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Special meeting of the Asheville City Council.
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A
Okay,
we're
live
all
right:
everybody
Welcome
to
the
city
council
meeting
for
interviews
for
the
Asheville
City
School
Board.
Let
me
just
say
a
couple
of
things:
one
we
are.
We
are
obviously
missing
two
councilwomen
today
and
so
we're
we've
got
the
book
got
various
conflicts,
but
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
these
interviews
and
the
appointments
will
be
made
at
tonight's
meeting.
A
One
other
thing,
just
in
case
anyone's
curious
Council
tried
to
get
out
of
the
business
of
appointing
School
of
Art
members
with
the
passage
of
legislation
this
last
year
moving
the
school
board
to
an
elected
school
board,
but
because
we
had
a
vacancy
created
by
someone
who
was
appointed
by
this
Council,
then
Council
pass
has
to
make
the
appointment
to
fill
the
vacancy.
If
it
were
a
seat
of
someone
who
had
been
elected
to
the
school
board,
then
the
school
board
body
itself
would
have
made
the
vacancy
appointment.
A
So
that
is
why
we
we
are
here
today
and
we
have
four
folks
we're
interviewing.
We
are
interviewing
the
four
folks
who
recently
ran
for
school
board
but
were
not
elected
and
we're
beginning
with
Jesse
Warren.
Who
is
here
before
us?
Each
interview
will
be
15
minutes
long
and
I
will
begin
Mr
Warren
by
just
asking
you
to
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
yourself
and
why
you're
interested
in
serving
on
the
Asheville
City,
School,
Board,
okay,.
B
B
All
of
because
of
the
community
I
enjoy
working
with
the
community,
I
enjoy
working
with
kids,
and
then
this
right
here
gives
me
an
opportunity
to
continue
working
within
the
community
and
working
with
our
adult
students
to
become
citizens
within
the
community.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
I
just
want
to
be
part
of
S4
City,
School
Board.
A
B
I
think
the
uniqueness
of
myself
is
being
a
leader.
I've
been
a
leader.
Most
of
my
life
and
I
can
I
can
help
others
out.
I
can
help
the
other
school
board.
Members
I
can
go
into
any
Community
within
Alpha
City
school
or
within
Buncombe
County
and
I
can
talk
to
our
community.
I
can
talk
to
people
of
all
ages.
I
I
think
that
I
am
approachable,
I.
Think
people
will
give
me
that
kindness,
when
I,
do
come
up
and
approach
and
talk
to
them
in
a
fair
way.
B
I
think
I
give
more
of
a
balance
with
with
the
rest
of
the
school
board
members
and
that's
given
that
a
little
extra
leadership
that
that
presence
of
command
when
we
walk
in
places
and
people
wonder
who
they
are
I'm,
always
going
to
be
out
there
I'm
going
to
I'm.
Just
like
a
what
there's
a
sin
boots.
You
know:
I
wear
my
boots
and
I'm
out
there
I
just
like
being
out
there
in
the
community
and.
C
B
The
biggest
thing
that
we
need
is
support
with
the
families
if
the
family
can
give
that
support
to
their
kids
and
make
it
easier
for
the
teacher
to
give
that
support,
while
they're
in
the
classroom.
I
would
like
to
just
go
in
there
and
just
set
one
kid
down
and
do
a
one-on-one
like
a
tutor
in
that
classroom.
B
I
think
if
we
had
more
staff
a
more
volunteers
like
to
go
into
classrooms
and
tutor
that
one
kid
get
them
away
and
let
them
just
be
themselves,
even
though
they
care
probably
don't
understand
what
the
teacher
is
saying
with
that
one-on-one
presence
they
can
relate
to
each
other
over
a
period
of
time
and
that
student
would
be
able
to
have
that
faith
in
that
person
and
so
that
they
can
have
built
that
relationship
so
that
they
can.
So
he
can
understand
things
a
little
bit
more,
maybe
not
as
fast
as
a
classroom
setting.
B
C
Okay
so
I'm,
sorry,
okay,
this
is
it
and
I
was
just
wondering
with
that
achievement.
Gap,
do
you
have
any
ideas
as
far
as
data
that's
basically
sort
of
between
female
and
males?
As
far
as
the
achievement
Gap,
do
you
find
that
more
males
or
more
prone
to
you
know
to
to
have
a
higher
percentage
of
Dropout
and
not
being
able
to
perform?
