001BY.ED. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M WINSTON MCGREGOR THE STRIES CHAIR. OUR CHAIR DEENA HAYES GREEN CANNOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WITH US ON THE PHONE, BOARD MEMBER SHARPE, BOARD MEMBER T DIANNE BELLAMY-SMALL, YES AND WE MAY HAVE OTHERS JOIN US. LISA. ANITA AND DIANNE, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? >> YES, I CAN. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU WILL -- BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS ON THE PHONE AND I'M CHAIRING THE MEETING, I'M YUFT GOING TO BEG EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND FORGIVENESS IN ADVANCE. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME OR GIVE ME GUIDANCE ALONG THE WAY SO WE CAN KEEP THINGS ON TRACK. BOARD MEMBER JENKINS WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN US UP WITH THE PLEDGE? >> IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE
002AND AFTERWARDS WE NEED A MOMENT I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE OF SILENCE. 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. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] >> THANK YOU. ALSO WANT TO WELCOME THE STAFF AND THE FEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE HERE AS WELL AS THE MEDIA WHO JOINED US AND I KNOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OUTSIDE AS WELL. WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE HERE WITH US AND MANY OF YOU VIEWING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING BY REMEMBERING PASSED AWAY BETWEEN OCTOBER 2020 STUDENTS WHO PASSED AWAY BETWEEN OCTOBER 202 AND JULY 2021. ALTHOUGH WE CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEY MADE ON THE GCS FAMILY, OUR
003HEARTS ARE EXTENDED IN GRIEF TO THEIR LOVED ONES. W H O C OULD NOT BE WITH US ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THIS EVENING. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE’D LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND TEACHERS O F THESE SPECIAL STUDENTS. MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD WILL HELP READ THE NAMES OF STUDENTS AND FINISH WITH ANOTHER MOMENT OF SILENCE. >> THANK YOU JORDAN DAKDOUK, CHRISTINE GREENE VICE CHAIR. JORDAN DAKDOUK, CHRISTINE GREEN EDUCATION CENTER MAYIANA PERRY, HAYNES INMAN EDUCATION CENTER NICHOLAS RICHARDSON, HAYNES INMAN EDUCATION CENTER IMANI BRITTEN, UNION HILL ELEMENTARY ELLA SIZEMORE, SOUTHEAST HIGH XZAVIAN GRAVES, NORTHEAST HIGH JONATHAN SMITH, GRIMSLEY HIGH SHYANNE BOYD, PAGE HIGH JOSEPH ESSA, PAGE HIGH SUPREME ARANT, IRVING PARK ELEMENTARY KRISTA SMITH, WESTERN HIGH JADA EPPERLEY, GATEWAY EDUCATION HAD. JADA EPPERLEY, GATEWAY EDUCATIO
004CENTER CALEB MACKAY, GATEWAY EDUCATION CENTER ADOLFO NUNEZ, RANKIN ELEMENTARY ALTHOUGH WE WERE ONLY PRIVILEGED H AD. ALTHOUGH WE WERE ONLY PRIVILEGE TO KNOW THESE STUDENTS FOR A BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME, IN THEIR OWN WAYS, THEY HELPED TO CREATE HEARTWARMING MEMORIES THAT WILL BE CHERISHED FOREVER. TO HONOR THESE STUDENTS, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] >> THANK YOU >> WE ARE NOW AT THE PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE WE HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I HAVE I THINK 5 SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WILL BE WITH US. RON TUCK THE FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST. >> GOOD EVENING MR. TUCK. >> GOOD EVENING. >> IT'S HARD TO TELL WE'RE TALKING I KNOW WHEN WE'VE GOT THESE MASKS ON. YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND
005WHEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW AMBER LIGHT COME ON, THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT 15 SECONDS LEFT. GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A WARNING. AND YOUR 3 MINUTES ARE UP WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON AND IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE OR IF THAT'S NOT CLEAR -- IF BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. IT WON'T COUNT AGAINST YOUR 3 MINUTES AND IF YOU CAN REFRAIN FROM IDENTIFYING STUDENTS OR STAFF BY NAME CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS STILL APPLY TO PUBLIC COMMENTS SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING CONFIDENTIAL TO DISCUSS WE CAN HAVE A MEMBER OF THE STAFF DO THAT PRIVATELY. >> RON TUCK ADDRESS IS 1500 WEST VANDALIA ROAD, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS. CRIME PREVENTION, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH
006AND WE PROVIDE LIFE SKILLS THROUGH SPORTS PERFORMANCES AND SKILLED TRADES AND WE MONITOR BEHAVIOR. AND AFTER THE YOUNG LADY WHO DIED AT SPEEDWAY WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND AFTER THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL AMONG STUDENTS IN THEIR PARENTS WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS BOARD CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STUDENTS WHO MISBEHAVE BE ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND THAT IS TO VISIT GUILFORD COUNTY FARM. HAVE YOU EVER VISITED GUILFORD COUNTY FARM BEFORE? IT'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE TO TEACH STUDENTS THESE SAME SKILLS. ALSO THERE'S ACCESS OUT THERE TO A FISHING POND. THERE'S 3 GREENHOUSES OUT THERE WHERE WE TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO GARDEN, PLANT FOOD AND VEGETABLES THROUGH HYDROUPONICS AND THE SLAIFER IS OUT THERE AND A THAT'S ONE OF THE CLASS TRIPS THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE. NOT FOR
007EVERYBODY BUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN, 11, 12 AND 13. THIS WOULD MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES AS FAR AS CRIME PREVENTION THAT THEY SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT THE RESULTS OF THEIR ACTIONS MAY BE. I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER MY PROPOSAL AND FOR Y' ALL TO TAKE A VISIT OUT THERE AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. WE APPROACH SOME OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY WANT INFORMATION. SO THEREFORE I DECIDED TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES AS FAR AS THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR WORK. MISTY REAGAN. >> GOOD EVENING. >> DID YOU HEAR MY INSTRUCTIONS? >> I DID. I LIVE
008OFF BRUNETTE DRIVE IN THE SOUTHERN GUILFORD COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME. YOU READY? GOOD EVENING. LET ME START BY SAYING FORMER U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, MARSHALL ONCE SAID HISTORY TEACHES THAT GRAVE THREATS TO LIBERTY OFTEN COME IN TIMES OF URGENCY WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SEEM EXTRAVAGANT TO ENDURE. IN THE 1989 CASE SKINNER VERSUS RAILWAY EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION STATED TODAY'S DECISION REDUCED THE PRIVACY OF ALL CITIZENS, ALL PRIVILEGECY CITIZENS MAY ENJOY AND SO I HAVE. WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR, 4 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS INTO FLATTENING THE CURVE AND NOWR WE'RE ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 225 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. WITH NO END IN SIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY ACCEPTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY POWERS GIVES LITTLE CLARITY TO THE QUESTION OF THEIR USE BECAUSE BROAD STATEMENTS SUCH
009AS COMMON GOOD ARE SUBJECTIVE TO DETERMINATIONS. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME DATA THAT ARE NOT SUBJECTIVE. SOME FACTS, IF YOU WILL. IN 2019, 40 PERCENT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN IN GRADES 3-8 CANNOT READ THE GRADE LEVEL. IN 2021 MORE THAN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN IN GRADES 3-8 COULD NOT PASS THE READING PROFICIENCY TEST. IS THAT NOT -- IS IT NOT THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD TO ESTABLISH POLICIES THAT GOVERN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM INCLUDING CURRICULUM? IS IT NOT THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE DISTRICT'S ACHIEVEMENT AND MONITOR THIS PROGRESS MAKING SURE THE GOALS ARE MET? AND THE FACT IF -- THE FACT THIS IS THE CASE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN THAT CANNOT READ WILL IT TAKE BEFORE THIS BOARD ADMITS THEY ARE FAILING? THIS BOARD HAS HAS BEEN COMPLICITY AND NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THIS
