Board of Education - April 8, 2025

001>>> GOOD EVENING, I'D LIKE TO CN OUR BOARD MEETING AND CALL ON B. >> GOOD EVENING, WOULD YOU PLEAR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER NAPPD LIKE TO BEGIN THE MEETING TONIGS WHO ACHIEVED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS IN THE SMITH HIGH MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAS INDOOR TRACK TEAMS, AS WELL AS . AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK SD AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ANGELO SHARE MORE ABOUT THESE TEAMS. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT STAKEHOLDERS. WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? BECOMING A CHAMPION CAN BE THE H TRAINING. BECOMING A CHAMPION R! BECOMING A CHAMPION MEANS YOU ON CHALLENGES ARISE! COMBINING THET AN ELITE LEVEL THE LEADS TO CHAE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS THAE CHAMPIONS! WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAM

002RECOGNITIONS. AFTER ALL INDIVIDT THE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS CIRCLEM CHAMPIONS. THEN ALL CHAMPIONS WT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS PLEASE JOI ALL CHAMPIONS WILL SHAKE HANDS D MEMBERS. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. FIRST, WE HAVE OUR WRESTLING CH DUDLEY H.S. WRESTLING ELIJAH DORSEY - SENIOR- 132LBS E WRESTLER OF THE YEAR -2X ALL AMD EASTERN GUILFORD H.S.- WRESTLIN XAVIER WILSON -- 215 POUND STAT2 IF YOU COULD HOLD YOU APPLAUSE L FORD WE HAVE COACH MAURIC SESSIF HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION COIF OFS CAREER HE'S A FOUR TIME CONFEREH ATWOOD'S TEAM POSTED 865 DUAL TS THAT HAVE WON STATE TITLES UNDEN GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL JACK HEART WE HAVE FROM PAIGE HIGH SCHOOL D FREESTYLE 4A CHAMPION. WE HAVEL TRACK. LOGAN SPIGHT IS A SENIO ASHTON WILL GO TO ASHTON UNIVER LE 'EZRA BROWN IS THE 55 MEET TN WILL ATTEND

003THE UNIVERSITY OF S. AMBER WILLIAMS ARE PART OF THE H DARDEN AND JALEX E BROWN. THESY METER TEAM. WE HAVE MICANNA BAE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNH TAYLOR. WE H VASQUEZ. SHE'S AN THE 4A500 METERS. LAST FOR THE WETIONS TIANA THAT'S A STATE RE SHE'S THE 2,025 3A WINNER UP. R TRACK AND FIELD ALLSTATE. SHE E HAVE ELIZABETH DEEN. SHE'S A SE JUMP. SHE'S THE 2,025 3A INDOOA CHAMPION IN THE TRIPLE JUMP. OD TEAM. SHE WILL ATTEND COLLEGE S UNDECIDED WHERE SHE'LL GO. LET NOW WE'LL RECOGNIZE OUR TEAMS. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> Y'ALL CAN STAND IN FRONT OF . WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. FIRST WL GIRLS AND BOYS INDOOR TRACK TEAO MAKE IT. WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEE HAVE. BRIDGETTE DOW Z'NIYAH TAYLOR AMBER WILLIAMS SOPHOMORES KYMARI BARHAM SHALEI JORDAN JUNIORS KARI PARKER

004JALEE BROWN; MADISON CROWDER, NE JOHNSON. AA ' NIYAH MASSEY AND FOR THE BOYS TEAM WE HAVE BOYS TEAM FRESHMEN CHE'KAI HICKS JUNIORS ADENIYI ADEGORIOYE DARION COLEMAN DEVIN DOW KAMAAL RYAN SENIORS KORDELL BARTLEY -WAKE FOREST ON DAKOTA BROWN -UNDECIDED LE-EZRA BROWN - GEORGIA CAYDEN COLE - UNDECIDED DERRICK HICKS - UNDECIDED TAYMAN HOWELL - TEXAS TECH DEVIN MIMS - UNDECIDED ASHTON THOMAS - HOWARD THOSE OUR DUDLEY HIGH SCHOOL BOJ JACKSON. BJ FELIX, JAYLEN LAWSA BUTLER, ROBERT BUTLER, AND TYLEH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CH. [ APPLAUSE ] WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE ST. FRESHMAN JAMARI SHEPHERD PRINCE MCKNIGHT JUNIORS GAVIN PALMORE DARIUS CHUKWUEMEKA KADYN TURNER-SCOTT JYI DAWKINS JORDAN PARTEE JORDAN HINSON KENNY FAISON MOHAMED NDIAYE TAYON LACEWELL MI-CAH COWAN-GTCC , KENNY MILLER JR. KENDRICK JON TYSERE PAYNE-UNDECIDED OFFERS F, LOUISBURG, CAPE FEAR, CATAWBA, Y MORE. COACHING STAFF

005AND MANAGERS DERRICK PARTEE CLARENCE WADDELL BRENT HINSON DEANGELO MARSH LAMARVIS MITCHELL BRYAN WRIGHT. MANAGER: DEMAYA ROSS -NCCU TRAINER: BRITTANY PRICE SCOREKEEPER: PRAISE OGUNDEJI- VIDEOGRAPHERS: KINGSTON PARTEE, JAMIR HINSON ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: CHRIS LASSI PRINCIPAL: FRED SELLARS [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASER SPORTS CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS, PLEASE CIRCLE BACK AL CHAMPIONS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH S. OAKLEY. AUTO >>> NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE STUDEN FOR JROTC SKILLS. WILL CAPTAIN SHEARIN PLEASE COM >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> SOUTHEAST HIGH'S NAVY JROTC L COMPETITION AND WERE INVITED TOL ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC AND DRILL CH. SOUTHEAST HIGH IS ONE OF ONLY 2Y SCHOOL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, OUTL DEFENSE CADET CORPS UNITS IN TH. TO QUALIFY, CADETS HAD TO COMPLA DRILL COMPETITION AND A PHYSICAD FIRST IN ACADEMICS AND DRILL INH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOUTHEAST NJRA SIX BRAIN BRAWL CHAMPIONSHIP

006COS OUTSCORED 16 REGIONALLY QUALIFIL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND IN THE QUIZ . AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BE CERTIFICATE HONORING THESE CADE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M MARRS SUPPORTIVE OF ROTC. I'D LOVE T IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND GIVES YO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. YOUR F RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO SOUTHET THE NJORTC NATIONAL AND DRILL CY AND DEENA HAYES. >> I'LL ASK YOU TO GIVE IT TO OS GROUP. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE'D LIKE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. >> WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT TOO. IT THAT ALL OF OUR ROTCs WE GET. T SCHOOLS. GUILFORD COUNTY IS ANK FROM ALL OF THOSE IN THE COUNTYK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FROM ALL THO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT'S MO PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS SCHOOLS AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEY MAE EXTENDED

007IN GRIEF TO THEIR LOVE. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCAT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, FRD ELIJAH MINOR. >> DA'NIYAH JOINED THE CLASS ATE END OF OCTOBER 2024, JUST AFTERY NERVOUS ABOUT HER MOVING TO OURE AT GATEWAY EDUCATION CENTER. ASD ON THE DAY THEY CAME TO VISIT, M DA'NIYAH. SHE WAS LETTING HER ML RIGHT. DA'NIYAH AND HER NURSE BRIDGETT. NOTHING BOTHERED SWEET DA'NIYAHG WE DID AS A CLASS. DA'NIYAH LOVED BRIGHT COLORS ANR TEACHERS WORE A TIE-DYED SHIRT,R AND WOULD WATCH HER BUSTLE ABOUS FOR OUR ART PROJECTS - ALWAYS PO OUR CLASS AND HER SCHOOL FAMILYE WITH US WAS SHORT, BUT THE IMPA. >> ELIJAH HAD STYLE FOR DAYS, AH AND PERFECTLY PUT TOGETHER. HISE WERE UNFORGETTABLE, CAPABLE OF , HIS EYES AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONSF WISDOM, WARMTH, AND EMOTION THAM AND HIS MOTHER WAS UNDENIABLE, O

008SEE. ELIJAH EXUDED THAT 'MAIN CHARACS WITH BOTH PEERS AND STAFF, LEAVN EVERYONE HE MET. WHILE HE COULDT YEAR, HIS IMPACT ON STAFF AND FS DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE KINDNESS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN TO THE STAFF. >> ALTHOUGH WE WERE ONLY PRIVILF AMOUNT OF TIME, IN THEIR OWN WAG MEMORIES THAT WILL BE CHERISHEDE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE OUR AP WILL SHAWYN. ACROSS OUR 120 SCHOOLS, WE HAVER ENTIRE CAREERS IN THE SAME BUILH MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIED LONG-LASTING RELATIONSHIPS. AT SOUTHEAST HIGH, COACH SHAWYNR CAREER SPENT CONTINUALLY AT SOUW THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. FROM STEPO TEACHING HORTICULTURE CLASSES, T IS NO SURPRISE THAT HE EARNED TR APRIL, WITH A MULTITUDE OF NOMI. "CARS RUN ON GAS. SOUTHEAST HIGH TEACHER MICHAEL TIDWELL IN ONE S EVERYWHERE DOING EVERYTHING ALL0 WORDS CANNOT LIST ALL

009HE DOES F, EATS, SLEEPS AND BREATHES SOUTHS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL. HE WILL HE WILL DO IT HIMSELF (PROBABLY WIM TOO). HIS PICTURE WILL BE IN THR DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE, SERVI. "I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE MORE N (OR WHO HATES IT MORE TO BE IN N EVEN MORE FUN!) HE DID HIS TOURR HERE TOO. HE IS THE BEST OF THE" SHAWYN RECEIVED A $50 GIFT CARD. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, HIS S CENTRAL OFFICES AND IN THE GREE. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BD THE CERTIFICATE HONORING SHAWYN. >> I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG . >> LONG TIME. >> MY BOYS WENT TO SOUTHEAST ANR WE NEEDED IT'S THERE. IT'S WITY BOARD OF EDUCATION CERTIFICATE IT'S SIGNED BY OUR SUPERINTENDE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. SCOTT.M SOUTHEAST HIGH

010SCHOOL THAT HAVE I HATE THAT PART. I'M A BEHINDY UPBRINGING. GO ABOUT YOUR BUSIR ABILITY. AT THE END, YOU GET SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, WE'D LIKE TO SHAKR SOUTHEAST HIGH COMMUNITY HERE W. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, WE WILL RECOGNIZE OUR V WOULD MS. OVETER MCLEAN PLEASE MS. MCLEAN HELPS OVERSEE THE LUH SCHOOL, MEETING WITH STUDENTS DS PERSONAL CHALLENGES, ACADEMIC CL WELL-BEING. SHE PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND SUPPO "THROUGH HER TIRELESS EFFORTS, L RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAG AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE. HER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, ON R OUR SCHOOL, CONSISTENTLY PROVIDO EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS AND ADVANC. HER GENEROSITY AND UNWAVERING DG SHORT OF INSPIRING. HER RADIANT SMILE AND POSITIVE , MAKING HER A SOURCE OF ENCOURAG. MS. MCLEAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO A HER COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITYF VOLUNTEERISM, AND WE ARE GRATEFS FAMILY" SAYS, JOY DAVIS-LEE ANDT ANDREWS HIGH

011SCHOOL WHO NOMINAT. AS THE GCS VOLUNTEER OF THE MONA $50 GIFT CARD COURTESY OF TOYOTO WILL HANG AT THE DISTRICT'S CEND ANDREWS HIGH SCHOOL. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL O PRESENT MS. MCLEAN WITH A CERTIE BOARD. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THES CERTIFICATE PRESENTED TO MS. Mc IT'S SIGNED BY OUR SUPERINTENDE. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. >> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK Y. BAKER. TO GOD BE THE GLORY. ID CHOOSING ME TO BE THE EMPLOYEE I ENJOY WHAT I DO. I LOVE THEM D. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE AN ADME STATE LEVEL FOR HER EXEMPLARY LL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. >> NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE AN INDS UNDERSTAND AND CELEBRATE THEIR . WOULD STEPHEN BELL PLEASE COME STEPHEN, WHO SERVES AS GCS COORS YEAR'S 40

012UNDER 40 AWARD FROM TN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS, HONORD DEDICATION, MAKING SIGNIFICANT D COMMUNITIES. THE AWARDS ARE NOWE LUMBEE TRIBE, WAS RECOGNIZED AT. JASMINE GETROUW, STEPHEN'S SUPER YOUTH'S COLLECTIVE VOICES IN GUR LEADERSHIP AS STUDENT TEACHERS Y RESPONSIVE EDUCATOR, STRATEGIC E STEPHEN'S TIME IN GUILFORD COUNE ARTICULATED AN ESSENTIAL SENSE N EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH HE COOR SENSE OF SELF HAS PREPARED THEM" AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BD THE CERTIFICATE HONORING STEPHE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STEVENR STUDENTS WITH THE ENGLISH EDUCAN CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESN EDUCATION BEING NAMED AS A 40 UR CHAIRPERSON DEENA HAYES ALONG W. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, DR. OAKLEY ANU FOR RECOGNIZING ME. IT WAS AN S ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. I WASN'T I HAVE HAD IN THE FIVE YEARS I HAY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WITH WONDA AND

013ALSO OUR COB CABINET MEMBERS THE COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND WE HAH HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA NATIVD STREAMED TO 150 CLASSROOMS. ITE WITHOUT THE WORK OF ME OF YOU IE COMMUNITY WE HAVE HERE THAT'S RL CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORTED ME. E TRIBE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY STY WERE REMINDED OUR NATIVE YOUTH E LEADERS OF TODAY. I THINK ABOUD STUDENTS HERE. I THANK YOU SO G AND SUPPORT YOU DO FOR OUR AMERO SEEING YOU AT OUR TOWN HALL. >> THANK YOU, WE'D LIKE TO SHAK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE AN ADME STATE LEVEL FOR HER EXEMPLARY LL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. WOULD DR. HOLLY PORE PLEASE COM IN FEBRUARY, DR. PORE, EXECUTIVL EDUCATION, WAS NAMED THE 2025 AH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER. THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD HONORS IT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMEND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. DE PIEDMONT-TRIAD REGIONAL CTE ADMZ

014GCS IS PROUD OF ITS EMPHASIS ONE STUDENTS WITH SKILLS THEY CAN T. UNDER DR. PORE'S LEADERSHIP, INS STUDENTS EARNING CTE CREDENTIALE THAN 10,000 IN THE 2023-24. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BE CERTIFICATE HONORING DR. PORE. >> GILL FORD COUNTY BARD OF EDUN PRESENTED TO HOLLY PORE CAREER E ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR. SPON FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATY OAKLEY, OUR SUPERINTENDENT. AL. >> THANK YOU, WE'D LIKE TO CONG. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIREI DID ALL OF MY K THROUGH 12 RIGH PREPARED ME IN A WAY THAT MADE A PASSION. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT S MY THIRD YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS E AND LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT'S TO COMO STUDENTS AND THE EARLIER WE CAND DISCOVER THEIR PASSIONS AND WHTE WORK WE DO TO PREPARE THEM FOR P TALKING. I'D LIKE TO SAW

