NOT SENT ANYTHING OUT YET. WE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL FIRST TONIGHT AND THEN WE WILL SHARE OUR INFORMATION TOMORROW. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. ONE EXCITING THING. STUDENT TUTORING HAS STARTED. I THINK TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF TUTORING. WE BELIEVE IN THAT THE TUTORING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS A VERY SMALL RATIO. 
          IT'S A 1 TO 3 RATIO. SO OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THAT REAL INTENSE SUPPORT IN THESE TUTORING SESSIONS. WE HAVE TUTORING DURING THE DAY, AND WE ALSO HAVE TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL. 
          WHAT A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR WITH A GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT TUTORING TO GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START THE YEAR OFF WITH TUTORING ALSO IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT TUTORING HAS KICKED OFF. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT, MR. ADAMS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, SIR. I JUST REAL QUICK, I GOT SOMETHING REAL QUICK ON YOUR DISCIPLINE REPORT IS IS I KNOW IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. DO WE TRACK ANY DISCRIMINATION, RACIAL PROFILING, RACIAL BIASES. IS THAT IS THAT TRACKED PER SCHOOL? IS THAT I MEAN, I KNOW WE DO TRAINING ON THIS. I JUST FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I'VE IT'S WE WE UNDERSTAND BULLYING HAPPENS AND THINGS ARE SAID BETWEEN STUDENTS. OKAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ARE YOU ARE WE COGNIZANT OF THINGS THAT GO ON IN OUR SCHOOL? AND IF WE THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH, WITH DISCRIMINATION OR PREJUDICE THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF AT ALL OF ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS? YES. WE HAVE TO BE PER FEDERAL LAWS. IF ANYTHING FALLS UNDER LIKE TITLE SIX DISCRIMINATION, WE DO HAVE A REPORT THAT WE DO HAVE TO SEND TO THE. THE STATE PASSED A LAW, AND IT'S IN REFERENCE TO ANTI-SEMITISM. YES, YES. AND SO THAT REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE PER THE LAW. SO WE DO FOLLOW THAT. WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENCES, BUT WE HANDLE IT. IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT, WE WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND WOULD YOU WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE US HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DISCRIMINATION IN OUR SCHOOLS OR. I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE IT AS THAT. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS WHEN WHEN THOSE INCIDENCES DO HAPPEN, WE DO TAKE ACTION ON THOSE AND WE HANDLE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. THE PUBLIC OR SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT KNOW THE TRUE RAMIFICATIONS AROUND IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS THOSE DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS WITH SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. SO THEY MAY NOT KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS BEING HANDLED, BUT IT IS ADDRESSED IN OUR DISTRICT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE DISCIPLINE REPORT. IS DRESS CODE INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS? YES, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS OWENS. NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. SEBASTIAN. HEY. GOOD EVENING. I PUT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT THE THE REPORTS FOR THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. I WAITED JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY FOR JULY AND AUGUST. THE FIRST PAGE IS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE SECOND PAGE IS PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. AND I WANTED TO PUT THAT TOGETHER JUST SO YOU CAN GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT, WHAT WE LOOKED LIKE LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ON PAR WITH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AS FAR AS LOOKING AT REVENUES FOR OUR EXPENSES DURING THE SUMMER, WE WE ARE WE ARE IN OUR BENEFITS HOLIDAY, 
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WHICH STARTS. WE STOP TAKING DEDUCTIONS JUNE 15TH THROUGH AUGUST 15TH. SO ON THE AUGUST 30TH PAYCHECK IS WHEN WE START DOING THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS AND ALL OF THAT TO THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND AGAIN. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WE ONLY HAD $38,000 OF REVENUE AND IT JUMPED UP. AND THIS IS FOR JUST ONE PAYROLL IN AUGUST TO $1.4 MILLION IN REVENUE. OUR EXPENSES, OF COURSE, DON'T STOP. SO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OVER $3 MILLION. AND THEN IN AUGUST WAS ABOUT 3.6 MILLION. BUT ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON BAR. SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REALLY WORRY ABOUT ON THAT TONIGHT WITH WITH THESE NUMBERS TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT ALSO. AND THAT INCLUDES THE EARMARKING $3 MILLION OUT OF FUND BALANCE TO GIVE A CASH INFLUX INTO THE 264 FUND. SO THAT'LL BE PART OF ALL OF THAT. SO WE KIND OF TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT MOVING FORWARD INTO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND AND ON. ALL RIGHT. 
          MR. HOLD ON. I HAVE A QUESTION, MISS OWENS. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. HAS OUR EMPLOYEE NUMBER INCREASED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES? IT HAS INCREASED JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE JUST REMEMBER THAT SEPTEMBER 1ST IS GOING TO BE THE. THE FIRST TIME THAT NEW EMPLOYEES THAT STARTED IN JULY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR INSURANCE. SO THOSE ARE JUST NOW HITTING THE THE BOOKS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN YOUR OTHER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DROPPED OFF IF THEY FINISHED THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEIR INSURANCE WOULD HAVE ENDED JUNE 30TH. SO MR. SEBASTIAN JUST REFLECTS THE, THE $50 THAT AND THE PAYCHECKS. 
          YET IT SHOULD, RIGHT? YES. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT AUGUST 2025, THE REVENUE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS 1.1 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OVER $300,000 DIFFERENCE. SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE. 
          AND ALSO THE, THE $50 THAT EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING IN ALL OF THAT IS KIND OF SNOWBALLING INTO THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE TODAY. SO KIND OF PROJECTING THAT OUT. LAST YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING IN ABOUT 2.2 MILLION PER MONTH IF THIS HOLDS. AND IT ACTUALLY MAY INCREASE A LITTLE BIT ONCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR INSURANCE SEPTEMBER 1ST DECIDE TO TAKE IT. 
          THIS IS PROJECTING OUT TO BE MORE OF A 2.8 2.9 MILLION PER MONTH. SO WE'LL KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. BUT YES, WE ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT. OKAY. I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. IT'S A POWERPOINT. ALL RIGHT. I CAN SEND YOU A COPY AFTERWARDS SO YOU CAN REALLY STUDY IT. SO WE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE SELF-INSURANCE PLAN AND ALSO THE STATE INSURANCE PLAN. PARDON ME. I'VE REACHED OUT. I'VE TALKED TO THE STATE. I'VE HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH HER TO GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION. I'VE ALSO MET WITH GALLAGHER. SO CURRENTLY HERE ARE THE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO OUR SELF-INSURANCE PLAN. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE CONTRACT TERMS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE MEDICAL STOP LOSS. ALL OF THOSE YOU CAN READ. SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING FOR YOU. BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE RUN THROUGH 2728 AND LIKE I SAID, I WILL SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION SO YOU CAN STUDY IT. EMPLOYEE INFORMATION 2373 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. ALL RIGHT. TOTAL EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IS ONLY 1970. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 426 THAT HAVE FAMILY. AND THEN I HAD IT BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED. SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A BREAKDOWN THERE. NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED, YOU'LL SEE IT WHERE IT MENTIONS EMPLOYEE, CHILD, EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, EMPLOYEE, FULL FAMILY. THOSE ARE NUMBERS RELATED TO VISION AND DENTAL. HEALTH INSURANCE IS INDIVIDUAL FAMILY. THAT'S THAT'S IT. OKAY. SO THAT GIVES YOU INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES. IF WE WERE TO TRY TO MOVE JANUARY 1ST, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THAT IS OUR STOP LOSS PROTECTION. WE BID OUT OUR STOP LOSS AND IT RUNS JULY OR JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST. ALL RIGHT. THEN YOU ENTER A NEW CONTRACT. IF WE WAS TO END OUR STOP LOSS AND NOT PURCHASE THAT FOR JANUARY 27TH, ANY CLAIMS WE RECEIVED AFTER JULY OR JANUARY 1ST, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. WITH NO STOP LOSS COVERAGE. WE CAN'T PURCHASE ADDITIONAL STOP LOSS COVERAGE IN THIS CURRENT YEAR. YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE 
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STOP LOSS COVERAGE WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE INITIAL CONTRACT. SO WE COULD PURCHASE STOP LOSS THAT GOES PAST DECEMBER 31ST 27 IF WE WANTED TO, WHICH WOULD COVER US IN THE 28 IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A MIGRATION TO THE TO THE STATE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION. THE STATE DOES ASK FOR 120 DAY NOTICE. IN MIGRATING TO THEIR PLAN. THEY THEY CAN WAIVE IT, BUT USUALLY IT'S FOR DISTRICTS MUCH SMALLER THAN US. ALL RIGHT. THAT TIME FRAME IS IT'S NOT A. IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR REALLY ONE FACTOR, IN MY OPINION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE VOTE 50% PLUS ONE. THE FIRST THING EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO ASK IS HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST ME? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK. ALL RIGHT. THE PROBLEM WITH FIGURING ALL THAT OUT REAL QUICK, FIVE PLANS. EACH NETWORK HAS VARIOUS TIERS IN THE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE 64 DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. I THINK IF THEY'RE ON OUR INSURANCE, THEY WOULD VOTE ON IT, AM I CORRECT? IT SAYS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES. I BELIEVE IN THE STATUTE, BUT I I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT SAYS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES IN THE STATUTE AND THE STATE PLAN WOULD NOT COVER OUR RETIREES. CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND EACH PLAN? I'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES HERE TO SHOW YOU. IF YOU JUST WENT FLAT RATE AND I JUST DID THE I JUST DID THE MATH ON TWO DIFFERENT PLANS. YOU GOT YOUR PREMIER PPO, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PLAN. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, THE CDH, THAT'S YOUR HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH CARE, WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAS A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THE COST PER MONTH DURING THAT FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT THE STATE PLAN COSTS THIS YEAR. THOSE ARE THIS YEAR'S RATES FROM THE STATE. SO AN INDIVIDUAL IT'S $956 A MONTH FOR THAT, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEE ONLY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU DID 85% 15, YOUR EMPLOYEE E IS GOING TO PAY $143 A MONTH. OKAY. DOES EVERYBODY SEE THAT? HOW THAT HOW I'VE DONE THE MATH ON THAT. 