010BOARD KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH. THE GUIDANCE GIVEN BY THIS BOARD REGARDING THE RETURN TO SCHOOL PROTOCOLS ARE LINKS TO WEBSITES WHICH LIST MORE TROINGS WEBSITES ONLY LEADING TO MORE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. THE GUIDANCE IS GIVEN TO MASK SIEWN DISREMEMBERS VERBS ALLY WITH CLOTH MASKS THAT THE CDC STATES ARE NOT PREVENTATIVE FOR THE SPREAD OF AIRBORNE ILLNESSES. EVEN MORE THE GUIDANCE NOW GIVEN TO TEST UNVACCINATED COACHES AND ATHLETES WEEKLY WITH ZERO PROTOCOLS AS TO WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. WHAT ABOUT VACCINATED COACHES AND ATHLETES? WE NOW KNOW FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE IN FACT ABLE TO SPREAD THE DISEASE. WHAT ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN PE? CHORUS, BAND. WHO WILL BE CONDUCTING THE TESTING? WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO PREVENT LEARNING LOSS FROM STUDENTS WHO TEST POSITIVE AND HAVE TO BE IN QUARANTINE? THE
011EVASIVE ACTIONS OF THIS BOARD ARE LESS THAN TRUSTWORTHY. CLOSED MEETINGS, MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT THE INPUT OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. WHAT ARE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY LOSE TRUST? I'LL PUT IT IN TERMS THE SCHOOL BOARD P UNDERSTANDS. LET'S SUPPOSE 2000 STUDENTS OUT OF 60,000 STUDENTS WERE FROM GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SPENDS $10,600 PER CHILD PER YEAR ON EDUCATION. HOW MUCH MONEY DID GUILFORD COUNTY LOSE FROM THEIR BUDGET? THAT ADDS UP TO ROUGHLY $21 MILLION. SO AGAIN I ASK YOU WHAT ARE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY DOONT DEGREE TO BE COPARENTS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. OUR FOUNDING FATHER MADISON KNEW THIS THIS TIME AND MAY REMEMBER IT NOW, CRISIS IS THE REALLYING CRY OF A TYRANT. >>
012THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SARAH THOMAS SON, THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING MS. THOMPSON. DID YOU HEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> I DID, THANK YOU. SARAH THOMPSON AND I LIVE IN THE LAKE JANET AREA. GOOD EVENING LET ME TAKE MY MASK OFF SO YOU CAN HEAR ME. THAT'S WHAT JILL WILSON BOARD ATTORNEY SAID AS SHE WAS SPEAKING, DR. CONTRERAS, MS. WELBORN P, MS. JENKINS, DR. OAKLEY AND MS. HENRY TOOK THEIR MASKS OFF AS WELL SO THEY COULD BE BETTER HEARD. I WONDER HOW MUCH STUDENTS STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE MASKS. I TAUGHT IN GUILFORD COUNTY FOR 7 YEARS AND I HAVE A RISING FIRST GRADER IN GUILFORD COUNTY. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MASKS BEING OPTIONAL. I'VE SPOKEN WOULD THOSE OF YOU THAT ACTUALLY RETURN PHONE CALLS
013AND EMAILS WHICH IS CONCERNING THAT MY OWN REPRESENTATIVE CHOSE NOT TO. AT THE LAST MEETING DR. VANN FROM GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE COVID DMERNS OUR COUNTY. AT THE TIME THERE WAS 37 HOSPITALIZED THE WEEK OF JULY 31 BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA ON HOW MANY WERE KIDS. DR. VANN ALSO REFERRED TO CONCERNS THAT THE DELTA VAIR YENT WAS MORE CONVENIENT CONTAGIOUS AND 25-40 YEARS OLDS WERE CATCHING IT MORE. THIS IS NOT DATA. A STUDY CAST CITED BUT AGAIN NO ACTUAL NUMBERS WERE GIVEN. HOW CAN WE SAY WE'RE A DATA DRIVEN DPOWNT WE DON'T USE NUMBERS TO DRIVE OUR DATA ON MASKING CHILDREN? GCS IS FOLLOWING GUIDANCE FROM ABC SCIENCE COLLABORATIVE. THE ABC SCIENCE COLLABORATIVE IS FUNDED BY THE NIH. LAST WEEK THE NIH DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED ADULTS MASK AT HOME
014AROUND CHILDREN. THIS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TRUST SOMEONE WHO TELLS US WE SHOULD WEAR A MASK AT HOME. HE LATER HAD TO TAKE THAT BACK BECAUSE OF THE BACKLASH. THEY ADDRESSED MASK EXEMPTIONS AND SAID THE ABC SCIENCE COLLABORATIVE TOLD THEM IF YOU'RE SO SICK YOU CAN'T WEAR A MASK THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL. THIS BLANKET STATEMENT IS VERY IGNORANT. PARENTS ARE REPORTING CHILDREN GETTING HEADACHES THAT THEY NEVER IMROOD TO, THEN ASSISTING DENTAL ISSUES AND PATIENTS. I HAD A PARENT WITH A CHILD OF AUTISM AND SAID HER CHILD HAD BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN SCHOOL HE NEVER HAD BEFORE THE MASKS. EVERY CHILD'S NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT AND THIS IS WHY TEACHERS DIFFERENTIATE LESSONS. THIS IS WHY PARENTS SHOULD BE THE ONES TO CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR CHILD. THE CDC ANNOUNCED THE WEEK OF JULY
01531 THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID WAS 25 OUT OF EVERY MILLION KIDS. THEY ALSO ADMITTED THAT MANY OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR NON-COVID MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAPPENED TO TEST POSITIVE. A SURGEON AT JOHN'S HOPKINS SPOKE OUT ABOUT HIS DECISION FOR SIEWN VERSEAL MASKING. HE SAD THAT -- PARENTS THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD EXPRESSED WAS NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET OUR CHILDREN IN-PERSON. BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A MEDICAL ARGUMENT. THAT'S A POLITICAL SESSION. KIDS MAKE UP 20 PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION BUT ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 5/10 OF A PERCENT OF COVID CASES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE KIDS HOSPITALIZED FOR VRSV THAN COVID. THE CAMPAIGN ON CN NSAID THE CLOTH MASK CANNOT STOP THE DELTA VAIR YENT BUT THAT WASES QUICKLY REMOVED FROM YOU TUBE. I
016WAS TOLD BY BOARD MEMBERS THAT PART OF THE RASON WE'RE MASKING IS BECAUSE OF THE VAX SEEN WE CAN HAVE BREAKTHROUGH CASES. WHY ARE WE ONLY TESTING UNVACCINATED TEACHERS AND ALT LEETS? WHAT'S THE END CAME HERE? WHAT DATA WILL YOU USE AT LEAST 51 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA MADE MASKS APTION OPTIONAL SO FAR. ARE YOU GOING TO REVISIT THE MASK POLICY? UNFORTUNATELY COVID MAY BECOME -- IT MAY BE WITH US FOR YEARS. SO AGAIN WHAT DATA LT. YOU USE TO DETERMINE THE END OF THE MASK MANDATE? IT WAS SAID THEY HOPE MASKS DON'T HAVE A LASTING NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR KIDS. I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE A DECISION BASED ON DATA NOT POLITICS. >> YOU'RE PAST YOUR TIME. >> I'VE GOT ONE LITTLE PARAGRAPH LEFT. MAY I FINISH. >> YES YOU MAY. >> THANK YOU
017SO MUCH. YOU CAN BRING IN EXPERTS THAT COULD ARGUE BOTH SIDES BUT WITH CHOICE EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR KIDS. PARENTS THAT WON'T MASK CAN PUT THEM ON THEIR MASKS AND PARENTS THAT DON'T WANT MASKS DON'T HAVE TO. PARENTS SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS AND OPTIONAL MASKS GIVE US THAT RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BETSEY HAIRINGTON. I COULDN'T HEAR WHEN THE TIMER WENT OFF. >> I'LL TRY TO STAY UNDER. I'M BETSEY HAIRINGTON 1602 ALTARMAN DRIVE, GREENSBORO OO. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE THE BOARD TO REJECT THE FALSE NARRATIVE BUG-A-BOO OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND EMBRACE A BROADER MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY CURRICULUM IN OUR SCHOOLS. DESPITE WHAT SOME WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BELIEVE TEACHING A FULLER