Then
I've.
B
Been
in
the
classroom
setting
as
a
our
teaching
instructor
in
homeroom,
it
seems
like
in
during
the
summer
we
allow
students
to
come
into
our
ROTC
during
the
summer,
because
the
parents
was
working
and
everything
else,
so
they
came
in
they
watched
movies.
They
helped
us
out
there
clean,
it
seemed
like
most
of
them
was
the
female.
B
D
D
He
has
established
strong
relationships
with
students,
staff
and
Families,
and
he
has
an
inside
perspective
on
our
school
district.
That
would
prove
invaluable
to
the
board.
So
my
question
to
you
is:
what
experience
do
you
have
working
with
Asheville
City
school
students,
staff
and
families
from
diverse
communities.
B
As
our
teaching
instructor,
our
classroom
was
open
to
all
students,
but
that,
with
all
the
students
we
had
a
majority
of
blacks,
whites,
Brown
gender,
we
had
them
all
and
what
we
did
was
you
teach
them
all
the
same
thing,
and
so
it's
it's
like
the
Marine
Corps,
the
Marine
Corps,
a
Muslim
military.
Every
people
are
either
light
green
or
dark
green
because
they
didn't
want
to
say
black
or
white
or
whatever.
So
everyone
was
a
the
same
in
our
classroom.
B
So
to
really
answer
that
question
I,
never
looked
at
color
I,
never
looked
at
gender
I,
never
looked
at
none
of
that
from
keeping
me
from
teaching
someone
the
way
that
they
should
be
taught
within
the
classroom.
Setting
I
just
it's
I,
just
like
teaching
individuals
and
I
want
to
look
at
them
all
as
a
individual,
instead
of
some
type
of
Rich
poor
black
white
I,
just
don't
I'm
I'm
coming
from
a
family
of
10.,
and
you
know
we
trying
to
attend
back
my
days.
B
E
Jesse
I
have
a
question
I'm
going
to
ask
everyone
so
considering
teachers
and
staff
pay
and
budget
advocacy
for
living
wages
based
on
the
cost
of
living.
What
actions
are
necessary
to
recruit
and
retain
teachers
that
reflect
the
demographics
of
our
students
and
our
community?
And
what
can
the
board
of
education
do
about
it?
Well,
as.
B
B
Driver
myself,
you
know
it:
is
it
totally
it's
hard
to
get
up
in
the
morning
time?
You
know
you
got
to
get
your
sleep.
You
can't
stay
up
at
night
and
watch
TV
because
you
got
to
be
prepared
to
get
up
at
four
and
five
o'clock
in
the
morning
start
the
bus
and
get
it
started.
So
I
think
that
whole
education
staff
should
be
paid
more
because
of
the
job
that
we
do.
B
What
the
Educators
do
is
they
provide
assets
and
give
tooth
for
that
student
after
they
graduate
from
high
school
to
go,
get
that
better
job
than
that
teacher.
Our
teachers
should
be.
One
of
the
teachings
should
Educators
to
be
one
of
the
highest
paying
job
around
because,
but
so
what
can
we
do
about
it?
We
talked
with
the
other
we
get
with
the
community
and
we
asked
him.
We
will
we
go
out
there
and
we
will
I
will
help
recruit.
B
I
will
advocate
for
our
staff,
our
our
teachers,
our
bus
drivers,
our
Cooks,
our
custodian,
because
without
them
it's
going
to
be
harder
for
us
to
educate
that
young
kid.
The
way
that
we
should
in
their
school
environment,
so
it
would
be
nice
and
as
a
board,
we
can
all
go
out
and
we
can
Advocate.
We
can
get
with
the
the
city
representative
and
ask
them
for
a
bigger
budget
to
pay
and
to
keep
these
teachers
for
15
to
20
years.
B
A
B
Think,
with
myself
I
think
you
know
to
go
out
there
and
try
to
help
the
board
to
find
a
good
superintendent.
If
we
get
that
superintendent,
someone
that
is
strong,
someone
that
is
dedicated,
someone
that
wants
to
be
within
the
community
and
be
part
of
the
community,
I
think
we'll
find
a
good
leader
because
you
have
to
live
within
a
community.
You
know
it's
like
true.
You
got
to
be.