015THANKT AND ALL YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'D LIKE TO CALL ON BOARD ME. >> THIS IS THE LAST HONOR OF THY SCHOOL COMMUNITY CAN INSPIRE. , EQUIP, AND MOBILIZE INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ACD PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND WHEREAS, INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATM LEARNING AND LIFE OUTCOMES FOR EVERY STU, RESOURCES, AND TALENTS; AND WHEREAS, DURING THIS WEEK ALL O, SERVICE PROJECTS AND TASKS WILL BE PERFR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE; AND WHEREAS, OUR SCHOOLS' VOLUNTEER WELCOMING, ORGANIZING AND MOTIVF OVER 13,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTE WHEREAS, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND VOLE ESSENTIAL TO THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS. NOW THEREFORE, WE, THE GUILFORDY RECOGNIZE APRIL 20-26, 2025, AS NATIONAL S OF GUILFORD COUNTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO SERVE R LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WE ARE TRULY BETTERT THEM! SIGNED BY DEENA HAYES AND WHITN. >>

016THANK YOU, PASS TON SHEROUSE. >> WE ARE NOT AWE PUBLIC COMMENT MEANS YOU ARE AT TIME. IF SOMEF DEMONSTRATE THAT BY DOING THIS.N CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED. WE'D AY STUDENTS OR STAFF. IF THERE IST REQUIRES THE ATTENTION OF A REPY AFTER YOUR COMMENTS. I'D LIKE . FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY TUCK. ALL RIGHT, ASHLY TUCK FOLLOWED . WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M ASHLEY TUC. I'M A PROUD PRODUCT OF HARRIS SN THEREFROM THE AGE OF THREE TO AI LEARN DANCE TECHNIQUES BUT VALU, RESPONSIBILITY, PROFESSIONALISMS THAT HELPED MOLD ME INTO TO WOME PREFORMING COMPANY WHERE WE FORT TO THIS DAY. AS MEMBERS OF THET RESPONSIBLE ADVERTISE WHEN WE HO DRESS PROFESSIONALLY AND ORGANI. I ADMIRE HOW ALL OF THE DANCE IO THE SCHOOL'S MISSION AND IT WASS OF VOLUNTEER WORK. SEVERAL HAVE TODAY. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THI ALSO BECAME A

017VOLUNTEER INSTRUCS AS AN INSTRUCTOR. I LOVE WORKI. I HOPE I WAS A POSITIVE ROLE MOR OF SUCH A LEGACY IN HONOR OF THE GREENSBORO COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> LAMONT TAYLOR FOLLOWED BY CA. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M LAMONT TAYR EDUCATION. APPROXIMATELY 40 YEE SCHOOL FOR A RECITAL. IT WAS HP WANTED TO HONOR THE FATHERS. IT COULDN'T MAKE THE PROGRAM OR NOI WAS RECRUITED TO BE APART OF A E UNTOUCHABLES. SOMETHING FILLEDE APART OF THE DANCE SCHOOL UNTILD EXCELLED IN THE ARENA AT LITTLEE OPPORTUNITIES BECAME AVAILABLE Y ATMOSPHERE THAT BENEFITED EVERYD FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE CREATED AT FOREVER. IN CLOSING. I THINK N SHOULD CONSIDER RENAMING THE SCT PREFORMING ART SCHOOLS. THE AST THE GREENSBORO COMMUNITY WITH AI APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. . >> THANK YOU. >> CAROLINE MINTZ-STRACHAN FOLL. >> GOOD EVENING. >> MY NAME IS CAROLINE

018MINTZ-STR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AGAIN IN RD PREFORMING ARTS SCHOOL. THE COF ARTS. FORMALLY ST. JAMES DANCES AT OUR CHURCH THAT WANTED TO LEE 70s SO WE VOLUNTEERED TO START N AND SMITH HOME COMMUNITY TO OTHM REACHED YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE REE VISION WAS TO TEACH DANCE OVER G GIRLS. SUCH IS BUILDING CHARACD DEVELOPING SOCIAL AND COMMUNICAD HELP BUILD A WELL-ROUNDED PERSON OPPORTUNITY TO PREFORM AT SOME , NEW ORLEANS, PENNSYLVANIA, ATLA. MELVIN SKIP AUSTIN HELPED IN ACY PREFORMING AT THE NAACP AND HUM THEY WERE ABLE TO BE IN A PROFEL ATTIRE AND ETIQUETTE. WE VOLUNN SOME OF OUR YOUNG LADIES BECOMEF THEIR ORDINARY REASON DANCE STUL AT THE HARRIS SMITH SCHOOL OF AF MANY PREFORMING ART PROGRAMS ANE OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> MONICA WALKER FOLLOWED BY JA. >> MADAM CHAIR I'M LIZZY. I'M .

019>> YOU ARE NUMBER TEN. >> MY APOLOGIES. GOOD EVENING E AND I LIVE NEAR GUILFORD COLLEGI APPLAUD THE HARD WORK OF BOARD L STAFF THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO R OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND KNOW I'M0 AND THE 2,022 SCHOOL FACILITIESD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. REMINDING S IN THE COMMON GOOD. BELIEVE INL FUNDED PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.I KNOW, THERE ARE MANY THAT FEEL A REMINDER TO THOSE OF US THAT STD EQUITY. DON'T LET A HAND FULL WHETHER THEY COME FROM OUR OWN L CHALLENGES AT HAND. STUDENT LEE MULTIDETERMINED. WORKING TO INT REQUIRES EXAMINING HISTORY AND G SURE THEY ARE A PRODUCT OF OUR F OUR CONTROL. FAIRNESS AND EQUIT JUST OUR PAST BUT IT'S ALSO OURE AWARE OF QUICK FIXES TO CENTURYE CLOAK OF GOOD INTENTIONS AND CHO BE A SOUTHERN BELL SHAPED THE CT FAMILIAR WITH HER YOU

020SHOULD SEE OF A VERY FEW WHITE PEOPLE TAKIS ARE IMPORTANT TO US TODAY. IN T HISTORY. I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKE COUNTY WITH STUDENTS INCLUDED FM IS NOT ABOUT BLAME BUT JUSTICE.S GOOD FOR EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU. JAELLE GARVIN FOT FOLLOWED BY DAVID SWANSON. WEL. >> I'M JENNIE HUNT. GOOD EVENIY MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPE NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH. D FAMILIES WE SERVE. I'D LIKE TOO MAKE SURE EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SCR DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING SCHOOLE PLAY. SCHOOL LIBRAIRIES ARE MUY ARE A HAVEN FOR EXPLORATION ANDS THERE IS A LIBRARIAN THAT SERVET BUT ALSO AS A MENTOR AND CHAMPIF BELONGING. STUDENT ACHIEVE ACAE SUCCESSES, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE T SCHOOL. ACROSS THE NATION, WE O BAN BOOKS. WHEN WE LIMIT ACCESR STUDENTS CAN HEAR AND EXPLORE. WE NARROW THEIR WORLD VEW AT A , DEVELOP

021EMPATHY, AND LEARN TO ER OWN. BANNING BOOKS SENDS A TROT WORTH HEARING. BUT YOU HAVE RES BROAD ACCESS TO INFORMATION. WW VITAL SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE TO BEYOND PROVIDING RESOURCES WE HS OF LESSON PLANS AND GUIDE IN THA DIGITAL WORLD. WE TEACH STUDENO EVALUATE SOURCES. ALSO TO BECOE HERE FOR STUDENTS DAILY. THE LL WELCOME. YOUR SUPPORT ENABLES L LIBRARY MONTH. THE GUILFORD COH WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A BOOK ON NIN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TH. >> DAVID SWANSON FOLLOWED BY KA. >> GOOD EVENING. >> SEPTEMBER OAKLEY, CHAIRWOMAND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS SWANSON. . T FOLLOWED THE GUILFORD COUNTY BOY TOURED PAGE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE E COMMISSIONER REFER TO CONDITIONE OCCASION FOR THE TOUR WAS THE B I TOOK THIS SAME TOUR ABOUT THRD MEMBERS HERE AND SEVERAL PARENTH COMMISSIONERS COOK AND AUSTIN. T THREE YEARS LATER

022AND IN MANY CS TO HANG FROM THE CEILING DUE TOA THAT SEATS 350. ROOMS, GYMS, A. >> BUT, LIKE LIKE THREE WEEKS AE PARENTS THAT HAVE COME HERE ANDG DONE AT OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE CONN POINT IS TO SAY THANK YOU. CANG MADE. WE UNDERSTAND PLANS HAD S AND SOMEHOW, PAGE BECAME LESS OA PRIORITY BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. R LEARNING AND GATHERING IN GUILF. >> THANK YOU. KATE GUTHRIE E. >> I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A PARENTA THIRD GRADER IN THE SYSTEM. I E STEERING COMMITTEE FOR. WE HAD BEFORE WE STARTED THE LEADER ASO YOU NEED TO DO YOUR WORK IN THI? YOU CAN IMAGE THERE WERE SOME T? MONEY AND TIME. WE SPENT TIME D FIND MORE MONEY. I'M KIDDING. T BARRIERS AND IT WAS HARD. WE CN OTHER SPACES AS WELL. WHEN WE T CREATIVE AND

023THINK ABOUT WHAT OT TO DO. WE IMAGE YOU WANT MORE O HELP EDUCATE MY CHILDREN. THIS THANK YOU FOR BEING A BOARD THAL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATIY KIDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATIOY FUNDED. PULLOUT YOUR MAGIC WANF TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOI URGE YOU TO CONSIDER WAYS TO BEE LIVE-IN A TIME OF GREAT STABILIF GREAT INSTABILITY. WE HAVE TO E HAVEN'T MADE BEFORE. AS WE WORE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOOD AND SAFE.E ARE PARENTS WHO ARE APPLAUDING E COURSE WE HAVE NOT AFRAID OF DED THINK CRITICALLY. THANK YOU FO. >> MONICA WALKER AND WE HAVE TWA MCGIRT. >> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I PA I STARTED MY REMARKS AND DIDN'TT GO THERE. I'M HERE. DITTO. TD EVERYTHING YOU SAID. SATURDAY,A AND ACROSS THE NATION SAID NO TT EVERYTHING. I WILL NOT TAKE THE TIME

024TO LISN IMAGE ALL THAT'S TRUE THAT DISPD PROMOTES THE RULE OF LAW AND SEN SATURDAY HERE IN GREENSBORO ANDS OFF. MANY SPOKE TO TEACHING ACO ASK A NATION TO TEACH REAL AND E ASKING THAT WE PAY TEACHERS. AB SHOULD BE ENOUGH. I AGREE WITHE INCLUSIVE AND FARE. WE HAVE TOE COUNTY, STATE, AND COUNTRY. INE IS SEM FLIES THE RIGHT THING TOF IT'S NEAR US. STUDENT OUT COMEF GUILFORD COUNTY MUST TAKE OUR RE YOU.IZE APPRECIATE YOU SAYING WD IGNORE THE PEOPLE THAT CUT YOURE TRYING TO REWRITE HISTORY IN THG STEADY FAST. THANK GOODNESS YOE AND THANK GOODNESS, YOU LEARNEDK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALBERTINA McGIRT FOLLOWED BY. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO FINISH WHAT I STARTO IMPRESS PON YOU THE IMPACT MADEY IMPACTED WAND INFLUENCED THE GR, I MEAN, IN THEIR ROLE AS A

025MIN D MEM BENEFICIARY. THEY TOUCHED S AND FILLING LIVES WITH CULTURALO DREAM AND EXPLORE AND ACHIEVE. , POETRY, ARTIST, SCULPTURE. AUTE FIELD. REMEMBER THE NAMES OF TL ART A WA OF LIFE SINCE THEY R SD LIKE TO SUBMIT THE NAMES OF SUPT AGREE FOR THE NAMING OF THE SCHY PROGRESSIVE DANCE STUDIO WITHIN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKE. >> HI, I'M JESS POOLE. I HAVE H SCHOOL. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEME OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND IMPROVH SCHOOL.IO SAID YOU WOULD REPLACY SPACES. ALSO PROVIDE ANNU NUMBL FOR THE CURRENT PROJECTS IN THES THE ISSUES THAT LEAD TO HEAT BEA COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACS TOGETHER MAY TAKE SOMETIME. TH, GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDD TO ESCALADE 25 TO 30 PERCENT THH SCHOOL GETTING A TOTAL REPLACEM. WITH THAT SAID, WHAT'S THE LONG? IF SCHEDULED FOR

026A NEW FACILITYS THE LONGER TERM ISSUES OF AN ADE REPLACEMENT AND NOT PATCHWORK. WE'D LIKE TO FRIENDSHIPPEN UP TM ADDITIONAL TEACHING AND PRACTICE NEED FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS T. PROP PER HVOAC. WE ARE NOT THED FOR HVAC ISSUES JUST LAST WEEK.D SOON AND AT A MINIMUM YOU CAN GY LIVES IN 15 TO 20 YEARS. PAGE HAPPEN. >> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMEN. >> MOVE THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED. WE ARE NOW AT . >>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR A THIS EVENING'S CONSENT AGENDA I APPROVAL OF MARCH 2025 MEETING PERSONNEL ACTION REPORT, ADMINIM TO THE PERSONNEL ACTION REPORT 2024-2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS/TRA 2026-2027 AND 2027-2028 NON-TRAT READING 2024-2025 NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATR AND RENOVATION FUND DISTRIBUTIOT SUMMER RE-ADMINISTRATION/EXTEND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH CENTE SECURITY VESTIBULE INSTALLATIONT RENAISSANCE LEARNING, INC. MULTE SERVICES

027AGREEMENT THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S C >> MOTION. >> I'D LIKE TO PULL THE PERSONN. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THIS [ROLL CALL] OKAY, SHE'S NOT CONNECTED? SHE'S THERE? SHE SAID YES, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM B. >> I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD AN UPDATE AS FAR AS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS SINCE THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR, I GUESS, THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING JOB FAIRS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, ARE WE IN THE HUNT? >> WE ARE IN THE HUNT AND WE STAY IN THE HUNT. WE JUST HAD A JOB FAIR, IN FACT. TWO WEEKS AGO. OVER AT PECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE ARE SHOWING OFF OUR NEW LOCATION WE WERE HIRING PEOPLE WITHOUT QUESTION. >> IF YOU CAN SHARE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU HEARING AS