018HISTORY OF OUR NATION IS NOT DESIGNED TO DIVIDE CHILDREN BY RACE, TO TEACH THEM TO HATE THEMSELVES OR OTHERS OR TO TEACH THAT THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT IT IS A WAY TO TEACH THAT THE UNITED STATES IS COMPLEX. THERE ARE MANY GREAT THINGS OUR COUNTRY HAS DONE BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME SHAMEFUL THINGS IN OUR PAST AND WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE THINGS TOO. LESS WE REPEAT THEM. IT'S NOT AN EITHER/OR ISSUE AND OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT TOO FRAGILE TO LEARN THEM. I GREW UP IN HIGH POINT, DURING THE JIM CROW AIR ARROW THOUGH HAD I JUST KNEW EVERYTHING WAS DIVIDED BY RACE. I WAS TAUGHT THE DESIGNATED RACES WERE 3 AND RACISM WAS PREJUDICE OR HATRED OF OTHER RACIAL GROUPS. IT WAS
019ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO I LEARNED HUMANS ARE NOT DIVIDED INTO RACIAL GROUPS BY ANYTHING SCIENTIFIC BUT THAT THE SO CALLED RACIAL GROUPS WERE MADE UP FOR SOCIAL REASONS. SIMPLY TO DESIGNATE WHO IS BETTER THAN WHOM AND TO GIVE ADVANTAGES TO WHITE PEOPLE I HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF RACISM AS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT RACISM IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE LAWS, THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WERE IN PLACE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO SEPARATE RACES AND TO GIVE ADVANTAGES TO WHITE PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE POLICIES IS STILL WITH US TODAY, REGARDLESS OF OUR PERSONAL ATTITUDES. THAT IS STRUCTURAL RACISM. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT RED LINING AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS KEPT PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE GI BILL WAS NOT
020ACCESSIBLE TO BLACK SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM WORLD WAR II. IN ALL YOU R MY YEARS OF STUDYING HISTORY I NEVER LEARNED PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE FORCED TO PAY POLL TAXES OR PASS SO CALLED LITERACY TESTS IN ORDER TO VOTE. I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THE LYNCHINGS, THE MASSACRES, THE TERRORIZING OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE MURDERS AND VIOLENCE THAT OVER THROUGH THRIVING BLACK DMUNTS WILK TON, NORTH CAROLINA AND OKLAHOMA IN THE NAME OF WHITE SUPREMACY. I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT THE WAY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE TREATED. I DIDN'T EVEN LEARN ABOUT THE HUGE STRUGGLES WHITE WOMEN HAD TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE. SADLY MY CHILDREN WHO WERE EDUCATED IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE 70'S, 80'S AND 90'S LEARNED LITTLE OF THIS HISTORY AS WELL AND NOW I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND I PRAY THAT THEY
021WILL LEARN TO LOVE THIS COUNTRY AS MUCH AS I DO BUT I WANT THEM TO LEARN TO LOVE IT IN ITS COMPLEXITY, THE GOOD,ING THE BAD AND THE COMPLICATED AND IN LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF ITS TROUBLESOME PAST WE WILL BETTER BE PREPARED NOT TO REPEAT THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHRISSY SMITH IS THE LAST SPEAKER WELCOME MS. SMITH. >> HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING. >> YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THERE WILL BE AN AMBER LIGHT THAT GOES ON WHEN YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT THEN THE RED LIGHT INDICATES THE END OF YOUR COMMENT PERIOD. IF YOU COULD -- >> I HAVE SOME PAPERS I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE. >> YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE REPORT THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT AGAINST YOUR
0223 MINUTES BUT BEFORE YOU START TO SPEAK. >> I'M CHRISSY SMITH, YOU SAID YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? NINETEEN CEDER BRANCH DRIVE AND THE PAPERS I HAVE UP HERE TO GIVE YOU ARE FROM THE CDC WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE CONCERNING VACCINES AND I PONDERED OVER WHAT I WOULD SAY THIS EVENING AND IT TOOK ME ALMOST 5 DAYS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BUT I ASKED GOD FOR GUIDANCE AND WHERE I WORK A FEW YEARS AGO THE FACULTY WERE TOLD AT A WELCOME BACK MEETING THAT WE WERE IN THE BUSINESS OF CHANGING LIVES. SO I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELF HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT. ARE YOU DOING THIS BY TEACHING COMPLIANCE OR ARE YOU DOING THIS BY TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS? WHERE A STUDENT IS FREE TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN RESEARCH IN ORDER TO
023HAVE AN INFORMED OPINION. THUS CREATING A MORE INTELLIGENT AND EDUCATED FUTURE LEADER. I HAD A STUDENT COME UP TO ME LAST SEMESTER AND ASK ME TO READ HIM SOMETHING BECAUSE HE COULDN'T READ IT. IT WAS WRITTEN IN CURSIVE. WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS? IF THIS PERSON CANNOT SIGN THEIR NAME HOW ARE THEY GOING TO OPEN UP A BANK ACCOUNT? ARE ARE THEY GOING TO GET A LOAN, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ENDORSE A CHECK? ARE THEY GOING TO PRINT? ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE AN X OTHER A DOT. AGAIN I ASK WHAT ARE WE TEACHING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WHEN YOU SEE PARENTS WITHDRAWAL DRAW THEIR PARENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION YOU ARE USING AND NOT FREEDOM OF CHOICE YOU WILL SEE A DROP IN THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MONEY YOUR SCHOOL
024DISTRICT RECEIVES. THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE BACK HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO REDECORATE THIS BUILDING? IN ORDER TO PAY YOUR SALARY? HOW DID FUNDING FOR THIS SERVE OUR STUDENTS AT GUILFORD COUNTY OR ARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND REDISTRICT THE LINES IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE SALE OF A PROPERTY WHERE A SCHOOL ONCE STOOD? IS THIS YOUR GOAL TO HAVE SCHOOLS [INDISCERNIBLE] CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION? MANY OF YOU MAY FEEL SOROS IS A PHILANTHROPISTS HOWEVER IN AN INTERVIEW HE SAID AND I QUOTE "I DO NOT FEEL ANYTHING FOR THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS I AM HERE TO MAKE MONEY" THEN WHEN HE WAS ASKED IF HE BELIEVED IN GOD HIS REPLY WAS NO. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SITTING UP THERE TODAY THINK
025ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DECISIONS AS YOU MAKE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR FUTURE? DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE FREE WITH PARENTAL ASSISTANCE OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT? IF YOU DO NOT STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOMS OF THESE CHILDREN AFTER WHAT I JUST SAID YOU PROBABLY WILL BECOME AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN GOOD AND EVE I WILL. YOUR SOUL IS ON THE LINE A BIT HE WILL FIELD BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN. TAKE WHOFER YOU WANT AND CAN AND HOW YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE AT THAT TIME LENTS YOU HAVE IS UP TO YOU. WE ARE THE PEOPLE P WE ARE THE EDUCATORS, WE ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS, WE ARE THE LEADERS AND WE ARE THE TEACHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. LET US USE OUR PLATFORMS TO MAKE
026A DIFFERENCE WITHOUT GREED IN OUR HEARTS AND HELP EDUCATE THE FUTURE TO BE INDEPENDENT THE THINKERS WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND WANT TO HELP EACH OTHER SUCCEED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> RIGHT HERE I HAVE A MASK, 2 BOXES. I JUST WANT YOU TO READ THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT STUDENTS TO WEAR. >> THANK YOU YOUR TIME IS UP. >> DOES NOT PREVENT ILLNESSES. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC REMARKS FOR THE EVENING. WE ARE NOW AT APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA DO. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> WHERE DO I ASK TO HAVE SOMETHING ADDED FOR DISCUSSION? >> YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA?
