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From YouTube: CCS BOE Meeting 12.12.2022
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24:32 - call to order, swearing in of re-elected board members & board reorganization begins
59:20 - open session meeting begins
E
I
want
each
of
you
to
know
that
I
am
so
excited
and
humbled
to
be
here.
To
do
this
swearing
in
today,
I
know
you
I've
known
each
of
you,
I've
known
Miss
Turner
for
a
short
a
while,
but
Mr
Leonard
and
Miss
Allen
I've
known
you
for
a
very
very
long
time
and
I
am
very
confident
that
you
have
the
children's
interests
at
heart
in
Chatham.
E
County
I'm,
also
very
confident
that
your
true
educators
and
I
know
that
you
want
every
child
to
have
an
opportunity
to
succeed
in
this
world
and
I'm
thankful
to
each
of
you
for
your
commitment
and
your
energy
for
our
children
in
Chatham
County.
But
before
I
get
this
honor
of
swearing.
You
in
I
thought
I
would
take
a
moment
and
give
you
a
Judicial
perspective
of
what
the
courts
see
of
our
children
in
Chatham
County
and
when
I
do
this.
It
is
in
reflection
upon
what
I
have
observed
and
what
the
other
members
have
observed.
E
The
children
that
intersect
our
court
system
are
suffering
from
sometimes
mental
health
illnesses,
sometimes
they're
suffering
from
substance
use
disorders,
sometimes
they're
suffering
just
from
an
inability
to
handle
adversity
and
they're
inundated
with
so
much
information
from
the
internet,
from
social
media
from
gaming.
Things
of
that
nature,
and
then
there's
times
when
there's
sexual
and
physical
abuse
that
we
see
and
the
reason
I'm
bringing
those
scenarios
up
to.
You
is
there's
kind
of
a
Common
Thread
that
we
have
seen
and
the
Common
Thread
is
a
lot
of
times.
E
Ask
that
you
do
teach
them
what
other
studies
they
need
for
their
postgraduates
for
college
and
for
vocational
training,
but
I'm
going
to
take
one
step
further
before
I
swear
you
in
and
I'm
gonna
ask
you
to
instill
discipline
and
respect
in
our
system.
Discipline
gets
a
bad
connotation
at
times,
but
it
really
means
guidance,
guys
it's
pretty
simple,
there's
a
right
way
and
there's
a
wrong
way
to
do
things
and
I.
Ask
you
to
do
that
respect.
E
The
formula
is
pretty
simple:
treat
people
the
way
you
want
to
be
treated
and
I
feel
like
if
we
do
that
and
I
know
and
I'm,
confident
that
you
will
do
that
and
that,
if
all
people
will
love
thy
neighbor
as
thou
said
and
use
those
particular
values,
then
everyone
is
going
to
benefit
so
now.
I
would
challenge
you
to
continue.
E
E
D
D
E
Bit
you
know
and
you
would
hold
the
Bible
Mr
Larry
if
you
place
your
left
hand
on
the
Bible
and
raise
your
right
hand
and
then
I'll
ask
you
after
I
say
I
I'll:
ask
you
to
state
your
name:
okay,
I
state.
Your
name
do
solemnly
swear
that
I
will
support
and
maintain
the
Constitution
and
the
laws
of
the
United
States
and
the
Constitution
and
laws
of
North
Carolina,
not
inconsistent
they're
with
and
that
I
will
Faithfully
discharge
the
duties
of
my
office
as
a
member
of
the
Chatham
County
Board
of
Education.
E
If
you
place
your
left
and
raise
your
right,
I
state
your
name,
you
solemnly
swear
that
I
will
support
and
maintain
the
Constitution
and
laws
of
the
United
States
and
the
Constitution
and
laws
of
North
Carolina
not
inconsistent
there
with
and
that
I
will
Faithfully
discharge
the
duties
of
my
office
as
a
member
of
the
Chatham
County
Board
of
Education,
so
help
me
God.
Congratulations!.
D
E
You
solemnly
swear
that
I
will
support
and
maintain
the
Constitution
and
laws
of
the
United
States
and
the
Constitution
and
laws
of
North
Carolina
not
inconsistent
there
with
and
that
I
will
Faithfully
discharge
the
duties
of
my
office
as
a
member
of
the
Chatham
County
Board
of
Education,
so
help
me
God.
Congratulations!
B
F
B
H
Before
we
get
a
vice
chair
just
wanted
to
thank
our
board.
They
are
great
people
to
work
with.
We
are
able
to
work
through
problems
and
even
if
we
disagree,
we're
able
to
do
that
agreeably.
If
that
makes
sense
in
our
times
today,
but
I
just
want
to
appreciate
the
confidence
they
have
and
we
look
forward
to
helping
Dr
Jackson
our
Administration
keep
moving
our
schools
and
our
students
forward.
H
G
H
H
G
H
H
We'll
consider
ourselves
back
in
Open
Session.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
We
appreciate
that
very
much.
We've
got
a
full
house
and
we
appreciate
you
being
here
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
in
case
anybody
got
Rowdy
I've
got
several
former
students
out
there
and
they
could
get
Rowdy
before
so
got
a
teacher
to
Mr
Sizemore
out
there.
That
might
might
have
to
watch
out
for
also,
but
we
appreciate
all
of
y'all
being
out
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
They
didn't
really
want
from
various
viruses
and
whatnot,
so
they
would
probably
much
rather
be
in
school
than
dealing
with
that
so,
but
in
the
with
the
season
coming
upon
us,
let's
keep
that
in
mind
and
all
the
families
that
have
to
sometimes
endure
this
holiday
season
from
from
past
experiences
that
make
it
really
tough.
Remember
those
people
too.
So
at
this
time,
let's
have
a
moment
of
silence.
J
H
C
H
H
B
Chair
I
will
briefly
share
just
last
month:
I
missed
the
opportunity
to
share
specific,
exciting
things
going
on
around
our
district,
and
we
committed
to
really
be
very
intentional
about
sharing
the
exciting
work
that
happens
in
our
schools.
Every
single
day,
our
teachers,
our
staff,
our
administrators,
have
done
an
amazing
job
to
deliver
on
the
promise
of
one
Chatham.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
in
October
we
had
our
national
principles
month.
We
celebrated
them
and
you
celebrated
them.
We're
super
excited
about
the
leadership
in
our
schools.
B
We
had
our
go,
go
great
breakfast
with
the
boys
and
girls
club
at
Central,
Carolina
and
outstanding
work.
We
had
our
first
Zoom
meeting
of
our
student
advisory
committee
and
really
did
a
great
job.
The
students
really
brought
a
lot
of
amazing
comments
and
thoughts
forward
and
I
I
said
to
that
parents
that
then
we
are,
the
future
is
bright.
I
I
feel
very
confident
and
comfortable.
We
had
our
go
you're
going
too
fast.
B
Our
first
parent
advisory
committee
meeting
was
held
here
in
this
room
and
really
had
a
good
job
talking
with
parents
about
safety
and
trying
to
share
with
them
all
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
district-wide
and
and
really
getting
feedback
on
what
we
can
do
moving
forward.
We
spoke
a
lot
about
The
Vaping,
challenge,
challenges
that
are
before
us
and
and
in
fact
we
from
that
meeting,
we
encourage
parents
to
attend
our
vaping
seminars,
which
we're
trying
to
have
with
health
providers
across
the
district.
B
Moving
forward
next
slide:
Merit
Scholars,
we
partnered
with
East
Carolina
and
North
Carolina
Central
and
North
Carolina
State,
to
bring
their
their
folk
here
to
discuss
Merit
Scholarships
with
our
families
as
a
regional
meeting
and
so
we're.
We
were
excited
to
East
Carolina,
University,
honor
college
and
NC
State.
B
We
had
the
as
I
shared
with
you
the
seminar
on
the
dangers
of
vaping.