B
You
got
to
live
there,
so
you
can
see
that
kid
that
you
might
have
saw
playing
football
you're
working
at
the
gas
station
or
you're
working
at
the
supermarket
or
you
just
got
to
live
in
the
community.
So
to
find
that
superintendent
and
to
say
and
ask
him,
you
know
we
have
to
have
ask
some
tough
questions
about.
Are
you
going
to
live
here?
Do
you
have
another
house
somewhere
else?
B
How
long
are
you
willing
to
stay
here
because
without
a
strong
superintendent
to
lead
our
our
teachers
and
our
community,
we're
going
to
be
in
the
same
situation
that
we're
in
right
now
so
I'm?
Looking
for
a
strong
superintendent,
a
strong
leader
that
can
push
us
through
this
madness
that
we
are
in
right
now
all
right!
Thank
you.
A
B
B
I
think
right
now,
I
was
sitting
in
on
the
the
board
last
week
when
the
City
School
Board
had
a
meeting
their
conference,
and
we
are
trying,
hopefully
within
the
next
four
months,
because
this
ain't,
something
that
is
new-
we
already
we're
walking
in
knowing
that
we
have
to
hire
a
superintendent
just
by
knowing
that
we
had
to
hire
a
strong
superintendent.
We
are
not
that
far
back,
it's
not
like
they
just
quit
and
we
just
have
to
find
school
real,
quick.
No,
no!
No.
B
We
have
known
this
for
a
long
period
of
time
and
I
think
there
are
people
out
there
that
has
been
looking.
We
just
have
to
get
together
and
just
put
it
on
paper
and
try
to
get
someone
in
within
the
next
three
to
four.
We
would
like
I
think
we
would
like
to
have
one
before
school
start
or
before
the
summer
ends
so
that
we
can
bring
it
to
the
community,
drive
them
around
your
community.
Let
them
see
where
it's
at.
B
B
A
B
Minute
well,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
in
front
of
the
city
council
and
and,
like
I
said
any
four
of
us
back
here,
any
the
rest
of
the
rest
of
the
candidates.
You
can't
go
wrong.
I
think
we
all
look
good
I
would
support
every
one
of
us
in
this
school
system.
I'm
not
going
nowhere.
I'm
gonna
be
in
the
skill
system.
B
A
H
H
F
H
Who
was
working
at
Asheville,
High
I
was
the
director
of
the
for
the
community
schools
for
the
National
High
division
because
of
funds
ran
out.
I
was
out
of
the
job.
I
started
working
with
Asheville
City
schools.
At
that
time,
as
a
substitute,
then
I
moved
into
teacher's
assistant
from
there
I
moved
it
back
into
teaching.
H
I
stayed
there
until
I
retired,
I'm
retired.
Now,
I
still
do
substitute
every
now
and
then
my
reason
for
coming
to
Nashville
trying
to
get
on
the
board
of
the
actual
City
Schools
I
have
three
children.
They
all
went
through
the
Asheville
City
School
System,
they
all
graduated
from
Nashville
city
school
and
they
all
graduated
from
college.
H
H
H
H
H
Third
grade.
Somehow
the
African-Americans
fall
down.
I
didn't
make
my
kids
fall
down.
I
made
him
study
study
the
way
to
get
the
chemic
Gap
is
to
get
with
the
families.
If
the
kids
are
not
encouraged
to
keep
going
on
doing,
they
will
not
do
my
kids
kept
going.
They
are
doing
I'm
available
for
questions
and.
C
That
no
that's
a
great
segue,
because
my
questions
are
going
to
be
the
same
for
all
candidates,
and
so
you
sort
of
went
into
that
and
thank
you
so
very
much
for
sharing.
You
know
your
extremely
long
lineage
of
Education
in
your
family
and
how
important
that
is.
So
what
would
you
say,
like
you
said
you
did
say
something
about
the
family
as
far
as
how
do
we
address
the
achievement?
Gap.
So
do
you
have
some
ideas
other
than
like
you
said
that
one?
Do
you
have
any
other
ideas?
H
First
thing
like
she
said
it
has
to
start
at
home.
So,
okay,
if
we
can
get
the
families
to
encourage
their
kids
to
start
at
home,
then
we
started
school
to
encourage
them.
Let
the
students
that
they
are
somebody
if
you
if
they
come
to
school
and
they're
being
told
you're
nobody,
your
parents,
are
nobody.
