GCS Board of Education Meeting - April 12th 2022

001. >> GOOD EVENING, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. WE WILL BEGIN, BOARD MEMBER BETTY JENKINS, WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN OUR MEETING. . >> WILL YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT RECOGNITION AND I WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING BY REMEMBERING 3 STUDENTS WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2021. ALTHOUGH WE CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEY MADE ON THE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL FAMILY OUR HEARTS ARE EXTENDED IN GRIEF TO THEIR LOVED ONES. ON BEHALF OF THE BEWE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIPBTDS AND TEACHERS TO BASIL

002, CAMERON , AND BRENDON REDFEARN. BASIL WILSON WAS A STUDENT WITH A GREAT SMILE. HE ARRIVED EARLY AT HIGH SCHOOL EACH DAY WHERE HE WOULD GREET HIS TEACHERS AND STAFF AS THEY ENTERED THE GUILDING. WAS INTERESTED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS INTERESTED IN BUILD *R BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE JUNIOR ROTC. HE SHOWED SUCH ACTIVE ENERGY IN A SHORT TIME HE WAS GOING TO BE MRAID A JUNIOR OFFICER BASIL HAD A LIGHT THAT GROWED AND SHINED ON OTHERS. HIS ENGLISH TEACHERS SAY HE PARTICIPATED WELL IN CLASS, SHOWED EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM. HIS PEERS ENJOYED BEING IN CLASS WITH HIM AND SAID HE WAS A REAL FUN PERSON WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR. >> CAMERON WAS A SEDALIA TIGER AND SHOWED THE TRAITS OF BEING RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND

003SAFE. HE WAS EAGER TO LEARN, ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND WAS AN ENCOURAGER TO OTHERS. CAMERON ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF LEARNING SIGHT WORDS WITH PERSEVERANCE. HE WOULD PRACTICE A FEW WORDS FOR HOMEWORK AND BE READY TO SHOW WHAT HE KNEW ALMOST EVERY DAY. HE WAS COMPETITIVE IN CLASS AND AT RECESS. HE WAS THE FIRST TO KICK A BALL AROUND AND RUN WITH ALL HIS MIGHT TO BE THE FIRST TO GET THE BALL BACK. DURING INDOOR RECESS, HE COULD DANCE LIKE NO OTHER. CAMERON BUILT FRIENDSHIPS AND WAS LOVED BY HIS SEDALIA FAMILY. >> BRENDON REDFEARN WAS A KIND YOUNG MAN. HE HAD A GREAT RESPECT FOR HIS TEACHERS AND ALL THE STAFF AT PAGE HIGH. HE GREETED THEM DAILY WITH A A SMILE AND A HANDSHAKE AND ON HIS FIRST DAY AS

004A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HE SAID GOOD MORNING, SIR, MY NAME IS BRENDON REDFEARN. IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. HE CAME TO CLASS AND WAS ALWAYS PREPARED. HE WOULD ALSO HELP HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES IF HE UNDERSTOOD THE LESSON AND THEY DPBTD. HE HAD A CONTAGIOUS LAUGH AND FELT EVERYONE FEEL LIKE A FRIEND. HE WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS AS AN OLD SOUL. >> ALTHOUGH WE WERE ONLY PRIVILEGED TO KNOW THESE STUDENTS FOR A BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME IN THEIR OWN WAYS THEY HELPED BUILD HEARTWARMING MEMORIES THAT WILL BE CHERISHED FOREVER. TO HONOR THESE STUDENTS PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES IN ATTENDANCE TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE CONDOLENCES FROM THE BOARD. NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE

005OUR APRIL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, AMBER MISENHIEMER WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM [APPLAUSE] SOUTHERN HIGH OFRS SUPPORT AMBER P MISENHIEMER WAS IN A RUSH. IT WAS HER DAUGHTER'S 15TH BIRTHDAY AND THEY HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DMV TO GET HER PERMIT BUT BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN SHE WAS SURPRISED BY SOMETHING ELSE, A $50 GIFT CARD AND NEWS SHE WAS APRIL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. FRONT OFFICE MEMBERS DO MANY THINGS AT A BUSY HIGH SCHOOL. AMBER WAS NOMINATED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ALISON ADAMS WHEN SHE WAS ASSISTING A CHILD AND QUICKLY RECOGNIZED SOMETHING WAS NOT NORMAL. THE STUDENT'S SUGAR WAS VERY LOW AND AMBER SUPPLIED JUICE AND STAYED WITH HER TO MONITOR NUMBERS. SHE STAYED WITH HER AND THEN CALLED HER MOM AND GOT EMS INVOLVED WHO DETERMINED THE STUDENT NEEDED

006ADDITIONAL CARE. THIS ACTION WAS INDICATIVE OF AMBER'S CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WROTE ADAMS. SHE WORKED WITH THE STUDENT TO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE THIS WAS OUT OF THE NORM FOR HER. THIS QUICK COMPETENCE ENSURED THE STUDENT HAD WHAT SHE NEEDED AND RECOVERED. AMBER RECEIVED A $50 GIFT CARD COURTESY OF THE JAYCEES AND DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL HER PHOTO WILL HANG AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND JAYCEES OFFICE. >> IT IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO YOU AS THE GUILFORD COUNTY COUNTY SCHOOLS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL, 2022. WE KNOW THAT YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND HAVE A LOVE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS, YOU MAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU MAY. >> OKAY,

007I'M JUST TRULY HONORED TO BE RECEIVING THIS AWARD AND TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU, WE'RE CERTAINLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION WE WILL CELEBRATE STUDENTS WHO EARN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WINTER SPORTS WHICH INCLUDE WRESTLING, DIVING AND INDOOR TRACK. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ASK DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS LEIGH HEBBARD TO COME FORWARD AND HELP RECOGNIZE THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COACHES. I JUST SAW LEIGH A FEW MINUTES AGO. THERE YOU GO, WELCOME, LEIGH >> WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THE ATHLETES OUT. >> IT'S YOUR SHOW. >> THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S EXCITING. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC AI CHIEFMENT BY SOME INDIVIDUALS WE HAD DURING WINTER SPORTS. UFTLY WE DID

008NOT HAVE ANY TEAMS TO WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WE DID DURING THE FALL BUT WE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WON STATE TITLES IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS. IN SPITE OF MY OWN CONCERNS, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD WAS ABOUT WRESTLING, WHETHER THEY COULD EVEN MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE SEASON WITH COVID GOING ON. BUT THEY DID AND WE HAD STATE XHAPL PEEPBSHIP AND WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WRESTLING. FIRST IS DREW PEPPIN AND ALSO ATTENDING ASHLY YOUNG. FROM PAGE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD JACOB WOODBURN, HE IS A SENIOR, HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY, IF I DIDN'T SAY COACH RON DURHAM WHO WILL BE HONORED TO THE STATE HALL OF FAME. WE DID HAVE ONE DIVER, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE HAD IN

009AT LEAST 13 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW BUT WE STRUGGLED HERE TO GET A DIVING PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING BUT WE DID GET IT UP AND RUNNING SO IT'S NICE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE STATE CLAM PEEPB DIVER, HER NAME IS BAYLEIGH CRANFORD, SHE IS IN RAGSDALE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE EARNED A SCORE OF 434 AND QUALIFIED AS ALL AMERICAN ALSO. NEXT, MEN'S INDOOR TRACK, WE HAD QUITE A FEW HERE, FIRST FROM SOUTHERN GUILFORD I KNOW PRINCIPAL MUELLER IS HERE, THEY HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, NICK BLACKSTON, HE IS A JUNIOR, COACHED BY LARRY RATCLIFF. THEN FROM DUDLEY MEN'S TEAM WE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, THEY WERE COACHED BY TEQUILLE JACKSON IN THE INDIVIDUALS, FIRST CORNWALIS, FRESHMAN, HE WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS PART OF THE RELAY TEAM. LE'EZRA BROWN, FRESHMAN, PART OF

010THE 200 METER RELAY TEAM, RJ BAKER IS A MEMBER OF THE 200 RELAY TEAM. ATTORNEY ATTORNEY, PART OF THE 400 RELAY TEAM, ISENHOUR, PART OF THE 300 MEET ERR DASH AND A MEMBER OF THE 400 RELAY TEAM, HE IS A SENIOR, ALSO 300 METER DASH HE SET A STATE RECORD AT 32.4 SECONDS AND HE HAS COMMITTED TO RUN TRACK AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T. NEXT, MICHAEL SHAW, HE IS A SENIOR AND PLANS TO ATTEND NORTH CAROLINA A&T AND FINALLY JONATHAN SMITH, PART OF THE 400 RELAY TEAM, HE IS A SENIOR AND CURRENTLY UNDECIDED ABOUT WHERE HE'S GOING. WE HAVE NILIJAH DARDEN, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 4 BY 200 RELAY TEAM, SHE WAS A FRESHMAN. NEXT GABRIELLE CHEEK, NATHALYA DANIELS, JUNIOR, PART OF THE 4 BY 200 RELAY TEAM AND SADIYAH MCGREGOR. WE ARE PROUD

011OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS TO ALL OF YOU [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. >> I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE YOU. IF YOU WILL, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THAT WAY, WE'D LIKE TO SHAKE ALL OF YOUR HANDS. YOU DO THIS BETTER THAN ANY OF THE FOLKS UP HERE, COORDINATE YOURSELVES, THERE WE GO, WE HAVE SOMEBODY UP HERE HANDLING THAT [APPLAUSE]. >> SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS, SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION, ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW AT ITEM G UNDER RECOGNITIONS AND THIS IS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PROCLAIMING APRIL 17 THROUGH THE 23RD AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO TURN TO BOARD MEMBER KIM IRBY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.

012>> WHEREAS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN INSPIRE, EQUIP AND MOBILIZE INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ACTION THAT SUPPORTS OUR COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES CONNECT WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH GUILFORD COUNTY 126 SCHOOLS TO TRANSFORM LEARNING AND LIFE OUTCOME FOR EVERY STUDENT WHILE ADHERING TO SCHOOL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND WHEREAS THROUGH THIS WEEK ALL OVER THE NATION AND IN GUILFORD COUNTY, PROJECTS WILL BE PPBLED AND VOLUNTEERS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND WHEREAS OUR SCHOOLS'S VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE THIS WELCOMING AND COORDINATING OUR DISTRICT OVER 5,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED NEARLY 60,000 SERVICE HOURS THUS FAR AND WHEREAS OUR VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS'S CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS NOW THEREFORE WE, THE GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, HERE BY IN AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK. WE ENCOURAGE ALL

013CITIZENS OF GUILFORD COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO SERVE AND VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. . >> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE RENAMING OF THE MIDDLE COLLEGE, SECOND READING. THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE RENAMING OF MIDDLE COLLEGE AT A&T UNIVERSITY, THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF 5 MINUTES LIMIT IF THERE'S INTERESTED HERE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING IN FAVOR FIRST, AND THEN IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE LINE UP ON THE WALL THERE AND WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU. SINCE THERE ARE NONE, WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION -- I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION, IS THAT CORRECT? SO NOW WE WILL VOTE

014TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION TO RENAME THE MIDDLE COLLEGE AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY AS THE A&T MIDDLE STATE UNIVERSITY. THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS WE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS. >> MOVE THE ITEM. >> I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON OUR MACHINES. BEFORE WE VOTE I WOULD SAY THAT TODD TILLMAN IS ON THE PHONE AND WINSTON MCGREGOR IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT. WE CAN USE OUR PADS TO VOTE. ALL RIGHT, PAT, HOW DO YOU VOTE? THANK YOU. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. WE ARE NOW AT OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 3 MINUTES GRANTED TO EACH SPEAKER WITH A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES. AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. THE TIMER WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS.

015WHEN THE AMBER LIGHT COMES ON YOU WILL HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT AND WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR, I SEE THE A&T FOLKS ARE HERE. >> I'M SORRY, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD WE WILL REWIND AND GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY, PRINCIPAL SEEGERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS? IT LASS PASSED, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE RENAMING BUT WE APOLOGIZE WITH ALL THE RECOGNITIONS AND REMEMBRANCES THIS EVENING YOU GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU. >> I DID BRING PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF MY COMMUNITY. WE HAD FORMER PARENTS, CURRENT PARENTS, STAFF, JUST SUPER EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS NAME CHANGE, JUST THE FACT WE NOW GET TO SUBMIT OUR SELF

016EVEN MORE THE LEGACY OF A&T 4. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, ONLY WANT TO GROW EVEN MORE OF OUR EDUCATION AND INTO OUR STUDENTS LEARNING EVEN MORE ABOUT THE TALT AT THAT TIME 4. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I THOUGHT THEY ALL PREPARED SPEECHES TO COME UP AND TALK TONIGHT, THEY HAD THEIR NAMES ON THE LIST TO ALSO SPEAK AND SAY HOW MUCH THEY ARE EXCITED FOR THE NAME CHANGE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOIR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER OUR STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE COLLEGE. [ APPLAUSE]. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER OF THE EVENING IS KEITH. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, OUR ESTEEMED SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR EXCELLENT STAFF MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER SHAW, MY NAME IS 7928 BASE FIELD LANE, GREENSBORO, I AM

017A RETIRED [INDISCERNIBLE] SO I SPENT MANY YEARS IN SCHOOL. I AM A 36 YEAR RESIDENT OF GUILFORD COUNTY, I HAVE TWO ADULT CHILDREN WHO ARE GRADUATES OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I AM NOW THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER OF A 1-YEAR-OLD. MY MOTHER WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, MY SISTER WAS A LONG TIME HIGH SCHOOL U.S. HISTORY TEACHER AND THEN CURRICULUM COORDINATOR AT HER SCHOOL SYSTEM. I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS AT DINNER TABLES TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS STRUGGLE WITH UNEQUAL FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY THE ENTIRE TIME I LIVED HERE. MY CHILDREN ATTENDED SOME OF THE WORST RESOURCE SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTY AND SOME OF THE BEST RESOURCE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY AND THERE WERE CARING PROFESSIONALS AT EACH SET. HOWEVER, IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US WHO ARE CITIZENS IN

018GUILFORD COUNTY TO ENSURE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY, SOMETHING I KNOW YOU STRUGGLE WITH ALL THE TIME. I ALSO KNOW YOUR ATTEMPTS TO DISTRIBUTE CONTRACTS TO MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESSES HAS NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU MIGHT HOPE. CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS CHILDREN OF COLOR REPRESENT THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL AND THEREFORE THEIR PARENTS SHOULD BE THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM CONTRACTS GENERATED BY THE BILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS THAT FLOW THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS. SECOND, I HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY WHEN I WAS YOUNG TO COUNTRIES THAT RESTRICTED SPEECH AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION. I WAS SO PROUD TO BE FROM A COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS FREE SPEECH AND FREEDOM TO BELIEVE WHAT WE CHOOSE. I WANT ALL CHILDREN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

019READ MATERIALS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THEM AND THAT SPEAK TO THEIR PESONAL IDENTITIES AND I EXPECT OUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MATERIALS THAT STUDENTS CAN RELATE TO REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE IN THEIR MULTIPLE IDENTITIES. LASTLY AND UNFORTUNATELY MUCH OF THE HISTORY MY CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT IS EXACTLY THE SAME HISTORY I WAS TAUGHT, WITHOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S BEEN GATHERED IN THE DECADES SINCE I WAS IN SCHOOL. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR HISTORY WAS PURPOSEFULLY DISTORTED OFF THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA TO HIDE THE TRUTH OF THE PAST. MY HOPE IS MY GRAND DAUGHTER WILL HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF A MORONEST EXPLORATION OF OUR HISTORY TO LEARN ALL THE HISTORY OF THIS WONDERFUL AND FLAWED NATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. .