We
will
be
offering
that
again
several
times
throughout
the
year.
We
really
need
our
parents
to
understand
that
this
is
a
a
collaborative
process
that
we're
going
to
have
to
work
with,
with
our
students
to
move
forward
to
help
our
youngsters
understand
that
vaping
is,
is
a
challenge
that
could
have
long-standing
consequences
for
the
next
slide.
Please
principal's,
meeting
in
October
was
was
amazing.
B
We
did
a
lot
of
work
around
just
building
capacity
and
and
sharing
and
learning
from
one
another.
The
next
slide,
please,
our
Avid
video
was
created
for
the
North
Carolina
education
department
and
and
really
shared
for
their
visit
here
and
really
submitted
and
has
received
lots
of
reviews.
Positive
reviews
about
the
work
and
you'll
hear
more
about
Chatham
Central
a
little
bit
later
in
the
meeting
and
you'll
also
meet
some
of
their
amazing
students
here
tonight.
Next
next
slide
Avid
coaching
sessions.
B
The
Education
Foundation
presented
a
big
check
to
us
for
our
AVID
program
and
we're
grateful
to
them.
They
raised
and
presented
to
us
ten
thousand
dollars
to
support
the
AVID
program
program,
so
we're
very
grateful
and
thankful
to
our
Chatham
Education
Foundation
next
slide
and
the
our
creative
teaching
grants.
We
were
able
to
celebrate
I
believe
13
teachers
this
year,
who
wrote
and
submitted
funds
to
our
Chatham
Education
Foundation
and
received
funding
for
their
special
projects
in
their
classrooms.
B
Next
slide,
we
have
two
of
our
employees,
two
of
our
leaders
in
the
North
Carolina
superintendents
Association,
aspiring
superintendent's
cohort
this
year.
We
have
Carrie
little
and
Mr
Chris
Poston,
and
we
are
really
building
succession
in
our
district.
Trying
to
really
talk
about
not
only
today
but
the
future,
our
next
slide,
Chatham
Reed
they
made
donations
to
our
beginning
teacher,
still
again
ensure
that
they
have
the
tools
they
need
to
be
successful
in
their
classrooms.
B
Next
slide,
we,
our
AIG
parent
University,
was
held
and
we're
excited
about
the
parent
universities
that
are
being
held
throughout
the
year
to
give
our
parents
the
tools
they
need
to
really
try
to
get
the
most
out
of
everything
that
we
offer
here
in
the
school
system,
but
also
to
help
them
support
their
students.
So
we're
excited
this
was
our
AIG
parent
University.
Next
slide,
we
had
some
staff
development
when
the
students
get
to
go
home.
B
Our
teachers
work
around
the
clock
and
we
are
we're
excited
that
we're
able
to
at
least
support
their
work.
They
have
required
State
training
with
the
science
of
reading
things
like
that,
so
our
teachers
are
not
only
doing
staff
development
here
at
work,
but
also
at
home,
and
so
we're
trying
to
support
them
in
the
best
that
we
can
when
by
giving
them
the
space
and
and
the
time
to
do
that,
work
when
we
can
during
the
school
day
next
slide.
B
Please
Unity
day
was
in
October,
where
we
really
stood
up
across
the
district
at
all
of
our
schools
and
focused
on
anti-bullying
and
just
making
sure
that
we
are
working
hard
to
make
sure
everyone
can
come
to
school
and
be
so
emotionally
safe.
Our
next
slide,
please
I
restorative
practices,
training.
B
We
we
took
a
group
to
Raleigh
to
a
training
to
really
kind
of
begin
to
build
our
toolkit
around
restorative
practices,
to
help
with
our
school
discipline
and
and
co-diceability
implementation.
Next
slide
our
career
fair.
We
had
students,
our
staff
went
up
to
App
State,
trying
to
get
teachers.
We
will
go
there.
We
will
go
from
one
end
of
the
state
to
the
other
to
make
sure
that
we
can
try
to
attract
some
of
the
best
teachers
that
are
that
are
out
there
next
slide.
B
We
welcomed
our
new
board
member
Miss,
Julie
bridenstein,
and
we're
glad
that
we're
here
we
offered
her
the
orientation
to
help
bring
her
up
to
speed
on
on
her
role
on
the
board.
Next
slide,
we
had
a
great
costume
parade,
and
this
is
again
that
was
a
great
costume.
I
was
wearing.
That
hat
is
perfect.
B
B
We
had
a
great
day
and,
and
the
students
really
enjoyed
coming
through,
we
gave
them
a
book
to
to
add
to
their
Library,
so
we
were
excited
about
that
and
and
their
tour
we
were
able
to
restore
that
this.
The
first
year
we've
been
able
to
do
that
in
a
couple
of
years.
So
that's
exciting.
Next
slide,
please
I've
been
fast.
We
met
with
the
staff
from
then
fast
and
we're
really
talking.
We
we
they
visited
Seafood
High
School.
B
We
were
talking
with
their
HR
staff
about
their
hiring
needs
and
how
we
can
prepare
our
students
for
that
next
slide.
School
nutrition
managers,
meeting
they're
just
great
you
know
again,
there's
a
lot
of
moving
Parts
in
our
school
system
and
we
try
very
hard
to
ensure
that
they're
all
trained
and
supported.
Well
next
slide
our
Chatham
Park
video.
We
have
been
the
portion
in
the
Chatham
Park
videos
involving
Chatham
County.
B
District
leadership
tour
we
are
new,
Central
Services
building
is,
is
coming
along
and
we
shared
a
tours
with
individual
board
members
this
afternoon,
but
we're
moving
forward
and
should
be
in
that
building
later
this
spring
next
slide
and
I
visited
Head
Start
and
learned
an
awful
lot
from
our
four-year-olds
they'll.
Tell
you
exactly
what
they
think,
and
so
we
had
a
good
time
with
them
next
slide
and
we're
getting
there.
K
L
K
B
B
M
Good
evening,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board,
our
EC
parent
advisory
Council,
has
continued
with
their
recognizing
of
two
EC
staff
members
every
month
and
for
the
month
of
November
we
recognize
Mrs
Sherry
Thurman
from
Bond
Lee
and
Mrs
Mary
Lance
from
Perry
Harrison
Elementary,
and
they
are
both
here
this
evening.
If
you,
ladies,
could
come
on
up,
Mrs
Thurman
is
one
of
our
extended
content
standards,
teachers
and
as
a
teacher
of
students
who
are
often
complex
communicators.
M
And
Mrs
Lance
is
one
of
our
resource
teachers
at
Perry,
Harrison
and
the
parent
who
nominated
her
was
new
to
our
school
district
and
really
highlighted
what
an
incredible
experience
she
had
transitioning
into
Chatham
County
schools
because
of
the
support
and
care
of
Mrs
Lance.
She
has
a
really
special
skill
set
of
using
that
calm,
quiet
voice,
ensuring
a
safe
classroom
and
working,
especially
with
our
students
with
autism,
and
so
we
are
really
lucky
to
have
her
in
our
schools.
D
N
Miss
Gail
McKay
is
from
Chatham
middle.
She
should
she
supports
our
Equity
commitment
by
reducing
the
predictability
of
who
succeeds
and
who
fails
at
her
school
by
interrupting
practices
that
negatively
impact
diverse
students
in
school
settings
and
by
cultivating
the
unique
gifts
for
every
kid
she
comes
in
contact
with.
She
was
nominated
by
her
principal
and
he
wrote
Miss
McKay
make
sure
her
students
are
able
to
access
the
regular
curriculum
she's
able
to
build
wonderful
relationships
with
students.
Her
students
know
she's
a
safe
person
when
issues
may
arise.
N
H
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Emily
Martine
I'm,
a
lifelong
resident
of
North,
Carolina
and
I've
lived
in
Chatham
County
for
about
four
and
a
half
years.
