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Madam
chair
and
dr
bergen
and
the
school
board
members,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
with
you
tonight
been
looking
forward
to
sharing
with
you
the
program
that
we've
been
developing
and
we
think
it
can
add
some
benefit
to
your
post-secondary
efforts.
You
know
once
they
leave
your
program,
so
we're
a
post-secondary
program
and
one
of
the
things
that
got
me
started
down.
J
This
journey
was
simply
you
know
as
being
a
coach
and
coaching
at
liberty
university
for
years
and
being
in
the
city,
I
was
always
conflicted
why
our
numbers
were
so
high
with
either
poverty
or
workforce
development
and
so
about
15
and
16.
I
started
going
to
some
of
the
meetings
my
wife
would
go.
Where
are
you
going
tonight?
J
Education
center
is
really
a
career
center
and
we
focus
a
lot
on
mentoring
as
well
what
we've
developed
as
we
get
to
it
so
we
went
through
and
we
started
really
looking
at
what
the
outcomes
were.
I
would
listen
to
a
lot
of
initiatives
like
hey
we're
going
to
take
vegetables
in
the
food
deserts
and
you
can
do
you
know
different
things
to
try
to.
J
You
know
massage
poverty
where
it
was
at
or
these
issues,
and
I
was
like
okay,
those
aren't
changing
anything
you
know,
and
so
a
lot
of
times
coaches
are
problem
solvers.
So
I
started
looking
hey.
How
are
we
going
to
solve
it
and
came
to
the
conclusion?
You
know,
dr
bergen
as
a
coach,
you
try
to
get
the
ball.
Inbounds
get
at
the
front
court
get
22
open
at
the
rim,
so
you
can
score
the
only
way
you
can
change
poverty.
J
J
That's
not
allowing
talent,
real
talent
to
access
themselves
into
the
workforce
because
we
live
in
a
climate
right
now
where
the
workforce
is
just,
I
mean
they're,
just
crying
for
labor
and
they
want
to
see
labor
come
their
way.
So
what
we?
What
we
did
is
we
sat
down
with
an
unbelievable
team
I
was
able
to
you
know
we
were
able
to
collaborate
with
and
she's
not
able
to
be
here
tonight,
but
our
director
of
academics
is
dr
hezedean
foster.
J
She
was
the
first
integrated
principal
in
athens
county
tremendous
person
taught
10
years
at
longwood,
so
she
oversees
the
academic
component
for
the
students,
and
you
know
there's
some
programs
out
there
that
don't
always
have
accredited
academics
with
them.
He
said:
hey
we're
not
going
to
do
anything.
We're
not
going
to
have
any
students
take
any
classes
unless
they're
fully
accredited,
so
students
can
go
from
legacy
education
center.
They
go
to
university
of
virginia.
You
know
they
can
go
to
liberty,
they
go
to
james
madison,
go
into
the
workforce,
so
it's
very
important.
J
We
had
accredited
academics,
we
see
ourselves
as
a
transition.
Okay-
and
I
think
you
guys
are
to
be
applauded
for
all
the
efforts
you
make
to
get
students
across
the
platform
to
do
what
you
can
do
career
development
wise,
but
that
comes
to
an
end
at
some
point
in
time.
The
the
school
bus
stops
coming.
J
We
also
see
ourselves
as
a
trans
transformational
program,
because
life
skills
are
a
crisis
right
now,
and
so
we
used
the
word
and
we've
coined
this
phrase:
employment,
maturity,
lack
of
employment,
maturity
with
a
lot
of
students
that
are
coming
out
of
high
school,
whether
it's
medford
lynchburg
or
whatever.
You
guys
might
be
doing
a
better
job
than
some
other
areas
in
the
state.
J
But
we
know
the
numbers
are
where
they
are
so
lynchburg
has
to
come
face
to
face
with
the
fact
that
we've
got
22
percent
poverty.
Okay,
that's
a
big
number
in
the
city.
We
have
to
come
face
to
face
with
those
sll
scores
that
you
probably
saw
last
week,
which
were
incredibly
low,
so
those
students
are
going
to
need
some
support,
there's
something
going
on
inside,
because
it's
not
the
talent
that
the
student
has
that's
not
getting
them
to
the
workforce.
J
So
as
we,
if
we
move
through
it,
then
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
and
we've
got
a
couple
of
our
students
here
that
are
bedford,
county
students
is
we
start
teaching
them
that
their
relationship
with
legacy
education
center,
their
relationship
with
me,
their
relationship
with
the
staff
is
about
their
economic
empowerment,
so
we
start
flipping
the
switch
for
them
to
get
them
thinking
on
an
economic
basis
and
a
lot
of
people
who
are
facing
hurdles.
They're,
they're,
constricted
they're,
not
thinking
that
way.
J
So,
even
though
we
may
think
that
way-
or
we
may
think
they're
thinking
that
way
as
I've
gotten
into
it
for
two
years
now-
they're,
not
thinking
that
way,
so
they're
actually
in
a
hole
and
we've
got
to
bring
them
up
to
the
basis
of
okay
understanding
what
economics
really
means
and
really
seeing
themselves
now.
They
no
longer
can
ride
the
bus,
they
can't
get
meals
they
get.
Where
are
we
going
to
go
so
we
start
teaching
them
that
you
get
paid
for
the
value.
You
add
the
marketplace.
J
You
got
to
get
mature
about
understanding
how
you
add
value
now
you
know
marcus.
How
does
a
student
add
value
in
the
market's
place?
If
they
don't
know
they
have
value
so
a
lot
of
times
we're
coming
out
of
situations
where
we've
never
even
understood.
I
got
value,
I
mean
we
assume
they
they
got
value,
but
when
you
get
them
isolated
right
now,
this
is
one
of
our
key
members
of
our
team
is
mike
mcpherson.
J
His
last
position
was
he
was
the
financial
manager
for
the
entire
air
force,
so
he's
out
of
dc
comes
down
a
lot
and
he
says
the
world
is
way
too
complex
people
quit
so
the
complexities
that
we're
facing
in
the
millennials
with
limited
coping
skills
becomes
a
real
problem
for
them,
so
they
quit,
and
so
we
have
to
help
them
through
three
things:
we're
mentoring.
It
has
to
be.
First
of
all,
you
gotta
help
them
through
the
complexities.
It's
not
simple.
J
J
When
I
go
out
and
I'm
on
my
own,
I
don't
see
the
teachers,
I
don't
see
my
principles,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
fear
and
that
fear
then
leads
to
isolation,
so
you
know
we're
in
there
working
to
solve
it
and
we
meet
different
cases.
So
I
want
you
to
meet
a
couple
of
students
tonight,
first
and
I'll
finish
up
with
what
we,
what
we're
asking
what
we
do
leo
you
know,
lightroom
I
mean
leo
snead
played
for
me
and
I
had
a
relationship
with
him
and
he's
a
superstar.
J
J
J
J
Sometimes
the
student
doesn't
come
and
take
classes
leo
had
never
taken
a
class
yet,
but
we
helped
him
with
his
life
skills.
We
helped
him
get
himself
into
into
a
place
of
joy.
Okay,
so
so
leo
come
on
up
and
take
your
hat
off
here
and
come
come
speak
to
this
lovely
board
and
share
them
your
story
and
where
you're
headed
right
now
in
life.
K
K
K
And
a
big
reason
that
I
got
to
banker.
Steel
was
because
of
legacy
and
going
to
there
and
I
never
took
a
class,
but
I
would
ride
up
there
and
all
through
high
school.
I've
had
coach
dunn
by
my
side,
helped
me
through
basketball
and
stuff,
and
that's
taught
me
a
lot
of
life
skills
through
basketball
and
sports.
K
I've.
That's
taught
me
a
lot
about
not
quitting
and
just
sticking
in
it
because
you
know
you
got
to
start
somewhere
and
not
everything
is
you
know
handed
to
you,
but
it's
taught
me
a
lot.
Coach,
dunton
and
legacy
has
taught
me
a
lot
to
just
stick
with
it
and
stay
with
it,
and
so
far
it's
been
doing
great.
For
me,
I've
been
out
of
high
school
for
only
a
year
and
I've
switched
from.
L
K
J
So
much,
and
what
I
want
to
point
out
here
is
leo,
doesn't
get
to
bank
or
steal
without
the
support
from
legacy.
Okay,
and
so
what
happened
with
the
banker
steel
position?
Is
he
actually
did
a
phone
interview,
so
we
connected
them.
They
wanted
to
both
be
welders,
him
and
garrett
worley,
so
they
both
come
out
of
bedford
liberty,
high
school.
They
want
to
be
welders,
so
we
operate
through
your
passion,
dr.
If
you
tell
me
hey,
I
want
to
be
a
principal.
You
know
we
help
you
with
education.
J
You
want
to
be
a
welder
we're
going
to
take
in
that
route,
so
they
want
to
be
welders.
So
now
I
you
know,
I'm
saying:
okay,
what's
the
best
way
to
go
through
it?
Well,
when
you
actually
talk
to
bank
or
steel
they're
excited
about
the
fact
that
you
know
the
student's
going
to
get
some
life
skills
through
us
and
still
get
that
kind
of
support
and
then
enter
into
the
labor
force.
J
Well,
everybody
can
have
a
different
path,
so
garrett
gets
in
and
they
put
him
in
one
plant
they
put
leo
in
another
plant
and
garrett
moves
right
into
welding,
and
so
both
of
these
guys
are
already
making
like
50
000
a
year.
We
have
the
ability
to
do
that
right
out
of
high
school
boom,
so
leo
got
a
little
frustrated
with
hey
coach.
Why
is
garrett
moving
into
the
welding
and
I'm
still
over
here
on
the
machines?
J
And
so
I
called
the
president
and
asked
him
hey.
You
know
this
is
what
you're
going
to
do,
because
he's
about
to
get
an
opportunity
to
make
19
an
hour
at
georgia,
pacific
and
you're
going
to
lose
a
great
worker.
This
is
not
an
average
one.
This
is
a
great
worker.
They
they
took
him
right
off.
The
bat
put
him
right
up
in
some
lead
positions
over
there,
but
for
whatever
reason
they
didn't
move
and
make
him
a
welder.
J
And
so
then
he
took
the
opportunity
to
go
to
georgia
pacific
we're
talking
our
way
through
it
give
them
a
two-week
notice,
make
sure
your
job's
going
to
be
great,
because
you've
got
family.
That
works
at
georgia,
pacific
so
he's
going
to
do
a
great
job
at
georgia.
Pacific
like
to
also
introduce
thomas
robertson,
so
thomas
walked
into
my
office
and
know
three
four
years
ago
and
came
in
jv
position
was
open.
J
You
know,
thomas
came
in
presented
himself
and-
and
I
said
hey,
do
you
have
a
degree?
Yet?
Where
are
you
having
a
degree
share
me?
What
happened
with
his
education
and-
and
I
said
well
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
hire
you
in
that
position,
but
if
you
want
to
become
a
volunteer,
get
into
the
system
and
we'll
see
if
we
can
get
you
volunteering
well,
lo
and
behold,
this
guy
becomes
one
of
the
greatest
role
models
that
ever
happened
at
liberty.
High
school.
I
mean
he's
unbelievable.
J
J
M
Said
my
name
is
thomas
robertson.
I
graduated
back
in
2012
from
liberty
high
school,
so
after
I
graduated,
I
took
that
basically
that
fall
semester
off
before
I
started
back
in
the
spring.
So
from
the
spring
to
about
the
spring
of
because
of
the
spring
of
2013
to
the
spring
of
2014,
I
was
in
fully
enrolled
four
classes:
12
credits,
12
to
15
credits,
every
semester
going
all
the
way
through
and
then
the
one
thing
that
most
20
year
olds
don't
want
to
hear,
get
that
text
message
to
say:
I'm
pregnant.
M
It
basically
took
me.
It
basically
took
me
down
a
dark
route
and
it
basically
led
me
to
you
know
falling
beneath
my
own
standards.
So
in
2015,
when
I
took
my
next
semester,
I
ended
up
failing
because
I
already
had
too
much
of
my
plate
from
working
to
now.
I
have
a
child
on
the
way
and
that
took
me
out.
I
felt
like
I,
it
was
just
overwhelming
and
everything
I
didn't
really
have
the
mental
or
physical
support
that
I
needed
that
or
that
I
needed
more
than
likely.
M
So
as
time
went
on,
I
still
stayed
involved
with
my
community
and
everything
I
still.
I
coached
wrecked
basketball
right
football
tried
to
make
sure
that
I
was
a
positive
influence
to.
Let
kids
know
that
you
know,
even
even
if
you
don't
have
support
where
you're
at
I'm
I'll,
always
support
you.
No
matter
what
so
2019
comes
2019
2020.
M
I
found
out
about
coach
dunn
at
liberty.
I
try
my
hardest
from
different
people
to
going
to
open
gyms
and
everything
to
get
my
name
in
there,
so
that
coach
dunn
knows
about
me
so
that
I
can
be
a
positive
role
model
to
these
students
and
everything
and
like
he
said
he
offered
me
the
volunteer
job
position
and
during
that
role
he
had
introduced
me
to
legacy.
So
when
he
told
me
about
legacy-
and
he
told
me
that
you
know
it
offers
a
great
role
of
support
and
everything
that
that
sold
me
right
there.
M
M
Since
then,
he
with
that
support,
I
was
able
to
get
a
job
where
I'm
a
logistics
manager
at
asdale,
but
it's
a
customer
site
inside
of
it
called
valen,
which
I'm
a
part
of
which
I'm
the
logistics
manager,
I'm
a
varsity
football
and
basketball
coach
at
liberty,
as
well
as
a
barber
and
a
father
of
two
kids.
So,
overall
the
help
from
legacy
to
help
me
build.
M
J
J
So
here's
what
we
do
in
legacy
so
legacy
part
of
the
secret
sauce
is
this.
We
we
put
it
in
a
block
schedule,
so
you
come
to
legacy
from
8
30
to
noon
monday
through
thursday,
and
you
take
two
classes
every
eight
weeks
and
in
21
months
you
can
have
your
aaa
degree.
We
have
a
staff
of
three
phds,
five
master's
degrees.
Dr
moving
is
here
with
me
tonight.
J
So
dr
moving
taught
20
years
at
liberty
taught
a
bunch
of
years
at
longwood
he's
in
the
center
every
day,
working
with
the
math
students,
okay
and
he
can
teach
any
level
he
wants.
We
call
him
a
math
facilitator
because
we're
taking
we're
bringing
online
accredited
academics
to
the
student
and
then
you
know
we're
allowing
them
to
facilitate
the
degree
through
that
process.
J
You
know
the
original
vision
is
is
kind
of
like
okay,
if,
when
thomas
is
two
classes
away
from
graduating,
so
we're
working
right
now
with
him
on
moving
to
liberty
into
the
school
of
business
with
dean,
bratt
and
dean
brad
will
be
his
mentor
as
he
goes
through
it.
So
access
again,
the
students
are
getting
more
access,
they're.
J
Getting
and
then
people
are
seeing
their
talents
so
then
obviously
they're
going
to
add
more
value
because
they
see
more
value
on
themselves,
they're
going
to
get
paid
more
and
therefore
they'll
be
out
of
some
of
the
hurdles.
So
we
we
we
go
from
8
30
to
noon
from
8
30
to
9
we
pound
life
skills.
We
are
in
a
life
skills,
crisis,
okay,
we
pound.
So
it's
coaching,
so
I
get
to
coach
again:
hey,
let's
go,
you
know,
but
we're
we're
pounding
life
skills,
so
you
can
get
employment
maturity.
J
You
know
you
take
a
job.
You
need
to
go
into
excellence.
You
know
think
about
your
mindset.
This
way,
what's
wrong
with
showing
up
early
staying
late,
somebody's
got
a
problem,
stay
15
minutes
later
and
solve
the
problem.
Don't
just
say
how
little
can
I
do
and
still
get
paid?
You
know
so
you
start
to
see
you
start
to
see
a
reconditioning
of
their
of
their
attitudes
and
their
mindset
and
we
got
our
core
values
that
are
in
the
material
that
I
gave
you.
J
J
J
So
you
start
doing
so
like
temp
jobs
become
really
tempting
to
people
that
are
in
poverty,
so
they
take
a
temp
job
and
I
get
trapped
in
the
temp
cycle
six
weeks
here,
six
weeks
here,
six
weeks
here
never
really
get
a
resume,
never
get
more
of
another
career.
And
again
we
try
to.
We
get
a
way
to
help
them
through
that
child
care.
We
provide
child
care
for
them.
If
they
have
children,
you
know
financials
and
securities.
You
know
I
can't
do
this
over
here.
J
I
can't
take
the
risk,
as
some
of
these
guys
took,
because
I
got
to
pay
the
bills
right
now,
so
we
help
them
through
some
of
that.
Those
are
the
hurdles
and
barriers.
So
our
goal
at
legacy
is
to
remove
every
hurdle
and
barrier
that
somebody
has.
So
they
have
full
access
to
their
education
and
every
student
has
you
know
if
they,
if
they
qualify
for
appel,
they
have
fifty
six
thousand
dollars
to
buy
their
education
over
four
years.
Most
of
them
don't
know
it.
J
So
we
have
community
events
where
we
bring
in
you,
know,
families
and
grandmas
and
pastors
and
educate
and
say:
hey.