020>> I'M CAREY GARVIN, UNITED WAY. REALLY AND TRULY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS TO EXPRESS THANKS ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. WE ARE RUNNING HARD TRYING TO END POVERTY HERE IN OUR GRADE CITY AND WE CANNOT DO THAT ALONE AND WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE GROUND SWELL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS AND, IN PARTICULAR, GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS SUPPORTED OUR WORK. OUR WORK, WE CAN ONLY GO BACK ABOUT 21 YEARS, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A LONGER SHOW OF SUPPORT, BUT FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS, 6.2 MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ABOUT 10,000 EMPLOYEES, PER CAPITA THAT'S ABOUT $620 PER EMPLOYEE. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY

021SIGNIFICANT WLEFL OF SUPPORT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OUR BOARD AND CERTAINLY OUR STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE ENJOYED THE SUPPORT, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS INCLUDING OUR GOOD FRIENDS ACROSS THE COUNTY, UNITED WAY OF GREATER HIGH POINT. YOU ALSO HAVE SUPPORTED THAT GOOD WORK AS WL. I WANTED TO BE CAREFUL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND SAY THANK YOU AND DO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. LINDA WILSON WHO, AS A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR, SHE HAS LED THE 104 SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT'S REALLY RALLY AROUND THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU AGAIN TO HER AS WELL AND TO YOU, DR. CONTRERAS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS REALLY GOTTEN ON BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT

022SUPPORT AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY THIS YEAR, THE PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES AND ALL THE REST, THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED ABOUT $350,000, WHICH IS EVEN MORE THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR, RIGHT? SO AGAIN WE'RE JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE IT PARTNER WITH YOU IN THIS WAY TO END POVERTY IN GREATER GREENSBORO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND ESPECIALLY THANKS TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR GENEROUSITY AND SUPPORT. MAURICE CAPITALLE. >> I AM HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT LEADERS BEING ABLE TO TEACH THE CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS. RECENTLY ACROSS THE NATION THERE HAS BEEN AN UPROAR AND SCHOOLS HAVE SPREAD MISINFORMATION THAT TEACHERS ARE TEACHING STUDENTS TO BE RACISTS. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A PLACE TO LEARN THE

023HISTORY INCLUDING THE GOOD AND BAD HISTORIC CAL ACCESS. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS MANY COMMUNITY SPEAKERS HAVE STOOD BEFORE YOU AROUND SHARED THEIR CONCERN OVER CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CRT, BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS YOU ARE AWARE CRT IS TYPICALLY TAUGHT IN COLLEGE COURSES AND YPBD THAT THERE ARE SOME GROUPS SUCH AS TAKE BACK OUR SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION SAYING TEACHERS ARE SHARING INFORMATION TO YOUNGER STUDENTS. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO THANK EDUCATORS IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR IGNORING THE NONSENSE THAT KEEPS COMING FROM THOSE WHO ARE SPREADING THIS MISINFORMATION. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND MAKING IT SEEM AS IF TEACHERS ARE NOT PART OF THE CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS. OUR EDUCATORS ARE NOT TEACHING CRT TO OUR STUDENTS. OUR TEACHERS ARE SHARING THE TRUE AMERICAN HISTORY

024TO ALL OUR STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXPOSED TO THE FULLNESS OF AMERICA'S PAST. WE ARE AND CAN BECOME BETTER ACKNOWLEDGED. THE OTHER THING, VOTING FOR THE SCHOOL BOND, THE DISTRICT IS ON TRACK WITH THE PROJECTS THAT THE PREVIOUS BOND WAS APPROVED. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NEEDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE PREVIOUS BOND HELPED WITH GETTING OUR FACILITIES UP TO PAR. THERE IS ALSO A QUARTER OF A CENT SO THAT'S ONE PENNY, A QUARTER OF THAT ONE PENNY SALES TAX. THESE ARE FUNDS NEEDED TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY HOME COMING, THE ACC TOURNAMENT AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR AROUND THE CITY. THIS DOES NOT IMPACT GAS, GROCERIES OR MEDICATIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. TURKESSHIA MOORE, FOLLOWED BY BETSY

025HARRINGTON. >> I AM EXCITED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS. I'M A FORMER GCS EDUCATOR THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY. I'M ALSO THE GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING GCS SCHOOLS. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR UNWAVERING DETERMINATION TO SUPPORT GCS SCHOOLS, WHICH ENSURES SOME OF OUR NEEDIEST STUDENTS GET THE EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE. WHILE THERE ARE STILL GAPS I AM HAPPY TO SEE US DOING THE WORK TO ELIMINATE THOSE GAPS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. GCS HAS BEEN A LEADER ACROSS THE STATE [INDISCERNIBLE] I'VE SEEN FIRST HAND THE WAY TEACHERS PLAN AND PREPARE TO TEACH THE REQUIRED NORTH CAROLINA STANDARDS. THE AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS IS ALARMING AND DISHEARTENING. OUR

026GCS TEACHERS ARE SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN NORTH CAROLINA AND DESERVE SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THEM AND OUR SCHOOLS IN RECENT MONTHS. I'M A MEMBER OF THE GREENSBORO ALUMNI CHAPTER OF THE SIGMA GAMMA ORGANIZATION, PART OF THE DIVINE 9. OUR SORORITY WAS FOUNDED BY 7 EDUCATORS AND THE VISION OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO VISUALIZE A WORLD IN WHICH ALL WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN LIFE. IT IS UP TO OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THESE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF REVIVAL NOW GLOBAL CHURCH WHERE OUR VISION IS TO BE A COMMUNITY OF POWER AND PURPOSE. AS A PERSON WHO HAS A CHILD ATTENDING GCS SCHOOLS IT IS IMPORTANT WE NEED CHURCHES, WE NEED THE GREAT XLUEPBT, WE NEED EVERYONE. BETTER SCHOOLS

027BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT THE UPCOMING BOND REFERENDUM JUST AS I SUPPORTED THE 2020 BOND REFERENDUM. THE CURRENT REFERENDUM WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SAFE AND WELCOMING TO ALL THAT ENTER. WE CANNOT KEEP PUTTING MORE BAND-AIDS ON THE WOUNDS THAT OUR OLD AND OUTDATED SCHOOLS. WE MUST STOP THE BLEEDING AL TOGETHER AND WE CAN THIS BY VOTING FOR THE BOND REFERENDUM. STUDENTS DESERVE THAT, TEACHERS DESERVE THAT AND CERTAINLY OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY DESERVES THAT AS WELL. IT'S TIME TO STOP THE ARGUING, THE COMPLAINING, THE BACK AND FORTH. WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE? IT'S TIME TO FOCUS ON OUR KIDS, THE STUDENTS. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MATTER AND WHO DESERVE THE BEST THAT GCS HAS TO OFFER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. BETSY HARRINGTON FOLLOWED BY

028DR. JASON CALDSWELL. >> MY NAME IS BETSY HARRINGTON. FIRST, DR. CONTRERAS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION FOR OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION FOR OUR EDUCATORS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES TO EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE WILL MISS YOU IN GUILFORD COUNTY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND OUR COUNTY AND YOU WANT THEM TO SUCCEED. EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A QUALITY SCHOOL THAT'S FAIR AND INCLUSIVE WITH THE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY NEED. AND WITH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS WHO WILL NURTURE THEIR CURIOUSITY AND TEACH THEM HOW TO LEARN. I AM HERE TONIGHT ADVOCATING FOR EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. EQUITY DOES NOT MEAN ALL STUDENTS MEAN THE SAME THING. EQUITY MEANS FAIRNESS. UNFORTUNATELY THROUGHOUT OUR

029NATION'S HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN HARMFUL POLICIES, STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION NOT TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE IMPACT THEY HAVE HAD AND STILL HAVE ON OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALL OF US, ADULTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE, NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND THE LAWS AND POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WERE CREATED TO GIVE ADVANTAGES TO WHITE PEOPLE AND TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE NEED TO TEACH TRUTHFUL INCLUSIVE ACCURATE HISTORY AND HELP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AGE-APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MAKE MEANING OF OUR NATION'S COMPLEX PAST AND HOW THAT PAST AFFECTS THE PRESENT THAT THEY SEE UNFOLDING AROUND THEM. THE WORK OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS NOT TO LAY BLAME BUT TO CREATE WAYS OF OPERATING

030THAT ENSURE HEALTHY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE. STUDENTS NEED TO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN THE CURRICULUM, WHATEVER THE SUBJECT MATTER. WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES, THEIR HISTORIES AND CULTURE, THEY ARE MORE ENGAGED, THEY FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND THEY ARE MORE ABLE TO LEARN. WE CAN CREATE CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO THRIVE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACIAL OR SEXUAL IDENTITY, SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS, PHYSICAL ABILITY, OR THOSE WHO ARE JUST LEARNING ENGLISH. I AM REALLY CONCERNED THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING A BATTLE GROUND FOR POLITICAL DEVICIVENESS SO I HOPE YOU AS SCHOOL LEADERS WILL HELP US UNITE AROUND THE COMMON CONCERN FOR THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE GROWING UP IN A VERY DIVERSE, RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND EQUALITY MATTER. OUR STUDENTS MUST BE PREPARED TO LIVE

031AND LEAD IN THAT WORLD. >> DR. JASON CALDWELL, FOLLOWED BY ALICE FRANK. ALL RIGHT, ALICE FRANK, WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M DR. ALICE FRANKS, 4 LEE WOOD COURT, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. SO GOOD EVENING, DR. CONTRERAS, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OF COURSE ALL STAFF THAT ARE HAVING A REALLY, REALLY LATE DAY, LATER THAN USUAL. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS DESERVE TO LEARN IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY ARE SEEN, WHERE THEY ARE SAFE, CERTAINLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS PANDEMIC HAS RE-EMPHASIZED THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY FOR ALL OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS. AND OUR STUDENTS CAN FLOURISH WITH EQUITABLE POLICY-MAKING PERMEATES ALL OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL INITIATIVES. THE RESULT WILL BE TO STRENGTHEN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AS A PSYCHOLOGIST I HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU GIVE CHILDREN THE WRONG

032MESSAGE WHEN YOU TELL THEM THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE HARD STUFF. IT DOES NOT SERVE US WELL TO AVOID A FULL HISTORY. OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE XERTDS ON DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM, SO LET'S TRUST THEM TO DELIVER THAT. WE ARE ALL TASKED WITH LEARNING OUR WHOLE HISTORY. THIS INCLUDES RICH CULTURES, RESILL YEPBS AND, YES, THE PAINFUL PARTS. THIS COULD HELP TO REDUCE HARM AND FORM A RICH COMMUNITY THAT'S ABLE TO MAXIMIZE ALL OF OUR GIFTS. PERSONALLY WHAT'S CAUSE EDS ME HARM WHEN I WAS K-12 -- I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR ANYONE TO BELIEVE I EVER WAS -- WAS WHEN I RECEIVED AN AWARD THAT I AND MY PEERS KNEW I DIDN'T DESERVE BECAUSE OF WHAT I LOOKED LIKE. BUT BEING IMMERSED IN HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES DIFFERENT FROM MY OWN IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT JUST HAPPENED TO

033HAVE AN AFRO ECCENTRIC CURRICULUM WAS AN INCEZ BLI POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND AN AMAZING POSITIVE TUPBTD BE THAT REALLY SHAPED MY LIFE FROM THEN FORWARD. AND THAT SHOULDN'T JUST BE SOMETHING THAT MAPS BY HAPPENSTANCE, THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL. TO MY DAUGHTERS, WHO ARE BOTH GRADUATES OF GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, SEEING THE EXCLUSION OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T FIT IN WAS HARMFUL. GUILFORD COUNTY SUPPORTED PROGRAMS LIKE ANY TOWN ALLOWED THEM TO RETURN WITH NEW PERSPECTIVE AND TOOLS. INEQUITABLE TREATMENT HURTS US ALL. WHO COULD POSSIBLY DISAGREE WITH THE GOAL OF EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS IN HOLISTIC ENVIRONMENTS INCLUSIVE OF ALL FAMILIES AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS? OUR XHUEBT WILL BE STRONGER BY EVERY MEASURE AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WHEN WE HAVE EQUITY FOR ALL. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE GREENSBORO MAKE THE NEWS FOR THAT AND

034LET'S NOT GET SUCKED INTO SILLY SEASON BY FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND SHOW PEOPLE WE CAN BE BETTER THAN THAT. >> MARGARET ROWLET. >> HELLO, I'M MARGARET ROWLET, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL MOVEMENT FOR GREEN SCHOOLS NOW. WE'VE BEEN SENDING YOU A LOT OF EMAILS RECENTLY AND SUBMITTING SOME COMMENTS IN RECENT MONTHS. IF SO YOU WILL KNOW WE'RE ASKING THE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO TRANSITION TO 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2050. WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE THIS CHANGE TODAY, THIS YEAR OR EVEN THIS DECADE. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TODAY IS TO SET A GOAL SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE TRANSITION BY 2050. 2050 IS MORE THAN 25 YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S A LONG WAY OFF, BUT IF YOU DON'T START PLANNING NOW

035YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. OUR STUDENTS NEED YOU TO MAKE DETAILED PLANS NOW. DO IT FOR THE KINDERGARTENS OF TODAY WHO WILL BE SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO KINDERGARTEN IN 2050. BACK IN 2005, THIS BOARD PASSED A POLICY THAT SHOWED THE TYPE OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY. THAT POLICY FROM 2005 PROMISED THAT THE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS WOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR RESOURCES AND IT PRIORITIZED ENERGY EFFICIENCY. IT INCLUDED THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND OPERATION OF VEHICLES AS WELL AS EDUCATION ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION. TO ALL OF THIS WE SAY YES, YES, YES. WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED ON OUR AGING SCHOOL BUILDINGS OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO APPROVE THE UPCOMING BOND REFERENDUM AND AS THAT BOND MONEY IS INVESTED IN THE FUTURE FOR NEW

036CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS, PLEASE MAKE SUSTAINABILITY THE TOP PRIORITY. BY SUSTAINABILITY WE NEED WAYS TO ADD GREEN ENERGY LIKE SOLAR PANELS, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL WE NEED. SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD ALSO MEAN RIGOROUS STEPS TO CONSERVE ENERGY, USE NATURAL LIGHT LIKE SKYLIGHTS AND LARGE WINDOWS, HAVE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT CONSERVATION CAN BE A MAJOR PART OF HOW WE REACH THE GOAL OF 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2050. BUT YOU HAVE TO START NOW. YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE SUSTAINABILITY IN ALL THE PLANS AS NEW BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND OTHERS ARE REPAIRED. THAT IS WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PASS A NEW POLICY AND RENEW THAT COMMITMENT FROM 2005 TO BE GOOD STEWARDS WHILE ALSO COMMITTING TO TRANSITION TO THE 100 PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2050. MISS JENKINS, THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO PUT OUR PROPOSED POLICY

037ON THE AGENDA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS DIALOGUE WITH YOU AND HOPE TO BUILD ON THE LEGACY OF THOSE LEADERS IN 2005. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS REVEREND JULIE PEEPLES. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JULIE PEEPLES. SUPERINTENDENT CONTRERAS, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. I AM A PASTOR, I AM A MOUR AND GRANDMOTHER, I AM PRO-FAMILY. I AM CONVINCED THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS IS TO FULLY FUND THOSE SCHOOLS, FULLY EDUCATE OUR TEACHERS AND INSTILL A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST IN OUR TEACHERS. WE DO NOT CREATE A SAICH ENVIRONMENT BY CREATING FEAR OVER CIRK KLUPL THAT DOES NOT EXIST OR BY DISTORTING THE FACTS. WE DO NOT CREATE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS BY MAKING TEACHERS AFRAID TO TEACH. WE

038CREATE A STRONG AND SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY TRUSTING OUR EDUCATORS, TRUSTING OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE MORE RESILIENT AND CAPABLE THAN WE OFTEN GIVE THEM FOR, BY MODELING CIVIL ADULT BEHAVIOR FOR THEM, BY MAKING A PRIORITY OF RACIAL EQUITY AND HONORING THE NEEDS AND DIGNITY OF ALL CHILDREN. IN MY NEARLY 40 YEARS IN THE MINISTRY OF THE WORKED WITH MANY FAMILIES AND I HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER THE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET THE MESSAGE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT, THEY ARE TO BE FEARED OR SHUNNED. IN MY CHURCH AMONG OTHER THINGS WE MAKE SURE CHILDREN AND YOUTH LEARN ABOUT OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS. : ISLAM, JUDAISM, HINDUISM AND MORE. WE ARE NOT AFRAID BY LEARNING THOSE FAITHS IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE SUDDENLY DESIRE TO CONVERT TO ANOTHER RELIGION OR TO

039CRUMBLE IN DISCOMFORT. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR WORLD IN THE FUTURE AS CHILDREN GROW UP IGNORANT OF, FEARING AND POSSIBLY HATING ANYONE WHO IS DIFFERENT FROM THEM. FULL COMPREHENSIVE EQUITABLE EDUCATION IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE WE BREAK THE CYCLE OF FEAR AND MISTRUST AND DIVISION. EDUCATION THAT FULLY ACKNOWLEDGES ALL MEN ARE DIFFERENT, REFUSES TO VALUE ONE TYPE OF CHILD, ONE PART OF THE STORY, ONE WAY OF BEING IN THIS WORLD OVER ANOTHER. FULL COMPREHENSIVE EQUITABLE EDUCATION HELPS US RAISE CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE RESILIENT, COURAGOUS, WISE, READY TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL AND I DO HOPE MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF A FULLER VERSION OF U.S. HISTORY THAN WHAT I WAS. I AM SADDENED BY ALL THE REPORTS OF TARGETING AND DEMONIZING OF YOU SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, ALL THE TWISTED

040HALF-TRUTHS I AM SEEING BEING CIRCULATED IN THE PUBLIC. I HOPE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH ACTIONS WILL REJECT SUCH BULLYING BEHAVIOR FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE LEARNING FROM US. THEY NEED US TO SHOW THEM THERE'S A BETTER WAY. THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. I SAID YOU ARE OUR FINAL SPEAKER. WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT DID NOT ATTEND SO WE HAVE ALTERNATE SPEAKERS, SARA MELINO AND DEREK FOY. YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, I'M SORRY. SO THAT CLOSES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING AND WE ARE NOW IN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION. >> MOVE THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. DR. CONTRERAS. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

041BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS EVENING'S CONSENT AGENDA -- >> I'M SORRY, SIR, THIS IS NOT AN OPEN FORUM. I WILL BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU OR A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF WILL BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU OUTSIDE. I'LL BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU ON A BREAK. >> THIS EVENING'S CONSENT INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE MARCH MINUTES, PERSONNEL REPORTS, CLASS SIZE AND WAIVER REQUEST. THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> MOVE. >> SECOND. >> DIANE, LINDA, TIM, BETTY, YES. DEBORAH, YES. ANITA, NO. OKAY, GIVING HIM SOME TIME TO UNMUTE. HE MAY HAVE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE PHONE. DEENA, YES. THAT PASSES BY A VOTE OF 5-2. WE DID HAVE AN ITEM PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND IT IS UNDER ACTION ITEM, ITEM A. WE ARE NOW AT MY REPORT.

