001the next year to put them in. >> Mhm. >> You know, >> you got the next year to see if they work or not. >> That's two and a half years. >> That's true. >> So, GPT says three years is the most common in the US. >> Okay. We're waiting on thing is if they're making a prog if they're making an improvement progression. All right. Mics are unmuted. >> Okay. All right. I'm going to call the uh special call board meeting of the Charleston County Board of Education to order. Uh the purpose of this special call meeting is to select from the list of of applicants which applicants to interview for the open director of schools position. Can we >> we're going to go on with we're going to do invocation and >> uh who
002wants to do the pledge? >> I will. >> All right. Would everybody please stand for the invocation? remain standing for the pledge. Father, Dear Lord God in heaven, we're so thankful that you're our God. We want you to know how much we love you. Father, we ask a special blessing on us as we begin the search for hiring a new person to lead this school system. Give us the insight, the wisdom, the compassion, everything we need to make the best decision for the students, teachers, parents, staff of this school system. Bless us, Lord, to do the best we can to hire the right person. Father, thank you for your holy son. Please know how much we truly love you both. For it's in Christ's name we pray. Amen. I pledge allegiance to to the flag
003of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Be seated. >> Since no one's here, there'll be no public comment or invitation to address the board. So this uh meeting is to review and select from the list of applicants those we wish to interview. Now, at our last meeting, we had pretty much agreed on two uh Jennifer Catherine and Misty Swindle. Am I correct in assuming that those two are still two that we would like to interview? >> Yes, sir. >> Yes. Okay. uh from the uh last notification of applicants uh I know of uh two that I would consider local uh although I sure would be that would be his first name I never heard
004of that before and he worked for me for years >> it's like me Sharon nobody knows who is that's my first name >> but one of the applicants is Ben Johnson, who I said worked here several years, uh, worked with me for several years, and I'm not even sure what district he's with now. >> Smith County. Okay. And the only other one that's local is Tracy. What is her last name? Hunter. >> Abraham. Uh, that's why I sent y'all that text. Tracy is a graduate of Trasville County High School. Uh, I was her sixth grade teacher. uh she has worked for various school systems. She worked for the prison in the school system up here for for some time and uh but she is a you know her family's from here. If anybody remembers LH
005Bong uh that you know was here forever good friend of mine of course he's since passed and stuff but she still has family in camp. Uh now none of the others are local. The only reason I'm going on about them two is they are local. So, what do you think, guys? I'm up for Ben interviewing Ben and I don't mind interviewing Tracy's I'm assuming she'd drive from Florida, but >> her qualifications are very interesting. >> Yes, they are. I agree. >> Would if she didn't want to come in from Florida, would we do a or would you want to do it in person? When I saw Tracy at Oldms back six weeks, two months ago, >> uh, she knew that we were going to be selecting a director and she told me she might be
006interested >> and I told her that how the applica, you know, was going through TSDA and all of that. >> So, I don't know that she's in Florida. >> I would like to interview her based on her application, whatnot that was submitted. Okay. So, everybody's everybody's good with B. I'm just, you know, double checking. Everybody's good with Tracy Abra. >> Abraham. >> I don't know if I could ever not call her >> Tracy B. >> When you're there, when you were their teacher, you just >> All right. So, I came prepared. Oh, do we want to try to do just add another day to next week? I don't know y'all's schedule. >> There was a day that Rachel couldn't >> That's what I'm saying. I don't know. >> I could we do two in a
007night. We we we had discussed >> we I thought we decided on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week. Is that the 8, 9th, and 10th? Coach, you got your calendar? >> It is. >> Yes. And then the 11th was not good for you. Is that correct? >> Can we do two in a night or do we want to add another night? >> Are you looking at me? >> Yeah. I'll just write everybody. >> We wanted to make sure everybody >> what I was thinking here's what I was thinking. >> We I thought we would draw names. >> I think that's fair. >> And then we would give direct our employee coach Satderfield to call that person and work out a because this they're employed a you know we would like to interview on the
0088th. We would like to be able to start at five o'clock. Is that good for you? If not, when would be a good time for you? I mean, I think we should have some lead. You know what I'm saying? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> But we would like to start at 5:00. >> And am I right about that? >> Yes, I agree. >> And then they say, well, I've got uh, you know, and it may work out that we might need to >> So, do we need four days versus three since we have four to interview? I don't want anybody to and I don't care. I just don't want anybody to say they don't given enough time. >> What do you mean the candidates >> or >> I think some I think these candidates are going
