001Good evening, everybody, and thank you for attending this August 24th board meeting. I'd like to call this meeting to order it, but before we started, I'd like for this windy heart to get invocation, Carolina Forest Navy, J R - O - T - C will bring the flag forth, Ms. Hodges Hodges. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, as we began a new school year, we asked for your guidance over our students, teacher, staff, families, and the board. Help us to create schools where every child is treated fairly, feels safe, and has an opportunity to thrive in a world filled with screens and distractions help us to protect the gift of childhood, giving our children time to not only learn, but to build friendships, life skills, and connect with one another. Guidance in the commitments we've made
002as a district and give us wisdom to make decisions that always put children first. May we lead with wisdom, kindness, and purpose in your name we pray, amen. Thank you, Ms. Hodges. Please stand. Boot. Bye. Bye. Five. Left. Fe. Right. Oh God. Face. It. Go. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God. And the missile with liberty and justice for all. Perry. Close. Cut. Run. Face. Love. Right. Five. Right. Left. Love. The speed. Five. Go. On. Thanks. Okay, BC to please. No needed approval of the agenda. So I move. Second. One favorite say aye. Aye. Those likes on hearing none. The approval passed. Now approval of the minutes for August 10. Okay, on Favor say aye. Aye. Proved light. Hey buddy disapproved so we passed that. Thanks for going to discussion.
003I'll ask Mr. James to come up with a facilities committee update. Thank you Mr. Chairman. We have a video we'd like to show and as as being pulled up. We have an update from the activities and projects that were completed over the summer. They fall into five categories. The first was renovations. The second was HVAC system upgrades, playgrounds, athletic fields which included tennis courts, baseball and softball fields and paving. So we have a video we'd like for you to look at. Painting and flooring projects were completed at several schools over the summer and Renovations around the District are coming along nicely. At Carolina Forest High, Phase 1 through 6 are complete, including new lights, complete HVAC replacement, flooring, painting, and more. Phases 7 and 8 are now underway. The kitchen and serving areas have been
004completed at Myrtle Beach High, as well as fire sprinkler installation, lighting, and lifesake the items and always A, B, C, and D upstairs. While work on the downstairs renovation has begun. Our highs major renovations are now complete. After the installation of new lighting and ceilings, some additional painting as well as work on the auxiliary gym floor and the serving line also have been completed. Daisy elementaries work is ongoing and will continue throughout the next year and a half. The kitchen and serving areas have been demolished and a temporary serving area has been established for meals, the bathroom refresh, and the 300 wing is also complete, along with the replacement of underground wastewater pipes. At St. James Elementary Phase 1 is complete and modular classrooms were set up and all the old wooden portables were removed.
005Phase 2 is now underway, which will involve establishing the new facility construction area and, early site work. At St. James Middle, the chiller indoor boiler and associated pipes and pumps, serving the water source, heat pump system, have all been replaced and are in operation. Walk Milener's HVAC system replacement has completed phase 2, covering the 1992 edition and setting up the fire sprinkler system to run throughout the rest of the building. Phase 3, to address the original 1982 building, will be done in the summer of 2027 with some more possibly occurring throughout the coming year at night and on weekends. Playground Renovations at middle and elementary Ocean Drive Elementary and Waterway Elementary are complete. The old Socce High Tennis Courts have been removed in the area has new side. Work began this summer on renovations to
006the baseball and softball complexes at Carolina Forest High and Green Sea Floyd High. Progress has been excellent and the projects are on track for the upcoming season. There is milling paving in striping projects for accomplished over the summer, including PD Elementary's BUSLOOP and Blackwater Middles Parking lot. Several more projects are on the scheduling phase and will occur when access allows. Bori County Schools, Building on the Penny. Thank you, Lucas. As you can tell quite a lot of activity over the summer. The good thing is all of this occurred without any interruptions or disruptions to the start of school. So our facilities department staff, they did a fantastic job over the summer. In other activities that we talk about at our facilities'meeting, we talked about our annual work plan. We presented that along with dates through
007the end of the 2026 year. We also talked about the guaranteed max price. We hope to receive that for the St. James Elementary School on September the 10th. We anticipate having an update regarding budgetary projections and possible costing information at our September 19th meeting. Mr. Chairman, that was the items we discussed. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Thank you, Mr. James. Next, I'd ask Mr. Rich. Come up for National Competition Funding request. Good evening, Chairman Cox. Vice chair wellins, board members, and Mr. Jones. In the materials provided to you for our meeting tonight, you received a special consideration request for National Competition Funding. On behalf of Loris High School, we are bringing a request to you for special consideration since the total cost of their national competition is over 10, 000 dollars. In previous
008years, several of you have shared that you would like to provide additional support by utilizing your board discretionary funds beyond the designated National Competition Funds. If you would like to contribute, please email me and I will serve as your point in contact for this request. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have at this time. You got one. Mr. Rich. Um, just one quick question. Um, what kind of fundraising activities are you guys doing and how much of you raised so far? Lawrence's Hedge raised 1, 000 dollars. Um, they're doing several different types of fundraisers, sales and stuff that they can do to raise funds for the National Competition. And they'll continue to fundraise. Great, thank you. You're welcome, sir. Any more questions? Hearing none. Thank you, Mr. Rich. Thank you, sir. And
009now I'll turn the microphone over to Superintendent Jones. Thank you, Chairman Cox. Board members, community, I'm pleased to share that Ori County Schools at a very strong opening to the 26, 27 school year. Cross our school students quickly settled into routines. Teachers are building relationships, instruction was underway. And several principles described this as one of their best openings in recent years. Have them visited over 20 schools myself. I commend staff for their readiness on day one. As with any opening, we did have a few individual issues. Around transportation, sometimes enrollment, uh, some of the facilities were a little warm. Uh, and other operational needs. But these were isolated and our teams responded quickly and professionally to address those. I've also been encouraged to see our literacy focus evident from the very first day of school.
