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From YouTube: November 26, 2018 | CCSD Board of Trustees Meeting
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November 26, 2018 CCSD Board of Trustees Meeting
A
We're
gonna
start
on
the
agenda
today
with
the
swearing-in
ceremony
and
the
oath
of
office
of
our
Charleston
County
School
District
Board
of
Trustees.
So
if
Reverend,
every
Eric
Matt,
mr
Joyce
Greene,
miss
Kate
Darby
and
Miss
Cindy
bond
coats.
Please
come
forward,
and
if
you
have
a
representative
with
you
to
hold
your
Bible,
that
representative
can
come
forward
as
well.
If
you
will
place
your
left
hand
on
the
Bible
and
your
right
hand
in
the
air
and
repeat
after
me,
I
do
solemnly
swear
that
I
am
duly
qualified.
C
A
At
this
time,
we're
going
to
do
the
the
oath
of
office
for
the
Constituent
board
members
and
we're
going
to
do
this
in
in
waves,
st.
James
Santee
district
1
Cynthia
Dianne
gathers,
who
has
been
reelected
D'andrea
brown
ether,
Jeanne
EJ,
German,
Moultrie
district
2,
Kristin
Cassie,
Pamela,
JaJuan
Goldman
and
James
Island
district
3,
Katy
Callaway,
Susana,
Sheldon
and
Cynthia
smalls.
A
We're
gonna
start
with
Cooper
River
District
4
lorina,
Jordan,
Erica
Smith
and
Karla
Gadson,
st.
John's
district
9
grenade
Brown
Legion,
who
has
been
reelected
Monica
Smith
who's
been
reelected,
Karen
Simmons,
who
has
been
reelected
and
Tammy
Lockhart,
and
our
final
group
will
start
with
st.
Andrews
district
10
mr.
Rodney
Lewis,
who
has
been
reelected
mr.
David
Bell,
miss
miss
Lisa
Niemeyer,
the
city
of
Charleston
district
20,
Miss
Barbara,
Graham
Holmes,
who
has
been
reelected
Miss
Diane
Yarborough,
who
has
been
reelected
stephania,
dare
Alejandro
and
Regina
Duggan's
in
st.
Pauls
district
23,
mr.
A
B
B
A
A
While
everyone
is
getting
receipted
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which,
as
you
can
see
it's,
we
will
be
asking
the
newly
sworn-in
board
members,
as
well
as
those
board
members
that
have
remaining
terms
that
Charleston
County
board
members
to
sign
a
copy
of
the
code
of
ethics.
I
would
like
to
inform
all
of
you
that
the
signing
of
this
document
is
not
required
by
law
or
by
board
policy.
A
However,
we
felt
it
very
important
to
implement
this
process
as
a
commitment
to
for
the
new
board
members
and
a
recommitment
to
the
old
board
members
to
ccsd's
ethical
principles
in
serving
the
children
of
this
great
County.
The
document
in
which
you
review
is
taken
from
ccsd's
policy
BCA.
If
anyone
in
the
public
wants
to
see
a
full
copy
of
that
policy,
it's
an
immediately
available
online
on
the
ccsd's
website.
The.
D
November
26
2008
teen
Board
of
Trustees
meeting
and
just
real
quick
for
those
of
you
for
members
who
may
have
gotten
here
late
to
the
Seraph
swearing-in
ceremony,
there's
a
yellow
folder
at
your
place
and
it's
the
code
of
ethics
that
the
board
members
and
constituent
forum
members
sign.
So
if
you
just
wonder
what
that
was
that's
what
that
is,
and
we
are
not
going
to
use
our
board
dots
for
voting
up
until
until
after
executive
session,
because
we're
having
appeal
technical
issues
so.
F
D
G
D
G
A
B
and
C
the
three
audit
and
Finance
items
are
one
is
it
was
raising.
There
was
a
group
of
employees
who
were
left
out
of
the
pay
hikes
in
the
spring
when
we
approved
that,
for
whatever
reason
they
were
as
hourly
employees,
they
were
not
included.
When
that
was
brought
up
attention.
We
approved
approving
that
the
total
cost
is
56,000,
but
it
will
make
whole
all
the
employees
who
were
exempt
from
raises
last
year.
F
G
I
D
C
D
D
F
G
G
E
D
F
C
F
Know
not
that
is
something
so
pregnant,
so
critical
and
it
just
constrained
that
we
start
doing
the
mood
and
publicly
its
potential
consent.
There
won't
be
a
discussion
of
it
at
all
and
we
wanted
to
details
about
that
item
being
discussed
and
seeking
approval,
because
it's
from
heroine
it's
automatic
approval
in
s
I
mean
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
the
Head
Start
thing,
but
a
the
salary
thing
I
didn't
have
we
didn't
talk
about
that?
A
little
bit
and
yeah
I
think
you
want
the
movie
scooped
up,
I.
Think
the
mom's
right.
G
D
E
So
I
really
want
to
talk
about
that
for
a
piece
and
find
out,
if
that's
the
most
prudent
way
to
find
this
funding
and
second
to
see
if
we
have
a
recurring
source
of
funds,
because
this
will
be
more
than
it'll
be
a
little
over
50,000
next
year
to
put
to
do
the
raises
appropriately
on
top
of
the
raises
and
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
a
plan
for
that.
Okay.
So
we
approve
this
so.
G
J
K
D
I
vote.
Yes,
the
motion
passes
okay,
so
the
next.
Thank
you
for
all
that
and
drooly
help
us
keep
up
with
work
and
you
to
help
us
keep
up
when
we
get
there.
And
the
next
item
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes
for
the
regular
meeting
on
October
22nd
and
the
special
called
meaning
from
November
12
2008
een.
Don't
have
a
motion.
C
F
I
I
D
D
D
C
D
J
I
F
C
L
L
D
D
I
D
M
Good
evening
I'm
Chris
Kessler
I'm
a
principal
with
Clifton,
Lawrence
and
Allen.
This
is
Reed
binder,
he's
a
manager
with
Clifton
Larsen
Allen
we
go
by
CLA.
We
have
we're
members
of
the
engagement
team
for
this
year's
audit.