          AND THEN THE STATE PLAN HAS EMPLOYEE PLUS CHILDREN, EMPLOYEE PLUS SPOUSE AND FULL FAMILY. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH RATES. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU JUST PICK A BLANKET, HERE'S WHERE IT GOES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND TOTAL DOWN IN THE FAR RIGHT, 32 MILLION APPROXIMATELY, THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. ANOTHER BIG VARIABLE IS THESE NUMBERS UNDER NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR EACH PLAN. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO PICK EACH PLAN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CURRENTLY WE HAVE 400 PEOPLE ON OUR FAMILY PLANS. ALL RIGHT. I DO THINK IF YOU'RE ON THE FAMILY PLAN NOW, NO MATTER WHAT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE FAMILY PLAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO. I CAN SEE SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES ONLY MIGRATING TO, WELL, I'M GOING TO COVER MY CHILD ONLY BECAUSE I'M A SINGLE PARENT. I HAVE A SPOUSE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE OPTION TO HEALTH INSURANCE, SO I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON MY PLAN. THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES. NOW, THIS LET'S SAY THE DISTRICT PAID 70%. THE EMPLOYEE PAYS 30%. THAT NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT LOOKS A WHOLE LOT BETTER FROM THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE. BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT BY WHAT THE EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO PAY, IT VARIES. ALL RIGHT? CURRENTLY, IT COSTS OUR EMPLOYEES $100 A MONTH, IN ESSENCE, MINUS TWO MONTHS BECAUSE WE ONLY DO 20 PAY PERIODS. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT NUMBER IS THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO SAY AND NOW IT'S 286. THERE'S AN ISSUE. I THINK WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO, AND I HAVE SEEN THIS FROM RUTHERFORD COUNTY, THEY HAVE VARIOUS PERCENTAGES BASED ON THE PLAN. AND SO I JUST THREW SOME NUMBERS IN HERE. OKAY. YES. MR. HOMER, BUT YOU ARE ALSO MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT OUR CURRENT PLAN IS STAYING THE SAME. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE COMPARISON? RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT, BUT I HAVEN'T I MEAN, IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN APPLES TO APPLES AT THIS POINT. NO NO, NO. EVERYTHING. 
          THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE A VARIABLE COST. WE OUR OUR COST MOST LIKELY ARE GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE INFLATION IS AFFECTING THE HEALTH CARE MARKET. SO OUR MEDICAL COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP. THE STATE PLAN WENT UP 7 OR 8% FROM LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE A TREND. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN HERE, BUT IT GOES BACK, I THINK FIVE YEARS, ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 7 TO 8% RIGHT IN THERE. SO INFLATION IS GOING TO AFFECT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. AND THEN HOW DO WE HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT? OR HOW DO WE DIVIDE THAT. SO HERE'S SOME OPTIONS TOO. NOW ONCE AGAIN, WHEN YOU START MOVING THOSE NUMBERS AROUND AS FAR AS NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ON EACH TIER, 
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THINGS CHANGE ON WHAT THE DISTRICT COST IS GOING TO BE. IT ALSO MATTERS ON WHAT THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO BE. NOW. AND I I'M NOT SAYING HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ADJUSTING OUR OUR CURRENT PLAN. BUT THIS IS ALSO GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. CURRENTLY, ONLY ABOUT 55% ARE EVEN MEETING THE DEDUCTIBLE. WE HAVE A $500 DEDUCTIBLE IN OUR CURRENT PLAN. 55% OF THEM ARE MEETING THAT DEDUCTIBLE. THAT'S IT. SO WE HAVE A. AND I'VE GOT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION COMING BEHIND THIS. YOU SEE YOUR OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUM MET. ALL RIGHT. ONLY 4.18% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE MEETING THE OUT OF POCKET. NOW WE I CAN MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON THAT. I'M NOT AN INSURANCE GURU BY ANY BY ANY MEANS. BUT WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY USING OUR INSURANCE TO A GREAT DEAL. WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY POPULATION OVERALL. DON'T YOU THINK THAT ALSO MEANS THEY'RE PROBABLY USING THE CLINICS? I'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION TOO. 
          SO NOW IF YOU LOOK AT PREVIOUS PLAN YEARS EMPLOYEE OUT OF POCKET. NOW IF YOU NOTICE THIS DATE RANGE IS 125 TO BASICALLY 1225. ALL RIGHT. YOU LOOK AT THAT. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER $4,000 OUT OF POCKET. ALL RIGHT. OUT OF OUR. WHAT, I DON'T KNOW, 1900 2000 PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT. ALL RIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SPENDING LESS THAN $1,000. OKAY. THIS GOES TO THE CURRENT PLAN YEAR. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TOTALS, ONE, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT 3556 ON THAT BOTTOM COUNT. THESE OVERLAP SCHOOL YEARS, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH SHOW UP ON OUR CURRENT PLAN YEAR, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE WE CHANGED OUR PLAN YEAR TO GO, JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH. OUR EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS GO, IN ESSENCE, JULY 1ST, JUNE 30TH, RIGHT. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USING OUR PLAN. GALLAGHER HAS RUN SOME MODELS ABOUT HOW WE COULD SAVE SOME MONEY. ALL RIGHT. THEY HAVE THEY GIVE US TWO OPTIONS JUST BY CHANGING OUR DEDUCTIBLE AND OUR OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUMS. THEY FEEL LIKE WE COULD MAKE 1.25 MILLION IN SAVINGS. NOW YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT OVER HALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT EVEN THERE. OKAY. WHAT THIS PROBABLY DOES IS PASS ON SOME OF THAT COST TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THE HIGHER END OF USAGE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THEY ALSO OFFER ANOTHER OPTION TO GO TO A BASICALLY A TWO TIERED PROGRAM OPTION A AND OPTION B. ALL RIGHT. THAT CHANGES THE DEDUCTIBLE AND THE OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUMS. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK IF YOU OFFER EMPLOYEES A CHOICE, THEIR FIRST QUESTION HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST ME? AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT PIECE OUT. ALL RIGHT. FISCAL YEAR 26 INSURANCE FUND. AFTER ALL THE MATH WAS DONE, THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND WAS IN THE -$2.4 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. IT WASN'T THE SEVEN THAT WE WERE ALL ANTICIPATING WHEN WE WERE DOING BUDGET. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, AND IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO THAT, I WILL. LET'S SEE. THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND ENDED THE YEAR AT A -$2.460 MILLION. THE TO TO REWARD THAT, IT WAS CORRECT. SORRY. GO AHEAD. THE ACCOUNT WAS NOT IN THE NEGATIVE. RIGHT. YEAH. WE WERE. YES. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE YEAR COST ANALYSIS. MR. MATT. DOES IF WE BACK OUT THE $3 MILLION THAT WE HAD TO TRANSFER IN, DOES THAT FURTHER SHOW. OKAY, SO THIS IS THIS IS THE THE NET NET AFTER WE TRANSFERRED IN $3 MILLION. 
          YES. OKAY. SO SO THE ACTUAL WITHOUT TRANSFERRING THE 3 MILLION IN THE PLAN, JUST STANDING ON ITS OWN, HOW MUCH IS THIS SHOWING TWO POINT WHAT THIS IS 2.4. SO IT WOULD BE 5.4 
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RIGHT. CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. YOU ARE YOU ARE CORRECT. NOW IN YOUR YOUR COMMENT, YOU ARE CORRECT TO BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL MONEY IN THE BANK. BUT BASICALLY LAST YEAR, OUR INCOME AND OUR OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES WAS IN THE RED 5.4 WITHOUT A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER. 