010During my team's visits, we saw strong vocabulary instruction. We saw both reading and writing across content areas. Schools were creating environments that celebrated their reading progress of Students over the summer. At Ocean Bay Middle, for example, wordly wise vocabulary was evident not only in the ELA, but in science and social studies, writing assignments. This is exactly the culture we want to support rise with reading. Because we know literacy is not simply an ELA initiative. It is responsibility we share across our schools and our communities. And I'll end with this. Most importantly, I want to say thank you. Thank you to our teachers, to our staff, to our principals, to our transportation team, to our operations team, to our security and personnel, and to you board members. Your eye on the prize creates a high bar
011for us to meet. And I feel like every member of the team did their best to meet that this year. So at this point, we have a back to school video that Lucas will play. It's the first day. It's a new opportunity. And this year, Superintendent Cliff Jones gave Orie County schools a simple and powerful message. Stepping forward. And we'll do it together. Across Orway County School is nearly 6, 000 employees. Step four preparing. Learning, planning, and working together to make sure students are ready for a great year. These are our newest educators at newteacher Academy. They're building the knowledge, skills, and Relationships they need to make an impact from day one. Ory County School's Paraprofessionals came together for Pyrination, strengthening the teams that support students every day. BUS drivers, sharpen their skills through training,
012preparing for one of the most important jobs in our district, getting students to school and home safely. Ory County School's operations teams prepare behind the scenes with facilities and maintenance staff, making sure schools are clean, comfortable, safe, and ready to welcome students. Across the District Nutrition Services prepared to serve thousands of students because taking care of students means taking care of the whole child. And across our schools and clusters, Staff came together to celebrate the year ahead. From St. James to Carolina Forest, Anar, and the Myrtle Beach cluster, the message was clear. We are ready. Behind every bus that arrives, every classroom that's open, every meal that served, and every student who walked through our doors, there's a team of Ori County Schools employees who have been preparing for this very moment. And that preparation
013pays off the first day of school for Ori County Schools was a success. We are not just beginning another year. We're building a brighter future for our students as we step forward together. So. Uh, last time we met board members, we had, um, an update. From operations HR and Student Services. So now we will hear from the other divisions. We'll hear from academics, financing, communications. So with that, I'll hand it over to Mr. Lee James with academics. Thank you. Good evening. Chairman Cox, Vice Chair Wellens, Board members of Mr. Jones. Thank you for this opportunity to share some updates from the academics division of Orty County Schools. As we prepare to get to kick off this school year, I'll be highlighting some of the activities that we took place in over the, uh, over the
014summer. Today I'll be talking about three areas. First, I'll talk about some priorities for the academics division. Second, I'll talk about some new leaders that we have in our district. And last, I'll update you on some of the professional development that was provided for our employees during the summer month. This slide displays the academic priorities for this coming year. There's no doubt that Rousel Reeding had a huge impact on teaching and learning in our district and certainly had positive results for students'literacy abilities throughout the district. This year we'll be entering into our second phase of Rise with Reeding. With regard to the science of reading instruction, I'm sure that you're aware that many of our teachers, the most of our teachers actually, completed the second volume of letters last year. While we will continue to
015work with our teachers who joined the cohort last year as they complete volume two, we will shift our focus this year to implementing those science or reading strategies. We know that the professional development alone is simply not enough. And now we must shift our focus into how we're going to use this information and how it's going to impact instruction every day in every classroom. Also as a part of Rousell's Reading Phase 2, we will double down our vocabulary strategies and our routing strategies. Rotting will be a part of every classroom every day. And not just on the computer. Students will be taking pin and putting it to paper, which has shown three research to improve comprehension, deep in critical reasoning and improved retention of the facts that the students have learned. Students will also be
016extending their reading stamina by reading longer works, including novels. Every students in all grade levels will be reading complete works during the school year from an approved list. Next, I'll shift my focus to Focus Learning. Focus learning back one. Focus learning before I get started, I want to explain is not an anti - technology issue movement. What it is, is an attempt to bring our use of digital tools in the classroom back in balance, even though it is not an anti - technology initiative. I can confidently say that students device usage, the amount of times that they, the amount of minutes they spent on a screen will decrease during this school year. As we strike to find a balance between digital and traditional face - to - face instruction, what focus learning is, is a
017return to the traditional instructional strategies that we know have been proven to work. And those include committing math facts to memory, writing essays. As I said before, reading hard copies of novels and collaborating with their peers and their teachers in a face - to - face environment. We also understand that technology is important part of today's educational environment. And the point of this initiative is to use that technology in a productive and meaningful way. Students will be using technology for differentiated assignments. Writing feedback. Addressing individual skill deficits, creation, and collaboration in ways that simply are not possible through traditional methods. The third area that I'll focus on today is our school portfolio strategy. This year we are kicking off several exciting new programs across the district. These programs are designed to give student choice. And
018relevancy in what they're learning. Programs such as junior achievements, 3DE program, middle college at St. James High School, our certified nursing assistant pathway in partnership with McLeod Health, boy Georgetown Technical College, and our dual enrollment program in partnership with CCU. As well as expanding our international baccalaureate programs at Myrtle Beach High School. We hope that these programs will add to an already robust system of opportunities for our students and encourage our families to have no other choice but to keep their child right here in Oriente County schools. In addition to implementing these programs, we're also researching expansion and additional programs through a partnership with the Chief of Staff. We're looking at extending our career and technical education pathways into the middle and elementary programs, as well as adding other new exciting academic programs. So that
019our students and Families, again, will have more choice in the academic programs that their child is participating in. Another area of focus is our special education through the work with our administrative deans. Last year during the budget process, do you approve 27 positions to support our schools on the federal school improvement lists? We are very excited to have these individuals on board, and we know that they will work closely with our special education and ML teachers to provide instructional leadership and oversight in these critical areas, as well as implementing our MTSS, or multi - tiered system of support. Framework to support students in the area of academics, attendance, and discipline to provide the right intervention for students at the right time. On the bottom row here, next I'll discuss our PLC framework. PLC or professional
020learning communities are teams of teachers who get together to hone their skills. We're going to assess and evaluate our current PLC practices with the intention of making sure that all PLC discussions are focused on Student Outcomes. Student data will drive our planning, professional development, and collaboration with teachers in this new framework. Another area of focus up for us is in our middle school math performance. Last year, a task force of school administrators, teachers, instructional leaders, and District leaders gathered to focus on the performance of our students and the area of middle school mathematics. They reviewed current practices and student performance to develop a root cause analysis and to develop strategies for improvement. That work resulted in the math project 2030, a plan that is being implemented right now through professional development, coaching cycles, and instructional
021framework with the goal of improving map outcomes for our students in the middle school years. And finally, another area of focus for the academic division is our academic support team implementation. As we discussed at the end of last year, the learning services division has been restructured to create teams of school support led by the executive director, including general education, special education, multilingual student support, and gifted and talented support. In a school - focused way that we are confident will better serve our teachers and help them as they work to support their students. It will be implemented this year, and we will be monitoring the process, the success through our conversations with teachers and school leaders, and we'll also be conducting surveys to ensure that this is the best structure to support our teachers and students.