042I HAVE BURIED EVERYTHING HERE. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PARENTS TO REGISTER FOR KINDERGARTEN FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. REGISTERING EARLY HELPS FAMILIES ENSURE THEY RECEIVE ALL IMPORTANT SCHOOL MESSAGES AND ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO BETTER PLAN ITS STAFFING ALOUTMENT. KINDERGARTEN IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE AT GCSNC.SCHOOLMINT.NET. I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO GUILFORD EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HOSTING LAST WEEK'S EDUCATION SUMMIT CONGRATULATIONS WHO SEVERD THE MARGARET BOURDEAUX ARBUCKLE. SHE ALSO SURPRISED THE ORGANIZATION WITH A $50,000 DONATION FROM HER OWN POCKET. THE ED SUMMIT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACE THE ISSUES THANK YOU TO WINSTON AND HER TEAM FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTING AN OUTSTANDING AND UPLIFTING EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE QUIZ BOWL TEAM AND WE WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS. WE ALSO WISH TO CONGRATULATE THE ACADEMY AT LINCOLN,

043WHICH CAME AWAY WITH 7 AWARDS AT THE STATE SCIENCE FAIR. TWO OF THE WINNERS, ANDERSON LAM AND JAYDEN CHO, WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BROADCOM MASTERS COMPETITION. SAY YES GUILFORD IS ABOUT PREPARING FOR THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE AND WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 14 FROM 6 TO 7 PM. VISIT SAYYESGUILFORD.ORG/EVENTS TO REGISTER. THE FEDERAL WAIVERS THAT ALLOWED ALL SCHOOLS TO SERVE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO ALL STUDENTS ARE ENDING THIS SUMMER. TO ENSURE THE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEELS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE MEALS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE ARE ASKING PARENTS TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AT WWW.LUNCHAPPLICATION.COM. A NEW APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED AFTER JULY 31 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SWANN MIDDLE, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. UPDATES ON THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG

044THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS AND I WILL CALL ON BETTIE JENKINS TO TO THE COUNCIL TASK FORCE MET DURING OUR ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE WHICH WAS HELD IN MARCH. I ATTENDED SEVERAL TASK FORCE ON BLACK LATINA GIRLS, YONG WOMEN AND GIRLS ON COLOR, CO-CHAIRED BY OUR VERY OWN SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD CLAIRE OF LOS ANGELES AND THE BOARD CHAIR CLUB OKLAHOMA NEBRASKA SCHOOLS, DR. SHAVANNA HOLMAN. [INDISCERNIBLE] GOVERNANCE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT SCHOOL OUTCOMES, FOCUSED GOVERNOR'S TRAINING WITH AJ CRABHEEL AND MICHAEL CASSALEE, WHO RECENTLY RETIRED. THE FOCUS OF THE TRAINING WAS TO HELP SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THEIR PROPER ROLES AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPTD AND HOW TO FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AS OPPOSED TO INPUT OR HOW

045THE SUPERINTENDENT CHOOSES TO WORK TO GET DONE. ALSO I AM SHARING THIS UPDATE AND FRAMEWORK WITH YOU BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE TRAINING HE IS SESSIONLY AS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT IS ABOUT TO COME ON BOARD. A FEW ITEMS THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE TRAINING WAS ALL STAKEHOLDERS MUST HAVE A CLEAR VISION, WE RECEIVE OUR VISION FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND WE HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES. A CLEARLY KNOWN VALUE AND THE GUARDRAILS. KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO MONITOR AND TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. HOW EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ARE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF BEING SUCCESSFUL. THE ENTIRE BOARD MUST UNIFY AND TRUST EACH OTHER'S OPTIONS. AGAIN, THE ENTIRE BOARD MUST UNIFY AND TRUST EACH OTHER'S OPTIONS. PROGRESS, MONITORING AND OUTCOME WILL INCREASE IF ADHERE TO WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED ALONG WITH USING [INDISCERNIBLE] ON QUARTERLY BASIS, USE FOR VALUATIONS

046WILL INCLUDE IMPROVEMENT ON EVALUATION OF SCHOOLS ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT VALUATION. DURING MARCH IN REALITY LET'S MATCH THE POLICY WHAT IS TRUE FOR ALL STUDENTS. THESE ARE MONITORING TOOLS AND NOT MANAGING TOOLS AND I WILL SAY THAT I LEARNED A LOT AT THE CONFERENCE AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT DID A GREAT JOB DOING HER PRESENTATION. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMEONE SPEAK ABOUT A TOPIC WHEN EVERYONE GET UP AND STAND AND CLAP, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR CONFERENCE. IT WAS A JOY AND I FELT VERY PROUD BEING THERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. DR. CONTRERAS. >> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER LEAH CARPER, WHO WAS NAMED THE 2022 BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND NORTH CAROLINA

047TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SHE IS CREATIVE, ENERGETIC, PRESENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND SHE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUSTING AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH HER STUDENTS. SHE WILL REPRESENT GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS AND NORTH CAROLINA WELL AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO SURPRISE HER IN RALEIGH AND TO SEE HER SURPRISE THAT SHE WAS NAMED OUR NORTH CAROLINA TEACHER OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE STATE AND WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD. FRIDAY MARKS THE 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADOS THAT DESTROYED 3 OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE LOOK BACK AT THAT FATEFUL DAY WE ARE REMINDED OF HOW RESILIENT THIS COMMUNITY IS AND HOW STRONG WE CAN BE WHEN WE JOIN FORCES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN IN JUST TWO YEARS THIS COMMUNITY WILL SEE NEW BUILDINGS TO SERVE THE

048HAMPTON COMMUNITY AND THE STORY COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF FUNDING FROM THE 2020 BLOND. DUDLEY HIGH SENIORS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR ONE OF FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE CITY OF GREENSBORO. THE MORNINGSIDE HOME SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GIVEN IN MEMORY OF DR. JAMES [INDISCERNIBLE] WHO DIED TRAGICKALLY IN THE GREENSBORO MASSACRE OF 1979. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE WORTH $1,979 AND APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO THE CITY OF GREENSBORO BY MAY 15. THERE IS NO OVERALL GPA REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP. FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT WWW.GREENSBORO-NCFAST. COLLEGE DECISION DAY IS APPROACHING AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR SENIORS. SENIORS ARE INVITED TO SEND A SELFIE AND THEIR DECISION TO [email protected]. BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FOR FAFSA AID. EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU QUALIFY FOR NEED-BASED AID, A FAFSA IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS. I

049AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE A $2 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT OUR TUTORING INITIATIVE. THE FEDERAL GRANT WAS SECURED BY CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY MANNING AND WILL ALLOW GCS TO EXPAND ITS TUTORING SERVICES. WE HAVE ALSO LAUNCHED AN ONLINE TUTORING INITIATIVE FOR STEW DOEPBTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 12 IN THE SUBJECT AREAS OF MATH AND READING OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. STUDENTS CAN SCHEDULE TO MEET WITH A TUTOR 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND MEET VIRTUALLY TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED COMPLETELY FREE. VISIT OUR WEB SITE FOR MORE DETAILS AND A LINK TO SIGN UP FOR THE SERVICE. I WISH TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO FOR ALLOWING MORE THAN 100 OF OUR 8TH GRADE SCHOLARS TO ATTEND A PERFORMANCE OF THE LION KING AT THE TANGER CENTER. STUDENTS HAD TO COMPLETE

050A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT. AS CHAIRWOMAN HAYES SAID, THIS IS A REMINDER THE COVID-19 WAIVERS WILL EXPIRE AND WE WILL RETURN TO OPERATING UNDER THE NATIONAL LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE COVID 19 WAIVERS HAVE ALLOWED ANYONE UNDER AGE 18 TO RECEIVE FREE BREAKFASTS AND LUNCH SINCE MARCH 2020. THE MOVE TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM MEANS THAT STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST IN FULL PAY STATUS UNLESS THEY ARE ENROLLED IN A COMMUNITY ELIGIBLE PROVISION, CEP SCHOOL, THEY ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH DIRECT CERTIFICATION LIKE THE SNAP PROGRAM, OR THEY HAVE A QUALIFIED 2021-2022 FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEAL APPLICATION ON FILE. A STUDENT'S 2021-22 STATUS WILL TRANSFER FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN 2022-2023. HOWEVER, WITH THE COVID 19 WAIVERS IN PLACE NOT ALL

051FAMILIES HAVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS THERE YEAR. WE ARE ASKING FAMILIES TO PLEASE COMPLETE THE LUNCH APPLICATIONS NOW TO BE SURE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WE WILL ASK YOU AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. ALSOASES REGISTRATION FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 25, 2022. LINKS TO THE ENROLLMENT SITE WILL BE POSTED ON THASES WEB SITE, PLACED ON WEEKLY INVOICES AND CURRENTASES PARENTS WILL RECEIVE A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE ONLINE MESSAGE CENTER. SITE REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS UNTIL A SITE REACHES CAPACITY. ASES WEEKLY FEES CONTINUE TO BE $65 A WEEK AND ABILITY TO SEPLTS THE VOUCHERS WILL REMAINS SAME FOR THE 23 SCHOOL YEAR. GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS IS SXWEPXAL IN ADDRESSING THE WELT GAP FOR

052STEW DOEPBTS AND FAMILIES. INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS THAT PROVIDE DUAL GENERATION SUPPORT ENSURING COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STUDENTS AND CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO HIGH PAYING IN-DEMAND EMPLOYMENT FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS THROUGH ALLOCATED ESSER FUNDING NEWLY RENOVATED SIGNATURE ACADEMY SITES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO TRAIN AND CERTIFY PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH WAGE AND IN DEMAND INDUSTRY PATHWAYS TO BUILD AND TRANSFER WEALTH FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THROUGH STRONG BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AT NC WORK WE WILL BEGIN BY PROVIDING CYBER SECURITY TRAINING FOR OUR PARENTS SO PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE. AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF OF STUDENT SERVICES, DOMINICK ROBINSON TO PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE OUR PARTNERS FROM CONE HEALTH TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL-BASED TELEHEALTH INITIATIVE THAT IS GROWING. I HAD READ A

053LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN ONE OF THE PAPERS THAT SAID THE NEW CLINICS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND LACTATION ROOMS WERE WASTEFUL AND I FELT WE NEEDED OUR CONE HEALTH PARTNERS WHO COME EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS, THE RESEARCH-BASED BENEFITS OF MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAD ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. DR. JOHN JENKINS STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE LATER ATTENDED MSCU IN CHARLESTON AND CAME TO GREENSBORO AS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AT BROWER HEALTH CARE. IN 2014 DR. JENKINS WAS ASKED TO DEVELOP A VIRTUAL CARE DIVISION AT CONE HEALTH. HE HAS BEEN A NATIONAL SPEAKER FOR TELEHEALTH AT THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, THE MEDICAL GLUEP MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE WORLD TELEHEALTH CONGRESS AND CES IN LAS VEGAS. DR. JENKINS CURRENTLY IS

054INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL DIGITAL HEALTH PROJECTS AT GREENSBORO AHEC AND LEADS THE CARE LINE OF SCHOOL-BASED TELEHEALTH LEARNING COLLABORATIVE CONNECTING LEADERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA DO ADVANCE SCHOOL BASED TELEHEALTH CARE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR. JOHN JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, DOMINICK FOR BEING A WONDERFUL PARTNER IN HELPING TO ADVANCE THE PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO IT IS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, CONE HEALTH AND A GRANT FROM THE DUKE ENDOWMENT TO PROVIDE SCHOOL-BASED TELEHEALTH FIRST AS A PROTOTYPE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SOON TO TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AND A VISION OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ALL OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TITLE 1 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY AT A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR HAVING ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN CONNECT PURPOSE. THERE WAS A STUDENT

055WHOSE FAMILY RECENTLY EMIGRATED FROM WEST AFRICA AND HE WAS SEEN IN OUR TELEHEALTH CLINIC ON REFERRAL FROM A TEACHER WHO THOUGHT HE JUST WASN'T DOING WELL. HE SEEMED VERY WEAK. SO SHE BROUGHT HIM TO THE TELEHEALTH CENTER, THEY GOT VITALS, THEY NOTED YES, HE WAS INDEED WEAK AND SHOULD BE SEEN BY ONE OF OUR PHYSICIANS. SO A VISIT WAS ARRANGED. SHE FIRST CONTACTED THE FATHER AND HAD A FATHER WITH THE FATHER ON THE PHONE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD CONSENT ON FILE AND MAKE SURE THEY WERE WILLING FOR HIM TO RECEIVE TREATMENT. IT WAS EVIDENT FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT THE FATHER WAS GOING TO NEED A TRANSLATOR AND THE NO. 1 LANGUAGE WE NEED FOR TRANSLATION IS SWAHILI. SO SHE ARRANGED FOR THE TRANSLATOR, HAD A LINK SO HE COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE VISIT AS

056WELL. INDEED, THE YOUNG STUDENT WAS ILL AN THEY HELPED THE DOCTORS DO A REMOTE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION THAT ALLOWED BOTH THE PHYSICIAN AND THE PARENTS TO HEAR THE YOUNG AND HEART SOUNDS. AS THEY EXAMINED THE BACK, THE PHYSICIAN ASKED THE PARENTS, DO YOU HEAR THESE ABNORMAL SOUNDS? THE PARENTS SAID, YES, I DO. HE'S REALLY NOT SICK, HE'S NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE. HE SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE. THE PHYSICIAN HAD A LOT OF PATIENCE AND EXPLAINED TO THE PARENTS THIS WAS MOST PROBABLY PNEUMONIA AND HE NEEDED TO BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND SHE PATIENTLY ANSWERED THE REST OF THE PARENT'S QUESTIONS THROUGH THE INTERPRETER. THAT CHILD HAD A GREAT OUTCOME. LATER THEY CALLED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS WELL. THE MOTHER ANSWERED THE PHONE AND SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEEING MY CHILD. WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO

057DO WITHOUT YOU HAVING TOLD US. THEN SHE EXPRESSED A SMALL CONCERN. SHE SAID, I'M NOT FOR SURE WE CAN PAY YOU BACK FOR THIS VISIT. AND OUR TELEPRESENTER SMILED AND THE MOTHER COULDN'T SEE, IT TOUCHED MY HEART TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT NO PARENT WHO DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE WILL RECEIVE A BILL. THAT IS THE PASSION WE HAVE FOR TELEHEALTH. SO I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO DEFINE A COMMON GOAL, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE HEALTH BETTER, TALKING ABOUT THE BESSEMEYER STORY, AND I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE WITH A BURNING PASSION TO CREATE A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TELEHEALTH IN SCHOOLS AND A BEACON FOR GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE

058A COMMON GOAL, READING MANY OF THE WRITINGS BY DR. CONTRERAS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN LIFE FOR OUR STUDENTS. EARLY DISMISSALS AND ABSENTEEISM IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IS THE BEST WAY WE HAVE OF ADVANCING OUR STUDENTS. GIVING THEM THE SKILLS AND NEEDED RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BECOME CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT CONTRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO THEMSELVES, TO THEIR FAMILIES, BUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. A MAJOR GOAL OF SCHOOL-BASED TELEHEALTH IS TO RETURN STUDENTS TO THEIR CLASSROOM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN FACT, 2/3 OF THE STUDENTS WE SEE GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM THAT DAY. AND THE OTHER STUDENTS GET TREATMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RETURN MUCH SOONER TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES. OUR TITLE 1 SCHOOLS WERE DESIGNED BY THE FEDERAL

059GOVERNMENT IN FUNDING TO HELP STANDARD STUDENT THE SAME. THERE ARE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES, MANY OF THE SPEAKERS ADDRESSED DURING THEIR COMMENTS. EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING EXISTS AS PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR EQUITY. GCS DATA SHOWS POVERTY AND GRADUATION RATES ARE LINKED POST-LITERACY AND POVERTY ARE LINKED. THE SAME AREAS OF THE MAP IN THE RED LINE ZONE OF GUILFORD COUNTY AND HIGH POINT IS THE SAME AREA WHERE WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR GRADUATION RAITD. THEN IF WE LOOK AT OUR EMERGENCY ROOM UTILIZATION WE SEE IT IS LINKED WITH INAPPROPRIATE USE OF EMERGENCY ROOMS. SINCE 2019 OVER 15,000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE ED, PRIMARILY DURING THE HOURS OF 6 PM AND 10 PM, WHICH IMPLIES THEIR PARENTS HAD TO WAIT AFTER WORK, FIND SOMEONE TO WATCH THEIR OTHER CHILDREN -- A BARRIER. MOST OF

060THESE COULD HAVE BEEN A TELEHEALTH VISIT AT THEIR SCHOOL THAT DAY. POVERTY. POVERTY, RACE, THE BESSEMER STORY IS ONE I'M HAPPY TO SHARE. SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN OVER 300 STUDENTS AND 240 OF THEM HAVE RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM. WHY ARE WE AT BESSEMER? BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE TRUSTED PLACES. FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO GIVE US CONSENT TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY TRUST THE SCHOOL AND ALLOW US TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH. THE PROGRAM AT BESSEMER STARTS WITH A TELEPRESENTER WHO IS A NURSE WHO IS AT THE SCHOOL WITH SPECIALIZED TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS HER TO CREATE THE VISIT IN A VIRTUAL EXAM STATE SO THE PARENTS, INTERPRETER, THE DOCTOR AND STUDENT CAN ALL BE TOGETHER IN THAT SPACE. WE NEED COMPLIANT SPACES TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW HEALTH INFORMATION IS PROTECTED. SO

061THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL SPACES IN OUR SCHOOLS TO ADVOCATE FOR [INDISCERNIBLE]. THE TELEPRESENTER THEN CAN CONTACT THE PARENTS AND PROVIDE THE LINK FOR THEM TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY, INTERPRETER SERVICES ARE BROUGHT IN, LIKE THE SWAHILI, THEN THE PEDIATRICIAN. ALL OF THIS TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WAITING FOR THE STUDENT, THERE'S NOTA LOT OF WAITING FOR THE PARENT. IT IS COMPARABLE TO A FACE TO FACE EXAMINATION FOR OUR PEDIATRIC PRACTITIONERS THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO SHARE THAT EXAMINATION WITH THE PARENT, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. WE DID AN EXAMPLE WITH A POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTOR, WE BROUGHT HIM TO BESSEMER AND WE GOT AN EXAMINATION [INDISCERNIBLE], WE THOUGHT HIS GROWTH AND BROADCAST IT, AND ONE OF HIS PARENTS TO SEE AND HEAR THE EXAMINATION. REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT --

062UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAM BY SEEING THE EXAM. THESE VISITS ARE ON DEMAND, THEY RESULT IN CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS OFTEN THAT ARE SIMPLE AS RETURNING TO CLASS, IN SOME CASES WE GIVE A PRESCRIPTION, IN SOME CASES WE ACCELERATE THE CARE. WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS WHO HAD SEIZURES, WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT HAD HEAT EXHAUSTION, THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SITTING IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAITING HOURS FOR CARE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BURDEN ON OUR PARENTS. OUR PARENTS HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, FAMILY MEMBERS THEY ARE CARING FOR ON DIFFERENT LEVELS, COMING TO SCHOOL FOR EARLY DISMISSAL IS A HARDSHIP. I HAVE SEEN STUDENTS WAIT FOR HOURS FOR THEIR PARENTS TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION TO COME TO SCHOOL. IF WE CAN TREAT THOSE STUDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM, WE ARE