          OKAY. NOW WE DID HAVE TWO INFLUXES OF MONEY. WE HAD THE 3 MILLION FUND BALANCE TRANSFER. 
          AND WHAT REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE WAS WE HAD A 3.3 MILLION TRANSFER ON JUNE 30TH. 
          THAT MONEY DID NOT COME FROM FUND BALANCE THAT CAME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS THAT WERE NOT SENT TO FUND 264 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS FULLY STAFFED. WE HAVE BUDGETED 2370 SOME EMPLOYEES FOR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT INSURANCE. ONLY 1900 WERE TAKING IT. SO ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A THAT'S WHERE THAT POT OF MONEY COMES FROM. NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW WE COMPARE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHERS. NOW, THESE ARE ONLY INSTITUTIONS THAT GALLAGHER HAD INFORMATION RELATED TO. ALL RIGHT. FOR INSTANCE, THEY DO WORK WITH LEBANON SPECIAL. ALL RIGHT. SO LEBANON SPECIAL MOST LIKELY IS ON THIS CHART. IT DOES NOT HAVE WILSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT ON HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY HAVE A SELF-INSURANCE FUND. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IF YOU ADD IN THE 3 MILLION FUND BALANCE TRANSFER AND THE 3.3 MILLION THAT WE HAD AT THE END, THAT PUTS US BASICALLY AT NUMBER FIVE AND FAR AS FAR AS DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS COMPARED TO OTHERS. OKAY. NOW, IF YOU TAKE OUT THE 3.3 MILLION OR LET'S JUST SAY THAT 3.3 AND YOU SWAP THE 3 MILLION FUND BALANCE, NOW YOU'RE KIND OF DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE. ALL RIGHT, 9980 ALL RIGHT. CONTRIBUTION. OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETED FIGURE OF $8,615 PER EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, RANKS US DOWN THERE AT 20. OKAY. NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT. THAT IF IF YOU COUNT, IF WE WERE PUTTING $11,710, WE WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION CURRENTLY. ALL RIGHT, YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT JUST FULL DISCLOSURE, I MY JOB IS TO BRING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION, GOOD, BAD OR OTHERWISE. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT ALL OF IT OVER ON THE RIGHT. THOSE TWO COLUMNS ARE BASICALLY WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING. OKAY. YOU CAN COMPARE THOSE ACROSS THE BOARD. WE COULD YEAH, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT FUND BALANCE TREND. HERE'S ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I WAS AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE AND MONEY GOT BROUGHT UP. SO EVERYBODY'S DISCUSSING IT. WE WE HAVE AN ALLOTTED NUMBER OR A ALLOTTED TAX PERCENTAGE. 
          CORRECT. IS THAT LAYMAN'S TERMS AN YES. AND ALSO FOR PROPERTY TAX, WE GET PENNIES ALLOCATED TO US. WE HAVE A CERTAIN ALLOCATION. ALL RIGHT. WILSON COUNTY HAS GROWN IN THE PAST. 
          ALL RIGHT. WHENEVER WE BUDGET WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, OUR FINANCE SUPERVISOR, HE HAS A FINITE NUMBER HE CAN USE. HE COMES UP WITH THOSE FIGURES THAT HE CAN BUDGET FOR OUR OUR INCOME. BASICALLY WITH AARON MAYNARD AT THE AT THE COUNTY, BASED ON ALL THE VARIOUS FACTORS. THEY LOOK AT TRENDS, THEY LOOK AT PROPERTY TAX, THEY AGREE ON A NUMBER THAT THEY CAN USE. IT'S. AND NO OFFENSE, ED, THEY ALWAYS SHOOT LOW BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK. ALL RIGHT. OUR GROWTH IN THIS COUNTY HAS CAME UP WITH A FUND BALANCE YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT IS OUTPACED. NOW THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND THE FACT THAT WHEN WE BUDGET, WE HAVE USED THAT MONEY EACH AND EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THINGS THAT IN ESSENCE ARE REOCCURRING EXPENSES. OUR TEXTBOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, $5 MILLION IN CHANGE, PROBABLY ED PUT IN OUT OF FUND BALANCE FROM LAST YEAR. THAT'S IN THE BOOK. ALL RIGHT. THAT FUND, THAT BUDGET BOOK THAT I SHARED WITH YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOT ALL THE DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE THAT WE USE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT. AND IT WAS $10 MILLION. OKAY. 
          SO YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING TEN PLUS MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR OUT OF FUND BALANCE. AND THEN IT'S STILL IT'S STILL THERE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. SO NOW GROWTH PROBABLY ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN FOREVER, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS TRENDING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THIS PAST. YES, SIR. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GROWTH. WHEN YOU SAY GROWTH, WHAT, WHAT WHAT IS THE GROWTH FORMULA. IS IT TOTAL POPULATION? WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. WHAT WHAT IS GROWTH? 
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WHAT EFFECTS THAT SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAXES. WHAT I'M REFERRING TO IN THIS REGARD IS JUST THE INCREASES WE HAVE GAINED EACH YEAR FROM THOSE AMOUNTS. SO WHEN IT COMES ALL IN, THAT'S AND AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT TILL WE CLOSE THE BOOKS FINALLY, BECAUSE LIKE WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET SESSIONS, WE WERE LOOKING AT A $44 MILLION FUND BALANCE. EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT NUMBER. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE COULD DO. AND, AND YOU MADE THE MOTION. LET'S, LET'S EARMARK 7 MILLION. SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE IN IN A GOOD SPOT. WE CAN AFFORD THIS AND WE DON'T HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES WORRYING ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THE ESSENCE IS WE CAME IN AT 59 MILLION THIS LAST YEAR, MINUS THE TEN THAT WE DESIGNATED. SO IN ESSENCE, WE ENDED UP WE HAVE 59 WHAT, 49 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. WE WERE ANTICIPATING A MUCH LOWER NUMBER WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET. NOW, OUR BUDGET DID INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE FROM THE DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. A THOUSAND TIMES 2000 IS $2 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. AND IT'S A GREATER THAN IT'S 23. SO IT'S 2.3 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT IS PUTTING IN THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. YOU GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE ALSO GET THAT FULL YEAR OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH MR. SEBASTIAN HAS SAID SHOULD BE ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. 