022And on the next slide, I'm excited to share with you the faces of the five new principles in Ori County Schools. This year we will be welcoming James, or as he has better known, Jimmy Bailey to Conway High School as the principal there. Mr. James Kratzer will move from his role as assistant principal at Lawrence Elementary. And to the principal of the school, rather he already has. He did this week. Ms. Jennifer Mundy will move from her role as assistant principal to the principle of Ocean Bay Middle School and a couple of familiar faces on the end, Mr. Reggie Gaski, former principal at ANAR Elementary School, has accepted the interim principal position at Socrasti Elementary School and Dr. Sean Schubertger. We'll be moving from, or has moved from Sacracy Elementary to Saka Sea High School.
023I'm very pleased to share with you that as these principles take on their new roles, they have been met with a tremendous amount of support from our communities, our teachers, and our students, and we all know that they will certainly need that support as they take on these new challenging and exciting roles. We are also welcoming seven new assistant principals into their ranks and to the school leadership teams, and they are David Wall at Anner High School. Heather Cook at Laura's Elementary School, she'll run a Hemingway at Daisy Elementary School, former Student of Mine, Ms. Kaitlin Dean at Laura's Middle School. Jolen PerhaSka, former Orient County Schools Teacher of the Year at Ocean Bay Middle School, Sean Hosefield at St. James Middle School, and Kelly Baxley at North Morrow Beach Middle School. We are very
024excited to have these leaders as a part of our school leadership team and really look forward to the great work that they'll be doing moving forward. The next slide contains the list of the 27 people who have accepted the role of academic deans. They've taken the challenge, they have started doing the work, they've been engaged in professional development, working with their school leadership team, and really learning more about the challenging role of administrative deans. I will not read all 27 to you. They're here on the screen for you to review. Congratulations to these individuals, and we look forward to their impact. In my last slide today, focuses on the professional development that was provided during the summer. July and August are very much so busy times when it comes to professional development. In fact, just
025last week, we offered 735 sessions over two days for all teachers across the district. These sessions focused on content - specific support. Through the lens of our initiatives such as Rods of Reading and the focus learning initiative, we're able to vote to provide strategies and different instructional frameworks to help these teachers implement these initiatives in a meaningful and productive way. We also have some continued programs you heard earlier about the new teacher Academy, which is done in partnership with human resources, where we welcomed over 230 new teachers to Ori County Schools. And then we have some new programs, such as Paranation, where we welcome the paraprofessionals from child development, kindergarten, special education, and the media center together into one room to learn more about their role and to strengthen their professional skills. We also expanded
026our principal and school leadership meeting to include a leadership summit for a school administrators. This one - day summit was added to the schedule and gave principles the opportunities to collaborate, to hear from one another through a conference - style format and to gain from a nationally recognized school leadership professional. And last but certainly not least, again, through a partnership with human resources, the RISE program was initiated. 20 outstanding assistant principles with a ton of potential to move into these principal roles gathered together and learned from nationally recognized school leaders in just a really wonderful two days worth of professional development. These are just some of the professional development opportunities that we had over the summer. And in July and August was certainly some very, very interesting and growing times for us. And with that,
027thank you for letting me present, and now I'll turn it over to Mr. Gardner. Just a minute. Ms. Graham has a question, Lee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. James. Very well done, report. I'd like seeing that everything is fitting together, all the pieces come together, and that we have synergy. I did have a question on slide three about your academic priorities. And I wanted to ask you a question about the math project, because we've got the rise with reading and all of it goes with that. And now we're concentrating on math as well. So when can we expect to see the kind of results from math that we have seen coming from Rise with Reeding? Thank you, that's excellent question. I look at these two initiatives not as a this or that,
028but of this and that. At the middle level, we know that we had some declining performance in mathematics, and we saw through the data that we needed to do something. Our school leaders really took that on, accepted that challenge, and created a very robust plan that is currently being implemented. It is a goal of this plan to see results immediately. We've already seen some of the strategies that they're continuing, such as OGAP training, a professional development, implementing those strategies. And a few of the other things that are included in this plan that we're initiated last year already having some positive results in our data. It is our goal to have results improve this year. I'm going to hold you to that. Thank you. Ms. Wellens. Great presentation, Lee. I am excited for our students and
029teachers and all the opportunities that's been offered to them this year, but I wanted to pass along to my fellow board members I received. I text this morning from a principal. Thanking us for the approval of the administrative deans. So I'm excited to see what kind of progress they are going to help our teachers and, you know, with instruction and support this year if we're already seeing it three days in. I'm excited to see what it's really going to show us at the end of the school year. Absolutely. And I've heard the same comments as well. A lot of appreciation for these individuals and providing that support and the areas where it's most needed at those schools on the ATS and TSL list. Thank you. Ms. Hodges. Great job. And I want to thank all
030of the teachers for their dedication and the District for all of the professional development systems, because we have put a lot into letters training into the science of reading. And just this past week, it was reported in New York City. Yes, New York City compared to Ori County, that their scores after implementing finence went down 11 points, six points in different grades, but they went down consistently. And we improved. And I think that was a combination of all of the professional development and the teachers and their dedication and the letters training, because you cannot just implement a curriculum without all of the follow - through, the processes and the professional development. So all of this has made everything a success, and that goes back to the teachers for dedicating their time to letters training, which
031is almost equal to obtaining a master's degree. So thank you to all of the educators who dedicate their time, and it was a very successful year in return. Thank you very much. Absolutely. It is the teachers who make the difference. And we know that, and that's why we pour into them and invest in their growth. Mr. Edmonds. Thank you so much. Lee, again, just to channel what everyone else has said, and it's wonderful that our district is brave. And willing to step out and make changes. Because just like you said, you've restructured. So our academic learning department has been restructured to better produce results for students and teachers. And that does take courage, doesn't it, to step out and do something a little differently than has been done. So I applaud all of you for
032that. Um, I also want to add in that you had a guidance counseling, um, professional development that really helped every guidance counselor learn what resources are available at every level and for every need of students and families in our district to keep that freshen and the forefront of their minds as we start a new school year. So I think that's vitally important that each of our guidance counselors knows what resources we have that are available to come alongside parents, family, students to give them every help and benefit that we can. So, um, I love all the graphics. I think it's easy for our public to see the numbers and easily read them, retain it, and not just read paragraphs of stuff. So, um, applaud you all the Department Communications Department and everybody on collaborating together