027>> YES. >> AS AN ACTION ITEM OR -- >> DISCUSSION. >> WHAT IS IT YOU'RE WANTING TO ADD TO THE AGENDA AND WHERE? >> CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THE PARENTS ARE NOT CLEAR ABOUT HOW TO GET EXEMPTIONS, HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO. PARENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT, UM, REMOTE OPTIONS FOR LEARNING. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT CLEAR TO PARENTS ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS. SO IT'S MORE TO ASK THE QUESTION AND LET IT BE ON RECORD HOW THEY GO ABOUT THESE THINGS. >> I THINK YOU CAN STATE YOUR QUESTIONS IN YOUR CLOSING REMARKS AND STAFF CAN FOLLOW UP ON HOW TO BETTER DO COMMUNICATION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REASON FOR ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING FOR THAT. >> WELL CLEARLY PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME THINGS. SO I
028MEAN THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID PEOPLE -- THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET AN EXEMPTION. THEY'RE CALLING THEIR PRINCIPALS AND SAYING HOW DO I GO FORWARD. I'M JUST SAYING -- >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE US A HEADS-UP SO WE CAN HAVE THE PROPER STAFF HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO THE HEALTH SERVICES STAFF IS NOT HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. IF YOU WOULD GIVE US AT LEAST THE COURTESY OF A CALL OR A LIST OF YOUR QUESTIONS LIKE MOST BOARD MEMBERS DO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THAT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF THE PARENTS OR TO BE PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION. >> OKAY WELL THEN I SIMPLY WILL ASK FOR A DISCUSSION ON THE QUESTIONS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE
029-- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE MASKING RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. I WILL HAVE SOMETHING IN MY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. YOU CAN VOTE. >> I THINK WE DO HAVE DEENA HAYES WITH US NOW BY PHONE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> BOARD MEMBER SHARPE AND DIANNE BELLAMY SMALL ARE WITH US BY PHONE. >> SO ARE THEY VOTING THROUGH YOU? YOU WANT ME TO ASK THEM FOR A VOICE VOTE? >> I DID VOTE. IT'S NOT REGISTERING. >> OH, DEENA DID YOU VOTE? OKAY SO CAN YOU HIT MINE, PLEASE LINDA AS A YES. >> I VOTED YES FOR YOU DEENA ON THE AGENDA. I'M SORRY. I'M SITTING IN YOUR SEAT. AND BOARD MEMBER SHARPE? >> YES. >> SHE'S A YES. MS. JENKINS
030WE'LL ENTER YOUR VOTE AND BOARD MEMBER BELLAMY-SMALL. >> YES. >> PAT YOU GOT HER? LIKE PLAYING MARIO CAR UP HERE. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 1. THAT CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CALL ON THE SPHONT PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE THIS GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND EVENING'S MEETING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS EVENING’S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES SEVERAL ITEMS. THOSE ITEMS ARE: A. PERSONNEL REPORT B. EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT (ESSA) ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL C. FUNDING FOR TEACHER SUPPLEMENT SCHEDULE AND SCHOOL NUTRITION SALARIES D. NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ACTION CENTER CONTRIBUTION E. CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS F. SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING’S CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO
031ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYBODY ON THE PHONE, LISA CONTACTING YOU? ALL RIGHT SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA -- NO JUST PLACE YOUR VOTE ELECTRONICALLY. YES I WILL. DEENA? >> I'LL PRESS YES FOR DEENA. LINDA, PAT NEED TO VOTE. BOARD MEMBER SHARPE? >> NO TO A AND B, YES TO THE OTHERS. >> LISA DID YOU GET THAT? NO TO A AND B AND YES TO THE OTHERS. HOW DO YOU WANT THEM TO ENTER IT ELECTRONICALLY? >> THERE'S NOT A WAY TO SEPARATE IT ON THE ELECTRONIC VOTE UNFORTUNATELY. >> SO JUST LEAVE IT BLANK OR? >> YES BUT NOTE THE EXCEPTION. >> I'LL JUST HAVE TO WRITE THE RECORD IT CORRECTLY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. AND BOARD
032MEMBER BELLAMY-SMALL. >> YES. >> SO ALL ITEMS BUT A AND B PASSED WHAT? SEVEN TO 1. THEN A AND B PASSED 6 TO 2. IF I'M DOING MY CALCULUS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT I AM NOW GOING TO OFFER COMMENTS FROM CHAIR DEENA HAYES-GREEN SHE'S HERE ON THE PHONE BUT ASKED ME TO READ HER COMMENTS SO I WILL DO THAT ON HER BEHALF. SHE SENDS A WELCOME AND GOOD EVENING TO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE EVERYONE HERE. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED FOR FREE TO ALL STUDENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR. HOWEVER, PARENTS ARE STILL ENCOURAGED TO FILL OUT THE FREE- AND REDUCED-PRICE MEAL APPLICATION, AS THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES, INCLUDING P-EBT BENEFITS, SCHOOL FUNDING AND POTENTIAL FEE WAIVERS. TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, GO TO WWW.LUNCHAPPLICATION.COM. WILEY ELEMENTARY HAS
033PARTNERED WITH THE GUILFORD COUNTY DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO HOST A COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, FROM 5 TO 7:30 P.M. WILEY ELEMENTARY IS LOCATED AT 600 W. TERRELL ST., GREENSBORO. REGISTER FOR AN APPOINTMENT AT WWW.GUILFORDVACCINATION.COM OR CALL (336) 641-7944. THE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT PROGRAM GIVES LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS A DISCOUNT ON INTERNET SERVICE SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN PURCHASING BROADBAND AND OTHER NECESSITIES. HOUSEHOLDS MAY RECEIVE A DISCOUNT OF UP TO $50 A MONTH FOR THEIR INTERNET BILL. HOUSEHOLDS MAY ALSO RECEIVE $100 TO BUY A LAPTOP, DESKTOP OR TABLET THROUGH THEIR INTERNET PROVIDER. VISIT NCBROADBAND.GOV FOR MORE DETAILS. THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE MICHAEL PARRISH ENDOWMENT FOR ARTS EDUCATION IS NOW OPEN. THE ENDOWMENT IS DESIGNED TO FUND UP TO $500 FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED AND INCORPORATE THE FINE ARTS. MIDDLE
034SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY APPLY DIRECTLY APPLY AND LIST A TEACHER AS A SPONSOR. ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR FUNDING THAT INVOLVES THEIR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, AND THE APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE FINE ARTS SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE, WWW.GCSNC.COM. T H I S CONCLUDES CHAIRWOMAN HAYES' REMARKS. I DO WANT TO ADD GUILFORD COUNTY VOTED TODAY TO IMPLEMENT A COUNTY-WIDE MASK MANDATE THAT BEGINS FRIDAY. IS IT 5:00? 5:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ALL INDOOR SPACES IN GUILFORD COUNTY. SO WHILE WE'VE HAD LOTS OF COMMENTS AND, UM ABOUT OUR MANDATING MASKS INSIDE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THE COUNTY HAS NOW MADE THAT COUNTY-WIDE FOR ALL INDOOR SPACE SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP OUR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS OR FAMILIES SAFE AND
035APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. SO WE'RE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEM FOR THE EVENING. >> THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. THE YEAR IS OFF TO A GREAT START, 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR IS OFF TO A GREAT START, WITH THE RETURN OF OUR EARLY AND MIDDLE COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES LAST WEEK AND OUR EXTENDED-YEAR S C H OOLS YESTERDAY AND I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF VISITING OUR CAMPUSES, ALSO TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OUR TEACHERS WERE BACK ON CAMPUS THAT ALL OUR TEACHERS WERE BACK ON CAMPU FOR A SERIES OF TEACHER WORKDAYS. COMING UP ON MONDAY, 23 SCHOOLS ON THE RESTART CALENDAR WILL BEGIN THEIR ACADEMIC YEAR, AND FINALLY THE REMAINING STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM ON AUGUST 23. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS BACK IN OUR
036BUILDINGS AND READY TO LEARN. I ' M A L S O EXCITED TO REPORT AT THE TWO SCHOOLS WITH KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS THOSE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES WERE FULL AS WE KNOW NATIONALLY WE HAVE BEEN SO NERVOUS BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE KINDERGARTENERS DIDN'T SHOW UP BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AT THESE TWO SCHOOLS AND WE HOPE PARENTS WILL WANT TO CHECK OUT THAT CONTINUES. PARENTS WILL WANT TO CHECK OUT OUR REOPENING WEBSITE FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT RETURNING TO SCHOOL, INCLUDING OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULES, SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS, BUS INFORMATION, UPDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND MORE. PLEASE VISIT WWW.GCSNC.COM/REOPENING2021 FOR ALL THE DETAILS. AT THE END OF JULY, WE WELCOMED OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR THE ANNUAL SUMMER LEARNING INSTITUTE, A FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE TO PREPARE US FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE INSTITUTE PROVIDED ATTENDEES WITH UPDATES ON HEALTH AND
037S A FETY PROTOCOLS INCLUDING AN UPDATE AND FULL-DAY TRAINING FROM THE USDE ON SCHOOL SAFETY, WHICH WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE TO THE PRINCIPALS AND WE THANK OUR NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIKE RICHY WHO HELPED LEAD THAT THEY ALSO WORKED ON TOOLS TO USE FOR BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS AND A PRODUCTIVE WEEK, AND I LOOK PRESENTERS FOR A PRODUCTIVE WEEK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROGRESS WE WILL MAKE THIS ACADEMIC YEAR. THE GUILFORD COUNTY DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE FREE, BACK-TO-SCHOOL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND IMMUNIZATIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE OR A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN, 7TH GRADE, 12TH GRADE, OR WHO ARE ENTERING NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME MAY
038RECEIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND IMMUNIZATIONS AT NO COST, AND WITHOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE. STUDENTS IN THESE GRADES WILL NEED TO SUBMIT PROOF THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED CERTAIN VACCINES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW. I F Y O U W I L SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR LIKE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEIR CHILD OR WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD CALL (336) 641-3896. A G AIN THAT FINALLY, GCS IS PROUD TO NUMBER IS (336)641-3896. FINALLY, GCS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR’S FINALISTS FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THEY ARE: TOM ANDERSON CHRISTINE JOYNER GREENE EDUCATION CENTER MARCIA MOYD-WILLIAMS GILLESPIE PARK ELEMENTARY SHANICE FOYE NORTHEAST HIGH LEAH CARPER NORTHERN HIGH TYRELLE LEE SOUTHEAST MIDDLE AND MELISSA MANN WESTERN MIDDLE THE WINNER WILL BE NAMED ON SEPT. 21 AT CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FINALISTS AND ALL OUR
039SCHOOL-LEVEL WINNERS. THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. >> THANK YOU MADAM SUPERINTENDENT AND ON TO OUR ACTION ITEM WHICH APPROVAL OF IS APPROVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK FIRMS FOR $300 MILLION BOND PROGRAM. >> YES THIS EVENING WE'RE PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZES STAFF TO NEGOTIATE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK CONTRACTS. >> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE SET THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE ARCHITECT AND P AT-RISK. >> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT SO FOR DISCUSSION, UM,S IF THOSE OF YOU ON THE PHONE WILL LET LISA KNOW VIA TEXT WE'LL GET YOU IN THE CUE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE RECOMMENDATION? KHEM. >> YES I HAVE, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
040YOU FOR ALL TH HARD WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED ARE NOT IN GREENSBORO. SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT THAT A LOT OF THEM WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL AREA BEING THAT OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THE BOND. >> YEAH,S SO CERTAINLY THE STAFF WILL ANSWER IN MORE DETAIL. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, UM, ARE NOT IN GREENSBORO. MOST AT-RISK ARE NOT. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE. BUT THE LARGE FIRMS JUST ARE NOT HERE IN GREENSBORO BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, ALL 3CM AT-RISK THAT ARE LOCATED IN GREENSBORO WERE SELECTED. UM, FOR THE PROJECTS. AND,
041UM, OF THE FINALISTS THOSE ARCHITECTS THAT WERE IN GREENSBORO WHICH I THINK WAS ONLY ONE WAS SELECTED FOR THE PROJECT. BUT IT'S JUST THAT THESE FIRMS ARE NOT LOCATED IN GREENSBORO BUT FORTUNATELY THEY HAVE SELECTED SUBCONTRACTORS AND MANY OF THEM ARE LOCATED RIGHT HERE. >> OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I WOULD NOTE -- LIKE TO KNOW HOW ARE THEY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US COMPLY WITH OUR M/WBE, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL FOR OUR LOCAL DOLLARS. >> WE SHARED INFORMATION, UM, INCLUDED WITH THE MEMO TO SHOW THE PARTICIPATION, THE M/WBE PARTICIPATION THAT EACH ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEER FIRM HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THEIR M/WBE SUBCONTRACTORS. WE'VE GOT -- I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT MORE PARTICIPATION, UM, IN THIS SET OF PROJECTS THAN WE'VE HAD IN THIS AREA, UM,
042IN QUITE SOME TIME. IF EVER. SO I THINK THEY HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THE EXPECT TAKES WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PARTICIPATION AND I BELIEVE THEY CAME THROUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKE-UP OF THE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURAL OR ENGINEER FIRM AND AS WELL AS THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING. >> JUST AS AN EXAMPLE THE 8 ARCHITECTS, UM, YOU CAN SEE 4 OF THEM ARE, UM, MBE ARCHITECTS. OF THE FIVE CM AT-RISK, FOUR OF THEM ARE MBE. SO THAT IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FROM IN THE PAST. IL. >> AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SORRY I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO AFTER THEY ASSIGN THE CONTRACTS DOES THE BALL GET ROLLING ON THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL? BECAUSE I KNOW WE SAVE MONEY, YOU