H
H
C
And
you
pointed
out,
like
you
said
it
starts
at
the
family.
What
can
we
do?
What
can
the
school
board
do
to
actually
help
those
families
to
you
know
to
do
what
they
need
to
do
with
being
accountable
and
responsible
for
those
their
kids?
Is
it
anything
I,
don't
know
I'm
just
asking
you.
You
know,
because
you've
got
a
lot
of
experience.
Is
there
anything
that
the
school
board
could
do
to
help
those
families
start
spending
more
time
and
and
being
more
involved
in
their
children's
education?
The.
H
D
D
H
For
they
don't
do
well,
is
it's
the
ones
in
the
middle?
They
have
special
courses.
If
you
are
up
there,
you
know
special
instructors
if
you're
down
there,
if
you're
in
the
middle
of
falling
through
the
cracks,
we
have
no
one
to
turn
to
I.
Think
if
we
could
have
some
teachers
to
help
them.
We'd
be
always
pray.
Another
thing,
Asheville
City
Schools,
was
the
jewel
of
all
in
Buncombe
County
animals
in
North
Carolina.
H
H
Economics
and
that's
something
that
maybe
the
city
council
kind
of
commissions
could
go.
We
all
know
cost
of
living
in
Nashville
extremely
high,
extremely
high,
and
we
could
start
a
school
systems
being
increasing
their
income,
but
until
we
can
balance
the
cost
of
living
here
in
Boston,
County
and
Asheville,
it's
going
to
be
a
circle
per
se.
E
D
E
H
Make
sure
that
our
teachers
are
treated
Fair
to
the
17,
make
sure
that
they
are
have
adequate
pay
also
for
the
adequate
pay.
We
can
also
give
our
teachers
a
little
help
in
the
elementary
schools.
We
have
teachers,
assistance
in
the
high
schools.
We
don't
have
teachers,
assistance,
I,
miss
you
and
the
AC
program.
H
That's
what
I
was
talking
about
at
Ashford,
High
and
I,
like
I,
said
I
substitute
every
now,
and
then
you
may
have
one
teacher
with
30
students
in
a
class.
Now,
if
you
got
a
A,
B
Class,
you
have
no
problem,
no
problem
at
all,
but
you've
got
an
average
class.
You
got
30
students,
you're
working
with
the
student
over
here,
there's
still,
no,
he
was
acting
up.
H
If
you
had
another
body
in
there
he's
acting
up
because
he
know
he
can
act
up
because
you
can't
attend
to
him
or
she
can't
attend
to
him
if
the
board
to
see
fit
where
they
can
get
Maybe
a
teacher's
assistant
for
and
would
be
perfect
if
they
could
do
it
for
all
teachers.
But
if
you
can't
at
least
three
teachers,
they
help
help
all
help
them
out.
If
it
could
be
possible.
H
A
A
F
So
my
name
is
Miri.
Masachi
I
am
interested
in
this
role.
I
have
three
kids
in
the
system,
two
of
them
currently
in
Asheville
City
one
will
be
graduating.
Asheville
High
this
year,
I
have
been
working
with
kids
for
the
past
28
years
in
different
capacities
in
different
places.
I
am
a
big
believer
that
kids
have
a
voice
that
should
be
heard
in
the
educational
system.
A
F
A
C
F
Feel,
like
my
passion
for
kids
and
to
listen
to
kids
and
families,
and
teachers
and
I
want
their
voice
to
be
heard.
I
want
them
to
be
part
of
the
process
and
not
only
always
be
the
receivers
of
decisions
that
are
made
that
have
to
do
with
their
everyday
lives.
I
I
think
that
the
four
of
us
all
of
us
brings
diversity
to
this
board
that
needs
it
in
different
ways.
F
Each
of
us
brings
that
I
think
my
diversity,
part
of
it,
is
also
in
my
different
experience
from
different
I
I've,
been
in
charter
schools,
so
I
I
bring
a
lot
of
different
knowledge,
not
I'm,
not
an
Insider.
Only
from
Asheville
City
schools
and
I
want
to
bring
things
that
I've
learned
from
different
systems
that
we
can
apply
at
Asheville
city.
Thank.
E
F
D
F
Question
yes,
thank
you
to
me.
A
perfect
school
system
is
wish.
It
existed.