033to make it easy to understand and read and excited for the new year to start. Thank you. And thank you for pointing that out. I would like to add one thing, first of all, we have so many professional development opportunities that highlighted them all would take us quite a while. I'm sure. Um, in addition to the professional development share with guidance counselors about the different community resources available to families, we've incorporated that as an element of our monthly principal meetings, having a community member come in and share a community - based resource that is designed to support our family. So that work will be ongoing. Thank you again for bringing that out. You're welcome and thank you guys. That's really good stuff for our whole community. All right, great. Thank you. Next up we have
034Mr. John Gardner. He esteemed Chief Financial Officer of Orey County Schools. Good evening Chairman Cox Chair Wellens Board members Mr. Jones. At our previous meeting and today you've heard many things, many exciting things have occurred over to summer and their goals for the upcoming school year. Next slide, please Lucas. For the finance division, our summer is primarily dealt with closing out, gearing up and supporting schools. Closing out our accounting staff and our accounts payable staff have worked real hard trying to close out the 2025 - 26 school year. We're not there yet, but we're getting close. Um, also we were monitoring the state budget and we'll talk a little bit more about that shortly. Um, budget department, they loaded to 2627 board approved budgets. We implemented the salary changes at the border proved after July
0351st. You can be surprised how many POs that people issue. So when July hits, all the schools started POs and other division star Asian POs to procure goods and services for the upcoming school year. So that is really a busy time for a procurement staff. And then lastly, while I'm proud of you, it's our counting Fable staff issued the 400 dollar teacher supply check. And it was there when teachers reported for the first day at school. Next slide, please. Oh, now this is a little bit different. So when we're working on this earlier, we said it's headed to the governor's desk. Finally, we have a state budget. So on August 17th, the governor signed the budget, but he also issued 14 vetos. Fortunately, none of those vetoes had any impact on public education. However, we
036do know that on August the 25th, they're going to reconvene back in Columbia, both the House and the Senate, and they're going to address the governor's vetoes at that time. But good news is we have a state budget and we're going forward with that. It's actually only took them 48 days to pass the state budget. After when it was supposed to be passed. Go figure. Next one. Compensation, investing in HCS Educators means investing excellence. The Borgian Clapserf on the back is, when you look at our budget, you can see that we invest highly in our employees. We do value our employees. And so just to look at a couple of things, 11 years ago. A beginning teacher salary was 35, 306 dollars. 10 years ago, which was last year, the beginning salary for a teacher
037was 52, 562 dollars This year, the starting salary for beginning teacher is 54, 142. So you can see we've actually did a lot of increases over the years. And show how much we value our teachers. Minimally rate was increased from 15 dollars in 77 cents an hour. Last year to 1676 of our for the upcoming for this year. And also the board approved 2026. Next slide, Lucas. Badger priorities. Um, one of our parties is to continue implementation of the zero - based budget model. Last year, um, we began a pilot program and we looked at the academics division and the HR division. This initiative, we looked at 136 budget packages and were able to identify 1. 3 million dollars in savings. So lessons learned from these pilot divisions will help God as in the future
038implementation. I have a sneak suspicion that we will be looking at operations this year. And the other small department between name later. So men, could you own the lookout of that? Um, most importantly, when you do the zero base budgeting, this effort is not simply about reducing cost. It is about ensuring that every dollar is lined with a District Strategic Priorities. The item that we want to look at is special education. We're going to take a deep dive into that and also review substitutes in attendance. Last year, one of our things was to look at academic supplements. And we did that in brought forth a proposal and the board approved that. And then finally our whole goal on this is to leverage and the line resources to support the rise of greeting initiative. And sure
039and to ensure that our financial resources are invested where they have the greatest impact on students'success. And that's, please shamad. Mr. M. Thank Mr. Chair. Mr. Jones, if you or Mr. Gardner would not answering this question. The 400 dollar teacher classroom reimbursement. Is that taxable? No, ma'am. I didn't think it was. Thank you so much for answering that question. Secondly, please refresh my memory on the starting salary for a beginning teacher at 54 142. And this may be a merry enderson question. Wasn't our feel right around 98 percent for that. Ms. Anderson stated it's a little over 98 percent. So I think that does have something to do with it as well. Thank you. And also the culture of Orber County Schools. Thank you. I think we have a lot of things to offer even
040for a first year teacher joining us. As was also indicated by the remarkable turnout at our job there in the spring. So thank you. We had hundreds of employees perspective enjoyed ploys show up for just a few positions that were available. I have one other, um, quick question. Hang on. Um. You were talking about the importance of our zero based budgeting. I think we're beginning to see that our focus on the true test of every budget line item is how does this budget line item actually move us forward to attaining the goals that we've set for our students. So, um, I'm sure you would agree with that. Do you see that zero base budgeting has achieved helped us achieve the focus on making sure every dollar spent is helping us attain the objectives for our,
041we've set forward for our students and our employees. I think it's a good roadmap to lead us to that final destination. Thank you so much. I appreciate your responses. Mr. Jones. Thank you, Mr. Gardner. Next up we have communications with Mr. Kenney Generette. Mr. Jennerette. Good evening Chairman Cox. Vice Chair Wellens. Board members and Mr. Jones. Um, before you, today I'm going to talk to you about the operations in communications. What we do for our employees, our parents, our students and our stakeholders. Uh, one thing is that when we have, uh, major announcements to make, and we want to make sure that information is disseminated to all of our stakeholders, I mainly our parents and our staff. We have a communication system called Parent Link. And it's a mass notification system where schools can make
042sure that their school communities know what's going on. And if the disseminate from the District level, we have the opportunity to do that as well from this, um, from this location. What we do encourage parents and guardians to do is to please make sure that their information is current. They want to make sure that we want to make sure we're contacting you at the appropriate times and with the appropriate numbers and emails, et cetera. So if there's something that's changed, we want to make sure that parents and guardians know to contact their schools so they can update that information. Uh, we also have, uh, in support our schools and our district websites. We're making sure that we have up to date information to share with everyone. Um, trainings that are current and that as folks
043move into these positions or move out of these positions that we provide adequate training for beginners. For those in the intermediate stage and those that are experts, uh, so we again, try to make sure that we do that for all of our folks. Our social media platforms that we use and disseminated information mainly we use Facebook, use X or was formerly known as Twitter. Instagram and LinkedIn. Those platforms seem to work and getting messages out. We also get a lot of comments here and there, uh, from some of those platforms. And we monitor and watch those as well. Um, school newsletters and employee newsletters. We help support the schools and making sure the platforms are available for them to disseminate newsletters for their school communities. But we also have our own employee newsletter that we