Two
of
my
children
have
attended
Chatham
County,
Public
Schools
and
my
husband
and
I
have
been
absolutely
thrilled
with
the
way
this
District
meets
the
needs
of
so
many
different
kinds
of
Learners,
with
with
different
interests.
I
come
here
tonight
with
a
request
and
a
comment.
O
You
don't
have
to
go
to
YouTube
and
they're,
also
indexed
with
a
time
stamp
for
each
item
on
the
agenda,
so
you
can
easily
skip
to
the
part
of
the
meeting
that
you're
interested
in
learning
more
about.
So
that
is
my
request
and
then
my
comment
is
I.
Just
want
to
express
my
support
for
you
all
I've
been
listening
to
all
the
meetings
at
home
and
I
know.
O
I've
also
heard
comments
from
moms
for
Liberty
and
their
surrogates,
who
seem
to
think
they
have
who
seem
to
think
it's
parents
place
to
dictate
what
is
taught
in
our
curriculum,
what
you
teach
in
your
staff
development
and
some
of
them
have
even
gone
so
far
as
to
equate
staff
members
who
support
and
affirm
lgbtq
students
with
pedophiles
who
are
grooming.
Children
I
was
shocked
to
hear
that
in
our
school
board,
meetings
moms
for
Liberty
is
doing
that
in
other
districts
as
well.
O
So
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
and
many
other
parents
like
me,
support
our
Educators
and
we
trust
their
professional
training,
training
and
judgment
to
make
decisions.
Choose
curriculum,
choose
books
for
the
library
that
are
in
the
best
interest
of
all
of
our
students.
Thank
you
for
your
service
and
keep
up
the
good
work.
Thank
you.
H
Q
H
Q
Good,
we
appreciate
that
and
we
appreciate
every
single
one
of
you
tonight.
We,
my
name
like
I,
said
my
name
is
hania
Benitez
I,
consider
myself
a
community
leader
and
I,
wear
many
hats
throughout
Chatham,
County
and
Lee
County,
but
I
come
before
you
tonight,
as
a
parent
as
a
Chatham,
Middle
School,
Parent,
representative
I
actually
have
my
son
here
with
me,
he's
in
seventh
grade
and
I'm.
Q
Actually
a
Chatham
County
results
of
Chatham
County
Schools
I
graduated
in
Jordan,
Matthews
class
of
2010
and
I
could
proudly
say
once
a
jet.
Oh
it's
a
jet,
but
I
come
before
you
just
to
give
you
a
quick
reason
why
we
are
here
for
those
of
you
that
don't
know
on
Wednesday
December
7th
at
around
8
30
a.m.
Q
Parents
of
Chatham
middle
school
students
received
it
could
have
been
a
combination
of
phone
calls
emails
either
in
English
or
in
Spanish,
and
in
the
message
there
was
verbiage
along
the
lines
that
there
was
a
rumor
of
circulating
about
an
incident
that
supposedly
would
take
place
at
Chatham
middle
on
Chattanooga
on
Wednesday.
At
that
point
there
was
nothing
credible
to
support
this.
Why
do
we
bring
this
up
to
you?
Q
We
bring
this
up
to
you
because
being
in
the
role
as
parent
representative,
we
do
hear
a
lot
of
comments
about
other
things
going
on
in
school
and
I
have
other
parent
reps
here
with
me
that
were
also
receiving
those
calls
out
of
that
out
of
that,
I
I
was
able
and
fortunate
enough
to
reach
out
to
Miss
Jane,
Allen
Wilson
and
let
her
know
look.
This
happened
on
Wednesday,
but
we're
still
hearing
things.
This
was
Thursday
evening
and
I
asked.
Q
Q
Today
we
were
also
able
to
meet
with
Chatham
Middle
School
site
staff
this
at
this
evening,
but
just
to
let
you
know
a
little
bit
of
the
statement
that
we
were
trying
to
accomplish
and
we're
still
hoping
to
accomplish
in
the
ongoing
activities,
and
we
were
saying:
Chatham,
County
schools
and
Chatham
Middle
School
staff,
as
a
group
of
community
members
and
parent
Representatives
at
Chatham,
Middle
School.
Who
would
first
like
to
say
thank
you
for
dedicating
time
to
hear
our
concerns.
F
R
Hello,
my
name
is
Lydia
Miller
and
I.
Am
a
parent
I
have
two
daughters
at
Chatham,
Middle
School?
It
is
our
first
year
in
North
Carolina.
We
moved
here
from
California,
so
it
is
a
lot,
a
big
learning
curve,
getting
the
hang
of
a
new
school
system.
For
my
daughters,
my
daughter
Nyla
is
in
eighth
grade
and
my
daughter,
nalei
is
in
seventh
grade.
R
I
am
also
part
of
the
site.
Parent
Reps
for
the
CMS
site,
Council
and
I
was
also
part
of
it
in
the
California
school.
So
being
able
to
see
the
comparison
of
how
you
know
the
both
school
systems,
I
have
noticed
some
differences,
and
especially
now
with
the
current
event
that
happened
last
week
at
CMS
and
how
the
communication
was
delivered.
R
We
were
I'm
very
grateful
for
the
superintendent
and
administration
who
took
their
time
to
discuss
strategies
on
what
will
be
taken
to
prevent
miscommunications
in
future.
For
instances
like
this,
as
we
all
know,
current
events
worldwide.
There
is
much
more
concern
now
to
possible
shootings,
or
you
know
you
know
things
that
are
happening
out
in
the
rest
of
the
world.
So
talking
about
preventative
strategies
today
it
was
more
reassuring.
R
The
superintendent
and
the
administration
also
shared
what
they
were
able
to
identify
on
making
the
classrooms
and
students
feel
safer
and
parents
as
well.
They
had
some
action
items
where
they
were
all
very
understanding
and
they
have
a
plan
for
additional
training
for
students,
parents,
teachers
and
just
across
the
board.
So
that
was
really
helpful
to
hear
we're
just
wanting
to
share
this
with
the
board
tonight,
to
bring
awareness
so
that
everybody
again
we're
being
transparent
with
our
communication
as
we're
asking
same
from
Chatham
Schools
and
not
just
for
our
middle
school.
R
P
Good
evening
my
name
is
Marcy.
Grimes
I
have
a
daughter
in
sixth
grade
at
China,
middle
school
and
third
grade
at
Siler
City
Elementary
I'm,
very
proud
of
my
kids
education
they're,
both
in
the
Dual
language
program,
which
I'm
very
glad
that
the
school
system
is
continued
to
support
so
next
steps.
We
would
like
to
request
from
the
Board
of
Education
to
support
the
steps
and
procedures
that
we
have
discussed
today
with
the
superintendent
and
administration
team
to
ensure
safety
of
our
students
staff
in
Chatham
County
Schools.
P
P
S
S
But
tonight
you
get
to
hear
from
one
of
our
extraordinary
teachers
in
our
district
and
her
11th
and
12th
grade
students
or
a
small
number
of
them
anyway,
Miss
Amy,
King
American
history
teacher
at
Chatham,
Central
High
School
was
named
the
grosenberg
teacher
fellow
by
National
Geographic,
and
with
this
Fellowship
she
was
granted
the
opportunity.
If
you
followed
her
on
Twitter,
you
probably
saw
this.
S
She
traveled
to
Europe
with
other
Educators,
and
this
experience
was
career
changing
for
her
and
a
part
of
this
opportunity
was
to
bring
back
and
do
research
with
her
students
and
make
sure
that
she
presented
it
publicly
to
the
board
of
education.
So
that's
what
we're
here
to
do
tonight
in
my
role
as
assistant
superintendent
I
get
to
go
in
classrooms
all
across
the
district.
Hundreds
of
them,
but
I,
can
tell
you,
of
course,
I
don't
have
favorites,
but
this
is
one
of
my
happy
places.