A
perfect
school
system
is
where
kids,
first
and
foremost
kids
come
to
school,
happy
and
kids
come
to
school,
feel
heard,
feel
known
and
feel
seen.
I
think
that's
the
most
important.
That's
the
base
for
me
of
any
educational
system.
I
want
a
perfect
school
for
me
is
also
when
parents,
as
a
parent,
that
I
feel
comfortable
sending
my
kids
I
know
that
they
are
receiving
what
they
need.
I
think
kids
have
such
different
needs.
F
I
have
three,
and
each
one
is
so
different
and
I
want
to
know
that
when
they
go
to
school,
their
needs
are
seen.
The
way
they
learn
is
seen
I.
Also.
For
me,
a
perfect
school
is
where
teachers
are
happy.
I
think
a
perfect
school
can
exist
if
teachers
are
just
coming
and
not
not
feeling
like
their
thoughts
and
their
opinions
are
heard
and
part
of
the
process.
So
I
think
it
takes
all
the
all
of
these
things
together
to
make
the
perfect
the
perfect
school
system.
F
How
we
get
there
I
think
I
think
it
starts
from
the
bottom
I
think
it
starts,
and
when
I
say
the
bottom
I
mean
the
youngest
ages,
I
think
I
think
we
need
to
put
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
and
thought
into
what
we
do
with
our
younger
kids
and
I.
Think
that
builds
a
base
and
through
that
base
they
can
grow
and
and
be
them
the
best
selves
that
they
can
be
and
to
find
their
full
potential
potential
as
they
grow.
F
I
think
we
can
I
would
love
to
have
some
kind
of
system
that
we
can
listen
to
the
teachers.
We
can
listen
to
the
parents,
I
have
teenage
kids
at
Asheville
high
and
they
come
with
all
these
thoughts
and
ideas,
and
they
keep
telling
me
up
Mom,
no
one.
No
one
listens
to
us.
We
want.
We
have
ideas
for
this
and
we
want
to
do
that.
I
would
love
to
have
some
kind
of
forum
that
would
listen
and
have
give
give
kids
ideas
of
how
to
solve
problems.
F
Just
something
simple
that
was
that
happened
recently
was
their
homeroom
was
taken
away
homeroom
time
in
the
morning.
A
lot
of
kids
were
very
upset
over
this
I
was
too,
as
a
parent.
I
didn't
feel,
like
anyone
explained
to
me
as
a
parent,
why
that
happened?
No
one
explained
to
the
kids.
Why
that
happened?
It
just
happened.
Things
like
that
I
would
love
to
avoid
I
want
the
kids
to
feel
like
they
have
a
say.
E
I'm
gonna
Elevate
the
same
question
to
each
applicant
and
that's
considering
the
teacher
and
staff
pay
and
the
budget
advocacy
that
the
Educators
and
staff
have
made
around
living
wages
based
on
the
cost
of
housing.
What
actions
are
necessary
to
recruit
and
retain
staff
that
reflect
the
demographics
of
the
students
and
community
and
then
what
can
the
board
of
education
do
about
that?.
F
So,
first
of
all,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
teachers
are
paid
in
in
order
for
them
to
be
able
to
stay
and
live
here,
and
they
don't
need
to
look
for
second
jobs
and
other
ways
to
earn
money
in
order
to
live
and
to
support
their
families.
I
think
a
big
piece
of
it
is
also
for
teachers
to
feel
heard,
and
it
it
is.
F
F
I
can
tell
you,
I
have
experience
from
a
school,
that's
run
without
a
principal
by
teachers
and
gives
them
a
lot
of
power
in
decisions.
Another
school
that
I've
worked
with
is
a
it's
called,
a
democratic
school.
It's
it's
in
Israel,
and
the
idea
is
that
everyone
has
a
say
all
kids
vote,
for
instance
about
certain
certain
decisions
that
are
made.
F
G
F
I
know
I'm
supposed
to
say
the
superintendent
and
I
I
agree
with
that
and
I
know.
That
will
be
the
initial
push
and
the
most
important
thing
that
we
do
for
me
personally.
I
do
want
to
look
at.
We
were
talking
about
the
Gap
that
you
asked
before
to
me.
Listening
to
the
kids
and
the
teachers
and
the
families
and
the
Gap
the
achievement
Gap
to
close
that
that
would
be
personally
my
first
priority.
I
think
we
need
to
put
more
effort
and
thought
and
money
into
the
younger
kids
preschool
kindergarten.