We
will
be
issuing
the
financial
statements
and
completing
our
audit
this
week,
so
the
you
all
are
able
to
meet
the
state
deadline
of
December.
First
issuance
will
be
happening
by
Friday.
M
We
have
already
presented
in
full
to
the
full
audit
committee
two
weeks
ago,
the
results
of
our
audit.
So
what
we've
done
today
is
we've
prepared
a
presentation
that
kind
of
hits
the
highlights
of
the
audit
some
of
the
information
that
our
critical
numbers
and
information
for
you
all
to
know
as
the
board
members,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
the
presentation,
but
we're
gonna
save
time
for
questions
at
the
end.
M
So
if
there's
anything
that
does
come
up,
you
know,
please
feel
free
to
ask
interrupt,
raise
your
hand
whatever
it
may
need
to
be
or
wait
till
the
end.
So
the
audit
services
we
performed
that
we're
discussing
today.
The
financial
statement
audit,
which
is
the
audit
that
we
performed
in
a
court
with
government
auditing
standards,
we
perform
limited
procedures
on
the
supplementary
information
and
the
required
supplementary
information
that
are
included
in
the
financials,
and
then
we
also
audit
the
federal
compliance
and
what
the
federal
compliance
is.
That's
your
single
audit.
M
M
So
the
reports
that
we'll
deliver
there's
the
independent
auditors
report,
which
will
be
a
clean
unmodified
opinion,
there's
the
report
and
internal
control,
which
is
the
that's
where
you
would
have
any
sort
of
findings
over
financial
reporting.
You
have
your
independent
auditors
report
on
compliance
in
each
major
federal
program,
which
is
our
single
audit
report
and
then
there's
the
governance
communication
and
the
governance
communication
is
the
letter
that
you
all
receive
summarizing
the
results
of
the
audit.
M
It's
essentially
this
presentation
in
the
presentation
that
we've
given
to
the
audit
committee
in
written
format,
for
you
all
to
have
so
the
results
of
our
audit.
So
the
independent
auditors
report,
as
I
said
we
will
be
issuing
an
unmodified
opinion,
which
is
a
clean
opinion
on
the
financial
statements,
something
that
you'll
notice
this
year.
In
the
opinion,
that's
a
little
different.
There
is
an
emphasis
of
a
matter,
paragraph
related
to
a
new
accounting
standard
that
was
implemented
during
the
year.
M
They
didn't
affect
our
opinion
in
any
way,
but
I
do
want
to
point
that
out,
because
that
is
in
there.
So
you
all
are
aware.
The
independent
auditors
report
an
internal
control.
This
is
known
as
I
said,
where
your
findings
will
be.
There
was
one
material
weakness
over
payroll
and
to
significant
deficiencies
won
over
information
technology
and
the
other
over
bus
driver
record
checks.
The
payroll
and
information
technology
findings
are
carry
forwards
from
last
year.
The
findings
have
existed,
for
the
last
few
years
will
continue
to
report
on
them
until
they're
completely
cleared.
M
M
So
as
far
as
some
numbers,
these
are
some
pretty
key
highlights
for
you
all
as
the
board
to
be
concerned
with
and
and
know,
and
these
are
what
we
kind
of
decided
were
the
important
numbers
we
want
to
talk
to
you
about
so
from
the
general
fund
financial
statements.
Your
total
fund
balance
for
the
year
was
70
point,
1
million
dollars
and
what
that's
made
up
of
is
4.1
million
dollars
of
non
spendable
fund
balance,
which
that
means
it's.
It's
not
liquid.
It's
it's
sitting
in
inventory.
M
It's
sitting
in
prepaid
expenses,
then
you
have
your
committed
fund
balance
of
thirty
six
point:
nine
million-
that
is
the
fund
balance
that
you
all
have
set
aside
to
meet
the
state
budgetary
requirements
for
the
fund
balance
you're
required
to
keep
as
a
portion
of
your
operating
budget
year-to-year.
You
have
an
in
total
assigned
fund
balance
of
nine
point.
Four.
M
What
assigned
means
is
that
you
all
have
said
we're
gonna,
cut
out
this
portion
of
our
total
fund
balance
and
assign
it
to
instructional
programs
for
that
purpose
going
forward,
and
then
the
remainder
is
nineteen
point,
seven
and
unassigned.
That
is
just
your
fund
balance
that
is
available
for
any
sort
of
future
expenditures
that
you
all
may
choose,
that
is
residual
within
your
fund
balance.
So
what
this
all
comes
from?
It's
a
change
in
fund
balance
of
twenty
eight
point:
1
million
dollars,
so
that
was
an
increase
over
last
year
in
your
general
fund.
M
So
as
that
compared
to
budget,
your
revenues
were
two
point:
nine
million
dollars
above
budget
and
your
expenses
were
seventeen
point,
three
million
dollars
less,
so
those
two
components
accounted
for
the
twenty
eight
point.
One
increase
compared
to
budget
from
what
you
all
are
looking
at,
so
very
positive
results
in
your
general
fund
this
year,
really
nothing
from
you
all
to
be
concerned
about
at
that
point
with
the
the
health
of
the
general
fund,
with
the
results
that
you
have
so
that
was
kind
of
it.
M
E
M
So
so
the
payroll
finding
that
that
has
been
going
on
for
the
last
couple
years
within
the
payroll
system,
the
employees
report
their
time
and
time
cards
are
submitted
so
that
employees
can
be
paid
within
that
system.
There
are
electronic
sign-off
requirements
on
those
time
cards.
There
is
a
requirement
within
the
school
districts
operating
policies
and
procedures
to
approve
those
time
cards.
Both
the
employees
have
to
sign
off
and
their
supervisors
are
supposed
to
sign
off
as
reviewed
and
approved.
M
What
is
happening
is
is
that
some
employees
of
the
school
district
are
not
following
that
policy
and
procedure
and
not
documenting
their
review
and
approval
within
the
system.
So
the
school
district
has
been
working
on
implementing
policies
and
procedures
to
hold
people
accountable
and
to
track
and
monitor
who
these
individuals
are
that
are
continually
violating
the
policies
and
procedures,
but
that's,
ultimately,
where
it
comes
from
it
wasn't
that
any
payroll
was
misreported
or
that
we
found
any
dollars
Mis
spent.