063GOING TO DO A SERVICE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND FOR THE PROGRESS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE STARTED IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PROBLEMS IN HABITS START. THE KID WHO HAD A PROBLEM WITH BEHAVIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL OFTEN STARTED BECAUSE OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROCESS AND DEAL WITH. SO WE DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO IMPROVE THIS ACCESS TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERE TOO. OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW ARE BESSEMER, COUGAR STARTS IN TWO WEEKS AND A WEEK AFTER THAT WE START AT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TRIAD ADULT PEDIATRIC SCHOOL, AND HIGH POINT. ALL OF THIS IS FUNDED BY OUR CURRENT GRANT BUT WE HAVE A VISION WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE VISION FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH HUGE. I

064LOVE WORKING [INDISCERNIBLE] ALL THE PRINCIPALS WE BELIEVE STRONGLY [INDISCERNIBLE] IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMON AREA IN HIGH POINT, THAT'S WHERE [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE LOBBYING THE STATE FOR SUPPORT, BRINGING TOGETHER [INDISCERNIBLE] WE ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED TO TREAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. WHEN ONE OF YOUR TEACHERS IS ILL SHE HAS NO OR HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. THIS PUTS A BURDEN NOT ONLY ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT PUTS A BURDEN ON THE LEARNING PROCESS. HAVING VIRTUAL VISITS FOR TEACHERS AT SCHOOL IN A SAFE AND HIPPA COMPLIANT SPACE WILL HELP THAT AS WELL. COORDINATING WITH DIFFERENT INITIATIVES ABOUT OBESITY AND EXERCISE AND NUTRITION WILL BE IMPORTANT AND INTERESTINGLY OUR CAMERA ALLOWS US TO DO DENTAL EXAMS SO THAT WE CAN SCREEN STUDENTS FOR DEPBLGTSZ INTERVENTION TO HELP

065SPEED THAT PROCESS GETTING OUR CHILDREN GOOD DENTAL HEALTH. TOTAL SCHOOL CARE IS OUR VISION AND THEN THERE'S A VISION BEYOND THAT. INTERESTINGLY, I LOOKED AT PLANS THAT DR. CONTRERAS HAS [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DIANE. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR MAP? THIS IS KNOWN IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO AS THE CRESCENT ZONE. THIS IS WHERE POLICE AND FIRE IDENTIFY WHERE OUR POOREST HOUSING IS, WHERE WE HAVE OUR MOST INCIDENCE OF FIRE AND GUN VIOLENCE AND YOU CAN SEE THE CURVE THERE. I'M SURPRISED THAT 10 YEARS LATER I'M SITTING HERE AND IT STILL EXISTS THIS WAY. SO THIS IS IMPACTING ON THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THERE'S POOR TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO -- I CAN SIT HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE GROCERY STORES IN THIS

066AREA AND CLOSE TO BESSEMER SCHOOL, THERE IS NOT A SCHOOL SERVICE GROCERY STORE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THAT AREA AND I THINK BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE THIS CRESCENT ZONE IS TRUELY IMPACTING ON THE HEALTH AS WELL AS IT IS OTHER FACTORS OF OTHER CHILDREN OR OUR FAMILIES' LIVES, PERIOD. I WAS INTERESTED AND STRUCK BY THE FACT THIS CRESCENT STILL EXISTS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL WE IDENTIFIED THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT IT APPEARS WE ARE NOT. >> THIS OVERLIES EACH OF THOSE LITTLE AREAS ARE SCHOOLS SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SCHOOL CENTER IS AND YOU NEED TO GIVE DR. CONTRERAS SOME REALLY PROPS, THE FACT YOU GO TO BESSEMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEIR STAFF, THEIR STAFF HAS A PROGRAM BY WHICH

067THEY GET FOOD FROM FOOD BANKS AND MAKE SURE FAMILIES CAN COME UP AND PICK UP FOOD FROM THE FOOD BANK. IT'S NOT THE ANSWER, IT IS AN ANSWER AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE CENTERS OF A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THE TIME BUT IF YOU WOULD CHECK WITH GREENSBORO POLICE AND FIRE. >> UH-HUH. >> YOU MIGHT FIND SOME OTHER REALLY SAD STATISTICS THAT ALSO IMPACT ON WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. SOMETIMES THE RIGHT HAND DOES HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING IN ORDER TO -- IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO HELP TO IMPACT ON EACH OTHER AS FAR AS WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO IN THIS AREA. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. DEBORAH. >> DR. JENKINS, THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE

068FOR YOU TO DO IS SAY RIGHT IN THAT MICROPHONE, SAY IT LOUD, SAY IT PROUD, NOTHING WILL BE DONE TO ANY OF THESE STUDENTS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. >> WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CONSENT PROGRAM. I HAVE COPIES OF THAT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CONSENT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. >> THANK YOU. >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE YEAR, WE PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF TO SEND OUT TO THE PARENTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL BASED TELEHEALTH PROGRAM AND TO RECEIVE A HIPPA-COMPLIANT CONSENT FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, RELEASE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION AND ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICATION THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED. THEY CAN AGREE TO OR NOT AGREE TO BASED ON THEIR BELIEF IN ANY MEDICATION WE MIGHT ADMINISTER. AT BESSEMER 90 PERCENT OF THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS

069HAVE SIGNED THE CONSENT FORM THE THE CONSENT WAS DESIGNED TO FOLLOW THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROCESS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONSENT EVERY YEAR. OUR STARTING DATE IS A LILTION BIT DELAYED AT OUR PROJECT AT CONE AND OUR PROJECT AT WASHINGTON BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE CONSENTS IN TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN LAUNCH THE PROGRAM. IF WE SEE A CHILD OR A CHILD IS REFERRED TO US WHO DOES NOT HAVE A CONSENT ON FILE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL THE PARENT, DISCUSS THE CONSENT AND SEND AN E-CONSENT FOR IMMEDIATE SIGNATURE TO THE PARENT SO THE CHILD CAN BE TREATED. OR IF THE PARENT SO DESIRES, REFER THE CHILD OUT TO BE TREATED IN A FACE TO FACE. >> AND OF COURSE AT THE PARENTS' REQUEST CONSENT CAN BE

070REVOKED AT ANY TIME. >> LAWYERS HAVE WRITTEN THE CONSENT SO THERE IS A CLAUSE WHERE YOU CAN REVOKE THE CONSENT AT ANY TIME. >> JUST THINKING ABOUT THE WALK THROUGH THE VISIT, THE REGISTERED NURSE THAT CHECKS IN THE PATIENT, IS THAT NURSE ON THE GROUND OR IS THAT NURSE VIRTUAL. >> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REGISTERED NURSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE PHYSICIAN WE ARE ABLE IN REALTIME THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM WE ARE ABLE TO USE CMA'S AND LTM'S IN PLACE OF REGISTERED NURSES AS AN EXPENSE SAVING FOR THIS PROGRAM. INTERESTINGLY AT CONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THE SYSTEM IS HIGHER THAN AN RN, SHE HAS BEEN TRAINED AND NOW CERTIFIED AS A TELEPRESENTER AND WHEN WE START IN A WEEK SHE WILL BE OUR TELEPRESENTER AND WE WILL OFFER TO HER SCHOOL MOST SCHOOL

071NURSES DON'T HAVE, WHICH IS BACK-UP FROM A PEDIATRICIAN. >> THAT IS A HANDY THING. HOW FAR DO OUR SERVICES EXTEND? WE DO THE EXAM, WE REFER OUT XWAISD ON THE EXAMINATION, DO THEY SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP VISIT AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THE PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO GET THOSE MEDICATIONS. >> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS AS THE PROTOTYPE HAS DEVELOPED WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH. THE SCOPE OF MOST OFTHE VISITS ENDS WITH THE VISIT. MOST OF THE PROBLEMS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS HAVE THAT GET DISMISSED FROM SCHOOL WITH EARLY DISMISSAL CAN BE TREATED WITH EVERYTHING FROM A SODA TO CALM THEIR STOMACH TO AN ICE PACK FOR A PAYNE IN THEIR KNEE OR A TYLENOL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE VERY CAREFUL IS TO IDENTIFY A PHARMACY WHERE THE STUDENT CAN RECEIVE THE MEDICATION

072AT A COST THEY CAN AFFORD. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ON MEDICAID SO THESE ARE VERY INEXPENSIVE BUT OCCASION LLLY WE HAVE STUDENTS LIKE THE ONE IN THE STORY WHO HAVE NO INSURANCE. WE THEN REFER THAT PARENT TO A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW THAT AN ANTIBIOTIC IS FREE, LIKE HARRIS-TEETER SO THEY CAN GET THE MEDICATION THEY NEED AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH CONE HEALTH. THE FINAL QUESTION YOU ASKED COULD BE ANSWERED BY WE BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS NEED A MEDICAL HOME. SO WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT THERE IS NOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, WE REFER THAT STUDENT AND THAT FAMILY TO A MEDICAL HOME SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A PEDIATRICIAN AND CAN HAVE CONTINUITY CARE RATHER THAN JUST ACUTE CARE. THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE EDUCATIONAL

073EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO HAVE MEDICAL HOMES DO BETTER IN SCHOOL AND DO BETTER IN LIFE. >> REALLY. AND THEN FINALLY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE ARE GETTING SOMEONE INTO A NEW OFFICE ISN'T ALWAYS AN IMMEDIATE THING, OF COURSE ANTIBIOTICS ARE ANYTHING FROM 4 DAYS TO A COUPLE WEEKS, DO WE SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP WITH THEM THAT DAY. >> VERY INDIVIDUAL. ONE THING THAT IS CONSISTENT IS EVERY STUDENT WHO IS TREATED, THE FAMILY RECEIVES A CALL FROM OUR NURSE. THIS IS PARPLT OF OUR NURSE FEEDBACK. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT THE MEDICATION, THEY WERE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE MEDICATION, THE CHILD IS IMPROVING. IN THE CASE OF SKED UED FOLLOW-UP THIS OFTEN OCCURS AT THE PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE IF WE FIND THE CHILD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH LONG-TERM MEDICATION OR THEY

074ARE BEHIND IN THEIR PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AND IN SOME CASES IT'S A TERMINAL EVENT. THE CHILD FEELS A LOT BETTER. WE HAD ONE VERY SWEET CHILD, HE HAD A STOMACHACHE, WE GAVE HIM MEDICATION AND HE SHOWED UP TWO DAYS LATER. HE SHOWED UP AT THE DOOR AND OUR NURSE THOUGHT, OH, SHE'S SICK AGAIN. HE SAID, NO, I JUST CAME TO SEE IF YOU WERE STILL HERE IN CASE I NEED YOU. I'M AN ADULT, NOW I'M AN HONORARY PEDIATRICIAN BECAUSE I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. BETTIE AND KHEM. >> OUT OF THE 300 STUDENTS, YOU HAVE 60 THAT DID NOT RETURN TO CLASS THE SAME DAY. WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE DAYS THEY WERE OUT FOR THOSE 60 STUDENTS. >> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE REASON WAS. IN SOME CASES UNFORTUNATELY IN THE

075WORLD WE LIVE IN CALLED COVID, THERE WERE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAD TO BE REFERRED FOR TESTING AND HAD TO HAVE A QUARANTINE PERIOD. SOME OF THOSE WERE OUT FOR 10 DAYS OR MORE. THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT HAD TREATMENT WERE BACK AT SCHOOL WITHIN A FEW DAYS. AS YOU KNOW, IF IT'S STREP AND WE START ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY, THEY ARE NON-INFECTION AFTER THE SECOND DAY OF TREATMENT SO THEY CAN RETURN ON THE THIRD DAY AND IN MANY CASES, A SIMPLE PROBLEM, AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION, WE INSTRUCT THE PARENT WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT NEED TO COME DOWN SO YOU CAN ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO RETURN TO SCHOOL. THIS IS A KEY PART OF OUR EDUCATION PROCESS, EMPOWER THE PARENT TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE WISE CHOICES ABOUT RETURN TO SCHOOL. WHEN

076THE TEMPERATURE IS GONE AND SYMPTOMS HAVE ABATED, THAT'S A CRITICAL PART OF THE PROCESS. >> MY NEXT QUESTION IS AS FAR AS RECEIVING FREE MEDICATION, YOU MENTIONED HARRIS-TEETER, I KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC THERE. PARENTS HAVE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION. >> SURE. >> HOW ARE THEY RECEIVING THEIR MEDICINE, WHICH IS FREE, WHEN IT TAKES 6, 7, 8 MILES TO GET TO THE CLOSEST HARRIS-TEETER. >> THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING. EVENTUALLY ONE DAY WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PHARMACY TEAM TO FIND OUT HOW TO INCLUDE THIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OUR POINT OF CARE CARE SO WE CAN SCREEN FOR FLU OR STREP THROAT AND INCLUDE A BASIC PHARMACY KIT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE MEDICINE TO CHILDREN WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. THAT IS AN IDENTIFIED PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT OUT. >> BESSEMER IS ONE

077OF MY SCHOOLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANY OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO BESSEMER, WE WILL PUT YOU ON THE COMPUTER AND GIVE YOU A VISIT. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THE PROGRAM AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND. >> AT BESSEMER WE DID SUMMER SCHOOL AND THIS YEAR WE ARE THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD LOCATE IF INDEED BESSEMER IS NOT OPEN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL. IN THAT CASE WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE THE CHILDREN COULD BE BROUGHT AND THAT MAY ALSO HELP US GET OUR FEET WET WITH TREATING THE PARENT. GREAT QUESTION, THANK YOU. >> I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SEE, I SEE MICHELLE THE VICE PRESIDENT AT CONE AND WE DISCUSSED DURING THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MEETING THE STHOERTAGE OF NURSES. AND THIS PROGRAM IS DEPENDENT ON NURSES. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD PROBLEMS

078WITH OUR OWN NURSING PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE AND WE ASKED COMMISSIONER ALSTON TO HELP US WITH GTCC TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN OUR MIDDLE COLLEGES SO WE COULD RE-ENROLL STUDENTS WHO WERE WILLING AT OUR TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND MOVE THOSE NURSING PROGRAMS TO GTCC AND GRADUATE THOSE STUDENTS TO WORK IN OUR OWN TELEHEALTH CLINICS AND THAT WOULD HELP US TO EXPAND THIS MORE RAPIDLY. SO THAT'S AN ON-GOING ISSUE. AND THEN WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CHAMBERS THERE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING THE PRESCRIPTIONS THERE ARE STILL FAMILIES THAT CAN'T GET TO A PHARMACY. WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SO FAMILIES GET TO WORK, STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL BUT ALSO ACCESS HEALTH CARE. I

079ALSO SHARED THAT IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT, WALSH ALLEN DONATED ALL THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT FOR THOSE HEALTH CLINICS SO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN THAT DISTRICT HAD A HEALTH CLINIC THERE. SO WE CAN ALSO LOOK TO SOME OF THE MEDCAL PROVIDERS, SUPPLY PROVIDERS, TO ASK IF THEY WOULD ASSIST US. WE'RE BUILDING THE CLINICS INTO THE BUILDINGS BUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE EXPENSIVE AND WE SHOULD ASK SOME OF THE SUPPLIERS TO HELP US FOR SUPPLYING THE ACTUAL SPACES. >> GREAT POINT. >> DEBORAH. >> ONE MORE SHAMELESS PLUG. NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS I REPRESENT, THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BEGINNING MEDICAL PROGRAMS THERE AND, YES, THE NURSING SHORTAGE IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER ANY TIME SOON. IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT I CAN BE A

080HELP TO FACILITATE GETTING BETTER EQUIPMENT, MORE INSTRUCTORS, ANYTHING AT NORTHERN, WE NEED TO START HELP BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE NURSING STAFF. THEY ARE NOT JUST GOING TO SHOW UP AT OUR COLLEGES LIKE MAGIC BECAUSE THEY HEARD HEALTH CARE IS A MIRACLE. JUST BEGINNING TO CONIDER HEALTH CARE AS A CAREER, ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THIS, I HAVE WALKED THROUGH CLASS WITH PRINCIPAL MCKENSIE, RIGHT NOW THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAD WHEN I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL. WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, PLEASE INCLUDE ME. >> I'M GOING TO PUT MY OTHER HAT ON FOR A SECOND. AHAC HAS A CHARGE FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO DEVELOP AN EQUITABLE HEALTH WORK FORCE FOR TOMORROW. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AHAC TO ADVANCE TRAINING MORE CMA'S, TRAINING MORE LPN'S,

081TRAINING MORE RN'S THAT WE NEED AND ALSO RECRUITING AND TRAINING VIRTUAL PHYSICIANS TO DO THIS. BECAUSE A BUSY DOCTOR WHO IS SEEING LOTS OF PATIENTS IN HIS OFFICE DOESN'T WANT THIS ADDED ON TO THEM. WE NEED A NEW WORK FORCE AND IMAGINE A NEW WAY TO CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS. >> LINDA. >> WHAT IS THE SUSTAINABILITY? RIGHT NOW YOU ARE WORKING WITH GRANTS. YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD ALL THIS OUT. SO WHAT WILL BE THE FUNDING AND SUSTAINABILITY, INSURANCE, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK LONG-TERM. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT STATES WHO ARE DOING THIS NOW THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE MADE IT PART OF THEIR STATE SUPPORT EITHER THROUGH THEIR MEDICAID PROGRAM OR THROUGH STATE SUPPORTED SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HEALTH IN SCHOOLS. ONE STATE THAT IS LEADING THE WAY, THE

082STATE WHERE DR. CONTRERAS IS FROM, MARYLAND, WHERE IT JUST PASSED THE STATE SENATE AND IS NOW IN THE HOUSE TO PROVIDE TELEHOUSE ACCESS FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH CTI AND CTI HAS ACTUALLY JOINED US IN OUR LEARNING COLLABORATIVE, THOSE MEDICAL GROUPS THAT I MENTIONED. THE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH IS ALSO JOINING WITH US SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR THE FUTURE. THE PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUSTAINABLE MODELS IS YOU HAVE TO PROVE VALUE FIRST. SO WHY WE'RE IN BESSEMER, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PARTNERING WITH YOU GUYS SO WE CAN PROVE VALUE AND THEN LOBBY OUR STATE AND INSURANCE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM TO QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. >> DIANE. >> THIS IS A FACILITIES QUESTION. WE'VE BEEN TALKING