Every
time
I
go
in
this
king's
classroom.
S
There
is
learning
excitement,
engagement
and
I,
always
leave
learning
something
myself
and
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
miss
King
and
her
amazing
students.
But
I
will
say
this
to
you
in
your
agenda
packet.
You
do
have
links
like
you
always
do,
but
we
would
ask
that
you
not
click
on
those
links
because
they
are
linked
to
some
videos
and
we
don't
want
to
have
feedback.
T
Good
evening
Mr
chairman
and
Chatham
County
school
board
members,
superintendent,
Jackson
parents
and
guests.
My
name
is
Amy
King
I
am
a
1995
graduate
of
Chatham
Central
High
School
and
I
currently
teach
American
history
at
my
alma
mater
tonight.
My
American
History
2
students
will
share
with
you
their
student-led
inquiry
impacts
of
D-Day
in
World,
War,
II,
Global,
regional
and
local
next
slide.
Please
in
2019,
I
was
encouraged
to
apply
for
National
Geographic
and
lindblad
Expeditions
Grosvenor
teacher
Fellowship.
T
The
application
process
was
extensive,
with
less
implant
submissions
and
a
video
Journal
on
a
February
night
in
2020
I
received
a
phone
call
from
National.
Geographic
I
was
told
that
from
an
application
pool
of
2
500
Educators
from
across
the
United
States
Canada
and
the
U.S
territories,
I
was
selected
as
one
of
50
to
be
a
Grosvenor
teacher.
Fellow
even
more
thrilling
I
had
received
my
first
choice
of
sailing
on
an
expedition
to
Northern
Europe
and
the
Normandy
beaches.
T
T
T
My
Shipmates
and
I
are
all
pictured
here
aboard
the
National
Geographic
Explorer
in
the
photograph
to
the
left
for
the
presentation
tonight
we
will
focus
on
my
Expedition
experience
in
France.
Also
pictured
here
is
a
photograph
of
me
on
an
emotional
visit
to
the
American
cemetery
at
Omaha.
Beach
next
slide,
please,
my
students
project
will
take
you
on
a
journey
tonight
through
D-Day,
using
the
scales
of
a
global,
regional
and
local
impacts.
T
T
Now,
I
predict
that
the
next
13
minutes
will
be
the
best
13
minutes
of
your
night
tonight.
Prepare
yourselves
to
be
amazed
in
my
remarkable
students
and
their
groundbreaking
research
next
slide.
Please
Leslie
will
now
begin
our
student
portion
of
this
presentation
with
the
global
scale
of
tides
and
oceans
next
slide.
Please.
U
U
Typically
in
North
Carolina,
we
experience
too
low
and
two
high
tides
in
24
hours
and
the
coast
can
reach
tidal
levels
up
to
six
feet
next
slide.
Please
ties
were
a
key
factor
in
the
invasion
of
June
1944
along
the
French
Coast.
Massive
amounts
of
rainfall
forced
a
postponement
of
the
original
Invasion
date,
which
was
June
5th.
The
weather
reports,
as
given
to
General
Eisenhower
predicted
a
36-hour
break
in
the
weather
on
June
6.,
when
The
Invasion
actually
happened
next
slide.
U
Please
unexpected
strong,
tidal
currents,
move
the
American
Canadian
British
Invaders
more
than
one
mile
to
the
south
of
the
intended
Landing
spots.
The
title
and
lunar
diagram
for
Omaha
Beach
for
June
5th
through
the
21st,
showed
students
predictions
on
tides
that
were
provided
to
military
Commanders.
U
This
includes
Moonlight
and
degrees
of
Twilight,
both
Vital
Information,
for
a
successful
invasion.
Next
slide,
please
War
has
always
had
great
impact
on
oceans.
Pollution
from
shipwrecks
occurs
when
ships
sink
and
fuel
oil
leaks
into
the
Seas.
The
American
cargo
ship,
the
USS
Richard
Montgomery
pictured
here,
was
an
ammunition
ship
that
was
sunk
by
German
bombers
in
the
Thames
estuary
ammunition
and
metal
shells
are
still
submerged
and
corroding
today.
Next
slide,
please.
V
The
British
royal
Navy
made
the
decision
for
the
Allies
to
leave
England
from
Solon
a
strait
of
water
between
the
Isle
of
Wight
and
Great
Britain
British
World
War
II
historian,
Stephen
Fisher
is
seen
here
explaining
the
embarkation
process
to
our
American
history.
Teacher
Miss
King
next
slide.
Please.
V
V
Arbors
were
built
out
in
the
ocean
so
that
Landings
of
equipment
could
occur
further
out
once
the
Allied
troops
had
secured
the
beaches.
Harbors
were
concrete
beaches.
In
a
sense,
they
provided
calmer
waters
on
the
inside
of
the
harbor
barrier,
so
that
rough
Seas
would
not
destroy
boats
or
cargo,
as
they
were
docking
in
total
four
million
types
of
supplies,
one
half
million
vehicles
and
two
and
a
half
million
men
were
brought
ashore
during
the
Allied
Normandy
invasion.
Next
slide,
please.
A
L
The
heaviest
concentrations
of
German
resistance
were
at
the
English
Channel
at
Calais
and
Dunkirk
an
area
called
the
Dover
streets.
The
Germans
created
an
Atlantic
wall
across
the
coast
of
France.
The
heaviest
concentrations
of
German
pill
boxes
and
machine
gun
nests
were
at
ports
and
harbors
overlooking
beaches
with
easy
Landing
access,
easy
red
along
Omaha
Beach
was
one
of
the
deadliest
locations
for
Americans
Landing
there
on
June,
6
1944.
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
Omaha
Beach
had
the
greatest
potential
as
a
landing
area,
because
it
was
between
two
Cliffs
that
allies
wanted
to
make
the
Germans
think
they
were
going
to
take
the
shortest
and
most
obvious
seat
Crossing
at
Calais.
Instead,
the
Allies
landed
further
south
next
slide.
Please
Olivia
will
now
share
Regional
impacts
next
slide.
Please.
W
W
It
covers
172.5
acres
and
receives
over
1
million
visitors
per
year.
American
taxpayers
pay
French
gardeners
for
Cemetery
upkeep
next
slide.
Please
Miss
King
only
saw
one
third
of
the
cemetery
during
her
hour
and
a
half
tour
which
tells
you
how
large
it
must
be.
Today
the
area
appears
beautiful
and
peaceful,
overlooking
Omaha
Beach,
three
Medal
of
Honor
recipients
are
buried
there
and
45
sets
of
Brothers
lie
side
by
side
in
the
cemetery
next
slide.
Please.
W
We
will
now
highlight
two
men
buried
in
the
American
cemetery
Elk
Ridge
impark
entered
service
from
Guilford
County
North
Carolina.
He
was
a
navigator
with
the
711th
bomber
Squadron
and
his
plane
exploded
over
France.
While
on
a
bombing
mission,
he
was
last
seen
exiting
the
plane
with
his
parachute
on
fire.
Next
slide,
please
private
Clyde,
Garland
Bumgarner
was
in
the
357th
Infantry
Regiment
90th
Infantry
Division
U.S
army.
He
was
from
Burke
County
North
Carolina
and
he
received
the
Purple
Heart
for
combat
related
injuries.
W
V
Oral
history
is
important
because
it
provides
a
more
accurate
picture
of
the
past
from
someone
who
lived
it
firsthand.
It
can
also
help
fill
in
the
gaps
of
historical
documents.
It
preserves
a
sound
portrait
of
where
we
are
in
the
present
and
how
our
past
shapes
are
now
oral.
History
is
how
we
learn
the
story
of
Carl
Scott,
a
Chatham
County
native
and
World
War
II,
veteran
Carl,
grew
up
and
lived
most
of
his
life
in
Harper's
Crossroads,
a
community
in
Bear
Creek,
North
Carolina.