009to come in with >> uh maybe when Clint when Clint interviewed he had a whole PowerPoint project in you know I mean they >> no doubt >> he did. I mean, I I just know that he did. And uh >> I'm just saying I don't want to >> We got people who really want this job. I hope since they applied. >> And the last thing I want to do is is not give them the time to present what they have prepared for us. >> Do we want to add the 12th, Friday the 12th, or do we want to try to do two in a day? I can't do the next week. I'm out of town. >> Do it next week. >> Week the 15th. What you're saying, right? I can't do that. >> I can
010do that. That's why I'm asking. The only day I can't do is the 16th. I told y'all that earlier. I'm going to be at Vanderbilt just practically the whole >> I'm either going to have to do two tonight or I'm going to have to do 12. >> Mr. Kerr, I mean, would you consider a Saturday? >> Would anybody see >> it might be a do Saturday? >> I mean, I would >> I could do the 13th. I could not do the next. >> Or I could do the I could do the sixth. That's pretty early. Nah, actually that's not good for me. Sorry. I'm I'm a busy person. But again, other than the 16th, I'm good. >> Would we rather do it Friday night or would we rather do it Saturday? >> Friday night. Me,
011too. >> You going to miss a ball game? Yeah. >> I'm good. I think >> we don't have a game this Friday. >> Oh, next Friday night. >> No, this Friday night. >> Friday. Thursday. >> Is the 12th a home game? >> Two days from now. >> Well, f next Friday's up making this Friday. There's not a football game. >> I'm just saying whoever got picked drawn for this Friday, that could be pretty short notice for somebody. No, I think we're saying the 12th. >> To me, this Friday to next Monday is not much different. I mean, that's that's short. >> Were we saying the 12th or the 5th? >> Either or. >> I was saying the 12th. >> Any Friday is fine with me. >> The 5th is my daddy's birthday and I'd like
012to have a birthday party for him. So, the 12th. >> So, we want to say Friday the 12. Is it the is the 12th? The Friday of next week. >> Okay. But I'm also okay with doubling up and doing two and a not. >> I don't really My only problem with that is >> you, you know, an interview could go 3 hours. I I'm not comfortable with leaving my wife alone for five or six hours. >> Okay, gotcha. That doesn't work for you. Perfect. >> Totally fine. We all have to speak our needs. >> I don't have any for long as I can get arrangements, I'll be okay. >> Okay. Don't you got a hat? >> Uh, no. I found a bowl. >> Okay. >> Oh, here's a hat. >> I was going to say,
013are we supposed to rub? >> I figured he was or something. >> When he's sitting there, I'm not sure what's going on, but I >> Now y'all know how blind I am. >> I didn't notice it either. I didn't think anything about >> draw a name. This will be for the eth. >> Oh yeah. Oh, I had a hat. I didn't >> the eighth. >> Jennifer. Okay. >> Somebody write this down. >> Go on. Now this would be then for the 12th. No, not ny. >> Okay. Look at this. It's kind of going in order for how they apply. >> Then you going to be the 11th and 12th. It looks like it >> 10th. >> This next one's the 10th. >> Tracy. >> Okay. And that leaves Ben then for the 12th. >> Does
014Ben coach football? >> I didn't used to when he was here. >> Tracy's coming in from out of town. It might behoove her to do Friday. >> Well, who have you got? I was going to take >> Jennifer's the eighth. >> Jennifer >> Misty the ninth. Okay. >> Tracy the 10th being the 12th. >> Now, would y'all like to, like I said before, direct >> What happens if those dates don't work for them? I mean, that's >> Well, that's what I was going to say. >> Collect some information. Yeah. >> And then we go from there. >> Yeah. I'll reach right out to them. >> You know, see who you know, if they need to swap around, accommodate. Somebody I think >> this is the day we chose for you. This is the time we
015chose for you. >> Does that work? If it doesn't work, >> we would like we would like to conduct your interview like Jennifer. We would Jennifer, we would like to conduct your interview on Monday uh >> September 8th at 5:00. >> Does that work for you? >> And if she said, well, you know, then okay, what is 4:30 better for you? Is 6:00 better for you? and give we're giving coach then the authority to kind of work with that and then uh >> and we've got to work with these dates that you've determined right I mean we gave >> well if somebody says I just can't come that date I think we can give you the authority to say well let me see if I can swap with someone >> and maybe if while you're
016asking say these are the days we're interviewing or any of those days do they not work for you so in Hey, somebody says, "Well, this day doesn't work for me." Then you know who you could swap and you could let them know. >> Okay. Do But do y'all have any other dates to swing? Cuz all I mean, I've got to swap within I don't have a wild card. >> That's right. And you're going you're going to lose a whole week because of Deanna. So >> yeah. >> And you really got to go in the order based on what we drew. I don't really think you can just say, "Does this work for you? Does it not?" after we >> kind of we never should have drawn to begin with then if we >> Yeah. >>
017But we had to know who to talk to first. >> Yeah. That's the order to talk. >> Yeah. >> I just And it's 5:00. >> I think that works for us. Again, that's negotiable. If the person says, "I can be there at 4." I mean, Jennifer may be able to come early. >> I was just worried about y'all. Can you be there at 4? >> At four? >> No. I just use that as an example. Why don't we do this? Why don't >> let's just say five o'clock. And if that person can't come at 5, let them suggest a time. >> If it's if it's a time other than 5:00, why don't you ask? Why don't you send a text to the board and we can >> find out what time they suggest? That's right.