Do
you
know
you
have
fifty
six
thousand
dollars
to
educate
yourself,
so
you
can
buy
education
and
you
know
one
grandma
came
in.
She
had
four
children
said
you
know
you
get
225
000
to
educate
your
family.
No
clue
do
I
have
to
pay
it
back.
No,
you
don't
pay
back,
it's
grant
money,
you
know
we
just
got
to
access
it.
The
right
way.
J
So
budgetarily,
you
guys
think
budget
so
budgetarily
the
students
is
prepared
to.
You
know
buy
their
education
if
they
can't
buy
their
education
with
their
pell
grant,
then
they
have
to
pay
for
it.
Joey
spurberg
came
to
a
legacy
as
well,
and
so
joy
spurberg
did
not
qualify
for
appel.
He
bought
his
classes.
We
gave
him
all
the
support
services
around
him.
He's
now.
Working
at
hurt
and
profit
he's
about
to
graduate
in
the
summer
he's
going
to
go
to
university
in
lynchburg,
because
now
he
wants
to
be
an
environmental
scientist.
J
J
Last
thing
I
would
share
with
you
is:
why
are
we
standing
here
today,
we'd
like
to
have
access
to
your
students?
We
we
we,
we
try
to
go
through
it,
every
the
right
way.
We
try
to
go
through
the
authorities
the
right
way,
so
we
have
mousse
with
lynchburg
right
now.
We
were
in
heritage
yesterday
for
three
three
hours,
all
the
lunch
periods,
we're
going
into
campbell.
J
I've
been
in
alta
vista,
so
dr
johnson
has
already
set
us
up
we're
meeting
with
dr
johnson,
the
principal's
no
april
21st
to
go
in
so
we'd
love
to
sit
down
with.
You
know
dr
bergen,
and
you
know,
however,
he
would
see
it.
You
know
allow
us
to
have
access
to
the
students
to
share
the
program.
You
know
like.
J
J
I
think
there's
between
30
and
50
students
in
every
school
that
would
benefit
from
legacy,
so
we're
making
plans
right
now
to
move
it
to.
We
started
out
the
pilot
program.
We
have
proof
of
concept
now,
so
I'm
not
standing
in
front
of
you
guessing
we
can
transition
a
number
of
people
into
great
jobs.
J
You
know
to
get
their
money
to
the
student,
and
so
you
know
we're
here
to
offer
a
legacy
to
whatever
we
can
do
for
bedford
county
appreciate
all
that.
You
guys
do
appreciate
the
ability
to
share
this.
With
you
respect
your
positions,
you
know
know
you
got
to
run
a
school
system,
we're
not
trying
to
you
know,
sit
here
and
say
anything
but
be
a
support
to
your
students
when
they,
when
they
leave
and
we'll
do
all
we
can
to
help
them.
J
O
Good
evening,
try
to
remember
to
click
this
for
the
people
in
the
audience.
Yes,
here
to
present
the
third
quarter
financial
report
really
projections
on
where
I
think
we'll
end
up
for
the
year.
Not
just
what's
happened
so
far
up
into
the
third
quarter,
but
kind
of
looking
forward
over
the
next
three
months
and
giving
the
board
an
idea
what
our
ending
balance
might
be
or
if
there's
any
kind
of
issues
that
might
materialize
so.
B
C
O
So
the
first
page,
we're
going
to
look
at
is
is
really
the
revenue
forecast
for
the
operating
fund,
and
so
things
are
looking
very
similar
that
they,
as
they
did
for
the
second
quarter,
so
no
major
changes
there.
One
grant
that
we
were
awarded
in
between
december
and
now
was
for
some
learning
loss
over
the
summer,
so
that
was
a
grant
we
applied
for
and
were
awarded
388
000.
All
that
money
is
being
applied
to
what
we
did
last
year
last
summer.
O
So
we
kind
of
recouped
all
that
a
lot
of
the
money
that
we
did
all
the
extra
work
we
did.
Last
summer
we
went
longer
in
the
day
we
went
longer
in
the
summer,
and
so
we
spent
a
lot
more
money
on
summer
school
than
what
we
normally
get
from
the
state,
and
so
we
were
able
to
recoup
388
000
there
that
goes
into
the
revenue
and
that
helps
our
ending
balance
so
other
than
that.
Not
a
lot
of
changes
on
the
revenue
side.
O
From
the
my
last
presentation
in
january,
which
was
showing
us
a
halfway
through
the
year,
so
we're
looking
pretty
strong
there.
I
don't
anticipate
having
to
do
any
more
supplementals
for
the
year.
I
think
we're
done
with
those
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
revenue
side
on
the
operating
fund.
Here.
O
Yes,
we
waiting
is
in
june.
I
will
bring
to
this
board.
Recommendation
of
a
category
transfer
will
transfer
money
out
of
the
instruction
where
we're
going
to
be
coming.
You
know
under
budget
move
some
money
down
to
the
maintenance
and
also
technology
to
take
care
of
those
shortfalls.
The
maintenance
department
is
having
overruns
really
because
of
repair
and
replace
near
125.
O
000
projected
over
budget
on
that
just
for
breakage
and
some
things
that
were
breaking
earlier
in
the
year,
still
not
certain
on
what
the
fuel
impact
is
going
to
be
we're
paying
higher
price
for
fuel
right
now.
My
run
rate
might
be
a
little
bit
high
there,
because
we've
really
gotten
through
the
winter.
So,
but
so
I'm
gonna
wait
till
june
to
bring
those
budget
transfers
to
the
board
and
then
that
would
bring
us
through
the
rest
year.
That
would
be
my
recommendation.
O
O
G
O
E
O
You
we're
buying
the
chromebooks,
we're
putting
the
orders
in
october
november
december
and
we're
getting
them
so
we,
you
know
really.
A
lot
of
these
devices
have
started
coming
in
actually
they're
a
little
bit
ahead
of
schedule.
Sometimes
they
come
in.
I
think
last
year
was
may
or
june,
so
we've
already
received
these
and
we're
processing
and
getting
them
ready.
So
we
have
to
there's
a
long
lead
lead
time
for
these
devices.
P
O
A
lot
of
them
when
we
look
at
we
set
the
budget,
we
have
a
repair
and
replace
line
and
a
lot
of
times-
that's
hopefully
enough,
but
when
things
break
down
and
you
have
to
get
them
running,
you
know
that
that
budget
line
has
we've.
We've
seen
pressure
on
that
budget
line.
Ever
since
the
beginning
of
the
school
year,
some
some
of
the
items
that
broke,
we
actually
went
into
the
cip
plan
because
they
were
more
expensive,
but
hopefully
in
the
future
in
next
year's
budget.
O
I
didn't
actually
go
up
on
that,
because
we're
fixing
a
lot
of
the
hvacs
by
you
know,
rent
you
know,
bringing
those
back
online
and
putting
new
ones
in
this
summer
and
last
summer,
so
I'm
hoping
that
repair
and
place
will
go
down.
I
didn't
increase
the
budget
for
next
year,
but
this
year
we
had
a
lot
of
pressure
on
that.
So
it's
just
not
hvac
it's
boilers
and
it's
anything
and
that's
the
building
related.
O
I
think
there's
some
water
lines
being
fixed
right
now
at
a
couple
schools
you
know,
so
you
know
water
lines.
Anything
that
relates
to
the
building,
maintenance
and
stuff
would
go
through
this
to
this
account
and
we
have
three
months,
but
I
have
to
project
that
we're
still
going
to
continue
to
spend
on
this
account.
So
I'm
just
projecting
that's
where
we
come.
If
we
don't
have
any
other
breakage
or
any
big
breakage
over
the
next
three
months,
we'll
probably
come
in
at
better
than
what
I
projected
just
hard
to
tell.
O
We
have
three
months
to
go
and
really
what
I
do
on
some
of
these
accounts.
It's
some
of
them
a
little
bit
more
complicated.
I
do
more
detailed
analysis,
but
you'll
take
one
of
these
lines
and
you'll
go
okay,
we're
nine
months
into
it.
So
you'll
say:
okay,
just
extrapolate
that
out
to
12
months
and
that's
what
you're
going
to
spend
for
the
year
hard
to
tell
when
things
break
and
how
expensive
that's
going
to
be.
O
Q
O
O
Okay,
okay,
we'll
move
on
to
the
balance
sheets
and
those
are
further
back
actually
in
in
some
of
those
categories.
I
give
more
detail
on
each
of
the
major
categories
and
there's
more
detail
behind
that
on
the
document.
The
pdf
document
on
board
docs
that
is
not
up
on
the
screen,
so
we'll
look
at
the
other
major
funds
in
the
school
system.
We
have
the
nutrition
fund
doing
very
well
this
year,
the
federal
reimbursement
rate
right
now
they're
under
a
program
where
any
kid
that
comes
through
the
line.
O
It
gets
reimbursed
so
there's
really
the
only
charges
and
sales
are
like
for
extras,
so
we
already
have
a
net
profit
at
this
point.
You
know
315
000,
and
this
does
not
include
it
includes
the
expenses
as
of
march,
but
I
didn't
know
what
the
revenues
were.
So
we
still
have
march
revenues
to
bring
in
this.
O
So
we've
got
a
pretty
strong
balance
sheet
here
and
I'll
be
working
with
the
supervisor
there
that,
if
there's
any
maintenance
or
equipment
that
needs
to
be
replaced,
it's
probably
a
year
to
do
it
and
get
a
lot
of
that
thing.
A
lot
of
those
things
maintained,
so
the
state
really
doesn't
want
us
carrying
over
too
large
of
a
balance.
So
they
want
you
to
spend
it
down
so
but
happy
to
report
that
textbook
fund
projecting
a
little
over
a
million
at
the
end
of
the
year.
O
That's
assuming,
I
think,
there's
still
the
textbook
adoption
to
be
considered.
I've
got
that
factored
in
here
that
if
those
monies
would
come
in,
then
it
would
also
go
out.
So
I
think
the
board's
gonna
be
talking
about
that
tonight,
but
still
a
strong
balance
in
the
textbook
fund
and
the
budget
document.
I
kind
of
projected
what
we
need
to
do
in
the
future.
To
make
sure
we
state
maintain
a
strong
balance
in
that
fund,
so
we
can
do
adoptions
in
the
future
and
that's
in
the
appendix
of
the
budget
maintenance
reserve
fund.
O
These
are
for
projects
there's
a
much
more
detailed
document.
I
think
dr
dewis
has
put
together
on
the
cip.
So
what
I'm
just
showing
here
is
a
snapshot
of
what
is
the
balance
right
now
and
I
think
that
booklet
and
that
document
will
show
a
lot
more
detail
of
what
we're
planning.
Where
are
we
going?
So
this
is
just
a
snapshot
in
time.
What
is
our
balance
as
of
this
moment?
O
There's
several
different
funds
coming
into
here:
we're
bringing
cares,
act
funds
into
here
to
do
replacements.
We
have
and
there's
also
some
state
funds
coming
in
here.
So
there's
different
things
moving
in
here
to
pay
for
these
projects,
but
3.1
right
now
is
the
projected
balance
and
finally,
the
self-insured
fund.
I
think
I
mentioned
in
january
we
did
see
increased
pressure
on
this
fund.
O
It
showed
and
that
really
showed
and
materialized
itself
in
what
we
passed
in
the
budget
going
up,
five
percent
on
the
premiums
on
our
health
insurance,
and
so
you
can
see
there
was
a
continued
deterioration,
not
it's
larger
than
I'd
like,
but
it
still
has
gone
down.
I
believe
there's
some
stop-loss
reimbursement
still
pending.
O
That
will
bring
this
back
up,
but
you
can
see
we
began
the
year
at
6.2
million
and
we're
at
5.4
million
so
about
800,
000
less
than
the
beginning
of
the
year
on
our
self-funded
insurance,
with
the
five
percent
increase
that
will
increase
the
rev.
You
know
the
amount
going
in
here
by
400
000
next
year,
so
there's
been
a
lot
of
covert
related
expenditures.
O
I
look
at
those
as
a
one-time,
hopefully
they'll
just
come
back
down
and
we
won't
have
those
in
the
future,
and
things
will
level
out
so
still
in
good
shape
on
that
fund.
But
we'll
have
to
continue
to
monitor
that
and
address
it
in
the
future.
If
it
continues
to
go
down
any
questions
on
those
those
four
funds
outside
the
operating.
R
O
O
If
we
move
that
down,
I
would
still
project
you
know
close
between
a
million
1.5.
The
the
long-standing
tradition
here
in
bedford
county
is
that
once
the
audit's
complete,
we
verify
that
that
is
the
exact
ending
bounce.
I
would
bring
before
this
board
a
recommendation
on
where
to
move
that
for
one-time
expenditures
it
could
be
for
textbooks,
but
most
times
we
in
the
past,
we've
mostly
moved
it
into
the
cip
plan
for
maintenance
projects,
so
that
gives
that
influx
in
there.
O
Once
this
board
passes
past
that
resolution,
then
I
would
take
that
to
the
board
of
supervisors
and
ask
them
to
go
ahead
and
adopt
that
based
upon
this
board's
adoption.
So
I
I
would
recommend,
probably
looking
at
things
as
they
are
right
now
that
any
leftover
balance
we
would
ask
for
that
to
go
into
the
cip
plan
maintenance.
S
L
Good
evening
I
know
I'm
standing
between
you
and
dinner,
so
I'll
try
to
be
brief
with
my
comments,
but
I'm
here
to
present
tonight
information
and
action
about
the
perkins
grant.
So,
as
we
outlined
in
the
attached
application,
the
funds
associated
with
this
grant
will
be
used
to
support
students
in
grades
five
through
twelve
enrolled
in
career
and
technical
education
courses.
L
So
we
have
programs
in
all
six
of
our
secondary
schools
and
susie
gibson
and
the
funds
will
go
towards
items
like
purchasing
equipment,
instructional
programs,
teacher
training,
student
competitions
and
travel
costs
for
various
cte
events.
So,
for
example,
our
students
attend
local
and
regional
competitions
actually
have
one
this
weekend
scheduled
in
virginia
beach,
the
grant
was
developed
using
a
comprehensive
local
needs
assessment
and
with
input
from
schools
and
by
analyzing
the
performance
reports
from
previous
years.
L
Additionally,
we
sought
input
from
other
cte
supervisors
and
directors
and
surrounding
divisions,
and
we
met
with
our
contacts
from
the
virginia
department
of
education
so
upon
approval
of
the
budget.
Mr
haas
and
I
will
continue
to
meet
with
the
cte
department,
chairs
and
school
principals.
We
will
discuss
short-term
long-term
funding
needs
and
we'll
use
this
feedback
to
allocate
funds
for
the
22-23
school
year
and
plan
for
future
school
years.
L
If
this
is
approved
by
the
virginia
department
of
education,
then
funds
will
be
available
to
us
after
july.
The
1st.
So
in
closing,
I
just
want
to
say
especially
to
our
new
board
members,
that
we
know
that
you
have
interest
in
in
cte,
especially
we'd
love,
to
give
you
a
tour
of
susie
gibson.
So
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
we'd,
be
happy
to
do
that
and
show
off
some
of
our
excellent
programs.
So
this
time
I'll
be
happy
to
take
questions.
C
E
L
Participation,
so
if
you
look
at
the
performance
indicators
on
the
grant,
we
we
do
really
well.
We
have
a
lot
to
be
proud
of
with
cte
and
some
of
the
categories
of
before
your
graduation
rate,
academic
proficiency
in
english
and
math
and
and
there's
a
whole
host
of
items.
But
the
one
category
that
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
come
short,
is
the
non-traditional
and
so
non-traditional
would
be
someone
in
the
job
market,
where
less
than
25
percent
of
those
employed
falls
under
that.
L
H
L
Well
part
of
the
comprehensive
local
needs
assessment.
That's
actually
due
april
the
29th,
so
we're
going
to
be
looking
through.
That
and
part
of
that
is
looking
at
our
performance
indicators
and
and
looking
at
our
enrollments.
There
are
some
some
some
special
populations,
what
you
might
call,
and
so,
if
you
I
can
that
those
would
be
populations
like
special
ed,
it
could
be
anywhere
from
homeless,
foster
care.
Anyone
like
that,
so
we're
going
to
look
at
those
numbers
and
see
what
we
can
do
to
support
those
students
as
well.
H
I
have
one
more:
the
grant
refers
on
page
13
to
work
with
local
community
colleges,
for
the
provision
of
courses
specifically
related
to
hvac
and
cyber
security
sure.
So
what
colleges
is
my
question?
Have
we
worked
with
toward
this
goal
and
will
students
have
the
opportunity
to
be
enrolled
in
those
classes
if
they're
going.
L
On
next
year,
so
the
program
of
studies
we
did
at
hvac
this
year,
and
so
we
have,
we
have
that
job.
Currently
posted
we've
met
with
with
southern
air
and
some
other
companies
we're
finding
that's
going
to
be
really
challenging
to
find
an
instructor
and
so
we're
ready
to
go.
You
know
we
want
to
do
that,
but
being
realistic.
We
may
not
find
somebody
qualified
to
do
that.
L
So
cvcc
does
have
their
own
cte
academy,
and
so
we've
met
with
their
directors
and
their
leadership,
and
the
plan
is
for
those
that
have
expressed
interest.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
can
connect
them.
The
other
thing
we've
done
is
for
those
that
were
not
accepted
by
susie
gibson
into
their
programs.
We
we've
been
able
to
put
those
families
in
contact
with
the
cdcc
cte
academy,.