V
He
was
drafted
into
the
war
on
February
26
1941
and
was
sent
to
Fort
Denning
Georgia.
He
would
survive
the
war
and
be
honorably
discharged
on
July,
28
1945..
His
travels
and
the
stories
we
will
share
with
you
show
his
bravery
good
fortune
and
his
sense
of
humor,
all
of
which
helped
him
survive
the
war
and
most
especially
survive
D-Day
next
slide.
Please.
W
W
X
Mr
Scott
was
an
exceptional
Soldier.
He
was
awarded
14
medals
and
deserved
every
medal
on
this
Slide.
The
bronze
star
is
given
to
a
soldier
for
their
acts
of
heroism.
The
Silver
Star
is
given
to
a
soldier
for
fighting
in
action
against
an
enemy
and
armed
conflict.
It
is
a
great
honor
to
receive
these
medals.
The
Marksman
badge
has
the
representation
of
a
Target
placed
in
the
center
Mr
Scott
received
rifle
qualification
for
an
M1
rifle.
X
He
was
a
great
shot,
but
intentionally
missed
at
times
during
basic
training,
as
he
did
not
want
to
be
a
sniper.
Snipers
were
a
major
Target
for
the
enemy.
The
motor
vehicle
driver
and
mechanics
badge
demonstrates
specialization
in
certain
Motor
Vehicles
third
grade
technician.
Patch
denotes
that
Mr
Scott
was
a
technician
for
the
U.S
army.
He
helped
build
roads
and
clear
paths
for
the
Army
Mr
Scott
also
drove
well
drove
trucks
and
large
vehicles.
X
V
In
later
years,
Mr
Carl
Scott
would
seldom
discuss
the
war.
We
are
fortunate
to
have
a
video
in
his
own
words,
to
share
with
you.
It
is
of
Mr
Scott
retelling,
a
moment
where
he
came
under
German
fire.
While
driving
a
truck
with
supplies.
You
will
see
his
sense
of
humor
vividly
here
even
in
dangerous
situations.
Please
click
the
video
link.
A
Y
Bad
situation,
one
time
I
was
hauling,
gravel
and
I
was
going
back
and
they
got
to
German.
The
Germans
got
the
seven
a
bit
of
work
area,
real
worthy,
another
outfit.
You
know
and
they
were
coming
out.
I
kept
hearing
something
I
thought
my
tailgate
was
falling
down.
You
know
come
find
out.
Michelle
hitting
there.
A
Y
Y
A
Y
Y
Z
Z
In
the
words
of
historian
Stephen,
Fisher
and
I
quote,
no
entire
unit
went
on
one
single
vessel
as
if
it
was
lost,
the
entire
unit
would
be
knocked
out,
so
there
are
handfuls
of
men
and
vehicles
on
a
variety
of
vessels.
End
quote
this
makes
it
a
bit
more
difficult
to
locate
exactly
which
vessel
Carl
Scott
was
on.
However,
with
the
help
of
Mr
Fisher,
we
think
we
found
it
a
company
of
the
20th
Engineer
Battalion
had
members
assigned
to
LCT
or
landing
craft
tank.
69
Mr
Fisher
believes
that
this
is
most
likely.
Z
Z
It
shows
there
were
30
men
with
multiple
Vehicles,
such
as
a
Jeep,
a
trailer
and
a
dozer.
It
also
shows
where
the
landing
area
would
be
for
easy
red
on
Omaha
and
the
landing
time
would
be
7
30
am
at
least
that
was
the
Army's
hope.
Ultimately,
it
would
not
work
out
that
way.
An
easy
red
would
be
one
of
the
bloodiest
sites
on
D-Day
next
slide.
Please.
Z
He
returned
home
to
Chatham
County
after
the
war,
Mr
Scott
had
two
children,
three
grandchildren
and
eight
great-grandchildren
Travis
and
I
represent
two
of
the
great-grandchildren
that
are
here
tonight
and
had
the
privilege
to
work
on
this
local
history
project.
We
are
proud
that
Carl
Scott
is
our
great
grandfather
and
we
are
glad
to
share
his
story
with
all
of
you
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
We
would
like
to
recognize
Miss
Fagor,
Mid-Atlantic
Regional,
director
of
the
National
Geographic
Society,
for
her
support
and
presence
here
tonight
next
slide.
Please
we
wish
to
thank
the
following
experts
for
assisting
us
in
our
research
next
slide.
Please
thank
you
to
the
Chatham
County
School,
Board
of
Education
superintendent,
Jackson
and
all
Chatham
County,
administrators
and
guests
here
tonight.
For
your
time
and
attentiveness,
we
hope
you
will
come
away
from
this
presentation
with
a
greater
appreciation
for
our
Chatham
County
Local
Heroes.
Thank
you.
H
Thank
you
we're
so
thankful
for
y'all
to
come.
We
appreciate
this.
The
the
good
part
is:
we've
got
a
lot
of
Mr
Carl's
family
here,
and
we
appreciate
y'all
being
here,
I
know,
hearing
that
information
and
and
being
able
to
talk
about.
It
is
wonderful,
thank
y'all
for
all
the
research
you
did
and
bringing
this
to
our
board
meeting.
Sometimes,
as
you
notice,
we
don't
always
get
the
good
part,
but
this
is
the
really
good
part.
H
So
we
appreciate
the
time
and
efforts
y'all
took
to
to
bring
it
with
us
and
thank
you
you
know
I
always
think
about
you
know.
When
kids
are
in
kindergarten,
you
get
parents
to
turn
out
for
everything
as
they
get
older,
you
don't
get
as
many
we've
got
several
parents
and
grandparents
here
too,
and
maybe
aunts
and
uncles,
and
whatever
else
too
so.
Thank
y'all
for
being
here
appreciate
it
Mr
Hamm.
I
I
H
D
D
B
Mr
chair,
it
is
privileged
to
bring
to
you
tonight
the
preliminary
look
at
the
items
that
we
hope
to
include
in
our
2324
budget
requests.
As
you
know,
this
is
the
heads-up
document
and
not
the
budget
and
as
a
result,
we
are
beginning
discussions
with
our
County
Commissioners
in
January.
We
want
you
to
kind
of
give
us
the
the
authorization
to
move
forward.
What
we
hope
to
do
is
tell
a
story
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
how
we
are
are
using
the
resources
to
support
the
work
next
slide.
B
Please
again,
the
road
map
to
get
here
was
from
listening
to
her
all
the
way
to
convocation
and
launch,
and
we
want
our
County
Commissioners
to
understand
that
this
was
not
a
haphazard
process,
that
it
was
very
intentional
and
that
it
involved
the
voices
of
many
in
our
community
next
slide.
Please.
We
also
want
to
share
with
them
those
around
each
of
the
five
priority
areas,
things
that
are
starting
to
to
bear
fruit,
not
necessarily
that
we
have
accomplished
them,
but
that
some
of
them
are
already.
B
The
work
has
begun
and
you'll
see
in
each
of
those
areas,
areas
that
we
believe
are
exemplars
of
the
things
that
we
have
started
to
do
and
that
we
know
are
showing
us
a
great
progress
for
our
school
system
next
slide.
Please.
We
also
need
to
make
sure
that
they
recognize
that
all
of
the
work
that
we
do
is
tied
back
to
our
core
work.
B
The
return
on
investment
that
they
expect
has
to
be
tied
back
to
our
core
work,
so
we
will
share
with
them
the
academic
achievement
of
our
students
and
the
next
four
slides
I
believe
five
slides.
If
you'll
just
go
through
them,
slowly
will
be
slides
that
you've
seen,
but
there
are
just
to
share
with
our
commissioners
the
work
that
we're
our
students
or
where
our
students
have
landed
since
the
pandemic.