018>> And then just text all of us and say they would like to come at x amount of time. >> Is that okay with y'all? >> There's a day that doesn't work for me, but nobody want to go through our calendars right now. the 10th. I can't do >> Look, I I've got a planning commission meeting that Monday night. I'm just not >> You can't do September 10th. >> I can't do >> I mean, yeah, I'm just >> I could do four on September. >> I signed up for this. This is not the most important decision we're going to make for the next two two years and 8 months. >> Okay, >> let me fix this in terms of a motion. >> Okay. Uh and I and I can write it down, >> but the
019boards uh uh selected >> Jennifer Coin, Misty Swindle, Tracy Abram, and Benjamin Johnson, >> right? >> To to interview for the open director of schools position. Right. >> Okay. >> Do you need that in a motion? >> I I do. When you're ready, whenever you're ready. That's what we're here. That's what we're here for. >> Okay. Word. I make the motion that the board selects for the open director position to interview Jennifer Coffer and Misty Swindle, James Johnson, and Tracy Abram. >> Abraham. You sure? >> That's what she said. >> Okay. >> Dangerous. >> And uh >> yeah, I'll make that motion. >> I second that motion. >> And wait, wait. And that we give Dr. Satel the authority to set up these interviews for us. >> Now I second that motion. >> Okay. >>
020Sorry. >> That way we're get, you know, we've officially given him the authority to do that. >> I'll get to work on it this afternoon. >> And who made that second? I'm sorry. >> Motion by Rachel, second by Dean. >> So the list of four and then I'm to set up interviews. >> Okay. >> You know you misspelled your name. >> Well, I can't have six. I get the gist. >> I know. I know. >> This needs some spell checking, too. >> What now? >> This needs some spell checking, too. >> What's that? >> We're going to send this to our lawyer first. Let's vote. All in favor of the motion, please say I. >> I. Any opposed, please say no. Does pass unanimously. What we're going to do on that is we'll make out
021our notes and stuff. and then debt. Uh because it's possible this could change once we get into negotiation with the person. >> Once we have agreed with with whoever we select, then we're going to send the contract to Deborah for her to put in legal form like this one. And I mean that person may then would have sent it to them. They may want their lawyer to look at it. I couldn't blame him for that and stuff. So that's why you got a little time in there, you know, for >> Okay. So just just so I'm aware, we're going to do these interviews the week of 8th to the 12th. >> Then we as a board discuss in our work session. >> We can how we >> that could be on the agenda for the
022work session. We have to have some discussion which is an open meeting. >> Okay. >> I mean every one of the applicants could come and listen to that discussion. We we will discuss it at the work session and then choose make a motion to choose our director and then we negotiate contract or then contract. >> Well, what I would think would we probably would rank our candidates because if number one doesn't take it, you're going to go through the whole process again. If you rank them like uh >> ABC, >> Miss A is who we would like to hire. >> Should Miss A and the board not be able to reach a contract, Miss B is our second choice. >> Okay? >> And then Miss Miss C is our third choice. And Miss D is
023our fourth choice. And if we can't come up to terms with any of those four, we got to start all over again. No, that makes sense to their >> but you see by ranking them we don't have to go through all the rigor roar again. >> Okay. Do we need to have a discussion about how we're going to conduct our interviews or is this just going to be the wild wild west? >> Well, here's what I had thought was u >> maybe we shouldn't talk about that. Is that something we >> We're in an open meeting. We can discuss whatever we want. This is all under this process. What I had thought was with uh Jennifer Spurs >> that when when Jennifer comes in, we would ask Jennifer to present whatever she would like to