F
I
would
like
to
have
camps
during
the
summer.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
gaps
that
are
opening
up
happening
through
the
summer
when
some
kids
get
to
go
to
camps
and
to
do
all
these
things
and
some
kids,
don't
especially
when
they're
younger.
That
is
one
thought
that
I
have
I,
would
love
to
have
a
high
quality
after
school
for
younger
kids,
so
again
so
they're
getting
all
that
support
before
they
go
up
to
the
older
grades.
F
I
A
I
This
is
I've
been
before
this
body
before,
but
there's
only
one
face
who
was
here
the
last
time
that
I
interviewed
I
want
to
thank
Antonette,
Mosley
and
Sandra
Kilgore
Esther,
mannheimer,
Kim,
Roney
and
Maggie
Omen.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
today
and,
of
course,
Maggie
Burleson,
our
Quirk.
Thank
you
for
holding
things
together
and
I
would
love
to
see
sage
and
councilwoman
Smith
as
well.
I
Many
of
you
have
met
me
out
in
the
community,
and
we've
talked
on
the
campaign
Trail.
So
you
know
some
of
my
back
story.
Esther.
You
were
here
when
I
interviewed
the
first
time
I
got
into
going
to
school
board
meetings,
because
I
had
a
kindergartner
at
Hall,
Fletcher
Elementary-
and
this
is
many
years
ago.
I
I
Three.
Four
weeks
later,
when
I
saw
a
different
staff
member
doing
the
same
thing
with
a
different
EC
child
and
the
solution
being
an
assistant
teacher
who
walked
up
knelt
down,
got
on
the
child's
level
put
out
their
hands
resolved.
The
situation
I
knew
that
there
was
a
systemic
issue,
so
I
went
to
the
principal
I
went
and
spoke
with
other
principals
in
the
school
district.
I
met
with
central
office
staff.
I
At
one
point,
somebody
directed
me
to
go
speak
with
Matt
buys
who
was
on
the
school
board
at
that
time
and
Matt
by
said:
oh
well,
your
kid's
going
to
go
to
Isaac
Dixon.
Now
you
won't
see
that
his
daughter,
Katie
at
the
next
table,
said.
Oh
we've
seen
that
at
Isaac
Dixon.
So
for
me,
like
this
whole
Journey
Begins,
because
I
had
a
skill
set
in
teaching
young
people
working
with
campers.
I
How
to
shape
approaches
to
behavior
approaches
to
discipline
and
I
saw
a
need
in
Asheville,
City
Schools,
and
so
this
is
me
as
a
kindergarten
parent
I'm.
Now
the
parent
of
a
ninth
grader
I
have
met
every
superintendent
and
every
assistant,
superintendent,
Deputy
superintendent
staff
members.
Over
the
years.
Generally
speaking,
I
will
describe
issues
that
I've
seen
and
I
will
hear
the
staff
members
say:
oh
yes,
we
see
what
you
see
and
we're
going
to
address
that
and
then
a
month
or
two
later
I
will
hear
well.
I
I
In
key
positions,
I
started
after
my
kids
kindergarten
year
after
meeting
with
Matt
buys,
he
was
like
come
to
a
school
board
meeting,
so
I
came
I
didn't
know
what
to
expect.
I
thought
the
school
board
members
would
have
heard
from
Matt
Bice
and
would
be
asking
me
questions
about
this.
But
really
it's
the
same
kind
of
official
meeting
that
you
guys
do
and
I
just
didn't
know
how
to
fit.
In
so
I.
I
But
when
we
look
at
funding,
we
don't
have
the
same
funding
that
they
do
right
now.
We've
got
teachers
in
our
district
who
can
move
to
Ohio
and
make
double
the
money,
thirty
thousand
dollars,
or
more
than
they're
getting
paid
here
in
Ohio,
which
is
not
that
far
away,
and
we
have
teachers
who
leave
for
the
more
money.
And
so
we
really
like,
if
we're
going
to
address
the
needs
in
our
schools.
I
We
need
to
be
looking
at
legislative
agendas.
We
have
to
partner
with
the
other
school
districts.