083ABOUT HOW MANY FACILITIES, I HAVE HEARD A LOT TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS -- WHAT I HAVE IN MY MIND AS FAR AS A SICK ROOM IS A CHAIR, A BED IN THIS LITTLE ROOM, WHICH I DON'T THINK WOULD -- >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE MODEL OF THE AIPGTD SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD AND SEE THE REALLY INCREDIBLE, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE EDUCATIONAL MEETING WHICH DR. CONTRERAS GOT HER WARD. THE ARCHITECTS WERE UP FRONT. MANY OF THEM HAD GOGGLES WHERE YOU COULD TAKE A VIRTUAL VIEW AND OF COURSE I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE CLINIC. IT WAS AMAZING THAT CAN RESULT IN THESE 8 SCHOOLS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS OF GUILFORD COUNTY TO SUPPORT THAT SPACE IN EVERY SCHOOL. >> SO

084THAT DOESN'T -- WE WON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY. >> IT'S PART OF YOUR SCHOOL DESIGN. >> BOARD MEMBER TILLMAN HAS A QUESTION. >> YOU CAN'T SEE ME, BUT GIVEN WHAT NRAUBL NAUBL CURRENTLY WITH THE MODEL AT BESSEMER ARE THERE ANY YOU MAY BE CONTEMPLATING SHOULD THE NEED ARISE [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STRETCH BY HOOK AND CROOK A LOT OF IN KIND DONATIONS TO THE 3 SCHOOLS WE'RE IN WITH A GRANT FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR ABOUT $280,000. TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS IN EVERY TITLE 1 SCHOOL IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND SUSTAIN IT FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL THE STATE CAN TAKE ACTION, BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVE IT, WOULD BE A PRICE TAG OF AROUND $6 MILLION DOLLARS. BUT IN THAT PRICE TAG

085WOULD INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL CMA AND NURSING ROLES IN THE SCHOOLS, PLACEMENT OF THOSE IN THE SCHOOLS AND RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL ATP'S AND PHYSICIANS TO SEE OUR STUDENTS. WHEN WE GO TO 51 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS IN GUILFORD COUNTY WE SUDDENLY INCREASE THE PATIENT POPULATION TO ALMOST 36,000 ADDITIONAL NEW PATIENTS THAT NEED TO BE CARED FOR AND SEEN. SO THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL. THE SUSTAINABILITY WILL BE IN REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH MEDICAID, IN SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAID GETS FACILITY FEES TO THEIR SCHOOLS TO HELP THEM SUPPORT THEIR SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED. IN MARYLAND THEY ARE PROPOSING STATE GRANTS PER SCHOOL TO FUND THE CLINIC WITH A BUDGET FOR THE CLINIC AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATIVELY FIND HOW NORTH CAROLINA CAN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. >> SURE. [INDISCERNIBLE] WILL YOU BE PROVIDING THOSE NUMBERS

086AS WELL THAT WOULD SHOW THROUGH THIS WORK WE'RE ABLE TO WHATEVER THE COST SAVINGS MAY BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEALTH CARIES QUAITION. >> YES, SIR. WE HAVE WORKED TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THEY ARE PROVIDING US AN ANALYST SO WE CAN DO SCHOOL TO SCHOOL COMPARISONS SO WE CAN LOOK ANOTHER A SCHOOL WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF BESSEMER AND THE RATES OF ABSENTEEISM AND EARLY DISMISSAL AND COMPARE THAT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE STATE PRIOR OUR INTERVENTION AND POST OUR INTERVENTION SO WE CAN SHOW AN EFFECT ON THOSE NUMBERS. WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE STUDENTS AND SEE IF WE PREVENT THEM FROM UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY TERMINATING CARE AND CREATING LESS OF A BURDEN ON OUR STATE MEDICAID PROGRAM. AND FINALLY WE HAVE

087TO RELY UPON SURVEY DATA THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE PARENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE REDUCTION OF COST TO THE PARENT FOR POTENTIAL LOSS OF INCOME WHEN THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE SCHOOL FOR EARLY DISMISSAL, THE TRANSPORTATION BURDEN FOR CARE BURDENS THAT THEY HAVE. IF YOU SHOW UP AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU CAN GOING TO WALK OUT WITH $2,000 IN BILLS AND THIS SOMETIMES FOLLOWS FAMILIES FOREVER. >> GREAT, GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU, SIR, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT. >> THANK YOU, DR. JENKINS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. MY NEPHEW WENT TO BESSEMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT SEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS AN ACADEMIC

088COMPONENT, IT'S SOMETHING NON-ACADEMIC, BUT IT'S INSTRUCTION, THE LACTATION OPPORTUNITY, TEEN PARENTING IS VERY DIFFICULT AND WOULD DISCOURAGE DHA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT ALSO KNOWING FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS, BREAST FEEDING HAS BEEN A FIRST FOOD PRACTICE FOR MANY CULTURES. I JUST GOT A NOTICE FROM A NEWS APP THAT I'M ON THAT UNITED STATES STORES ARE STARTING TO RATION FORMULA WHICH MIGHT BE GOOD SO WE CAN GET BACK TO WHAT THEY REFERRED TO AS LIQUID GOLD, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN. AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN EFFORT WITH A LOCAL FOUNDATION AND THE COURT SYSTEM TO STEM THE FLOW OF CHILDREN COMING INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND IT WAS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INITIATIVE AND IT WAS AROUND ATTACHMENT. WE KNOW BREAST FEEDING AND ATTACHMENT AND SECURITY ARE CLOSELY

089TIED, CHILDREN HAVE LOWER ACE SCORES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TANGIBLE RESULTS WE WILL SEE OVER TIME. BOARD MEMBER BELLAMY-SMALL AS I REMEMBER ONE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEFS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE LOOKED AT THIS FOR CHILD WELFARE AND IT WAS THOSE SAME HOT SPOTS AS YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND WE'VE LOST A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND WE'RE STILL HERE. SO WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER. >> WE LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WITH OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I WILL END WIT ONE MORE STORY. I LOVE STORIES BECAUSE THEY TELL THE MISSION. WE HAD A STUDENT AT BESSEMER WHO WAS REFERRED BECAUSE HE HAD FACE PAINT AND THE TEACHER SAW HIM KIND OF GRIMACING THROUGH HIS MASK AND SHE SENT

090HIM THROUGH THE TELEPRESENTER AND THE TELEPRESENTER REMOVED THE MASK. HE HAD BEEN HIT. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK. SO WE PARTNERED WITH OUR TEAM AT BESSEMER, WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE NEED AND THEY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED, THEY SAID THIS PARENT HAS A HISTORY. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. AND WE AS A TEAM SUPPORTED AN ACTION TAKEN TO PROTECT THAT CHILD. AND SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS HEALTH, IT SOMETIMES IS RISK AND MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE A KEY PART OF THIS AND LEARNING HOW TO INTEGRATE INTO A WIDER COMMUNITY OF SERVICES. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ANSWER, WE'RE A PART OF THE ANSWER THAT WE WANT TO BE. YOU PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR SCHOOLS AND THANK YOU FOR IT. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE, THAT WAS SO ENGROSSING. WE ARE NOW AT ACTION ITEMS.

091ITEM A, BUDGET AMENDMENT TRANSFERS REPORT, ANITA. >> YES, I'M SORRY, WAS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? ANITA. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN SEE. >> ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES YOU MAKE A MOTION THEN THERE'S DISCUSSION OF THAT ITEM BECAUSE IT'S NOW AN ACTION ITEM. >> IT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT, SO ANITA. >> OKAY, WHAT ELSE? I THOUGHT WE APPROVED THE AGENDA. DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND TRANSFERS AND WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE ON THAT WAS THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WE INCREASED POLICY LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BY $99,644 BUT IN THE BUDGET TRANSFERS WE TOOK THAT MONEY BACK OUT. SO I STARTED -- IS THAT CORRECT? . >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. >> SO I STARTED THINKING, OKAY,

092THESE THINGS IN A LOT OF PLACES WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE A TON OF MONEY, OFFSET EACH OTHER. SO I DID A SPREADSHEET AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR CODES, 5100 THROUGH 9200, EVERY ONE THAT HAD A BUDGET TRANSFER I DID THOSE STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL, OUTLAY AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM LINE A COUPLE THINGS CONCERNED ME. AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY MEAN AND ONE OF THOSE WAS CODE 5300 UNDER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS INCREASED, THE NET INCREASE WAS 7 MILLION. TECH SUPPORT DECREASE ODE ALMOST 5 MILLION. THE ONE THAT REALLY CAUSED ME A LOT OF CONCERN WAS CODE 5500, WHICH INCLUDES UTILITIES, MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES DECREASED BY POINT 9 MILLION. HOW WE GONNA REPLACE THAT? I MEAN, UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS HAVE SKY ROCKETED. SO WHEN WE HAVE A

0935.9 MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE IN THAT BUDGET, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WHAT HAPPENED. >> I CAN APPRECIATE THE EXERCISE THAT YOU DID TO TRY TO LOOK AT THIS IN NET, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT EACH FUND CAN OPERATE SEPARATELY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- I THINK I SEPBLTD YOU SOME INFORMATION ON 6500. >> 6500. >> AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND WHERE WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE AMENDMENTS SECTION AND THEN WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 9300 IN THE TRANSFER SECTION SO THE AMENDMENT SECTION IS BECAUSE WE GOT ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN TRANSPORTATION AND IN THE TRANSFER SECTION IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD 24 RESTART SCHOOLS NOW AND THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE TRANSFER A SPECIFIC AMOUNT INTO THE RESTART PROGRAM

094FOR THESE SCHOOLS. SO WHEN WE DO THAT, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT TO GAIN THE MOST ADVANTAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IS WE TYPICALLY TRANSFER TEACHER SALARY DOLLARS BECAUSE WE CAN TRANSFER THOSE AT THE AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY AND SINCE WE HAVE JUST SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LOWER PAID TEACHERS OR NEWER TEACHERS, WE GAINED DOLLARS WHEN WE TRANSFER TEACHER POSITIONS INTO THE START-RESTART PROGRAM. BUT THEN THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF DOLLARS SITTING IN THE RESTART PROGRAM AND NOT ALL INEXPENSED TEACHERS ARE IN RESTART SCHOOLS, SO WE HAVE TO USE THOSE RESTART DOLLARS TO FUND OTHER THINGS AND OUR INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS ON LOCAL FUNDS SO WE USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR TRANSPORTATION AT OUR RESTART SCHOOLS, UTILITIES AT OUR RESTART SCHOOLS, CUSTODIAL WORK AT OUR RESTART SCHOOLS, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE STATE FUND IN

0956500 THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE DID IN FUND 2 WHERE WE HAD AN INCREASE OF $4700 WHICH PROBABLY WAS A SCHOOL MOVING SOMETHING TO A CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT. >> 47,000. >> I'M SORRY, 47,000. BUT THE BIG THING IN THAT CODE WAS THE TRANSFERS. >> IF YOU WILL RECALL WHEN WE DID OUR ESSER BUDGET, WE DID OUR ORIGINAL ESSER BUDGET BASED ON A PLAN AND WE BUDGETED THOSE DOLLARS BASED ON THE FIRST FLUSH OF THE PLAN. THEN WE HAD TO GO BACK AND CHANGE BASED ON THIS BOARD WHEN THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ALL STAFF THAT MEANT WE HAD TO KIND OF REWORK OUR ESSER BUDGET SO A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS ARE IN OUR ESSER BUDGET ARE THE CHANGES IN THE ESSER BUDGET YOU SEE HERE. >> IT SAYS 19 MILLION UNDER CODE

0965100. >> YEAH, THAT'S A REASON -- THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS WENT. >> THE NET EFFECT OF THE WHOLE THING IS $441,000 IF YOU NET ALL THE TRANSFERS IN AND OUT, THAT'S THE NET EFFECTIVE, THE INCREASE OF $441,000, BUT TALK ABOUT TECH SUPPORT. THAT'S CRITICAL, OR HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN THE PAST TWO YEARS BUT YET THAT BUDGET DECREASED, AND MOST OF IT WAS FEDERAL, ABOUT 4.98. >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY -- AND I CAN DO MORE RESEARCH BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET DOWN INTO THE DETAILS WHEN I WAS DOING THIS. BUT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AGAIN WE REDIRECTED SOME DOLLARS FOR THE BONUSES. ALSO SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAD BUDGETED, OUR ESSER FUND, ONCE WE GOT THE SEC GRANT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE INITIALS STAND FOR, WE REPURPOSED SOME

097OF THE ESSER FUND DOLLARS FOR THAT REASON. SO I THINK THE ECS FUND WAS ON OUR LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE APPROVED LAST MONTH AND THE CHANGE FOR THE ESSER BUDGET IS REFLECTED ON THIS ONE. >> THE LAST 1 IS CODE 5300, 7 MILLION. 4 MILLION WAS FEDERAL, 2 1/2 MILLION WAS STATE. >> RIGHT, 5300 IS WHERE OUR TUTORING DOLLARS SIT, A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR STEW DOEPBTS SIT IN 5300. WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE 4 MILLION, A LOT OF THAT WENT TO THE HIGH IMPACT HEARING IN THE ESSER FUND. LET ME GO TO THE STATE FUND TO LET ME LOOK AT THAT. >> 2.4. >> IS THAT AN AMENDMENT? . >> TRANSFER. >> THAT IS A RESULT OF THE RESTART SCHOOLS, 5300 IS WHERE SPECIAL WORKERS ARE FUNDED. IF WE TRANSFER

098POSITIONS INTO RESTART SCHOOLS AND WE PICKED UP THEIR SOCIAL WORKERS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOWER PAID, THEN THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD SHOW UP IN THE 5300 AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXERCISE. >> A LOT OF NUMBERS. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AND THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. BECAUSE OF ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS, THE STATE FUNDS OF RESTART, ESSER AND THE GRANTS, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS MOVE THE MONEY INTO APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS BUT THERE IS NO REDUCTION IN THE FULL SERVICES. >> CORRECT, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IN EACH FUND WE APPROPRIATED OR TRANSFERRED THE DOLLARS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE, WHERE THEY ARE BEING USED. WE HAVE NOT REDUCED SERVICES FOR ANYTHING. >> IT'S NOT A REDUCTION IN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, IT'S NOT A REDUCTION IN MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAN,

099YOU JUST PLACED THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THIS INFLUX OF FUNDS AND THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER RESTART. >> EXACTLY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DEBORAH. >> I HAD A STUDENT REACH OUT TO ME A FEW MONTHS AGO, A FEMALE STUDENT AT ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ASKING ABOUT FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN THE SCHOOL. I SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, HITTING UP EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO KNOW DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? IT'S ONLY $2,000, I GENUINELY WISH IT WAS MORE. >> IS THIS A TEACHER? A TEACHER STARTING MIDDLE SCHOOL APPLIED FOR THIS. THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE STATE BUDGET THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH APPLICATION. ANY SCHOOL CAN APPLY FOR IT. IT DOESN'T TYPICALLY COME THROUGH, WE HAVE TO ALLOT THE DOLLARS AND IT COMES THROUGH OUR

100BUDGET BUT WE DON'T TYPICALLY MANAGE THE SPENDING OF THOSE OTHER THAN TO MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES BUT THIS IS FOR -- A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT AND WE WILL USE IT APPROPRIATELY FOR THOSE PRODUCTS. >> WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING ME HER NAME? I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. >> SURE. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, ANEED TA. >> NO. >> DEBORAH, YES. >> KHEM, YES. LINDA, NO. DIANE, YES. [MALE VOICE] YES. >> THAT PASSES BY 6-2. WE ARE NOW AT NAMING OR RENAMING FACILITY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT POLICY NUMBER 9300, NAMING AND RENAMING FACILITIES AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> WHO WAS THAT. >> DEBORAH. >> ALL RIGHT, NO DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, DIANE. LINDA? KHEM, YES. BETTY, YES. ANITA, YES.