It
was
truly
a
internal
control
standpoint
that
policies
and
procedures
were
not
being
followed
and.
N
When
the
irregularities
occur,
they
occur
in
the
electronic
system.
So,
what's
having
to
happen
is
the
sign
offs
do
occur,
but
people
go
back
and
do
them
and
by
hand
after
the
deadlines
in
the
electronic
system.
So
we
are
trying
to
get
everyone
in
compliance
with
the
electronic
system.
Would
you
please
share
with
the
board
one
of
the
suggestions
that
you
offer
to
the
audit
and
Finance
Committee
about
how
you've
seen
district
finally
come
to
terms
with?
What
are
you
seen
entities?
Not
just
school
districts
come
to
terms
with
this
problem.
Yes,.
M
Something
we've
seen
with
other
payroll
systems
and
the
system
you
use
of
Cronos
where
this
problem
has
occurred.
You
know
it
would
be
various
departments
or
particular
supervisors
that
were
the
continual
I'd
say
issue
with
following
these
policies
and
procedures
and
what
ultimately
stopped
this
from
happening
was
was
that
payroll
was
not
run
until
all
of
those
time
cards
and
Department,
payroll
or
whatever
it
may
be,
was
approved
by
the
right
personnel,
and
it
was
an
unfortunate
turn
of
events
that
it
had
to
come
to
that
and
it
caused
some
some
strife
within
the
entities.
M
H
L
I
E
But
I
think
you
and
I
are
headed
in
the
same
place.
Yes,
absolutely
not
running
payroll
until
it's
been
signed
appropriately
by
the
way
is
legal
I
mean
it's
a
requirement,
but
it
would
be
more
against
procedures
to
run
a
payroll
that
has
not
been
approved,
but
second
to
that,
this
is
also
while
we
may
not
want
it
to
go
there.
Certainly
this
should
reflect
on
performance
reviews,
future
promotions
ability
to
retain
your
job
at
that
supervisory
role.
Are
we
holding?
Do
we
do
evaluations?
N
The
board's
directive
last
year
to
redouble
our
efforts,
the
chief
financial
officer,
has
worked
closely
with
those
to
supervise
for
the
individuals
who
may
not
be
signing
off
and
that's
exactly
what
I
understand
to
be
happening,
that
the
conferences
with
individuals
are
happening
now
and
that
that
will
reflect
in
their
evaluation.
So
those
who
are
involved
need
to
not
or
and.
B
B
So
this
became
to
my
to
my
attention
back
in
back
in
the
spring
I
think
it
was
April,
and
so
we
did
we
put
in
some
measures
to
to
address
the
problem,
both
in
terms
of
the
the
deficiencies
in
implementation
of
the
system
and
so
that
that
implementation
deficiency
was
lack
of
training.
And
so
we
put
together
a
strong,
a
training
program.
We
deployed
staff
out
to
our
locations
all
locations
to
a-train's
supervisors
and
supervises
them
how
to
to
process
these
time
cards.
B
And
so
then,
at
the
same
time,
we
developed
a
progressive
discipline
procedure
that
we're
about
ready
to
roll
out.
That
includes
some
of
the
things
that
you,
the
board,
talked
about
tonight,
but
some
other
things
also
and
so
from
April.
Until
now,
we
have
made
significant
improvements
and
decrease
in
their
lack
of
compliance,
but
we
have
a
level
of
non-compliance
that
has
not.
B
B
B
B
K
E
One
more
question-
and
this
might
not
be
it's
either
for
the
superintendent
or
mr.
Kennedy-
is
clearly
nothing
to
do
with
the
audit,
and
this
might
not
be
the
the
timing
venue
to
discuss
it.
While
we
all
know
Cindy
likes
to
save
money,
we
have
an
issue
where
we
are
struggling
to
appropriately
fund
education
and
I'm
I'm
very
happy
with
the
fund
balance.
But
can
we
get
something
that
gives
us
a
perspective?
It's
very
difficult
to
say:
yippy.
E
B
So
so
that's
true
and
I,
don't
know
yet
we're
just
beginning
to
do
the
projections
for
fiscal
in
this
fiscal
year.
But,
as
you
aware,
the
board
improve
approved
salary
increases
for
teachers
significantly,
and
so,
when
we
open
school
this
year,
we
essentially
open
without
any
teacher
vacancies,
which
is
something
that
is
historically.
We
haven't
done
least
for
a
number
of
years.
E
I
N
N
D
I
G
Move
to
direct
the
administration
to
execute
a
new
identity,
the
East
Cooper
Montessori
charter
contract
to
specify
that
the
district
will
fund
seats
for
the
three
to
four
year
olds
in
the
primary
program
for
the
remainder
of
the
contract
term,
provided
that
at
least
providing
that
at
least
forty
percent
of
those
seats
are
allocated
to
students
participating
in
the
SNAP
program.
The
supplemental
nutritional
assistance
program
and
barring
any
unforeseen
budget
challenges.
C
H
I
H
F
H
F
H
C
H
H
I
H
Thank
you
so
good
evening,
I'm
Jody
swanigan
for
those
of
you
that
I
have
not
met
I'm
the
principal
and
founder
of
East
Cooper
Montessori
charter
school.
Thank
you,
doctor,
post
away
and
chairman
Reverend,
dr.
Mack,
and
the
members
of
the
Charleston
County
School
Board
of
Directors
I
appreciate
your
time
and
your
energy,
and
especially
your
support
over
the
past
16
years
of
our
relationship
I'm
here
tonight
to
request
the
continued
funding
for
the
primary
program.
H
Now
in
its
fourth
year
of
existence,
EC
MCS
is
an
excellent
rated
school
and
I
feel
very
proud
that
together,
we
have
created
a
unique
opportunity
to
support
families
that
truly
need
our
support.
The
students
in
our
primary
program
receive
access
to
an
excellent
early
education
program
and
are
able
to
stay
in
our
school
until
they
age
out
the
powerful
beginning
that
you
grant.
These
students
can
only
lead
to
great
achievement
in
their
future.
I'll
now
share
with
you
the
intent
and
outcomes
of
our
program.