F
L
Now
we
we
don't
offer
cyber
security
now,
but
we're
starting
to
see.
There's
some
interest
there
and
we've
actually
looked
at
our
job
market.
That
is
something
we
anticipate
growing,
and
so
we
have
discussed
that
as
we
move
into
the
the
following
school
year.
We
want
to
go
ahead
and
start
looking
into
programs
like
that.
We've
had
a
lot
of
potential
community
partners
reach
out
and
the
we
think
there's
some
potential
there.
So
there's
a
lot
to
be
explored,
but
I
think
what
excites
us
is.
L
G
L
L
Q
Q
N
F
U
My
apologies,
madam
chair,
for
being
delinquent
in
getting
you
the
certificates.
Hopefully,
you've
got
your
signatures
ready
students
when
I
call
your
name,
please
come
up
the
stage
and
be
greeted
by
the
chair
vice
chair
and
dr
bergen,
and
then
please
stand
off
to
the
side
and
we'll
see
if
I
can't
grab
my
phone
and
get
pictures
once
our
collective
groups
are
finished
being
called
tonight.
We
celebrate
more
of
our
students
across
bedford
county
that
have
recently
achieved
success.
U
Moving
on
jefferson
forest
high
school
put
on
a
great
performance
at
the
state
deca
competition
recently
deca,
which
is
short
for
distributive
education.
Clubs
of
america,
encourages
students,
development
of
their
business
and
leadership,
skills
through
academic
conferences
and
competitions
in
the
state,
competition
for
the
category
of
impromptu
business.
We
have
not
one
but
two
state
champions
to
be
proud
of
the
first
abby
beard.
U
C
C
C
V
V
This
book
was
discussed
before
at
previous
school
board
meetings.
Every
time
the
public
met
with
pushback
beloved
was
said
to
be
mandatory
ap
reading.
Yet
it
is
not.
It
is
suggested
reading
only
as
are
over
120
literary
books.
Parents
want
to
ban
books
was
the
claim
beloved
represented,
unique
culture.
We
were
told
the
attitude
toward
parental
concerns
was
cavalier
and
dismissive.
So
let
us
offer
another
approach.
I
recommend
a
book
that
also
represents
culture.
My
culture,
the
book
is
entitled
the
book
of
concord.
V
V
If
other
books
are
mandatory
reading
because
of
unique
culture,
then
why
should
this
book
not
be
given
the
same
level
of
respect
on
what
grounds
should
it
be
rejected?
Surely
not
because
of
crass
or
graphic
expression,
as
you
will
find?
None,
surely
not
because
of
religious
content,
as
many
approved
books
contain
animistic
or
new
age,
religious
undertones,
yet
committee,
yet
a
committee
that
approved
other
books
might
unanimously
ban
my
book,
perhaps
showing
a
tolerance
of
other
cultures.
V
V
W
Good
evening,
madam
chair
and
members
of
our
board,
my
name
is
sheree
whitehurst
and
I
live
at
1310
vista,
rama
lane
in
bedford,
virginia
and
I
live
in
district
7..
First,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
board
for
making
available
your
meetings
online.
I
have
attended
your
meetings
virtually
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
W
This
evening.
I
would
like
to
share
with
you
information
about
two
retired
policies
and
ask
that
you
consider
reinstating
these
policies.
The
first
is
policy.
I
e
c
the
bill
of
rights
of
the
constitution
of
the
united
states
policy,
iec
required
that
the
bill
of
rights
be
posted
in
a
conspicuous
place
in
each
school,
for
students
to
read.
W
The
second
policy
is
policy.
I
e
b
the
national
motto
in
god.
We
trust
policy
ieb
required
the
national
motto,
also
to
be
posted
in
a
conspicuous
place
in
each
school,
for
all
students
to
read
hosting
the
bill
of
rights
and
the
national
bot
motto
in
our
schools
continues
to
be
mandated
by
the
virginia
general
assembly.
W
I
reviewed
the
policy
manuals
of
nearby
school
districts.
I
found
they
all
still
included
the
policies
that
require
the
bill
of
rights.
As
well
as
the
national
motto
to
be
displayed
in
their
schools,
these
districts
include
lynchburg
city
campbell,
county
amherst,
county
roanoke,
city,
salem
city,
bodytalk,
county
franklin,
county
appomattox,
county
nelson
county
and
pennsylvania.
W
W
W
I.E
moment
of
silence
and
policy.
Iea
pledge
of
allegiance
are
still
active
in
our
policy
manual.
Community
members
believe
the
bill
of
rights
policy
and
the
national
motto
policy
need
to
be
added
back
to
our
district's
policy
manual
alongside
the
moment
of
silence
and
the
pledge
of
allegiance
policies.
X
X
I
struggled
with
this
question
in
this
question
for
a
while
replanted
in
my
head.
Until
eventually
I
just
drugged
it
off
to
dr
working,
you
don't
know
my
wife.
She
doesn't
quit
it's
not
in
her
dna,
especially
when
protecting
children,
but
this
question
is
an
important
one,
because
it
was
also
during
that
march
board
meeting
that
dr
woodford
mentioned
that
the
board
had
received
an
update
on
a
wednesday
memo
and
by
using
the
freedom
of
information
act
with
the
help
of
moms
for
liberty.
X
Factually
she
had
a
phone
call
that
transpired
on
monday
december
13th
between
my
wife
and
dr
trosper,
dr
trosper,
did
offer
to
review
the
books
by
school
in
hopes
to
organize
this
process,
as
there
are
a
lot
of
books
being
challenged
accurately.
Mrs
sneed
then
informed
dr
trosper
that
she
was
putting
the
pause
button
on
reviews
until
the
new
policy
was
revised,
and
then
she
would
let
him
know
how
how
she
wanted
to
proceed
moving
forward
after
she
looked
at
the
new
policy
revisions.
X
X
X
If
a
book
is
given
as
a
suitable
alternative,
why
is
the
glass
castle
being
used
at
all?
Why
can't
the
alternative
book
be
required
in
its
first
in
its
place
in
the
first
place,
what
specific
academic
goals
achieved
by
the
glass
castle
that
is
not
achieved
by
two
kinds:
we're
happy
to
work
together
with
the
curriculum
department
and
or
teachers
to
suggest
alternatives,
as
we
had
with
the
book
beloved.
X
We'd
like
to
do
the
same
thing.
Moving
forward
with
the
other
titles
for
the
required
reading.
We
want
to
offer
healthy
alternatives.
Perhaps
parents
have
the
ability
to
opt
their
children
into
certain
content,
as
opposed
to
opting
out
we're,
not
banning
books,
we're
just
making
healthier
alternatives.
X
After
all,
it
was
a
10th
grade,
bedford,
county
student.
That
said,
I
thought
that
the
book
was
very
inappropriate
for
my
age
group.
It
made
me
feel
uncomfortable
and
disgusted
about
sexual
abuse
about
physical
abuse,
and
the
language
that
was
read
was
well
beyond
what
I
expected.
I
feel
obligated
to
say
that
the
rules
in
this
in
this
room
that
prohibit
me
from
reading
the
content
of
that
book
at
school
board
meetings
or
I'd
be
asked
to
leave.
X
So
in
closing,
I'm
going
to
read
another
book,
that's
controversial
as
it
was
referred
to
by
dr
woodford
in
last
month's
meeting,
there's
nothing
concealed
that
will
not
be
disclosed,
nothing
hidden
that
will
not
be
made
known
and
what
you
have
said
in
the
dark
will
be
heard
in
the
daylight
and
what
you've
whispered
in
the
ear
of
the
rooms
will
be
proclaimed
from
the
rooftops.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
T
Hello,
my
name
is
leanne
ellis,
I'm
the
librarian
here
and
I
live
in
district
2..
I
would
like
to
thank
the
board
first
for
budgeting
for
full-time
library,
media
specialists
in
every
school
and
for
one
full-time
library,
media
aid
per
750
students.
We
appreciate
that
support
happy
national
library
week
to
you
all.
T
I
am
one
of
the
librarians
who
took
part
in
the
committees
to
look
at
the
officially
challenged
book
beloved
and
the
books
from
the
list
that
are
in
my
library.
Last
month's
board
meeting
was
alarming
to
me
in
several
ways,
and
I
would
like
to
address
them
first.
I
must
dispel
the
idea
that
the
bible
is
not
in
our
libraries,
the
dewey
decimal
system's
entire
200
section
is
dedicated
to
theologies
of
the
world,
and
even
if
I
weren't
a
christ
follower,
I
would
not
be
doing
my
job
well.
T
If
I
did
not
include
the
bible,
we
have
multiple
copies,
including
different
versions.
Next,
it
was
stated
in
the
march
meeting
that
librarians
had
a
vested
interest
in
keeping
the
challenged
books
on
the
shelves.
It
felt
like
a
picture
was
painted
of
librarians
and
teachers
greedily
clinging
to
books.
In
hopes
of
indoctrinating
children-
and
that's
simply
not
true,
the
library
is
an
ever
evolving
place.
It
should
reflect
all
of
its
students.
So
a
huge
part
of
curating
a
collection
is
to
weed
out
books
that
are
inappropriate
to
the
student
body.
For
example.
T
I
recently
weeded
several
of
our
career
books
because
they
talked
about
computer
careers
using
terms
like
floppy
disks
and
dot
matrix.
I've
also
removed
books
that
I
found
to
have
inappropriate
content.
I'm
not
married
to
my
books.
That
brings
me
back
to
the
five
challenged
books
from
the
list
that
are
in
my
library.
T
T
You
see,
there's
a
very
big
difference
between
a
colleen
hoover
book
and
a
tony
morrison
book.
One
uses
explicit
sex
scenes
to
pull
readers
in
the
other
briefly
addresses
a
repugnant
sexual
act.
As
an
illustration
of
the
harsh
conditions,
the
characters
lived
in.
One
is
a
book
that
people
like
to
read
at
the
beach
and
the
other
is
used
to
teach
and
understand
literary
devices
while
showing
uncomfortable
truths
about
our
country's
past.
T
The
committee's
decision
is
strongly
in
favor
of
parents
choice
when
it
comes
to
checking
out
books.
If
I
get
an
email
from
a
parent
who
says
they
don't
want
their
kid
reading,
toni
morrison's
books,
that's
fine
I'll,
put
a
note
on
their
account.
The
student
will
not
be
able
to
check
them
out
and
if
they
find
time
to
read
in
the
library
I'll
make
sure
that
they
don't
select
from
her
books.
T
That
said,
my
son
should
have
access
to
all
of
the
books
in
the
library,
because
that's
my
choice
as
a
parent
as
well.
I'd
like
to
present
you
with
an
analogy.
One
of
my
sons
has
a
severe
peanut
allergy.
I'm
scared
to
death
of
what
could
happen
if
he
accidentally
ingests
peanut
butter,
but
I'm
not
here
asking
you
to
ban
peanut
butter
from
our
schools
because
that's
not
fair
to
the
rest
of
the
student
body.
T
I
have
the
choice
to
pack
a
pack,
my
child's
lunch,
or
I
can
trust
his
judgment
that
he'll
pick
pizza
or
ask
what
ingredients
are
in
the
cookies.
What's
happening
with
books
is
similar.
People
are
reacting
from
fear.
What,
if
my
child
reads
something
and
suddenly
asks
questions
or
challenges
me?
Let's
try
using
parents
choice
and
take
care
of
our
own
children,
rather
than
letting
a
group
of
citizens
deny
all
of
them
the
choice
to
check
out
and
read
certain
books.
T
In
conclusion,
removing
books
is
not
exercising
parents
choice,
it's
saying
that
you
think
you
know
better
than
parents,
teachers
and
librarians
who
keep
the
books
for
those
allowed
access.
Removing
books
says
you're
willing
to
risk
losing
ap
status
because
it
appeases
a
vocal
portion
of
your
voters,
the
majority
of
whom
neither
work
at
bcps
nor
have
children
attending
our
schools.
These
books
are
being
used
as
political
fodder,
taking
time
and
energy
away
from
more
pressing
issues,
and
it's
not
fair
to
our
students.
Y
Y
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
in
reference
to
the
budget.
I
really
hope
that
the
board
of
supervisors
approves
the
budget
that
our
leadership
team
created
and
you
approve,
but
historically
they
don't.
They
typically
do
not
fully
fund
our
schools.
The
way
that
we
would
like
them
to
so
I'm
here
to
speak
about
the
things
that
I
feel
like
you
should
prioritize.
Y
I
can't
do
my
job
or
provide
the
support
that
I
need
to
my
students
if
we
can't
get
more
paraprofessionals
in
the
classrooms,
not
only
that,
but
our
bus
drivers
and
substitute
teachers
need
an
increase
in
pay
as
well,
and
I
would
call
our
substitute
situation
a
crisis.
We
cannot
do
our
job
adequately
if
we
are
covering
classes
during
our
planning
period,
and
so
we
really
need
to
get
the
pay
for
our
substitutes
higher
to
attract
more
people
to
that
job.
Y
Speaking
of
supporting
our
students,
I
would
also
like
to
speak
about
the
intervention
design
specialist
positions.
We
have
three
of
those
employees
at
the
middle
school
assigned
to
those
positions
and
they
are
an
invaluable
resource
to
our
students,
and
this
is
a
program
I
would
like
to
see
continued.
They
have
provided
a
level
of
support
that
we
haven't
been
able
to
do
before.
We
have
a
population
of
students
who
now
feel
like
they
have
a
place
to
go
where
they
fit
in
and
feel
comfortable
or,
if
they're
struggling
to
make
it
through
the
day.
Y
Y
We
were
eating
the
lord's
chicken
last
weekend
at
chick-fil-a
and
he
commented
on
how
happy
the
employees
were
there
and
how
quickly
they
served
the
staff
or
not
serve
the
staff,
but
how
quickly
they
served.
Customers
and
I
said,
look
at
how
many
people
work
here,
like
there's
staff
members
everywhere
working.
Y
So
I
was
curious
and
I
called
to
talk
to
the
manager
at
chick-fil-a
just
to
see
how
many
people
they
have
working
on
a
typical
weekday
night
and
he
said
around
40
staff.
Members
worked
there
at
the
awards.
Room
chick-fil-a
worked
there
on
friday
nights
and
I
went
to
see
how
many
classroom
teachers
we
had
at
standard
middle
school
and
it's
around
37,
so
I'm
like
chick-fil-a,
is
better
staffed
than
we
are
at
stanton
river
middle
school.
Y
Z
Z
Excuse
me,
as
soon
as
I
signed
up
to
speak
this
month,
I
began
drafting
what
I
would
say,
but
none
of
those
drafts
truly
conveyed
the
message
I
wanted
to.
I
remembered
once
a
teacher
about
2015
who
posted
responses
she
had
gotten
from
a
writing
assignment
entitled.
I
wish
my
teacher
knew
and
the
responses
were
eye-opening
and
heartbreaking.
Z
My
mom
can't
sign
my
log,
my
reading
log,
because
my
mom's
never
around.
I
can't
do
my
homework
because
I
don't
have
pencils
at
home.
Things
like
that.
So
I
created
a
questionnaire
with
a
similar
theme.
I
wish
the
school
board
knew
and
I
wish
the
public
knew-
and
I
shared
this-
with
staff
from
every
school
zone,
different
levels
of
teaching
and
different
school
responsibilities.
So
it
wasn't
just
my
teacher
friends.
The
responses
were
similarly.
Similarly
excuse
me
eye
opening
and
heartbreaking.
Z
I
have
a
document
that
I'll
share,
but
I
wanted
to
share
some
examples
things
I
wish.
The
school
board
knew
the
amount
of
time
and
energy
we
put
into
researching
professional
development
planning,
etc,
but
yet
our
voices
are
still
not
heard
and
our
opinions
don't
seem
to
matter
how
happy
I
am
to
see
all
my
students
smiles
again.
Z
I
wish
the
school
board
would
see
things
from
our
perspective
and
not
just
what
parents
and
others
within
the
community
want.
I've
never
felt
more
worried
and
stressed
about
my
job
and
the
requirements
of
it
than
I
do
because
of
this
non-education
background
members
of
the
school
board.
These
are
not
my
words
who
have
their
own
profession,
personal
agendas,
not
thinking
about
how
they
are
hurting
teachers,
staff
and
students.
It
pains
me
to
watch
school
board
meetings
because
of
the
arguing
going
on
between
members
and
not
listening
to
one
another.
Z
What
makes
for
good
television
does
not
make
for
a
good
working
environment
or
a
good,
recruiting
video
we're
in
a
bidding
war
for
new
teachers
to
replace
the
ones
that
are
leaving
and
when
a
recruit
sees
the
behavior
displayed.
At
some
of
these
meetings,
they're
not
going
to
want
to
become
a
part
of
bcbs,
then
I
wish
the
public
knew
how
much
we
love
and
support
our
students.
N
Z
AA
Good
evening
my
name
is
bethany
huggins
I
live
in
district
4..
I
am
current
a
current
employee
at
bedford,
county
public
schools,
and
I
have
been
employed
here
for
about
three
years
now.
I'm
here
today
to
discuss
my
interests
and
concerns
with
the
budget
for
this
upcoming
school
year.
I'm
here
to
ask
that
there
be
an
increase
for
salaries
for
all
staff
teachers,
support
staff,
bus
drivers,
custodians
all
employees
that
work
daily
in
a
school.