B
We
are
still
in
recovery
mode
and
we
still
recognize
that
there's
lots
of
work
to
do,
but
we
wanted
them
to
see
the
progress
that
have
been
that
we've
made
so
you've.
Seen
all
of
these
slides
keep
going
the
next
one,
the
next
one
yeah
and
the
next
one
will
be
I
believe
the
last
one
and
just
showing
them
that
you
know,
based
on
the
outcomes
and
I
and
I,
would
also
share
with
you
that
our
new
school
report
card
has
been
released.
B
That
verifies
every
data
point
that
we
have
been
sharing
with
you
and
it's
available.
But
we
really
are
pleased
with
this
particular
slide,
where
100
of
our
student
groups
met
or
exceeded
growth
in
overall
Composites
across
subjects.
That's
and
those
groups
are
listed
below
academically,
gifted
our
Asian
students,
our
black
students,
our
English
language,
Learners
Etc,
and
with
that
we
can
say
that
we
are
in
fact
connecting
all
of
the
dots.
B
A
B
Yeah
practice
so
and
again
we
are
our
the
proof's
in
the
pudding.
I
I
believe
that
if
we
just
take
this
group
of
youngsters
that
sat
here
tonight
walk
them
in
the
room,
we
should
be
able
to
walk
out
and
not
have
to
do
a
request
at
all,
because
this
reflects
all
of
the
things
that
come
together
and,
in
fact,
really
demonstrates
for
us
that
we
are
on
the
right
track
with
our
students.
C
C
So
I
want
to
present
a
couple
of
familiar
slides
that
you're
used
to
seeing
in
in
the
budget
presentation
and
this
to
give
you
just
a
current
status
as
to
where
Chatham
County
Schools
is
current
next
slide,
please.
So
some
of
the
highlights
I'm
sure
many
all
of
you
have
really
already
seen
this.
This
kind
of
review.
We
have
about
8.3
million
dollars
in
fund
balance
for
our
local
parent
expense,
1.7
million
in
capital
outlay,
and
just
shy
of
400
000
in
our
other
local
current
expense.
R
C
Which
is
really
Grant
funds,
AC,
Pre-K
and
Medicaid
also
close
to
there,
but
the
next
line
I
want
to
highlight
11
consecutive
years
without
any
audit
findings
or
compliance
issues
and
I.
Think
the
auditor
spoke
to
that
at
the
previous
meeting
and
that's
something
that
our
department
and
all
those
that
are
involved
with
the
finances
and
China
Penny
schools
are
really
proud
of
it
and
also
being
recognized
at
the
international,
national
and
state
level
as
well.
C
C
C
C
It's
really
challenging
this
early
in
the
year.
There's
way
too
many
factors
to
really
kind
of
give
a
certain
number
as
to
how
much
funding
that
we
are
going
to
do.
We've
been
working
on
this
since
July,
since
the
state
passed
our
budget,
this
past
July
trying
to
figure
out
how
it's
going
to
impact
as
we
move
forward,
because,
if
you'll
get
to
the
next
slide,
I'll
show
you.
C
The
second
bullet
here
we're
proposing
an
increase
of
just
shy
of
five
million
dollars
for
the
23
24
school
year.
I
want
to
stop
there
and
go
back
to
the
Top
Line.
You
see
where
we've
had
a
22.7
percent
increase
in
funding
since
2018-19.
Well,
22.7
is
really
good,
but
that
is
mainly
due
to
opening
up
a
brand
new
Elementary
School
in
our
first
High
School
in
almost
50
years.
So
trying
to
support
opening
up
new
buildings
really
really
led
to
the
real
the
increase.
C
As
far
as
just
maintaining
current
operations,
when
you
have
new
schools
coming
online,
what's
involved
in
the
4.9
million
dollar,
ask
is
the
local
salary
slope
model?
If
you
recall,
last
year
we
changed
the
model
of
the
employee
supplement
to
to
a
more
sustainable
model,
which
was
a
hybrid
of
a
flat
rate
plus
a
percentage
base
and
then
also
classified
employees.
Each
got
a
200
increase
in
their
employee
supplement.
C
Also,
there
were
unprecedented
employee
raises
and
benefit
increases
at
the
state
level.
With
the
new
state
budget,
it
came
out
in
July
Sunday.
We
have
never
seen
before
so
that
was
really
not
anticipated
by
any
of
any
school
districts
in
North
Carolina
and
then,
as
we
are
exiting
a
covid,
there
are
really
some
program
and
operational
sustainability
costs
that
really
need
to
be
addressed
as
we
put
together
as
a
budget
next
slide.
So,
let's
dive
deep
into
the
employee
supplement
for
a
few
minutes.
C
Last
year,
our
increase
from
the
county
was
just
a
little
over
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
that
really
the
majority
of
that
was
820.
000
increase
to
the
replace
supplement,
plus
some
additional
operating
costs
that
went
along
with
that
had
no
idea
that
the
state
was
going
to
pass
a
large,
raise
and
all
the
benefits
that
are
tattooed
at
so
which
left
the
funding
gap
of
about
1.1
million
dollars
in
the
supplement
funded
by
the
county.
So
if
you
look
at
the
headline
there
is
this
fiscal
year,
23
and
24.
C
Now
teachers
have
received
a
larger
increase
in
that
I
think
it
was
like
five
years
ago,
but
that
was
that's
the
largest
two
or
the
largest
two
over
the
past
15
years
and
then
a
four
percent
minimum
wage
increase
or
minimum
wage
of
15
an
hour
for
classified
employees.
That
is,
that
is
the
largest
raise
that
we
went
back
into
the
research
the
largest
raised
that
classified
employees
ever
have
received
since
like
91
or
92.
C
C
Thirty
percent
of
an
employee's
wages
go
to
goes
to
the
retirement
system
every
month
and
a
lot
of
people
don't
realize,
but
health
insurance
costs
went
up
significantly
this
year,
almost
7
400
an
employee
which
wasn't
really
anticipated.
We
only
anticipated
modest
increases
and,
if
you
know
see
the
note,
none
of
these
increases
were
included
in
a
22-23
funding
from
the
county.
C
C
As
one
big
bucket
as
as
program
sustainability
costs,
next
slide,
please
and
we'll
finish
it
up
with
Charter
School
payments.
Currently
right
now,
11.5
percent
of
our
charters
of
students
in
Chatham
County
attend
charter
schools.
So
we
have
to
send
their
portion
of
the
county
funding
on
a
per-people
basis
and
of
the
4.95
million
dollar
as
potential
ass,
515
000
of
that
will
be
sent
to
Charter
Schools
and
our
annual
Charter
School
payment
costs
that
will
increase
at
around
4.8
million.
C
H
C
No,
we
added
that
we
found
balance
last
year
this
year.
I
will
tell
you
being
fully
transparent.
We
will
use
sunbalance
this
year
to
mitigate
some
of
the
shortfalls
that
we
didn't
receive
or
didn't
anticipate
that
the
state
past
as
to
what
a
benefit
balance
we're
going
to
use
I'm,
not
going
to
sit
here
and
say
since
we're
only
five
months
into
the
school
year,
but
we
will
be
using
my
balance.
C
Well,
I
feel
like
with
this
ask
here
that
we'll
definitely
be
in
a
position
to
possibly
you
know.
You
know,
a
governmental
budget
is
a
break-even
budget.
You
know
you
budget
your
expenses
and
your
revenues
equal
each
other
heading
into
the
year,
but
with
this
budget
here,
I
really
feel
like
there
will
be
in
a
position
where
we
won't
use
anything
balance,
which
means
that
we
will
potentially
replace
some
of
that.
C
C
C
Yeah
yeah,
we
we
have
70
classroom
teachers
that
are
funded
with
local
money,
and
that
is
really
really
unheard
of
as
you
travel
throughout
the
state
or
other
school
districts
that
do
have
that.