028FAR AS OUR COMPETITION, IS IT SALARY? LOCATION. IS IT -- WHAT IS IT. >> ALL OF THE ABOVE. COMPENSATION IS THE FIRST THING THE FARTHER WE FALL BEHIND THE MORE PRESSING THAT WILL BE. THAT'S ACROSS FRONT LINE WORKERS AND CERTIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. THAT GAP IS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE EXPECT THE HIRING AND RETENTION TO BE DIFFICULT IF WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING COMING UP SOON WE CAN JUST KIND OF USE THIS MOMENT FOR ADVERTISEMENT? >> WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPAL. WE ARE STARTING TO DO FOCUS GROUPS BASED ON SUBJECT AREAS. THIS IS FOR SCIENCE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED. >> ONE LAST QUESTION. ARE YOU MONITORING WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXITING OTHER THAN RETIREMENT, WHAT THE REASONS ARE? AGAIN IS IT THE MONEY? IS THAT THE NUMBER ONE OR IS

029IT -- >> THE SUPERINTENDENT SPOKE TO WHY WE ARE IN THE COMPETITION. SAME THING APPLIES WITH REFERENCE TO THOSE LEAVING. RELOCATION. MORE COMPENSATION SO, WHAT ARE WE SAYING AND WHAT'S OUR PITCH? DO WE HAVE ONE. >> YEAH, ONCE THEY COME AND STAY FOR THREE YEARS. EIGHTY-ONE% OF PEOPLE STAY. THAT'S HARDER. WE ARE NOT IN THE FORMULA AND NOT COMPETITIVE AND WE ARE THE THIRD BIGGEST BUT FALLING DOWN THE LIST HOW WE MAKE THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW I'M NOT SURE THEY SET US FAR ENOUGH APART TO MATCH THE COMPENSATION ARGUMENT. >> I JUST WANTED FOR THE PUBLIC, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY, YOU SPOKE TO THE LATERAL, I THINK IT'S LATERAL ENTRY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TEACHER TO BECOME A TEACHER. >> YOU ARE TALKING INDIVIDUALS

030WITH DEGREES. IT COULD BE SCIENCE. I DIDN'T FOLLOW THE TEACHER TRACK FOR L LICENSES. U DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH TEST TUBES BUT YOUNG PEOPLE. WE CAN HELP YOU SECURE THE CREDITS TO BECOME A LICENSED TEACHER. WE HAD A CARPENTER IN OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PERSON INTO A CLASSROOM TEACHING POSITION AT HIGH POINT. YES, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH A DEGREE. >> THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. MOVE THE ITEM. >> THANK YOU. >> SECOND. [ROLL CALL] >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE AT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET. WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SPEAKERS. IS THERE A MOTION. >> MOVE TO OPENFOR PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. FIRST ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS JOANNA PENDLETON FOLLOWED BY STEVE

031PRUITT. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. I'M JOANNA PENDLETON IN GREENSBORO. I'M CURRENTLY SEVERING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY ASSOCIATION. I HAVE THREE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN SOUTHEAST MIDDLE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BRAVELY STAND IN THE GAP FOR STUDENTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA COMING AT US IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT OUR STAFF. WE KNOW, THAT TOO MANY OF OUR EXCELLENT WORKERS ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION. TOO MANY ARE WORKING SECOND AND THIRD JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET. IN OUR SURVEY OF WORKERS, WITH OVER 1,000 RESPONDENTS, NEARLY HALF OF WORKERS, RIGHT HERE TOLD US THEY NEED ANOTHER JOB IN ADDITION TO THEIR GCS JOB. ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH. WE ARE NOT HEREBY ACCIDENT OR SUDDENLY FOR YEARS,

032WE FACE STATE LEVEL UNDER FUNDING FROM OUR LEGISLATURE. FOR YEARS BEFORE THE CURRENT BOARD TOOK OFFICE. WE WERE UNDER FUNDED LOCALLY TOO. WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION WE ARE IN ON PURPOSE AND IT WILL TAKE COURAGE FROM OUR LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS AND UNIT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. ALSO, IN OUR SURVEY DATA, THE HIGHLIGHTED WORKER NEEDS. WE KNOW WORKERS MUST TAKE ACTION, IT MUST BE NOW. IN A YEAR WHEN HEAD FOR OUR BUDGET, THAT WON'T WORK. WE CAN'T CHOSE TO LET STUDENTS PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS SHORTFALL. WE URGE YOU, BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MAKE A PUBLIC C COURAGEOUS REQUEST TO INCREASE THE BUDGET SOMEHOW AND USE THEIR TOOLS THIS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE HAVE STEVE PRUITT FOLLOWED BY MARGARET VILLANI. >>

033GOOD EVENING, I'M STEVE. I WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR PAY RAISES AND GOING TO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS. I HOPE YOU AMEND THE BUDGET FOR US.IZE REALLY NEED THE PAY RAISE. THIS IS GOING TO EVERYTHING. RENT, GAS, EVERYTHING. SO, I'M REALLY HOPING AND YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS BUDGET AND Y'ALL AMEND IT TONIGHT AND TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING COMING UM. THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR US WE NEED IT. I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED FOR 13 YEARS AND SEEN GOOD PEOPLE COME AND GO. EVERY DEPARTMENT IS SHORTHANDED. I CAN GO ON. EVERYBODY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PAY SITUATION. I HAVE SEEN GOOD PEOPLE COME AND GO. I HAVE BEEN HERE 13 YEARS. I LIE DOING MY JOB. I HATE TO SEE PEOPLE COME I HAVE NO PROBLEM WHAT SO EVER. I LOVE TO SEE MORE GOOD

034PEOPLE IN WORK AND GET BETTER EMPLOYEES AND MORE MONEY. JUST MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE BETTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MMARGARET VALLANI FOLLOWED BY GEORGE REUBENSTEIN. >> I'M HERE TOO SUPPORT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR WORKERS AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE AS TAXPAYERS WITH NO CHILDREN WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY AN EXTRA PERCENT ON OUR TAX ASSESSMENT PROPERTY. WE KNOW, IT WILL GO TO A GOOD CAUSE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN'S LIVES. I HAVE A SPECIALPLACE FOR SCHOOL CUSTODIANS AND MY MOTHER BEFORE HER. IN MY MOTHER'S LAST YEARS SHE ASKED IF I KNEW MS. SPINK. I SAID YES. ALL OF THE CHILDREN LOVED MS. SPINK. MY MOTHER IS DYING AND SHE'S OLD. WHO KNOWS IF THIS IS TRUE. I HAPPENED TO SPEAK W WITH A MEMBER OF MY FATHER'S FAMILY THAT TOLD ME, I'M NOT

035SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN. SHE WAS KIND TO MY DAUGHTER AND GAVE HER BOOKS. I SAID, NO, NO, NO. THAT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER, SHE GAVE ME BOOKS. INSTEAD OF PUTTING BOOKS IN THE FIRE THEY GAVE THE BOOKS TO THE CHILDREN. THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS MS. SPINK AND HER DAUGHTER DID AS WELL. SO, HOW MANY TIMES WHEN THERE WAS A BREAK THEY GAVE THE BOOKS TO THE CHILDREN. PEOPLE WITH BIG HEARTS THAT DO THEIR JOB SHOULDN'T WALK AROUND WITH EMPTY POCKETS. SO, I HOPE MY LITTLE SPEECH AND STORY WILL INSPIRE YOU TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK COMMISSIONERS TO DO SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT'S 34 MILLION GAP BETWEEN WHAT YOU ARE ASKING AND THE GUILFORD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET. LET'S

036CLOSE THE GAP AND GET PEOPLE PAID. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GEORGE RU REUBENSTEIN FOLLOWD BY AMY HARRISON. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M GEORGE REUBEREUBENSTEIN. I'M A SCHOOL SCHOOL COUNSELOR. RECENT STATE CHAMPION IN 3A BASKETBALL. ALSO, IF THAT'S ENOUGH. WE WON THE SHIFT CHALLENGE AS WELL. WE ARE HOPING MS. KEY, OUR INCREDIBLE COLLEGE ADVISER CAN CUT DOWN IN ADDITION TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM WE SAW HERE TONIGHT. I HOPE THERE IS MONEY. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY ALTOGETHER. PLEASE KEEP SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE THAT CARE AND ARE PATIENT. THE CUSTODIANS IN OUR BUILDING WORK HARD. THERE ARE ONLY THREE THERE AT ONE TIME. THEY WORK AND WORK AND WORK THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR. SHE HAD A STROKE AND REPLACED BY MS. SHAW SHE'S A BIG TEAMPLAYER HELPING TO SUPPORT EVERYONE. OUR STUDENT SERVICE'S DEPARTMENT IS A

037WELL OILED MACHINE. ALL SIX CAME IN WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALSO DR. OAKLEY WAS ABLE TO ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES AT THE PREP RALLY MOST RECENTLY. I THINK THE IDEA OF THIS PROPERTY TAX PIECE WILL BE VITAL TO FILL IN THAT $44 MILLION GAP. THE GAP IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. MANY TRAVEL 50 MILES ONE WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL. AS WE SAID BEFORE, BAUDS OF THE COME PASSION AND LOVE. THEY HAD PEOPLE GO OUT ON THE LIMB FOR THEM. THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK. WE JUST HOPE YOU CONTINUE WHETHER IT'S PAGE, SMITH, WHATEVER PLACE, YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND EMPHASIS THE VALUE OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION. EVEN THOUGH NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE TELLING US, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. PLEASE REACH FOR THE STARS AND CONTINUE TO HELP US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>

038OUR FINAL SPEAKER, AMY HARRISON. >> HI, MY NAME IS AMY HARRISON. I'M A PROUD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND SERVE AS THE TREASURER OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF EDGE CAT TORS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ENSURE AGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE SALARIES OF CLASS FIRST-DEGREE STAFF AND THE CERTIFIED STAFF WITH 15 TO 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SEVERING OUR STUDENTS. OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF MAKE SURE THEY RUN FROM THE BUS DRIVERS THAT GREET OUR STEW CHILDREN EARLY IN THE MORNING OUR STAFF THAT MAKE SURE THEIR STOMACHS DON'T GROWL. THE MAINTENANCE STOP THAT FIX OUR HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING. OUR TEACHING ASSISTANCE THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. RUNNING SMALL GROUP. OUR TECH DEPARTMENT THAT KEEPS US IN TOP SHAPE. THEY ALL DESERVE THEIR WORTH. I HAVE NOT HAD A RAISE BIGGER THAN $80 PER YEAR FROM THE STATE SINCE 2,015. THE

039ONLY OTHER WAY I CAN GET A RAISE WAS THROUGH THE LOCAL SUPPLEMENT. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO GET BECAUSE OF ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE THOSE OF US IN THE FROZEN SECTION OF THE STATE SALARY SCHEDULE. WE DEDICATED OUR CAREERS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR STUDENTS. WE DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR IT. I KNOW THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WILL BE IN RALEIGH ADVOCATING WITH STATE LEGISLATURES. I ASK THAT YOU COMMIT TO USE ANY INCREASE OF FUNDS TO INCREASE OUR SALARIES AND JOIN US AS WE ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO GUILFORD COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC HEARING ON

040THE BUDGET. >> MOVE TO CLOSE TO PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE NOW AT REPORTS FROM ME. GOOD EVENING. GCS HAS LAUNCHED , WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON GCSTV ANDE SHOWCASES HOW THE DISTRICT IS UD TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS HV. LOOK FOR THE HASHTAG BEYOND THE, KIRKMAN PARK ELEMENTARY AND SOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BATTLE OT COMPETITION ON MARCH 14, FIRST-E ACADEMY AT LINCOLN AND GRIMSLEYL COMPETITION. GRIMSLEY HIGH HAS ALREADY WON FD WILL MOVE ON TO THE STATE COMPE. CONGRATULATIONS! THE DISTRICT HOSTED ITS INAUGURT THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER OE ELEMENTARY BOB BOOKS AS INSPIRAG READING AND STEM IN A TEAM ENVIG CRITICAL-THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVL SERVE THEM WELL IN COLLEGE AND . STUDENT TEAMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE ENGINEERING DESIGN MODEL TO PLAN PASSAGES FROM FIVE ELEMENTARY B1 TEAMS BUILT A

041ROBOT TO FOLLOW TE LOST LIBRARY." OUR WINNERS ARE , SHADYBROOK ELEMENTARY IN SECOND. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES MY RE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HER REMARKS. >> THANK YOU, I'D LIKE TO START BY CONGRATULATING THE NEW PRINCIPALS. WE'LL START WITH CASSANDRA PRINCIPAL AT CONE. DEMIKA AT DEAN PRUITT. AMANDA COLLINS AT UNIVERSITY PREP. C.C. MATSON. AND MS. WILLIAMS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED A KINDA GREAT TURNOUT AND HAVE REGISTERE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. GO TO GCN THE CLASS OF 2038. SHIFT_ED HAS BEEN A KEY PARTNERS BETWEEN GRADE SPANS. RECENTLY, O AND HIGH POINT TO HELP FAMILIESG SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS PROVIDES RESOURCES. I WANT TO THANK SHIFT_ED FOR THR SUPPLYING THE KINDERGARTEN BOOK. WITH HELP FROM OUR GCS PRE-K D_D DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 5,000 BACKPAL LEARNING TOOLS. SWITCHING GEARS FROM

042KINDERGARTL QUICKLY BE UPON US. HELP US CELL MEDIA CHANNELS. GRADUATES, YOU COULD BE FEATURED YOUR VIDEO OR PHOTO WITH YOUR NO [email protected]. WE WANT TO O CAREER AND MILITARY PLANS AS WES APRIL 21. AND THIS YEAR, WE ALSO WANT TO S OF 2025 GRADUATES. GO TO LET'S F WWW.GCSNC.COM, AND SUBMIT PHOTOD FROM YOUR SENIOR YEAR, INCLUDINS YOU ATTENDED. THESE MAY BE SHAR. LAST WEEK, DURING LEGISLATORS IO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS WHO REPREM EDUCATORS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES R LEGISLATORS FOR THE WORK THEY A. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALLEN JAY O GREEN, WHO VISITED ON MARCH 24 G TOUR. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE SU. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10, GCS IS HE SUPERINTENDENT'S ART CHOICE AWAM EXCITED TO MEET THESE STUDENTS . FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER THAT SL 14 TO THE 18, AND ALL DISTRICT E SPRING

043HOLIDAY. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES MY RE >> THANK YOU, I THINK WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY UPDATE. >> YES. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T SIGN-UP. I'D LOVE TO MAKE THOSE VOICES. I MOVE TO REOPEN THAT TIME AND USE THE REMAINING 10 MINUTES. >> IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> WE ARE OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF SPEAKERS. >> THEY WERE UNLISTED SPEAKER HOPING TO UTILIZE ANY ADDITIONAL TIME AFTER THE LISTED SPEAKERS. >> CAN YOU LET ME KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE? >> THREE PERHAPS? >> SIX.MANY? >> OKAY. WE'LL HAVE IT AT SIX. >> YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO COME. I DON'T HAVE YOUR NAME. SAY YOUR NAME >> GOOD EVENING, I'M MS. WALLACE. I PROBABLY SERVE AT THE