H
So
when
we
designed
this
program,
it
was
to
offer
a
full
complement
of
Montessori,
which
is
offered
in
all
the
Charleston
County
School
District
Montessori
programs.
There
are
snow,
six
total
public
Montessori
when
we
began
16
years
ago.
There
were
at
that
time
only
two.
So
since
that
time
there
became
an
initiative
to
put
a
Montessori
option
in
all
areas
of
the
district.
H
Once
we
moved
into
the
building
that
we
are
in
now,
it
gave
us
the
opportunity
to
add
a
primary
program,
because
there
were
two
code
ready
classrooms
and
we
would
have
to
have
had
to
have
spent.
We
meaning
you
and
I
would
have
had
to
have
spent
more
money
to
update
those
classrooms
to
elementary,
rather
than
leave
them
at
the
primary
level.
H
Forty
percent
of
those
thoughts,
but
those
three
and
four-year-olds,
are
allocated
to
families
that
rich
that
receive
snap.
That
is
a
there's,
a
higher
rating
of
me
than
then
a
free
and
reduced
lunch
application.
Just
so
that
you
understand
that
part,
and
one
of
the
intents
was
to
increase
the
diversity
of
our
school
program
while
offering
this
this
early
education
to
families
in
need
some
background
on.
We
started
the
program
in
fifteen.
There
are
two
total
classrooms
of
24
students,
each.
That
is
three
four
and
five-year-olds
that
are
in
the
same
classroom.
H
H
Since
this
program
and
since
moving
into
our
current
location
in
the
last
two
years,
our
lottery
applications
went
from
four
hundred
and
thirty
six
applications
to
seven
hundred
and
ninety
three
and
ballot
ineligible
at
the
time
of
the
lottery,
which
means
that
they
were
validly
able
to
apply
for
the
lottery.
The
increase
I
attribute
in
2018
was
that
we
joined
the
choice
application
process
with
the
district,
so
that
you
could
ask
you
could
check
off
that.
You
wanted
applications
in
multiple
schools
and
you
could
also
wait
your
your
wishes.
H
Last
year
there
were
nine
total
snap
valid
and
eligible
this
year
there
were
87
that
was
again
at
the
time
of
the
lottery
so
as
as
the
time
has
gone
on
so
has
the
increase
in
our
applications.
I
also
want
to
clarify
that
of
those
87.
That
was
at
the
time
of
the
lottery
which
I
believe
was
in
February
this
year.
Since
then
we
have,
we
have.
We
have
had
trouble
getting
enough
snap,
rated
applicants
and
we
at
this
time
do
not
have
anyone
on
the
waiting
list.
H
The
next
slide
shows
our
free
and
reduced
primary
lunch
status.
That
is
a
comparison
over
the
years
since
moving
into
that
building
and
between
the
move-in
and
now
so,
as
you
can
see,
the
numbers
have
gone
up
and,
and
those
of
you
that
were
on
the
board
at
that
time,
I
remember
that
one
of
the
reasons
we
wanted
to
move
into
the
Whitesides
building
was
that
we
wanted
to
move
out
of
the
neighborhood
of
ion,
because
we
wanted
to
to
draw
a
more
diverse
population
to
our
school.
H
H
So
some
of
you
may
be
asking
well
why
a
CCSD
having
to
fund
the
the
program
and
that's
where
this
gets
just
a
little
bit
on
the
complicated
side,
so
ccs
charter
school
law
does
not
allow
us
to
to
charter
school
law,
does
not
allow
us
to
give
preferences
to
anyone,
except
for
the
sibling
of
a
currently
enrolled
person
or
a
staff.
Member.
A
CCSD
is
essentially
paying
for
these
three
and
four-year-olds,
which
puts
them
under
ccsd's
rules,
and
we
can
then
allocate
40
percent
to
be
for
families
that
qualify
for
the
snap.
H
H
And
then
two,
if
tuition
based
program
is
doesn't
doesn't
really
help
the
initiatives
that
we
have
in
place,
and
so
that
is
my
presentation,
and
these
are
the
amazing
children
that
we
have
in
our
school
and
I
will
tell
you
that
what
I
have
learned
through
this
program
is
that
the
early
identification
of
students
with
with
special
needs
is
critical
and,
and
we
have,
we
have
really
changed
some
lives.
Okay,.
F
E
F
F
I
guess
I
do
this
to
get
down
earth
with
you
is
that
why
does
CCSD
need
to
pay
for
the
three
and
we
have
program
but
of
our
budget
to
increase
diversity
when
you
guys
or
control
your
business
process
and
can
recruit
minorities
children
in
different
background
children?
Why
do
we
have
to?
Why?
Should
we
fund
that,
for
such
small
percentages
of
diversity
in
your
school
coming
up
and
send
that
portion
of
it?
Why
can't
you
do
your
own?
So.
H
F
F
F
I
understand,
but
what
I'm
asking
is
that
of
your
own
initiatives?
Why
can't
you
have
a
reverse
routing
team
that
recruits
a
diverse
background
without
spending
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
year?
Why
can't
the
school
to
come,
settle
in
the
zones?
What
I'm
asking
you
not,
but
the
last
thing
is:
why?
Why
aren't
you
attract
in
a
more
diverse
populations
on
your
owns,
what
I'm
asking
we.
H
F
D
F
Quite
the
diversity
is
important
to
me
and
I.
Don't
my
heaven
my
full
year,
I,
don't
like
the
most
autonomy
to
the
type
eight
you
know
ever
twenty,
sixteen
thousand
dollars
for
you,
seven
years
I
mean,
but
to
me
a
school
should
be
able
to
track
kids
of
our
backgrounds
by
its
own
merits
by
one
program-
and
you
said
this
was
a
major
factor
for
you.
F
They
got
from
have
you
given
one
percent
diversity
to
five
percent
University
and
that
in
that
five
percent,
diversity
is
still
only
about
thirteen
children,
s
or
maybe
I
said
twenty
have
the
whole
school
and
foreign
akid.
So
I
just
don't
see
the
impact
of
the
money,
that's
creating
the
diversity.
Now,
if
you
tell
me
these
as
money
for
a
reading
program
for
writing
program,
that's
something
different
and
I'm,
not
against
I'm,
not
against
your
getting
money
for
the
school
I.