          OKAY, THAT SHOULD CREATE OVER $3 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET CLOSER TO THE BLACK LINE IN ESSENCE. NOW, WILL WE STILL NEED SOME FUND BALANCE MONEY? TO BE HONEST, MOST LIKELY, YES, SIR. IS IT TRUE IF WE HAVE A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, A RECESSION OR WHATEVER, THE SALES TAX NUMBERS DROP, THAT GROWTH MONEY MAY NOT BE THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. THEY DO PLAN FOR THAT. SO LET'S JUST SAY THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF EVERYTHING. IT'S GOING TO START TRENDING DOWN NOW. PROPERTY TAX PROBABLY WON'T INITIALLY BECAUSE LIKE MR. SEBASTIAN SAID WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PENNIES ALLOTTED AND THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS SET IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO DOWN ANYTIME SOON. BUT LONG TERM THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          SO YOU ARE CORRECT IN THAT. AND THE REASON THEY BUDGET ON THE LOW SIDE IS TO FOR THAT FLUCTUATION IN SALES TAX. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. I WILL SAY THIS. SOME DISTRICTS YOU DON'T GET YOUR GROWTH MONEY, YOU BUDGET, YOU SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION, THEY APPROVE IT. THAT'S IT. YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY MORE. I ONLY GOT DISTRICT DIDN'T GET TO KEEP THEIR OUTCOME MONEY. SORRY. WE'VE ONLY GOTTEN OUR GROWTH MONEY FOR ABOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS. YEAH, WE WOULD DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT BEFORE, BUT HERE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THREE IS WHEN WE STARTED, TOLD ME THAT HE HE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION. YOU SHOW YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU HANDLE THIS. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN. I FULLY EXPECT THAT WILL CONTINUE, PROVIDED I DO A GOOD JOB MANAGING THE FINANCES. HERE'S AN AREA OF CONCERN. OUR CLINICS. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE USING OUR CLINICS. THAT'S HALF. ALL RIGHT NOW. SO YOU SEE UTILIZATION RATES AND ALL THAT REALLY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE TOTAL POPULATION. AND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE USE IT MULTIPLE TIMES, OTHERS MIGHT BE A ONE AND DONE THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I WILL SAY THE CLINICS HAVE SAVED THE DISTRICT MONEY IN REGARDS TO OUR DRUG TESTING PROGRAM THAT WE USE, BECAUSE WE GET A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FROM GOING FROM OUTSOURCING IT LIKE WE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT WITH ONLY 1000 PEOPLE USING THAT. THAT IS DONE TO TWOFOLD. IT WAS CREATED AS A BENEFIT TO THE EMPLOYEES. NUMBER ONE, IF I'M A TEACHER, I CAN GO ON MY PLANNING PERIOD TO THE CLINIC AT MY TIME, AND I CAN BE BACK IN CLASS IF I MIGHT MISS 2 OR 3 CLASSES. BUT THAT WAS THE IDEA. YOU DON'T WAIT ALL DAY. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES. YOU GET CHARGED IF YOU'RE IN NO SHOW. I THINK AT ONE TIME THEY STILL DID. SO I ALWAYS SHOW, ALRIGHT, I USE IT IN ALL HONESTY, I KNOW PEOPLE. IT'S THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. IT'S MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. IF I NEED SOMETHING BIG, THEY'LL REFER ME TO THE RIGHT PERSON. I USE THE CLINICS ALL THE TIME. ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT USING OUR CLINICS ALL THE TIME. SO THAT CLINIC DOES COST US $1.5 MILLION. THAT'S AN ESTIMATE BASED ON CURRENT YEAR. OKAY. MAKE SURE I'M READING THESE NUMBERS RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I'M 
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INTERRUPTING. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THE 1161 NEW PATIENTS THAT'S ESTABLISHED VISITS. THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU'RE CITING IS HOW MANY USE THE CLINIC. AM I RIGHT OR DID I? THAT'S YOU GOT QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO ON THERE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNIQUE MEMBERS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT UNIQUE MEMBERS, 957 IN QUARTER ONE, 1068 PEOPLE IN QUARTER TWO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S INDIVIDUALS ONLY. NOW SOME OF THAT UTILIZATION RATE COMES IN THE FACT WHERE 500 OF THOSE 1000 HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE CLINIC AS WELL. OKAY. I KNOW IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          I THINK HALF IS A PRETTY GOOD UTILIZATION RATE, BUT I SEE THE PERCENTAGE IS DIFFERENT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WHEN WE'VE GOT I DID ASK QUESTIONS ON THAT. THOSE TWO PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL POPULATION EMPLOYEES. I SAID, WELL, THAT'S A DIVISION PROBLEM. WHAT WHERE DID THE TWO NUMBERS. 
          WHAT NUMBERS DID YOU USE? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT BECAUSE WE HAD ABOUT 2000 THAT ARE TAKING THE INSURANCE. AND YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS IS ALSO COVERING SOME DRUGS BECAUSE THEY'LL BE GIVEN MEDICATION IN THE CLINIC. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO FILL IT AT A PHARMACY, WHICH CAN INCREASE PRICES FOR INSURANCE PLAN AS WELL. THOSE UNIQUE VISITS, THOSE ARE JUST EMPLOYEES THAT ARE USING THE CLINIC. OR IS IT OPEN? IT'S NOT OPEN. IT COULD BE NO, IT COULD BE A FAMILY MEMBER. ALL RIGHT. BUT SOMEBODY WHO'S AT LEAST ON OUR INSURANCE. YES. CORRECT. THEY ARE. THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR INSURANCE PLAN. 
          YES. CLINIC USAGE. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED. MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT NOT HAVING THE CLINICS OPEN ON SATURDAY. THAT WILL SAVE YOU SOME MONEY. THE REALITY IS, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW HOW WELL IT'S BEING USED, SATURDAY IS NOT GREAT. SO THAT THAT IS A POTENTIAL DISCUSSION WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE. YOU CAN SEE THE TIME OF DAY. I WOULD SAY LIKE WE'RE AT 12. IT SHOULD BE 12 P.M. I THOUGHT. BUT ANYWAY, THEY CLOSED FOR LUNCH, I GUARANTEE YOU. BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THAT'S WHY THERE'S ZERO APPOINTMENTS THERE. OKAY. SO SUMMARY, OUR EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS DIDN'T START UNTIL JANUARY 26TH. IT ESTIMATES A FULL YEAR OF CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 1.1 MILLION. I THINK WE NEED TO SURVEY OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          I HAVE A SURVEY BEGIN, AND THIS IS NOT THE VOTE YET, BUT WE NEED TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TO MAKE, OR CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL. I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THE CHANGES, POSSIBLY IN DEDUCTIBLE AND OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE. IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT SURVEY. SO THAT SURVEY WOULD ONLY BE IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT PLAN, RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY. WELL, I THINK THEN IF IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SURVEYING THEM, WE NEED TO DO A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE STATE COULD OFFER. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION YET TO DO THAT. SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO SURVEY THEM AT LEAST IMMEDIATELY, THAT WE SHOULD YOU COULD DO THAT UNDER THE UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN. YES. BUT THAT WE SHOULD INSTITUTE SOME KIND OF A ROLLOUT. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK JANUARY 2027 IS TOO SOON FOR A STATE ROLLOUT. I THINK WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE, IT WAS AT LEAST AN 18 MONTH PROCESS, MEANING JANUARY OF 28, BEFORE THE STATE PLAN WOULD BE DONE. THAT WOULD GIVE US A FAIR SHAKE, AT LEAST ANALYZING THE NUMBERS. WE'RE NOT MAKING SOME KIND OF A PREMATURE, YOU KNOW, DECISION. AND I DON'T WANT TO BIAS THE DECISION EITHER WITH THE EMPLOYEES UNLESS THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE TRANSITION WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND I KNOW UNDER THE MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE IS THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS TO KEEP THOSE CLINICS OPEN AS WELL. IT WOULD PROBABLY COST THE COPAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO JETTISON THEM OR LIMIT THE HOURS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FAIR APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON AND A TRUE ANALYSIS OF THE COST AND THE TRENDS OF WHERE THE COSTS ARE GOING, BECAUSE I THINK THE TRENDS AND WHERE THESE COSTS ARE GOING IN ORDER TO LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS ALREADY, WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONTRIBUTING A LOT MORE, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME TREND LINE. SO TO ME, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY ANALYZE IT IN MORE DETAIL BEFORE WE JUST SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, THE STATE WOULD BE X, Y, Z AND MAYBE NOT GIVING IT THE FAIR SHAKE. SO. WELL, I KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM, I HAVE SOME WE NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO WORK ON BOTH FRONTS IN MY OPINION. DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT CREATING A TWO 
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TIER SYSTEM IN OUR PLAN? NUMBER ONE, WE AS A DISTRICT OR THE ATC, WE NEED TO PROMOTE OUR CLINIC USAGE AND SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT NUMBER, BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNED TO SAVE THE DISTRICT AND THE EMPLOYEE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. IF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO THE CLINICS, IT'S NOT COSTING US AS MUCH TO PAY THEIR THEIR CLAIM BILLS WHENEVER THEY GO TO THEIR DOCTOR OR THESE SPECIALTY CLINICS, OR WE ALSO HAVE HAD PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST AND PROMOTED. WE TOOK THAT AWAY FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THE SUGGESTION HAS BEEN BRING THAT BACK ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT DO SO. I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE RATE STRUCTURE ON THE STATE PLAN WITH ALL THOSE TIERS, IN ORDER TO MOVE TO JANUARY 28TH, WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT'S THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR EACH AND EVERY PLAN? BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST QUESTION, EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO ASK, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST ME? THE REALITY IS, I CAN SEE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DISTRICT DECIDES TO DO IN THE PAY STRUCTURE WITH ALL THESE HEALTHY EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE THAT AREN'T USING. THAT AREN'T USING OUR INSURANCE. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. HALF OF THEM REALLY AREN'T USING IT. I CAN SEE SOME OF THEM SAYING, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GO TO A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH CARE PLAN WITH A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT, OR I WANT TO GET ON THAT PLAN BECAUSE I CAN GET FAMILY COVERAGE. IT ALL GOES BACK TO WHAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION GOING TO BE? NOW THAT REALLY DOES REQUIRE SOME ACTUARY SCIENCE. I MEAN, I CAN THROW OUT PERCENTAGES AND WE CAN MAKE ESTIMATIONS. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SET THE RATES AND SEE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES SIGN UP FOR EACH RATE. I DO THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES TO KNOW IN WHAT TIER AND WHAT PLAN THEY WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED IN, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE HOW WE DESIGN OUR COST STRUCTURE TO GO TO A STATE PLAN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE THING ABOUT THE MIGRATION, EVEN BEFORE JANUARY 28TH, YOU WE COULD GO TO THE STATE PLAN JULY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR. WE COULD DO THAT. THE NEGATIVE IS THAT STOP LOSS PROBLEM. THE OTHER NEGATIVE IS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OR ARE MEETING THEIR DEDUCTIBLE AND SPENDING MONEY TO REACH THEIR OUT OF POCKET MAX, ALL THAT RESETS. OKAY, SO THEY WOULD GO BACK TO ZERO FOR THE REST OF THAT YEAR. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR WHEN YOU'RE DONE? I, I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS OR DIRECTION. HOW'S THAT? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN THAT HAS THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION? AND THERE'S THE THREE LINES IN GREEN. OKAY, THIS ONE JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AND FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN A LAW CAME INTO PLACE THAT WE HAD TO PAY NEW EMPLOYEES, NEW TEACHERS A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WE KIND OF SET UP A GOAL THAT WE WERE GOING TO NOT JUST PAY OUR NEW TEACHERS A RAISE, BUT WE WERE GOING TO RAISE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. SO WE CHANGED PAY PLANS FOR OUR CLASSIFIED AND OUR CERTIFIED STAFF, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. THIS PAST YEAR, WE GOT OUR OUR NEW TEACHER PAY UP TO WHAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES. AND WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS WHO HAVE RAISED EVERYBODY'S PAY. AT THE SAME TIME. OUR NEXT GOAL FOR THIS YEAR AT THAT TIME WAS WE WOULD WORK ON INSURANCE. AND SO WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING LEVEL FIVE, WE'RE NOT. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CONTRIBUTION, IF YOU'RE JUST GOING BY OUR CONTRIBUTION, WE ARE NUMBER 20, WHICH IS NOT COMPETITIVE FOR A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE AND ESPECIALLY OUR FINANCIAL INFLUENCE, THE WILSON COUNTY HAS. SO WE ARE PAYING THAT MONEY ANYWAYS. WE ARE JUST TAKING IT OUT OF FUND BALANCE. SO THE IDEA WAS THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY MATCH OR CONTRIBUTE PER EMPLOYEE WHAT WAS COMPARABLE TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. AND IF WE DO THAT, A BIG PORTION OF THIS MONEY ISSUE GOES AWAY AND WE ACTUALLY BECOME COMPETITIVE IN PAY AND INSURANCE BENEFITS. SO I JUST WANTED TO LAY IT OUT THAT WAY BECAUSE I DO AGREE THIS IS CONFUSING AND I WANTED TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WERE. 