AA
I
know
that
you
all
have
conducted
studies
in
the
past
on
staff
salaries
and
the
benefits
of
increasing
salaries.
It
is
your
responsibility
to
follow.
Through
with
what
you
have
found.
Everyone
is
happier
when
they
get
a
raise.
It
boosts
morale.
It
helps
keep
employees
from
switching
jobs.
It
shows
that
you
value
us
and
our
contributions
to
our
community.
AA
I
appreciate
that
some
employees
are
going
to
get
a
four
percent
raise
this
year,
but
that
does
not
even
cover
inflation.
The
annual
inflation
rate
for
the
united
states
is
7.9
percent
for
the
12
months
ended
february,
2022
the
highest
it's
been
since
january
1982.,
even
though
some
employees
are
getting
this
raise,
they're
really
losing
money.
AA
What
makes
me
want
to
stay
in
bedford
county
when
all
the
surrounding
counties
pay
much
higher
salaries
for
their
teachers
and
staff.
I
think
about
this
frequently
when
the
end
of
the
year
comes
around
and
what
makes
me
want
to
stay
in
bedford
county
when
I'm
underpaid
and
under
appreciated
by
the
county
you're
going
to
lose
great
staff.
Because
of
this
to
keep
quality
teachers,
you
must
pay
equitable
salaries
and
our
salaries
are
not
equitable.
At
the
moment.
AA
I
know
that
some
may
argue
that
staff
gets
summers
off,
and
that
is
a
respite
from
work.
Our
pay
in
the
summer
months
is
spread
thinner
because
we
are
not
physically
at
the
school's
teaching,
but
rest
assured
that
we're
still
working
on
lesson
plans
learning
new
curriculum
that
has
been
adopted
by
the
county
and
preparing
for
the
next
school
year.
We
do
12
months
worth
of
work
in
a
10-month
period.
We
deserve
more.
AA
AA
AA
AB
Good
evening,
I'm
shannon
thomas,
a
parent
and
staff
member
residing
in
district
one.
I've
lived
and
worked
in
south
side
bedford
county
for
30
years
and
appreciate
your
dedication
to
serving
the
students
and
staff
of
bedford
county,
as
well
as
your
patience
and
attention
to
the
remarks
already
shared
here
tonight,
I'm
here,
because
it
has
become
increasingly
clear
that
what
is
best
for
bedford,
county
students
and
staff
has
become
less
important
than
what
is
best
for
than
what
parents
want,
and
that
concerns
me
a
great
deal.
AB
AB
There
have
been
some
consistently
loud
voices
during
public
comment
at
these
meetings
recently
promoting
parent
choice
in
public
education,
but
public
education
exists
to
serve
a
large
and
extremely
diverse
population
of
students
and
narrow
views
of
a
loud
minority
of
residents.
While
important
should
not
be
the
only
voices
that
you
hear
and
act
upon.
AB
As
a
parent
who
is
also
a
teacher,
I
am
uniquely
positioned
to
recognize
that
parents,
don't
always
have
the
knowledge
necessary
to
make
informed
choices
about
what
their
children
learn,
particularly
at
the
secondary
level.
For
example,
as
a
junior
last
year,
my
daughter
took
ap
us
history
and
ap
biology,
both
subjects
which
include
facts
that
well-meaning,
but
uninformed
parents
may
wish
to
shield
their
kids
from
as
a
professional
educator,
I
might
reasonably
have
felt
qualified
to
choose
what
she
learned
in
courses
like
these.
AB
However,
as
my
professional
content
area
is
english,
I
recognize
that
my
specific
knowledge
of
history
and
biology
does
not
equal
that
of
the
public
school
professionals
who
teach
those
subjects,
so
I
trusted
them
to
select
the
content
critical
for
her
success
in
their
courses.
My
trust
was
not
misplaced,
as
it
turns
out.
AB
She
learned
what
she
needed
to
learn
well
enough
to
earn
qualifying
scores
on
her
ap
exams
in
both
classes,
scores
that
will
save
her
both
time
and
money
in
college
next
year.
Are
there
some
bad
teachers
out
there
who
may
distort
their
presentation
of
historical
and
scientific
facts?
Yes,
do
they
get
a
disproportionately
loud
amount,
large
amount
of
media
attention
for
political
gain
and
to
create
fear?
AB
AB
We
have
some
real
problems
in
bedford,
county
schools,
problems
that
don't
seem
to
be
getting
as
much
attention
as
the
more
politically
charged
issues
making
headlines
across
virginia.
For
example,
we
don't
have
enough
bus
drivers.
I
have
students
in
my
classes
who
can't
get
to
school,
because
there
is
no
one
to
drive
their
bus.
AB
You
never
really
understand
a
person
until
you
consider
things
from
his
point
of
view
until
you
climb
into
his
skin
and
walk
around
in
it.
I've
challenged
my
sophomores
to
take
this
advice
and
try
to
see
the
perspectives
of
others
before
making
up
their
minds
as
the
governing
board
of
our
large
and
diverse
division.
I
trust
that
each
of
you
will
do
the
same.
The
loudest
voices
you
hear
aren't
the
only
voices
speaking
there
are
many
perspectives
to
consider.
Please
listen
to
all
of
them.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr.
AC
AC
As
department
chair,
I
have
helped
with
the
hiring
process.
I
deal
with
the
budget
and
I'm
also
part
of
the
interviewing
process
helping
to
recruit
and
retain
teachers.
I
have
taught
almost
every
math
class
that
we
offer
here
at
state
river,
high
school
from
algebra
1
to
dual
enrollment
and
advanced
placement
calculus.
I
love
this
school
and
the
family
atmosphere
that
we
have
here.
Most
of
us
stick
together
through
the
good
times
on
the
bed.
AC
It
has
been
with
great
sadness
and
hesitation
that
I
have
sought
out
teaching
positions
in
other
counties.
The
family
we
have
at
state
river
is
the
only
reason
I
have
stayed.
The
only
reason
I've
ever
looked
to
leave
this
school
is
the
pay
scale
in
bedford
county
compared
to
our
neighboring
counties.
AC
We
all
know
that
finding
good,
passionate
qualified
teachers
is
hard
to
do.
Our
pay
scale
is
enticing
at
first,
but
it
quickly
loses
its
competitiveness.
We
are
lucky
if
we
are
lucky
enough
to
find
a
teacher
that
is
in
it
for
the
long
haul,
then
we
need
to
entice
them
to
stay
in
bedford,
county.
Our
most
valuable
assets
in
the
county
are
the
veteran
teachers
and
it
this
is
where
our
pay
scale
is
the
most
below
market
value
and
the
surrounding
counties.
AC
I
looked
at
the
bedford
county,
salary
study
and
even
narrowed
it
down
to
just
franklin
county
roanoke
county
in
roanoke
city,
since
those
are
the
districts
that
I
personally
have
looked
at.
Moving
to
the
teachers
that
spend
their
careers
in
one
of
those
school
divisions
will
earn
at
least
160
thousand
dollars
more
over
the
course
of
their
career
than
someone
in
bedford
county.
AC
There
are
more.
That
is
more
than
an
entire
year's
pay,
and
it
also
makes
a
big
impact
on
my
retirement.
Since
vrs
uses
my
highest
three
years
salary.
It
makes
sense
for
me
to
spend
my
last
years
somewhere
else
so
that
my
vrs
is
higher.
That
affects
the
rest
of
my
life.
If
you
think
we
are
worth
keeping,
then
we
need
a
salary
scale
to
reflect
it.
C
AD
Hi,
I
actually
did
not
know
I
was
going
to
speak,
so
I
am
surprised.
So
I'm
just
going
to
say
what
I
was
going
to
say
as
a
librarian
that
what
echo
what
leanne
already
said.
I
really
appreciate
everything
that
you
have
done
to
support
the
libraries
as
far
as
full-time
librarians
next
year
and
also
the
fact
I'm
at
forest
middle
school,
and
I
very
much
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
all
are
going
to
try
to
put
forward
with
the
750
for
every
750
that
we
will
be
able
to
have
support
in
the
library.
C
AB
I
C
S
S
S
These
funds,
determined
by
the
difference
between
the
current
county,
local
composite
index
or
lci,
and
the
city's
last
lci
in
2014,
are
to
last
for
15
years.
From
that
time,
the
county
has
been
following
a
plan
to
give
increasingly
more
money
each
year
to
bedford,
county
public
schools
for
one-time
projects
as
a
way
to
budget
for
the
potential
cliff
of
funding
in
fiscal
year
29
and,
as
you
can
see
in
the
chart
on
this
slide
by
2028,
we'll
be
receiving
4.5
million
dollars.
In
this
current
county
plan.
S
S
S
If,
if
the
money
weren't
available,
we
may
be
able,
for
example,
on
the
stanton
river
underground
pipe
water
pipe
replacement,
placing
failing
spots
along
the
way.
However,
we
we
think
that
that's
just
a
piecemeal
approach,
that
really
is
only
a
short-term
band-aid
projects
in
fiscal
year,
24
and
beyond,
are
listed
in
the
cip
and,
as
you
can
see
in
the
summary
chart
toward
the
beginning
of
the
document
there,
they
are
not
fully
funded.
S
S
In
addition,
other
projects
have
been
discussed,
such
as
additional
tennis
courts
at
liberty,
high
school
and
other
specific
needs
as
well.
One
special
area
to
note
tonight
is
that,
in
considering
this
plan
as
a
whole,
there
is
potential
for
engaging
in
projects
that
reduce
operating
costs
in
the
future.
S
This
cip
contains
funds
to
do
that
in
a
very
straightforward
manager,
just
money
available
to
install
the
lights,
and
we
know
that
we'll
you
know-
have
reduced
electric
bills
after
that,
but
but
there
may
be
ways
to
accomplish
the
same
goal
that
require
less
upfront.
Capital
costs
on
our
part,
so
energy
savings
or
other
related
approaches
can
involve
financing
the
installation
costs
against
future
savings
and
so
either
way.
S
These
wouldn't
be
a
low
bid
type
of
project,
because
we
just
don't
know
what
variability
in
the
financing
mechanisms
and
financial
structures
there
would
be,
and
we
also,
of
course,
would
need
to
consider
other
factors
like
site
design
and
the
impact
on
our
staff
timelines
and
and
also
learning
opportunities
for
students.
So.
G
G
G
S
Right,
I
agree,
and
I
think
that
is
how
many
of
them
are
our
finance.
But
we
certainly
would
need
to
verify
that.
I
would
also
want
to
make
sure
that
that
company
would
be
responsible
for
the
maintenance
and
and
work
along
the
way,
just
because
of
the
impact
on
our
staff
and
and
if
there
are
questions
about
specific
items
now
or
between
now,
and
the
next
meeting
specific
projects
that
are
listed
in
the
next
year
or
beyond.
G
F
S
B
S
Sending
a
proposal
in
who
looked
using
gis
and
other
other
tools
that
they
had
in
place,
also
looking
at
utility
usage
and
and
that
sort
of
thing
just
to
see
where
they
might
sit.
We
have
some
school
locations
which
are
just
not
they're,
not
they're
too
small,
to
have
much
of
a
place
for
a
ray.
We
don't
have
roofs
that
are
in.
S
You
know
that
really
can
can
stand
the
addition
of
that
right
now,
either
without
some
serious
study,
but
there
we
have
a
couple
of
schools
that
have
large
grounds,
mont,
montvale
and
goodview,
which
I
think
would
be
good
first
candidates
for
this
because
they
have
available
land.
That's
oriented
the
right
way
according
to
the
experts,
so,
but
this
is
what
we
would
we'd
also
see
if
there
were
other
ideas
out
there
through
this
process.
I
think
too,
that
would
that
would
give
us
more
information,
but
those
might
be
two
options
early
on
okay,.
I
S
Yeah,
yes,
and
then
that
that
could
provide
the
most
savings.
I
think
I
think,
when
arrays
are
easier
to
put
in
and
easier
to
maintain
because
they're
on
the
right
in
the
right
place,
gotcha
the
companies
are
willing
to
to
contribute
more
back
back
to
you.
So,
yes,
I
think
that's
an
important
part
of
the
first
choice.
P
P
F
N
S
P
P
P
When
I
look
at
our
needs
here,
just
from
this
list
alone,
I
I
would
ask
that
we
really
strongly
reconsider
making
forest
middle
school
painting
a
priority
right
now
and
that
we
look
at
other
greater
needs
that
we
have
and
route
that
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
to
meet
some
other
needs.
I
know
that
that
we
have
some
schools
out
at
the
south
side
when
I
think
about
huddleston
elementary
school
and
some
of
the
news
there,
but
I
would
ask
the
board
to
strongly
consider
us
making
changes
there.
Q
S
E
S
To
carry
into
next
year
it
doesn't
mean
that
those
are
necessarily
higher
priorities.
It
just
means
that
they're
already
in
motion
and
so
they're
they're
we're
already
moving
forward
on
them.
Clearly
anything
we
selected
for
year,
one
the
stewartsville
roof,
for
example-
was-
was
a
high
priority
roof
project
higher
than
than
other
schools
which
show
up
in
24,
25
26.
the
water
pipes.
S
When
we
lose
water,
we
lose
efficiency
in
the
system.
It's
wasteful!
It's
costs
a
lot
to
dig
in
and
fix
one
corner
of
one
elbow.
We
did
a
similar
replacement
liberty
high
school
when
their
pipes
failed
in
2017.
At
the
same
time
the
gym
was
being
built,
and
that
system
has
that
has
been
much
more
reliable
and
fail-safe
since
that
time.
S
So
that's
probably
a
project
that
would
need
some
good
lead,
design,
time
and
and
would
not
be
done
like
it
wouldn't
be,
couldn't
be
done
this
summer
and
is
not
something
that
really
can
be
done
during
the
year,
but
we
could
prepare
to
to
to
move
on
that
in
the
following
summer.
If,
if
that's
the
you
know
the,
if
this
list
is
what's
accepted
for
for
year,
one.
S
Are
what's
are
our
projects
that
are
entered
into
where
a
third
party
installs
maintains
and
and
then
later
removes
the
arrays
selling
the
electricity
generated
to
us
at
a
rate
that's
lower
than
the
current
utility
rate,
and
so
there's
just
a
change
in
in
in
so
year.
One
there's
a
some
thousands
of
dollars
of
saving
and
year
two
is
compounded,
three
and
so
forth.
A
S
N
H
AE
To
answer
your
question,
there's
only
so
much
we
can
do
with
the
existing
grade
of
how
this
building
was
built,
but
it
is
one
of
the
things
that,
if
you
look
at
that
study,
that
was
done.
I
think,
presented
a
few
months
ago
about
the
auditoriums
that
I
made
sure
that
the
architect
was
aware
of
and
that
we
had
an
issue
that
we
needed
to
address.
AE
H
AE
Not
really
because
of
the
elevation
of
the
current
storm
water,
that's
outside
there's,
probably
a
couple
things
we
could
look
into
to
to
digging
it
up,
but
it's
there's
a
significant
cost.
I'll
put
it
to
you
this
way.
If,
if
the
auditorium
work
gets
kicked
down
the
road
due
to
costs
for
everything
else
that
you
guys
have
to
decide
and
make
tough
tough
decisions
on,
we
probably
could
have
to
do
something
for
longer
term.
AE
But
I
think,
from
our
perspective,
we
were
looking
to
see
like
where
are
we
kind
of
getting
a
feel
for
what
the
board
was
going
to
do
the
next
couple
months
with
these
big
capital
projects
and
then
make
decisions
on?
Do
we
have
to
do
a
longer
term,
band-aid
versus
fixing?
It
right
me
being
a
construction
guy?
I
want
to
do
it
right.
I
want
to
do
it
right,
the
first
time
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we've
run
into
in
the
four
or
five
years.
F
H
And
what
is
the
reality
with
regard
to
actually
doing
this?
It's
one
thing
to
have
a
study
and
a
bid
on
it,
and
this
is
what
we
could
do,
but
what's
the
reality,
because
my
concern
is,
I
mean,
as
long
as
I've
been
in
bedford
county,
all
I've
heard
is
that
you
know
kids
are
helping
sweep
water
out
of
this
building.
H
H
S
H
Well,
thank
you
all
very
much
the
maintenance
people
for
this.
This
is
the
first
time
again
since
I've
been
in
bedford
county
that
we've
had
something
as
detailed
as
this.
I
really
appreciate
the
schedules
in
the
back
the
the
completed
projects
page
the
looking
into
the
future.
I
think
it's
a
really
great
document.
H
Q
P
I
don't
want
to
beat
a
dead
horse
here
or
continue
to
bring
this
up,
but
there
are
areas
here
on
this
list,
one
that
I
mentioned
and
hearing
from
other
board.
Members
too.
Certainly,
I
think
there
may
need
to
be
somewhat
of
some
tweaking
or
further
discussion
on
it.
I
think
we
have
other
needs
and
if
you
look
and
in
this
document
and
you
look
at
year,
24
25
further
on,
there
may
be
some
projects
that
we
could
certainly
move
in
in
place
of
some
of
those
that
are
not
shaded
blue.
G
So,
mr
hagler,
I
want
to
understand
this
as
far
as
from
a
budgetary
standpoint.
So
if
I
calculate
correctly
we're
in
need
of
about
25
million
dollars
per
year
over
the
next
five
years
to
fund
all
of
these
projects,
it's
currently
slated
for
13
million
next
year.
What
are
our
options
for
the
other
12
million?