Just
don't
see
the
versity
being
affected
by
the
money
in
tennessee
there.
H
Is
not
any
other
program
that
I'm
aware
of
that
has
created
a
space
and
an
excellently
rated
school
for
children
who
don't
have
an
act?
Don't
normally
have
access
to
early
education
and
for
that
I'd
say
1:32,
42:22
I
just
think
it's
it's
a
it's
doing
its
job
and
and
it's
creating
the
impact
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
create.
F
H
I,
don't
know
that
other
than
I
know
that
I
hear
on
a
regular
basis
that
our
school
has
an
excellent
reputation
in
in
our
community,
and
the
people
who
apply
are
people
who
are
looking
for
a
Montessori
education.
I
think
that
we
could
all
do
a
better
job
of
educating
our
entire
community
about
the
the
impacts
of
Montessori
education
as
a
whole.
Thank.
E
H
E
D
I
G
Just
a
quick
note
with
a
hope
over
the
next
eight
years.
This
seeing
the
primary
program
at
20
percent,
free
and
reduced
is
at
least
testing
that
26
percent
of
the
primary
program
testament
to
the
success
of
the
effort
compared
with
Wando
High
Schools
that
has
11%
African,
American
and
17%.
More
already
total,
so
I
mean
the
demographics
within
Mount.
Pleasant
are
not
conducive
davon
e.
You
know
50/50,
no,
really.
F
G
O
D
J
Good
to
see
you
again
Judy
you
too,
the
last
time
you
here
before
us.
You
told
me
that
once
you
got
a
new
building,
you
would
grow
your
african-american
population.
You
said
it
wouldn't
be
a
problem,
you
just
your
your
your
reasoning
behind.
That
was
because
you
were
limited
and
space
at
ion
and
because
of
the
location
of
the
school
being
in
that
highly
affluent
neighborhood.
It
really
hurt
your
chances
of
increasing
your
students
of
diversity
and
now
you
here,
because
you
would
like
to
request
additional
resources
to
help
attract
more
students
of
diverse
backgrounds.
H
J
F
F
J
H
J
H
C
H
J
J
J
H
Will
tell
you
that
a
study
was
just
completed
on
that
very
topic
and
in
it
showed,
and
it's
in
your
packet
as
well
and
I
would
direct
you
to
the
very
last
line.
The
very
last
paragraph
of
that
of
that
article,
which
says
that
a
high
quality
early
learning
programs
can
be
brought
to
scale
in
very
diverse
public
settings,
produce
outcomes
that
we
want
to
see
in
all
children.
We
can
be
more
successful
by
focusing
on
the
developing
of
the
whole
child
and
not
just
their
academic
skills
and
what
is
ideal
for
lower
low
income.
H
Children
is
what
is
ideal
for
all
children,
understanding
them
as
people
and
giving
them
self
agency
the
freedom
to
learn
and
their
own
pace
and
the
guidance
to
become
lifelong
learners,
and
that
that
is
the
mission
of
the
school
and
it
and
to
me
they're
there.
It
is
not
different
for
one
child
to
another
child,
we're
giving
that
to
all
of
our
children.
I.
J
Don't
disagree
with
the
mission
of
what
was
this
read,
but
my
question
really
is:
how
are
those
20
students
performing
at
your
school?
The
reason
why
I
ask
is
because
those
of
those
of
us
who
study
the
data
in
our
district,
our
Montessori
schools
across
the
board,
the
six
that
you've
met
you
to
which
were
only
here
when
you
got
started
initially,
have
systematically
been
underperforming
when
it
comes
to
students
of
color.
J
So
that's
why
I
want
to
know
exactly
how
those
students
in
your
school
are
performing,
because
you
are
asking
this
board
to
grant
you
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
to
start
early
education,
but
children
who,
in
the
normal
circumstances,
may
never
attend
your
school.
They
may
not
even
think
about
it.
Their
parents
may
not
even
consider
it,
but
if
they're
not
performing
well
when
they're
with
you,
why
would
we
grant
you
additional
resources
to
do
something
that
cannot
be
easily
measured.
K
J
Why
I
want
to
know
how
they're
doing
you
only
have
20
I
didn't
ask
me
to
give
me
the
results
of
150
students
I'm
only
giving
you
I'm
only
asking
you
to
give
me
the
results,
and
so
it
makes
it
difficult
because
you're
here
today
asking
to
diversify
your
student
population
I,
don't
think
that's
a
bad
thing!
You
said
you
can
do
it
no
matter.
J
We
need
to
see
our
children
perform
on
grade
level,
but
we
also
need
to
see
them
grow
each
year,
they're
in
our
buildings
and
so
I
will
take
the
fact
that
you
won't
answer
my
question
as
the
fact
that
maybe
they're
not
doing
as
well,
if
you
would
like
them
to
do
in
AB,
that's
the
case.
I
could
respect
your
honesty.
I.
Could
mr.
Miller
we're
doing
our
best,
but
we're
just
not
making
the
mark,
but
we
need
more
resources
to
do
that,
but
you
haven't
said
that
Saul
move
on
so.
H
My
answer
that
that
would
be
an
incorrect
assumption.
You
don't
have
an
answer,
because
I
I
wasn't
asked
to
break
those.
Those
students
out
so
I
will
absolutely
send
you
that
data
I
this
the
school
has.
We
watched
the
data
of
all
of
our
students
and
their
growth
and
we're
an
excellently
rated
school
I
did
not
break
out
those
I.
That's
not
how
we
look
at
data,
so
I
will
break
it
out.
For
you,
though,.
J
H
The
first
year
that
we
did
it,
we
found
ourselves
because
we're
a
charter
school.
We
don't
have
a
another
entity
to
help
us
with
that
process.
We
were
asking
families
to
bring
us
their
financial
records
and
it
it
did
not
feel
good,
and
so
we
wanted
a
a
criteria
that
was
going
to
be
an
outside
agency.
That
would
look
at
that
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
got
those
spaces
were
the
ones
who
really
needed
it,
and
that
was
really
important
to
us.