044send out every other week. And the viewership and readership on that is quite impressive. So we make sure that we, uh, include information that's pertinent to all of our employees. We include the, uh, announcements that are, that are important to them videos and things that we've shown throughout, uh, weeks and any other information that is of significance, uh, to our employees. HES TV, uh, which is our, uh, Education Channel. We make sure that we provide our videos on that platform as well. And if there are any important announcements, we make sure that we, uh, place those on HCS TV in the event a stakeholder or someone's, uh, viewing that as their way of getting information. Uh, top 65 club, let me, um, share information about this in case, uh, folks are unaware of this. If
045you are a resident of Rory County and you have reached a seasoned age of 65, then you are able to join our top 65 club. This gives you access to regular season athletic events that are on our school campuses, uh, throughout the year. It would also give you access free access to our music and theater productions except for those that may have ticket sales. And those that have ticket sales are usually for fundraisers. So we hope that you support us in the event that you have to pay for those. But typically all the other events are free. So we encourage those that meet the qualifications to go to our website. And we will gladly, um, after you complete the information on the application, we will gladly quickly turn around and get you your top 65
046card. Other information that's important to not only our parents and our students and our employees, but to the general public as a whole, indipendent that there's a school or district closure, uh, communications make sure that we work with, uh, with either the schools or with the local media to make sure the message is out efficiently and accurately. And that general public knows what's going on. Um, when there are situations where there's inclement weather, announcements that we need to make, we, we display on our website how the decisions are made. It's not just made out of just snapping your fingers one, two, three. There are different aspects that are taking under consideration different departments individuals that are, that are used as reference points. And then a sound decision is made and released to our staff, our
047parents, our local media and general public. We take safety as a, as a number one priority when we do these things. And we appreciate the public's, uh, support, and those decisions are made. And then those things are just saying we needed to the public. Especially Vince and Projects that we cover. This is just a couple of things that communications works on. We have in October, the principal for day event where we have folks that are in our communities, business communities, Fate Based Communities, just partners of ours. They step into the shoes of a principal for a day. And, uh, is quite engaging experience. And then the next morning, uh, at, uh, our administrative teams meeting, we have a breakfast that does a debriefing about the experience and share thoughts and ideas of how we're doing
048and how their days went the day before when they were principal for a day. We also, uh, sponsor the largest, I would say our largest event that we have is our HES annual technology fair. And it is, it grows each and every year. Uh, from students that are at the age of the child development four or five year old category all the way up to our high school seniors. And it is a phenomenal event that, uh, is quite fascinating each and every year to see the innovativeness and the imagination of our kids and on display and some of our employees participate in the event as well. We make sure that we, uh, develop and provide digital and printed materials and publications for our staff or our public or our parents. Also, we make sure that
049the live streaming of our board meetings, our committee meetings are done. Um, uh, as you can tell, it seems seamless while you hear, but the goes behind the scenes to make it happen. We try to make sure that the videos are available on our website within 24 hours of those meetings. Um, our goal is to make sure that we have the opportunity as communications to tell the story of Ori County Schools. We have a phenomenal communications team that is quite talented in doing so, whether it's through video, whether it's through printed materials or whether it's working with other departments, divisions to spotlight what's happening. Um, bragging them all the time. They are state recognized and nationally recognized for the work that they do. And, uh, they do it as if it comes with ease. But
050it's a lot of work behind the scenes. And this time I take any questions that you may have about the communications department. Questions, hearing none. Mr. Jones. Thank you, Mr. Jennerette. Board members tonight, we are going to have something new for this year. Um, and I'm really excited about this part of the meeting. I'm going to be asking a series of students to come forward and talk about their not only experience as Ori County students, um, but anything they would like to share with this group. It's going to be them in the microphone. Uh, and so tonight, uh, we're starting in middle school. I've got a couple of my middle school friends who are here with me tonight. Um, and we're going to start tonight with Parker. Parker, if you want to make your way
051to, uh, the front, make sure Ms. Bell, can you help Parker and make sure he has everything he needs? He might be a self starter. Oh, he's got it. He's got it. Parker, I'm going to hand this over to you, son. And I would love to know how your summer was and tell me a little bit about the program that you did. All right. So, um, program I did with summer scholars. And I've been doing it for about, I say this is my fourth year doing it. And at first I was really a little bit nervous because it was like my first time, but they made me feel really welcome because like as soon as I got out of the car, they were, they're like, hi, what's your name? And they were very welcome and
052asking me questions. And it was really easy to get along and navigate my navigating my way there. Um, it's a lot. So like school is like a mix of like fun and, you know, seriousness. But I feel like, um, summer scholars is a lot more laid back. And you get to, uh, it's, it's a lot of critical thinking, but it's a lot more fun. Critical thinking. So, um, I've done it for a while. And I think that the teachers, um, they tell you what to do. But then they're the ones that are like, it's your turn. So they're very guiding, but they know when to let us do the work. And. Also. Parker, as you think that through. You have some very angel, influential people up here. Tell me one thing that you enjoyed about
053coming back to school. My favorite thing coming back to school was definitely getting to see all my, like this is my second year in middle school. So I'm going in eighth grade. It was very good to see my old teachers that I had last year. That was very fun because, um, I get to talk to them about like my teachers that I have this year. And what we're going to learn about and how it's connected. And also like to learn the new curriculum because I like, I really like learning new things. And that's like my type of thing. Like I love getting to know people and getting to know, like new things. Cause I'm a very outgoing person. Parker, we want to thank you for going first, uh, with this. Right. And that takes a
054lot of courage. Um, and so thank you. Of course. Next. Up. Next I have my friend McKenzie. McKenzie, if you want to come forward, McKenzie's from What a More Park Middle. So if you just want to tell us about your summer, I look forward to hearing about it. Um, good evening. My name is McKenzie Ledi and I'm an eighth grader at Windower Park Middle School. As you said, um, I've been attending the summer scholars program for about six years now. Um, and into this challenged me through different activities in a fun and creative way. The summer scholars program give students a unique space for critical thinking, creative exploration and hands - on learning that goes beyond the standard classroom. Overall, I have had a great experience at summer scholars as it is made my summer