101PAT, YES. AND DEENA, YES. THAT PASSES BY A VOTE OF 8-0. KHEM IRBY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOL LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY CON CONVENIENCE, THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL ACTION AT OUR MARCH 29 MEETING. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADDING TWO FEDERAL PRIORITIES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. FIRST, EXTENDING THE FEDERAL SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM WAIVERS THAT ALLOW US TO SERVE PREMEALS TO ALL STUDENTS AND, SECOND, URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE UNDER ACCOUNTING IN THE CENSUS OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. BOTH OF THESE ISSUES HAVE AN OUTSIZE IMPACT ON XHUEPBTDS LIKE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. AS THE MITT MITD CHAIR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REVISION OF OUR 2022 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS PRELTED. >> SECOND. >> THE SECOND PART OF THAT IN THE CENSUS,

102DO WE HAVE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT? DO WE KNOW THAT TO BE A SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DATA SO I DON'T KNOW. >> WE ARE GOING TO LOSE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF THE UNDER COUNTING AND MOST DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE IT INDICATES WE HAVE LESS POVERTY IN OUR DISTRICTS. >> ANITA, NO. DEBORAH, YES. BETTYE, YES. LINDA, NO. DIANE, PASS. PAT, YES. AND DEENA, YES. THAT PASSES BY 6-2. WE ARE NOW AT OUR MONTHLY VOTE ON UNIVERSAL SAFE COVERING AND MASK REQUIREMENTS. DR. CONTRERAS. >> I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF ITS AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GO MASKLESS WHILE ON DISTRICT PROPERTIES AND I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW GO MASKLESS ON THE

103BUSSES. >> SECOND. >> OKAY, DIANE. >> I JUST WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING WHAT NATIONALLY IS HAPPENING, BUT PHILADELPHIA JUST REINSTITUTED THEIR MANDATORY MASKS. I REALIZE THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL ABOUT HOW OUR SCHOOLS OR HOW QUICKLY OR HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT BUT I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE VOTE TO REMOVE MASKS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE STOP BEING CAUTIOUS IN COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE STILL DO THINGS. BECAUSE THE VIRUS IS STILL VERY MUCH THERE AND EVEN IF YOU'VE GOTTEN ONE VACCINATION OR EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN BOOSTED, YOU CAN HAVE WHAT THEY CALL BREAKTHROUGH. WE JUST HAD A SUPER SPREADER EVENT IN WASHINGTON SO I REALIZE SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO PLAY THOSE THINGS DOWN BUT IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING. MAYBE NOT AS

104FAST AND MAYBE NOT AS MANY BUT THEY ARE STILL GETTING SICK AND DYING AND THERE ARE LONG-TERM EFFECTS FOR THOSE WHO GET COVID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DIE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE CRIPPLED WITH SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF THIS PERHAPS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A NO VOTE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO FEEL THEY NEED TO WEAR A MASK STILL NEED TO BE SUPPORTED, THAT THEY CAN WEAR THEIR MASK AND I'M GOING TO KEEP WEARING MINE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M NOT WISHING TO DIE. >> THANK YOU, DIANE. . >> YOU SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE MASK ON THE BUS ANY MORE, CORRECT? NOW ARE WE STILL SPACING CHILDREN ON THE BUS? IS THAT HAPPENING? BECAUSE

105I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE BELL, THE START TIME, AND SOME PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING STUDENTS APART SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY KIDS OTHER THAN CAPACITY OF THE BUS. >> CORRECT. >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THINK OUR BELL SCHEDULE IS BASED ON THAT WE'RE STILL RUNNING COVID SO THAT WAS MY CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS SECONDED, RIGHT? ANITA, YES. DEBORAH, YES. BETTYE, YES. KIM, YES. LINDA, YES. DIANE. PAT, YES. AND DEENA, YES. THAT PASSES BY A VOTE OF 7-1. WE ARE NOW AT OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE CHAIR, DEBORAH NAPPER. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE PRESENTERS FOR THE -- SO WE ARE, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL

106TO RENAME THE NEWCOMER SCHOOL OF HIGH POINT, IF YOU'D LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN WALTER, I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH POINT NEWCOMER SCHOOL AND TONIGHT I WANTED TO LIFT UP SOME OF THE REASONS WHY OUR SCHOOL SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER SYLVIA MENDEZ. CLOSE TO 20 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENT BODY ARE STUDENTS OF HISPANIC DESCENT. WE FEEL REPRESENTATION MATTERS. STUDENTS, WHEN THEY SEE THAT A TEACHER AND AN ADMINISTRATOR LOOKS LIKE THEM OR EVEN SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, THEREFORE WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT REPRESENTATION CAN BE AMPLIFIED AND LEVERAGED THROUGH THE NAMES THAT WE CHOOSE FOR OUR SCHOOL. SECONDLY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, MOST OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE NEWCOMER SCHOOL WILL BE COMING

107FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. THIS CAN BE A REFLECTION FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS. SHE SHOWED A LOT OF RESILIENCE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE DISCRIMINATION FROM SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA. WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE NAME THE SCHOOL AFTER SYLVIA MENDEZ, OUR COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUND, ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANOTHER HISPANIC AMERICAN. FINALLY, AND THIS IS ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS A HISPANIC MYSELF I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ARGENTINA AND I MOVED HERE 25 YEARS AGO. I AM A NATIVE SPEAKER OF SPANISH AND 5 YEARS AGO I WAS APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, I WAS ONE OF VERY FEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, NOW WE HAVE MANY NOW, I BECAME THE FIRST HISPANIC PRINCIPAL. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

108GET DOWN IN OUR DISTRICT THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT. I TRULY BELIEVE WE NEED TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT IF WE WANT TO SOLIDIFY THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO NAME OUR SCHOOL AFTER SYLVIA MENDEZ AND IF WE DO THAT YOU CAN REST ASSURED TODAY THAT WE WILL BE MAKING HISTORY FOR GUILFORD COUNTY BUT ALSO IN NORTH CAROLINA AS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO BE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE OF HISPANIC DESCENT. I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS MYRA HAYES. AS A LITTLE GIRL IN WESTMINISTER, CALIFORNIA, IN 1945 SYLVIA MENDEZ THE 9-YEAR-OLD WASN'T ALLOWED IN THAT SCHOOL. THE 9-YEAR-OLD WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THAT SCHOOL. SO HER PARENTS PAVED THE WAY. AS A LITTLE

109ADVOCATE, AS A LITTLE PERSON, THE PARENTS PAVED THE WAY FOR BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION. THEY FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CHILD AND MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN THAT AREA IN CALIFORNIA AND ALL OF CALIFORNIA WERE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL. SO WITH THIS, SHE ALL THROUGH HER LIFE ADVOCATED FOR HER COMMUNITY, ADVOCATED FOR THE LATIN COMMUNITY. SHE WAS THE ONE THAT MADE SURE THAT HER LIFE MATTERED, HER PARENTS INSTILLED THAT DRIVE AND THAT PUSH AND SHE HAD ADVOCATED FOR US HER WHOLE LIFE. I AM LATINA, I WAS BORN IN EL SALVADOR, I CAME TO THE STATES WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. WHEN OUR CHILDREN SEE SYLVIA MENDEZ' NAME ON THEIR BUILDING, THAT WILL MEAN SOMETHING. THAT'S REPRESENTATION. THAT RIGHT THERE IS HOPE. HOPE THAT I, TOO, ONE DAY CAN HAVE MY NAME ON A BUILDING.

110JUST THAT, OH, LOOK AT THAT NAME THAT REPRESENTS ME. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRUPBLTD OF YOU AND JUST TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT REALLY DOES MEAN AS A LATINA, AS A LATINA GROWING UP IN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK, THAT I COULD HAVE PEOPLE BEHIND ME TO REALLY HELP ME. BUT THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE LIFE THERE WASN'T A SCHOOL AFTER A LATINA. THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF LATINAS, MALE OR FEMALE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TIME AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE MOVING FORWARD WITH NAMING OUR BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL THE SYLVIA MENDEZ SCHOOL. DOESN'T IT SOUND BEAUTIFUL, SYLVIA MENDEZ? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE MENDEZ VERSUS WESTMINISTER CASE IN CALIFORNIA WAS FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT LED TO BROWN

111VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION WHICH WE ALL KNOW STARTED DESEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS IN NORTH AMERICA. NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF MENDEZ VERSUS WESTMINISTER. HAVING THIS NAME COME UP WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE ME LOOK BACK FURTHER INTO THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE IMPACT STARTED THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME KOERTD. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND THE NAME ON THE BUILDING ENCOURAGES EVEN ONE MORE PERSON TO DO SO, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND WE DO SO. I DID TOUCH BASE WITH MISS IRBY AND WE HAD A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH. >> DIANE AND THEN ANITA. >> I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHERE MY POSITION IS. I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE HISTORICALLY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEOPLE. BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT THE NAMING

112OF THIS SCHOOL SHOULD BE SOMEONE WHO WAS SIGNIFICANT TO GREENSBORO OR TO GUILFORD COUNTY OR TO NORTH CAROLINA. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE FACT MISS MENDEZ MAY HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT GOING THROUGH THE NAMING PROCESS THAT I WENT THROUGH WAS RENAMING FROM ACOTT. PEOPLE KNEW WHO HE WAS, THEY KNEW WHO HE REPRESENTED. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO WHENEVER YOU SAY SWANN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY SAY, OH, MELVIN SWANN OR DR. SWANN. I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT ON THE NAMING OF THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE IF, AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS SAY, 20 PERCENT OF OUR LATIN-X LATINA COMMUNITY IS IN GUILFORD COUNTY SURELY THERE IS SOMEONE IN GUILFORD COUNTY OR NORTH CAROLINA -- I DID KIND OF GET SOME INFORMATION AND WE HAVE HAD 3 LATINOS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE

113HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. NOT THAT I'M RECOMMENDING THEM, BUT TO ME THIS NAME SHOULD REPRESENT SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHEN THAT NAME COMES UP IT'S SOMEBODY THAT THEY RECOGNIZE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE. I REALIZE THAT, WE HAVE HAD IN GUILFORD COUNTY OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WE DO NOT HAVE A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A NATIVE AMERICAN. THE CONTRIBUTIONS, HISTORICALLY, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE DON'T WANT US, AND LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED, BORN, DIED, HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA OR IN GUILFORD COUNTY HAVE MADE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS AND I THINK WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR SCHOOLS AND THESE ARE OUR KIDS AND

114OUR COMMUNITIES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THOSE NAMES THAT REPRESENT PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT THAT, I MEAN, HEY, I'M THE FIRST ONE TO SAY LET'S KNOCK DOWN ALL THE DOORS. BUT CAN WE RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCAL OR WHO REGIONALLY MEAN SOMETHING TO WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY HERE? . >> THANK YOU. ANITA. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE DOOR IS HENDERSON NEWCOMER SCHOOL. >> WE ARE ADDING AT HIGH POINT A BUILDING BECAUSE ALL THE STUDENTS FROM HIGH POINT HAVE TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO GREENSBORO TO GET TO THAT SITE AND WE HAVE A GROWING NEWCOMER POPULATION. >> OKAY, AND THIS SCHOOL CAN BE SITED IN THE TOMLINSON BUILDING ON THE HIGH POINT CENTRAL CAMPUS.

115>> CORRECT. >> WHO WAS TOMLINSON? THE BUILDING WAS NAMED AFTER A HIGH POINT PERSON, LAST NAME TOMLINSON, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. THAT BUILDING IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE REFERRED TO, IN HIGH POINT, CORRECT ME IN I'M WRONG, IT'S THE TOMLINSON BUILDING. >> AND WE CAN KEEP THE NAME OF THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE HAVE SAID THAT IS A CERTAIN BUILDING BUT THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL IS SOMETHING ELSE. >> I KNOW, THAT WAS TRUE WITH KERN'S ACADEMY. THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR WITH TOMLINSON ALSO BECAUSE THAT NAME MEANS SOMETHING TO HIGH POINTERS. >> THAT'S FINE. >> WE SHOULD KNOW. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THIS PARTICULAR NAMING TO GIVE MORE CONSIDERATION TO REGIONAL, LOCAL PEOPLE OF -- I'M NOT SAYING THERE

116NOT BE OF HISPANIC OR DIVERSITY BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT NAMING IT FOR SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, THOUGH HER IMPACT WAS NATIONAL, IT DOESN'T TO ME I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. >> IF I MAY, JUST PROCEDURALLY, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING THIS RIGHT NOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT FOR 30 DAYS. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO HONOR THE BOARD'S POLICY, WHICH IS TO LET A COMMITTEE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. AND THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE NO, BUT THE COMMITTEE, BASED ON THE BOARD'S POLICY THAT YOU JUST VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON SAYS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING FORWARD PEOPLE AND IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, LOCAL LEVEL, AND I THINK WE UNDERMINE THE COMMITTEE'S WORK IF THEY GO OUT AND THEY COME UP WITH A NAME

117AND YOU SAY IT SHOULD BE LOCAL AFTER YOU VOTED ON A POLICY THAT SAYS THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM A NATIONAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL POOL. I THINK THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE VOTED TO BRING IT FORWARD AND CERTAINLY BOARD MEMBERS CAN VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE BUT THERE IS A COMMITTEE PROCESS, THEY ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS HONESTLY AND FORTHRIGHTLY AND THE BOARD SHOULD VOTE ON IT. SHOU LD VOTE ON IT. >> LINDA . >> THE FIRST SCHOOL IS THE NEWCOMERS SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST IN HIGH POINT, DOES IT? IS IT TO BE DONE. WE MENTIONED THE SOUTH K-8, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT, RIGHT? YOU ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH A NAME FOR THE SOUTHWEST K-8. OKAY, I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM NAMING SCHOOLS THAT DON'T EXIST. >> THAT'S BEEN THE POLICY FOR YEARS, SINCE I THINK

1181994 THAT AS SOON AS THE BOARD VOTES TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT, THE NAME IS SUPPOSED TO BE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED IN NOVEMBER 2020 ACCORDING TO YOUR OLD POLICY. >> RIGHT, BUT LIKE WITH KERN'S ACADEMY WE WERE GOING TO NAME ONE SCHOOL KERN'S ACADEMY, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND WE HAD TO COME BACK AND RENAME A SCHOOL AFTER DOT KERNS. I THINK IT DOES CAUSE A LITTLE PROBLEM IF FOR SOME REASON THE SOUTHWEST K-8 DOESN'T MATERIALIZE OR WE DON'T -- A NAME OR SOMETHING DOESN'T MATERIALIZE, NOT THAT I'M SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I KNOW WITH SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY IT WAS SOUTHEAST ELEMENTARY UNTIL IT GOT BUILT. >> WHY DON'T YOU VOTE ON THAT SPECIFICALLY. >> THAT YOU NAME IT AS SOON AS SPECIFICALLY -- >> OKAY, DIANE. >> IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO UNDERMINE THE FACILITIES

119COMMITTEE. I JUST FELT THAT I WAS, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE LATINA COMMUNITY IS VERY AWARE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS AND I REALIZE THEY HAVE 30 DAYS IF THEY WANT TO HAVE INPUT INTO IT, BUT WE ALSO -- JUST TO REFERENCE WHAT MISS WELBORN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE NAMING OF TRIANGLE LAKE TO MAKE IT KERNS CAME UP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SIGN NAMING. THE COMMUNITY PUSHED BACK AND SAID, NO, WE WANT DOT TO BE RECOGNIZED BUT WE DON'T WANT TRIANGLE LAKE TO BE CHANGED. OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME WAY-IN ON IT. IF THEY ARE HAPPY WITH MENDEZ BEING IT, THAT'S FINE. BUT I DO HAPPEN TO REPRESENT PART OF THAT HIGH POINT AREA SO I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO

120VOICE WITHOUT OBJECTIONS FROM SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHAT I FEEL IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSTITUENTS. >> AGAIN, WE ARE JUST PUTING THIS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WAS A COMMITTEE PROCESS. THEY CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE AND I'LL HAVE JOSE COME UP, WE DID ENGAGE THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS. >> YEAH, GOOD EVENING. YEAH, WE HAD COLLECTED FEEDBACK FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO SAY BEING WELL-RECEIVED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AS A FORMER NEWCOMER SCHOOL STUDENT I CAN SAY I FEEL VERY POUD FOR THE WORK THAT THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE HAS DONE TO BRING THIS NAME FORWARD. I DO WANT TO REMIND THIS GROUP, JUST FOR SOME HISTORY, HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1990 THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 70,000 LATINOS IN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH WERE MOSTLY FARM WORKERS.

121JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, IN THE LAST CENSUS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS OVER A MILLION. MOST LATINOS IN NORTH CAROLINA THE AVERAGE AGE IS 24, IT'S A VERY YOUNG COMMUNITY. BUT, AGAIN, AS ONE OF THOSE LATINOS I WANT TO SAY THE WORK OF THE FACILITIES COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST TO THE ELDERS WE HAVE TALKED TO. I'M SURE MANY OF THEM WILL COME AND OFFER FEEDBACK DURING THAT PERIOD. SO FAR IT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. >> I APOLOGIZE IF YOU FEEL I HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTFUL BUT I FEEL I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO AT LEAST HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BE HAD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL GO OUT FOR THE 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I DON'T THINK WE VOTE ON THIS, DO WE? . >> NO. NO, YOU

122DON'T VOETD. THE COMMITTEE VOTES OUT AND IT GOES OUT FOR 30 DAYS. >> WE VOTE WHEN IT COMES BACK. DIDN'T WE NAME THE AIRPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL AND AWARDED A CONTRACT TO A CONTRACTOR AND IT NEVER HAPPENED. >> I THINK YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE SAME SCHOOL THAT LINDA REFERRED TO. I THINK WE PURCHASED THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND -- >> NO, I'M REFERRING TO THE AIRPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS A $70 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL. >> I DON'T REMEMBER EVER NAMING IT. BUT I REMEMBER WHEN WE CHANGED THE POLICY. >> WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO HARDIN CONSTRUCTION. >> REALLY? . >> BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR POLICY. >> I'M JUST SAYING WE HAD NAMED A SCHOOL, WE DID. >> LAND, DID WE? . >> WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. ALL I'M SAYING IS, SPEAKING

123OF OUR POLICY, WE HAD NAMED A SCHOOL AND WE AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR A $70 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WAS CALLED AIRPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL. >> WHATEVER THE CASE, THE BOARD POLICY BEFORE TONIGHT SAID AS SOON AS THE BOARD APPROVES THE PROJECT ORDINANCE THE SCHOOL IS TO BE NAMED. WHAT YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON TONIGHT SAYS THE EXACT SAME THING AS THE OLD POLICY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S GOING OUT FOR 30 DAYS. WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION BUSINESS TONIGHT -- I'M SORRY. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> I'M SORRY. WELL, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. IT WAS LINDA WHO BROUGHT IT UP. >> WE ALREADY HAD THE -- IN HIGH POINT WE HAVE OAK HILL, PEOPLE GET THOSE TWO SCHOOLS CONFUSED ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE JOHNSON STREET. NOW WE WANT TO NAME THE K-8

124SCHOOL CATHERINE JOHNSON. I JUST THINK WE CONFUSE PEOPLE WHEN WE DO THAT. IF WE WANTED TO NAME IT DOROTHY VAUGHAN, BUT TO HAVE TWO JOHNSONS IN HIGH POINT IS LIKE WHICH OAK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I GET THAT ALL THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY -- IF THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT ALL, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PICK ONE OF THE THREE WOMEN IN HIDDEN FIGURES I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL, BUT JOHNSON, WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A JOHNSON, JACKSON, WE ALREADY HAVE A JACKSON, SO THAT WOULD BE -- THAT WOULD LEAVE DOROTHY VAUGHAN >> I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE. WHAT'S REALLY CONFUSING FOR ME, SOUTHWEST RTION NORTHWEST RTION EAST, NORTHEAST AND ALL OF THOSE DIRECTIONAL SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE REAL NAMES TO ME. SO YOU HAVE

125SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE, IT'S WHAT YOU DO HERE. YOU NAME THINGS THE SAME NAME SO WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOL OF WHAT IS THE FLAVOR IN GUILFORD COUNTY. I DON'T SEE THAT ANY DIFFERENT. THIS IS THE NAMING OF NOT JUST A REGULAR SCHOOL, THIS IS A SCIENCE THEME SCHOOL SO HER NAMING AND HER WORK STANDS BEHIND THE THEME OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL. SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTING CATHERINE JOHNSON AND ALL OF HER GREAT WORK. NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT THIS PERSON HAS DONE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIST A BLACK WOMAN IN GUILFORD COUNTY. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AMONG US. IT'S GOING OUT FOR 30 DAYS AND IF THE COMMUNITY SAYS SO THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO AS WHAT WE ALWAYS