But
considering
our
federal
and
state
funding
the
70
classroom
teachers
that
we
fund
locally
is
just
it's
tremendous
and
I'll,
throw
the
number
back
out
to
you
again
how
many
teachers
does
one
million
dollars
on
in
Chatham
County
Schools
I'll.
Ask
you
every
time
I
get
in
front
of
you.
D
C
A
I
He
would
always
shoot
better
than
I
do
and
I,
and
he
finally
got
around.
He
said:
well:
ham,
no
brag,
just
fact!
Well
the
last
two
items
up
there:
you
have
to
stand
up
there
and
kind
of
toot
your
own
horn,
and
it's
it's.
It's
a
no
brag
just
fact,
and
it's
through
your
leadership
and
through
your
Insight,
your
knowledge,
your
history,
that
you
can
make
this
kind
of
presentation
and
it's
very
sellable
and
and
appreciate
your
your
leadership
and
for
all
these
years.
H
C
H
H
AA
The
plumbing
saga
continues
so
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board,
Dr
Jackson.
We
brought
this
to
you
last
month
in
closed
session,
and
this
packet
here
and
and
we'll
just
go
through
this
really
quickly.
Just
keep
scrolling
down
takes
you
through
an
evaluation
of
the
perspective
site.
There's
a
range
of
questions
that
CRA,
who
did
the
evaluation
for
us,
asked
it
was
very
favorable
on
this
page.
You
see
a
worksheet
just
scroll
down
a
little
bit
there.
The
number
at
the
bottom
of
that
is
a
nine.
AA
AA
All
right
so
they're
at
the
bottom
of
it
it
talks
about
how
we
are.
What
we're
asking
you
to
do
today
is
to
confirm
reservation
of
the
site
as
a
possible
future
School
site.
We
have
four
and
a
half
years
after
we
get
through
this
point
to
actually
present
a
development
plan,
and
then
we
have
five
years
to
actually
begin
construction
after
that,
so
there's
a
total
of
almost
10
years
after
this
point
tonight.
AA
AA
AA
So
if
you
were
to
get
on
15,
501
and
head
north
right
after
you
cross
over
64
bypass
to
the
right
you'll
see
Bojangles
take
a
right
go
down
the
hill
turn
on
the
road
directly
behind
Bojangles,
which
is
Settles
and
follow
it
past.
The
Chatham
Park
headquarters
it'll
be
up
on
the
hill
to
your
left
and,
just
after
you
pass
the
headquarters,
look
to
the
left
and
there's
a
long
wooded
stretch
there,
and
just
in
that
first
little
bit
is
where
this
site
is.
AA
The
Topography
is
actually
very
good
in
the
packet
that
we
gave
you
Mr
Drumheller
took
a
a
drawing
of
Chatham
Grove
750
student
Elementary
School
and
put
it
to
scale
on
the
site
and
it
fit
very
well.
There
are
multiple
ways
in
and
out
of,
the
property
with
existing
roads
and
Roads
that
are
about
to
be
built
that
are
in
the
process
of
being
built.
Now
we'll
have
Utilities
in
place
before
we
start,
it's
scored
very,
very
highly.
Our
recommendation
would
be
to
approve.
Does
that
help
you
with
where
it
is.
AA
I
I
just
want
to
add
a
big
thank
you.
Mr
Jenkins
is
here
representing
Chatham
Park.
This
is
our
our
first
I
just
can't
say
it
any
free,
it's
free.
Let's
see,
Chatham
County
has
been
buying
land
for
for
decades
upon
decades,
and
this
is
this
is
through
Chatham
Parks
initiative
to
to
be
a
community
leader
and
all
and
that's
a
pretty
nice
sight.
I
D
D
H
I
S
Good
evening,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board
tonight
miss
Carrie
little,
our
executive
director
for
federal
programs
and
Pre-K
will
be
sharing
with
you
a
need
for
an
increase
in
our
rate
for
pre-k
services.
Our
pre-k
program,
if
you
don't
remember,
is
a
five-star
license
program.
We
serve
over
160
students
miss
little
and
her
team
do
a
fantastic
job.
With
this
program
and
the
last
time
we
came
to
you
with
a
proposal
for
a
rate
increase
was
back
in
2018,
so
A
lot's
changed
since
then.
S
AB
AB
You
will
see
in
what
I've
written
the
actual
market
rate
for
child
care
in
Chatham
County
for
a
five-star
facility
and
Facilities
rank
from
a
one
star
to
a
five
star.
All
of
ours
are
five
we're
very
proud
of
that,
but
in
2018
was
764
dollars
and
at
that
point
in
time
we
were
only
charging
a
little
over
500
and
now,
four
years
later,
we're
at
11
17
a
month.
So
all
these
are
per
month.
What
we
are
requesting
right
now
we
only
ask
parents
who
are
privately
paying.
AB
AB
As
you
understand,
salaries
have
increased,
food
has
increased
materials
have
increased
and
our
budget
pays
for
all
of
that.
So
all
those
three
funding
sources
for
the
most
part
we
try
to
be
self-sustaining.
We
have
a
wonderful
District
that
does
help
us
with
some
of
those
other
things
like
on
the
playgrounds,
but
for
the
most
part
our
budget
takes
care
of
our
people
and
the
things
that
go
in
our
classrooms,
and
so
with
that,
that's
why
we're
asking
for
this
increase?
AB
We
know
that
it's
a
lot
larger
than
what
it
has
been,
but
things
have
increased
so
much
that
we
really
do
need
the
help
and
we
have
been
a
little
over
budget.
The
last
couple
years,
covid
did
hit
us
pretty
hard.
We
had
a
reduction
in
numbers
due
to
covid
and
we're
starting
to
see
those
numbers
come
back,
but
we
are
also
having
parents
starting
to
call
now
and
wanting
to
apply.
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
all
of
our
ducks
in
a
row
before
we
start
applications
in
January.
I
I
You
know
if
we,
if
we
get
around
and
this
just
we
can't
cut
it.
You
know
is
that
where
the
board
steps
in
and
and
takes
up
the
slack
or
you
know,
I'm
just
trying
to
be
realistic,
because
every
time
you
go
to
the
grocery
store,
you
know
last
week,
I
got
three
bags
and
it
was
a
hundred
dollars.
Now
it's
two
bags
and
it's
a
hundred
dollars.
You
know
and
that's
just
food,
that's
not
anything
else.
So.
AB
I
really
appreciate
that
you
said
that
being
a
mother
and
I
know
that
my
children
are
much
older
now
I
remember
when
my
children
were
in
school
and
I
know
what
I
paid
for
my
child,
who
is
now
23
when
we
were
in
Durham,
and
we
paid
well
over
600
764
a
month,
and
this
was
19
years
ago.
So
we
barely
make
it
I
work
very
well
with
our
chief
finance
officer,
he's
very
kind
to
us,
but
we
work
well
together.
AB
Tony
and
I
try
to
work
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
this
program
continues
because
early
childhood
education
is
is
very
important
to
get.
What
you
saw
tonight
was
amazing
by
the
way,
and
so
ideally,
if
it
were
in
a
Wonderful,
World
I'd
love
to
ask
for
more,
but
we're
also
I'm
trying
to
be
reasonable
for
parents,
it's
not
an
easy
place
to
be
when
everything
else
is
going
up
and
you
want
the
best
to
take
care
of
your
children.
AB
So
I
tried
to
find
a
happy
medium.
Honestly,
I
I
did
a
little
bit
lower.
I
did
a
little
bit
higher
and
tried
to
play
with
the
numbers,
because
we
don't
know
where
salaries
are
going.
We
continue
to
ask
and
beg
NC
Pre-K
for
more
money.