044CAFETERIA MANAGER AT PECK ELEMENTARY AND DIRECTOR AT GCAE REPRESENTING THE SOUL OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. I'M STANDING HERE THIS EVENING AS THE VOICE OF EMPLOYEES SCARED TO PICK UP DUE TO BEING BLACKBALLED OR HAVING A TARGET PLACED ON THEIR BACKS. I'M A LEADER SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. WHEN EMPLOYEES LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF, I TURN THEM ON. IF THEY ARE GETTING EVICTED, I FIND THEM RESOURCES. WHEN FOOD STAMPS ARE UP FOR RECERTIFICATION, I SIGN THE PAPERWORK. AFTER GIVING 14 YEARS OF SERVICE, I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT'S THE POINT OF GIVING MY VALUABLE YEARS OF SERVICE TO A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T INVEST BACK INTO ME. SOMEONE CAN WALK IN WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND MAKE WHAT I MAKE. WHERE IS THE LOYALTY AND VALUABLE LABOR AND YEARS OF LEADERSHIP REFLECTED. I STOOD

045WITH THREE NUTRITION COLLEAGUES AND LEAD A CALL-OUT. NOT OUT OF REBILLAN BUT DEC DESPERATION. SILENCE IO LONGER AN OPTION. WE SACRIFICE, STOOD TALL, AND I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH ONE CLEAR DEMAND. WE SHOULD HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FAVOR BUT FAIRNESS. AFTER OUR CONTRACTORS NOT FULFILLING THEIR PART AND GETTING JOBS DONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CLEANUP. DATA MANAGERS ARE PULLED FROM THE WORK AND STRETCHED THIN BECAUSE THERE AREN'T FULL-TIME SECRETARIES AT EVERY SCHOOL. TEACHER ASSISTANTS ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. SOME DO THE JOBS OF TEACHERS AND NOT COMPENSATED AS TEACHERS. SOME WORKERS ARE CHANGING DIAPERS, BEING SPAT ON, AND THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR IT. TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED, UNSUPPORTED. THEY DON'T JUST NEED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUT EMPOWERMENT. THEY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL SEEN, PREPARED, AND SUPPORTED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. I

046KNOW YOU WONDER WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS. THEY SAY WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER AND I BELIEVE THAT. WHEN TEACHERS THRIVE, OUR STUDENTS THRIVE. WE AL RISE TOGETHER WHEN WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. BEFORE I CLOSE, I NEED TO SAY THIS. YESTERDAY A SCHOOL NUTRITION EMPLOYEE LOST HER MOTHER AND SHE WON'T BE AT THE FUNERAL. NOT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE BUT SHE CAN'T BECAUSE HER PAYCHECK DOESN'T MAKE ROOM FOR GRIEF. HER PAYCHECK DOESN'T MAKE ROOM FOR CLOSURE OR TRAVEL. THIS IS THE REALITY OF YOUR CLASSIFIED WORKERS. I MIGHT HAVE A TARGET ON MY BACK OR LOSE MY JOB. I MIGHT BE BLACKBALLED BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP FOR CLASSIFIED WORKERS TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND NEXT YEAR UNTIL WE ARE PROPERLY COMPENSATED. THIS IS ABOUT DIGNITY, HUMANITY, AND FAMILIES WE CARE FOR EACH AND EVERYDAY.

047WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER BUT ONLY IF VALUED TOGETHER. >> GOOD EVENING >> I'M JEREMIAH BOBBETT. I TEACH SECOND GRADE AT UNION HILL ELEMENTARY AT GUILFORD COUNTY. I TAUGHT FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH HEART, ENERGY, AND PATIENTS OUR STAFF POUR INTO STUDENTS EVERYDAY. DESPITE BEING ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. THIS MISSION IS POWERED BY PEOPLE PUSHED TO THE EDGE. VETERAN TEACHERS, CUSTODIANS, CAFETERIA STAFF, BEFORE US DRIVERS. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT KEEP SCHOOLS RUNNING. MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISE IN LIVING COSTS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SALARIES BUT DIGNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. I WORK FOR STUDENTS THAT COME TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND I TRY EVERYDAY TO BE A STEADY PRESENCE THEY NEED. WITH ALL OF THE LOVE I HAVE FOR THE WORK THE WAIT

048IS GETTING HEAVIER. WE WORK SECOND JOBS. MYSELF INCLUDED. T.A.s AND JANITORS WORKED FOR DECADES WITHOUT MEANINGFUL WAGES. I KNOW VETERAN TEACHERS READY TO WALK AWAY. THE SYSTEM IS LEAVING THEM BEHIND MY WIFE AND I JUST GOT MARRIED AND LOOKING TO GET A HOUSE. WE WERE STUCK AT THE UNFORTUNATELY EVENT WE OFFERED $150,000. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NUMBER MEANS MUCH. IF YOU PULL OF 0 AND PUT THE MAX NUMBER IN AT 150,000. YOU MIGHT GET 50 RESULTS. HALF PLOTS OF LAND AND THE OTHER HALF ARE 700 SQUARE FEET HOMES FALLING APART AND NOT SUITABLE FOR A COUPLE. ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANT KIDS OR ONES THAT ALL READY DO HAVE KIDS. WE DO THIS WORK, NOT BECAUSE IT'S OUR JOB BUT OUR CALLING. LET'S BE CLEAR, PASSION CANNOT PAY THE BILLS. OUR LOVE FOR OUR STUDENTS

049WON'T PAY FOR A PAY SCALE THAT KEEP US STUCK. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WHICH DEMAND THEY USE ANY BUDGET INCREASE TO FINALLY IMPROVE THE CLASSIFIED PAY SCALE AND UPLIFT EDUCATORS AND STAFF. WE CALL ON YOU. THE ONES WHOSE JOBS THAT REPRESENT AND AID US. WE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US AND WE ASK YOU THE BOARD TO RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TO SUPPLEMENT WORKERS PAY. STUDENTS IN OUR STAFF ARE WORTH THE INVESTMENT. WE ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE. WE HAVE BEEN SHOWN WE ARE NOT, IF THE DISTRICT TRULY VALUES PUBLIC EDUCATION, PROVE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'M ANNA BEBELL. I'D LIKE TO TK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I HAVE BEEN IN A TEACHING CAPACITY SINCE 2,008. MANY ARE NOT AWARE THAT TEACHERS WILL EXPERIENCE A SALARY FREEZE FROM THE

05015TH YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE 24TH YEAR OF SERVICE. NINE YEARS WITHOUT A RAISE IS UNREASONABLE. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINE YEARS AND I TOOK ON A SECOND JOB TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING. ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH BUT RIGHT NOW, FOR MANY OF US, IT'S NOT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M TESSA. I'M IN MY 11TH YEAR WITH GUILFORD COUNTY. I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO BE HERE FOR AT LEAST 11 MORE YEARS. I'D LIKE THE JOB TO BE SOMETHING I CAN RETIRE FROM. I'D LIKE TO IMAGE THAT. I'D LIKE THAT FOR MYSELF AND CO-WORKERS. BECAUSE I'D LIKE THAT FOR MY STUDENTS. I'D LIKE THEM TO HAVE THAT QUALITY FOR THEMSELVES. WE KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OUR SCHOOLS ARE FACING HUGE, HUGE GAPS IN FUNDING

051DUE TO DECISIONS AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE AND WILL WE LIT IT BE OUR STUDENTS, CO-WORKERS, OR WILL WE STAND IN THE GAP OR WILL WE DO A HARD THING. WILL WE PUSH WHEN THERE IS A HARD CHOICE TO MAKE OR ARE WE WILLING TO STAND FIRMLY. THIS IS THE CONCENTRATION CONSEQUENCE OF US MAKING THAT CHOICE. THIS IS DYER FOR BOTH MY CO-WORKERS AND STUDENTS. ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF THIS IS LAST WEEK WE HAD A BUS DRIVER OUT AT MY SCHOOL. THAT MEANS, OF COURSE THAT IMPACTS THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. THE DRIVER MUST DO DOUBLE DUTY. I TEACH AT A TITLE ONE SCHOOL. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FOR FOUR DAYS OUT OF FIVE AN ENTIRE BUS IS 40 MINUTES LATE FOR SCHOOL AND

052REQUIRES SUPERVISION. WE KNOW, THE IMPACT OF NOT HAVING THE FUNDING WE NEED PREDO PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN THAT ARE FACING DEF DEFICITS. IF WE SAY THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE MUST BE WILLING TO SAY 0 INCREASE OR $2 MILLION INCREASE TO COVER CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM US IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SAY STAND WITH US IN NAMING THE EMERGENCY WE ARE IN. IF WE NEED TO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION WE ARE NAVIGATING EVERYDAY. STAY WITH US AND BE BOLD AND SAY THAT. STAND WITH US SO OUR STUDENTS DON'T PAY THE PRICE AND CO-WORKERS DON'T PAY THE PRICE AND CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING SEVERING THOSE WE LOVE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M YOLANDA LUCAS. I HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE

053AS AN EDUCATOR FOR 24 YEARS. TWENTY-ONE OF THEM WITH GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. I'M WITH YOU AS AN EDUCATOR AND PARENT. I'M DEEPLY IMPACTED BY THE BUDGET CUTS. I UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT DECISIONS MUST BE MADE. ALSO REMEMBER THE HUMAN IMPACT BEHIND EACH NUMBER ON THE PAGE AND ELIMINATION OF MY POSITION IS A CHALLENGE FROM MY CAREER AND DIRECT CHALLENGE FOR THE STABILITY OF MY FAMILY. I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING CARE FOR EGOPEOPLE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD THAT ATTENDS GATEWAY EDUCATIONAL CENTER. THEY HAVE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AND TEN-YEAR-OLD NEPHEWS. MY SALARY ALLOWED MY WIFE TO WORK PART-TIME AND ACCOMMODATE OUR CHILD'S UNIQUE SCHEDULE. I'LL BE FORCED TO TAKE ON A PART-TIME JOB NEXT YEAR. JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET LOSING $10,000 PER YEAR IS NOT MUCH IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER IF

054THERE IS ENOUGH FOR FOOD, BILLS, AND GAS. THIS SITUATION IS NOT UNIQUE TO ME THE CUTS TO POSITIONS LIKE MINE WILL NOT ONLY EFFECT OUR FINAL STABILITY BUT EDUCATION WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS. AS EDUCATORS, THE DEDICATION TO THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS. WITHOUT SUPPORT WE ARE LEFT IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T CONTINUE TOGY OUR BEST. I ASK THAT YOU ANALYZE THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR ACLOOK AT THE EFFECTS THIS WILL HAVE. NOT JUST ABOUT SALARIES BUT PRESERVING POSITIONS TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROVIDE SUPPORT THAT STUDENTS NEED AND SHAPE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. SHAPE THE LEADERS WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND LEADERS. THE FUTURE IS ON THE STRAIGHT AND EDUCATORS THAT DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THEM. >> FINAL SPEAKER. >> I'M A TEACHER ASSISTANT. THESE ARE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCE

055SANS. BUS DRIVER AND JANITORS THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF TURNOVERS. FACING A LOT OF ATTENTION. WE PUT IN A WORK ORDER. IN AUGUST FOR A TOILET. IT WASN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY. THIS IS THE DISCUSSION. WHEN THEY FINALLY GET HERE THERE IS ONE JANITOR FOR 500 SCHOOLS. RIGHT, THAT'S BANANAS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. ONE JANITOR FOR 500 SCHOOLS. THERE IS A LOTTERY WE JUST SO HAPPENED TO WIN THAT THE DAY AFTERWARDS. NEVER THE LESS SO MANY THINGS WE NEED IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. WHEN ALL OF THE BUDGET CUTS AND ANOTHER SUFFERER. THERE ARE MANY TIMES THE BUS DRIVER HAS TO DO MULTIPLE ROUTES. WE ARE WAITING UNTIL 4:45 P.M. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. BECAUSE I'M A TEACHER ASSISTANT I HAVE TO CUT MYSELF OFF OF THE DAYS

056OF THE WEEK. ON PURPOSE, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT I HAD TO STAY THE OTHER DAY. THAT'S UNFAIR TO US AND THEM AND THE PARENTS. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THAT. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I'M NOT SURE HOW TRUE IT IS OR NOT. THERE IS 31 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. IF IT'S TRUE, I'M BEGGING YOU TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THAT. I CAN TELL BY YOUR BODY LANGUAGE THAT'S NOT TRUE. [ LAUGHTER ] IT DOESN'T SHOCK ME. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY TRAGIC. I MEAN, JOKES ASIDE, WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS POSITIVE AS POSSIBLE. WHEN WE SEE TEACHERS IN OTHER POSITIONS BEING CUT AND HIGH TURNOVER. I STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2,023. IT'S ABOUT 15 TO 20 PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT AND GONE TO

057OTHER SCHOOLS AND LOST THEIR JOBS AND HAD TO GO TO DURHAM OR WHAWHEREVER ELSE. WE ARE LOSING TEACHERS. CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS. THEY ARE GONE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PAY THEM. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME HAVING FRIENDS BUT THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC HEARING. >> DO WE NEED TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. OPPOSED. OKAY, NOW TO PU TECHNOLOGY UPDA WE WELCOME YOU BACK. >> GOOD EVENING, DR. OAKLEY, MAD MEMBERS. I AM EXCITED TO SHARE . THIS EVENING'S UPDATE WILL INCLS AND DEVICE INFORMATION IN GCS. I WILL ALSO SHARE A SUMMARY OF S PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLET. IN CLOSING, I WILL SUMMARIZE TH I WANT TO BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING2 LANDSCAPE THAT DIRECTLY CORRELAS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW

058TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IN K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION. YOU SEE THERE ARE FIVE TRENDS HIGHLIGHTED. THE FIRST ONE BE BE ESSER FUNDS. TY ARE NO LONGER WITH US. WE RELIED ON THESE FUNDS TO EQUIP STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH DEVICES. SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN DEVICE LIFE CYCLES WITH TIGHTER BUDGETING AND AGING EQUIPMENT. FORTY-FIVE'S ONE TREND HAPPENING NATIONALLY AND WE FEEL THAT IMPACT LOCALLY. NUMBER TWO, YOU SEE AI, I'M SURE YOU HEARD OF AI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DISCUSS TRENDS WITHOUT MENTIONING AI. IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HELP TEACHERS PLAN A LOT MORE EFFICIENT. WE CAN DO REPETITIVE TASKS IN A SIMPLER MANNER. NUMBER THREE IS THE BANDWIDTH AND CONNECTIVITY TREND. THIS IS DEVICES HAPPENING IN THE K THROUGH 12 ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM YOU SEE MACBOOKS, IPHONES, PROJECTORS. THESE ARE ALL

059CONNECTING TO SOME SOURCE OF DATA. WE HAVE TO BE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF IT. HANDLE THE BANDWIDTH AND KEEP THINGS CONNECTED. NUMBER FOUR, CYBERSECURITY. IT'S A TREND THAT OCCURS EVERY YEAR. STATE AGENCIES, K THROUGH 12 INSTITUTIONS ARE FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY MEASURES. INCREASING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT IS NOT AT THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE OUR LEADERS FOLLOW AND PRACTICE CYBERSECURITY MEASURES. THE FINAL TREND LISTED IS TECH FOR PHYSICAL SAFETY, PREVENTION, AND MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS. TH INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY LIKE THE ENTRY SOLUTIONS, THE CAMERAS, FOB SYSTEMS, PREVENTATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE VAPE DETECTORS. THOSE ARE TRENDING NATIONALLY. STUDENT SAFETY IS NOT A TREND BUT GCS IS EQUIP MORE THAN EVER. TO PROVIDE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A DEDICATED SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER. TO ALIGN OURSELF WITH THE TREND. WE HAVE TOOLS

060TO PROVIDE WITH ACCUSATION FOR THE DIGITAL FUTURE. MAINTAINING ACCESS IS CRITICAL AND MAKE SURE WE ACCELERATE IN LEARNING AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD. I'LL COVER INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THE ONE-ON-ONE STATUS HERE AT GCS. THESE ARE GRAPHICS ON THE SLIDE REPRESENTING WHAT GCS LOOKED LIKE IN 2,019-2,020. WE WERE NOT A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME. WE HAD ONE DEVICE BETWEEN THREE AND HALF TO FOUR STUDENTS TO SHARE. IN FACT, IN 2,020, THANKS TO THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING GCS BECAME A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT. ALL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE THAT DEVICE. WE WENT FROM ONE TO FOUR TO ONE-TO-ONE. AS OF FEBRUARY OF 2,024, 99% OF DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ONE-TO-ONE. SEVENTY-FIVE% OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA WERE ONE-TO-ONE AS OF FEBRUARY 2,024. THE AVERAGE LIFE CYCLE FOR A DEVICE IS FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.