126DO. >> I JUST THINK IF WE, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE PROCESS THERE WERE, I THINK, MRS. IRBY YOU WERE ON THE PROCESS, THERE WERE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE INCLUDING A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE HEAD OF THE HIGH POINT FOUNDATION, THE URBAN LEAGUE IN HIGH POINT, THERE WERE PARENTS, THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE ON THIS. EITHER WE'RE GOING TO HONOR OUR COMMITTEE PROCESS OR NOT. BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS. WE CAN'T SAY WE HAVE A COMMITTEE AND THEN EVEN THOUGH IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HONOR THAT PROCESS, LET'S REMOVE THAT FROM THE POLICY. >> LINDA. >> YES. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES AND THE POLICY ON THE COMMITTEE IT SAID THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE FULL BOARD. NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE SWITCHING THAT

127TO WHERE THE COMMITTEE SPEAKS FOR THE FULL BOARD. I DISAGREE WITH THAT. I MEAN I HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE 3 PEOPLE DECIDE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN YOU GUYS GET UP, THAT'S WHAT -- >> I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, MRS. WELBORN. YOU ALL HAVE HAD BEFORE THIS POLICY CHANGE AND WITH THE NEW POLICY A COMMUNITY-BASED COMMITTEE LED BY THE PRINCIPAL. MICHELLE THIGPEN FOLLOWED YOUR POLICY, FORMED A FULL COMMITTEE THAT MET MULTIPLE TIMES AND CAME UP WITH THE NAME. IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER THE COMMUNITIES, THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT'S FINE BECAUSE IT'S YOUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RIGHT TO NAME THE SCHOOL. BUT THEN TAKE IT OUT OF THE POLICY. >> WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE. IT IS OUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT HAS BEEN -- I WANT TO

128WORD THIS CAREFULLY -- THAT RESPONSIBILITY HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO A COMMITTEE AND I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THE LAW SAYS IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR A REASON. NOT A COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITY. >> MY BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE COMMITTEE DOES IT, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK UP IN ANY WAY WHAT OUR OPINION IS OF IT. NOT THAT -- I AM FINE, MY ISSUE IS WE'RE NAMING SCHOOLS, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ISSUE, WHICH I HAVE A RIGHT TO BRING UP WHETHER IT'S IN HERE BECAUSE THERE AGAIN AS YOU ALSO GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE NAMED A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION AND THEN WE HAVE TO TRY TO RENAME BECAUSE NOW WE'VE HONORED SOMEONE AND MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO THEM SO IF IT DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION THEN WE'RE, LIKE, WE

129NEED TO NOW TRY AND RENAME THAT INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE WE CARED ENOUGH TO DO IT. RIGHT? THAT WAS JUST A POINT OF ISSUE. NOW, GRANTED, IT IS IN HERE. DIANE HAD OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE WANTED TO VOICE, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ANY OF IT, BUT I FEEL SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME THESE COMMITTEES COME FORWARD, WHETHER IT BE POLICY, WHETHER IT BE RENAMING, WHETHER IT BE ANYTHING THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING. AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. IT'S LIKE, BOOM, THIS IS IT, WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE QUIET AND LET IT GO OUT AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK I'M SUPPOSED TO, LIKE, BE FINE WITH IT .D I'M JUST HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT. >> THANK YOU. BETTYE AND THEN DEBORAH. >> THANK YOU,

130MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE HAD POLICY MEETINGS, WE HAD NAMING MEETINGS. SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, WE VOTED ON HAVING THE IDEAS GOING OUT FOR 30 DAYS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN AFTERWARD IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD. MOST OF THE TIME NO ONE ENGAGED IN ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DON'T RECEIVE ANYTHING AT ALL BACK. BUT ONCE AGAIN IT WAS VOTED ON, GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN COME BACK. NO ONE MAKES ANY COMMENT ON IT. THEN IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD FOR US TO VOETD ON AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DEBORAH. >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO YOU GUYS, EVERYTHING IS ANNOUNCED AHEAD OF TIME

131THAT ALL SHOW UP ON OUR CALENDARS, THE AGENDAS ARE POSTED. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE A COMMITTEE WHILE IT IS IN COMMITTEE IT IS VERY EASILY OBTAINABLE KNOWLEDGE AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND GIVE FEEDBACK AT ANY TIME AS YOU ARE DURING THIS 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD. MRS. SHARPE MADE THE COMMENT THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND NOW, BUT I CAN SAY AS COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT NO ONE HAS REACHED OUT TO ME TO DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS, EXPRESS ANY ISSUES EITHER WITH THIS NAME OR WITH THE POLICY COMING UP THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS MY COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND THEY WANTED TO SAY THIS IN PUBLIC WHERE THEY COULD BE HEARD AND THE CONCERNS TO BE EXPRESSED, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT SAYING NOBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY

132ANYTHING, THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED. YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY COME. WE WILL LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS. THE DOORS ARE NOT CLOSED TO YOU AS FAR AS MY COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED. >> I WANT TO SAY NO ONE IS TRYING TO SHUT ANYONE DOWN BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT OUR VIEWPOINT IS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT DOESN'T COMPORT WITH OUR VIEW ON WHAT THE NAME SHU BE. I ALSO FIND IT CURIOUS WHEN THE NAMES ARE 3 WOMEN OF COLOR WE SUDDENLY DON'T WANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'M TALKING. I THINK, LINDA, THE POINT I WAS MAKING TO YOU IS YOU JUST VOTED ON THIS UNANIMOUSLY. THE BOARD POLICY ALL ALONG HAS BEEN TO ENGAGE THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE 25 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE WE HAVE ENGAGED THIS COMMUNITY IN THE NAMING OF SCHOOLS, WE

133HAVE HONORED THE COMMITTEE FOR 25 YEARS. NOW SUDDENLY THE BOARD WANTS TO SIT HERE AND NAME IT THEMSELVES, THAT'S FINE, BUT THEN DON'T VOTE UNANIMOUSLY ON THE POLICY AND TELL THE COMMUNITY WE WANT TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. JUST TAKE IT OUT OF THE POLICY AND ALSO DON'T TELL BOARD MEMBERS, OH, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL JUST CONFORMS TO YOUR OPINION ON SOME OTHER ISSUES. EITHER YOU ARE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OR YOU ARE NOT FOR IT. BUT ALL THIS SAYING NOW DON'T NAME A SCHOOL UNTIL IT COMES TO FRUITION, YOU ALWAYS HAVE. THAT'S IN THE PREVIOUS POLICY, IT'S IN THE CURRENT POLICY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT SILENTLY BECAUSE YOU FEEL SHUT DOWN ABOUT IT. THAT'S YOUR POLICY. I DIDN'T CREATE IT, YOU DID. >> ALL OF THE

134COMMITTEES FOR THE MOST PART BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS. DIDN'T YOU CHAIR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE? AND YOU BROUGHT BACK RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVERYONE IS LOUED TO SPEAK ON THIS AND EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE ON IT. THE FULL BOARD GETS TO VOTE ON IT WHEN IT COMES BACK. >> BUT WE'RE REPRIMANDED WHEN WE SPEAK ON IT. MY ISSUE IS WHETHER IT'S RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS -- NOW I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT, OKAY? BUT IT WAS AN ISSUE IN THE PAST ABOUT DOING THIS. YOU CAN SAY, YEAH, LINDA, YOU'RE RIGHT BUT WE'RE GONNA -- AND JUST SAY FINE, YOU'RE RIGHT, AND WE'LL ENOUGH ON. . >> HAVE A POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING AND MOVE ON FROM THERE. WASN'T THE MEETING POSTED ON THE CALENDAR SO YOU CAN COME. >>

135I HAVE NO PROBLEM, YOU CAN SAY PLEASE COME TO THE NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING. >> I DON'T THINK SHE'S ASKING YOU TO COME, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO COME. >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EITHER ONE OF THE NAMES THAT WAS BEING BROUGHT UP. EITHER OF THE NAME IS AN EXCELLENT NAME. EITHER OF THE LADIES ARE EXAMPLES OF INTELLIGENT, BRIGHT WOMEN OF COLOR SO I RESENT THAT. NO. 2, I'M ONLY BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN AND DOT KERNS WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT HAPPENING. I'M A LITTLE LEERY BUT I WILL BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING. BECAUSE SOMEONE VOICES HER OPINION HAS TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. I'LL BE GLAD TO COME TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND SAY, ARE WE SURE WE WANT TO

136DO THIS? THAT WILL BE THE END OF IT. >> IT'S THE 28TH AT 2.30. >> THIS IS GOING OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE ARE NOW AT MOTION FOR CLOSED SESSION. LINDA. >> I MOVE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO PRESERVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS, PER STATE LAW. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I'D LIKE TO HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. WOULD YOU PREFER I DO THAT NOW OR AFTER? IT DOESN'T CONCERN NAMING ANYTHING. >> CAN YOU DO IT AFTER? . >> SURE. >> OKAY. [CLOSED SESSION]. . >> WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. ANITA. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO SO, DUE TO THE 30-MINUTE RULE. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ESTABLISH

137A PROCEDURE THAT THOSE WHO WERE TOO FAR DOWN THE LIST TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF THEY STILL DESIRE TO SPEAK. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THE LIST AND DR. FUNDERBURK CAN PROBABLY TELL US. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE BEFORE THEM ON THE LIST. >> I'M JUST SAYING THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE THE 30 MINUTE LIMIT. >> NO, THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. >> IT WAS. IT WAS A 30-MINUTE LIMIT. I DO SPEAK TO JOE ABOUT THIS AND WE DID LOOK AT ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT POLICIES. I THINK WHAT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE SIGNING INDIVIDUALS UP NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING. THAT'S WHAT MOST POLICIES SAY, THAT YOU SIGN UP THE DAY BEFORE

138-- UP UNTIL NOON OF THAT DAY. SO I THINK THE POLICY COMMITTEE SHOULD PROBABLY REVIEW POLICIES AND COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD BUT TO ROLL THEM OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH WILL JUST ROLL THEM OVER FOR 6 MONTHS TIME AND THE ISSUE WON'T EVEN BE RELEVANT ANY MORE IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY. LIKE THEY WOULD JUST BE ON THERE AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT THEY WERE COMING TO SPEAK TO ANY MORE. THE OTHER THING THE BOARD CAN DO IS CONSIDER WHAT WE SAW IN OTHER POLICIES, WHICH IS LIMITING THE SPEECH TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS IN MANY OF THE BOARD POLICIES WE SAW AS WELL AND THEN OPENING UP DISCUSSION, OTHER AVENUES FOR ANYTHING ELSE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE FOLLOWING BOARD POLICY ON RESOLVING

139ISSUES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THEM. SO THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT THE BOARD CAN DO. BUT I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD LOOK AT POLICIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS DISTRICTS, BUT JUST ROLLING THEM OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH WILL HAVE YOU ROLLING OVER NAMES FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. >> AND I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT WERE ON THE LIST, I WASN'T SURE WHERE THEY WERE. THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE NEXT -- I KNOW -- YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE. THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE 10. SO WE MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO SAY ANYBODY HERE THAT SIGNED UP THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE 10 AND THEN GO BECOME AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY WERE ON THE LIST. >> I KNOW DR.

140FUNDERBURK HAD THE LIST. ALL I'M SAYING IS I THINK THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THAT LIST, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FIRST AT THE NEXT MEETING IF THEY DESIRE TO SPEAK. AND WHY WOULD WE NOT DO THAT? . >> BECAUSE YOU ARE ROLLING THEM OVER FOR MONTHS. >> THAT MEANS AT THE NEXT MEETING IF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP THEN THEY CAN BE ROLLED OVER TOO. SOME PEOPLE SAY I DIDN'T COME BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T SHOW UP, JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE DOESN'T MEAN I SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE LIST. I THINK WHAT DR. CONTRERAS IS SAYING TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT COMES FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE, WE JUST WENT TO THE 30-MINUTE LIMITATION FOR YEARS EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP GOT

141TO SPEAK. WE JUST WENT TO THIS. IF WE NEED A PROCESS TO DECIDE IF PEOPLE DON'T COME, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE CAN UTILIZE THE 30 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T COME, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO GOT ON THE LIST, WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND THEN WE RETRACTED THAT. >> THEY WEREN'T TOLD. >> I SAW THE EMAILS, THEY WERE TOLD. I SAW THE LIST OF THE PEOPLE. I HAVE THE EMAILS WHERE THEY WERE TOLD YOU ARE ON THE LIST TO SPEAK. >> DR. FUNDERBURK >> I HAVE IT IN WRITING. >> DR. FUNDERBURK. >> THE EMAIL STATED I HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REQUEST AND THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE SPEAKER'S LIST. THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION GIVEN THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING. ONCE THAT

142LIST IS COMPILED AND IT'S TIME STAMPED, WHICH I SENT THAT LIST TO YOU WITH THE TIME STAMP, THOSE 10 PEOPLE ARE CONTACTED, THAT THEY ARE THE SPEAKERS AND WE ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST TWO ALTERNATES IN PLACE IN SOMEONE DOES NOT ATTEND WHEN THEY HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> OKAY, IT SHOWS 3 ALTERNATES, I BELIEVE, ON THE LIST. >> IT DID. WE HAD CANCELLATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY. >> WERE THOSE 3 PEOPLE HERE. >> THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOT HERE BUT I CONTACTED THEM AND TWO OF THEM I DID NOT HEAR FROM. I DID NOT TAKE THEM OFF THE LIST BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE SHOWED UP FOR THE MEETING. >> I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU REFLECT ON IT AND HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR POLICY. THE FIRST IS

143FOR MANY YEARS WE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE RARELY HAD 10 SPEAKERS. IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME HERE IN SCHOOL BOARD LAND, AND WE HAVE HAD 10 SPEAKERS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. BUT IT IS NOT A PROBLEM WE FACE CONSTANTLY, IT'S THE TIME WE ARE IN. SECONDLY, THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU LET YOUR PUBLIC KNOW ALL THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT PUBLIC SPEAKING AT A BOARD MEETING IS ONE OF MANY WAYS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY WAY. AS WE HAVE SUCH GREAT INTEREST IN SPEAKING OPENING UP THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION IS A GREAT IDEA AND YOU SHOULD SAY, HERE ARE ALL THE OTHER WAYS IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE 10

144YOU CAN SPEAK, BUT NO BOARD OF EDUCATION I KNOW IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HOURS AND HOURS OF SPEAKERS AND GET THEIR BUSINESS DONE. SO EVERYBODY -- THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT AND THEN YOU PROBABLY TWO YEARS FROM NOW WILL LOOK BACK FONDLY ON THE PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE CAME AND SPOKE. I KNOW IN SOME OF MY OTHER COUNTIES WE'RE NOT HAVING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WE DID FOR A WHILE. MAYBE YOU WILL, MAYBE YOU WON'T. BUT SORTING OUT HOW TO GET YOUR BUSINESS DONE AND HEAR FROM YOUR PUBLIC IS IMPORTANT. WHILE YOU HAVE THIS POPULARITY, THE BETTER. >> THIS WON'T BE RESOLVED TONIGHT, THIS HAS TO GO TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO STUDY BOARD POLICIES. >> WITH THAT

145SUGGESTION OF PUTING SOMEONE AT THE TOP, YOU AUTOMATICALLY PUT NEW PEOPLE AT FIFTH PLACE. . >> THERE ARE TIMES 40 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP. THAT MEANS YOU WOULD HAVE A LIST CARRIED ON FOR 3 MONTHS. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW ANY BOARD THAT DOES THAT. >> AND ONE THING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE CLARIFIED EVEN IN GUILFORD COUNTY. WHAT IS THE ROLE, WHAT IS THE POINT? IS IT JUST COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WELL. MANY PEOPLE SAY YOU DIDN'T GET BACK TO US AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY CAME AND THEY MADE A COMMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CLARIFY AS WELL. >> LINDA. >>

146FOR THE RECORD I WOULD LIKE TO BE INVITED TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE WHEN THE SUBJECT COMES UP. IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME NOTICE THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT WILL BE DISCUSSED, I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE. NO. 2, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT NOW SINCE PEOPLE ARE BEING ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON POLICIES RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PRIVILEGE TO STATE I DO NOT WANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LIMITED IN ANY WAY AS TO A SUBJECT MATTER AS TO WHAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK. ONE OF THE REASONS YOU COME HERE IS TO FREELY BRING UP ISSUES AS A PARENT, AS A TEACHER, AS ANYBODY, OF CONCERN TO YOU. IT SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING. >> I AGREE. >> YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT AND VOTE HOW YOU WANT TO

147WHEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POLICY MILT MITT. MISS SHARPE, WOULD YOU SEND THAT TO ME? BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE THAT. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL TURN TO BOARD MEMBER BELLAMY-SMALL. >> WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THIS. >> I THINK SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BOARD MEMBER COMMENT, THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO AMEND THE REPORT TO INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL, A NEW PRINCIPAL AT FARM MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. DR. CONTRERAS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL PATRICK BATTLE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST. THANK YOU. >> WE ARE NOW AT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. ANITA. >> PASS. >> I'M SORRY, WHAT SCHOOL? MRS. BELLAMY-SMALL DID ANNOUNCE SWANN MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> DEBORAH. >> ALL RIGHT, SO I

148WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO TEACHER LEAH CARPER, SHE HAS BEEN AWARD ODE TEACHER OF THE YEAR HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, ABSOLUTELY HARD EARNED AND WELL DESERVED IF YOU HAVE SEEN HER WORK WITH HER STUDENTS. MRS. CARPER, I NEED YOU TO HANG AROUND ANOTHER 15 OR 20 YEARS BECAUSE I HAVE 3 MORE NAPPERS TO PUT BEFORE YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE TELEHEALTH OPTION IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE GET A LOT OF KICKBACK ABOUT THINGS LIKE PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO THE DOCTOR. I SAID IT BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. I WAS THAT CHILD. MY MOTHER WAS NOT ABLE ON MANY OCCASIONS TO LEAVE WORK AND TAKE ME TO THE DOCTOR. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS VERY, VERY MUCH TOO YOUNG WHERE I STAYED HOME BY MYSELF WHEN