H
J
So,
if
the
people
who,
if
the
adults
in
the
building
who
look
like
the
parents
and
children
you
trying
to
attract
only
work
in
the
kitchen
and
as
janitors,
it
makes
it
very
difficult
for
a
parent
to
feel
comfortable
to
sit
in
a
child
till
school
when
they
don't
see
themselves
reflected
any
static,
and
so,
as
a
principal,
you
have
the
opportunities
to
hire
staff.
As
you
see
them
come
in,
as
you
think,
they're
fit
for
your
for
your
building.
J
H
I
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
board.
Members
I
just
want
to
remind
you
that
we
are
voting
electronically.
Also
keep
in
mind
that
starting
tonight
we
will
have
15
seconds
we're
going
to
do
the
15
second
time
frame
and
voting
so
that
we
can
be
prompt
enough
being
delayed
so
well.
There's
a
time
is
a
time
keeper
over
there.
Your
vote
has
your
motion
has
been
placed
in
front
of
you.
We
ask
that
you
please
cache
of
it.
E
I
I
E
I
D
E
G
A
D
G
D
J
C
E
F
D
I
C
F
D
F
D
F
D
D
I
F
F
I
Just
calm
down
in
our
discussion,
we,
the
board,
have
already
took
an
action
as
far
as
that
charter
school
is
concerned
and
in
our
discussion
believe
we
have
given
clear
direction.
I
believe
the
superintendent
receive
information
as
to
how
we
need
to
receive.
As
far
as
we
look
toward
the
closure
or
proceeding
toward
action
that
the
board
have
already
took
in.
F
F
You
know
we
are,
we
be
closed
or
attempt
to
close
certain
schools,
for
example
on
use
bluem
on
Frazier,
because
Lincoln
middle
high
school,
all
these
are
minority
schools
or
burns,
be
closed
out
and
going
to
meeting
Street,
we
attempted
to
close
Greg
Mathis
another
school,
just
predominant,
American
and
I'm.
Looking
at
trying
to
those
are
pristine
charter
school,
which
is
another
school
district
african-american,
but
but
yeah
we
supported
schools
like
pace
with
money
and
a
begin
another
traffic
school
over
$300,000
and
that's
payback.
F
These
are
leaders,
not
schools
or
minority
schools
really
help
the
assistant.
We
help
in
each
school.
Go
east
couple
Montessori
program
now
and
we
happened
then,
and
what
we
should
have
our
schools
and
their
other
school
leaders.
We've
helped
persistent
with
money,
but
but
to
me
seemed
that
when
it
comes
to
the
african-american
charter,
schools
and
african-american
public
schools
that
we're
being
harsh
on
these
schools,
not
giving
a
fair
chance
to
operate.
F
How
can
we
expect
school
to
be
successful
in
18
months
when
they're
on
a
that
18
month
time
frame,
we've
attempted
to
close
the
school?
We
have
wooden
support
to
school,
someone
sizing
visit
the
school,
we
sent
a
letter
threatening
closer
and
we
sent
red
flags,
and
so
what
we're
doing
now,
quietly
as
allowing
the
school
to
run
but
close
out
and
then
that
school
year,
which
is
not
fair
to
children
who
are
being
served
where
they
were
from.
I
F
F
Much
my
point
is
this:
if
we're
helping
schools
and
children
really
helping
children,
we
need
to
have
all
children
equally
fairly.
Whether
I
put
up
with
the
population
is
Caucasian
or
Hispanic
or
an
American
prestige
needs
our
support.
They
need
our
help
and
tonight
I
don't
see
we're
doing
anything
to
help.
Pressey
is
charter
school,
but
that
further
deteriorate
this
population
and
its
enrollment,
so
I
want
I
want
I
want
us.
What's.
F
F
We
allow
prestige
charter
school
to
operate
for
at
least
three
years
and
then
evaluate
at
the
end
of
three
years,
am
I
supposed
to
do
for
three
years,
but
in
the
three
years
to
have
amenity
gains,
then
the
board
take
action
with
whether
being
positive
or
negative,
but
I
to
do
that.
18
months,
it's
not
a
fair
chance
to
school.
That's
trying
to
help
children
who
otherwise
we're
not
learning
it
fall
behind
is.
F
We
suppose
it
is
to
support
Christie's
charter
school
for
minimum
three
years
from
the
date
of
inception
now,
the
first
year
right
now,
they're
halfway
through
you,
think
that
any
36
months
to
lay
a
foundation
and
to
get
started,
then
we
support
you
or
three
years.
Simply
separate
terms
is
what
I'm
asking
the
boat
to
do
supports
crazy
for
three
years.
F
J
I
If
I
can
just
remind
the
board
that
that
we
have
discussed
this
issue
as
far
as
prestige
is
concerned,
for
a
a
number
of
hours
and
a
number
of
meetings
in
Reverend,
Collins
I,
you
know
I
see
it
differently.
I
see
that
we
support
all
students
in
the
district
without
looking
at
at
color,
so
I
see
it
differently
and
some
may
differ
and
that's
fine,
but
this
board
has
already
took
in
action
back
in
March
and
we
have
discussed
moving
forward
how
we
could
better
serve
these
students
so
that
they
can
get
the
adequate
resources.
F
I
I
I
E
Chair
to
be
clear,
the
board
can't
take
action
on
a
most
motion
to
allow
prestige
Academy
to
remain
open
for
three
years,
because
the
board
cannot
take
an
action
that
contradicts
standing
board
directives.
The
action
would
have
to
be
to
reverse
the
decision
made
in
March
and
then
decide
what
you
want
to
do,
but
this
motion
can't
be
made
because
it
contradicts
board
directive.
Okay,.
J
D
I
I
F
D
Public
comment
so
for
our
public
comment
time,
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody,
we
have
two
minutes
and
no
speaker
may
use
public
comment
to
discuss
personnel
matters
or
matters.
Otherwise
private
or
confidential
speakers
are
to
address
issues,
not
individuals,
and
when
you
come
up
and
talk,
we
take
notes.
We
won't
answer
your
question
directly,
but
staff
will
follow
up
or
one
of
us
will
follow.
Ups,
somebody's
taking
good
notes.