055more like challenging. Especially because of the hands - on projects and supportive teachers that this program. It has really helped me to build confidence and discover new subjects that I enjoy. Thank you for your time tonight and thank you for continuing to support opportunities to help students like Megro. McKenzie, that was fantastic. Thank you. One quick question as we, as we wrap this section up, did you participate in any reading challenges last year? Um, yes sir. I did. I did the, um, Battle of the Books program. Excellent. Yes, sir. Thank you for not only participating, but also modeling that for your peers, what you're doing is really important. So thank you for, again, having the courage to come to this first inaugural Studentspeak to the board night. And we appreciate you. Have a great school
056now. One final recognition for tonight. Um, we have members of Scholars Academy. If they could please come forward. It's not often that, uh, a school within not only a state, but a district gets recognized nationally. And so I'm not going to steal Norman's thunder, uh, but, uh, principal Norman McQueen, will you please tell us why you're here tonight? Yes, sir. Good evening, Chairman Cox. Vice chairman Wellen's board Mr. Jones is my privilege to stand in front of you to be the Ori County School Scholars Academy principal. I've been there. This is my 13th year. And with the support that you've given us, we've seen growth immensely over what we've done. I'll need to introduce to you two very, very special people. First of the side. Didn't know which side they went to. Sorry. Ms. Michelle
057McCasick is my assistant principal. We share Ms. M. McCasick with early college high school. So she has feet in two of our schools. So she is at early college part of the time. And with us part of the time. You also have Dr. Patrick Raben, who is my instructional coach at our school and also teaches and the AP Capstone Seminar classes that we have at our school. So both of them work with me. They are my administrative team. Um, just to kind of give you a little bit of Background before I tell you what's on the board. Back in the, uh, early 2003, uh, then Superintendent Jurida Postal weight and our school board decided that they needed a program like Scholars. And it started that fall in August with 25 students up in the top
058of Baxley Hall. Then in 2019, our School Board decided that we needed to be a standalone high school. So we moved to that in the first class of Students entered in 2020 in the middle of COVID and plastic and half day schools and all that kind of stuff. And their graduation in 2024, their scores are what we celebrate today. Uh, on Tuesday night at midnight, we got a nice little notification because it doesn't go out till midnight that we are one of the top 20 schools in the nation, uh, by U. S. news and we're going. I can't tell you how proud I am of my staff and our students. I have 18 staff members besides the two that you see with me that work very hard to meet the needs of our students. We
059are very blessed with what we get to have in our building. Our students come from every one of your attendance areas. They, they travel on buses sometimes for an hour and 10 minutes to get to us all the way from Greensear from, from, um, from St. James attendances. It's very difficult. They commit themselves to, uh, an academic rigor that is across this nation now recognized for what Ori County Schools is doing. I couldn't be more proud to be standing here in front of you to say thank you for what you do back in the spring. We were nominated and were named Palmetto's finest. Um, and that again, was on years of the, just the first, we've only had three graduating classes. So this is the first time we've been eligible to receive these awards. I
060can only wait to see what is going to happen. And with the support that you give us and the students that we have and the, the opportunities that we have here in Oriente County Schools, this nation will know that Ori County Schools exist and that the good work that's going on throughout this county and not just in our school. And we thank you for all you do for us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. No more for me. All right. Thank you. I hate to go after that one. Mr. Chairman, that concludes the Superintendent's Report for tonight. Thank you Mr. Jones. That was some good stuff. I enjoying that. Next we'll have public comments, Ms. Wells. For our public speaking portion at the appropriate time, you will be recognized by the board chair.
061And you will be given up to a maximum of five minutes to speak. Depending on the number of people who have requested to speak, a maximum of 30 minutes during the regular board meeting has been allocated for citizens to speak. In citizens will speak in the order in which they have registered. In cases of abusive or vulgar language for affanity, threatening remarks or comments of purely personal attacks on students, staff or board members, the chair will rule the person out of order and require her, him to relinquish the floor. In cases of speakers promoting unsolicited commercial services or products or of speakers promoting political candidates or related political activities or confidential information about students, employees, board members or others, the chair will rule the person out of order and require her him to relinquish the
062floor. Please note that the purpose of public forum is to give the public an opportunity to make the board aware of issues the administrative staff have been unable to resolve or to express a viewpoint concerning board business. The board will listen to the viewpoint express, but will not respond to the individual at the meeting. The board will direct the Superintendent to do so within two weeks, if possible, or needed. Thank you, Ms. Wellenson. First up would be the win and only Ms. Patricia Milley. Thank you, good evening. They're happy to be back. And tonight I want to talk about. The spiritual side of the child. We want the whole child educated. In other words, when you evaluate a school, the first thing you should do is ask the parents what they want their children to
063be and to become. And then when you look at your products, you measure it back to what the parents want. So as a grandmother and parent and great - grandmother, I want my children to be educated physically, mentally, socially and spiritually. And on the spiritual part, we have a long way to go. Because our children need hope. Now you ask me, what do we want our children to be like when they graduate. We want them to have the fruit of the spirit. We want them to have love, joy, and peace. Long - suffering gentleness and goodness. Faith, meekness, and self - control. Those are the fruit of the spirit. And if parents read these books to their children every night and talk and discuss with them and pray with them, they will go a long
064way toward getting these things. But you have the most teachable moments of the day. You have the child, you have the teachable moments because at night in a home, I've been there. Working with children. And the wash and the cooking and the wash dishes and the, the, the whole day on at night. Parents don't have a whole lot of time. And the schools need to be more responsible. Now here's what God tells us to do about teaching children. This comes from Deuteronomy 6. And if you do this, he says that if you got a child in the way he should go and he is old, he will not depart from it. Here's what God says. Here, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
065thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might. And these words which I commend you this day shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children. And shall talk with them when in thy house. And when thou walkest by the way and when thou lies down and when thou rises up and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand and thy shall be frontless between thine eyes and there shall write them upon the post of thy house and on thy gates. Now the children, God tells us to teach our children all day long. And we're not doing that in the public school. When I went to school, we opened with Bible. We sang Christian songs and folk songs and all kinds of songs. People used