If
we
wanted
to
go,
approve
25
million
dollars
in
projects?
G
O
Question
other
funding
sources
that
might
be
available
in
the
future
hard
to
tell
there
may
be
some
federal
funds
available
for
school.
You
know
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
at
the
federal
level
about
the
condition
of
school
systems
and
stuff,
so
you
know,
but
nothing
has
passed
yet.
So
there
may
be
some
funding
that
comes
down
that
way
in
the
two
different
versions
of
the:
how
of
the
house
and
the
senate
version?
We
built
our
budget
off.
The
house
version
was
the
least
favorable
in
the
senate
version.
O
There
was
4.2
million
dollars
available
for
school
construction.
There
was
zero
in
the
house.
I
don't
have
that
built
into
the
budget,
they're
still
working
out
their
budget,
so
there
may
be
some
more
state
funding.
I
think
when
you
look
long
term,
though,
with
the
very
large
number
it's
not
going
to
all
come
from
the
federal
and
state,
it
will
require
board
of
supervisors
to
request
money.
O
It
may
be
cash,
that's
on
hand
in
reserve
or
borrow
to
fix
some
of
these,
so
we've
done
renovations
and
we've
done
additions
to
gyms
and
other
things
and
they've,
and
we've
borrowed
from
that.
In
the
past
that
that
depends
on
the
debt
load
they're
willing
to
take
on
what
is
the
debt
service,
and
how
much
is
that
going
to
be
how
much
debt
service
is
coming
on?
O
So
I
think
it's
a
combination
of
those
depending
on
leftover
funds
and
the
little
bit
that
we're
putting
in
we'll
not
get
this
accomplished,
it's
going
to
be
federal
state
and
also
either
borrowing
or
some
additional
funds
from
the
board
of
supervisors,
and
that's
going
to
probably
take
work
with
this
board
and
and
the
board
of
supervisors
working
together
to
figure
that
out.
I'm
just
being
realistic
on
that.
You
know.
If
we're
going
to
funnel
a
million
into
here
each
year,
a
million
point-
five,
it's
just
not
going
to
get
it
all
done.
G
O
There
could
be
a
request
just
like
when
the
forest
middle
school,
you
know
edition
right.
It
was
a
request
by
the.
If
I
remember
correctly,
the
school
board
voted
that
they
wanted
to
expand
forest
middle
to
meet
the
needs
and
get
rid
of
all
the
mobiles.
The
dollar
amount
was
requested
from
the
board
of
supervisors
that
was
debated
on.
How
much
was
how
big
of
a
project
were
they
willing
to
fund,
and
then
they
told
us
how
much
they
would
fund
and
then
funds
were
borrowed.
O
G
So
let
me
make
sure
I
understand
so
we,
if
we
as
a
board
and
I'm
not
saying
we're,
approving
all
these
projects.
But
if
we
say
we
wanted
to
go
after,
we
wanted
to
say
yes
on
this
13
million
dollars,
but
we
also
want
to
go
rebuild
or
renovate
two
theaters
at
liberty,
high
school
and
stanton
river.
We
can
do
that,
get
a
an
appraisal
or
not
appraisal
but
estimate
of
what
it
would
take
to
build
those
two
auditoriums
and
go
to
the
board
of
supervisors
and
request
that
money.
O
Yes,
sir,
and
before
and
once
the
project
is
approved
in
the
total
amount,
then
you
go
out
for
bid
and
you
have
to
decide.
Okay,
we
went
out
for
bid.
It
came
in
a
little
bit
higher.
What
do
you
cut
off
the
project?
What
do
you
not?
What
can
you
accomplish
to
stay
within
the
budget
that
the
board
of
supervisors?
That's
how
it's
been
done
in
the
past,
so
that
in
my
time
here
it's
been
a
request.
The
school
board
usually
makes
the
initiation
of
that
saying.
O
G
I
definitely
think
that's
something
we
need
to
consider.
I
mean
we've
heard
it
loud
and
clear
that
the
community
is
expecting
us
to
do
something
with
these
two
auditoriums.
So
the
other
thing
and
I'll
be
the
one
that
says
it
the
funding.
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
careful
how
we
have
the
funding
laid
out
for
what
schools.
P
I
think
you
make
a
good
point
there.
Absolutely.
I
am
optimistic
that
we
will
see
growth,
and
I
know
that
one
of
the
things
that
our
community
and
our
families
who
move
here
is
that
they
move
here
because
of
our
elementary
our
small
schools,
our
populations
that
we
have
our
neighborhood
schools
are
very,
very
important
to
families.
P
F
O
Those
overall
projects
to
about
13
million
yeah
you
can
move
those
around
move,
one
in
from
you
know
in
a
future
year
in
move
one
out:
that's
the
board's
prerogative
there,
but
I
think
for
dr
dewis's
team
and
the
maintenance
staff,
the
sooner
the
board
can
decide
which
projects
are
priority:
charles
santor
and
sheldon
cash.
There's
a
lot
of
projects
going
on
right
now
and
there's
limited
capacity.
So
we
want
to
kind
of
time
those
out
where
one's
ending
and
we're
going
into
another
one
and
getting
things
done.
P
Floor
toweling
to
be
done
in
four
year
23.
Yes,
I
have
looked
at
huddleston
elementary
school's
floor
tile.
I
don't
know
if
any
fellow
board
members
have
visited
huddleston
elementary
school,
but
I
have
and
it's
it's
a
need
of
repair-
and
I
understand
that
it's
listed
here
in
year
24,
but
I
think
it
needs
to
be
moved
up.
C
S
S
N
G
N
N
AE
AE
AE
Those
cracks
have
been
there
since
then,
and
the
drafting
teacher
had
that
student
go
through
document.
Everything
draw
it
measure
it
and
the
cracks
hadn't
moved
since
that
time.
Based
on
that
and
the
other
information
that
the
wally
wilson
engineer
studied,
they
felt
that
what
we
had
at
the
time
was
fine.
The
building
was
structurally
sound,
which
is
what
I
wanted,
and
I
got
that
in
a
letter
in
writing,
but
they
made
some
recommendations
to
address
some
of
the
masonry
like
the
brick
veneer.
AE
AE
AE
AE
C
S
S
S
AF
AE
AF
AE
A
AE
O
O
A
lot
of
carpet
removal
last
summer
that
was
mostly
done
with
covet
money,
I'm
not
sure
if
we
wrote
up
the
rest
of
the
covered
money
for
conditional
carpet,
but
once
again
as
bids
come
in
as
we
spend
down
the
money
on
covid,
if,
if
we
don't
spend
as
much
on
you
know
in
learning
loss-
or
you
know,
I've
got
too
much
estimated
they're.
Removing
this
and
we'll
spend
all
the
money
down
by
24..
O
We're
gonna
have
to
move
money
around.
So
if
there's
additional
money
that
we
haven't
used
on
other
things,
we
can
move
that
around
and
use
it
for
other
projects.
So
that's
kind
of
like
we
have
to
wait
for
the
bids
to
come
in
on
some
of
the
larger
projects.
That's
why
we
had
to
pull
back
on
some
of
them,
because
we
were
planning
on
using
more
of
the
covered
money,
but
the
bids
came
in
higher.
So
we
had
to
put
some
of
those
off.
This
can
covered.
N
O
S
This
is
just
beginning
a
cycle
of
refinishing
that
just
has
to
be
done
every
so
many
years
to
keep
them,
keep
them
playable
keep
them
from
buckling.
Keep
you
know
just
yeah
I
mean.
Can
I
right
there?
He
might
talk
more
about
gym
floors,
but
we
did
one
high
school
or
we
did
or
we
did,
we
did
one
last
year.
This
was
a
approximate
price
for
that
at
stanton
river.
S
This
we
thought
that
that
same
depth
of
sanding
down
and
refinishing
and
all
that
would
be
needed.
However,
the
folks
who
looked
at
it
did
not
think
it
needed
that
level
of
it,
and
so
they
were
able
to.
We
were
able
to
look
at
both
stand:
river
middle
and
high
on
a
you
know,
not
the
complete
refinishing
but
kind
of
a
mid-range
one
and
get
both
schools
done
for
roughly
that
same
amount
of
money.
C
S
S
We
we
just
escalated
it
two
percent
every
year
in
the
in
the
budget
for
an
inflationary
factor,
but
we
painting
is
painting,
has
sometimes
been
an
afterthought
or
something
that
has
been
done
locally
by
staff
who
get
together
to
do
it,
and
that's
all
good
and
it
helps
schools
to
look
a
lot
better
when
they
do
it,
we
just
need
a.
I
just
think
we
need
to
set
aside
a
professional
cycle
for
doing
that,
so
that
we
can
just
maintain
the
buildings.
We
have
well.
C
S
AF
S
O
So
that's
where
I'm
watching
over
the
funding
before
we
bid
anything
out
making
sure
we've
got
enough
funds
to
go
forward,
so
we
could
expand
that
if
the
board
wanted
to
it
would
reduce,
probably
the
ending
balance
that
I
would
show
going
into
the
following
year
and
reduce
available
funds
for
other
projects
in
the
future.
But
we
could
expand
that
if
you
wanted.
R
To
be
the
dead
horse
on
the
water
fountains,
but
you
know
we
brought
it
up
at
the
last
meeting,
it
was
going
to
be
over
200
000
and
now
we're
coming
back
and
saying
hey,
because
we
kind
of
got
involved
now
we're
going
to
save
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
know
that
the
bid
process
says
anything.
That's
200,
000
and
above
the
board,
has
to
look
at
anything
under
it.
Doesn't
matter
we've
had
discussions
both
of
us
in
this
you
said
in
the
past.
It
was
a
lot
lower.
R
F
E
P
R
O
The
two
hundred
thousand
is,
I
can't,
go
any
higher
than
that
stay
calm,
so
you
could
pull
that
back
if
you
wanted.
What
that
is
saying
is
that
we
go
out
for
a
formal
bid
above
that,
if
the
board
wanted
to
have
more
involvement
or
the
committee
had
wanted
more
involvement
in
the
the
quote
review
process.
E
R
S
It's
probably
going
to
be
a
combination
depending
upon
where
it
is
in
office
areas.
We've
tended
to
replace
carpet
with
carpet
tile,
just
because
it's
an
office
setting
in
library,
media
centers
we
have
some
of
both,
although
that
quieter
carpet
tile
is
something
we
are
we
have
in
in
the
most
recent
projects,
we've
done
in
other
instructional
spaces,
we've.
Certainly
we've
had
carpet
in
hallways.
We
used
to
have
it
in
some
cafeterias,
even
and
then
we've
replaced
all
of
that
with
with
vinyl
tiles,
so
really
just
depends
upon
where,
but
where.
R
AD
S
R
S
Well,
what
it
will
do,
similar
to
the
one
we
have
just
recently
completed
at
huddleston?
Is
it
it's
going
to
be
a
much
bigger
tank
than
what
we
currently
have,
and
so
it's
going
to
need
to
be
filled
less
often
we'll
have
less
less
critical
times
when
you
know,
if,
if
a
company
can't
get
there
that
day
or
the
next
day
to
fill
it
that
that
we
just
have
more
more
more.
N
F
F
S
G
S
S
AG
Okay,
so,
first
of
all,
we
really
appreciate
the
engagement
from
the
board
in
this,
which
is
what
this
was
designed
to
do.
So
I
also
want
to
thank
as
one
of
our
board
members
did
dr
dewis
and
our
maintenance
staff
for
preparing
this.
This
hasn't
existed
prior.
I
don't
believe
we'll
make
this
available
online,
or
is
it
already
well.
AG
Other,
so
what
what
the
board
has
traditionally
done,
as
many
divisions
do,
is
they've
gone
a
year
to
time.
You
know:
you've
approved
maintenance
projects
for
the
next
year.
What
we're
doing
is
signaling
to
you
and
the
community
our
needs
over
the
next
decade.
We
already
knew
these
needs,
because
the
board
did
an
elementary
study
in
2016
and
revisited
in
2019.
AG
That's
where
most
of
these
projects
come
from,
and
so
these
dollar
figures
are
our
financial,
staff's,
best
guess,
based
upon
that
2016
and
2019
evaluation,
you
know,
inflation
goes
up
and
prices
are
crazy
right
now,
with
building
materials
and
construction,
but
we're
signaling
to
the
community.
We
have
well
over
100
million
dollars
in
needs
if
we
want
to
maintain
these
buildings
for
another
generation,
and
so
there's
a
great
question
asked
here
earlier:
do
we
have
this
money?
No,
this
is
advocacy
work
that
we
need
to
do.
AG
We
need
to
identify
the
funding
streams,
whether
they
be
federal,
state
or
local,
so
that
we
can
accomplish
the
needs
that
have
already
been
established.
So
that's.
The
main
purpose
of
this
document
is
to
lay
out
the
needs
and
give
it
some
order.
So
what
we'll
be
asking
you
to
to
take
a
formal
vote
on
is
just
on
fy
23.
AG
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversation
about
what
are
those
items
in
fy23,
we'll
ask
you
to
to
approve
the
the
staff
and
moving
forward
in
those
projects
and
then
the
following
year,
we'll
vote
on
24,
but
you're
also
voting
on
the
concept
of
the
layout.
You
know
these.
These
are
the
needs,
and
this
is
the
the
order
that
we're
going
to
establish
for
the
next
10
years
so
a
year
from
now
we'll
add
on
fy33
and
then
we'll
add
on
fy34,
and
this
will
always
be
a
10-year
plan.
Moving
forward.
AG
AG
I
think
we've
had
two
we'll
continue
to
meet,
as
mr
holbrook
and
mrs
harrison
will
meet
regularly
with
the
committee
to
to
look
at
the
fine
granular
detail
of
the
plan,
good
questions
here
from
mr
daniels
about
you
know:
where
do
we
want
to
set
that
threshold
for
more
conversation
with
the
board?
We
certainly
talk
about
that.
AG
The
committee
level
perhaps
and
then
bring
it
back
to
the
full
board,
but
thank
you,
dr
dewis,
and
to
our
to
our
other
staff
for
your
work
and
putting
this
together
into
the
board
for
all
of
your
your
questions.
I'm
sure
the
community
is
going
to
be
very
interested
in
wanting
to
read
up
on
this
in
an
ideal
world.
Folks,
we
would
accomplish
everything
in
this
plan.
In
one
year
every
school
is
going
to
want
to
be
next
year.
C
C
V
C
F
C
S
S
Back
yeah
since,
since
we're
not
really
asking
for
approval
this
until
next
month,
it
does
give
some
time
for
us
to
revisit
the
painting
priorities,
I
think,
and
to
determine
a
schedule
that
might
be
appropriate
and
it
might
not
be
whole
schools
at
a
time
it
might.
We
just
might
look
at
the
the
most
needy
portions
of
some
buildings
to
do
that.
C
N
C
C
Okay,
yeah
so
information
this
month.
Okay,
so
we'll
we'll
adopt
we'll
look
at
fy23
next
month.
If
you
get
that
out
to
us
as
soon
as
possible,
we
have
time
to
look
at
it
and
also
don't
forget.
We
have
miss
harris
if
you
can't
don't
want
to
reach
out
to
dr
dewis
with
all
due
respect,
ms
harris
and
mr
holbrook
or
our
facilities
committee,
so
you
can
reach
out
to
them
as
well.
Correct,
yes,.
H
C
S
Because
if,
if
you
have
general
consensus
that
us
issuing
a
request
for
proposals
is
okay,
we
can
issue
that
begin
to
gather
information,
and
then
we
wouldn't
move
forward
on
any
of
that.
Until
we
had
approval-
and
I
don't-
I
don't
know
that
that
would
be.
May
it
might
take
us
two
to
three
months
to
really.
S
When
you
request
proposals,
we're
saying
we
are
interested
in
anyone
who's
interested
in
doing
this
work
for
us.
What
what
can
you
do?
What
structure
would
you
use?
How
would
you
finance
it
all
of
that?
How
much
would
it
cost
and
we're
sifting
through
all
of
that
and
moving
forward,
so
no
just
doing
that
process?
Does
it
doesn't
cost
it
costs
firms
time
to
do
it,
and
I
don't
think
we
want
to
be
in
the
habit
of
just
doing
that
on
a
whim,
because
folks
will
get
tired
of
sending
the
proposals
to
us.
S
S
What
we
would
do,
we
would
be
looking
for
ways
to
install
led
everywhere
and
using
the
savings
to
finance,
to
pay
for
it
and
and
hope
and
potentially
using
the
savings
in
for
other
things.
When
that's
done
right,
it's
it's
a
it's
pennies
on
the
dollar
of
what
we're
spending
on
electric
for
lighting.
So
I
think
there
are
various
mechanisms
of
doing
that.
G
F
G
S
C
S
S
G
H
I
would
just
like
to
throw
out
two
going
after
mr
hill,
the
process
of
of
possibly
starting
to
get
together
information
for
the
the
renovation
of
the
two
auditoriums.
How
do
we
go
about
starting
to
get
that
information
together
for
possibly
asking
to
borrow
money
from
the
board
of
supervisors,
or
have
them
borrow
money
actually.
C
C
Well,
let's
pencil
it
in
for
may
to
look
at
that
auditorium
study
again,
because
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do
we're
presented
with
options
we're
going
to
have
to
look
at
it
again
have
a
discussion
to
decide
on
what
we're
asking
for
before.
We
just
go
asking
for
something
so
so
we'll
we'll!