D
C
P
C
P
Or
sad
I
remember,
you
were
very
unhappy
and
said
during
that
time
and
it
I-
let
you
guys
know
about
this
two
years
ago
and
supposedly
it
was
addressed,
but
at
this
point
there's
an
IEP
that
was
legally
violated.
He
is
autistic,
high
functioning,
obviously
brilliant,
but
autistic,
and
he
did
not
get
ot
that
he
was
legally
bound
to
get,
though
during
those
two
weeks.
This
is
a
legal
matter.
I
am
talking
to
an
attorney.
I
failed
to
see
the
okayness
in
this
and
I.
Don't
trust
the
person
that
would
do
this
to
a
child.
P
I
mean
I,
don't
and
I
want
to
protect
my
son's
homeschooled
now
I'm
doing
that,
give
me
a
minute
to
protect
others,
not
him,
but
I
want
the
community
to
know
about
this.
I
want
it
taken
care
of,
and
if
it
happened
to
your
child,
you'd
be
beside
yourself.
I've
lost
an
incredible
amount
of
sleep.
Unfortunately
not
wait
this
time,
but
a
lot
of
sleep
over
this
previously
when
it
first
happened,
I
lost,
30
pounds
I,
don't
know
why
it's
not
happening
this
time.
It's
just
not
fair,
but
I'm,
still
suffering
tremendously.
D
D
G
Q
So
my
name
is
Zach
the
CD
I'm,
a
teacher
at
East,
Cooper,
Montessori
charter
school,
but
I'm
here
as
an
individual.
So
earlier
this
year,
researchers
with
the
Clemson
office
of
inclusion
and
equity
presented
the
results
of
their
six-month
study
to
the
CCSD
School
Board.
Their
findings
showed
that
almost
half
of
our
85
Elementary
School's
are
overwhelmingly
segregated.
Q
18
schools
are
over
80
percent
african-american
and
17
schools
are
over
80
percent
Caucasian
as
a
board
member.
Would
you
have
any
role
in
changing
these
policies
and
if
so,
how
would
you
go
about
that
and
before
I
cede?
My
time,
I'm
gonna
thank
the
board
for
your
continued
commitment
to
East
Cooper
Montessori.
The
primary
program
started
in
2015
is
a
shining
example
of
this
board's
effort
to
encourage
diversity,
our
schools.
R
Thank
you
all
for
having
me
this
evening.
This
is
my
12th
year
in
education.
I
actually
recently
moved
down
from
the
Greenville
area,
and
so
it's
a
little
surprising
this
last
couple
months,
driving
down
26
and
seeing
the
big
sign
supporting
certain
candidates,
and
actually
this
issue
reached
the
Washington
Post
about
the
special
interest
money
in
the
race
here
in
Charleston
County.
R
And
so
it's
got
a
lot
of
national
attention
and
I'm,
not
here
to
defame
anyone
who
received
money
or
not
personally
received
money
but
benefited
from
this
money
and
I'm,
not
even
trying
to
say
that
the
people
that
are
giving
this
money
are
necessarily
doing
so
out
of
nefarious
purposes.
I
I
believe
they
probably
believe
in
the
causes
that
they're
supporting.
But
my
question
is:
how
is
this
corrupting
the
governance
on
the
board?
R
How
are
these
special
interest
funds
either
causing
people
to
vote
in
certain
ways
or
maybe
fearful
to
vote
in
certain
ways,
because
the
next
election
money
can
be
used
for
the
opponent
and
it's
a
real
problem,
and
even
if
it's
not
actually
leading
to
corruption,
it's
giving
the
appearance
of
corruption
here
in
Charleston
County.
So
what
I
would
encourage
you
all
going
forward
is
to
make
a
statement,
make
a
resolution
refusing
to
or
rejecting
these
type
of
special
interest
money.
That's
really
corrupting
the
system
here
in
Charleston
County.
Thank
you.
S
My
name
is
Emily
Abaddon
I'm,
a
mother
of
four,
a
CCSD
parent
for
15
years
and
running
I'm,
a
professional
writer
who
also
serves
as
an
academic
mentor
for
several
ccsd's
children
from
low-income
families,
I've
written
about
homeless
children
in
our
district
from
Charleston
magazine
I,
also
embedded
for
a
year
at
title,
one
Mary,
Ford
Elementary,
which
led
me
to
volunteer
there
as
a
writing.
Teacher
I
currently
teach
high
school
journalism
everyday
in
North,
Charleston
and
I'm.
S
S
S
The
meetings
that
you
have,
while
honorable
do
not
suit
time
periods
that
working
people
can
attend.
Imagine
how
many
more
people
would
be
here,
there's
fifty
thousand
children
in
our
district.
It's
your
job
to
hear.
What's
going
on
and
as
everybody
just
witnessed
and
we've
seen
at
meeting
after
meeting
I'm
not
allowed
to
name
names,
you
all
have
deplorable
behavior.
We
wouldn't
let
our
toddlers
act
that
way.
You
have
to
start
your
meetings
on
time,
every
time
and
come
out
here
and
act
like
the
adult.
Our
children
are
counting
on
it.
O
Good
evening
I'm
Tamika
Brown
I
am
the
primary
caregiver
of
two
students
at
East
Cooper
Montessori
charter
school,
my
seven-year-old
grandson.
That
Gabriel
is
in
first
grade.
He
attended
primary
for
Kay
and
5k
at
the
school,
and
my
four-year-old
grandson
is
in
his
first
year
at
East,
Cooper
Montessori,
my
oldest
grandson
had
some
speech
issues
before
he
started
school
and
we
had
no
idea
what
was
going
on
with
them
when
he
enrolled
in
the
school.
They
did
some
testing
and
we
found
out
that
he
was
autistic.
They
have
offered
him
occupational
therapy
speech
therapy.
O
They
worked
with
him
in
his
classroom,
so
he's
not
pulled
out,
he's
not
made
to
feel
different
and
he
has
thrived.
In
the
Montessori
program.
I've
raised
two
children,
my
children
are
28
and
23
years
old,
we've
always
been
within
a
Charleston
County
School
District,
it's
a
different
learning
environment,
it's
a
nurturing
learning
environment
and
it
is
great
for
our
children.