066to sing. And we were taught all day long at school. Everybody knew the Ten Commandments. I graduated from North High School in 1956. And there was a one child in that class. That didn't claim to be a Christian. We weren't all Christians. I wasn't a Christian at the time, but I thought it was. I became a Christian in 27. And that's, and I was taught diligently. So I was just hard to get to some people are. But anyway, that's the way we're to teach our children. And these books right here are the best. I'm concerned they're the best for small children. And parents need to use them. And the teachers that the teachers had these books to reach the kids, you'd see different children. I know because my children had them in the home. In
06730 days after they got these books, they were different children. So, um, I guess I won't be able to finish today, but I want to tell you about the Constitution. The Constitution and the 10th Amendment, the powers not given to the federal government, a reserve for the states. So our state of South Carolina has the power to govern this. And the Department National Department of Education needs to be abolished. We don't need to send any more money up there and have to jump through hoops to get it back. We need to do our education in South Carolina. And I'm coming back next week or next month. To tell you what taxes is doing. And how they're handling it. And I know that if Texas can do it, that O'Re County can do it. And we
068can put the 10 commandments on every wall. We can put these books in the school libraries. We can put them in the halls. We can make sure every child that wants one has one. I know we can do that. And I know we can fill up this spiritual vacuum. That our children have. When I grew up, I never thought of the word anxiety or stress. And our children need hope. Thank you. Thank you, Pat. Next up would be Ms. Shannon Jordan. Amen to that. Good evening. Chairman Cox, vice chair, Willands, board members. Mr. Jones. Thank you for allowing me a few minutes tonight. I'm here on behalf of coastal school ministries. Our release time and religious instructional program to introduce to you what we do. And most importantly, to say thank you. For some of
069you release time, maybe something that you're very familiar with. For others, you may be hearing this terminology for the first time. So I thought tonight would be a great opportunity to explain what release time actually is. For our program, we refer to it as release Tom Bubble Education, which allows students with the appropriate perimental parental permission to receive bible education during the school day. Away from the regular classroom as an exploratory elective. Students who choose to participate or release from school for their elected block. And they attend Bible Education class with our teachers at an Off Campus location. Bible class is their academic class for that period. And it happens that way or required to take the students off campus for the class. But perhaps most importantly, release time programs are not operated by the
070school district. Coastal school ministries is a separate organization. Our teachers, our curriculum, facilities, transportation and day - to - day operations are our responsibility. And why do we do this? Because we believe education is about more than academics. We believe that the young people need opportunities to develop character, understand responsibility, learn how to make good decisions and know that there are people who care about them. Coastal school ministry gives families who desire Bible education for their children an opportunity to incorporate that into their child's school day. Our ministry motto says it well. Making bubble education and prayer a part of every school day. Coastal school ministries has been serving students in Ori County for 25 years and currently serves students in 11 of the 22 Meddle and High Schools across the county. Our teachers this
071year have the privilege of serving over 500 students every public school day. But behind every number as a student, a student with a story, a student with potential, a student who may be dealing with challenges that we know nothing about. And we consider it a tremendous privilege to be able to invest in them. We also understand that being a part of a public school community comes with responsibility. We recognize that the District has policies, procedures, laws, safety requirements, schedules, transportation concerns, and many other responsibilities to manage. We don't take that lightly. And we want to be a great partner. We want to communicate well. And we want our president to be presents to be a positive experience for administrators, teachers, staff, families, and especially the students. That is one of the reasons we are so
072grateful for the Relationship that we have. At the school district. There are many people who make this program possible and not all of them are sitting in the room tonight. There are principles and administrators who help coordinate the schedules. There are school staff members who helped make sure that students know whether they're supposed to be. And their parents who choose to allow their children to participate. There are churches and community members who support the ministry. Prayerfully and financially because our program cannot accept any public funding. And there are Bible teachers. Our Bible teachers that show up every day ready to invest in the students. All of those people are part of the story. But tonight we especially want to thank you. Because we know that public service is a responsibility. And we know you have
073difficult decisions to make. And we know that every decision ultimately comes back to the question, what is best for our students. That is a question that we share. We may serve in different capacities, but we care about the same young people. We want the students to succeed academically. We want them to develop character. We want them to feel supported. And we want them to know that adults believe in them. And we want them to leave our schools prepared for whatever comes next. Thank you, man. Thank you. Appreciate that. And next we would ask Ms. Christina Fellman render. Good evening. It is so nice to see you guys this evening. Superintendent Jones. I'm chairman Cox and Vice Chair Ms. Wilens. It's such a privilege to stand here in front of you guys today. Um, many of
074you know me. I was an educator of Ori County Schools and administrator for 30 plus years. And I'm still so proud to be associated with Ori County Schools and the work that you do. Um, after retiring, you kind of wonder what's next. And you sort of need a purpose in life. And I have been so blessed that, um, seeds dropped in my path along the way. And, uh, is encouraged to get involved with coastal school ministries. And as I started asking people about coastal school industries, I was really surprised about the number of people, both administratively and, you know, just at the employee level, teacher level that did not know about patient school ministries. God has blessed me to be able to be back in a classroom with children teaching children and to be able
075to work with God's kingdoms, spreading God's kingdom. Today, I come here to appeal to the employees of Ori County not during their work hours. Because all the employees of Gory County Schools off of work hours, our moms and dads and aunts and uncles and grandma's and grandpa's. And I just want to say to you guys, we have an opportunity as parents, as community members and our children who go to the school system attend the school system to be able to. Act as brothers and sisters in Christ and to bring the Bible to our students in Hory County Schools. And I realized through our training and talk that the school system cannot, um, promote us and that you cannot financially support us. So I want to be able to speak boldly for Christ and say that
076as community members, as moms and dads, we have got to get the Bible back in school. We can be proud of that. You would be so proud. So proud of kids when you get to sit in a classroom with them and hear them pray. It's an amazing thing. I've always said that being an educator that our classrooms are our mission field. You don't have to talk about God to teach the fruit of the spirit. But to be able to say that the fruit of the spirit is powered of God's kingdom and part of what God calls us to do. It's a pretty amazing thing. I would just invite you today to talk to your colleagues, your friends, talk to your pastors because in our county, we've got hundreds and hundreds of churches and we've got
077hundreds of brothers and sisters in Christ that are employees of Ori County Schools that if we were to really take interest and understand that their children can go to school five days a week with the Bible as their textbook, we can do this and you have made it possible for us to share students and bring this forward. So I would just say, um. If you would like to know more about coastal school ministries, we've got a really well development website and our mission is to make the Bible a part of every public school day. And I just thank you very much for your time and attention. God bless you. Thank you, ma'am. Next, I would ask Ms. Hobgood. Susan Hubb, good to come, please. Good. Evening. Hi, I'm Susan Hobgood. I am a teacher at