061WE ARE IN 2,025 WE HAVE BROUGHT THESE DEVICES THERE '19, '20, '21. WE ARE FACING THE REPLACEMENT POINT FOR THE INFLUX OF DEVICES PURCHASED IN '20-'21. SEVERAL DISTRICTS REPORT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REFRESH STUDENT DEVICES THAT'S CRITICAL IN SUSTAINING ACCESS TO DIGITAL CONTENT AND TEACHING PRACTICES. SO, WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVICES IN GCS? WELL, THIS TABLE OUTLINES THAT AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT. IT STARTS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF DEVICES AND A LITTLE OVER 96,000 TO BE EXACT IN GCS. IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE TABLE, YOU WILL SEE THE TYPE OF DEVICES USED IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE MACBOOKS, TEACHERS USE MACK BOOKS IN GRADS K THROUGH THREE. STUDENTS USE IPADS THROUGH GRADES K THROUGH THREE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINK PADS THEY ARE USED IN GRADES FOUR

062THROUGH 12 AND THE STUDENTS CRUISE CHROMEBROOKS. THIS IDENTIFIES THE DEVICES. THERE ARE 85,000 DEVICES. IF YOU LOOK AT COLUMN TWO, 85,000 DEVICES ISSUED TO SCHOOLS. THIS INCLUDES DEVICES FOR EACH STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER AND ALSO INCLUDES THE SURPLUS THAT ARE ADDITIONAL DEVICES AS THINGS BREAK, THEY CAN STILL ACCESS THAT. THAT 85,000 INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS. IN THE INVENTORY COLUMN YOU SEE 10,700 IS FOR SURPLUS. IF THE SCHOOL RUNS OUT DUE TO THE SURPLUS THEY HAD, THE DISTRICT HAS 10,708. THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN WE HAVE FOR THE SURPLUS. THIS SLIDE OUT LINES DEVICE LOSS RATES. THESE ARE NATIONAL TRENDS COMPARED TO LOCAL TRENDS. NATIONALLY, MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPTED LARGE AMOUNTS OF TECHNOLOGY IN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THE STAFF DIDN'T INCREASE. YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DEVICES AND STUFF THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO DISTRICTS WITH NO

063ADDITIONAL STAFFING. DEVICE MANAGEMENT BECAME AN ISSUE. A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 14 STATES COVERING A MIX OF AREAS AND RANGED FROM 600 STUDENTS TO OVER 10,000 STUDENTS. FROM THAT RESPONSE, THE RESPONSE FROM THE SURVEY, IT WAS SHOWN THAT SIX% 6PERCENT WAS THE LOSS RATE FOR THE DISTRICT. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE LOCAL IMPACT AND HOW IT COMPARED TO THE NATIONWIDE TREND. WHEN WE GOT THE DEVICES AT GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. THAT WAS AN INFLUX OF A 305% INCREASE. THAT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE ROUGHLY 19,000 DEVICES IN THE DISTRICT. AS OF THE PANDEMIC, IT JUMPED TO 77,000. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WE GET ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO TAKE CARE OF THE INFLUX THAT EYE LINED WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION AND REACTIVE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. WE STILL NEEDED DEVICES ACTIVE, READY,

064PREPARED, AND SUPPORTED. THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS REMAINS THE SAME. I LOOKED UP THE DPI AVERAGE AND THEY WERE SAYING THE AVERAGE RATIO FROM DEVICES TO TECHNICIAN WAS ONE TO 800. I LAUGHED. I LOOKED AT OURS AND WE WERE ONE TO 4,000. I'M LIKE, LET'S NOT SHARE THAT. THAT'S WITHOUT COUNTING DEVICES WE SUPPORT AND THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT WE SUPPORT. THAT 4,000 NUMBER CAME FROM THE CHROME BOBOOKS AND OTHER DEVICES. THE AVERAGE LOSS RATE IS STILL AT 5.9% WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. CLOSE TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BUT STILL IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. HOW DO WE DEFINE LOSS? LOSS IS DEVICES THAT WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. W DID AN INVENTORY AUDIT AND WHILE DOING THAT AUDITED, IF BECOULDN'T LOCATE THE DEVICE OR NOT CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK OF AUGUST OF

0652,024, WE MARKED IT AS LOSS. OKAY. THIS ALSO INCLUDED DEVICES THAT WERE DAMAGED BEYOND WE PAIR AND DISPOSED OF. THAT'S WHAT LOSS MEANS AND WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES INTO PLAY. WE MINIMIZE OUR LOSS RATE. THE TEAM DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY AUDIT. THEY COUNTED EVERY SINGLE DEVICE AT EACH SCHOOL. THEY USED TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT DEVICES TO SEE IF THEY WERE STILL IN OUR POSSESSION. WE HAVE AN INVENTORY SYSTEM AND UPDATED TO MAKE SURE RECORDS WERE DEFLECTED. THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS. WE HAVE NOT JOINED THE NETWORK AND DISABLED THEM. WHEN YOU DISABLE THE DEVICE AND IT HAS A LOCK ON IT. THEY CONTACT US WHEN IT'S NOT WRECKIZED. WE CAN SAVE GUARD AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER DEVICES NOW THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE,

066I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK. THIS IS AMAZING WORK. THIS IS A DASHBOARD THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS BEEN PROVIDED. ON THIS DASHBOARD. IT PROVIDES REALTIME DATA TO EASILY REVIEW. SCHOOLS CAN EASILY REVIEW THEIR ONGOING INVENTORY. ONCE THEY SELECT THEIR NAME YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY DAMAGES ARE OCCURRING AT THAT SCHOOL. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE OVERALL DISTRICT. THEY SEE THIS SPECIFIC DATA. IT'S REFRESHED DAILY. INCLUDES A SUMMERY OF DEVICES AND INCLUDES HOW MANY DEVICES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND ALSO WEEKLY ENROLLMENT CHANGES. IF YOUR ADM CHANGES IT CAPTURES THAT AND YOU CAN STILL ENGAGE IN THE SURPLUS YOU HAVE. SO, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AND ROLLOUT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND INSIGHT NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE TECHNOLOGY AND MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A AND CONTIE TO LEARN.

067WARRANTIES, WE ARE HEADED INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD TO THE 2,025-26 SCHOOL YEAR. WE FACE THE REALITY OF WARRANTY EXPIRATION. WE BROUGHT THESE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE OVER AT THAT POINT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SEVENTY-ONE% OF OUR DEVICES THAT EQUATES TO 70,000 DEVICES WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY, OKAY. WARRANTIES ARE HELP OF THE BECAUSE THEY COVER HARDWARE, DEFECTS, ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, W HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE THAT THE WARRANTIES HELP WITH. THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT. FOR EXAMPLE LET'S SAY IN 2,023-24 IF WE DIDN'T HAVE WARRANTIES WE HAVE 16,582 DEVICES DAMAGED. WE USE DATA ALONE. THAT WOULD ARE HAVERESULTED IN $1.8 MILLION. BECAUSE THEY GO OUT OF WARRANTY, WE PROJECT POTENTIALLY 2.7348 FOR 2,025-26 WITH OUR DEVICE AND THE DAMAGES OCCURRING. AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BLOOM

068FOR THE WARRANTIES. THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENDED AND GONE TO END OF LIFE AT THIS POINT. OTHER IMPACTS, WHAT IF YOUR DEVICE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND YOU CAN'T FIX IT? YOU REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEVICES STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THREATENING OUR ONE-TO-ONE STATUS. YOU HAVE BEEN USING THEM IN MULTIPLE HANDS IN FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. PERFORMANCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOU WILL HAVE A LIMITED DECREASE BECAUSE OF THAT. WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. COMPUTER CUTS OFF AND HAVING TO NAVIGATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS BACK ONLINE AND DISRUPTS THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. FROM AN IT STANDPOINT, ONCE YOU START WORKING WITH OUTDATED DEVICES, CYBERSECURITY RISK INCREASES. THERE ARE PATCHING AND UPDATES THAT CAN'T HAPPEN ON OLD DEVICES. YOU MIGHT HAVE WITNESSED THAT ON OLDER APPLE PRODUCTS. YOU CAN'T UPDATE AND YOU BUY ANOTHER

069ONE. THAT'S A SECURITY RISK. THOSE ARE JUST SOME IMPACTS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS LIFE CYCLE PLAN. WE GET TO THE FINAL COMPONENT OF REPLACING THESE DEVICES. THIS IS VERY COMPLEX TRYING TO DEVELOP LIFECYCLE PLANNING WHEN YOU GET A LARGE NUMBER OF DEVICES AND ALL OF THE FUNDING AT ONE TIME. MANY DISTRICT, THEY TYPICALLY RENEW A PORTION OF DEVICES ANNUALLY. YOU MIGHT SAY LET'S REPLACE A THIRD, FIFTH OR FOURTH. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HERE IN GCS, WE WANTED TO GET ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE AGAIN. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE AT THE TOP? THE TOP OUTLINED IS CHROMEBROOKS AND WINDOWS DEVICES. IF WE BROKE IT DOWN IN FIVE YEAR BREAKDOWN, YOU WILL SEE THAT 10,400 DEVICES, 960 960 LAPTOPS EQUATES TO $5 MILLION.

070THAT'S A FIFTH OF WHAT WE HAVE. AT THE BOTTOM ARE IPADS. YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM AND WE HAVE 5,500 IPADS. WE HAVE 325 STAFF IPADS AND MACBOOKS. SO, TAKING THAT TOP NUMBER THE 5.7 MILLION AND THE 3.5 MILLION. THAT EQUATES TO $9 MILLION TO REPLACE A FIFTH OF OUR FLEET. SO, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IF WE DECIDE TO DO A PIECE OF THAT. THAT'S JUST A PEACE OF IT. THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU REPLACE A PIECE OF IT, THERE ARE STILL DEVICES IN CIRCULATION THAT ARE STILL DAMAGED. THE OTHER 45TH ARE OUT THERE DAMAGED AND OUT OF WARRANTY. WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS ON TOP OF THAT. EXTENDING IT BEYOND FIVE YEARS IS NOT THE BEST PRACTICE. IT CREATES CONDITIONS WHERE YOU KNOW BEGIN TO WORK WITH OLDER DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND CREATES THE PROBLEMS

071PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. I WILL SAY FOUR TO FIVE YEAR-OLD COMPUTER IS EQUIVALENT TO A 15 TO 20 YEAR-OLD CAR. CAN YOU STILL DRIVE THAT 15 TO 20 YEAR-OLD CAR? YES, YOU CAN DRIVE IT. IT'S FUNCTIONAL. YOU MIGHT STRUGGLE PLEATING CURRENT STANDARDS AND INSPECTIONS AND THE REPAIRS YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY POUR INTO IT MIGHT NOT JUSTIFY THE INVESTMENTS. THIS IS AS WE ARE ON THE FIFTH YEAR. I TALK ABOUT CONSIDERATIONS AND WE DID RESEARCH. THE PANDEMICKED HAPPENED. THE FIRST GRAPHIC SAID CONSIDER TECHNOLOGY WITH DAMAGE FEES. I HEARD THAT A LOT WITH THE CHARGE. MAKE SURE IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS. THEY UNDERMIND THE GOAL OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. THE DISTRICTS WE SPOKE WITH THEY DON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT ADDS UP AND WILL YOU NOT GIVE A STUDENT DEVICE BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY THAT AND MANAGE A

072$500,000 DEBT THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT PAYING YOU CAN'T EXCLUDE THEM FROM THAT. FOCUSING ON PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. THE SECOND ONE IN THE MIDDLE THERE, BUY BACK PROGRAM AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS COVER FRONT FUNDS FOR OUTDATED AND UNUSED DEVICES THEY WILL GIVE YOU A CREDIT. THE VALUE OF WHAT THEY GIVE YOU UPON THE MODEL OF THE DEVICE AND THE CONDITION AND AGE. YOU WON'T GET THE FULL VALUE BACK BUT SELL IT BACK WHEN THEY GIVE YOU A PORTION TO OFFSET THE COSTS. LASTLY WE HAVE A SERVICE CALLED TASK. IT'S A MODEL FOR SOFTWARE AND SERVICES. ALLOWS FOR PREDICTIVE CERVIXES AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PAYING AND REDUCES LARGE UP-FRONT COST AND VIEWED AS LEASING. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY ON A SPECIFIED TIME FRAME. WE WLL WEIGHT THE PROS AND CONS TO MAINTAIN

073ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE FOCUSING ON MAJOR PROJECTS. DEFER CAPITAL. THE DEFERRED CAPITAL PROJECTS WE COMPLETED SEVERAL SCHOOLS THANKS THOUGH THOSE FUNDS. WE INSTALLED INTERACTIVE PANELS, COMPUTERS, WEB CAMERAS, AND PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. WE EQUIPPED SEVERAL WITH COMMUNICATION UPGRADES. WE WERE ALSO LOOKING INTO ENHANCING OUR NETWORK CAPACITY, AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. A LOT OF DEVICES HITTING THE NETWORK WITH THE CAMERAS AND DIFFERENT DEVICES. TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT ONE. OPENING UP THE NEW SCHOOLS AND SITES. IT'S BEEN EXCITING TOE GO TO THE NEW SCHOOLS AND SEE THE BLUEPRINT AND SEE THE STUDENTS IN THERE. SPECIFICATIONS ALONGSIDE. THIS IS FOR OUR NEW SITES. EDUCATION WE RECENTLY OPENED. THE GREEN VALLEY ADMINISTRATIVE SITE AS WELL. BEING ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE TEAMS TO GET THEM ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE. MAYOR PROJECT. HOW WE ARE GOING