043KNOW BY PURCHASING QUICKLY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE GOD FORBID ANYTHING SHUTS DOWN. >> RIGHT SO WE DID HEAR FROM ALL OF THE DESIGN FIRMS AND THE CM AT-RISK FIRMS BECAUSE WE'RE AWARDING THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AND WE'RE ASSIGNING THEM TO EACH PROJECT. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO START A LOT OF THE WORK EARLY. PART OF THAT DOES INVOLVE EARLY PURCHASING OF MATERIALS. UM, SOME OF THAT MAY BE EARLY SIDE WORK, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT THEY, UM, ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO DO EARLY. >> IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT YOU SENT US WITH NET COM THE YOUNG MAN SAID HE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER. CAN YOU QUALIFY HOW WE'RE ROLLING OUT THE PRIVATES BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HIRE A PROJECT MANAGER TO MANAGE ALL OF OUR
044PROJECTS AND THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. >> WE DID, WE'VE GOT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER, EXCUSE ME. THEY'RE A JOINT VENTURE. THEY ARE MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO THEY WILL MANAGE THIS FROM THE TIME THE BOARD APPROVES THESE VENDORS THEY'LL START THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THEY ACT AS THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD ADD KHEM THAT MOST OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE WHERE WE DID THE INTERVIEWS MOST ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND LARGE TEAMS SO THEY ALSO ASSIGN A PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS LIKE AN ARCHITECT OR LEAD IN THEIR FIRM TO BE THE LEAD IN THEIR FIRM ON THE PROJECT SO THAT HA MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU SAW. AND IF I -- A COUPLE WERE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS ALUMNI IN THE MIX
045WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING FROM -- >> FROM SMITH HIGH SCHOOL, TWO ARCHITECTS. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THE WAY THE PRESENTATIONS WERE DONE AND WE GOT A LOT OF THE DETAILS SO IT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING WITH GUILFORD COUNTY BUT I AM VERY MUCH FOR THE HOME RULE AND AS MANY -- AS MUCH AS OUR DOLLARS CAN BE RECYCLED BACK INTO GUILFORD COUNTY AND TO GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT AND OUR LOCAL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREATER ACT LATER AND HOW WE DO ON THESE THINGS WILL SHOW THE DMAWNT THEY CAN TRUST US AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR PROJECTS GOING FORWARD SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> I JUST HAD --
046JUST MAYBE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THAT WE MAYBE FOR THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFIT TOO BECAUSE STERNBURGER ELEMENTARY WAS CERTAINLY IN THE FIRST LIST BUT CAN YOU SHARE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT RIGHT AWAY BUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THE DOLLARS ARE SPENT AND THEN FOR THAT A & E OR A & D ROAL BASED ON WHERE WE NET OUT. >> RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE MARKET IS GOING, UM, AS A RESULT OF COVID AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET WE DID NOT WANT TO COMMIT OURSELF TO SPENDING ALL THE DOLLARS NATIONAL PARK THE 300 MILLION AT THIS POINT. SO WE HAVE DELAYED, UM,S UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON THE BUDGET FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THIS
047LIST TO FIND THE DOLLARS TO DO THE DESIGN FOR THE ELEMENTARIES. WE HAD PROBABLY MORE IN THOSE PROJECTS IN THE PROJECT ORDINANCES THAN WE WOULD NEED FOR DESIGN. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THERE BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WE WANTED TO GET THESE DONE, GET THE BUDGETS THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER TWO. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED FROM GOING BACK TO MAY AND JUNE HOW HIGH CAPS AND C2 HAS REALLY MANAGED THIS PROCESS AND REALLY HELPED DO A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING. I THINK WE STARTED WITH 33 ARCHITECT ENGINEER FIRMS AND I THINK 25CM AT-RISK THEN TO NARROW THAT DOWN, SAD I WASN'T ABLE TO BE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MOST RECENTLY BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE
048REALLY HIGHLY ENCOURAGED ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM AND JUST IS THE DEEP BROAD EXPERIENCE THAT THESE FIRMS HAVE. SOME OF THEM AND I THINK NET CO SMNCHTS 100 PERCENT MBE SO. WE'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK. >> LINDA. >> BACK ON 2008 THE WAY I REMEMBER THE PROCESS HAPPENING WAS WE WERE BROUGHT AN ORDER OF LIKE 3 FOR A PROJECT THEN THE BOARD HAD SOME DISCUSSION AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY TRULY HAVE A SAY. I MEAN WHEN YOU BRING -- DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT USED TO SPHWHORK. >> YES WE DISCUSSED THAT AND WE TALKED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT AND IT HAS CAUSED US PROBLEMS WITH THE VENDORS WHO FELT LIKE THAT WAS DISPARAGING TO THEM. IT ALSO, UM -- IT WASN'T REALLY FAIR TO BOARD MEMBERS WHO
049WEREN'T THERE AT THE PRESENTATIONS TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE VENDORS AROUND. SO IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE PRESENTATION TO HEAR THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION MAKING, TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE SCORING, IT IS DIFFICULT THEN TO AT THE DAIS RESCORE AND MOVE A DIFFERENT VENDOR INTO A DIFFERENT POSITION ON THE LIST. AND MRS. JENKINS AND -- >> WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND AND THE PRIMARY REASON STAFF SAID THEY HAD BEEN BRINGING 3 IS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ENTER A CONTRACT WITH ONE YOU HAVE AUTHORITY TO GO TO THE SECOND OR THIRD ORDER ARN WE ASKED HOW OFTEN THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRST AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T EVER REMEMBER NOT HAVING DONE THAT BUT THEN IT CAUSED BAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENDORS WHO WERE PUT OUT AS A
050SECOND OR THIRD CHOICE AS OPPOSED TO A FIRST CHOICE ON A PROJECT. AND LIMITED LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENDORS THERE COULD BE ARCHITECTS THAT COME BACK IN A SECOND ROUND FOR A BOND. SO IF THEY CAN'T EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH THE VENDORS THAT WE APPROVE THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND SO, WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM AND THE GCS STAFF. >> WE DID HAVE ONE ALTERNATE ON OUR LIST. WE HAVE THE ONE ALTERNATE IF WE CAN'T REACH -- >> THAT CAN DO ANY PROJECT. >> YOU KNOW, MY PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT ALL THIS INFORMATION VERY LATE. UM, YOU KNOW P? HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION DIDN'T HAPPEN, DIDN'T GET PUT OUT THERE. NOT LONG AGO.
051SO NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH IT. NOT A LOT OF -- I DON'T KNOW THIS DISCUSSION DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH THE FULL BOARD AS TO HOW WE WERE GOING TO REDO IT. SO THERE AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOARD'S INPUT REALLY IS OTHER THAN A YES/NO ON THE FULL SCOPE HERE SO THOSE THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN ALL THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NOT NEEDED. >> THANK YOU. >> MS. JENKINS. >> I WILL SAY THAT AFTER EACH PRESENTER PRESENTED WE ALL MET AND HAD BRIEF DISCUSSION AFTERWARD AND WE KIND OF RANKED THEM OR TALKED ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS THEN MATCHED THEM UP WITH THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU. >> ANYBODY ON THE PHONE HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? WHO IS THAT? >> WE CAN'T HEAR HER.