We
have
to
increase
funding
so
that
it's
possible
to
have
the
additional
staff
that
we
need
for
multi-level
delivery
and
we
need
to
be
looking
at
the
impacts
of
the
No
Child
Left
Behind
law,
which
suddenly
introduced
high-stakes
testing,
suddenly
I,
say
suddenly
20
years
ago,
and
that
has
meant
that
our
kids
in
kindergarten
are
now
getting
what
used
to
be
Elementary
School
first
grade
instruction,
and
so
we
expect
kids
to
arrive
at
kindergarten
ready
to.
H
C
You
very
much
Mr
siebel,
appreciate
and
greatly
appreciate
all
that
information.
It's
wonderful
and
also
what
I
did
notice
that
you
were
saying
that
you
have
actually
experienced
different
superintendents,
a
lot
of
them,
that's
come
through
and
that
have
failed
or
whatever,
and
it's
it's
good
I'm
glad.
But
I
want
to
ask
you
a
question
about
that.
What
would
you
say
is
the
characteristics
that
you
would
look
for
in
a
superintendent
and
what
would
you
avoid.
I
C
G
D
And
in
addition
to
the
superintendent
search,
I
believe
another
Hot
Topic
has
been
the
opportunity
Gap.
So,
given
your
your
ability
to
show
up
I'm
wondering
if
you
had
the
opportunity
to
volunteer
with
any
of
the
bypoc
after
school
programs,
and
if
you
have
what
lessons
have
you
learned
and
if
you
have
not,
why
not.
I
That
means
that
I
was
providing
instruction
to
one
child
and
I
can't
provide
details
too
many
details
on
that,
but
what
it
we
have
to.
The
lesson
that
I
learned
from
that
experience
is
that
suspending
students
in
those
early
years
and
delaying
School
experience
is
really
has
a
dramatic
impact
on
their
ability
to
learn.
If
you
have
a
student
who
is
larger
than
the
other
students
because
of
age
differences,
then
they
wind
up
being
suspended
disproportionately.
I
They
wind
up
missing
instruction
and
we
as
a
school
system-
and
this
is
true
for
Buncombe
County
Schools
as
well-
have
to
radically
decide
that
no
children
is
going
to
fail
and
provide
all
the
resources
so
that
students
are
on
grade
level
and
that
we
move
them
forward
with
literacy
and
of
the
reading
coaches.
In
that
cohort
out
of
the
approximately
10
that
were
there.
I
was
one
of
two
or
three
who
was
able
to
advance
the
student,
and
it
was
not
because
I
was
given
an
easy
student.
F
I
I
will
add,
though,
that
one
of
the
biggest
issues
that
we
have
in
funding
is
our
Legacy
District
boundaries
right
now,
53
000
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong.
Fifty
three
thousand
of
our
ninety
three
thousand
residents
in
the
city
of
Asheville
are
outside
the
Legacy
School
District
boundaries
and
when
we
get
into
certain
areas,
neighborhoods
were
allowed
on.
I
A
homeowners
were
allowed
in
certain
neighborhoods
to
choose
whether
to
be
in
or
out
of
the
district,
and
there
are
people
who
move
into
the
city
of
Asheville
thinking
that
they're
going
to
be
in
Asheville,
City
Schools,
every
property
can
around
them
continuously
is
in
the
district.
But
it's
like
a
mothy
and
doily
our
district
map
and
so
how
homes
are
left
out
and
right
now
there
is
a
roadblock
because,
according
to
the
attorneys
that
are
shared
by
both
the
Buncombe
County
Schools
district
and
the
Asheville
City
Schools,
that's
Campbell
Shatley.
I
I
Remember
that
that
extra
School
tax,
because
of
a
case
about
20
years
ago,
when
out
15
years
ago,
when
Al
Whitesides
was
on
the
school
board.
The
money
for
the
extra
School
tax
follows
the
child,
and
so
all
of
the
schools
in
Buncombe
County
can
benefit
from
us.
Expanding
the
Asheville
City
Schools
tax
District,
and
that
also
helps
with
our
funding
issue
with
additional
staff.
Is
that
helpful.
F
A
That
concludes
the
school
board
candidate
interviews.
We
are
meeting
in
this
room
tonight
at
five
o'clock
and
we'll
take
up
the
appointment
and
I
believe
it's
at
the
end
of
our
agenda,
because
our
board
appointments
are
at
the
end
of
our
agenda.
You're
welcome
to
stay
the
whole
time
or
just
watch
us
on
online.
So,
but
we
appreciate
everyone
coming
down.
Thank.