078Conway Middle School and the president of the Ori County Education Association. Believe it or not, I am not here to ask for anything or to complain about anything tonight. I'm just here to say how excited I am to start this new school year. Um, and to thank you for all you did for the last year for our students. I'm very excited. I was very excited about the paraprofessional event. And that that is a step towards really honoring our paraprofessionals and our support staff. And we made this step with the rays. Would I like to be more? Yes. But I am happy that we're on that trajectory and hope to see it increase more. And I just want to thank you all for that. Um, we have a little trinket for you that I have in
079my very stylish food line bag. Just little tiny trinkets, little animals. They're different ones. Don't fight over them. There's enough for everybody. And, um, I look forward to the school year. You're going to get tired of this face because I'm here a lot. Have a good evening. Thank you, ma'am. In that concludes our public comments, next we need a motion to go into executive session to talk about potential sale property. Samu. Samu. Exactly. Second. On the Fair Aye. Past, we'll be back in a few minutes. Hopefully. I need a motion to come back into session. Motion to come back into session. Second, if they were to say aye. Mr. Chairman, it should be noted that during our executive session no votes were taken and no decisions were made. Thank you so much. We're moving into
080business. Everything henceforth would be taken on to our devices. The first thing we'd ask Mr. Generatt to take the front. Chairman Cox is Mr. Generate comes to the podium. I want to announce something to the community that Ori County Schools will be displaying a framed copy of the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence in every school and work location. These framed copies will be delivered tomorrow and will be instantly installed by the end of the Constitution Weeks ever 23rd. This was made possible through GeneraS Donations, including coastal Carolina National Bank and others. So Nated, thank you Mr. Jones. Mr. Genet. Good evening. Chairman Cox, Vice Chair Wellens, board members Mr. Jones. Last board meeting, I shared information with you in reference to a Proclamation for Constitution Week Constitution Week is observed
081for September 17th through September 23rd. Each year. Constitution Week is a National Observance commemorating the Adoption of the U. S. Constitution. The Theodosia Burr and the Peter Oree chapters of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. Requests and support the issuance of a proclamation recognizing September 17th through September 23rd as Constitution Week. With this week of B2mote again the study and education of the U. S. Constitution and to recognize its importance and significance in the role it plays in our lives today. Thank you Mr. Genre Ren. I need a motion in a second. So moved. Second. Please vote. Thank you. So board members discussion item B is coming forward with one change from the schedule previously presented. The September 2026 board retreat has been removed. This is a recommended update to the calendar
082previously approved by the Board in January staff has reviewed the proposed schedule for conflicts with holidays, school breaks, key district events, budget timelines policy review cycles and major academic reporting periods. Thank you Mr. Jones and Native Motion 2nd. Motion to approve. Second, my favorite please vote. Thank you so much. Moving on again Mr. Jones, monitoring report. Discussion item C is GC6 annual work plan for the 2627 school year. This item's coming forward with no changes from our previous discussion. Thank you Mr. Jones motion in a second. Move to approve. Second. Please vote. That's unanimous as well. Mr. Jones Superintendent Succession. Discussion item D is OE2 emergency Superintendent Succession. His Policy Insurance Continuity of Leadership in the event I'm inexpectively able to fulfill my duties. I'm recommending that Mr. Ben Prince be named as my designee
083for the 26 - 27 school year. Thank you. Thank you Jones. Second. Second please vote. Ms. Allen. Student Discipline. Yes sir. Thank you board members. At the last meeting I presented the OE11 Student Discipline Report. I have made no changes to that report since the last board meeting. However I would like to note as requested I shared with you that approximately two - thirds of our students had zero disciplinary infractions for the previous school year. Also noting out of the 1500 plus students who had disciplinary infractions approximately one third of those had TARDI's only. And that was the information that was requested. That's great. Okay. Motion a second. Move to a case. Thank you Ms. Allen Mr. Prince. Quarterly Report for Facilities. Good evening Chairman Cox. Vice Chair Wellens. Board members of Mr. Jones. At
084our last meeting I brought you information regarding our quarter two OE 13 reports. There were 20 of them. There have been no changes since that presentation. Thank you. Move to approve. Thank you. Okay please vote. Thank you Mr. Prince. Mr. Jones once again consultant services. Discussion item item G is consideration of a legal consultant as part of this year's budget that board allocated funding to engage a legislative representative to strengthen Orey County School Advocacy Effort at the state level based on the review I'm recommending that District enter to a one - year agreement with McGuire Woods Consulting. Second. Okay motion a second please vote. Thank you Mr. Jones Board members Mr. Cook do you have any advisory boards members. I do. I would like to renew for two years. Joe Graham. Michelle Stokes in Aisha
085Bellamy. I'd like to nominate John Gadlock. For a two - year term. I'll second that. Okay. Please vote. Thank you so much Mr. Cookmith Sidmans. Thank you so much. I would like to nominate for a two - year and final term on the Myrtle Beach Advisory Board. Mike Morgan Jewel McCoy. Josef Brown Amanda Boone. And for a one - year term cookie goings and these wall - be final terms. And then I have a new person to add which is Ms. Shanice Harry. For a one - year term. Thank you Ms. M. Second. I'm going to take them all at once or? Yeah it's going to take them out at once. Thank you please. Vote. Ms. Winter's. None this evening. Mr. Robinson. I do. She's done. She's good. Alright I would like to renew Renee
086Shore for St. James High School. I'd like to recommend Barbara Wickham for a two - year appointment for St. James Middle School. I'd like her recommend Chelsea Simmons for a two - year appointment to St. James Intermediate School. And I'd like to recommend Jacqueline Novielli for a one - year appointment for St. James Elementary School. Thank you Mr. Robinson. We need a motion in second to vote in mess. Make a motion to approve. Thanks. Please vote. Done. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would like to place a denomination Ricky Lee Harnish to the Socce Advisory Board for a one - year term. St. Okay Motion second please vote. Thank you Mr. Dawson. Ms. Graham. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would like to state for the record that we have Mr. Richard Williams who was added to
087our advisory board on October 6 2025 for two years. And somehow he was inadvertently left off of the list. So I'm stating that just for the record. Also we are reinstating Ms. Sonia Jones Susie Prosser and Lindy Williams all for two years. Second. Thank you. Thank you. Please vote. Thank you Ms. Graham Mr. Edwards. None at this time. Ms. James. Mr. Chairman for the Greensy Floyd Savage Committee. I would like to re - nominate Ms. Shannon Housen for another two - year term. She's already completed three. So this will be a fourth term. And as you know Mr. Jason Morgan is retiring. Pursuing perhaps another seat. He has served four terms as well as two years as a community member. And in his replacement I would like to nominate Ms. Teresa better known as Terry
088Cox. Okay thank you. Second. Okay please vote. That's unanimous as well. All of mine are done. Thank you Mr. Ricketts. We need a motion for the consent. Motion to approve. Second. Unaire say aye. Aye. Mr. Jordan. Salute. Okay we're going second. Thanks so much.