We
continue
to
be
denied
and
we
ask
every
year,
I've
done
presentations
to
show
them
where
our
monies
come
from,
so
that
they
understand
that
in
the
public
schools
we're
bound
to
pay
them
at
our
teacher
rate
certified
rate
our
teachers
are
certified.
AB
Even
our
IAS
actually
have
a
higher
expectation
of
Education
than
your
typical
K-12
IA.
So
in
instructional
assistant,
I'm,
sorry,
and
so
we
do,
we
do
pay
benefits
and
not
all
private
Child
Care
are
expected
to
do
so.
So
we
do
have
a
lot
of
costs
that
other
private
child
cares
do
not
have,
but
we
also
know
that
we
have
a
larger
number
of
children.
That
means
larger
number
of
staff,
so
I
try
very
hard.
AB
H
G
Thank
you
yes,
I
mean
I
mean
what
being
between
a
road
place,
so
I
sympathize
with
what
you've
been
having
to
do
and
and
how
expensive
this
has
become
without
the
support
behind
it
and
the
cost
of
living
increase
in
affecting
what
we
do
and
also
affecting
families.
And
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
this
you
know,
if
the
fees
are
I,
assume
that
they're
the
same
regardless
of
what
part
of
the
county
you're
in
or
what
income
level
parents
have,
and
you
know
for
some
families
they
could
more
easily
easily
absorb.
G
But
an
increase
of
you
know
100.
What
is
it
135
if
I'm
doing
my
math
right,
135
a
month,
isn't
even
painful
but
no
one
likes
to
pay
more
money,
but
could
do
that
and
then
for
other
families,
that's
devastating
amount
of
money
and
so
I
you're
thinking
of
some
of
the
families
in
my
neighborhood
that
that
might
benefit
from
this
program.
Some
of
them
would
have
a
hard
time
with
that
increase
in
ways
that
I
predict.
Other
families
may
not
have
as
hard
a
time
and
I
just
wondered.
G
If
you
know,
if
I
know,
you've
been,
you
know,
looking
at
everything
trying
to
consider
the
possibilities
to
be
able
to
afford
to
provide
this
Pre-K
at
a
calendar
with
the
caliber
that
we
do
and
also
meet
the
demand
and
and
what
what
thought
have
you
given
to
the
income
disparities
in
our
County?
When
talking
about
the
increases
so.
AB
I,
look
at
the
numbers
of
Title
One,
NC,
Pre-K
and
private
pay
across
all
of
our
programs,
and
I
will
tell
you
that
at
this
point
in
time,
aside
from
the
children
at
Bennett
that
attend
part-time
because
all
part-time
only
play
they
are
all
private
pay,
because
they
we
cannot
fit
them
into
Title,
One
or
NC
Pre-K,
because
they
need
to
be
full-time
for
those
right.
So
they
will
pay
private,
but
they
pay
prorated.
Based
on
the
number
of
days
outside
of
those
children.
AB
AB
The
majority
of
our
children
so
right
now
around
30,
are
private
pay.
Okay,
before
covid
we
were
in
the
50s
range.
Covid
hit
us
pretty
hard
with
the
private
pay,
because
many
wanted
to
go
to
school.
Many
didn't
want
to
go
to
school
and
then,
when
we
started
school
they
all
backed
out
so
and
that
kind
of
hasn't
picked
back
up.
Yet
we
do
see
more
wanting
to
call
and
and
come,
but
for
the
most
part
our
children
fit
within
either
Title
One
or
NC
Pre-K,
or
both
actually
dually
enrolled.
AB
In
Durham,
so
my
child
went
to
a
private
job
here
in
Durham
private
challenge.
Okay,
most
of
the
counties
around
us
we're
pretty
unique
in
that
we
have
such
a
blended
program
that
we
have
that
many
private
pay,
the
majority
that
even
within
the
state
are
Blended
programs
in
that
you
have
typically
developing
as
well
as
exceptional
children
and
most
of
the
money
comes
from
an
EC
budget
or
NC
Pre-K
budget
and
title
one,
so
they
don't
have
as
many
private
pay
as
we
do.
AB
We
I
don't
know
many
around
us
that
have
that
number
or
more
total
private
pay
in
the
public
schools.
So
in
terms
of
those
values,
I
don't
know
those
because
so
many
don't
have
the
number
that
we
do.
That's
a
great
question,
though,
but
most
of
the
market
rates
are
all
higher
than
what
we
are.
What
we
even
charge
questions
but
I'll
be
happy
to
find
that
out
for
you.
H
Well,
I
looked
at
Randolph
if
it's
lower
and
you
know
they
sit
right
next
door
to
me
anyway
and
more
was
or
was
and
I
can't
remember.
It
was
close.
Moore
County
I
think
so
that's
getting
into
that.
You
know
that's
the
western
and
southern
southern
end.
So
I
was
looking
at
that
particular
okay.
Do
we
have
any
other
questions
coming?
H
F
AB
Well,
in
terms
of
the
private
pay,
we
always
offer
every
family
the
option
to
apply
for
all
three,
and
we
have
lots
of
private
families
that
that
choose
the
private
pay
option.
They
will
choose
NC
Pre-K
as
well
as
Title
One,
Title
One
is
done
by
an
academic
ranking,
meaning
that
we
screen
them
so
based
on
their
needs.
The
ones
that
are
the
most
needy
will
automatically
get
a
spot.
We
serve
those
children,
birth
and
then
with
NC
Pre-K
is
based
on
salaries
of
the
families.
AB
AB
Yes,
you
have
to
do
private
pay,
some
families
choose
nope,
I
just
want
the
spot,
make
sure
I
have
the
spot
and
they
just
choose
private
pay
only,
but
miss
King
and
her
staff
really
try
to
work
very
hard
when
they
see
things
in
the
application
that
might
qualify
for
something
else.
She
will
call
them
and
say:
would
you
like
to
be
considered
for
so
we
do
try
to
do
that.
H
H
AB
H
AD
Good
evening
Mr
chair
members
of
the
board
in
reviewing
the
school
calendar
with
the
district
committee
this
year,
We
Came
Upon
language
in
the
state
policy
and
we'd
like
to
update
our
board
policy
3300
to
accurately
reflect
that
the
two
updates
one
a
specific
statement
around
Veterans
Day
and
recognizing
Veterans
Day.
So
that's
now
included
and
then
the
second
is
to
update
our
language,
where
we
refer
to
nine
calendar
months
as
opposed
to
older
language,
which
you'll
see
has
been
redlined,
which
was
defining
a
month
as
20
instructional
days
that
20
instructional
days.
AD
AD
AD
I
I
Sometimes
it's
on
a
Tuesday,
sometimes
on
a
Wednesday,
because
it
will
be
November
11th,
because
that
was
the
day
and
I
remember
talking
to
Dad
one
time
and
I
said
daddy
ever
think
about
putting
it
on
a
Friday
or
Monday.
So
there
would
be,
and
I
didn't,
get
to
finish
my
sentence
because
he
said
we
don't
need
three
day
weekends
for
what
I
paid
for,
and
I
said
yes,
sir.
I
So
after
the
word
after
it
says,
Veterans
Day,
but
we
put
a
comma
November,
11th
comma.
Add
that
there
to
really
specify
and
I'm
I'm
right
now.
I'm
talking
for
my
dad,
because
that
to
the
veterans,
that's
and
especially,
of
World
War
II-
is
that
part
of
your
motion
to
to
amend
this
by
putting
adding
November.
AD
G
Friday
but
I'm
saying
if
we
designate
it
on
the
11th
and
and
the
state
designates
it's
going
to
be
on
the
12th
this
year.
Does
that
run
us
into
trouble?
I
mean
it's
a
nice
I
like
your
thought,
and
you
know
honoring
him
and
others
like
him,
but
I
wonder
if
if
it
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
what
would
happen
so?
Would
we
be
pigeonhole?
You
know
boxing
ourselves
in
I'm.