          WE ARE NUMBER 20. WE CAN BE NUMBER FIVE IF WE STICK TO THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED. ALL RIGHT. INFORMATION IS ALWAYS GOOD. I'M UP FOR SURVEYS. I KNOW MISS FARRELL MENTIONED THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THE STATE PLAN DOES NOT COVER OUR RETIRED EMPLOYEES. SO AND THAT HAS 
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ALWAYS BEEN A BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THIS COUNTY SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE INSURANCE PAID WHEN THEY RETIRED. SO IN IN TALKING WITH THE STATE IN REGARDS TO THAT, THE COMMENT WAS MADE WAS THEY COULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN NOW. YES. SO I WOULD NEED TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ON. EXACTLY INDIVIDUAL A, B, C AND D, LIKE WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT. WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? ONE OF THE THINGS COMES IN IS WHENEVER YOU'RE ABOUT TO RETIRE AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE STATE PLAN, THERE'S THAT TO WORK OUT TOO. BUT I CAN CONTINUE TO GATHER INFORMATION. I CAN, I WILL WORK TOGETHER WHAT INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW NEXT STEPS. NOW, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE SURVEY OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT ALL OF IT, NOT JUST OUR CURRENT PLAN, BUT ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS TIERS, WHICH IN REALITY IS A STATE PLAN. WE CAN'T OFFER EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE, CHILD, EMPLOYEE PLUS SPOUSE AND EMPLOYEE PLUS PLUS FAMILY WITHOUT OUR RATES BEING SUPER HIGH OR, OR THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE. IT GOES BACK TO IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH WAY I WENT. OH SHOOT, IT'S MY EXCEL SHEET. ALL RIGHT, THIS ONE. SO THIS IS LIKE MIRROR. THIS IS PUTTING PERCENTAGES ON THE STATE PLAN. 
          YOU COULD PUT PERCENTAGES ON OUR PLAN AS WELL. WE COULD DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHERE'S THE COST. THE COST IS GOING TO FLUCTUATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. ALL RIGHT. IF MORE PEOPLE GO ON THE FAMILY PLAN. ALL RIGHT. IT COSTS EVERYBODY MORE MONEY, THEM AND US. AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SINGLE MORE MONEY. I MEAN, AND THERE'S REALLY NO WAY OF KNOWING UNTIL WE INVESTIGATE ALL THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS, GIVEN A CHOICE. WOULD YOU CHOOSE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE PLUS CHILD EMPLOYEE PLUS SPOUSE, EMPLOYEE PLUS FAMILY? I THINK IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD FALL INTO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE CERTIFIED OR CLASSIFIED. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S ALL OR NOTHING CURRENTLY WITH US. I THINK YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE SURVEY ON ALL OF IT. LIKE I THINK INFORMATION IS ALWAYS GOOD. OKAY, SO I'M FINE WITH THAT. I WAS GOING TO SAY I AGREE WITH MR. HALLMAN. IF WE'RE GOING TO SURVEY, WE NEED TO THROW IT ALL OUT THERE. BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. IT'S HARD TO KNOW BECAUSE I DID ASK SEVERAL DISTRICTS, WHAT DO YOU PAY FOR INSURANCE? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE WE PAY A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE DEPENDING ON WHAT TIER THEY TOOK. SO I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT MY PRICE IS GOING TO BE IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY. SO BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO KNOW. LET PEOPLE LET LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK. AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO YOU WANT THE PROCESS TO BE, TO LOOK AT, TO EVALUATE THE VARIOUS TIERS AND THE VARIOUS PLANS ON WHAT PERCENTAGE WE WOULD, WE WOULD CREATE. I MEAN, I KNOW GALLAGHER WOULD WORK ON SOME OF THAT STRUCTURE FOR US, BUT I THINK WE AND WHETHER I MEAN ME OR ME AND THE BOARD OR A GROUP, IF WE DESIGN SOME SORT OF INSURANCE COMMITTEE THAT INVOLVES A BOARD MEMBER, ADMINISTRATION, EMPLOYEES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN DO THAT. THOSE ARE ALL OPTIONS. WELL, I THINK I AGREE WITH MISS LYNN AS WELL. THE RETIRED COMPONENT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ANY OF MIGRATION. RIGHT. I THINK THE OTHER THING, JUST TO JUST LET IT BE SAID, THE REASON WHY I'M A PROPONENT FOR AT LEAST INVESTIGATING WHERE THE STATE PLAN WILL LEAD US IS THAT ONCE WE IF IF WE GO THAT PATH, AT LEAST IT'S A FIXED IT'S A FIXED COST. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE. I MEAN, WITH THE VARIABLE RATE OF WHATEVER, 3 TO 8% OR WHATEVER THAT EVERY YEAR INCREASE IN PREMIUM, WHICH I GUESS WE CAN THEN MANEUVER THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT WE WANT THAT CONTRIBUTION TO LOOK LIKE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. BUT BARRING THAT, I THINK THE ONE THING IT WOULD PROTECT US FROM IS THIS, THIS TREND LINE THAT WE'VE BEEN ON WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE OUT OF FUND BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THESE OTHER BUDGET LINE ITEMS THAT COULD BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE OR OTHER THINGS. NOW WE HAVE TO, TO, TO SHORE UP THE INSURANCE FUND. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF NEW BUILDINGS AND A BUNCH OF A BUNCH OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO IN A TOTAL SCOPE OF OUR BUDGET, IN KNOWING THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO COME IN, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING 
          [01:35:05]
STEWARDS OF THE OF THE TAX DOLLARS. AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES WHERE WE CAN. AND IT VERY WELL COULD BE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE STATE PLAN. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL SAY THIS. I'LL PUT OUT THE SURVEY, GATHER INFORMATION FROM BOTH AREAS, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE AND SPECIFY THIS IS NOT THE VOTE, BECAUSE THE VOTE WOULD HAVE TO BE OFFICIAL AND WE WOULD CONDUCT THAT THROUGH HR. MOST LIKELY SO, BUT I WILL GATHER I WILL GATHER MORE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO BOTH PLANS. WHEN YOU DO THE SURVEY, CAN YOU GIVE THEM LIKE A SAMPLE OF. YES, THIS THAT'D BE HELPFUL. AND I ALSO WOULD ASK THAT YOU CLARIFY THAT ABOUT RETIREES BECAUSE WHEN THEY CAME AND PRESENTED, THEY TOLD ME, NO, I KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COVER THEM SEPARATELY. RIGHT. I WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE STATE PLAN ALL THE VARIABLES AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIGRATION AND OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          THANK YOU. THE BIG THING. I'M SORRY. YOU GUYS GOT MY QUESTION. AND CONCERN IS MORE ABOUT BUDGETING FOR THE THING. I'M BY NO MEANS AM LOOKING TO CUT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR THE SAKE OF CUTTING THEM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN HARD TIMES COME, WE'RE READY FOR THEM. WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. MY QUESTION IS WHY IS WHY ARE WE NOT AMENDING OUR BUDGET OR KEEPING IT UP TO DATE WITH THE GROWTH MONEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? WHY DO WE WAIT UNTIL THIS MAGICALLY APPEARS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? WE KNOW HOW THE MONEY COMES IN. THE SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE UPDATED MONTHLY, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM COME IN BIG IN JANUARY FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT WOULD SEEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WORK, THAT WE COULD KEEP OUR BUDGET MORE UP TO DATE RATHER THAN SAYING, DON'T WORRY, WE GOT THE GROWTH MONEY COMING IN. AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE A MORE RESPONSIBLE WAY TO TRY TO REFLECT REALITY OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. SO THAT'S A QUESTION I WOULD THROW OUT RATHER THAN MR. WILSON OR MR. MAYNARD, I THINK, I GUESS IS WHO WE GET THAT FROM WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. COULD HE NOT UPDATE US MONTHLY? BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY KNOWS THOSE NUMBERS MONTHLY. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS THE MAYOR OF MOUNT JULIET, WE WOULD CELEBRATE. THAT WAS A BIG PART OF OUR REVENUE. SO WHENEVER JANUARY ROLLED AROUND AND WE GOT THE DECEMBER MONEY, WE WOULD SAY, YAY, YOU KNOW, AND WE COULD WE KNEW OUR GROWTH MONEY RIGHT THEN. SO I THINK THAT THE DATA EXISTS. IT, IT JUST, I THINK WOULD HELP US BUDGET BETTER IF WE COULD SEE THAT HAPPENING RATHER THAN HOPING AND PRAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET GROWTH MONEY, BUT NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH. 