Let's
let's
put
on
pencil
it
in
if
the
dog,
if
the
agenda
gets
too
heavy,
then
maybe
we
can
move
it
to
june.
If
we
need
to
okay,
so
we'll
leave
it
there
and
then
we'll
look
at
that
again.
N
N
C
AG
Yes,
ma'am.
At
the
last
meeting,
I
asked
the
board
go
ahead
and
move
forward
with
another
committee
that
could
could
look
at
policies
before
the
policies
came
to
the
full
board
and
we
made
a
rapid
decision
with
the
board
leadership
that
we
already
had
an
intergovernmental
affairs
committee
established
and
that
we
would
just
tap
that
committee
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
policies
at
the
committee
level
before
bringing
policies
forward
for
the
full
board's
consideration,
so
that
intergovernmental
affairs
committee
consisted
of
mr
daniels
and
mr
hill.
We
did
meet.
AG
This
board
has
done
a
really
heavy
lift
on
policy
work
in
the
10
months
that
I've
been
with
you,
so
we
have
just
about
250
policies
online,
and
this
board
has
looked
at
96
of
them,
40
almost
half
of
the
policy
manual
in
one
year.
Now
the
reason
that
we've
we
did
such
a
heavy
lift
is
there
were
because
of
like
many
other
school
divisions
during
the
last
several
years.
With
the
distraction
of
of
the
pandemic
policy,
work
didn't
happen
regularly
or
routinely
as
it
should
so
moving
forward.
AG
We'll
make
sure
that
we
have
policy
on
the
agenda
regularly.
We
just
won't
have
to
look
at
10,
12
and
14
at
a
time,
because
we've
already
done
such
a
heavy
lift.
So
you
can.
You
can
look
forward
to
fewer
policies
moving
forward,
as
you
have
tonight
so
tonight,
we're
bringing
for
the
board's
consideration,
vddh
public
participation
at
school
board
meetings.
AG
The
board
had
already
established
back
in
january
that
she
wanted
to
increase
the
amount
of
time
for
speakers
from
25
to
40
minutes
and
from
three
minutes
to
four
minutes
for
individuals,
but
it
hadn't
been
codified
in
policy.
So
bddh
now
would
codify
those
changes
that
the
board
had
discussed
back
in
january,
because
we
incorporated
that
language
into
bddh.
AG
We
can
eliminate
regulation
that
corresponds
to
bddh
as
well
as
kdr,
it's
just
redundant
in
unnecessary
language
and
then
the
other
policy
coming
forward
from
the
committee
is
jeca
admission
of
homeless
children
and
in
the
previous
version
it
had
been
suggested
by
the
vsba,
a
striking
some
language
about
foster
care
placement
and
at
the
committee
level,
dr
woodford.
I
believe
we
had
some
conversation
that
that
was
already
accomplished
in
another
policy.
It
was
fine
that
we
leave
it
in
this
policy
if
we
took
it
out,
it
was
already
covered
in
another
policy.
AG
So
we
just
err
on
the
side
of
caution.
We're
leaving
it
in
this
policy.
Does
that
sound,
accurate,
mr
dams,
from
our
conversation
so
tonight
for
information,
we're
bringing
bddh
and
jeca
for
adoption
as
as
presented
to
you
in
the
google
doc
and
then
a
month
from
now,
we'll
ask
you
to
take
action
on
those
two
policies.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'm
sure
that
mr
daniels
or
mr
hiller
I'd
be
happy
to
entertain
those
questions.
Now
any.
C
H
E
T
N
L
Yeah
that
it
only
impacts
the
k5
ela
curriculum
we're
not
waiting
on
information
about
any
of
the
others,
just
the
k5
ela,
and
so
what
we've
been
told
is
that
there's
going
to
be
a
conditional
curriculum
list,
that's
based
on
the
virginia
literacy
act
that
was
passed
after
the
most
recent
board
meeting.
So
what
we're
asking
for
that
is.
We
came
to
our
top
three,
so
we're
asking
you
to
approve
any
of
the
top
three.
Should
they
be
on
the
list,
so
our
first
choice
would
be
benchmark.
L
Second,
mcgraw
hill,
third
hooten
mifflin
in
that
order.
So,
for
example,
benchmark
is
not
on
that
conditional
list
and
we
would
just
go
to
mcgraw
hill
and
so
we're
asking
that
we
move
forward
with
that
approval,
because
we've
got
to
get
moving
with
training
ordering
a
material.
So
it's
going
to
push
us
back
if
we
don't.
F
AD
R
N
C
N
S
AF
S
The
third
and
largest
of
our
buildings
in
the
complex,
the
historically
recognized
bedford
training
center,
requires
more
extensive
work
due
to
environmental
safety
concerns
and,
quite
frankly,
its
age.
The
building
was
constructed
in
beginning
in
1927
and
is
on
the
national
and
state
historic
registries.
S
At
this
time,
despite
the
status,
the
building's
been
maintained
on
limited
budgets
for
a
number
of
years
and
as
a
result,
they're
regular,
numerous
roof
leaks
and
other
water
incursions,
they're
stained
and
worn
flooring.
It
includes
asbestos
exposure
where
it's
been
worn,
failing
hvac
units
and
some
masonry
issues.
S
The
presence
of
asbestos
and
water
inside
the
building
requires
that
we
make
improvements
that
keep
our
employees
safe.
But,
unlike
the
improvements
in
those
other
two
buildings,
I
mentioned
the
smaller
buildings.
The
costs
for
this
work
are
more
substantial
than
what
our
operating
budget
can
support,
so
we'll
need
to
use
maintenance
project
funds
for
these
necessary
improvements.
S
S
A
work
plan
has
been
completed
and
was
put
out
to
bid
by
dominion
7
a
local
architectural
firm
to
address
these
needs,
and
so
we're
asking
the
board
to
consider
approval
of
the
the
low
bid
and
the
lower
bid.
I
guess
of
the
two
we
received
jamerson
lewis,
construction,
for
which,
and
their
bid
was
874
206
dollars.
S
Projects
in
older
facilities
require
more
labor
for
demolition
renovation
abatement
than
we'd
spend
on
new
construction,
so
to
keep
his
costs
as
low
as
possible.
We've
just
really
kept
the
scope
of
this
project,
limited
to
basics,
roof
and
hvac
flooring,
paint
and
some
minor
space
reconfigurations,
just
to
make
sure
that
each
employee
has
a
dedicated
workspace.
S
S
S
This
is
a
difficult
situation,
because
the
numbers
so
high,
but
it's
clear
to
me
that
this
work
needs
to
be
done
in
a
location
on
bridge
street
in
which
several
investments
have
been
made
to
preserve
historic
buildings
up
and
down
the
street,
the
school
projects
and
restaurants,
as
well
as
the
town's
hilltop
housing
project.
That's
going
on
right
around
our
offices.
S
We
just
don't
want
this
building
to
deteriorate,
to
the
point
that
it's
not
usable
and
we
have
to
relocate
folks
due
to
the
asbestos
or
the
impact
of
the
water
which,
as
as
you
know,
we
don't,
we
don't
want
it
to
become
mold.
So
we
just
don't
have
another
facility
that
could
house
this
number
of
staff
members
or
our
servers
right
now
that
run
our
entire
district
internet
service.
S
We
don't
also,
we
don't
currently
support
teleworking
and,
quite
frankly,
many
of
the
jobs
wouldn't
really
make
sense
to
to
be
telework
type
jobs
anyway
of
the
folks
in
that
building,
and
what
I
also
worry
about,
unfortunately,
is
if
we
did
decide
to
address
this
later
on.
Our
experience
tells
us
that
deferred
costs
are
often
higher,
so
almost
always
higher
and
we've
just
seen
examples
of
when
buildings
aren't
used.
These
historic
buildings
are
not
used.
What
happens
to
them?
We've
seen
it
locally,
even
unfortunately,
so
again,
sheldon
and
charles
are
here.
S
We
can
talk
through
any
questions.
You
have
concerns
about
this.
It's
a
high
number,
especially
in
light
of
the
fact
that
we
all
understand
there
are
needs
in
every
single
building
that
we
have
I'd.
Put
this
one
at
the
very
top
of
the
list
as
far
as
it
it's
or
the
bottom
of
the
list.
Depending
on
how
you
structure
the
list
of
just
the
condition.
S
C
These
numbers,
in
my
opinion,
are
not
workable
right
now.
What
I
would
like
to
see-
and
I'm
not
sure
if
anyone
else
would
agree
with
this-
I
would
like
to
see
an
itemization
of
what
this
entails.
Have
it
line
by
mind
how
much
each
thing
is
going
to
cost,
and
maybe
we
can
chip
away
at
some
of
it,
but
there's
no
way
that
we
can
do
874,
206
or
9
962
000.
C
I
don't
have
my
glasses
on
590
when
we're
looking
at
all
this
for
our
schools
right,
I
mean
granted
it
and
bless
y'all's
heart.
It's
a
pretty
dismal
workspace
workspace
right
now,
but
we
need
to
keep
priorities
in
line
and
we
need
to
address
everything
we
need
to
spread
it.
So
I
would
like
to
see.
I
would
like
to
see
this
brought
back
with
an
itemization.
C
AF
And
I'd
also
like
to
which
I
didn't
have
time
and
I
had
every
intention
of
getting
over
there
and
looking
at
the
roof
with
sheldon
or
whoever
I
had
to,
but
I
would
actually
like
to
lay
eyes
on
it
because
you
know
no
offense
to
you
or
anybody
yeah,
I'm
not
going
to
take
these
men's
people's
word
for
it.
You
know
they're,
the
ones
that
benefit
at
the
end
or
a
million
dollars
in
their
pocket.
AF
You
know
so,
and
I
and
well
me-
and
you
took
the
tour
you
know
like
like
miss
kirby
just
said
it
does
need
some
tlc
and
the
roof
is
leaking,
and
you
know
the
first
floor.
As
far
as
the
basement
floor,
I
think
that
could
wait
but
the
first
floor.
You
know
it
looks
like
crap,
you
know
the
carpets,
all
wrinkled
up
and
right,
and
you
know,
as
far
as
dividing
that
up
into
usable
office
space.
I
agree
with
that
part,
but
I
don't
know
that
the
building
needs
an
entire
new
roof.
S
Sure,
and-
and
I
think
I
think
charles
can
can
talk
to
a
lot
of
those
issues
tonight
and
and-
and
we
certainly
can
can
put
this
off
right
when
bids
come
back
to
us-
they're
good
for
30
days,
and
so
our
next
board
meeting
is
outside
that
window.
And
so
we
we
would
need
to
rebid
it
and
perhaps
in
a
different
way.
S
H
I
would
agree
with
you,
madam
chairman.
I
I
think
I
recall
please
someone
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
that
the
it
was
like
around
500
000,
we
thought
this
was
going
to
cost,
and
this
was
kind
of
shocking
to
me.
So
I
would
like
to
see
an
itemization
and
then
I
would
like
to
also
know
what
specifically
has
to
be
done
in
terms
of
environmental
issues
at
this
time,
for
example,
my
understanding-
I
don't
do
this
for
a
living,
so
it
could
be
totally
wrong.
H
Someone
just
correct
me,
you
know,
and
I'm
not
saying
it's
the
best
thing
to
do.
I'm
just
saying
if
asbestos
is
left
undisturbed,
it's
okay,
so
are
there
places
in
that
building
where,
like
we
have
to
say
for
the
safety
of
our
employees?
You
know
this
has
absolutely
got
to
come
up.
So
I
would
like
to
see
the
list
like
this.
H
These
things
absolutely
have
to
be
done,
and
I'm
just
picking
something
here,
but
painting
you
know,
could
go
down
here
type
of
thing,
because
that
might
help
us
as
well
decide
what
we
can
do,
and
I
would
also
like
you
when
you
do
this
for
us
is
to
is
this
painting
being
bit
out.
For
example,
I
mean
the
whole.
S
I
think
I
think
there
are
portions
of
this
job
that
our
staff
could
do
if,
if
there's
time
or
other
local
contractors,
that
we
could,
you
know
bid
separately
for
what
I
don't
want
to
do
is,
but
but
the
general
contractors
who
who
put
in
for
this
already
did
some
of
that
work
by
by
getting
their
own
subs
subs.
You
know
lined
up
for
this,
so
what
I,
what
I
don't
want
to
do
is
something
like
go
in
there
and
paint
to
make
it
look
better
on
a
plaster
wall.
F
S
So
the
roofing,
the
roofing
by
itself,
is
about
150
000
of
that
now,
a
companion
project
to
the
roof
are
the
larger
mechanical
hvac
units
which
are
on
the
roof.
Now
one
of
we
have
one
unit,
that's
fairly
new,
that
we
had
to
replace
just
because
it
was
failing.
So
that's
not
we're,
not
that's
not
included
here,
but
the
hvac.
The
other
hvac
units
which
range
in
age
from
about
12
to
some
close
to
30
years,
are
226.
S
That's
the
largest
single
portion
of
the
work.
Now
we
can
keep
the
existing
hvac
units
in
place.
We
have
to
take
them
off
to
do
the
roof
and
then
put
them
back
on
and
then
we
would
just
replace
those
as
you
know
as
they
failed.
I
guess
as
we
do
it
and
then
we're
you
know
we
could
approach
it
that
way.
S
But
you
know
together,
the
roofing
in
hvac
is
is
clearly
the
bulk.
You
know
the
largest
single
you
know,
portion
of
that.
The
flooring
total
is
about
165
000
and
the
abatement
portion.
The
safety
portion
for
the
asbestos
is
61
000
of
that.
So
there
are
some
places
in
the
building
where
the
asbestos
is
not
disturbed.
S
F
AD
AE
AE
About
this
for
the
board-
and
obviously
it's
your
program
shoot
me
down
shooting,
but
I
guess
before
I
make
the
request,
I'd
like
to
explain
the
scope
and
how
we
got
to
where
we're
at
and
why
we're
there.
Originally,
we
were
approached
because
of
the
concerns
with
the
flooring
in
the
basement
in
the
first,
the
lower
level
right
there
is
what
we
call
9x9
tile
or
act
hot
tile,
it's
as
best
as
tile
that
was
put
down
years
ago.
AE
I
believe,
sometime
in
the
50s
at
some
point
later,
a
sheet
material
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
we'll
call
it
linoleum
that
was
put
down.
That's
got
asbestos
in
it,
so
I've
got
asbestos
on
asbestos
downstairs.
There
are
places
where
it's
peeling
up,
there's
places
where
it's
come
apart
that
material.
If
it's
undisturbed
and
in
the
condition
it
was
when
it's
installed,
it's
safe,
it's
when
it
starts
breaking
up
and
coming
apart,
that
becomes
an
issue.
That
is
what
we
have
now.
We
don't.
AF
AE
AE
X
AE
The
flooring
downstairs
from
a
liability
perspective
for
the
board
and
public
the
before
county
schools.
That
work
needs
to
be
done,
so
that's
one
part
of
it.
That
was
how
this
all
got
started
with
me
coming
in
and
looking
at
it
originally
got
pricing
and
then,
as
we
got
into
that,
it
was
like
well
what
about
upstairs,
because
now
we've
got
this
carpet.
That's
a
trip
hazard
under
the
carpet
and
a
good
part
of
the
building
is
the
same
9x9
hot
tile.
AE
So
if
the
carpet
comes
up
easy,
which,
if
you
look
in
places,
it
is
in
terrible
shape,
it
probably
will
come
up
easy,
but
what
I
don't
know
is
when
you
start
pulling
it
up,
will
the
tile
come
up
with
it?
So
at
that
point
went
in
and
figured
okay,
we
need
to
get
rid
of
the
asbestos
tile
upstairs
the
complicating
factor.
This
is
there
have
been
walls
added,
since
the
original
that
covers
up
so
the
only
way
to
get
rid
of
it
all
is
to
do
a
full
renovation
which
we
knew.
AE
AE
AE
I
can't
remember
whose
office
it
is,
but
mr
hagler
will
tell
you
about
the
damage
to
the
window
in
his
old
office
that
comes
from
roof
leaks,
so
the
roof
is
in
terrible
shape,
where
I
think
this
got
blown
up
from
the
estimate
that
we
had
originally
had
from
jameson
lewis
a
year
ago
was
that
once
we
got
to
looking
at
the
roof
and
the
roof
had
to
be
replaced.
What
I
didn't
realize
at
the
time
until
I
got
up
there
was
how
that
shape.
AE
The
hvac
was
on
the
roof,
so
we
have
to
pull
those
units
off
to
replace
the
roof
and
put
them
back
it's
hard
to
justify
putting
back
a
30
year
old,
hvac
unit
when
you're
replacing
the
roof.
So
that's
what
got
added
in
and
because
of
the
economy
we're
in
now
the
numbers
have
jumped
what
I
would
request.
AE
AE
If
this
work
happens,
if
the
abatement
work
and
the
interior
work
has
to
happen
during
the
school
year,
it
creates
a
lot
of
stress
on
where
we're
going
to
work.
Where
are
these
people
going
to
work
at
in
the
meantime?
So
the
goal
was
to
get
it
done
this
summer.
My
fear
is,
if
we
kick
this
down
a
month
three
weeks
from
now,
I
don't
know
if
I
can
get
everybody
lined
up,
the
contractor
can
get
his
subcontractors
lined
up
to
get
the
work.