149I WAS SICK BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO MISS A DAY OF WORK, SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, SHE KOPBTD AFFORD MEDICINE. SHE RAISED 4 CHILDREN ON HER OWN. I URGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN. WHETHER YOU ARE SITTING UP HERE, WHETHER YOU ARE SITTING IN A SCHOOL ROOM, IT IS OUR RESPOND TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN WELL BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE EDUCATED IF THEY CAN'T SIT AND BREATHE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE SUPPORT OF THE FEEDING ROOMS IN THESE NEW SCHOOLS. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I'M SURE I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. THE STUDENTS ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. THE FREAK OUT FACTOR ABOUT TEEN PREGNANCY THAT

150EVERYBODY IS GOING ON ABOUT IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF POINTS. TEACHING IS A PROFESSION DOMINATED BY WOMEN. THEY WILL BE PREGNANT. THEY WILL HAVE BABIES. THEY WILL WANT TO BREAST FEED THOSE BABIES AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEWHERE THAT THEY CAN SIT AND DO THAT WHERE THEY HAVE PRIVACY AND PECE AND QUIET IF THEY CAN'T BE WITH TO FEED THEPBL. WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THAT SPACE AND THAT COMFORT AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, JANITORS, BUS DRIVERS, ADMINISTRATION, WHOEVER, THAT'S HUGE. THAT'S PAST MONEY. THAT'S SAYING WE CARE ABOUT YOUR COMFORT, WE CARE ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY, WE CARE ABOUT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY AND YOUR WHOLE BEING AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> BETTYE. >> I'D LIKE TO

151THANK DR. JENKINS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND BEING PLACED AT ONE OF MY SCHOOLS, BESSEMER ELEMENTARY. ALSO THANKS TO FAULKNER ELEMENTARY WHO INVITED ME TO DO A READING FOR THE SECOND GRADE CLASS. I ENJOYED MYSELF AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK. HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS INVITED ME TO A RIBBON CUTTING, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON THURSDAY. THURSDAY IS A VERY BUSY DAY FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE RANKIN ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS A READING DAY, AND I HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] FOR A CAREER DAY .D I WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS, PLEASE HAVE A SAFE SPRING BREAK. >> I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION OF LEGALLY BLOPBDS. I HAD TO SEE MY SON KISS A GIRL ON STAGE, OKAY? AND I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR

152-- AS THE OPENING SCENE. BUT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. IT'S A VERY GROWN-UP PLAY, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MOVIE SO EVERYTHING WAS SHOCKING TO ME PROBABLY THAT WENT ON AND I THINK WE HEARD SOME WORDS THAT I WAS ASSURED TEENAGERS COULD REALLY SAY BUT IT WAS PART OF THE PLAY. OUR KIDS ARE DOING GOOD WORK, OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES OUT. EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR SCHOOL BE AND SPOERTDING THEIR CHILDREN. IT WAS A SOLD-OUT CROWD, STANDING ROOM, THEY NEED THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AT THAT SCHOOL. I HAD LUNCH THIS WEEK WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS, I WAS INVITED TO A HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE LUNCH AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK ON THAT. I HOPE NEXT YEAR WILL BE A BETTER YEAR THAT WE

153CAN PROVIDE BETTER FOOD FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY, YEAH, I ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL ON AN EMPTY STOMACH AS WELL, I MADE SURE I WAS GOING TO GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE OF BEING HUNGRY AND READY TO EAT FULL LUNCH AS WELL. I WANTED TO BE VERY AUTHENTIC ABOUT EETDING THAT LUNCH. THEY SAID I ATE MOST OF IT. IT IS SOMETHING CHILDREN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF FOOD. THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PEERS THAT DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEAL SO THEY FEEL THAT MEAL NEEDS TO BE ROBUST AND HAVE MORE CHOICES .D THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS AS WELL SO THAT WAS INTERESTING. THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AT THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS THEY ARE DOING A SPECIAL BOARD TRAINING THAT I THINK OUR BOARD DEFINITELY WOULD BEEN FITD FROM.

154IF WE WOULD GO OR 2 OR 3 OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO GO, THEY DID SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION FROM RAY HEART. IT'S SOMETHING I WANT HE IS TO THINK ABOUT, GETTING THE TRAINING, THE GOVERNANCE TRAINING I THINK WE NEED. I WANT TO READ AN EXCERPT HERE. RESEARCH BACKS UP THE CRITICAL NEED FOR BOARD TRAINING. THE 8 CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARDS WHICH CAME OUT OF THE GROUND BREAKING IOWA LIGHT HOUSE STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ROOL. SCHOOL BOARDS TAKE PART IN TEEN DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SOMETIMES TO SHARE VALUE AND COMMITMENTS WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENT EFFORT. THE FOCUS IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND THAT IS OUR BOTTOM LINE TO DO EVERYTHING FROM A STUDENT-CENTERED LENS AND IT REQUIRES US TO SPEND MORE TIME IN GETTING THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IF THE LONG-TERM GOAL, THE END GAME,

155IS ABOUT STUDENTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY. I HOPE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE, I'M CONSIDERING GOING, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A MEETING. THAT TRAINING, I DON'T THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL IF ONLY ONE OF US GOES TO THAT TYPE OF TRAINING SO I HOPE MY BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO GO, IT TAKES PLACE IN JULY. FINALLY, THERE IS A KOBE FEST, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE REMEMBERS JORDAN LEE, THE TEACHER, STUDENTS CAME FROM WESTERN AND THEY SANG. THIS YEAR THE THEME IS UNITY AND IT'S TAKING PLACE MAY 29 TO APRIL 1ST AND HE'S INVITING YOU TO COME OUT AND SING WITH THEM AS WELL. I'M GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, SINGING WITH THAT COMMUNITY CHOIR BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> LINDA. >> I DID

156GET TO GO TO THE GUILFORD EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT AND GOT TO HEAR FROM A GENTLEMAN, AT LEAST TWO OF THEM, THAT WERE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND I GOT TO LISTEN TO ONE ACCORD WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING, I THINK THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE BRIGHT FUTURES. THERE WAS A HUGE TURNOUT SO THAT WAS GOOD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK DEENA MENTIONED EARLIER WAS RECOGNIZED AS WELL. I ALSO WENT TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD EDUCATION CONSORTIUM AND WE HAD TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED AS DOING GREAT THINGS, WHICH IS KIRKLAND PARK ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS THE ACADEMY AT SMITH. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL AND ALSO OUR SUPERINTENDENT WAS HONORED AS REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. >> DIANE. >> FIRST LET ME RECOGNIZE THE FAULKNER SECOND GRADERS WHO LEARNED TO SWIM. WE HAD FUN, NOBODY DROWNED.

157THE PROGRAM IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO WITH OUR SECOND GRADERS AS FAR AS HELPING THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF LEARNING TO SWIM. WHEN I WAS IN THE POOL THE SECOND DAY, SOMEBODY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID HOW DID YOU GET SCOTT TO DO ANYTHING? I JUST TRICKED HER INTO BELIEVING SHE WOULDN'T DROWN. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COME BY AND SEEN THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM, ONCE THE POOL IS OPEN WE WILL BE DOING SOME AT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY POOLS. PLEASE COME OUT, THE FAULKNER KIDS DID VERY WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN HIGH POINT BEFORE DR. CONTRERAS DEPARTS BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE HIGH POINT COMMUNITY GET A CHANCE TO

158AT LEAST SEE HER AND SAY HELLO, GOOD-BYE, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY AND I KNOW WE WEREN'T DOING THIS THERE BECAUSE OF COVID AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN LISTED OR NOT, BUT IF I COUNT RIGHT WE DON'T HAVE BUT 3 MORE BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE YOU ARE GONE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT REQUEST OF HAVING A MEETING AT HIGH POINT BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME YOU LEAVE. MY NEXT IS TO CONGRATULATE SWANN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY. SWANN ACTUALLY WILL BE 5 YEARS OLD, RENAMED IN AUGUST. I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT DESIGNATES THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE DOING EXCAVATION. I'M SURE YOU HELPED OUT WITH THAT, MISS REED, WHEN YOU WERE DIGGING WHERE THE SEWAGE PROBABLY

159WAS BUT THE FACT THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY -- THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE AND I FORGOT WHAT THE NAME WAS -- CYPRESS STREET. THAT'S A NAME I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE AND THERE WAS ANOTHER SCHOOL EVIDENTLY AT THAT SITE. SO HISTORY ROLLS ON. I UNDERSTAND DR. CONTRERAS SAID YOU POSSIBLY WILL BE AT CWA NEXT TUESDAY -- BOTTOM LINE NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE SO FOLKS WILL LISTEN TO OUR HBCU PUBLIC RADIO STATION, WNA BOTTOM LINE IS FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 TUESDAY AND IT'S A CALL-IN SHOW. 334-7592. IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN AND GIVE HER WHATEVER, ASK QUESTIONS, WHATEVER, BUT I'M REAL EXCITED. THEY ANNOUNCED IT TODAY SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE ARE AWARE. IT'S 90.1 ON YOUR FM DIAL IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND

160IT. TO SPEAK TO FOOD SERVICES, I HOPE THAT I HAVE MADE ENOUGH INQUIRIES ABOUT THE FOOD SERVICES AT ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOLS IN HIGH POINT BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THERE WERE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN US PAYING ATTENTION TO THE QUALITY OF FOOD AND THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS PERHAPS WE CAN'T DO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GETTING FOOD TO THE POINT OF IT BEING APPETIZING TO KIDS. BECAUSE WHAT IS HEALTHY DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO WHAT TASTES GOOD ALL THE TIME AND WE CAN'T SERVE PIZZA ALL THE TIME, I DON'T THINK. BUT WE NEED TO RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED AND THEY VOICED A LOT OF NOISE. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE TO FEEL THEY GOT SHUT DOWN ABOUT HAVING THEIR

161CONCERNS BECAUSE WHEN ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME WE RESPONDED FAIRLY QUICKLY TO THOSE CONCERNS. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT HOWEVER WE NEED TO DO IT THAT THE -- DR. CONTRERAS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS AS FAR AS US FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THE QUALITY OF FOOD BETTER. >> I HAD LUNCH WITH THEM SO THE NEW FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR, MRS. HENRY, DR. OAKLEY, HAD LUNCH WITH THEM. SOME OF IT IS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE, SOME OF IT IS HOW THE SCHOOL IS IMPLEMENTING AND THEN SOME OF IT IS WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW SELECTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS. >> AND IF WE TAKE KIND OF A -- I KNOW WE CAN'T DO

162THIS, BUT THE PLAY BOOK FROM OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, A LOT OF THEM HAVE THE NAME BRAND CHAINS EMBEDDED INTO THEIR, YOU KNOW, INTO THEIR CAFETERIA SO THOSE STUDENTS CAN GO AND GET A MAMA COOKED MEAL FROM THE CAFETERIA OR THEY CAN GO AND GET PIZZA OR WHATEVER. I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW, DR. CONTRERAS, THAT THE KIDS WERE LISTENED TO AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY SCHOOL, I'VE HEARD AND I REMEMBER SEEING THIS WHENEVER I WENT SUBBING A LOT OF THE KIDS LIKE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY THROW 50 PERCENT OF THEIR FOOD AWAY. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL, I PACKED THEIR LUNCH BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO EAT WHAT MAMA COOKED. THAT'S WHAT I DID BECAUSE I KNEW IF I GAVE THEM MONEY

163TO BUY CAFETERIA FOOD IT WOULD GO TO WASTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER ANSWER WE HAVE FOR THAT. FINALLY I'D LIKE TO WISH THOSE WHO CELEBRATE RAMADAN, PASSOVER OR EASTER TO HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLLIDAY SEASON AND I HOPE YOU GUYS GET SOME REST AND I WILL TRY NOT TO TEXT OR EMAIL ANYBODY WHILE YOU ARE AWAY FOR YOUR SPRING BREAK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PAT. >> ONE, I WANTED TO THROW A LEVER OFF THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONVERSATION. I DO REPORT JOINING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE. I WOULD CAUTION TO BE WARY OF LIMITING ANY SORT OF SPEECH OR PUBLIC COMMENT TO JUST AGENDA ITEMS. AS AN ELECTED BODY TO HELP SHAPE PUBLIC BODY, IMPLEMENT THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE VOTERS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE GET THEIR INPUT ON A RANGE

164OF ISSUES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GERMANE TO THE AGENDA. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TAKEN NOTES ON PULIC SPEAKERS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS THAT I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AND HEAR EVERYTHING. I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A BALANCE, WE HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT AND DO OUR BUSINESS BUT I SURE WOULD BE A PROPONENT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. SECONDLY, SPEAKING OF WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, DEBORAH MENTIONED THIS, WHEN YOU GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, WHETHER IT BE A TOWN HALL, PARTICULARLY AS WE HAVE THESE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT ARE COMING THAT ARE VERY EXCITING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I CALL IT THESE ARE ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEAR TYPE OF ENDEAVORS WHEN YOU LOOK

165AT WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE INITIAL BOND PACKAGE AND THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BALANCE. PRIORITIES AND VALUES ARE GOING TO COLLIDE IN SOME WAYS, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT, BUT REASSURING THE PUBLIC THAT WE ALL WORK ON THEIR BEHALF AND THERE AREN'T ANY SECRETS AND DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT THEY KNOW WE ARE WORKING EVERY DAY NOT ONLY AS BOARD MEMBERS BUT ALSO THE STAFF AND OTHERS TO HELP REMEDY THOSE POTENTIAL HARDSHIPS AND REAL HARDSHIPS THAT WILL BE COMING FOR SURE AND THE LONG-TERM, THE LONG VIEW, THOSE OUTCOMES WILL BE BETTER FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND ATHLETES. IT WAS GOOD TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE HARD QUESTIONS AND FACE THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR WORK. JUST WISH ALL THE

166TEACHERS AND STAFF, THE STUDENTS, A WELL-DESERVED BREAK. WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING THAT AND TAKE YOUR TIME TO REST AND BE THANKFUL. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, PAT. AND I WILL JUST ADD TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ED SUMMIT. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT, SHORT AND SWEET BUT SO WELL-ATTENDED, IT WAS JUST PACKED IN THERE AND FULL OF VERY INSPIRING INFORMATION AND PRESENTATIONS. SO KUDOS TO WINSTON AND THE GUILFORD EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE HIGH POINT ALUMNI CHAPTER WERE RECOGNIZED THERE AS WELL AS DR. CONTRERAS AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT ABOUT BOARD'S RIGHTS, WHAT THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO AND WE DO, WE HAVE THE RIGHT, WE HAVE A VOTE AND THAT'S JUST

167NOT TAKEN AWARE. THERE ARE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE LIKE-MINDED NECESSARY AND IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT'S THE MAKE-UP OF THE BOARD AT THE TIME. WE ALSO HAVE DUTIES AND PART OF THOSE DUTIES ARE IF WE WANT TO TRY TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER WE CAN, BUT PEOPLE HAVE ALSO QUIT WHEN THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY. THEY WALKED OUT OF BOARD MEETINGS WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE. WE HAVE TO BE HERE, THERE ARE SOMETIMES VOTES TO BE TAKEN AND INFORMATION TO BE HEARD BUT WE HAVE A DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT AND TO BE HERE. SO PEOPLE HAVE WALKED OUT OF BOARD MEETINGS, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO SERVE ON CERTAIN COMMITTEES, THE COMMITTEES THAT WERE MENTIONED TONIGHT. I WAS AT A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT

168WAS A STUDENT REASSIGNMENT HEARING LAST YEAR OR IF IT WAS A DISCIPLINE HEARING AND WE HAVE A POLICY OR A PRACTICE WHERE THE BOARD HEARS THOSE DECISIONS AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT STUDENTS' LIVES. WE WERE WAITING ON A BOARD MEMBER AND GOT AN EMAIL THAT THEY HAD THINGS TO DO BECAUSE AT ONE OF OUR SESSIONS DIDN'T LIKE THE OUTCOME THAT THE FULL BOARD VOTED ON. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. YOU HAVE RIGHTS AND YOU HAVE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE A DUTY AND OBLIGATION, WE HAVE THE AGENDA USUALLY AT LEAST A WEEK IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN BOARD TRAINING THAT SAYS IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, IF WE NEED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE ARE A LIAISON AND CONDUIT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND IF A QUESTION COMES TO ME, I CALL DR. CONTRERAS, SHE

169USUALLY DIRECTS ME TO DR. OAKLAND, TO ANGIE, I CALL JILL ON MANY OCCASIONS, DR. FUNDERBURK, AND DO THAT. WE DO OUR HOMEWORK BEFORE WE GET THERE AND WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED AND AGAIN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUMMARIZE THAT. IF YOU HEAR THAT BOARD MEMBERS AREN'T ASKING QUESTIONS IT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, DELIVERED THAT INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THAT. SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT RELATIONSHIPS. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY I WAS CANVASING THIS WEEKEND FOR THE BOND AND EARLY VOTING. WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WHO ARE REGISTERED AND NOT VOTING. VOTER REGISTRATION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BUT VOTER TURNOUT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. I MET A TEACHER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SHADY BROOK

170ELEMENTARY, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN AND INTERESTED IN VOTING. IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO ENGAGE THEM. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY I'M PART OF THIS TRIAD NORTH CAROLINA LEADERSHIP FORUM AND IT'S TRYING TO BRING REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TOGETHER. WE ARE THE CONVENERS SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE REST OF US. IT'S CHALLENGING BUT IT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. TODAY WAS OUR THIRD SESSION AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS CAME UP. THE MAYOR FROM ASHBORO CAME UP, THE MAYOR FROM HIGH POINT IS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR COHORT BUT KERN TECHNICAL EDUCATION CAME UP AS A PRIERTD. SOME PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE WASTING MONEY ON THAT AND THAT IS A REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE AND WHO IS GOING TO, WHEN THIS BOND PASSES, WHO IS GOING

171TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK? SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE SIGNATURE ACADEMIES AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN CREATE THE WORK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY THAT REALLY IS GOING TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE. WITH THAT SAID, I WILL -- >> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GOOD NIGHT. [MEETING RECESSED]