074TO IDENTIFY THE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING MOTTLE. WHERE WE ARE ESTABLISHED AND BRING SOLUTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO INSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE AWARE AND REPAIRED FOR THE FUTURE. NUMBER FOUR, AI. WE ARE CONDUCTING AI OVERVIEW SESSIONS WITH MULTIPLE ADVISORY GROUPS. INCLUDING THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. HELPING OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND TEACHERS. THIS IS TO GIVE THE FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF AI SO THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS AND MEANS. WE WILL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND ROLLOUT THE GUIDELINES STARTING THIS SUMMER NUMBER FIVE, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE GUILFORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE ARE WORKING WITH FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO START THIS NEW ENTERPRISE SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN GOING OUT FOR A WHILE. REPLACING THE OUTDATED LEGACY SYSTEMS USED FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, PAYROLL, AND OTHER BENEFITS. THOSE ARE JUST FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS WE ARE INVOLVED WITH RIGHT NOW. NEXT

075STEPS, WE CONTINUOUSLY WORK THROUGH MULTIPLE PROJECTS. THE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY. THEY WON'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF YOU THE BOARD. ALSO THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GUILFORD COUNTY CITIZENS. THIS IS NOT A TECHNOLOGY PROJECT ALONE WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER. WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACED WITH. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO STAY ABREAST OF THE TRENDS. MAKING SURE OUR PROCEDURES ARE CLEAR AND UNDERSTOOD AND ENSURE OUR WORK IS ALIGNED TO THE STRATEGIC CORRECTION GOALS. I WANT TO CLOSE BY GIVING A SHOUT OUT. THIS IS A PHOTO OF OUR STUDENT INTERNALTIONS FROM THE PAST SUMMER, MAN, THEY WERE AWESOME. WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WE OFFERED FOUR PAID INTERNSHIPS LAST SUMMER FOR THESE STUDENTS. THEY ARE IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAREER ACADEMIES AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL AND KERN ACADEMY. I HOPE THEIR EXPERIENCE

076WITH US DIDN'T DISCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE WE WORKED THEM. I TAKE SERVICES STAFF. THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TO REALLY SEE OUR WORK. HAVING THE KIDS ARO AROUNDMAN. WE WERE EARLY. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE OUR TEAM AND WORK WITH THEM. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS A TESTAMENT OF THE SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMS. THE EXPANSION OF THE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THEY WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON-AIRIAS OF WAREHOUSE INVENTORY AND DEVELOPMENT I.T. SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT WITH OUR SCHOOLS. BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA MONTH TO OUR LIBRARY MEDIA COORDINATORS. THEY DO A LOT TO HELP WITH MANAGING INVENTORY. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU, WE HAVE CHRISSY, BETTYE, KHEM, AND DIANNE. >> I DON'T THINK I EVER GET FIRST. THAT

077WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT AI. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TEACHERS ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN USING IT FOR PLANNING AND PLANNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT. I WORK ON DEVELOPING ONLINE CURRICULUM. THE TEAM UNDER ME USES CHATGBT TO WRITE LESSONS AND GUIDES. I LOVE THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT. ARE WE -- DO WE HAVE PLANS YET FOR TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO USE AI APPROPRIATELY AND RESPONSIBLY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO TYPE A QUESTION IN AND GET A FULL ESSAY BACK AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. >> WE HAVE HEARD WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT WITH THE TEACHERS FIRST. CHANGES IN PRACTICES AS FAR AS WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING STUDENTS. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY SEE WILL TYPE IT IN HERE AND REALIZE TO TRY TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S A

078CHAT GBT ANSWER OR REAL ANSWER FROM STUDENTS. PROVIPROVIDETIONS -- PROVIDING TRAINING TO STUDENTS HASN'T HAPPENED YET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PREFECT IT WITH TEACHERS. WE MIGHT COME BACK FOR GUIDELINES. WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT NOW BEFORE WAITING ON POLICY. THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY AND PROVIDING TRAINING THIS SUMMER. >> GREAT. >> THIS IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHEN IT COMES TO PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT ARE WE STILL HAVING THE CHARGER ISSUES? >> WHAT HAPPENED, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WE SAID, WE ARE OUT OF CHARGERS AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL GET. WE GAVE THE SURPLUS TO EACH SCHOOL AND THAT DID THE TRICK. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. SCHOOLS USE THEIR OWN SURPLUS. >> GOOD. WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH CHARGERS LIKE A LOT OF ESSER FUNDED CHARGERS. THEY MIGHT HAVE

079REALIZED, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY ANY MORE AND WE NEED TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AROUND HOW WE REPLACE CHARGERS. IT'S SLOWDOWN FROM WHAT WE SEE AND NUMBER OF TICKETS SUBMITTED TO US. WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE AT THE END OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE DO EVERY VAN. >> EVERYTHING ON THE LIFE CYCLE YOU ADDRESS THAT. AS YOU ADDRESSED IT, I WAS THINKING, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILLING TO STEP-UP AND SCHOOLS DO THINGS LIKE BUY A BRICK CAMPAIGN FOR A SCHOOL. IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO DO SOME SORT OF THING LIKE THAT WERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, BUY A LAPTOP BUT A PIECE OF IT. BUY A CPU OR MONITOR SO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING. JUST A RANDOM THOUGHT I HAD. WHEN YOU SPOKE ABOUT WARRANTIES. OBVIOUSLY, ACCIDENTAL DAMAGES WILL HAPPEN

080IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS. WHAT KINDS OF TRAINING ARE WE DOING WITH STUDENTS TO MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THE EQUIPMENT. >> THAT'S COMING FROM THE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND EXPECTATIONS FROM TEACHERS. IT ALIGNS WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AS YOU ESTABLISH THE EXPECTATIONS UP-FRONT IT'S CRITICAL. IF NOT, THEY WON'T FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THIS IF THE TEACHER IS NOT GIVING DIRECTION. >> STUDENTS, THEY SIGN A CONTRACT WHEN THEY GET THE EQUIPMENT? >> THEY DO. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT. >> ACCEPTABLE USAGE. THIS IS THE EXPECTED USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY. IT'S ACCEPTABLE USAGE. YOU TREAT IT AS A FRISBEE. IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN OOPS! I KNOCKED IT OFF THE DESK AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT PREPARED. THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THEY USE AND WE'LL KEEP IT HERE

081UNTIL THEY SWITCH CLASSES. SO MANY STRATEGIES USED BY THE SCHOOLS. >> OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> BETTYE AND THEN KHEM. >> THANK YOU, ON PAGE SIX. SPEAKING ABOUT STUDENT/STAFF DEVICES. I WAS AMAZED TO SEE THERE ARE ONLY 17, AS FAR AS INVENTORY. >> UH-HUH. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE OUT OF INVENTORY, THIS IS FOR THE TEACHERS K THROUGH THREE. >> YES, SO, K THROUGH THREE TEACHERS AND MACK BOOKS WE ARE LESS THAN A ONE% DAMAGE AND LOSS RATE. SO, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, 17 WON'T GET IT. WE PURCHASED MORE TO HAVE ON SURPLUS BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION AND NEW TEACHERS COME IN. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT. THE DAMAGE RATE FOR APPLE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN ANY OTHER DEVICE TYPE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> PAGE SEVEN. WHEN

082IT COMES TO THE ITEMS BEING DAMAGED. WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON AN ITEM IS DAMAGED? >> BROKEN SCREENS IS THE NUMBER ONE. >> THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, DOESN'T IT. >> YES. >> MANY OF THEM ARE UNDER WARRANTY. WE CAN REPLACE THEM AND SWAMP THEM OUT. >> FOR KNOW. >> OKAY. >> FOR NOW. >> YEAH, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE ONES YOU CAN'T FIND, YOU LOCKED THEM. WHEN YOU LOCK IT, OKAY, YOU CAN'T FIND IT. IT'S JUST BEING NOT USED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. IF IT CONNECTS, IT WILL SAY HEY, YOU NEED TO RETURN THIS TO GCS PROPERTY. IT'S EITHER LOST OR STOLEN. WE CALL IT A BRICK. >> THEY CAN'T GO TO THE PAWNSHOP. >> WHEN THEY DO, THEY WILL CALL US AND SAY, WE HAVE A DEVICE OF Y'ALLS AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK

083IT UP ORB LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS WILL BRING THEM IN. >> OKAY, JUST ASKING. >> OKAY. >> PAGE NINE. 7 PERCENT OUT OF WARRANTY AND $2. $2.7 MILLION TO REPAIR. >> YES, THAT'S A POTENTIAL COST AND NOT AN ACTUAL BUYING. THAT'S WHAT WE'D E QUITE IT TO. THE COST OF A CHROME BBROOK IS $120 AND THE ACTUAL DEVICE IS $200. THE QUESTION IS DO YOU REPAIR OR GET A NEW ONE. YOU CAN JUST BY IT CHROMEBOOK BUT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING YOU WANT THE WARRANTY AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS MORE EXPENSIVE, AROUND THE $400 RANGE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THE LAST QUESTION, NEXT TO LAST QUESTION, PAGE TEN. THE PRICE THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US ABOUT 9 MILLION IS ON ONE FIFTH OF OUR DEVICES? >> THAT'S ONE FIFTH. THAT EXAMPLE, IF WE

084WERE TO REPLACE A FIFTH OF OUR INVENTORY. SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ACROSS 2,400, WE DO THAT TIMES FIVE. THAT EQUATES TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12 AROUND YOUR 50 SOMETHING THOUSAND. >> SINCE CHROMEBOOKS ONLY COST $200. IF YOU DID A BUY BACK, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU'D GET FOR IT? >> FOR THE CHROME BOOK? TEN DOLLARS. YOU MIGHT GET TEN DOLLARS NOT MUCH OF AN RETURN ON INVESTMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. KHEM AND THEN LINDA. >> YES, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY ARE WE USING SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEVICES BETWEEN TEACHERS STUDENTS AND K THROUGH THREE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT MATH. >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE. I'M NOT TOTALLY AGAINST IT. AS I LOOK AROUND THE

085ROOM DR. MONK HAS A SAMSUNG, I HAVE AN APPLE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, THE DEVICE SHOULDN'T BE SPECIFIC. FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT. WE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE IT. IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS OR THOSE LEADING THE INITIATIVES. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I MENTIONED THE CROSS FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW OUR GOALS AND THAT COULD CHANGE IF WE COME TO THAT CONCLUSION IF WE SIMPLIFY IT OR GO UP AND DOWN ON GRADE LEVELS. IT USED TO BE THAT IN GUILFORD COUNTY. IT WAS ALL WINDOWS, NO APPLE. THAT SHIFTED. NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE TYPES. >> I AM THINKING ABOUT SOFTWARE WE DOWNLOAD. MICROSOFT IS DIFFERENT IN THE WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT AND APPLE ENVIRONMENT. THEY DON'T TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. THEN WE HAVE THINGS YOU USE AT HOME. THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST

086TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE THINKING AROUND THIS. >> IT HAPPENED REAL FAST WHEN WE HAD TO BUY 70,000 DEVICES IN SIX MONTHS. A TEAM OF TEACHERS DID DIFFERENT TESTS AND CAME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF IPADS FOR K THROUGH THREE AND CHROMEBOOKS FOR FOUR THROUGH 12 THAT SEEMED DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATELY THE SOFTWARE IS WEB-BASED BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK DIFFERENT. THAT'S HOW IT STARTED. >> ARE PHONES IN YOUR REPORT? >> THEY WERE NOT. >> OKAY. >> WE MANAGE PHONES AS WELL. >> I KNOW. >> ARE THE COMPUTER LABS INCLUDED? >> NO, THIS REPORT IS ONLY FOR MOBILE DEVICES. >> OH, OKAY. >> THE -- >> OKAY. IS IT POSSIBLE WHEN WE MAKE THE PURCHASES WE CAN BUILD REPLACEMENTS INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY, DO WE DO THAT? >> WE DO. THAT'S PART OF THE WARRANTY.

087IF IT'S UNDERWARRANTY AND BREAKS THEY WILL PICK IT UP AND GIVE US ANOTHER ONE. WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE END OF THAT ROAD NOW. AS WE NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS. THAT CHROME BOOK IS NOT $200. YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN THE ONGOING REPAIR COST AND WARRANTY TO MAKE SURE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IT GETS BACK IN THE HANDS OF THEM QUICKLY. WE HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR A NEW DEVICE TO COME IN AND LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THEY ARE MISSING OUT ON. >> WHATEVER YOU DECIDE THE SHAWYN A MODEL HOW YOU REPLACE PRINTERS, I DON'T KNOW, DEVICES YOU HAVE IN THE TEACHER WORKROOM. I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER THINGS. >> WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE LIFE CYCLE. YOUR WI-FI CONNECTORS. WE TALK NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND BEHIND THE SCENES TECHNICAL STUFF. WE MUST REPLACE THAT STUFF. WE ARE

088WORKING ON THE PLAN FOR THAT. COPIERS AND PRINTERS WE HAVE TO RENEW THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE BEST PRICING. IT SHIFTS EVERY YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> LINDA, THEN DIANNE. >> WHEN WE TALK BANDWIDTH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH ARE WE SEEING? >> WE HAVE SEEN A IMPROVEMENT BUT NOWHERE NEAR CAPACITY. WITH THE GROWTH WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT ON IT JUST BEFORE NEW NUMERICAL COMPARISONS WE ARE HITTING A TEN. >> THE N TECHNOLOGY KEEPS GOING IN THE OLDER SCHOOLS AND EVERYWHERE WE GET THE DATA AROUND.IZE KNOW WHEN WE WERE -- WE HAD SOME WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CONNECTORS. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT WORKED OUT. >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT SAY, WE DON'T HAVE, THEY GET THE CONNECTIVITY MIXED UP. WE DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE.