024to the board. >> I I think that that's good for her to go for I I'm probably going to come with some questions. She may answer those questions in her presentation, okay? >> And I'm not redundant and asking them, you know what I'm saying? Again, and stuff. Now, if she don't hit those, then I go through whatever questions I have. >> What I would like to see happen because there's those of us who talk a lot and there's those of us who are quiet. I want I'm not ever that's never happened to me. I wonder if we could have an opportunity. Let I love to let them go first and then everybody ask a question and then follow up and then any follow-up questions from that. So maybe we have >> I want to make
025sure that every board member >> is able to ask as many >> and get as whatever answer they need. >> Yeah. >> I want everyone to be satisfied that every one of your questions have been answered. >> You know, you see what I'm saying? >> I don't plan to have questions. >> Huh? >> I plan to have questions. >> I hope everybody does. >> Okay. But I think if we if we let everybody have an opportunity to talk >> Windows up. It's pouring. >> It's not >> lucky. >> I hope it's pouring at my house. Wind inch yesterday. First I had it in my house. >> I did not get a single >> I got an inch over pants. >> Wow. >> I did not get a single drop. My house is burning up. Um,
026and then so if everybody had a chance to ask a question, then we could have follow-up questions and anybody can follow in with like, you know, >> you're saying you want the question to be like, uh, after they're finished, uh, Chris, would you like to do you have a question for the >> right >> for Jennifer? Answer, get your answer. If if there's a followup that you need to have. >> Yep. >> Then that's fine. Or if there's a followup, another board member wants to answer, that's fine. >> And once that's answered, then Rachel, do you have a question? >> Is that the way you're talking about? Yes. >> And then go back one at a time. And then if Chris has another question, when we get back to him, he asks his his next
027question because they could get answered as they go. >> Exactly. >> What if what if we have another question like at midnight that you wish you would ask? So what if we do that and then we say >> so I don't mean it bad. I mean because we could do a what if for >> Yeah. Yeah. And then I >> we got to have a stop. >> I think everybody has an equity, you know, that's equity. Everybody gets a question. And then does anybody have any further questions or followup questions or whatever then we open it up, but then everybody's had a chance to >> Sure. >> Okay. I >> I want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to ask every question and get every question fully answered. And then that's upon us to
028do a little prep to think about what we want to ask. And I like it. >> And if we pay attention during their presentation, they may answer a lot of our questions. >> And then at the end, can we give them an opportunity to ask questions? >> Oh, really? >> Okay. >> I've never Yes. I don't think that's fair. >> Yeah. >> Exactly. >> There's one thing we do need to do. the other applicants who we did not interview. We do need to send them a letter. >> Okay. I mean, I think we should do that. >> We appreciate your interest in TR County Schools. >> Yes. Yes, sir. >> He'll take care of that. >> And if anybody wants to come at 44 is probably a good time for y'all is just >> Mr.
029I may put your name. >> We're not We're gonna I'll be here for these. >> Mr. I may put your name on that letter as chairman of the board. >> And have you sign it? >> Sure. >> Okay. >> Was 4:00 better for you today? >> It either one doesn't matter cuz I I mean >> I mean we're just going to spend a lot of time here next week. So >> like I said, whatever's good for y'all, I'll make it work. Cuz you've already helped me out. So since you can't be here next week, >> Yeah. >> I'm cutting hay that weekend. >> I know. It's I just got to I we talked about that ahead of time that there was one meeting I was like, "Okay, I've got to have a week." And that
030>> we chose that. That's why. Yeah. >> Yeah. I just don't need to go five, six hours on one night. >> No, you don't. And that's good. Everybody's got needs. We all >> Yeah. >> We can just have crazy week. >> Okay. We're good. All right. I'm good. >> Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Make a motion to adjurnn. I >> have a motion by Miss Bod to adjurnn. Second by Chris.