052>> TRY AGAIN DEENA. >> OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> SPEAK REALLY LOUDLY THOUGH. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK BETTYE. I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE SESSIONS. I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THESE PANELS BUT I TOOK CARE OF MY PARENTS AND BETTYE PARTICIPATED FOR ME ALL 3 DAYS AND WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THAT AND I WAS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR PREVIOUS SCHOOL BONDS AND IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE. AND JUST SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THE EXPERIENCES THERE AND KHEM I JUST WANTED TO SAY A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS I'VE ASKED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH 3 SCHOOL BONDS BUT I DO KNOW A LOT OF THE COMPANIES IN STATE HIRE A LOT OF
053LOCAL PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND SOME COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOWN AND OUT OF THE CITY BUT IN THE STATE HAVE BEEN ABLE -- THEY GET ENOUGH WORK CAN OPEN UP A GREENSBORO OFFICE AND CONTINUE TO DO WORK AND HELP SUPPORT ALL OF OUR EFFORTS WHEN WE HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IS SO NEEDED, YOU KNOW,S IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC SO THANK YOU BETTYE AND THANK YOU FOR THE PANELISTS AND ALL OF YOU ALL THAT SAT THROUGH 3 PLUS DAYS OF INTERVIEWING. I SAW THE SLATE AND THE SCHEDULE AND IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU DEENA. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY -- I'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND SAYING THAT THIS WAS
054GOING TO BE THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN IN THIS MANNER AND WE'VE HAD THIS REPORT ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MASSIVE REPORT OF THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN. SO THERE IS NO NEED TO BELABOR THIS ANY LONGER. I TRUST MY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. NOW THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER WE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE PEOPLE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I SAY KUDOS TO US AND LET'S GO AND LET'S GET THIS DONE FOR KIDS IN GUILFORD COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. ANITA YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? ANITA ARE YOU THERE? >> ANITA? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE CAN NOW. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. [OFF MIC] -- >> YOU'RE FADING. >> ANITA WE LOST YOU.
055WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> WE HEARD HER SAY ALL BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESENTATIONS. IT'S CORRECT. >> WHAT I SAID WAS WE WERE NOT ALL AT THE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT INVITED TO BE AT THE PRESENTATIONS AND LISTENING TO YOU ALL THE PAST FEW MINUTES IT SOUNDS TO THE PUBLIC LIKE WE WERE NEGLIGENT. I WASN'T THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE HAPPENING -- [OFF MIC] -- AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION? WE'LL MOVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. >> I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. >> LINDA. >> I WILL BE VOTING NO, NOT DUE TO -- I WILL BE VOTING NO BECAUSE I HAD ZERO INPUT ON ANY OF THIS AND CLEARLY AN UP
056OR DOWN VOTE I REFUSE TO DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT SO FOLKS WILL CAST THEIR VOTES. >> MOVE THE ITEM. >> FOLKS... DEENA I CAN CAST YOUR VOTE FOR YOU. >> YES. >> OKAY. ANITA. >> NO. >> PAT YOU GOT THAT DOWN THERE? A NO FOR ANITA. ANITA IS DOWN THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY. T DIANNE BELLAMY-SMALL. >> YES. >> PAT'S GOT THAT. AND IT PASSES 6 TO 2. EXCELLENT. LET'S GO BUILD SOME SCHOOLS. OF BOARD MEMBERS I AM SORRY TO INFORM YOU I WAS INCORRECT WE STILL DO HAVE A BRIEF CLOSED SESSION. I THOUGHT WE HAD RESTHOSTLED BUT WE DO NOT. >> LINDA. >> THERE'S NO NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION. >> UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD BAD INFORMATION. WE DO NEED IT. IT WILL BE FAST THOUGH. >> OKAY. >> I MOVE
057TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL INFORMATION PROTECTED BY STATE LAW AND PRESERVE THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. >> CAN I MAKE ONE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THE PHONE THEY ARE NOT GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CLOSING REMARKS BEFORE WE DO THAT. CAN I HOLD THAT MOTION FOR ONE MINUTE? >> CAN WE DO ALL OF THEM NOW? >> YES WE CAN. >> WE WILL COME BACK OUT BUT CAN I HAVE YOU MAKE THAT NOTION A MINUTE, LINDA? >> IT'S ON HOLD. >> OKAY WE'LL DO CLOSING REMARKS. I WILL CALL ON THE FOLKS ON THE PHONE FIRST. ANITA DOT YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? >> [OFF MIC] >> THANK YOU. T DIANNE BELLAMY-SMALL. >> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR GETTING READY
058FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR TOON ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS TO TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND TO JUST TRY TO HELP STAFF AND EVERYBODY KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER ON TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN ABOUT THIS VIRUS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE HARD WORK IN TRYING TO GET US FORWARD ON THIS CONSTRUCTION AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW IN A FEW YEARS WHETHER WE ARE SITTING OR NOT THERE WILL BE SOME NEW SCHOOLS. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AND PLEASE TRY TO STAY SAFE. >> THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN GREENE, HAYES-GREENE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU WINSTON. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST SATURDAY THE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TO LISTEN TO -- I WAS GOING TO STAND IN FOR DR. CONTRERAS WHO WAS AT A
059STAFF RETREAT BUT SHE SHOWED UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. I THINK THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET HER CONNECTED SO I DIDN'T GE TO DO IT FOR HER BUT I WAS HONORED TO LISTEN TO HER SPEECH WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING AND PEOPLE IN THE CHAT WERE JUST DELIGHTED TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AND HER PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO CHIRCH WAS CLEARLY CONVEYED. I ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROCESS. I WAS READING AN ARTICLE THAT SAYS GUILFORD CONSIDER LOCAL ARCHITECT MAKING PROGRESS. THIS IS FROM 1994. A SELECTION COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING A LOCAL ARCHITECT TO BUILD A NEW GUILFORD COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THE ARCHITECT SELECTION COMMITTEE INCLUDED OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN AND 3 OTHER MEMBERS AND THE ONLY ONE THAT IS STILL HERE IS ANITA SHARPE SO SHE WAS ON THE ARCHITECTURE
060SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT DID PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS SELECTION COMMITTEE DID AND THIS HAS BEEN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE ELIMINATED PEOPLE AND BROUGHT THEIR RECOMMENDATION FORWARD AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE FROM. SO THIS IS A DECADE OLD PROCESS. AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR DOING THAT LABORIOUS WORK AND BRINGING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS GETTING READY, THOSE WHO STARTED SCHOOL ALREADY AND THOSE GETTING READY TO START SOON. SO THANK YOU. >> LINDA. >> I'LL PASS. >> PAT. >> THANK YOU I'LL BE BRIEF. ILI HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY LAST SUNDAY TO BE PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SAFE SCHOOLS SUMMIT AND ATTEND THAT AND IT WAS UNDERSTOOD WONDERFUL SEEING
061OUR SSA'S THERE AND DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY MR. RICHY AND HIS STAFF. JUST TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SO MANY THOUGHT LEADERS, INNOVATORS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF ROGERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ACADEMICS, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS GATHERED, EVEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GAVE SOME REMARKS BUT TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL SAFETY COMMISSION IN TANDEM WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA SAFE SCHOOLS TASK FORCE WHICH I SIT ON THAT BOARD, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT GUILFORD COUNTY IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GIVEN OUR, THE HEROIC DEEDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE ADMINISTRATORS PUT INTO EFFECT AND PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. SO YOU SHOULD FEEL PROUD THEY WERE HERE IN GUILFORD COUNTY FOR I THINK TWO DAYS AND THAT WAS A
062WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN THAT EFFORT AS WE MOVE ALONG. TO OUR 'TEACHER OF THE YEAR' CANDIDATES WE CELEBRATE YOU. WE CAN NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE AWARDS COMING SOON. ALL THE CHILDREN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL OR ALREADY HAVE OR BACK IN SCHOOL AS OF LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATE YOU AND WE SUPPORT YOU AND NEVER STOP LEARNING AND WE SUPPORT ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE MADE THE SCHOOLS READY GIVEN A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES AS WE MOVE ALONG. AND I WILL MAKE ONE COMMENT. YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT MY OPINION AND VIEW ON MASKS AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE OPTIONAL. UM AND THAT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT DECISIONS MADE AND WE NEED TO
063MOVE FORWARD AND,S YOU KNOW,INGS SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THEIR BEST TO DO THAT AND I DO HOPE WE WILL CONSIDER LOOKING AT INSTEAD OF EVERY 10 WEEKS MAYBE SHORTENING THAT TIME FRAME DOWN IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE DATA. I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. THE BOND PROGRAM, DELIGHTED TO SEE THESE FIRMS. THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THAT AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE ALL DECIDED ON HIGH CAPS AND C2 EARLY ON IS TO DO IT THAT HEAVY LIFTING. AS A BOARD MEMBER I'M NOT A CONSTRUCTION EXPERT. YOU KNOW THESE FIRMS I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE RESEARCH ON ALL OF THAT. UM, BUT I DO TRUST IN THE CONFIDENCE AND FIE FIDELITY OF THOSE THAT ARE EXPERTS. DAVE SMITH FROM P HIGH
064CAPS HE WILL BE DELIGHTED TO TALK TO YOU. HE WILL PICK UP THE PHONE, HE'S ONE -- I TOLD HIM EARLIER TODAY THERE'S NO ONE THAT TAKES YOUR CALL QUITE AS AGGRESSIVELY AS DAVE OR GETS BACK TO YOU AND HE IS THAT LIAISON FOR US AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, HE IS CERTAINLY WILLING TO TALK TO YOU AND THAT'S WHERE I GET A LOT OF MY INFORMATION AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EYES WIDE OPEN THING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HIDE THE BALL GOING ON AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. >> THANK YOU PAT. BETTYE. >> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE. I THANK
065MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. OF COURSE OUR CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE CM AT-RISK AND THE ARCHITECT. IT WAS VERY, VERY EDUCATIONAL AND I REALLY LEARNED A LOT. TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO MR. WALTER JOHNSON'S FAMILY. MR. JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN BOARD MEMBER IN THE 1960'S AND AT THE TIME IT WAS GREENSBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE JOHNSON FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER IRBY. >> AGAIN THANK YOU AND I WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO ALL
066THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE CME BACK TO SCHOOL. I THINK YOU SAID BROOKS GLOBAL AND EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAMS. P GLAD YOU GUYS ARE STARTING BACK EARLY. I REMEMBER MY OWN DAUGHTER ATTENDED STEM EARLY COLLEGE AND I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT SCHOOL STARTED EARLY YOU KNOW,ING BUT AND SHE BENEFITED FROM THAT EXTRA TIME, YOU KNOW, ON TASK AND INSTRUCTION. THE CTE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR FUTURE CONTRACTORS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR FUTURE LOCAL EXPERTS I BELIEVE FOR GUILFORD COUNTY. THAT'S THE LONG TERM GOAL I THINK OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT HERE IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND HOME GROW SO MANY OF THE THINGS WE'RE GROWING OUT NOW IN REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, HERE IN GUILFORD COUNTY. SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING AS WELL TO SEE
067THE FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW,INGS UM,S AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THE FUTURE AND SEE WHAT'S TO COME, WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THAT REGARD. I WANT TO SHUT OUT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR MOVEMENT AND WHO GAVE AWAY BACKPACKS TO THE STUDENTS OF GILLESPIE PARK, FAULKNER AND BESSEMER THIS PAST WEEKEND AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATESSED IN ANOTHER BACKPACK GIVE AWAY SO THANK YOU GUILFORD COUNTY FOR HOW YOU'RE EMBRACING OUR STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM ALL THAT SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED EMBRACING OUR TEACHERS. DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE TEACHERS, PUT YOUR PROJECTS OUT THERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO SUPPORT YOU BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. SO MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD THAT SCHOOL IS OPENING AND PLEASE INVITE ME TO SOME THINGS.
068[LAUGHING]. THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW VERY MUCH ECHO WHAT BOARD MEMBER P IRBY AND TILLMAN SAID ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALL THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING GET TEACHERS AND STUDENTS READY FOR SCHOOL AND PAT ABOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND THE MASS AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE TO DO SOMETHING TRANSFORMATIVE HERE IS REALLY EXCITING. AND I WANT TO BIG SHOUT OUT TO DEBORAH NAPPER AND HER FAMILY AND THE NEW BABY WHO HAS BEEN BORN. LOTS OF HANDS WAVING DEBORAH. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT WATCHING US BUT YOU PROBABLY ARE SO YEA AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EVERYBODY AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. TAKE CARE, REST, DO ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO FOR YOUR FAMILY. I ALSO, YOU KNOW STAFF -- PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MINIONS RUNNING AROUND. WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
069IN THIS DISTRICT AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ALL THE STAFF IN THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM AT EVERY LEVEL IN ALL THE CIRCLES OF PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTE HAVE WORKED HARDER THAN YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUMMER OF YOUR LIVES. SO YOU'RE COMING OFF A GRILLING YEAR AND 14,000 KIDS IN SUMMER SCHOOL AND HIRING NEW TEACHERS, PREPARING AND REPAIRING SCHOOLS I MEAN WE STILL HAVE THESE OLD BUILDINGS AND ALL THIS WORK HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER SO HVAC SYSTEMS AND WINDOWS AND ALL OF THIS CAN BE DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC BE WHERE THE NEEDLE IS MOVING AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT HAVE MOVED WITH HASTE TO GET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MOVING AND OUT OF THE GROUND. I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW YOU ALL DO IT AND JUST HOPE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS IF YOU INTERACT
070WITH SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS SAY THANK YOU. AT WHATEVER LEVEL THEY'VE WORKED HARDER THIS SUMMER THAN THEY HAVE PERHAPS EVER IN THEIR LIVES SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. WHAT WE DO PAILS IN CHAIR COMPARISON FOR WHAT YOU DO TO OUR CHILDREN AND TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES LET'S DO OUR BEST TO STAY SAFE TOON KEEP THE TEACHING AND LEARNING HAPPENING AND TO KEEP THE JOY GOING. SO THANK YOU. LINDA WOULD YOU -- WE CAN RESUME YOUR MOTION. DO YOU HAVE TO RESTATE IT? CAN WE JUST RESUME HER MOTION? >> [OFF MIC] >> MAKING THE MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS [OFF MIC] >> THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> RAISE YOUR HAND. WE WILL BE BACK
071VERY BRIEFLY AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION. >> TO TAKE ACTION ON A PERSONNEL MATTER. YOU >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> YES I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE ADDENDUM OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE PERSONNEL REPORT. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> OKAY FOLKS WE'LL VOTE. I THINK WE STILL HAVE DEENA AND ANITA ON TH LINE. >> THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING, VOICE VOTE. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL DEENA AND ANITA WHO ARE ON THE ADDENDUM SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS. >> THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL ANNOUNCE THE TWO. >> YOU GUYS WEREN'T IN THERE WITH US. I'M SORRY. >> THANK YOU. FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEPUTY CHIEF OF SCHOOLS IS JUICE. FOR THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES RETURNING TO THE DISTRICT SHIRLEY IS ALLISON COKER.
072>> SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A VOICE VOTE. BOARD MEMBER JENKINS. >> YES. [ROLL CALL] I VOTE YES. SO THAT PASSES 7 TO 0. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE IN THE ROOM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER WHO WAS THE FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RUNNING ALL OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ALL FACILITIES AND BOND REFERENDUM SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME TO ON MICHELE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THE BOARD LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND MEETING YOU SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE A FEW MOMENTS DISWROWFT INTRODUCE YOURSELF WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE APPOINTEES. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN
073FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. I