          YEAH. I WILL WORK WITH MR. SEBASTIAN ON GETTING BETTER INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS IN REGARDS TO BOTH OF THOSE. I WILL SAY, WHENEVER IT COMES TO BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO START THE PROCESS A LITTLE EARLIER THAN WE HAVE PAST YEARS. I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE WAITED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW OUR REVENUE, BUT WE I THINK IT WOULD GIVE US MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE KNOW OUR NEEDS AND EXPENSES MIGHT BE TO WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION AND GET EVERYBODY'S OPINION SO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. AND LET ME SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MY VISION AS AS MANY OF YOU HEARD ME VOICE IS TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN WILSON'S COUNTY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND WILLIAMSON'S COUNTY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED EXCELLENT TEACHERS. AND TO DO THAT, WE DON'T NEED TO BE CUTTING THEIR INSURANCE. RIGHT. I GET THAT RIGHT. I'M 100% ON BOARD WITH THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT RESPONSIBLY AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND WHAT THE PLAN IS, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR SOME MIRACLE TO SHOW UP THAT MAY NOT. I WANT TO PLAN AHEAD TOO. YEAH. THERE BEEN ANY HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COUNTIES THAT HAVE GONE FROM A SELF-INSURED PLAN TO A STATE PLAN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID, OH, LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I WILL I WILL GATHER THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN THE CASE. I DO KNOW ONCE YOU GO TO THE STATE PLAN, YOU HAVE TO STAY ON IT FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU COULD LEAVE IT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE A TWO YEAR PLAN. I CAN INVESTIGATE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ON A SELF-INSURED PLAN. WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE COVER STATE PLAN. WE CANNOT. SO. I SEND THIS TO US. I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. I KNOW IT WAS LENGTHY, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION AND WE DON'T NEED TO. WE DIDN'T. WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT IS MY FULL REPORT. MOTION TO ACCEPT. SECOND, DID I I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE. YES. AND 
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THANK YOU FOR THE CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM WEEK. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO THAT REAL QUICK. I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, NOT A DEMOCRACY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING OUR KIDS ON, ON, ON THIS BALANCE OF POWER THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. SO CONSTITUTIONAL. BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR OUR KIDS. BUT INSTEAD OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, I THINK CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC WOULD BE BETTER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE, MISS SHERRY. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I KNOW IT'S DONE. BUT IF IF THERE IF IT WOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR A LOOSE TIMELINE THAT WE WOULDN'T HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHEN A SURVEY IS GOING TO GO OUT. THIS IS WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, LIKE ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU COULD HELP US JUST TO SEE, TO KIND OF PUT IT ON, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO WE'RE NOT JUST AN IDEA. OH. I THINK TO THAT, TO THAT END, JOE, I THINK WE ALSO SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT THAT IF THE STATE WAS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME KIND OF A ROLLOUT PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION, I KNOW THEY WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN MEETINGS AND DO DO WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET SOME KIND OF A SCHEDULE TIMELINE, SOMETHING BROKEN OUT AND HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THAT AS WELL. I HAVE THAT, OKAY. I ALREADY HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ON MY PAPERWORK. THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE MOVING ON TO SECTION 11 RECOMMENDATIONS 
          [11.1 Recommendation to Approve MTE Right of Way Easement]
FOR DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS. WE GOT 11.1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE. EMPTY RIGHT OF WAY OF EASEMENT MOTION TO APPROVE. I WILL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. SO THIS EASEMENT IS FOR RELOCATING ELECTRIC POLES FOR WATERTOWN MIDDLE AT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. THERE IS A MAP IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS THE IDENTIFICATION. I THINK THEY'RE THE GREEN DOTS. THERE WILL BE A TURNING LANE OUT THERE AS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE MOVING THAT BACK. ALL RIGHT. MR. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? 
          [11.2 Recommendation to Approve Disposal of Damaged Equipment]
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.2. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE DISPOSAL OF DAMAGED EQUIPMENT. MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE ANY KIND OF CTE CLASSROOM THAT COULD USE THIS TO LIKE, LIKE SMALL MACHINERY OR. I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE WE HAD. NOT THAT I'M AWARE. NO. OKAY. IT'S WORTH ASKING. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IF NOT. 
          MR. YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. DO YOU KNOW ARE THEY LOOKING TO REPLACE THIS ITEM OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THEY'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF? THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GET RID OF IT INSTEAD OF WAITING. SO IT WAS STORED INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE SURPLUS THAT COMES OUT IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. WHENEVER WE HAVE THE AUCTION, THEY JUST ASK IF THEY COULD DISPOSE OF IT BECAUSE IT HAS NO VALUE. SO BOARD POLICY SAYS WE HAVE TO BRING THAT TO YOU TO APPROVE. 
          [11.3 Recommendation to Approve Policy 5.303 on Second Reading]
MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.3. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY 5.03 ON SECOND READING, MOTION SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION READY TO VOTE? MR. 
          [11.4 Recommendation to Approve Budget Amendment]
MOTION UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.4. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT MOTION. SECOND, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT REAL QUICK, SIR? YES. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS ON HERE. I'LL JUST GO FROM TOP DOWN. AS ALWAYS. THE FIRST ONE IS ADDING A REVISION FOR THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODELS. THEY FINALLY 
          [01:45:04]
APPROVED THE APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. WE HAD A INITIAL ESTIMATE THAT WAS PART OF 2027 BUDGET. THIS JUST ALLOWS ME TO POST THE REVISION APPROVED BY THE STATE, MOVING THE MONIES AROUND WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE BUDGETED IN. THE SECOND ITEM ON HERE IS IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR I WORK WITH MR. MAYFIELD AND MR. LUTTRELL. WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE GRANT THROUGH THE STATE. THE MONEY CAME IN LATE JUNE AND SO IT ROLLED INTO FUND BALANCE. SO THIS IS JUST PULLING IT BACK OUT AGAIN AND JUST EARMARKING IT FOR THE PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT AT CARROLL. OAKLAND $510,344. THE THIRD ITEM ON HERE IS JUST EARMARKING $3 MILLION TO TRANSFER. THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND HAD A FUND BALANCE. SO IT'S $3 MILLION ON THAT. THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS A FISCAL YEAR 2027 2026 SUMMER LEARNING CAMP MONEY. SO FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING, WE GET AN INITIAL ALLOCATION FOR TUTORING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS YEAR, THE STATE PASSED GUIDANCE ONTO US. THEY ARE ALLOWING US TO USE THE MONEY THAT WE DID NOT END UP SPENDING FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS FOR TUTORING DURING 2027. DOCTOR CATHERINE LIGHTLY TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER, BUT THIS IS TARGETING THE THE SIX. EXCUSE ME. NO, NOT SIX. THREE. THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. 
          THIS IS THE K-5 SORRY. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR K-5 TUTORING. IT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A 30 DAY TUTORS ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IN BUDGET. SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS. THE TOTAL MONEY THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING WAS $377,009. SO THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO USE THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. AND WE HAVE A MARCH 31ST DEADLINE TO SPEND ALL OF IT. BUT WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ALL OF THAT. SO WE WILL NOT LET THAT GO TO WASTE. THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS FOR A FISCAL YEAR 27 TUTORING GRANT. SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT TUTORING GRANT. THE AMOUNT AWARDED WAS $78,060. THIS ONE WE WILL USE TO SERVICE K EIGHT STUDENTS GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. ELA MATH TUTORS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IT FOR. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO FUND 33 TUTORS. SO 78,060 ON THAT. SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF MONEY FOR TUTORING, WHICH IS NICE. THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS JUST RECOGNIZING SOME MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM SCHOOLS FOR DAMAGED CHROMEBOOKS. SO THIS IS JUST PUTTING IT BACK INTO TECHNOLOGY'S LINE SO THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND BUY ADDITIONAL CHROMEBOOKS ON THAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS TEACH WILSON COUNTY EPP. I BASED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THIS IS JUST MONEY THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED FOR TUITION FROM EMPLOYEES. THIS IS JUST PUTTING THEIR BUDGET BACK IN THERE. 
          THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 14,928 ENDING LAST YEAR. THOSE ALLOWING THEM TO SPEND THAT MONEY. NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS MIDDLE SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL. THEY WERE NEEDING A START UP KITS FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO I'M JUST REALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER TO ALLOW US TO SERVICE THAT. THE ENTIRE KITS WILL COST US CLOSE TO $23,000. SO THIS IS JUST REALLOCATING FUNDS WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. AND THEN LASTLY ON HERE IS A REQUEST FROM EXTENDED SCHOOLS, JO BETH'S DEPARTMENT. SHE JUST NEEDS SOME TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS INCLUDES PRINTERS AND I BELIEVE SOME IPADS. WE ARE JUST USING SOME OF OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          TOTAL OF $1,941.56. SHE'S USING TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'M READY TO VOTE. SO. 
          [12.1 Joe Padilla - Founding Documents]
SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12.1. I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MR. MAYFIELD AND HE HAD AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS LOOKING AT GETTING IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF BEEN DELAYED. I'M WORKING ON GETTING WITH AN ORGANIZATION TO FOLLOW, OF COURSE, THE STATE, THE STATE PLAN AND OF COURSE, THE BOARD. WE HAVE CERTAIN TYPE SETS THAT WE HAVE TO USE CERTAIN LETTERING, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ON WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE GET DONE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, IS FINDING A DESIGN THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO APPROVE OF, BECAUSE I'M SURE, AND I'VE SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE SOME 
          [01:50:02]
INVESTORS AS WELL. I KNOW I'VE FOUND SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE AND PAY FOR THIS, BUT THE FIRST STEP IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD APPROVES. SO IT'S TAKING IT'S TAKING LONGER. IT TOOK RUTHERFORD COUNTY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT TWO. THEY APPROVED IT. THERE'S ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY, THEY APPROVED AN ACTUAL DESIGN. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TWO MONTHS, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S TAKING US A LITTLE BIT LONGER. SO IF YOU HAVE IF ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAS ANY, YOU KNOW, DESIGNS OR IDEAS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE WE ARE OPEN TO ALL OF THIS. IT'S, IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. IT'S NOT BEING NEGLECTED. I MEAN, IS WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS? I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE SINCE MY LAST EMAIL. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, TO FIND A GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO CAN DO IT BECAUSE THE FONT SIZE AND ALL THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SEND EXACTLY WHAT YOU YOU GOT TO GET SOMETHING TO START WITH. I KNOW MR. HOHMAN HAD ONE THAT HE INITIALLY SENT. THAT'S WHAT I SENT TO THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG SO. BUT THAT IF IF SOMEBODY KNOWS ONE. BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE IT DESIGNED TO THE CORRECT FONT, YOU CAN YOU CAN SEND IT TO A PRINTER. NOW, I WILL SAY THE RECOMMENDATION WHEN I INITIALLY MET WITH THEM, THEY CAN PRINT IT ON CANVAS, WHICH WOULD LOOK REALLY NICE. 
          SO NOW WHETHER YOU MAKE IT ONE BIG, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 28 FONT, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. CAN GET RATHER LARGE IF YOU PUT ALL THREE ON ONE. OR YOU COULD HAVE THREE SEPARATE ONES THAT YOU ALL THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE HOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT PICTURES ARRANGED. SO JOE SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE WORK ON A DEADLINE, LIKE A DATE? YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN OCTOBER OR SOMETHING, GIVE OURSELVES SIX WEEKS OR SOMETHING TO. YEAH. 
          LET'S TOGETHER. AND THEN THAT WAY IT KIND OF STAYS ON THE FRONT BURNER, I THINK. I MEAN, WHAT IS EVERYBODY ELSE THINK IS IS SO THIS THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. CAN YOU JUST BRING ME BACK THE DOCUMENTS WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? AND IS IT GOING TO BE IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL LOOK THE SAME IN EVERY SCHOOL? YES. KIND OF CATCH ME UP. OKAY, SO WE APPROVED THE STATE APPROVED THE LAW, ALLOWING US TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANTED THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, A PORTION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PREAMBLE. THERE'S THERE'S THREE PARTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THEY ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME SIZE. OKAY. THERE'S YOU CAN'T THEY DO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME SIZE. SO YOU CAN'T IN THIS. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, IN THE SAME PLACE. SO WE CAN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME COMMANDMENTS BLOWN UP RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO SMALLER UNDERNEATH IT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEETS THE INTENT. I MEAN IT COULD, BUT IT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE, WE HAVE TO GET IT DESIGNED AND IT SAYS IN THERE, WE DON'T WANT TO USE SCHOOL FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT. SO WE HAVE 28 SCHOOLS. I FOUND SOME INVESTORS THAT ARE WAITING TO PAY FOR IT ONCE WE GET THE DESIGN MADE. SO WHAT I MIGHT DO IS I MIGHT REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE INVESTORS AND SEE IF THEY WILL ALREADY ALLOCATE SOME FUNDS FOR US TO HIRE A GRAPHIC DESIGNER TO DESIGN IT. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD. WE WANT THE BOARD TO APPROVE IT. WE WANT THE DISTRICT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO CROSS OUR, YOU KNOW, CROSS EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE IT'S LEGAL, AND THEN MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD APPROVES OF. I'M JUST GOING INTO EVERY SCHOOL. WE LET THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRINCIPALS DETERMINE WHAT PROMINENT MEANS, WHERE IT'S DISPLAYED PROMINENTLY IN EACH SCHOOL. SO THEY'LL DETERMINE WHERE THAT IS. 
          BUT THEY DO HAVE TO BE TOGETHER. AND THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN RULES. I CAN SEND YOU THE I'LL SEND YOU THE BILL THAT THAT ACTUALLY OUTLINES WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THAT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK, I THINK LET ME LET ME COME BACK THE NEXT BOARD MEETING BECAUSE IT'S ON THE 17TH. I'LL COME BACK WITH A DATE FOR THAT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO GET SOME FUNDING TO FIND OUT ABOUT HIRING A GRAPHIC DESIGNER. OKAY. I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN. ALL RIGHT. AS ANY OTHER 
          [13.1 Kevin Mack - Insurance Cost]
OLD BUSINESS. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS, MR. MACK, I THINK WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. I APPLAUD MR. MAYFIELD BRINGING THAT INFORMATION. SO LET'S MOVE ON. 
          OKAY. ONE THING I THINK I THINK MISS HEIDER, DO YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE PACKETS THAT WE HAVE TO GET BEFORE WE LEAVE? YES. OKAY. SHE DOES HAVE ONE. JUST OKAY FOR FOR EVERYONE HERE. 
          THAT'S THAT'S ON THE BOARD FOR MR. MISS, MISS. MISS DONOVAN, THESE PACKETS IS A DISCIPLINE APPEAL FROM FROM A FAMILY. WE CANNOT DISCUSS THIS WITH ANYBODY. YOU CAN TALK TO THE DIRECTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTOR. SO YOU'LL OPEN THIS UP? YOU'LL REVIEW IT, AND THEN IN THERE, THERE'S SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. WE'LL BE VOTING WHETHER TO UPHOLD THE DIRECTOR'S DECISION. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S DIRECTIONS THAT ARE INSIDE EACH OF IT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO REVIEW IT. IT'S A PACKAGE OF EVERYTHING. LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN APPEAL. IT'S A DISCIPLINARY APPEAL. AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THAT ON THE 17TH. YEAH. SO YOU'LL TAKE TAKE YOUR PACKET WITH YOU. YOU HAVE TO BRING IT BACK. YES. AND TURN IT IN AT THE CONCLUSION. MR. GREEN WILL BE HERE AT THAT MEETING. HE WILL GO OVER YOUR 
          [01:55:05]
OPTIONS AS WELL. BUT LIKE THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME. SO OKAY. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PICK UP THAT I'M BEFORE I FORGET, WAS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BESIDES MR. MACK? ANYBODY WANT TO BRING UP. OKAY. 
          [14.1 Next Board Meeting September 17, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.]
          [14.3 TSBA Fall District Meeting - September 24, 2026 5-7 p.m. Jones Brumett Elementary]
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD? NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. THERE'S A FALL MEETING SEPTEMBER 24TH. MAKE SURE YOU LET MISS SHERRI KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING. I THINK THE DEADLINE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY PASSED. I DON'T HAVE A DATE. OKAY. I HAVE REGISTERED A COUPLE OF FOLKS. OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. YES. ALSO, I DID EMAIL 
          [Additional Item]
EVERYONE ABOUT GETTING A. A RETREAT TO MEET WITH MR. MAYFIELD ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. I'M STILL GETTING THOSE DATES TOGETHER, AND SINCE WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK, THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT POPPED UP. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF OCTOBER IS PERFECT, OR IF WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT TO MEET ABOUT THAT PLAN. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO WE WILL START WITH REVIEWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, GO OVER OUR GOALS. AND THEN PART OF THAT WOULD BE RESOURCES BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO IT. SO WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF THERE'LL BE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DISCUSS. WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS. I WORK FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, SO IF YOU NEED SPECIFICS, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME OR MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING THAT TO YOU. YOU JUST LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME. YOU WANT ME TO BE EXTREMELY PREPARED FOR BUDGET? I'D LIKE TO DIG IN ON THE BUDGET. I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD FOR ME. NO. 
          YES, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE GOOD, I THINK, FOR THE NEW GUYS, BECAUSE THAT'S A STEEP LEARNING CURVE TO COME UP. AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THE BUDGET WOULD BE HELPFUL. GOT IT. 
          AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ALL I MISS MISS MELISSA. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT LAST FRIDAY, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR DECISION ON CLOSING SCHOOLS. I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY, WELL, TEACHERS JUST WANTED A LONG WEEKEND. I JUST WANT TO MADE KNOWN PUBLICLY. TEACHERS DO NOT MAKE THE DECISION TO CLOSE SCHOOL. THAT'S THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS DECISION. ALL THE MANY YEARS THAT I TAUGHT, NO ONE EVER ASKED ME DID I WANT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS FOR ANY REASON. SO I JUST WANT THAT OUT THERE THAT TEACHERS ARE NOT THE ONES THAT MAKE THE DECISION TO CLOSE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WANTED A FOUR DAY WEEKEND OR FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO YEAH, JUST SO I WANTED THAT MADE KNOWN. SO I MAKE THE DECISION PERIOD AT THE END OF IT. I'M THE ONE THAT MAKES IT, I DO GET INPUT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I GOT INPUT FROM PEOPLE ON THIS LAST ONE. I MADE THE DECISION BASICALLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT OVER HALF OF OUR 20,000 STUDENTS THAT RIDE THE BUS. IT WHEN IT WAS 110 AT 9 A.M. ON THURSDAY MORNING, I KNEW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE ON THE AFTERNOONS, AND FRIDAY WASN'T ANY BETTER. SO OUT OF CONCERN FOR DRIVERS AND STUDENT BUS RIDERS, THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT DECISION. SO I'LL ADD TO THAT. JOE, ACTUALLY, ONE OF YOUR POSTS POPPED UP ON MY TIMELINE AND I SAW A COMMENT FROM ONE OF OUR BUS DRIVERS. YOU MIGHT KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. NO, IT'S A GREAT IT'S BEEN A GREAT. I ACTUALLY MEANT TO SCREENSHOT IT TO READ. SO I'LL SUMMARIZE. 
          BUT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSSES HAVE CHANGED. SHE'S BEEN DRIVING SINCE LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, BUT SINCE THE 80S, HOW BUSSES HAVE CHANGED AND HOW WE USED TO HAVE THE THE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, PROPER TERMINOLOGY, LONG SNOUT BUSSES WITH THE ENGINE OUT FRONT. AND NOW WE'VE GOT THE FLAT FRONT BUSSES WHERE THE ENGINES IN THEIR LAP AND HOW MUCH MORE HEAT IS ON THE BUS DRIVER. AND THEN WINDOWS ARE SMALLER. AND JUST ALL THESE CHANGES TO THE BUS THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE HEAT ON THE BUS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. LIKE I KNEW IT GETS HOT ON THE BUSSES, BUT THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT, BUT STILL JUST REALLY INSIGHTFUL OF WHAT OUR BUS DRIVERS GO THROUGH ON THOSE HOT DAYS. OUR KIDS TOO, BUT REALLY THE BUS DRIVERS WITH THE ENGINES RIGHT THERE BESIDE THEM. SO I KNOW I'LL RIDE WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO RIDE ON ONE OF THESE BUSSES THAT THINKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL, AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE SWEAT. WE CAN JUMP ON ONE TOGETHER AND I'LL RIDE WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S SOME TROOPERS OUT THERE. THERE'S BUS DRIVERS THAT GOT SOME OF THEM GOT PHYSICALLY SICK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT. SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT, THAT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE ON THE ROAD. AND THEY HAVE ALMOST 90 STUDENTS ON OUR BUSSES, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION TO CLOSE EVERY DAY. BUT WHEN WE CAN MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE DECISION AND WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS LIKE MR. MAYFIELD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO AND I KNOW MANY HAVE ASKED, WHY DON'T WE PUT AIR ON THE BUS? AND WE JUST HAD THAT DISCUSSION. THE COST OF A BUS WITH OR WITHOUT AIR. AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT IS HUGE, $25,000 A BUS. WE HAVE OVER 200 OF THEM. I ALSO MADE THE POINT OF EVEN IF WE ORDERED A BUS TODAY, IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR. BEFORE WE GOT SAID BUS, NORMALLY TWO. YEAH, IT COULD BE. 
          [02:00:03]
THAT TREND IS GETTING BETTER. IT WAS UP TO TWO. IT'S DROPPING DOWN TO ABOUT 18 MONTHS ON OUR LAST. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE CURRENT IN A YEAR. WE'LL SEE. WERE WE ABLE TO MAKE ANY HEADWAY ON. THAT. WE HAVE WE HAVE WORKED ON IT. YES IT WOULD. IT VARIES BY THE UNIT. WE DO HAVE SOME. APPARENTLY THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTS DUE TO FOREIGN MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN DELAYED AS OF LATE. SO OUR LOCAL SUPPLIERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING SOME OF OUR PARTS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. WE DID HIRE ANOTHER HBA VET TECHNICIAN HERE THAT STARTED LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE. I THINK OUR HVAC PEOPLE ARE GOING TO OUR EMPLOYEES. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT ON THE RETREAT. JUST OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN. I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT. I THINK THAT'S THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THOUGH. I THINK ALL OF THAT IS, IS FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE ONE OF THE SECTIONS? BUT NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY SPELLS OUT PROJECTS. I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT PART OF THE STRATEGIC I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T TALK TONIGHT. STRATEGIC PLAN. I DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S A SPECIFIC AS THAT. 
          BUT YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. I THINK IT'S MORE IT'S MORE GENERAL. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF SEE OUR SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE PLAN. I WILL SAY I WAS A LITTLE DISTURBED TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAD AIR ISSUES, HVAC ISSUES IN TWO OF OUR NEWER SCHOOLS. I MEAN, THE OLDER ONES, I GET IT, BUT I KNEW PARTS BREAK DOWN TOO. WE HAVE THEM WHERE THEY SHOW UP AND THEY DON'T EVEN WORK, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GET SWITCHED OUT. SO THERE IS DEFECTIVE PARTS IN EVERYTHING THAT IS MANUFACTURED THESE DAYS. YEAH, I MEAN, IT HAPPENS. IT IS UNDER WARRANTY, IT'S UNDER A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. BUT IF THERE'S NO PARTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IT FIXED. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT, THE NEWER, THE NEWER EQUIPMENT, THOSE PARTS ARE MORE READILY AVAILABLE THAN SOME OF THE OLD STUFF THAT WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. 
          PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOUR PACKETS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.