AE
C
AE
Y
P
AE
AE
AE
We
don't
have
a
female
bathroom
downstairs,
so
part
of
this
work
was
making
that
bathroom
to
have
two
separate,
unisex
bathrooms.
I
think
if
we
eliminate
that
work
and
leave
it
the
way
it
is,
I
can
kick
out
twenty
thousand
dollars
if
we
get
rid
of
the
painting
that
only
on
the
walls
that
we
would
be
adding
in
the
two
or
three
offices
we're
trying
to
split
up.
I
think
I
can
kick
out
thirty
thousand
dollars,
there's
ninety
thousand
dollars
in
allowances.
AE
Now
those
are
allowances.
I
don't
know
if
we'd
actually
spend
that
amount
of
money,
but
there's
ninety
thousand
dollars
in
that
with
the
870
874
for
masonry
repair.
We
can
take
that
out
now
with
the
masonry.
What
that
does
is
we
have
water
infiltration
coming
into
the
mainstream?
It's
not
necessarily
coming
into
the
building,
but
what
it's
doing
is
causing
the
plaster
to
peel
off
the
wall,
because
it's
it's
effervescent
coming
out
of
those
solid
measuring
walls.
AE
AE
AE
I
AF
I
O
If
I
use
any
of
that
for
this
we'll
see
how
all
the
bids
come
in
and
what
comes
in
later,
we
could
allocate
it
to
this.
But
what
do
I
pull?
We
got
other
projects
that
we
you
know
that
we
couldn't
go
forward
with
that,
we're
hoping
with
leftover
money
and
some
other
money
pulled
together.
We
can
get
one
of
the
other
schools.
We
couldn't
go
forward
with
you
know
so,
every
time
you
know
those
other
projects
were
like
two
million
dollar
projects.
O
AF
S
H
S
AF
I
H
T
H
AE
AE
N
H
Madam
chairman,
since
we
were,
I
think
feeling
that
the
500
000
was
something
we
could
all
live
with.
If
we
shot
for
600
000
as
a
number,
then
we
would
get
that
20
of
the
600
000,
so
then
you're
down
to
480.,
I
mean
what,
if
we
just
said
he's
asking
us
for
a
number.
How
do
you
all
feel
about
saying
six
hundred
thousands,
the
top
number.
AE
I
and
I
had
to
make
concessions
in
the
scope
of
there
aren't
liquidated
damages
in
this
job,
because
one
contractor
said
we
won't
bid
it,
and
I
knew
I
need
it
after
hearing
what
happened
with
water
fountains,
I
knew
I
was
going
to
need
competing
bids,
so
I
I
did
not.
I
fought
and
argued,
and
basically
just
said
we
were
not
going
to
bid
if
you
don't,
if
that's
in
there,
so
I
took
it
out.
AE
S
And
I'll
just
say
too:
we
we
can
do
that
and
we'll
negotiate.
You
know
if
you
all
approve
some
level
of
something
tonight,
we'll
negotiate
with
them
on
that
on
the
hvac
projects
we
have
starting
now
we're
we're
buying
the
mechanical
equipment
straight
charles
is
up
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
savings
through
odp.
So
you
know
we
agree
with
you
a
hundred
percent
on
that.
That's
it's
a
it's
a
no-brainer
for
us
that
we
will
every
chance
we
get.
AE
AE
No,
so
that's
the
they
don't
sit
on.
Well,
yes,
but
it's
not
the
curves
that
you're
thinking
of
because
it
sits
on
the
roof.
It's
not
it's
not
a
unit
that
is
blowing
air
through
the
duct.
If
that
makes
sense,
it's
it's
literally
like
the
unit.
That's
in
your
house
where
you
have
the
air
handler
like
above
ceiling
and
then
an
outside
unit
that
sits.
You
know
on
a
little
pad
outside
of
your
house.
What's
on
the
roof.
Now
is
that
outside
unit.
AD
S
Would
be
yes,
I
understand.
No,
these
are
different
configurations
that
make
workplaces
available
for
the
people
we
need
to
work
in
there,
so
they're,
not
going
up
in
the
exact
same
places
that
they
came
down.
It's
reconfiguring
three
three
spots
in
that
bathroom
that
you
know
in
places
that
had
never
been
divvied
up
that
way.
AE
The
demo
company
will
take
care
of
everything
they're
supposed
to
do
demo
wise
they're.
The
only
thing
that
we
would
have
to
work
out
would
be
the
air
monitoring
after
the
fact
to
confirm
that
there
isn't
any
dust
in
there
that
I
can't
tell
you
for
sure
whether
that's
in
that
number
or
not.
I
don't
expect
that
to
be
to
me.
That's
in
two
or
three
thousand
dollar
range.
C
C
I
feel
like
I'm
being
pushed
and
my
vote
for
this
is
going
to
be
no,
but
until
I
see
an
itemization
and
a
breakdown
of
more
substantial
numbers-
okay,
because
you
have
too
many
variables-
you
don't
know
what
cte
could
help
you
out
with
and
cover
you
have.
You
know
this
this.
This
is
the
number
unless
this
happens.
C
C
P
C
P
There
was
mentioning
of
600
setting
at
least
some
sort
of
a
a
standard
or
an
amount.
I
think
we
should
at
least
come
up
with
an
amount
for
dr
dewis
and
his
staff
to
work
with
tonight.
We
need
to
do
that
for
them
so
that
they
can
have
at
least
some
ideal
as
to
where
they're
starting
with
so
I
would
suggest
six
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
I
would
certainly
like
the
board
to
strongly
consider
discussing
that
further
that
tonight
that
we
give
them
a
figure.
I
AD
R
A
R
That
number
could
come
down
a
lot.
I
mean
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
how
many
tons
we
have
that
work,
how
many
tons
we
need
and
I'm
just
going
based
off
of
you-
know,
building
locations
with
commercial
hvac,
new
ductwork
and
everything
knowing
how
much
that
pretty
much
runs
and
trying
to
see
if
there's
a
better
way
to
do
it.
You
know,
and-
and
maybe
there
is
maybe
there's
not,
but
I
just
need
to
I'm
just
trying
to
get
my
head
around
it
all.
AE
And
I
I
can
appreciate
that,
I
guess
I'll
throw
it.
I
mean
we
can
always
take
that
out
and
then
the
only
hvac
work
would
be
reworking
duck.
I
do
know
that
and
what
we've
in
dealing
with
the
hvac
with
the
four
projects
we've
got
going
on
this
summer,
the
their
numbers
are
their
supplies
out
of
this
world.
There
is
a
warranty
issue
in
their
supply
chains.
It's
carrier,
they
they
won't.
They.
The
contractors
are
telling
me
that
their
suppliers
are
only
guaranteeing
their
prices
for
10
days,
not
30..
AE
I
don't
have
a
breakdown
per
or
you're
talking
about
per
hvac
unit.
We
don't
get
that
breakdown
in
a
bid.
I
can
ask
for
it,
but
I
don't
we
normally
don't
get
a
schedule
of
values
this
quick
so
but
I
knew
because
the
numbers
were
so
high
that
we
were
going
to
have
to
do
some
work
and
justify
and
have
a
tough
discussion
tonight.
AE
I
have
what
I
have
and
a
lot
of
contractors
wouldn't
turn
it
around
that
quick,
but
jefferson
lewis
does
like
to
work
for
us
and
with
us,
and
that's
why
I
was
able
to
get
that,
but
I
mean
again
I
can
take
that
out
and
get
a
good.
I
mean
that
right.
There
is
a
big
chunk
that
gets
us
down
the
the
risk
we're
running.
Is
you
know
a
year
from
now
they
start
one
starts
dropping,
but.
S
And
we
have
and
that's
the
approach
we've
taken
all
along
with
this
building
is
when
something
breaks
we
just
replace
it,
and
so
it's
been
one
at
a
time.
That's
why
there's
a
range
and
age
of
those
units,
and
so
that's
what
we've
been
doing.
You
know
been
piece
meal,
but
you
know
generally
it's
kept
kept.
The
you
know
the
air,
the.
AF
AF
AE
And
that's
part
of
your
questions
about
what
can
we
get
cte
and
to
do
that?
Those
are
some
risks
and
things
that
you
do
deal
with
is
from
a
management
standpoint,
it's
much
simpler
to
have
that
one
general
contractor
responsible
everything.
The
counter
argument
to
that
is
you
guys
paid
me
for
that
headache.
AE
So
that's
what
you
paid
me
for
and
if
that's
what
you
guys
decide,
that's
what
I'll
do,
but
I
would
say,
hypothetically
if
you
guys
were
to
prove
us
to
move
forward
if
we
can
get
it
down
to
the
top
number
being
600
000.
The
first
question:
I'm
going
to
ask:
is
I'm
jefferson
lewis?
What
are
your
options
for
value
engineering
get
what
they
think
they
can
do
like
right
now.
I
know
the
pro
there's
the
way
the
doors
are
specced
out
in
the
current
specs
are
commercial
doors.
AE
AF
AF
AF
N
C
C
P
S
What
it's
going
to
be
hard
to
negotiate
on
on
any
item
with
any
comp
within
any
firm?
If
we
don't,
we
don't
identify
the
firm
we're
negotiating
with,
and
so
I
think
what
charles
is
trying
to
say
is
that
if
a
the
low
bidder
can
be
approved
with
a
cost
not
to
exceed
some
amount,
then
we
go
to
work
with
them
and
we
do
exactly
what
you're
saying
to
do
delay
the
hvac.
If
that
means
costs
will
come
down,
adjust,
adjust.
R
R
So
if
they're
going
to
do
even
more
for
us,
maybe
they
can
sharpen
their
pencil
even
more
go
back
and
say
you
know,
this
is
not
exactly
where
we
need
to
be.
Can
you
work
with
your
subs
a
little
more
because
we
have
a
lot
more?
We
have
100
million
dollars
worth
of
other
projects
that
you
could
be
right
in
line
to
get
with.
S
Forest
middle
school,
the
bid
was
over
the
budgeted
amount,
and
the
first
step
was
to
value
engineer
that
with
them,
and
that
was
750
000
that
was
negotiated
within
a
meeting
or
two
with
them.
This
is
a
much
smaller
scale,
but
it
the
same
process.
We've
worked
with
them
in
that
fashion.
Before
so,
yeah.
H
Chairman,
I
just
think
it's
important.
You
know
we
have
an
onus
of
responsibility
to
ensure
that
our
employees
are
in
a
safe
working
environment
and
we
were
I
I
said
I
think
my
feeling
from
people
was
that
that
that
500
000
number
was.
You
know
something
that
we
felt
we
could
do
if
we
give
them
a
six
hundred
thousand
dollar
number
and
we
get
the
historic
tax
credit
from
that
six
hundred
thousand.
That's
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
bringing
it
down
to
four
eighty.
H
H
I
think
it's
even
going
to
be
difficult
in
the
summer,
but
you
can
farm
people
out
to
different
places.
So
I'm
I'm
just
concerned
that
if
we
don't
at
least
give
them
a
number
that
we
feel
we
can
work
with
and-
and
I
I
do
agree
too-
with
dr
dewis-
there
has
to
be
some
element
of
trust
here.
They
know
how
we're
feeling
they
wanna.
C
R
For
consensus,
I
guess
you
know
dr
miele
makes
a
good
point
if
it
was
six
hundred
thousand
not
to
exceed,
and
then
we
got
the
20,
that's
480..
You
know
I
hate
to
bring
this
up,
but
I
get
nervous
with
the
asbestos
stuff.
I
definitely
want
it's
like.
I
want
to
go
after
that
stuff
because,
god
forbid
something
happen.
We
got
sued,
it's
going
to
cost
us
a
whole
lot
more
money,
so
I
I
you
know.
I
think
if
we
can
do
something
like
that,
I
think
that's
something
that
could
make
sense.
R
S
S
C
G
G
AE
S
B
C
F
R
F
AF
AF
I
AG
All
right:
well,
let's
do
some
celebrating
board
members
you!
We
had
some
students
with
us
here
earlier
tonight
that
we
were
celebrating,
but
we
have
many
more
who
have
had
some
amazing
accomplishments,
since
we
were
last
together.
So
we'll
kick
it
off
with
some
students
who
were
recently
recognized
at
the
central
virginia
regional
science,
fair
for
their
research,
knowledge
and
skills.
We
had
two
students
from
bedford
county
at
the.
AG
Two
students
who
will
now
represent
bedford,
county
and
the
region
at
the
2022
regeneron
international
science
in
engineering,
fair,
which
is
being
held
virtually
those
two
students,
are
burke
bankston
for
physical
sciences
and
justin
kim
for
biological
sciences
and
abby
wyatt
will
also
be
serving
as
an
alternate
for
biological
sciences.
So
congratulations,
burke,
justin
and
abby,
and
all
of
our
students
who
participated
in
the
regional
science
fair.
AG
AG
I
believe
we
we
met
a
couple
of
these
individuals
earlier
tonight,
jefferson,
forest
high
school,
put
on
a
great
performance
at
the
state,
deca,
competition,
deca
or
distributive
education.
Clubs
of
america
encourages
students,
development
of
their
business
and
leadership,
skills
through
academic
conferences
and
competitions
and
in
the
state,
competition
for
the
category
of
impromptu
business,
abby
beard
and
amber
trent
brought
home
first
place
for
their
presentation
and
were
also
selected
second
place
overall
in
the
state.
Congratulations,
abby
amber
and
all
of
the
other
regional
winners.
AG
AG
Beth
has
high
expectations
for
each
student,
regardless
of
their
athletic
ability,
and
while
she
is
a
pe
teacher
at
heart,
she's
also
a
reading
teacher
and
participates
in
the
school-wide
sfa
reading
intervention
program
and,
in
addition,
she's
collaborated
with
her
resource
teacher
colleagues
to
support
numerous
events
for
the
students
and
families
at
the
school.
Congratulations
beth
and
thank
you
for
all.
You
do
to
support
bedford
elementary
school.
AG
AG
When
asked
graham
said,
the
experience
was
difficult,
but
pretty
cool
so
as
the
regional
champ
graham
will
now
have
the
opportunity
to
particip
to
participate
in
the
national
spelling
bee,
which
will
be
held
in
washington
dc
on
memorial
day
weekend.
Congratulations,
graham
and
our
thoughts
go
with
you
speaking
of
champions.
We
officially
have
a
national
champion
at
bedford,
county
to
brag
about
jefferson
force,
high
school's
hannah.
Petty
john
won,
the
women's
pentathlon
at
the
adidas
indoor
track
and
field
national
championships,
which
were
recently
held
in
virginia
beach.
AG
AG
AG
Congratulations
to
jefferson
forest
high,
school's,
abigail
williams,
who
placed
second
recently
at
the
lincoln
douglas
regional
debate.
Competition
abigail
successfully
provided
a
resolution
to
the
notion
that,
in
a
democracy,
a
free
press
ought
to
prioritize
objectivity
over
advocacy
well
said
and
well
done.
Abigail.
AG
We
know
our
teachers
do
an
amazing
job,
building
that
confidence
in
their
students
and
teaching
those
skills,
and
now
we
have
some
of
the
best
in
the
state
to
show
for
it.
At
the
vhsl
state
championships,
marissa
parikh
from
liberty,
high
school
placed
first
in
the
category
of
original
oratory
and
jahim
leftwich
of
stanton
river
high
school
placed
first
in
pro's
interpretation
and
jefferson.
Forest
high
school's,
paul
reed
was
also
state
runner-up
in
pro's
interpretation.
Congratulations,
marissa,
yahim
and
paul.
AG
Ladies
event,
congratulations
zoe
at
the
recent
capital
district
key
club
leadership
conference
liberty,
high
school's
key
club
received
top
awards
competing
with
key
clubbers
from
across
the
capitol
district,
which
includes
virginia
west
virginia
maryland,
washington,
d.c
and
delaware.
Lhs's
team
won
first
place
in
single
service,
silver
and
non-digital
poster
as
well
as
second
place
for
major
emphasis.
The
team
now
goes
on
to
compete
at
the
international
convention
this
summer.
AG
Gavin
harrington
for
photography
all
first
place.
Winners,
jefferson,
forest
high
school
finished
in
second
place
at
the
odyssey
of
the
mine
state
competition.
Just
recently
on
april
1st,
they
accomplished
this
with
an
overall
score
of
339.25
points
out
of
350
possible
missing
first
place
by
only
2.7
points,
they've
now
qualified
for
the
world
finals,
which
will
be
held.
This
may
in
iowa.
Congratulations
to
the
jf
team
members
of
jack
coleman,
molly
ellis
riley,
ferris,
olivia,
mcavoy,
emily
jacoby
sanchez,
katie
rodriguez,
ramirez
and.
AG
AG
Congratulations
to
teachers
of
the
year
for
forrest,
heidi
hackworth,
brian
mcdougall,
at
liberty
and
alan
short
for
stanton
river
middle
school,
and
our
high
school
teachers
of
the
year
are
debra
woodson
at
jefferson,
forest,
jessica
nash,
at
liberty,
high
neal
mustard
at
stanton
river
and
for
susie
g
science
and
technology.
It's
zac
shupe.
AG
So
it
was
a
tough
to
pick,
but
from
all
of
those
outstanding
teachers.
Our
three
finalists
for
bedford,
county
public
school
teachers
of
the
year.