089YOU TALK ABOUT WI-FI IS DROPPING THEY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. >> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THE COAST OF THE BANDWIDTH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SERVICE THAT GOES ACROSS. THAT'S NOT INCREASING? >> NOT AT ALL. >> GOOD ANSWER. >> WHAT ABOUT SOFTWARE LICENSES? WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT AND KEEPING UP WITH CHANGES? >> IT'S BUILT INTO OUR ANNUAL CONTRACTS. THE BIGGEST IS OUR MICROSOFT LICENSE. WE RENEW THAT EVERY YEAR. WE REVIEW AND RENEW IT. THAT'S THE PRIMARY SOFTWARE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN. WE HAVE OTHER TYPES LIKE ADOBE WE HAVE TO GET AS A DISTRICT. WE REVIEW THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. ARE WE USING IT OR DOING IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT. WE JUST WON'T RENEW AND SAY, HEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE MOVE ON BECAUSE NEEDS HAVE SHIFTED. >>

090HOW DO WE, ALL RIGHT, ARE WE STILL CLEANING -- TO DID KIDS TURN THE DEVICES IN AND WE CLEAN THEM AND RETURN THEM. >> YES, THEY TURN THEM IN AND MEDIA COORDINATORS ARRANGE THAT OVER THE SUMMER. WE CLEAR THEM OUT, WE POWER WASH THEM EVERYBODY GETS A REFRESHED ONE. >> FOR SUMMER PROGRAM THEY CAN'T KEEP IT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS. >> MY OTHER QUESTION GOES TO AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. CAN WE GET AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH THESE UNITS? >> MOST OF THE FIVE YEAR ARE THE EXTENDED. >> OH. >> EXTENDED. >> SO, WE ARE ON THE LAST LEG. IT MIGHT FALL OFF IF WE KEEP EXTENDING IT. >> MY HUSBAND HAD TO GET RID OF THE iPHONE BECAUSE NONE OF THE APPS WOULD UPDATE. HE HAD TO FINALLY UPGRADE AND IT'S KILLING HIM. AS THE UNIT,

091BECAUSE THEY DON'T SUPPORT SOFTWARE. CERTAIN VERSIONS LIKE, I HAD AN OLD LAPTOP. THEY STOPPED SUPPORTING THAT OPERATING SYSTEM. THEY WON'T GIVE YOU NEW STUFF. WE ARE MAKING SURE WE UPDATE THE OPERATING SYSTEMS TO WINDOWS 11 WE ARE WORKING TO REPLACE THOSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IF THE KIDS GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN A SEVER AND APP WHATEVER THEY PUT IN THE CAPTURED BY THE AI. THEY CAN PUT IN PERSONAL INFORMATION MAYBE JOKINGLY SAY SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T SAY SOMEONE ASK A QUESTION AND POPS UP IN SOMEONE ELSE'S FEED. >> WHATEVER YOU PUT WHETHER IT'S FILTERED OR UNFILTERED. IT CAN'T BE PULLED OUT. THAT TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO TEACHERS AND PASSED TO STUDENTS. >> I KNOW, LIKE, KHAN ACADEMY IS MAKING SURE WHAT GOES UP DOESN'T GO OUTSIDE OF THEIR REALM. OKAY. SO, I HAVE CONCERNS, DEPENDING

092ON WHAT WE USE FOR AI WE PUT IT IF THE HANDS OF OUR KIDS. HOW MUCH YOU CAN TELL A KID 100 TIMES DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THIS, THEY WILL DO IT. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS AROUND THE FACT THAT WHATEVER THESE CHILDREN OR STUDENTS PUT IN IS CAPTURED UP HERE AND CAN BE REGURGITATED ELSEWHERE WITH THE RIGHT QUESTION FROM SOMEONE ELSE. JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. AND THEN. PLAGIARISM, HOW PEOPLE ARE PLAGIARIZING. ADULTS ARE PLAGIARIZING. OKAY, LAWYERS ARE PLAGIARIZING. MY THING IS THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. IF YOU HAVE ADULTS THAT ARE NOT CHECKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REGURGITATED TO THEM AND MY SON IS NOW A LAWYER. HE TELLS ME, THIS HAPPENS. THEY DID THIS AND IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BIG THINGS WITH AI TO BE

093CONCERNED ABOUT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE SLOWLY AND THOROUGHLY ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IT HAS SOME MAJOR CATCHES TO IT. >> I AGREE. >> I'LL JUST ADD PLAGIARISM IS COVERED IN THE CURRENT CODE OF CONDUCT. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IT HAS CONSEQUENCES BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE PLAGIARISM. IT'S DIFFERENT AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO MORE. IT'S CURRENTLY COVERED IN THAT. >> WE MUST MAKE SURE KIDS UNDERSTAND IT'S P PLAGIARIZING. WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET. WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT'S TOLD TO US IF IT'S REGURGITATED. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT'S PLAGIARISM. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DIANNE. THEN DAVID. >> MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH WE KIND OF GOT A SHOCKER DURING THE SUMMER WE FOUND OUT GUILFORD COUNTY WASN'T AS CONNECTED. WE HAVE, THE QUESTION IS

094HAS THAT IMPROVED. AS WE SEND DEVICES HOME WITH CHILDREN, ARE PARENT STILL HAVING A CHALLENGE MAKING SURE ON REMOTE DAYS THEIR KIDS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT TO AN INTERNET PROVIDER? >> YES, WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. FAMILIES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS THEY CAN REQUEST, THE HOT SPOT THAT CONNECTS. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF THOSE CHECK OUTS BY THE SCHOOL. >> IS THERE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE EXCESS THAT IT'S TIME WARNER OR SPECTRUM, HAS THAT NETWORK GROWN? WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE UPSET LIVING MANY THE COUNTY. SOME LIVE-IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS BUT DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET CONNECTION. HAVE WE SEEN THAT IMPROVE? >> I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT'S A PROVIDER QUESTION. I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO FAMILIES AND ALSO THE HIGH POINT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN THE FAIRVIEW

095ZONE. THE ZONES ARE THOSE THAT THAT PROVIDER SERVICES. WE PROVIDE FREE INTERNET ACCESS TO THOSE FAMILIES. WE HAVE ABOUT 500 FAMILIES THAT SIGNED UP FOR THAT IN THE AREA. >> THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT. >> YES, IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING PROMOTED AND AVAILABLE THROUGH 2,026. WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM SIGNED UP FOR THE SERVICE. >> ON PAGE EIGHT, CAN YOU RETRIEVE MISSING DEVICES? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE LOCATERS OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE? >> IF IT'S TURNED ON THEN WE CAN. IF IT TURNS ON AND CONNECTS WE GOT IT. ARE THE KIDS AND FAMILIES AWARE OF THIS, THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP A DEVICE. >> WHEN WE LOCKED THEM, WE GOT A LOT OF CALLS WE GOT CALLS FROM STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED. WE GRADUATED, CAN YOU UNLOCK IT. WE SAID BRING IT BACK-UP TO

096THE OFFICE. IT WORKED >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO GET DEVICES BACK SO WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH LOSS RATE. ON PAGE TEN, MY COMMENT HERE IS SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A THREE-LEGGED HORSE? >> TWO. >> OKAY. >> THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IF YOU DO 15TH. I DON'T CARE HOW HARD YOU PUSH YOU WILL NEVER CATCH-UP. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH THE LAST YOU WILL BE BACK THERE AGAIN. >> IF YOU FOLLOW THE LIFECYCLE PLAN ALL WILL BE COVERED. IT WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS TO GET IT DONE. THE FIRST SET YOU BROUGHT, SAY YOU BROUGHT THEM THIS YEAR, BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 29, 30, THE ONE WE BROUGHT THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S WHAT I EVENLY SAYING. YOU DECIDE NOT TO FUND IT OR NO

097FUNDING AVAILABLE YOU HAVE TO PLACE TWO YEARS WORTH OR THREE YEARS WORTH FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW. FIVE YEARS WORTH. >> THIS IS THE COST HERE. I KNOW, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS. WHAT HAPPENED NATIONALLY IN THE LAST WEEK. >> THAT MEANS THAT THESE NUMBERS, BECAUSE IF WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US IS GOING TO HAPPEN INCREASES THE PART ANY OF THIS. IT BECOMES SUBSTANTIAL. THIS IS AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND COST INCREASE. >> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. WITH THE TARIFFS, WE HAD PROVIDERS THAT SAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO PURCHASE THEM NOW BECAUSE PRICES WILL GO UP. YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH THE PRICES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. IT COULD EASILY GO UP I'LL ASK THE QUESTION LIGHTER. ON PAGE, I DON'T SEE A PAGE NUMBER ON THIS ONE. I JUST WONDER, WHAT ARE COMPANIES DOING TO SUPPORT

098US? I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, LEGALLY, THEY WE DON'T WIND UP IF YOU GIVE ME THIS I'LL GIVE YOU THAT SITUATION. MADAM ATTORNEY? >> RIGHT. ARE COMPANIES LIKE INTERNET PROVIDERS HELP SUPPORT US? OR PROVIDING WHATEVER WE CAN'T PAY FOR THAT THEY CAN'T GIVE US AM I ASKING A QUESTION IN A WAY NOT TO GET IN LEGAL TROUBLE? >> I'M HEARING THE NEGOTIATING PIECE, CAN YOU HELP WITH THE PRICE BECAUSE WE ARE BUYING BULKS OF THIS? >> [SPEAKING OFF MIC ]. >> ARE YOU GETTING HELP OR SUPPORT? SURLY, WE ARE A BIG TICKET ITEM FOR SOME COMPANIES ARE WE NOT? >> YES, WE ARE. >> WE ARE MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINE. >> OKAY, ON PAGE 14, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR NOT JUST TUBING THE TALK BUT WALKING THE WALK

099BECAUSE WE HAVE SAID HIRE, WE WANT OUR CTE STUDENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE APART OF THAT COMMUNITY TOO. I APPRECIATE YOU NOT ONLY HAVING THE YOUNG PEOPLE BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY WERE THERE. I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR FIVE OR SIX SIGNED UP FOR THIS COMING SUMMER IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS. MY LAST QUESTION, WHAT I ASKED YOU BEFORE? HOW MUCH? >> I WAS READY FOR YOUR QUESTION THIS YEAR. I THINK THE SLIDE THAT BROKE DOWN THE ANNUAL AMOUNT. SO IF YOU ASK HOW MUCH FOR NEXT YEAR I'LL SAY 9 MILLION. IF YOU ASK TOTAL I'D SAY 45 MILLION. >> 45 MILLION WILL GET THE STUDENTS AND STAFF ALL THEY NEED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITHOUT WORRIES OF WARRANTIES, DAMAGES, AND CONTINUED ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. >>

100OKAY, FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, WE NEED NINE? >> NEXT BUDGET YEAR. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW YOU NEED NINE? >> YES, 2,025-26 WE NEED A FIFTH OF THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AND THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE METHODS OF ACQUIRING. I KNOW, IN SOME STATES THERE ARE STATE CONTRACTS YOU CAN GET ON. I BELIEVE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IF THE STATE CONTRACT WAS CHEAPER, I'D IMAGE WE WOULD HAVE GONE ON THAT. MY OTHER UNDERSTANDING IS, IN NORTH CAROLINA, IT'S NOT THE PRACTICE TO HAVE LARGE GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO COMBINE PURCHASING POWER BECAUSE THEY ARE BULK NEGOTIATES PRICES. >> WE DO A LOT OF WORKING WITH THE STATE.

101>> THERE ARE NO SEPARATE GROUPS? >> NO. NO. >> [SPEAKING OFF MIC] >> OKAY. I KNOW THERE IS A GROUP OF DISTRICTS, COUNTY DISTRICTS THAT GET TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. NOT FOR PURCHASING. WOULD IT BE PERMISSIBLE TO SET UP GROUPS OTHER THAN WORKING THROUGH THE STATE CONTRACT? >> THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RULES ABOUT WHEN YOU CAN GO OFF OF STATE CONTRACTS AND WHEN YOU CAN PIPIGGYBACK. PERHAPS. DEPENDIG ON IF SOMETHING IS AVAILABLE ON STATE CONTRACT. IT DEPENDS. >> OKAY. >> WELL, THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS THESE ARE HUGE NUMBERS AND AS DIANNE POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A NATIONAL SITUATION WHICH LOOKS LIKE INFLATION IS GOING TO BALLOON. THINGS WILL GET MORE EXPENSIVE, AND THAT'S AS FAR OUT AS ANYONE CAN SEE. SO, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE PODIUM MENTIONED

102WE'LL HAVE TO GET IMAGINATIVE. I KNOW, IN SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THERE ARE SUCH GROUPS AND THEY SAVE A TON OF MONEY. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GET FIVE OR SIX COUNTIES TOGETHER AND THEY ALL WANT WINDOWS DEVICES, THAT GIVES YOU BARGAINING POWER. I'D HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT. NOT ONLY FOR COMPUTER ACQUISITIONS BUT, FOR U YOU KNOW, DESKS AND TOILET PAPER. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A TIGHT SITUATION. I KNOW THERE IS SOME OPENNESS TO LOOK INTO THIS KIND OF THING. I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH WILD TO BRING IT UP IN THIS CONTEXT. ANY WAY. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT AND WHAT KHEM WAS TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE DEVICES. I MAKE MYSELF GET ON THE SURFACE. I

103KNOW DR. MONK THE PERSON WHO IS DIFFERENT IN THE ROOM, RIGHT NOW. I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL YOU ODD. I MAKE MYSELF GET ON IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE APPLICATIONS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU USE ALL OF THE TIME. IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO WEBEX TO GOOGLE MEETS, ALL OF THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIVERSITY OF APPLICATIONS AND DIFFERENT HARDWARE, I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO THE AI SORT OF WORLD IS REALLY CHALLENGING. I WAS ASKING DR. OAKLEY, HOW. I'M INTERESTED IN THE FEEDBACK AND REPORTS ABOUT HOW WE GUIDE AND COACH STUDENTS HOW TO USE IT. THE RIGHT USAGE VERSES EXPLOITATION. I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING. IT'S A GIFT AND BURDEN. THIS IS INFORMATIVE AND EVERYONES QUESTIONS WERE GREAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S

104SEE. WE ARE AT POLICY COMMITTEE REPORT. BOARD MEMBER BELLAMY SMALLS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S ME BUT I'M GOING TO ONLY GIVE THE POLICY NUMBER AND THE TITLE. INSTEAD OF THE DESCRIPTION. I HAVE TWO PAGES HERE. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO IT WOULD BE UP AT THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR POLICY MEETING THE MONTH BEFORE. I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL ARE. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT SITTING THERE. >> AT THE MAR. MARCH 19 MEETING YOU HAD A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FROM APRIL 8TH THROUGH MAY 8TH. THE POLICY REVISIONS ARE RELATED TO ONGOING LEGAL REVIEW OF OUR POLICY MANUAL. 40,130 DISCRETIONARY INTERDISTRICT ADMISSION. THERE ARE THREE POLICY ON RECORDS. POLICY 4,700 WHICH IS STUDENT RECORD. 5070/7350 WHICH IS PUBLIC RECORDS AND POLICY 7,820