I
am
the
parent
and
grandparent
of
black
boys.
They
are
represented
in
that
school
right
now,
but
it's
not.
The
majority,
isn't
trying
she
reached
out
to
several
of
the
churches
in
our
area.
O
I
am
a
police
officer
for
the
town
of
Mount
Pleasant
and
I
personally
went
to
the
different
schools
to
the
different
churches
and
spoke
on
behalf
of
the
schools.
That's
one
of
the
ways
that
she
recruited
and
getting
more
people
into
the
school
who
represent
the
entire
community
and
not
just
one
aspect
of
it.
Thank.
C
D
E
Fifty
thousand
and
it'll
go
up
a
couple
of
thousand
because
it's
a
percentage
on
top
of
a
higher
salary,
so
it's
an
ever
increasing,
but
not
by
a
whole
lot,
but
the
use
of
lab
salaries
has
to
be
concerning
to
anyone
who's
been
through
this
district.
So
what
was
the
reasoning
for
using
lapse
salaries?
How
did
we
know
they
existed
for
this
particular
school
year
and
do
we
have
a
recurring
source
of
funds
for
the
future?
A.
G
E
B
So
if
I
may
just
put
the
number
in
the
context
and
then
I'll
tell
you
about
the
funding
piece,
so
the
actual
number
is
47
thousand
six
hundred
dollars.
So
for
the
for
the
fiscal
year
nineteen
budget
for
the
non
teacher
pay
increase.
It
was
three
point:
nine
million
dollars
for
non
teachers,
so
three
million
eight
hundred,
seventy
eight
thousand
so
I'm
gonna,
add
two
forty
seven
thousand
to
it.
We
feel
that.
C
B
Still
at
three
three
point:
nine,
according
to
the
budget,
and
so
when
we
put
this
presentation
together
further
art
and
finance
committee,
we
assume
laps
salaries.
Subsequent
to
that,
we
got
from
the
count
of
state
of
the
County
auditors
or
reassessment
so
our
actual
revenues
for
fiscal
year.
Nineteen
will
be
higher
than
what
doublet
were
budgeted.
So
that's
how
we
will
cover
that
and
then
at
some
mr.
Garris
said
when
we
do
the
budget
for
next
year.
If
we,
if
the
board
decides
on
that
increase
or
to
be
included
in
that
that
budget.
L
O
E
E
D
N
I'll,
be
brief.
I
would
appreciate
your
putting
the
gold
slide
back
up.
Please
Andy
thanks
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we,
we
know
what
the
major
goals
are,
and
so
we
we
lumped
a
few
of
them
together
here
to
make
sure
we're
all
clear
about
the
agenda,
of
course,
significantly
significantly
improve
the
percentage
of
students
who
are
achieving
on
the
pathway
to
readiness
and
make.
N
All
of
our
students
grow
at
least
a
year.
More
of
our
students
grow
at
least
a
year
a
year.
Those
are
the
proficiency
and
growth
goals.
Mr.
Miller
mentioned
bold
new
approaches
for
our
lowest
performing
schools,
improving
governance,
effectiveness,
determining
the
optimal
school
size
for
delivery
of
a
high
quality
in
curriculum
and
the
instructional
strategies,
and
then
planning
our
new
building
program
around
the
optimal
school
size
using
our
facility
development
around
optimal
school
size,
so
that
we
can
provide
equitable
access
to
quality
programs
is
really
a
big
change
for
this
district
and
I.
N
N
So
tomorrow
morning
the
cabinet
will
meet
and
we
will
start
refining
the
plans
for
the
Committee
of
the
Whole
meetings
for
the
coming
year
around
this
agenda
around
the
goals
accomplishments.
So
unless
there's
some
reason
for
something
to
be
on
the
agenda
and
be
discussed,
that's
not
related
to
these
goals.
We
would
not
normally
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
agenda
items
that
are
not
directly
related
to
these
goals.
That
is
our
understanding
of
what
the
board
has
asked
us
to
do,
and
I
just
want
to
check
for
understanding.
Yes,.
K
E
Say
that
we
have
to
be
very
cognizant
that
the
board
has
a
huge
responsibility
to
the
financial
understanding
and
management
of
how
the
money
is
spent
and
I.
These
are.
These
are
extremely
absolutely
agree,
but
we
can't
forget
that
lapped
salaries
and
moving
money
around
and
those
sorts
of
things
are
a
directly
within
our
purview,
because
that's
why
we
exist
in
it's.
What
got
us
in
trouble?
The
last
time.
C
N
I
see
it
part
and
parcel
of
that
same
conversation,
and
then
the
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
do
was
welcome
the
this
board.
Certainly
the
new
newly
elected
board
member,
and
to
mention
that
we
do
need
to
start
a
new
board
member
orientation
soon,
but
because
I
know
that
you
are
are
planning
to
leave
us
I,
wonder
if.
J
C
N
Has
graciously
offered
to
wait
until
mr.
Miller's
replacement
is
here,
so
we
can
get
that
started,
but
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
as
board
members.
I'm
we'd
all
appreciate
your
thinking
about
what
was
helpful
to
you
or
what
would
have
been
helpful
to
you.
If
you
were
going
through
board
another
orientation
again,
we
will
intestines
would
be
greatly
appreciated
in.
E
I
post,
the
way
I
look
forward
to
working,
along
with
you
and
staff
continuously
to
make
those
accomplishment
happen,
along
with
the
guidance
from
and
jointly
with
the
board,
so
so
board.
Members
I
said
to
you.
Thank
you.
Tim
is
green,
thank
you
for
taking
on
the
helm
and
being
a
part
and
welcome
to
CCSD
as
we
move
forward.
We
think
you
I
believe
that
now.
E
I
We
will
do
that
at
the
December
17
board
meeting.
Also
as
we
about
to
adjourn
I
like
to
remind
board
members
to
please.
Please
read
the
information
in
your
packet
I
believe
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
asking
questions
of
information
has
already
been
presented
to
us
or
already
included
in
the
packet,
so
I
just
highly
encourage
that
we
do
come
for
fear
by
reading
our
packet
Amin
ready
to
do
the
business
of
the
district.
Having
said
that
or
intent
of
motion
for
adjournment.