Congratulations
to
new
london,
academy's
teacher
katrina,
grooms
forest
middle
schools,
heidi
hackworth
and
liberty,
high
school's
jessica
nash
and
lastly,
as
you
may
be
familiar
april,
is
traditionally
designated
month
of
the
military
child,
a
time
to
pay
tribute
to
military
children
and
their
parents.
AG
In
fact,
virginia
has
more
than
69
000
military
connected
children
enrolled
in
virginia's
public
schools,
77
of
them
77
of
those
children.
Military
connected
children
are
right
here
in
bedford,
county
so
to
honor
those
children
and
their
parents
and
all
of
their
family
members
for
their
service
and
their
sacrifices.
I'd
like
to
encourage
everyone
to
purple
up
in
two
weeks
from
now
on
wednesday
april
20
and
again
thank
you
to
those
families
for
your
service
and
sacrifice
to
our
country.
Madam
chair.
That
concludes
my
remarks.
C
Thank
you,
dr
bergen
item.
12.01
school
board,
discussion
for
legal
counsel.
The
reason
we
asked
for
this
is
just
kind
of
I
want
to
comparative
shop
again
and
see
what's
out
there
and
check
into
that
anybody
have
any
suggestions,
any
disagreements,
my
thought
is.
I
would
so
kindly
ask
dr
mealy
since
you've
done
it
did
it
the
last
time
that
we
looked
at
this.
I'm
sure
you
still
have
numbers
and
contacts.
D
C
O
Yeah
the
board
issued
an
rfq
request
for
qualifications
or
proposals
so
and
then
the
board
and
some
staff
interviewed
those
firms.
I
believe
you
know
virginia
law
does
not
require
that
it's
the
one
instance
you
can
go
out
and
hire
an
attorney
and
the
board
can
choose
to
do
that.
Any
you
know
on
their
own.
Well,
they
don't
have
to
issue
something
on
that.
Unlike
anything,
any
other
service
you
might
legal
services
are
the
exception,
so
you
can
go
that
direction.
G
H
C
C
N
H
C
P
Guys
but
the
facility
committee
we've
talked
a
lot
about
that
tonight,
met
on
the
15th
and
we
went
to
otter,
river
school,
which
was
really
very
nice.
For
me
to
go
back
to
my
old
school
and
mrs
moore,
the
principal
she
took
us
on
a
wonderful
tour
of
the
school
and
shared
with
us
concerns
and
any
future
ideas
that
she
had
dr
dewis
and
mark
blankenship
and
some
of
the
other
team
members
there
did
share
with
mr
hobrick
and
I
some
elementary
capacity
numbers.
P
So
we
are
certainly
looking
at
those
schools
that
their
capacity
is
in
the
range
of
80
to
100
percent,
and
so
that
is
an
area
of
concern
for
us
and
a
path
forward.
We
want
to
take
a
look
at
how
we
can
certainly
lower
those
numbers
and
and
we'll
be
bringing
information
back
to
the
board
regarding
it.
I
want
to
encourage
you
all
to
please
reach
out
to
mr
holbrook
and
myself.
P
If
you
have
any
questions
about
the
facility
meetings
that
we've
had
and
we'll
be
having
in
the
future,
you
can
also
access
this
information
on
board
docs
as
well,
but
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
us,
so
we
will
be
talking
more
about
really
just
looking
at
those
those
numbers.
The
capacity
numbers
at
these
schools-
and
I
also
chair
the
laurel
school
board
meeting.
P
We
had
a
very
special
call
meeting
on
april,
the
first
it
was
a
zoom
meeting
and
the
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
discuss
the
efficiency
study
report
that
I
had
shared
with
with
the
board
previously
that
the
laurel
school
wanted
to
take
a
look
at
a
plan
for
expanding
the
services
at
laurel,
and
a
copy
of
the
report
was
provided
to
all
the
board.
Members
to
review
and
recommendations
were
made
from
dr
asap
and
really
the
report
addressed
the
declining
enrollment
numbers.
I've
talked
about
that
with
you
all
in
previous
meetings.
P
C
G
G
We
did
approve
this
week
a
very
interesting
table,
it's
about
the
size
of
this
table
for
anatomy
and
physiology
students
where
they
can
go
in
in
a
virtual
and
dissect
the
body,
and
they
can
make
it
sit
up.
They
can
like
cut
the
top
of
the
head
and
then
force
it
up.
Look
inside
and
look
at
every
single
thing:
that's
there.
If
they
want
to
look
at
the
hand
they
can
remove
the
skin
and
go
and
look
at
every
single.
I
mean
it
is
just
amazing
technology,
so
that
was
one
thing
that
we
did
approve.
G
The
second
piece
was
a
robotic
arm
where
the
students
will
be
able
to
program
a
larger
arm,
but
then
also
smaller.
I
want
to
say
it
was
11,
10
or
11
smaller
arms,
where
the
class
can
still
work
on
smaller
projects,
but
then
go
present
using
the
larger,
robotic
arm.
So
lots
of
good
things
happening
at
central,
virginia
gov
school
again
tuition
not
going
up.
All
of
our
seats
are
taken
which
is
very
exciting
for
bedford
county.
G
So,
as
far
as
the
inter-governmental
is
that
right,
okay
committee,
we
had
a
very
productive
meeting
a
couple
weeks
ago.
My
weeks
are
running
together.
We
discussed
several
policies
which
dr
bergen
brought
to
the
board
tonight.
There
are
several
others
still
on
the
table
where
we
will
be
discussing
in
detail.
G
Dr
calvert
gave
me
some
great
information
for
me
to
go
through
in
my
spare
time
so
I'll
be
working
through
that
also
we'll
be
talking
about
jhcd,
which
is
the
incorporating
cbd
and
thc
under
other
prescribed
medications.
So
more
detail
on
that,
dr
wilford.
I
appreciate
you
getting
that
back
to
me
and
then
also
more
to
come
on
book
review
and
opting
in
versus
opting
out
and
some
additional
information
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
around
that.
So
did
I
miss
anything.
R
I
only
have
one
comment
and
it
was
good
to
hear
from
a
lot
of
the
staff
tonight.
I
I
want
to
say
this
is
probably
the
staff
and
the
teachers.
I
think
that
this
was
one
of
the
meetings
that
I've
said.
This
is
definitely
the
most
amount
that
that
we've
heard
from
them,
and
I
just
want
to
continue
to
encourage
you
know
every
teacher
staff
bus
driver,
everybody.
We
want
to
hear
from
you,
you
guys
are
on
the
front
lines
and
we
really
appreciate
it.
R
I
I
I
I
My
other
only
comment
is
getting
these
kids
back
into
rooms.
I
think
that
needs
to
be
another
priority,
because
I
mean
they're
still
eating
some.
Some
are
still
eating
in
the
classrooms
and,
with
springtime
approaching
I
know
the
custodial
staff
is
going
to
be
overwhelmed
with
trying
to
get
the
maintenance
on
the
lawns
and
stuff
like
that.
They
they
need
they're,
going
to
be
overwhelmed
with
cleaning
all
these
classrooms
and
you
know
and
then
still
focusing
on
getting
their
their
regular
work
done.
G
Yeah
so
fms
open
house,
I
thought,
was
a
fabulous
turn
out.
Lots
of
students
took
an
opportunity
to
bring
parents
in,
even
though
it
was
great
that
fifth
graders
took
the
opportunity
to
come
and
tour
the
school,
so
they're
not
wandering
around
next
year.
So
again
I
thought
it
was
a
great
turnout,
lots
of
kids
so
glad
we
were
able
to
do
that.
I
went
to
echo
too.
I
appreciate
those
who
come
out
tonight.
That's
what
it's
about!
That's!
Why
we've
requested
moving
these
meetings
to
different
locations,
so
we
can
have
community
participation.
G
I
know
we've
got
suzy
g
next
and
then
I
would
recommend
that
we
start
with
the
middle
schools,
make
that
tour
and
then
go
to
the
elementary
schools
and
just
keep
going
around
and
having
these
meetings
in
the
different
communities
so
we're
able
to
hear
from
people
happy
national
library
week.
I
thought
the
ala
did
a
great
job
on
their
website
recognizing
that
week
and
celebrating
librarians.
G
I
said
this
earlier:
if
there
are
employees
who
have
a
concern
about
working
in
a
building,
you
need
to
be
talking
to
your
supervisor.
I
see
hr
nod
in
their
head,
so
you
know
we
do
have
work
from
home.
You
know
it's
not
something
we
encourage,
but
it's
certainly
an
option.
If
it's
something
that
you
know
you
and
your
supervisor
work
out
so
be
on
the
lookout
for
the
parental
rights
resolution.
G
U
G
H
AF
H
S
Yes,
a
much
larger
tank,
ten
thousand
gallon
tank
is
now
in
place.
Excuse
me,
six
thousand
gallon
tank
is
now
in
place
at
huddleston,
triple
the
size
of
what
was
there,
and
so
that's
been
used
and
to
my
knowledge,
I've
not
received
reports
of
outages
anytime.
In
the
you
know
in
the
recent
days
and
as
you
saw
on
the
cip,
we
want
to
also
enlarge
that
tank
at
stanton
river
middle
so
that
we
have
both
those
tanks
in
the
stanton
river
zone
that
can
serve
serve
our
drivers.
H
H
Thank
you
for
all
the
wonderful
work
on
that.
As
always,
you
know,
mr
edwards,
thank
you
so
much
for
what
you
do
to
present
awards
to
people
you
just
make
people
feel
special.
So
thank
you
for
doing
that,
and
I
I
have
just
personally
got
to
say
a
hell
a
shout
out
to.
Graham,
that's
just
amazing.
I
wish
I
could
go
to
washington
d.c
with
him.
I
don't
think
I
could
help
him,
but
you
know
it'd
be
great
to
see
him.
Madam
chairman,
I'd
also
like
to
put
on
the
agenda
for
next
month.
H
H
H
I
would
actually
tell
you
that
this
individual
and
I
have
have
come
to
a
great
understanding
of
each
other,
so
I
think
our
talks
have
been
very
productive,
but
I
want
to
say
that
I
really
truly
believe
we've
reached
common
ground
here.
I
said
this
before,
but
you
know,
if
you
want
your
child
to
read
the
book
any
book
they
can,
if
you
don't
want
them
to
read
your
book
a
book,
you
have
that
right
as
well.
H
You
know
liberty
is
the
state
of
being
free
from
oppression
from
someone
else's
viewpoints,
political
views,
life,
behavior,
and
I
think
we've
done
that
here.
You
know,
as
as
miss
ellis
said,
libraries
are
ever
evolving
places
and,
and
certainly
we've,
given
our
students,
their
parents
and
the
students
the
right
to
say.
I
don't
want
my
child
involved
in
that.
That's
okay
and
other
parents
who
stood
there
tonight.
H
I
think
it
was
miss
ellis
who
said,
I
want
my
child
to
read
these
books,
so
I'm
just
not
sure
that
our
discussions
about-
and
this
is
just
my
opinion-
that
of
the
constant
you
know-
kids
shouldn't
be
reading-
these
books
versus
kids
should
be
reading.
These
books
are
very
productive
because
to
me
I
really
feel,
like
both
sides
have
gotten
something
that
helps
them.
H
I
don't
want
my
child
to
read
the
book.
Okay,
they
can
get
another
book,
no
harm
done.
I
want
my
child
to
read
these
books.
No
harm
done
just
tell
us
what
books
you
don't
want
to
read
will
flag
your
child's
account.
I
mean
I
really
think
that
it's
just
not
we're
not
being
as
productive
as
we
could
be
because,
in
my
opinion,
we've
reached
this
common
ground
that
everyone
can
work
with.
Everyone's
rights
are
respected
at
this
point
and
and
and
I
hope
that
you
know
people
speak
of
parent
choice.
H
Well,
they
do
have
parent
choice,
they
have
the
right
to
read
or
not
to
read
and-
and
I
just
hope
that
we
can-
we
can
find
a
way
to
to
move
on
and
just
for
a
bit
of
information,
because
I
know
people
have
have
been
asking
about
it.
How
do
these
books
get
on
lists?
And
you
know
that
all
starts
with
the
college
boards
and
I
gave
actually
mr
dietrich
a
lot
of
information
about
that.
H
H
It's
not
you
know
any
particular
group
of
people,
that's
doing
it,
but
mr
d
dietrich
has
that
information.
I
believe
I
still
do
if
you
want
that
information
and
and
want
to
change
it.
I
think
that
you
know.
Certainly
you
can
I'd,
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you.
I
just
want
us.
Somebody
also
has
spoken
about.
H
I
the
fact
that
we
need
standards
and
and
again
I
say
that
we
do
have
standards.
We
have
the
standards
of
learning,
we
have
the
standards
of
quality,
we
have
the
entire
virginia
code
of
school
law,
and
you
know
our
general
assembly
has
said
that
education
is
the
cornerstone
upon
which
the
future
of
virginia
rests
and
the
standards
are
laid
out
for
us
in
the
code
of
virginia
everything
is
laid
out
for
you.
It
regulates
the
number
of
days
and
hours.
We
have
to
go
to
school
nurses,
record,
keeping
discipline
criminal
acts.
H
What
to
what
holy
book
should
we
refer?
Is
it
the
christian
bible
and
then
what
version
is
it?
Is
it
the
saint
james?
Is
it
the
king
james?
Is
it
the
new
english?
Is
it
the
american
standard
to
which
one
should
we
refer,
but
then
we
also
have
to
look
at
our
the
fact
that
we
have
a
religiously
diverse
area.
Do
we
need
to
look
at
the
quran?
Do
we
need
to
look
at
the
torah?
Do
we
need
to
look
at
the
gita?
Do
we
need
to
look
at
the
book
of
shadows
from
wicca?
H
I
mean
it's
a
dangerous
slope
to
me
that
we
we
want
to
bring
religion
into
our
schools,
so
I
hope
that
we
can
move
away
from
that
because
constitutionally,
it's
not
viable.
The
establishment
cause
prevents
that,
and
you
know,
there's
a
very
famous
case
out
there.
I
think
it's
agostini
versus
felton,
I'm
pretty
sure
that
talked
about
the
lemon
test.
All
of
these
things
that
have
already
been
discussed,
so
we
have
standards
they've
been
created
by
our
general
assembly.
H
If
we
want
to
use
the
bible,
I
think
that's
called
home
school
or
private
school,
but
I
think
you
know
we
need
to.
We
need
to
be
to
me
more
productive
about
how
we're
improving
student
achievement
and
not
trying
to
change
things
that
would
take
decades.
I
mean
if
you
look
at
the
bill
of
rights,
for
I
mean
the
equal
rights
amendment.
It
was
started
what
in
72
or
three
and
it
just
passed
in
january.
The
last
you
know
state
just
ratified
it
in
january.
H
It
took
four
decades,
but
if
that's
what
you
want
and-
and
I
applaud
you
for
wanting
it-
that's
how
you
have
to
go
about
it.
We
need
a
constitutional
convention
which
requires
two-thirds
of
the
states
and
then
three
fourths
of
the
states
have
to
ratify
whatever
it
is
that
we're
trying
to
amend.
So
it's
a
very
long
drawn
out
process,
but
we
can't
change
that
here
at
the
board.
That
would
be
something
that
has
to
occur
at
the
state
level.
H
H
I'm
sorry
that
you
feel
that
your
voices
aren't
being
heard.
Please
know
that
you
know
we
are
listening
to
your
voices.
We,
I
think
we
all
on
the
board,
need
to
listen
and
reflect
on
what
was
said
tonight
because
our
teachers
are
leaving.
I
am
concerned
about
the
the
teacher
who
said
I
really
you
know
I'm
thinking
about
leaving.
I
would
hate
to
see
that,
but
she
is
correct.
H
You
know
we're
going
to
lose
our
very
best
teachers
and
I
don't
want
to
see
that
happen,
and
I
know
that
you
all
love
your
students.
You
said
you
know,
I
love
my
students.
I
know
that
we
see
that
every
day,
so
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
and
congratulations
also
to
all
the
teachers
of
the
year.
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
P
Yes,
I
would
like
to
echo
the
same
sentiments
that
mr
daniels
spoke
about
in
just
giving
compliments
to
those
who
came
out
tonight.
Our
teachers
and
everyone
who
spoke
during
the
public
comment.
Thank
you
so
very
much.
Your
voices
are
important
to
all
of
us
here,
and
they
do
matter
so
certainly
continue
to
come
out
continue
to
voice
your
concerns.
P
P
P
So
many
more
students
that
also
deserve
and
need
to
have
a
learning
environment
that
certainly
brings
them.
Peace
brings
them
joy
and
is
free
of
hazards
and
other
issues,
and
so
I
do
hope
one
day
that
we
will
be
able
to
provide
all
of
our
students
in
bedford,
county
with
learning
environments
that
certainly
mirror
what
forest
middle
school
has,
and
it
is
a
beautiful
addition
and
I'm
very
proud
that
we
were
able
to
get
those
students
out
of
the
mobiles
and
they're
in
that
type
of
learning
environment.
P
P
P
N
C
The
resonant
concern
with
them
is
the
reversion
money
going
away,
that's
concerned
with
all
of
us
and
they
they
asked
a
whole
lot
of
very
hard
questions,
but
they
asked
really
good
questions
and
you
could
tell
they
were
really
thinking.
Of
course,
we're
not
going
to
know
anything
until
we
hear
from
the
state
budget,
but
they
wanted
me
to
pass
on
for
you
to
contact
your
representative
in
richmond.
Let
them
know
and
try
to
push
for
a
good
budget
here.