105WHICH IS PERSONNEL FILES. THE REMAINING POLICIES ARE RELATED TO EMPLOYEE ATTENDA NEW POLICY 7500 CAPTURES THE RET REGARDING ATTENDANCE AND OVERTI. POLICY 7510 HAS BEEN REVISED TOT THE DISTRICT OFFERS TO EMPLOYEE. POLICY 7511 IS RECOMMENDED FOR T WILL BE MOVED TO ADMINISTRATIVE. POLICY 7512 HAS BEEN REVISED TO AND, LAST, POLICY 7540 HAS BEENR OUR SHARED LEAVE DONATION PROGR. AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN VIEW THEY COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE BOARD AE GCS WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME BACK Y MEETING AFTER THE PUBLIC HAS HA. UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OR THOSE OR WANT MORE INFORMATION? >> [SPEAKING OFF MIC ]. >> TURN YOUR MIC ON, KHEM. >> I'M SORRY, DIANNE. 7,820 PERSONNEL FILES IS ON MY AGENDA. >> THAT'S NOT ON MY SHEET. >> AM I MISSING ONE? >> [SPEAKING OFF

106MIC. ]. >> OKAY. I DO SEE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S UNDER THE THREE POLICIES ABOUT RECORDS. 7,820 PERSONNEL FOULS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> NO OTHER ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE TONIGHT. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> WE ARE NOT AT ACTION ITEM APPROVE VAL OF THE 2,025, 26 FUNDING FOR THE GUILFORD BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. >> MOVE THE ITEM. >> ALL RIGHT. >> MOTION AND SECOND. >> A SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO USE OUR DEVICES OR WE CAN. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. AW ALL IN FAVOR, A. >> ANY OPPOSED? THE BUDGET PASSES. WE ARE NOW AT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. >> I'LL GO FIRST. I CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BECAUSE THEY DO WORK HARD AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SEE THEM

107AND HAVE THEM SEEN BY THE PUBLIC. I'D LIKE THE GCAE FOLKS AS WELL AS OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET. WE PUT TOGETHER A GOOD ARGUMENT AND SUPPORT FOR WHY, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE BUDGET. SO, YOU HAVE TO, AND I APPRECIATE THE HEARTFELT APPEALS OF THOSE FOLKS. WE NEED TO TELL THOSE STORIES AND TELL THEM TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND ALSO TELL THOSE TO FOLKS IN RALEIGH. HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE YOU ELECTED. NOT JUST SHOWING UP BUT BY THEIR ACTUAL VOTE. IF THEY ARE NOT VOTING THE WAY YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD, ANY OF US, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. YOU HAVE TO PUT PEOPLE IN PLACE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY AND NOT JUST SAY STUFF. I THINK

108WE ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO WERE EDUCATED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ANY SCHOOLS. WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND WE SHOULD -- THOSE THREE BRANCHES KEEP US IN BALANCE. WE ARE OUT OF BALANCE RIGHT NOW. ALL OF US ARE FLUSTERED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK AND WILL BE UNDER ATTACK. WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THE MASSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EDUCATED BY PUBLIC EDUCATION HAVE THAT RIGHT AND HAVE US THERE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THERE IS A MOVEMENT AND BILL THAT COULD PUT US UP HERE OUT OF A JOB. THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO GET RID OF YOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUT YOUR SCHOOL

109SYSTEM UNDER THE COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SITS WITH YOU BUT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME. WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO WAS INTRODUCING LAWS AND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO S KEEP PEOPLE FRM GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. >> THANK YOU. CHRISSY. >> THAT'S THE PERFECT SEGUE. A LAWMAKER INTRODUCED A BILL THAT I'M 150% AGAINST. TO MAKE THE REQUIREMENT OF TEACHER LICENSURE FROM 100% TO 50%. THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE THINGS I EVER HEARD. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. I WILL BE E-MAILING THE WHOLE GUILFORD DELEGATION AND TELL THEM NOT TO DO THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WITH LICENSES TO GET THE BEST EDUCATION AND WE DON'T HAVE A BODY IN A SEAT TO BE ABLE TO SAY

110WE FILLED A SEAT. ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT REACHED OUT TO ME OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY TWO WEEKS AGO. IT'S A CHALLENGING TIME. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO REACHED OUT. I HAVE NOT BEEN AS VISIBLE AS I'D LIKE TO. MAYBE NOW YOU NOW WHY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> LINDA. >> I APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK THE TECHNOLOGY CREW DOES. I'D LIKE TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU. GIVEN THE INTERNALS THAT KIND OOFEXPERIENCE. YOU UPPED THEM O BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR A JOB. IT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU. SHAWN, A APPRECIATE YOU TOO. YOU ARE AWESOME. I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY. I KNOW WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO THE TWO%.

111OUR TWO CENTS, THERE IS SOME DATA YOU NEED TO KNOW. GUILFORD COUNTY EVICTION RATE IS 14%. THAT'S THE FOURTH HIGHEST OF 100 COUNTIES. JUMPED 42% FROM 22% TO 24. VERSES ONLY BEING EIGHTLE TO NINE%. WE ARE AT AN 18% POVERTY RATE AND TWO-CENT CENT MIGHT SOUND LIKE 60. THAT'S $60 AND IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEXITY'S A LOT OF MONEY AND PASSED DOWN TO THEM. OF GUILFORD COUNTY PROPERTY RATE RIGHT NOW IS 73% PER 100. WAKE IS 40-CENT PER 100. IT'S A CENT. WE ARE ALL READY THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX IN -- I'M LIKE ADDING 2 PERCENT. WE JUST HIT A 27% REEVALLATION IN 2,022 THAT HIT A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COMMISSIONER THAT STATED HE'S GOING TO MOST LIKELY, HE WILL NEED TO DIG A BIT DEEPER. THAT WAS FROM A

112$300,000 HOUSE WOULD INCREASE $1,000 OR EVEN IF YOU ARE LOWER AND YOU HAVE A SMALL HOUSE, SAY IT WAS 50,000 AND TRIPLED IN COST. YOUR OWN FIXED INCOME. YOU ARE GETTING HIT, YOU HA 28% AND WE ARE SEEING NUMBERS ESTIMATED ANYWHERE FROM 40%. THAT WILL HURT. I BELIEVE IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH, OUR EVICTION RATES WILL GO UP, OUR HOMELESS RATES WILL GO UP. IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT MONEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF DOWN THE ROAD. THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS STATED THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN. SO, I'LL CLOSE ON THAT. >> THANK YOU. PASTOR SHEROUSE. >> I THANK THOSE SPA SPOKE THOSE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SPACE FOR THAT AND ADDITIONAL STORIES THAT I FOUND MOVING AND COMPELLING.

113I'M HAPPY WE COULD GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO THAT. ONE SPEAKER REFERENCED THE BELOVED SCHOOL CUSTODIAN. MY MIND WENT TO THOSE SCENES THAT GO VIRAL WHERE THERE IS A BELOVED NUTRITION WORKER OR OTHER STAFF MEMBER. THEY FIND THEMSELVES NEURORETIREMENT AND THE STUDENTS PULL THEIR RESOURCES OR FAMILIES PULL THEIR RESOURCES AND MAKE THIS THIS IS ONE WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT. ANOTHER WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE MOMENT IS REFLECTED ON A SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT GIVES THEM THE DIGNITY TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS THAT'S THE SYSTEM WE ARE LOOSHOWING RIGHT NOW AS A COMMUNITY. CRYSTALLIZING POINT THAT WAS WE KNOW THERE IS A PRICE OR SHORTER FALL THE COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN IT WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION. WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T ACCEPT A 0 BUDGET FROM COMMISSIONERS THIS YEAR AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE

114TO WORK THROUGH IS SEASON THAT ENDS IN JUNE AND WORK FOR POSITIVE SOLUTIONS. WE KNOW, THIS IS THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION. I EAGER TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIND MORE REVENUE. I'M A PRIVATE TAXPAYER BUT I WOULDN'T PRESUME TO TELL THEM AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD FIND IT. WE HAVE TO FIND MORE REVENUE AND I HOPE BEFORE JUNE WE CAN DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> BETTYE. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, HAPPY LIBRARY MONTH. ON LAST NIGHT WE MET WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT SIMPKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S AMAZING. ALSO, BPA, THEY HAD A MEETING AT HOPKIN BROWN A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE BUILDING WAS PACKED AND HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHOOL. I KNOW IT'S COME ALONG SWIFTLY. I CAN'T WAIT TO WALK INTO THE SCHOOL. HONDA, THE POWER OF DREAMS

115AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH THE GILL FORD COUNTY SCHOOLS THEY WILL BE HELD ON MAY 3 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. IT'S AT THE COLOSSEUM IN THE FIELD HOUSE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR ALL STUDENTS AT GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. IT'S SECOND OF ALLED THE STEM FEST. >> THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT DAVID. >> DETEDICTISENATE BILL 227 ELIG DEI IS TO FOSTER AND DEFEND INTELLECTUAL HONESTCY, INQUIRY, AND INSTRUCTION. SET FORTHS CONCEPTS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL UNINATE NITS SHOULDN'T DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AND PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS ON DIVISIVE CONCEPTS. AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE CONCEPTS IS THAT QUOTE, THE UNITED STATES WAS CREATED BY MEM BEG YOUR CREA PARTICULAR RACE OR SEX TO ANOTHER. WHITE MEN CREATED THE UNITED STATES. WOMEN COULDN'T VOTE. AND WOMEN WERE THE PROPERTY

116OF THEIR HUSBAND. RACED BASED SLAVERY WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BLACK PEOPLE -- BLACK EN ENSLAVED PEOPLE WERE COUNTED AS 35THTH OF A PERSON. WHERE IS THE FREE FREEDOM OF INQUIRY AND INSTRUCTION. THE COUNTRY RONALD REAGAN LABELED THE EMPIRE, THERE WERE MANY PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP. ERASING PEOPLE HOME HE LABELED OF THE PEOPLE. YOU HEARD THAT PHRASE LATELY. ONLY ONE IN HISTORY THAT SUPPORTED HIS UNCHECKED POWER. THE SPONSORS OF SENATE BILL 227 WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE PEOPLE AND INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T FIT THE NARRATIVE THEY'D LIKE TO PROJECT. THE AGENDA WAS POWERED BY ANY MEANS. RECENTLY, WE SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH A ASTRO PHYSICIST NEIL DEGRASS TYSON. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE APOLLO FLIGHTS TO THE MOON THAT INSPIRED HIM TO BE AN ASTRONAUT AND HE SAID NO. HE COULDN'T RELATE. NONE OF THE

117ASTRONAUTS LOOKED LIKE HIM. NOW WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS, WOMEN, MEN, BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN. REPRESENTATION OF ALL PEOPLE IN A RACIAL DEMOCRACY THAT'S IMPORTANT. QUALIFIED PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND GENDERS ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE APART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR CULTURE. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE INCLUDED TODAY. THEY WILL REMOVE PEOPLE FROM HISTORY. IT'S NOT FACT BASED. SUPI HOPE THE CITIZENS DO NOT GUILTY WAKE UP TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SOVIET OF NORTH CAROLINA. >> THANK YOU. KHEM. >> WE ARE DEALING WITH A SITUATION THAT SEEMS LIKE A MOVE THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION FIGHTING FOR THE FULLY FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WE DO THE DANCE MAKING A REQUEST HAVING TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT AN OUTCOME WOULD BE CHANGING BUDGET FOR CHILDREN. IT'S VERY WORRYING AND I DO

118BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AROUND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. THIS IS BECAUSE, IF NOT, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT NEW ORLEANS, THEY HAVE A FULL CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM. EVERY SCHOOL IS A CHARTER SCHOOL IN NEW ORLEANS. I BELIEVE THAT'S A BLUEPRINT FOR WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE EDUCATION TO GO TO BE PRIVATIZED. IF WE ARE NOT GUILTY CAREFUL AND MINDFUL, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HEAD. TEACHERS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS ALL READY DON'T HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED. FIFTY% OF THEM DON'T HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED. I WAS FORTUNATE, I ATTENDED THE NETWORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE EVERYONE IS WORRIED THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT UP >> I HAD MY DEVOCATION EVOLUTION AND NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST

119ME SHALL PROSPER. EVERY TIME THAT SHALL RISE AGAINST ME THOUSAND SHALL CONDEMNED. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD AND THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OF ME. I SAY THIS TO YOU TONIGHT. NO EXECUTIVE ORDER FORMED AGAINST US WILL PROSPER. NONE OF THE THINGS COMING DOWN WILL PROSPER AGAINST US. WE KNEAD TO GET ORGANIZED AND DECIDE WE WANT TO COME TOGETHER AND TRUST THAT. I BELIEVE, WE HAVE THE POWER. I BELIEVE, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CAN DEFEAT THOSE THINGS AND SUSTAIN AND COME OUT ON TOP. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US WILL PROSPER. GUILFORD COUNTY 2,025 3A THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. >> THANK YOU, IS DEBRA STILL ON. >> I'LL KEEP IT BREECH. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEGISLATURES AT SCHOOLS WEEK. LINDA WAS THERE. BETTYE AND DAVID WAS THERE. THAT'S RIGHT, DIANNE. YOU WERE

120BEHIND ME. WITH HAD A WONDERFUL PANEL WITH OUR STAFF HERE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM THEM THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ANODE THE THEME WAS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS, FACILITY, SAFETY, AND SECURITY CONFERENCE JONNY, TRAVIS, CARLA, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE WAS THERE. DR. MONK KNOWS. IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. I ED'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO WERE HONORED FROM JROCT AND THE PEOPLE RECOGNIZED. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE HANDS OFF RALLY IT WAS JUST AMAZING. WHEN I GOT THERE TRYING TO MANEUVERER AROUND MANY PEOPLE. I HEARD REPORTERS TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE HERE AND HOW THEY EXPLAINED THEY USE A GRID SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE. IT WAS JUST, IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS ONE SPEAKER THAT WAS

121THERE FOR HANDS OFF EVERYTHING. IT WAS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY TO BE APART OF. I KNOW MS. RINISHA WAS THERE AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO SAY, IT'S CRIMINAL AND SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW FOR ANY EMPLOYEE'S WAGING TO BE SO LOW THEY QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS. IT'S WRONG. NO BIG RETAIL, NO GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. NO CORPORATION SHOULD HAVE A LABOR FORCE THAT WORKS AS HARD AS OUR PEOPLE DO THAT THEIR WAGES ARE SO LOW THEY QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE, WE NEED TO PUSH SOMETHING TO BEGIN PLANTING SEEDS AROUND THAT. WE PAY FOR IT ON ONE END. WE GIVE PEOPLE EBT CARDS AND OTHER THINGS. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AGAIN I THING THE COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES FOR A STRUCTURAL ISSUE. FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR. WHEN WE CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE THEY

122CHANGE THINGS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BOLD AND SET EXPECTATIONS AND VALUE AND APPRECIATE WHERE IT SHOULD BE. IT'S NOT HERE. BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE NEED A MOTION AND VOTE NOT TO HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 22ND. HAT WAS SCHEDULED IN THE EVENT WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE BUDGET VOTE TONIGHT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR AYE. MOTION TO AISADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE.