00:00:00:28 - 00:00:10:07 Unknown Profit from this? I don't think there is. Otherwise. I'm going to forget hospitals because this looks like. 00:00:10:09 - 00:00:32:29 Unknown I got the TV plan B, so am I going to do it for the money? Come on, let me hear my love. The love of profit. That's what he said. He loves this so, so loud. That's very business. 00:00:33:01 - 00:01:10:29 Unknown About. I really need the microphone that quotation with you to, First of all, the, information. So I'm only 30 for 30. Hello, everyone. My audio person. This will help us to be part of the green community. So we're gonna September 2021. I will see you there. Also like to thank our award. You know, this is the first in a series of safety security sessions. 00:01:11:02 - 00:01:40:14 Unknown So we're in this in a sort of amazing way. So looking forward to that conversation and sharing of information for free and, we have, the format has been pretty decent, fields. And I'm going to do a representation of the overview of what we discovered shortly. And, and then we can use the questions that were provided ahead of time online. 00:01:40:16 - 00:02:06:11 Unknown And then once all of us do the yes, I have a version of this and then have a conversation with Simple Machine. So in person, part of this is an effort to ensure that, we have a sort of communication strategy set clearly, we went through a difficult time for so many of that. So we'll, get through all right. 00:02:06:13 - 00:02:37:22 Unknown I just want to thank everyone, just, everyone, for joining us. There's a lot of people that go and a today, and they have what we do. So every session, in particular, this voice is important to the same of teachers for dealing with such difficult, and challenges over the last couple of months and dealing with, the, the, the first. 00:02:37:24 - 00:03:16:14 Unknown Before we get started, I, I have to, thank you. Thank you for working for this. Unfortunately, you could be here. She tried to say, which I wouldn't, because I have to say. Pressure is truly all obviously great community support was, So first and foremost, what she was doing is it hasn't changed in the past. But, you know, people seem to have us. 00:03:16:17 - 00:03:48:12 Unknown This was, one person who just signed the 2021, for you out there and you have 2016. So part of what we can do is go to strategy to get to long term viability and sustainable. So firstly, I all these awful comments to this. So those people are here heading into the PowerPoint many, many our things on our website as well. 00:03:48:15 - 00:04:27:18 Unknown But basically, you know, censoring the emails from everyone is you cannot understand is that what we focus on is higher fees and minus three or higher citation. So, Mississippi areas outside of supportive and, safe ways to avoid you'll notice a good assessment. Is our police on one side, our parents communication, their children being left here until the primary schools and everything we try to read is a line that council voice teachers and high emotions, high citations. 00:04:27:20 - 00:04:52:11 Unknown So part of what we had to do was build a plane. Last year, when I arrived at the hearing to see her, size get the married to fly over by the board meeting was was in the sense. So we went through an effort to define the community. We have a facility to plan. We've been on a mission. 00:04:52:11 - 00:05:19:04 Unknown Mission from, really helping to solve, come back to the thinking skills and motivation for, for some sense, go ahead and say, you know, conservation efforts. And part of what we talked about this time around here is dreams, aspirations. And I thought I would talk a personal mission statement. I don't think it's our job to tell you. 00:05:19:04 - 00:05:59:22 Unknown It's perhaps what it's human or aspirational. So that's why we talk about personal mission statements for kids and have developed strategies to become the only thing that they aspire to. So that's why we have our vision statement and how to pursue things. You have called. The first slide of your presentation today is really like, I think when I was a public servant for almost seven years, I superintended superintendent, principal, schools and also and a regional grad. 00:05:59:24 - 00:06:26:21 Unknown And if you look at that organizational chart, the first one that after a while I said, and the great part about green is if you look at the top left, our voters are also our customers. And this is what makes each each campus has like to work for two years on the merits and I guess, and serve on the same. 00:06:26:23 - 00:06:58:11 Unknown So each one of us has a flag to represent. And those values in this, those voters are all of us. So this person was part of the process. We worked hard to get it done. So we needed but still concerned that we weren't creating a sense of community, that sense of belonging. So first and foremost, we're not who we want to be. 00:06:58:11 - 00:07:25:07 Unknown You agree? We're assigned to be better by each and every day. That's part of why a lot of times, conversations. And we want to acknowledge that it was a tough year last year that they had an issue. I wanted to, but this is what was done in the first half of the first day that we got. This explains how much, explains our associate, explains how it works. 00:07:25:09 - 00:08:01:23 Unknown So you can see that, everything single have on this show us, we had our candidate for Birmingham coming up and, and so just get ready to sign up for, you know, the word is, and we put out another election for this campus, but this is our stuff is, really working. This slide is how our position and part of our operation was ourselves, or most of the great part of the building. 00:08:01:29 - 00:08:48:17 Unknown The disruption you created was completely so. We were 1800. Yes. When we arrived. And this was the structure we have, you know, 3000 is now over five schools. And we said, oh, you have to change the word decision. Structure is something we still, this is maybe the most important slide I saw right. So but I've been here for 2021 and this was the year I'll and I realized that the way we had coming along to solve the problem, you every charter school bond looks like, is only on the security course about 100 or so. 00:08:48:17 - 00:09:14:21 Unknown So? So it worked. So it didn't matter how many trials we had, but it we are always possible. And that was good because that came to reach almost every it also line of our approach. You have more than I keep saying. Those are our charter. That was good for everything else. Green energy education is good for everyone. 00:09:14:23 - 00:09:43:07 Unknown But we also have to understand we have, for all of us together. There was a lot of effort in the last few years to build a sense of community in the for you all. You know, but I had, it was a lot of concern for schools that, you know, that's still a little bit, but we really can't verify that 2021 time was a high risk for serious, parody. 00:09:43:10 - 00:10:06:20 Unknown But it is better than any kind of long term will tell me I would buy a house first. You thought it was a five years that you had it sound so bad, but you say so. What they did is they have been, He's been doing a, and, holding on to that. And they bought the site after his daughter was murdered. 00:10:06:23 - 00:10:21:28 Unknown And so they go out that building, and that was a $50 million. They took it from a 5%. And I don't want to get into this. And do you know what I mean? I don't understand why else it was working. 00:10:22:00 - 00:10:55:15 Unknown And what, $50 million? They said at the time, the first one was 21. And if you already have 30 tomorrow for 17 lower rates on short term, and they were able to go to 3.7 percentage rate and on a 30 year long contract, 5% and 20 year. So it was sort of a smart thing, but it was the news that I knew that she had $17 million wound up in the building, that those fees anyway, so I knew I had to. 00:10:55:15 - 00:11:23:06 Unknown We organized the structure. Agreed. So all of you have to pay close to 73. So that's why we changed the charters in the winter of my role. And, you know, and one of our rentals is held by special, frozen fish. But she actually had the district, etc.. So she does or, you know, for our house, you know, it's notifications. 00:11:23:09 - 00:11:51:21 Unknown So she helped us rename our harbor. So you could have used the other thing is working just to make sure that once sort being free, you can move to each of the schools. You got priority because in the world charters it's usually siloed. These charters. But me, no shame on me. We did a speech reading on her phone, eight votes because what we needed was up. 00:11:51:21 - 00:12:30:14 Unknown Think this is really a high school. We needed to have a comprehensive. So so there are 100 points. The high school is 2122 is for the teachers. So those who are trying to do something for that, that hey, you want to make sure you have the whole range of experience. We still don't have that that most of us supervising this because otherwise we know that it's most of the resources are always both of you have to figure out how to get people rescued on the first field. 00:12:30:16 - 00:13:06:23 Unknown So that's how we were just so far to get us to go online. Since I was and to say so, we were able surrender the charter to me because I have to start pulling tails. So I want to see this fail to understand that these operating schools, although this was for those of us in DC when we opened it, since nobody had going to our funded house with the furniture or the technology that was that was built of schools that are built or certified privately. 00:13:06:25 - 00:13:35:26 Unknown So this will be our and you did last year since the building had no students. So we're helping them have first year. But since it was an amazing school and the scenario says so. So she joins us here. So it has been very successful and also help new sources that we had to send to get those. 00:13:35:28 - 00:14:05:16 Unknown And you guys okay. So thank you are three sides to growth. What that means about is I think your 17 sustainability goals that are from the you for about 2015 to 2017. What we try to do is align our instructional model to three phases. I want to say this one synthesis. So that was the first sustainability goals from the U.N.. 00:14:05:18 - 00:14:36:07 Unknown And as you're familiar with this process, they would end up on the mountain. But they went through and you know, these as a group to determine what would be ways to to teach people how to think and careful, careful. The world long term. And these 17 goals for goal. And this is really what is the basis for our staff as part of the policy W and several see that's what I would I want to mind was tied to these goals for about a year today. 00:14:36:07 - 00:15:07:01 Unknown You I was seeing there was a whole lot of progress for the schools. So they you know you know those. And we know that a problem with environmental issues is the formation is so incredible. The lessons now it doesn't. So they have a huge change. So only one label was involved in those. And if you're familiar with recent research what they're finding is soft skills have a big impact on the success of kids, the motivation materials. 00:15:07:03 - 00:15:35:08 Unknown And that's how, you know, we don't have to focus on test scores. We don't teach to the test. We teach kids how to think and how to integrate concepts and ideas. I thought, sounds great. We have three separate schools of excellence because of focus on this synthesis of ideas. And if you go to the next one, I this is the integration of those are call the first year of agreement. 00:15:35:10 - 00:16:06:03 Unknown And this was ago last year. And this year I have heard this Martin. She's hoping to integrate and it's too early is fantastic. He's it's kind of a youth participation. His arts and, theater guy was showing us these are some of those go back to, but she also, you know, they're going to nation to some pieces through carbon County, and she has the seven courses in common. 00:16:06:10 - 00:16:35:15 Unknown So she understands that the separation of disciplines is needed for teaching learning. But somehow we want kids to maybe the one thing that is just one city to a problem. And that's what appeals to us. We have off curriculum early, so we have the opportunity of high school here with a further location. And let me I on, you know, like part, part of what we are, you know, a third year of it. 00:16:35:17 - 00:17:01:28 Unknown And so, you know, and this was the beginning of we did all this special said history is that he and each team has domain charts and one of them have concerns. So, you know, it's kids in the raise. These so kids are showing and showing your brain when they don't feel that you have enough. So my interest in access. 00:17:02:05 - 00:17:32:11 Unknown So what we did is we put in about 20 years to get so many more young people on day like first year, we teach health and grade, and the other one of those TV pieces and a whole year, every day, because and then we added program teacher on him during those six year old age lives to us because he's still using integration and such. 00:17:32:14 - 00:18:06:12 Unknown So even in the case of is here, any other school became a hundred separate or destroy him and 50% or 72%. So although we focus on synergy, we focus on the integration of these concepts in those us. So that's why we have, you know, we have you totally separate heroes. So this was the first visual we created and the first it was talked to said, you have over three. 00:18:06:14 - 00:18:34:05 Unknown And this was really to show that, instead of one sided, we wanted to serve an individual. We want to feel closest to the problem to solve the I said the car was the generator to kind of express that, but this really was to show that you green is built on first see federal law. And our board will see our guidance from central. 00:18:34:05 - 00:19:05:17 Unknown All of us you I know you teach us when we see voice from the other people that how work you know we have to we have to lot still to take from who the work for our teachers. The other things we did last year was being liberated. The rigidity of the syntax. So we, we're asking kids to get some flexibility to students to express that. 00:19:05:17 - 00:19:30:16 Unknown They know that's what we don't want to teach Almanza the word initial because some the tests for and all I wanted teachers to have the same thing wrestle that we are still expressing and demanding health and social, but now we still saying that was because we had 15 years in the survey. It's very different than, again, for a year. 00:19:30:19 - 00:19:53:11 Unknown So we wanted to ensure peers instruction, but they didn't do it in the manner in which they tell us. We have lots of tools. And my supports to support what we give to the training tools to help me work is perfect, but one that teachers to have a, professional presence of. So that's as part of this voice choices. 00:19:53:14 - 00:20:30:09 Unknown We all the panel says it brings in triage. Whether we getting our salvation our interest. But I principals in preschool is very well trained. The teachers internal kids we can go teachers to become an open up kind of support to be safe. So we try to do every possible way. So that everybody okay, so you may be the message here in this and this is the last part of presentations is for simple goals. 00:20:30:12 - 00:21:03:11 Unknown We long process for the for the season. And what they are is customer satisfaction has seen it all and continues to grow with until we in the health care facilities and all set a scalpel so it can be helpful if we effectively the first few years also, no matter from including him. So so how do we make good concept continuous through him? 00:21:03:12 - 00:21:38:00 Unknown If you know anything about what we're trying to do with this, because that is a, you know, we're not always where we're going to be able and feeling we're going to be better off. And then, capacity development soccer game for our kids in the Charlottesville, look at all warehouses and then, and, and that customer is one of the things I love about the show was it was chosen as whole is you can decide what to think. 00:21:38:02 - 00:22:06:17 Unknown Our parents are coming to us. We services. But you guys are disciples, and that looks great. You don't have to say that we ever heard this all the time. So that's part of it. Also, because those are the four goals value creation to the plan and part of the value of our decision making. And, you know, so, I'm going to now ask you focuses on what's been presented. 00:22:06:17 - 00:22:20:21 Unknown And then we'll get to the online questions and then we'll have the hydrogen. So any thoughts on the switch so far. 00:22:20:24 - 00:22:49:09 Unknown I was wondering on the chart it shows the campuses. Just to clarify, I mean, it has regional schools and I would be on the here as well. And that's a great that's great. You so, you know, you have some schools that only six. You know that I have right. Right here. But I recall so they're messed up this because because that's the very same way to questions around the school. 00:22:49:11 - 00:23:17:04 Unknown So, when this is all, before I got here, what for? You know, schools is one of our campuses. So that's why it was written that way. We have to have, we do public audits of all our charters each year, and those are chunked together, if you notice. And I'm going to say what goes to the question about maybe some of the problem of the weather and the construction over here. 00:23:17:04 - 00:23:40:15 Unknown But, part of what we worked with our district, we've been very supportive of finally getting to a place where we can separate these schools from a what's called, powerschool a student identification school identification number. So, we're working to secure that for the end of the year. They're working with the State Department to work out the blessing, but that's a big process to power. 00:23:40:18 - 00:24:08:09 Unknown So that's why we were able to allow the elementary school to use their virtual days. If you remember, last year they had the incident with the job sites, and this school lost its remote days because of that. So when the storms were coming, we're like, this can't happen because, you know, they said there's no possible way that the parents that it would make a sense that white America will the facility at this time. 00:24:08:12 - 00:24:32:26 Unknown So they were okay with that. So that's why we were able to allow them to be able we say, I'm sorry, you guys all have, just no school like old fashioned school day. But I'm going to let Bobby handle questions around Natomas and what he's, Last month, our board approved the excuse of three days by state or a local board. 00:24:32:27 - 00:24:48:22 Unknown And, we request, he'll eliminate the requirement of three days. So we've already kind of done that. Said, but when we take over to the president, that's a good start. 00:24:48:24 - 00:25:12:01 Unknown You know, as for what's considered day 4 or 5 and six, one, two and three, we have to make up for first four by six in January. And, those are the next two, four way. So we have the board meeting next week. They will force vote on amendments, to bring minutes from that in that particular board meeting. 00:25:12:01 - 00:25:33:07 Unknown And then I will send those minutes and the agenda to our district representative what she'll do. So put those in front of their ward, which, you know, blessed and, you know, sign off on, I suppose moving right now, here's the next thing that I'm like, so listening with you, I think it's more complicated. Seven, eight, nine we get to the ninth day. 00:25:33:10 - 00:25:56:13 Unknown So what happens with that? After their board signs off when they've already been in contact with the state, she has, a contact there. It will go to the state for, say, so far, they've not, not on those days, for both. So this question that the request. So what we'll be doing is a couple things. 00:25:56:15 - 00:26:12:21 Unknown We don't want to hit that 10th the we don't want another day, another one of the days. And you know, of course can't control the weather and things like that, but there's still things that can happen, even if we do get that. In fact, there's creative things you can do. And somebody was actually thinking ahead on these questions. 00:26:12:21 - 00:26:28:17 Unknown What if you put some of the things that we could actually take place one of those days, like a teacher and service day that we have coming up later on in the school year, that could be in in session today. Right now, since we're not at that 10th day, it doesn't give to us to really think about President's Day. 00:26:28:17 - 00:27:00:13 Unknown But that's another thing that that could be for on the next five minutes of that. The question. So essentially we'll still have to make up those days. Those three. So that will go into that Memorial Day, probably to the 29th is there's still a little bit of question that I'm still a little on there, because we have four days built in and with the approval of the days four, five and six, that may not that may not, there may be just a little adjustment layer. 00:27:00:15 - 00:27:17:26 Unknown We haven't looked into like Saturday school board or anything like that. But what we have to do is we would, if we change the calendar, we would have to, of course, present tax reform, change something along those lines, and, you know, use that teacher in-service that we would have to, show that and then put it in front of the board as well. 00:27:17:28 - 00:27:42:09 Unknown There are suggestions out there that you can do extended days as well. You just lengthen the day for a few days, and that would give those days something like that. But we'll have to see when we get back. A normal for us to go past that. We, that's actually. Well, yes, we recognize. All right. What else you want to do? 00:27:42:11 - 00:28:11:12 Unknown So let me set you up. Okay. Another question I have is regarding the survey was going on, and, so let me let me just go to the first. I will tell you here. Right. For me what we had, the Saturday for the last week before the holiday. We have, juveniles Jimmy and Door and run out to set for that. 00:28:11:14 - 00:28:41:05 Unknown They really didn't damage money. The thing called the emergency shower thing and started splashing on. They ran that way, and. Oh, let me just this is, devil. You need to be going to hell on this issue. Any questions on the depth of this? It was a major second in command of the city of Greenville to oversee. So all the roads and and the fall for spring of 26. 00:28:41:06 - 00:29:15:02 Unknown Let me tell you that a series of amazing, police officer, investigative and legal, I met him about three years ago. Apparently you just tell us because he has all the security and the. Well, and we just started connecting, so I think it was about a year and a half later, we presented a statewide agreement, for the Charter Alliance on how the safety and security I have presented nationally twice at the Schoolhouse School Safety Alliance. 00:29:15:04 - 00:29:37:01 Unknown And, we work together to develop training for all charter schools. And it was about that. And I said, when are you going to retire? And it'd be great if you could join us. So, last fall we, you know, a great addition to the interview process. And, he was job, and fortunately, he said, but we're not ready to retire. 00:29:37:05 - 00:30:01:24 Unknown And, you know, you tell me when you're starting this, but you've been here, Chico. And so he started. He was hired. I think. You know what type of vehicle? That's so. Yeah. And he's just a tremendous. I'm tell the truth, he. So he doesn't just. He knows he's creating the great ideas on all the campuses and all along for things just across the state. 00:30:01:26 - 00:30:29:13 Unknown And, when that Saturday happened, he was quick on the job. He and Castro even had worked together for years. And within a week they had arrest people. But when the water show caught 300, 300 gallons, 20 minutes, a minute for 15 minutes before the automatic shut off. So when we arrived, I think we came in Sunday to look at that. 00:30:29:13 - 00:30:56:01 Unknown And it was the whole floor, our top floor, all of one classroom. We saved for the word Castro. Flores was, and all the ceiling tiles and a lot of in the back corner where that were installed. So do you all for your readiness on the staff. So trying to get there some out of here. So obviously it was difficult. 00:30:56:04 - 00:31:20:07 Unknown It took a while to get it claim approved. It was right before the holiday. We didn't get the current plan approved, I think between the holidays and it was a catastrophic loss, meaning it's over $100,000. So they had to get a different assessment and it was approved. But then it was who's who we write the check out to and inside of there about our 21 2021 around structure. 00:31:20:14 - 00:31:42:12 Unknown It was very confusing to me. Transcom. It took 2 or 3 weeks to get our lawyers with the insurance company as to who gets get who when we write the check out. So that was a complex thing. It took far longer than expected and that was the principal reason for the delay. The opposition position the last week of January, right before the first one. 00:31:42:14 - 00:32:06:13 Unknown And we got it today. We got about 2 or 3 hours ago. Chase Willingham is our project manager. He oversaw the build out of Simpsonville in high school. He had is has been going on this project. So, the contractors, the subcontractors that work for Serco. And we took the category from the code and that should we expect the work to start imminently? 00:32:06:13 - 00:32:35:09 Unknown I'm saying tomorrow, but, very shortly thereafter. And that's why the teachers have put out very many students and probably very good and crowded and struggling today because of losing them. We do expect to have the floor accessible rather quickly, because what is this morning? And I want to, we are blessing in all that. 00:32:35:12 - 00:32:58:13 Unknown If you were to walk in on some of the schools that were here when I arrived, you see some really poor building materials, almost residential. If you walk through Sentinel High School, we built it with commercial stuff and we get it for far less because we took it, we took care of it. We made sure it went to the school. 00:32:58:15 - 00:33:25:28 Unknown So if you look at, low income from the build out, there was $150 profit. They don't have nearly the quality of materials or deliverables. We have the high school, which we did 3 or 4 years later for $94. If you know anything about building, that's a remarkable price. So I see this. I mean to say that that's entirely not a high life when you put it everywhere else. 00:33:26:02 - 00:33:47:16 Unknown Can we replace it up here? We put some money on the part of why the water was able to destroy. It was so thin. It was such a very thin veneer. Almost like a part of the board, kind of almost cardboard. So the water hit it just it started to go right away. So that's why Super Bowl and take it all out, it's almost going. 00:33:47:16 - 00:34:08:15 Unknown So and it would be possible attachment was a high quality building to so and I see as a kind of a blessing in disguise. And we wouldn't have replaced it like we're doing now. But at least it was helpful. So now is it time to set it up? You did a great job. And I think it's easy to kind of think of a plan. 00:34:08:17 - 00:34:27:21 Unknown Start with those do yourself rooms on the space of announcements. High commission is there six 106 or you know, now our sixth grade teachers of ours. So you say our sixth grade teachers really like you. Yeah. 00:34:27:24 - 00:34:50:06 Unknown Brian, Brian, Brian does actually have a point. Sunday afternoon, after we found out about him and then we were able to get back in time to assess what we had, it took a couple of days for us to be able to figure out, okay, where do we move this a little tightness to it. And I think there's been some adjustments here and there. 00:34:50:08 - 00:35:12:27 Unknown But again, really like to come in those sixth grade students and those sixth grade teachers, especially those, we get to have conversations and look, it's tough. And other stuff about any new teacher that knows the student well. Like, I really think we should acknowledge this way. 00:35:13:00 - 00:35:44:07 Unknown Obviously jazz hands and all that we have, we got a good decision made by the board and not to seven, you know, kind of like this. But going into this coming out. So it was it was his wisdom, his creativity to that. He said, right, we need someone to tell us how. And he found a way and the staff kind of follow them in this coming work. 00:35:44:10 - 00:36:14:07 Unknown So I know it's been difficult and I know have, you know, I, I clearly so the last three weeks but he made it work and I think we've done all we could to get it back out the census records. One of the questions and. Oh, okay. So have, I to say this to, I know that I've had some kind of, like, question points with several of the families here. 00:36:14:10 - 00:36:37:08 Unknown I can't thank you enough for saying, hey, we come and roll up our sleeves. What can we do? What can we do? Thank you. And, and, you know, I would love to be able to do that, but unfortunately, you're going to lose. But I mean, probably I have some licensed folks in here to him. But I know this is this group of families here, especially you guys are afraid to be here. 00:36:37:11 - 00:37:08:28 Unknown And of course, administration and the name of Jesus Christ and the claim of they're insurance companies. So obstacles to getting reimbursed. And I think there was an effort to get us the claim was approved for $350,000 because you got follow up and it was like probably a panel that we can remember, he said, you know, you think you $300,000 at the last. 00:37:09:00 - 00:37:40:23 Unknown So when trying to find a solution to check a simple picture perspective property, but we were ready to get it over and it was canceled because it's like, you know, we simply said on the 27th or something like that. And because of to sort of take that stance and most of us clearly down the road until today. So I said, can we just make so I decided to put my system, ran up to the clock clock. 00:37:40:25 - 00:37:51:17 Unknown And they were really, so there were some other questions of others. Let's make sure we got those again. 00:37:51:19 - 00:38:20:15 Unknown I think one of the some of the merit, just to clarify, having, like you said, having had wired into my own house and knowing that insurance did not cover all of the cost of the restoration, is that insurance going to cover everything that needs to be done, or if the organization and there's additional financial you know, we really have to pay for office in their first case, and I think 150,000. 00:38:20:18 - 00:38:40:27 Unknown And then that comes so for me, I would say, and now that we have this process, I hate to say it was selected as saying to us, they have to if you think about it, you get a away with your house, they send it to you with a mortgage on the case. And so we had to get them to tell us. 00:38:40:27 - 00:39:02:22 Unknown Now we can't bank to the them, our family structure. So that's how you took two weeks to to seal it back because I said it's three. I believe. I don't see no one, but it looks like it was done with the contract. And so it just turned into so we had some calls like getting our attorney involved and all that, but it is outgoing breakfast cereal. 00:39:02:29 - 00:39:19:08 Unknown And I always love. But it's simple. Said U.S. Senate rules are not. So they a lot of so today's ruling is consistent action to give you five seconds more. 00:39:19:10 - 00:39:27:06 Unknown On the questions, please. 00:39:27:08 - 00:39:58:05 Unknown So what is there's, you know, the the the bigger concern and kind of what we have to fall. Right. And we have a real need for some continue to come things about that. And we're, we're doing everything we typically do every meeting we get ourselves through in February, we do push out, those little more than 3 to 5 form in March in these horrible 30 days over to make sure this coming back experience. 00:39:58:07 - 00:40:25:03 Unknown So what we always do with what we're doing, and we also will be reducing or removing the entitlement that would be, for us, blessed the facility. So we had quite a bit that was I couldn't lose any more staff. So I figured suspending, six times what the battle is worth. So that's opposite administrative body. 00:40:25:07 - 00:40:54:26 Unknown I need to ensure that we two things about, one is a special. You know, we need to show about 45 days a week for us. $700,000 a day for nearly a fourth of our operations. That requires us to have the money. So, we we're going to be fighting back with also have one present. But also we're thinking about, the so called debt service coverage ratio. 00:40:54:26 - 00:41:21:22 Unknown And this is on a separate in the last. So long and so $3.2 million. So they said 1.1 times is a bond covered it. So that means we need to make annually 131 times I think it's 3.2in insurance. And so that's why we need to make sure that the land claim that we're, you have a 1.1 times. 00:41:21:25 - 00:41:55:16 Unknown Last year we ended up with one point. You just barely made it. And but strong and, most of the overall was Vanguard. And they also issued a bond to purchase. And certainly all the vice president. That basically when we have the Covid files of our finance team, they said, this is what we need to do, because here's the thing in in public saying that we, I think or us political points and every year it's an item. 00:41:55:22 - 00:42:34:23 Unknown So it doesn't matter if we all see it by serial number. Probably should. Every year has this important. So we expect, this month to have our personnel push out was the purchase and give them the 8 to 10% of overtime. And here's this office at Walgreens trying to do this my own. I was what about this? There were significant disparities in compensation because I can say people on the same dollars to 10 to 50%, more likely more so. 00:42:34:25 - 00:43:07:08 Unknown And it was it was it was unethical and it was something. So part of it is to try to get everyone to be agreeing to the 95% award of the to the council. So we we now have a competitive wage, and a fair wage and everybody's welcome to the show. So it is quite an unsolicited and there's no issue because we can't have a disparity in compensation. 00:43:07:11 - 00:43:30:04 Unknown I'm not someone saying cut deals or defend that. If you and I can we can somebody we just got hers to that's what she thought it was. So what about this is that's a salary because we have any comments and figure out. But and I'm not going to try to win over somebody. And then I've heard over the comments here. 00:43:30:07 - 00:43:55:29 Unknown So somebody does a very consistent job of doing it. Ultimately though, some of the concerns have been the last couple of months is issues of trust. And I can tell you this, I'm kind of sorry. I've been consistent with the message here at the end of the scene since day one. Bobby's made a mess the whole time. I don't think I, I believe he's got a significant. 00:43:56:01 - 00:44:19:22 Unknown And at this point I was thinking, what do you think I was? I try to be as consistent as I can. There's nothing to say. I'm not saying don't say I. It because it would. I would perceive that. So that is in our time. So I suppose are we? 00:44:19:25 - 00:44:46:22 Unknown In. Yeah. Some of the way some of so, so I, I think I mean she's been here I met her for a few weeks out here and I, I, I'll say a little of my bronze was coming out every day. First come here first on the National. It was one of the other non governmental but for the days of wisdom and insight and I'm thrilled that she's staying with us. 00:44:46:25 - 00:45:18:09 Unknown This has been. A solid. I just seem to frame the articles and I just really your system comes from, you know, many of the principal cost amendments to the facility to help Apollo 17. But, so, you know, I'm trying to earn the trust of the people that we're doing really important. And I want we can have a great circle. 00:45:18:12 - 00:45:47:17 Unknown But there wasn't any organizational structure, no consistency. There were deals to me all over the place. So I remedied that. And getting to 2425 was my, my fear. And I, I knew that that funding was all the way. I knew that the bond for the high school 17 million and the city was hitting 2425, that got two years to not be involved. 00:45:47:19 - 00:46:13:28 Unknown And then I ended up we had 100 kids. So I knew that if I could survive getting a school and getting more kids in the pipeline by 2425 would be okay. There's no no, no plan. There's no new school plan. It's all going to be about quality roads to take in what we're doing and making it better, that there's going to be the same sense of, okay, now we're and we've. 00:46:14:00 - 00:46:58:26 Unknown Got a small little matrix to solve, but now we have 40. So probably 50, 60 more kids. That's but generally I don't know. Oh you talk about this in okay I got to say that it just looks so important. You all right. So so that's really the issue around. We are just too happy and all the internal reports say I do this and we are on this last very long time, there has not been a single decision we have made and hasn't made to accelerate anything. 00:46:58:29 - 00:47:23:02 Unknown I can tell you. I've, I've said it's simple. It's just not easy. We have to do the hard work to build this great home. So that's why when I drove, we had our policy, so it was possible. But as far as lower oil prices, Senator, from more so because I, we don't have a policy. 00:47:23:04 - 00:47:47:10 Unknown That's a little less affordable. You know, in the disability schools. So if we have to follow, we have to call him outside the city of housing, you know, type of signal and follow calls. There are a few other questions I want to address, but, I want to go back to let's go back to the weather bags for a minute. 00:47:47:12 - 00:48:17:23 Unknown We've got two questions listed anymore. That's that's a touchy. So, I can tell you, last year, Tom mentioned what happened to Bill memory. So we all pitched a bit as as, my grandmother used to say to try to understand what, one was the two schools being together on the one charter. But each year you are involved sound on a public schools are able to access by the morning days. 00:48:17:26 - 00:48:44:28 Unknown And what you do is you have to write a plan and have that turned in the beginning of the year. You do not have you can not have any answers. We tried again this year to see if we could actually come in and have yours forget. That was one of ours for the most. Although it was a question that the only way that elementary was able to do this year was, I guess, pitching a bit a little bit more, actually, really working closely with the district. 00:48:44:28 - 00:49:08:28 Unknown They did a really good job. Emily Baker to the district, working with us and finding hard to say, hey, let's see what we can do about getting the charter split. So I didn't want to come back around and tell you that there's another question under here, but I can tell you about the first person. So I know so everybody knows me made available on he's making these decisions to participate. 00:49:09:01 - 00:49:32:10 Unknown You, you, you know, I do want to tell you there is a lot that goes into this job just thinking over the summer. So I just think I'll start at six, although we do follow closely one thing, but we also think about our high school tomorrow. We think about families that could be in more of a more safe normal for the safety of our work. 00:49:32:10 - 00:49:55:16 Unknown So I do want you to know that it is I mean, pretty much text from 2 to 3 days before school is going to get into when cuts throughout the day today. So I. So I love that I love the town. Robust cuts of proposal change goes through a lot of good things, including pulling out many. 00:49:55:19 - 00:50:24:07 Unknown I know that there was a question around, when will we have peer teacher conferences that go with old? One thing also, our goal is we always have so we are are we getting better at being what we say we are? Yeah. Incrementally. One of the things that I had to do our first came in was to take a look at the original charter, because we had a renewal for the Greenville Charter. 00:50:24:09 - 00:50:54:04 Unknown And what we have discovered is operate through it online. I don't see a lot of this going on. A source, the elementary school African bit, those that have been here. But this was one of the schools that over the last two years that we tried to get a no school model to where kids could access to w the gateway program and world classes, so they will have more of a foundational piece where they go to high school proposal. 00:50:54:07 - 00:51:19:11 Unknown When we first started serving kids in high school, where we will be able to meet the classes or there Harlem as well. So when we did work with the ministration here to to create more opportunities for students, the only gateway was to be able to go out and experience a middle school level, but then go to school. It was higher to pay for five to make it part of across. 00:51:19:11 - 00:51:51:02 Unknown Through our approach to work subliminally they are putting it in our class first, second, third, fourth and fifth. It's called the lunch program. Are we all the way here? You know, I can tell you don't just come in very slowly working with the principal in Charleston to not only what's replicate that moment to say, but to get more of our K through five teachers training and to be able to do so more powerful than the teacher, the parent teacher conferences, they should be able. 00:51:51:04 - 00:52:19:22 Unknown Yeah. Now I want to go to the survey soon to see what's going to happen this semester. Typically, what we do is building level, administrators have, you know, small town families or, you know, I do I say thank you. And your town parents not just read reports. The other ones go same thing with those groups. Typically, if I have to, people here for the arts to test. 00:52:19:22 - 00:52:39:09 Unknown Can you talk to, you know, the ministry and all those cards that you guys have, there's, there's like this. Okay. But also going to this person if I need to go to next and if I can find an answer after you've met with your build administrator, we find it. Right. So yes, I will survey Kelsey and I will survey principals coming into the second semester. 00:52:39:09 - 00:53:09:14 Unknown Now, see, kind of a plan is that, it's different at the different levels to, you know, high school a little different. Those go to a little different, and then an elementary pull up that parents are really still, you know, kind of involved because I. There's a series of questions about school safety. So I want to know what that is like as a whole to talk about a little bit on that were tested that said that they would share. 00:53:09:16 - 00:53:41:05 Unknown But when I wrote it was I remember the first one I was here was supposed to tell us how to get something in a program from. So I said, well, do we have a firewall? We have a of it. So I said, well, and that's part of so what we have now is a very robust, system of filters and our system that alerts, school administrators and put on the school bus. 00:53:41:09 - 00:53:51:17 Unknown And now some late in the last night, the night before, I think there were responding to something that we could get. So if I had to bring somebody else along. 00:53:51:20 - 00:54:21:00 Unknown So, we make sure that in every way we can, because schools don't really have. Wasn't your strongest. No way. The whole thing was when you were with him. It would work off for us. All right, so this promo. So we call cyberbullying all of them in the presence of everyone. Surprise. Just sending us screenshots of everything your friends are saying. 00:54:21:00 - 00:54:55:18 Unknown I would hard and it was also so that's what we're trying to do here agreeing to be so, so vigilant about keeping our kids safe. We know that we try to create high quality relationships. And so I put my lighting in caramel color replacement scenes. So we've seen critical information here since. And the reach of those who are doing struggles or face demands is charged with something. 00:54:55:20 - 00:55:18:22 Unknown And we want to make sure I get on this and then I'm here to solve this problem here. Your kid is not going to be able to function great with issue. So regular, typical of us live in this. There are there are ways to respond to those, and not just some of the personnel fighting. It is a safety concern. 00:55:18:26 - 00:55:40:21 Unknown So the workforce, if you think anything you don't think they come back also to ensure that you know they're safe. So there are a lot of things you and I in the situation that see maybe maybe you can't save us, but we know that they're okay. Make copies for because I'm not going to be that place for girls. 00:55:40:21 - 00:56:06:09 Unknown You for taking care of us. You guys, I'll show you the ten, the schools. So that brings me to two things I would often talk about. And it's a process for 5 or 9 pages, all you have to do is call another meeting. It's that simple. Right? Is only as good as the last meeting. So, you know, can we go down? 00:56:06:12 - 00:56:35:18 Unknown We have asynchronous semesters. I suppose all you have to do is reach out and look at the signs, and we all make sure we're going to place later, you know, send it over to make sure that throughout our schools, we have a process. So we welcome all of you have special reports about his first scheduling school for really complex communication. 00:56:35:18 - 00:57:03:19 Unknown And be talking about kids with a ratio for other kids online you can replace. It is a different time. So maybe what he is. So we try to make sure. So it is close to me at first. And then you go to them that age should see them first. We need I need and I will for needs. But also we have a suicide attack. 00:57:03:21 - 00:57:39:09 Unknown We don't say a word with a service and kids that have passed on. So we go out of course, affinity. And then also we got teaching kids that need some place so that embedded in our schedule. And naturally we started with the first initiative. And that's how we're going to go in after this for next year. We're trying to make sure that we do all we can to help kids reach their potential for their things, their location. 00:57:39:09 - 00:58:05:08 Unknown And but just to do this thought about the same things. And then on your responses, you're part of the amount. I don't like you myself. Echo on my phone. So my name is Jeff Long for the intro. Retired boys major program boys. And when I when I say this, I'm addressing all the schools, not just this whole, I was brought on in the middle of last year. 00:58:05:10 - 00:58:26:29 Unknown I had to figure out my way, just very briefly, just visiting the schools of the properties. I was me when someone was not, got the staff, the principals. And so as a, as a basically observe and listen, if anyone had any issues, I could, you know, then indicate them and I would take a look at it. 00:58:27:02 - 00:58:56:28 Unknown Oh, my title is coordinator. So I coordinate with others and to get the job done, whatever that may be. So one of the biggest things was the state is pushing us arrows, a lot. About half our staff, the three schools that I have, this arose. So luckily I had the networking ability to contact each agency that we had a great charter school in and started working on that problem. 00:58:57:01 - 00:59:23:07 Unknown We now have, sent us arrows. North Charleston's grant was approved. And luckily for them, the three states right in the, in the parking lot. So they technically had an SRO for anybody. So that was one of the goals, we achieve that goal more was able to provide two at the, at the high school in Simpsonville, right before, and so if you're tired, come on over here, work really hard. 00:59:23:15 - 00:59:53:20 Unknown We're grateful to get this over here from the city. Of we're very had won and today Columbia have won as well. So, and I speak with them a lot. My liaison for all agencies. So anytime there's a law enforcement issue, I'm in constant contact with this SROs in the agencies. And that's one reason why we were able to identify every, I guess, a child, because they're they're very young. 00:59:53:23 - 01:00:18:01 Unknown That was involved with what? What happened here? We met, worked with all of our resources and all the different school districts. We're able easily identify the children. And for those that were able to be, I guess held accountable. They were so in, our juvenile justice system, so, a point of contact for the solicitor's office for those charges, and, so. 01:00:18:01 - 01:00:43:21 Unknown And I've been in contact with them and they've reached out to me as well. So I've actually supplied once I've actually as far as the paperwork and the documentation as well, the damages for this particular school, one of the things that I looked at is, site assessments, for the properties of taking photos, to see where, where our soft areas are. 01:00:43:24 - 01:01:11:17 Unknown I've done that with every school. I've actually tried to get grants, offered by the state for safety and basically building improvements. And unfortunately, we didn't get the grants this year. However, speaking with the Department of Education and Safe Schools division, that will take them. And so we are going to, have a second round of assessments, and I'm working with the Department of Education. 01:01:11:19 - 01:01:29:20 Unknown They're going to be sending a team. I'm going to escort them every school to pair up my assessment and their systems. So we'll start that process. Probably start scheduling next week. I do go and make a spot checks at schools. I do get the principal a heads up is is up on the property. 01:01:29:20 - 01:01:53:13 Unknown I don't give them. I don't give them time to prepare. Basically all hope I get out. I saw what the rules are going. Doors. I do not identify myself. And I will say this, the schools have been secure, so go ahead. Yes. Thank you. Can you just help me understand? Okay. Why? The bottom would be that door was broken for months and never fixed. 01:01:53:17 - 01:02:17:24 Unknown Okay. Katie Molnar, I knew that that door was broken. So people that are still here ask you questions about what was your question by the door. So we reported a door broken for months. That was never fixed. It could never lock. Well, I've got invoices. I got a $5,000, $46,000. Well, maybe then they should pay the bill of 150,000 to fix the school that I did provide that information. 01:02:17:24 - 01:02:42:08 Unknown So, I'm not going to disclose the amount. But I just I have all of the itemized lists and repairs and the water removal. And I have submitted that to the solicitor's office. And that is. But the door was broken for month. The door closed, the door was open. The door was repaired and fixed. At the time, it wasn't. 01:02:42:11 - 01:03:02:21 Unknown We have an email from Wednesday from a teacher on Wednesday of that week that says, this door is not okay. Well, the door work because one young man ran out of the building, the door closed and locked. But they got in wrong. And there's a reason why they get in. But I can't discuss that. And I get you. 01:03:02:23 - 01:03:26:01 Unknown Sorry to interject, but that could have been wildly worse. Water damage. My daughter. Now is afraid to go to school. That shouldn't happen. She's an excellent student, but she's afraid to come here. That's terrible. Well, let me ask you this question. When you exit your home. Yeah, you turn around. My three doors point as well. Yes. Okay. 01:03:26:04 - 01:03:47:20 Unknown That's the same expectations that as they have in their schools. And that's all I can say about that. Okay. Okay. So what I do is I take assessments, I take the buildings, and I have reassessment. We are actively working if there are, because I replace it with this rose. Obviously she's not. There's a rose on here, but I do rose. 01:03:47:22 - 01:04:18:22 Unknown And so let me tell you, obviously, the maintenance issue, I tell the degree today that's up to talking with administrators to have them prepared. I've only ever been here a year. And so it is a process to make sure they're supposed to say also, we have to remember the culture because some are very comfortable in their workspace. I keep repeating that everybody what I was saying was, so it is a process and I am actively every day working on trying to improve, to try to keep things safe. 01:04:18:24 - 01:04:36:19 Unknown So if there are any issues and I've said this before, I can easily be reached out to and you please feel free if there's any concerns or if you see anything, please let me know. I'm I'm available at any time, so just reach out to me an email, say, hey, this is what I know. 01:04:36:19 - 01:04:53:28 Unknown This is what I see. Much as I was concerned, this is the concern I have, and I would be more than happy to follow up and look at that. So I know we I know for the sake of time when we step away and let it get back on, because I know that these questions to be answered. But I just want to touch base with you. 01:04:54:01 - 01:05:19:22 Unknown It is a process. So, you know, I just trust and then, you know, to talk about it. I feel for the firewall here and, a lot of these buildings have have all the hardware and, this is, this is not what's not built is so, you know, so we have, you know, it's removed a lot of the trees. 01:05:19:22 - 01:05:51:27 Unknown We put the wooden fence around the, more safe. We make incremental progress all the time. And we're going to get to a place where it gets even, pull some kids down drills to see if I know you have. Are we doing a good job? So it's it's all about mitigating risk all the time. So, and obviously the most important thing is going to be about moving from facility. 01:05:51:29 - 01:06:20:06 Unknown So two years ago we created a vestibules at every school. So there was another secondary entrance to come in too, because so many times you could just walk in in your regular school. So that was an effort we've done in every school and we have investigated. So these are just incremental steps. But in this I think sometimes seeing teachers put shelves in, you know, I got to run to my car, I go back around to the front or I'm just going around at lunch. 01:06:20:08 - 01:06:49:01 Unknown We have to keep everyone vigilant. That's what it does. And so, these three out, the last thing to mention, I think that's on the Q&A, you know, somehow titled Solve Together, this is if you want, add some shelves. This is not a one and done. This is not an episode. It's part of the process. And, for four and a half years, I've met with anyone who wanted to me, each director has done the same. 01:06:49:02 - 01:07:08:07 Unknown All our principals to the same. You have in front of you the cards to say here, this is how we go about talking. I really want to solve the problem with the people closest to the counter. My job is to deal with the things that are into 1 or 2 need to work. Kind of complex to. 01:07:08:10 - 01:07:35:18 Unknown These directors, these principals, we meet biweekly together as a group. We need we need the directors. Come on. We are making progress every. When you think about it. I'm probably scared. Last night I was at Ingleside School, and I'm going my car is bringing sweaters. I mean, that's all. And I know that to say caution. If you remember, we didn't have a logo. 01:07:35:18 - 01:07:58:24 Unknown We didn't have an identity. We didn't have a place. All of these things were part of the process for me about how to make a phrase. We all know as educators about that sense of belonging and identity. And it's not perfect yet. I'm here for 12 months tomorrow. When I first got here, she was out for cheerleading practice, and this was the high school. 01:07:58:24 - 01:08:29:28 Unknown Several opportunities I said, we have to teach for here. So what do you care for? But we have this focus, so know we have to tell you something. Okay, so that was my plan for here. We were opening a high school and we are in the Athletic because kind now every second year last year my boys competed for the state championship and so in 40 countries, that region where international public school. 01:08:30:00 - 01:08:51:17 Unknown So I know over where we want to be, but the progress is steady and the progress is consistent and true to what we just talked about today is what we've been talking about. And that's why we've gotten the recognition. That's why they reached out to us and I just say that this is not for wanting them. You only need to want to talk further. 01:08:51:17 - 01:09:18:04 Unknown You want us to learn what your kids experience and we're extremely vulnerable to that. Our we want kids to feel safe. We want to feel. Like there's a basic, professional way to talk about things that show they need to. All people want to see. This is just a small step. Ryan is completely about anyone and he accepted me as families. 01:09:18:07 - 01:09:44:01 Unknown Mr. wrong to help me with a curriculum question because you have, we just want us to keep getting better. But we can't do this. We can't trash our school publicly. We can't clear orientation. You know, it's. And I don't mean to solve the problems, kid, that I have to think you don't have to. Dirty laundry. You're upset over something and trying to solve it. 01:09:44:03 - 01:10:08:15 Unknown You that community. I mean, in the same world. I didn't know I was going to be a teacher. Tell us. Well, let me show next month. All right, so I think, oh, goodness. Somebody said for way. All right. So now are we done with the library questions? We spent the last week having some of these questions from we're from Colts. 01:10:08:18 - 01:10:35:21 Unknown Your family building. Okay. So Melissa, I'm going to ask you to thank everyone. Look at what you're going through for joining us in the hybrid. Please reach out to the school principal, your teacher, as long as you mentioned how you guys need to have those and supporting us. And, since we are all in the state, the best to you for each game plan with me. 01:10:35:27 - 01:10:48:04 Unknown And would you like to come with me? So thank you all. I got to stay with it, right? If you want to hear some ideas. 01:10:48:07 - 01:11:15:11 Unknown Oh, now this is this school more important now. So one of the there's a couple of the questions on here that even over the last I would say a few days around curriculum and being able to water supplies that came to calcium and my intention, there are some things that I went back and I kind of took a look at those time, and I always about that. 01:11:15:13 - 01:11:41:16 Unknown We missed something here. There's been no freeze, instructional support. Sometimes it's not gotten to the process processes, and I'm just going to speak openly and freely about this. But my very passionate about, because I'm a big believer that teachers need to and better have supplies in their classroom. There's been hold ups on ordering playwrights and play music about for a very long time. 01:11:41:16 - 01:12:10:19 Unknown There was approved a long time ago, but as we transition, you know, fully with copper, there was a lot of things that they had to kind of sort through. We got to play with. But I'll tell you what, I was back home. Yeah. Anyway, I'll hold it back on that. I must be passionate about this because when I have parents come to me and they say, well, before women, even especially our related arts teachers in the arts programs that say, well, we haven't been able to do this and we haven't been able to get that. 01:12:10:19 - 01:12:32:27 Unknown The first thing I do is I check our approval system, I go in and I make sure that I have not received that first initial approval, rather comes first. And then this reason. Sometimes it gets lost in the mix of coming from the teacher up to the principal. Our principals, for a moment in front of God. The coordinator. 01:12:33:00 - 01:12:54:20 Unknown We are tightening that. We are tightening up more and more and more because in the last couple of days, some of the meetings we've had, I was like, no, I'm sorry, that board was never put in. I had no clue about it until I had another art teacher come from another school and asked me, why is this our teacher not get these supplies? 01:12:54:23 - 01:13:15:29 Unknown And I said, well, Kelsey Pennington approved it on October 21st. Is such and such, but I wanted to make sure we're still waiting for something. I will tell you, I'm human. I don't miss so now, with that being said, there was paper issues and things like that and we were finally sort through. So probably more than anybody, and we're still holding our hands on some of that. 01:13:16:05 - 01:13:36:20 Unknown And you have you cross the wrong way and even call me at home in the evenings and say, did you get to go to that? I mean, did you get okay, so make sure you get that in the next day. You call me here, okay? Or you can go. So I just go back to school. That kind of because it was only the Q&A. 01:13:36:22 - 01:14:01:08 Unknown And look, sometimes, sometimes, you know, when you hear things even as a school administrator or whoever in the school, you might feel a little gun shy to ask. Or the administrator may have asked for, like a big rumble or something. But we're looking at them saying, hey, the president for Green Greenville, and then you get to send some room. 01:14:01:11 - 01:14:24:01 Unknown That's how we kind of look at things. So I did want to address that because there were some things that came to us recently in some meetings. And I'm like, help me out here. And then the next thing, trying to address, I want to give this these chances. Yeah. Yes, yes. But some of these questions, I think we're some of yours. 01:14:24:01 - 01:14:47:17 Unknown That was all names. Any questions? You all have. You know, we talked about I promised I could stay all night. I love talk about what we can do. I was just going to say that professional. I'm so very proud of what free has become. I know we're not all the way there, but it is so hard. 01:14:47:20 - 01:15:28:29 Unknown Green has been around since 2013, but it was reborn in 2021. And I call that here is your. I was a paper tiger. Everybody was lying to me. But then who answers? And it took me a while to get the records in place and, it was just pretty crazy. And to me, now, three years later, to be where we are now with a real democratic process or local low open elections, real, professional, teaching staff, certified teaching staff. 01:15:29:01 - 01:15:50:13 Unknown It's kind of a here we go. I know we're not where we should be. The, But the vanishing point hasn't changed. So this is what you want your kids to have is an experience where they get a challenge to. They're not teaching to a test, and we're trying to personalize it and create a sense of community here. 01:15:50:15 - 01:16:16:12 Unknown That's what I hope people want, that I'm a father of three. But I think doing this a long time ago, I just love them. I want to go on stage and finish the job. I want to keep doing what we're doing. These directors tell you that she's want to go forward at this point, but the other four directors have been here since day one. 01:16:16:14 - 01:16:47:22 Unknown Many of the leaders have been here since the beginning of the misfits to get back. Tenacious. And the whole country, just people who are committed to the fact that, his father was a teacher here, a teacher at the high school. Now, we try to ensure that the reward and and supporting talent and people who are wanting to this day, you can't come into my office and tell me what remarkable discipline is that? 01:16:47:25 - 01:17:21:03 Unknown Going to school in this period of more that that's just not going to solve. So I would say over time, people that are coming and people who are duplicitous here believe there's some kids that get this and some kids are don't they don't last. I just have to say that last spring, only 14 of 340 or so staff, we did not bring back that story because in April we decided we were going to have that. 01:17:21:06 - 01:17:46:17 Unknown And that's and that will come from years of working with unions. But I have some benefit to that because I don't know that. So we have the flexibility to reissue issue telling to, to and we want to keep people, you know, I look around to people who love to, so, you know, we've made some mistakes. 01:17:46:20 - 01:18:14:01 Unknown It's that we've corrected those mistakes. You know, I, I joke that I'm not always right, but I'm not wrong for long because people will tell me they got some work. You got to pay. I'll give you a funny one on that, and then we'll let you ask questions. Bobby is in charge of all the other calls for me, because I used to do it for 36,000 originally, so I didn't understand why we were out here against. 01:18:14:03 - 01:18:39:18 Unknown Oh, wait a minute, I'm gonna go in the water and be able to support the room for here. And it's like me, this is not like this. I'm sitting around the corner and he's like, he's like, you can call this one. So I said, that's only because I discovered that I shouldn't make this decision first here, because the first snow day was MLK day 2022. 01:18:39:20 - 01:19:09:28 Unknown I called a bunch of people and I got I got the entire all our campuses clean. And Greenville County shut down for I spent about 5 or $6000 from all of our schools, and we couldn't come to school. And the last one was the funniest one because Bobby's a very gentle person, very empathetic, great listener. And he came into my office for the third time about this, and. 01:19:10:01 - 01:19:37:07 Unknown I was like, Tom, I can't do this. This. It's not good to look into this. Any time. Why is it good to look at this some. Why is it why would we. So then welcome him back a few days later in the fall, we got a call from his health care for many seconds, and he said he's out of the house because I'm trying to look into the course. 01:19:37:10 - 01:20:10:18 Unknown So I think this is the only guidance in the sky. Everyone else is closing up the okay was asked about this is because in New England, like we used to say, we don't six inches of snow, but it's done by six at night. Okay, it's four minutes. We go so, please ask any question and I can talk about a particular staff member. 01:20:10:21 - 01:20:32:16 Unknown I'll be glad to answer your question. Mine might be on there, I don't know. So I had submitted a question about the state testing. So I in the seventh, I'm in the building. So do we have plans in place for state testing and where our kids are going to go if the building is not done? So I said, you shake. 01:20:32:17 - 01:21:01:15 Unknown Yes. So, right now for, and I have six coming up with our eighth graders in March that's taking care of. I am working as the test coordinator at work directly with them on and scores and security coming up. We are working on developing a plan because I am required to assist with all campuses. We're looking for someone within the building who can serve in staff direct contact, but I would heavily in making sure all those plans are taken care of. 01:21:01:17 - 01:21:22:06 Unknown Working with Diana at the district, I are making sure and then locations and learning buildings, and part of that was waiting to see where we're at as close in time, because that will impact. We expect that the top floor to be done very soon as the contractors get there. Obviously, Servpro had to call and say, okay, you know, we make a plan to get her school time. 01:21:22:06 - 01:21:51:06 Unknown So that, they're coming to pick up the check tomorrow and give her full mode. So I expect the talk for weeks, a lot of that. And then we'll probably, you know, she got a lot of stuff. A lot of city, county events. And I know Brian's already thinking. He's already thinking about who's going away or how that's going to happen, but by the time they just marched him, we're going to be in it. 01:21:51:08 - 01:22:12:23 Unknown And that's all. That's all the 50 students, out of eighth grade that was selected because this is based in the thinking I do. But I'll let somebody else go. Baby, I wants to, because I can talk it all back. Okay. So. Oh, yeah. Here you go. First, I just this is another thing I want you to know. 01:22:12:23 - 01:22:32:24 Unknown If you want to meet or you need to follow them with everything else. We know there's something you want to follow up on. Okay? Okay, okay. I just didn't follow you on the one, three, three and four through six and seven through nine. And I set the meeting. I understand they gave you three days. Yeah. So there were those six other days there. 01:22:32:24 - 01:22:59:10 Unknown Well, what happens is once those five common days or, you know, those those first when you start the one day that you know, and you have to get essentially, that's why Todd was able to have to make up that the number of regulations that we have for this is where you live. This is what Susan, Mark or Apollo School courses worked on. 01:22:59:12 - 01:23:19:23 Unknown We actually have four built in make up this. So we've got to figure out what happens there. So it could be that we stop okay. If they don't force us to do more or even 4 or 5 six. That's when Tom has to go to the board and say, we're only going to move in more past three. 01:23:19:25 - 01:23:42:08 Unknown So would you approve us to have those right then? I one before 23. Right. So now we're down 177. Yeah. E-learning days are almost a non-factor because because they're still considered school days right there even though we know they're not. And I just say that now because of the six days by my that and still out there right, right. 01:23:42:10 - 01:24:08:17 Unknown Yes. And what will what will happen is once next Thursday happens and our district board gets a hold of our silence. Then those that that breaks it down to Lori, what was your 97, 89 after that. So then we had to get approval for those to be waived as well for 70. So I know it's it's all screwy. 01:24:08:17 - 01:24:33:06 Unknown But they told us today was that the three whether they are some bills in your account. Yes. We'll have capacity beyond that that extra day is talking about they're going to help us resolve that coming. Now I will tell you, if we go to if we go and put out an email and, you know, for historical souvenirs, that means we don't know that whether that but if we're out again, then we've got to get more, we'll get more creative. 01:24:33:06 - 01:25:07:26 Unknown And I've already been working on some ideas with the district, and some of I want to ask that question if you ask that question, remember to ask the question here about whether this is exactly the conversation that I had today with our our referencing the Cookie Tuesdays that we had scheduled for off of the school. Yeah. And or extending the days I am waiting for two more one the rest of your people don't know, but I, I just want to see personally like I'm okay with forgiving three days and spent 14 days that you can't just forgive me one day. 01:25:07:26 - 01:25:27:07 Unknown It's like my kid needs to get seventh grade and I've already been there. I've been to a time, you know, in Covid where she missed a half a school year and she's still suffering. Yeah. So I, I don't want you to forgive more days. I want to figure out how to have school. I don't I don't know how to say this, but I know that I'm from New England. 01:25:27:07 - 01:25:39:24 Unknown You've never. Excuse me. Hit schools can fire water, and you have to do all these things. It's like things seem to focus on. Everything is complex. 01:25:39:26 - 01:26:03:09 Unknown So if you remember, last year we just made a commitment to push the school year on Long Island. The problem with that is it's not it's not a weakness because the next day it just ends up. So we know the impact this has happened. And that's why I'm trying to hold understanding what it is. I still have to approach. 01:26:03:13 - 01:26:31:09 Unknown And that's kind of hanging over. It's not the same as we possibly our teachers, not so last year, if you remember, we will have to ask the people at Asymmetric Tables know that over time I was like, no, please, ASAP. So with these sequences, it was basically giving assignments and say, we're coming Saturday. Oh yeah, that's what I said. 01:26:31:09 - 01:26:57:16 Unknown No, we're not doing. So I agree with you. There has to be a school. The school days have to be quality. You know, so yeah, especially, you know, we're still working for this one. Grades don't matter. Grades no matter what they're working, is matter what matters. Because there are kids that are still in inmates and all classes who are warming up. 01:26:57:18 - 01:27:27:25 Unknown All right. And that's what we work with our teachers in of more company because they didn't start mattering. And same time starts when you have a high school level. There's some kids at the middle school, they have high school courses. So that's where it gets really, really tricky. When you get to that, when you guys get to high school or if you want to have high school during Covid, is it is a constant battle, keeping up with the of the points getting you get that good day client. 01:27:27:28 - 01:27:50:05 Unknown Pretty much you do you get in trouble. There's a lot of stops for the same time. So that's another thing to use is foundation for the whole thing. With school they didn't even in school. So I think it's something the state needs to continue to look at. There's some ideas that we have for the future. But yeah, we had a question, but I do. 01:27:50:05 - 01:28:25:10 Unknown But mine is more of a topic than question. I guess. So first off, I'll come up and just say you're very well-spoken. You you are very easy to listen to. The optics of green are not good. And there's a very deep concern for a lot of people. I do a lot of volunteer work, and I don't want anything I say to hinder any of the stuff that I do, because I care about the students at this campus and the other campuses. 01:28:25:12 - 01:28:59:17 Unknown So the optics are terrible and part of it. And you once again, you're very well-spoken. But when you just say, you just gotta trust me, Bobby, trust me, that doesn't. I mean, it should not. There needs to be. I think I'm going to speak for myself and for the random, anonymous people that I talk to because I care about people. 01:28:59:19 - 01:29:31:24 Unknown A lot of us are very concerned over do we go back here next year, even if we put in our intent to return because optics at other campuses have come off bad? It makes us think, what about our kids? Optics with the door is bad, but then we love our teachers. All of you guys and the ones that aren't here, like everything you showed us right there in that slide is like what green does. 01:29:31:27 - 01:29:55:26 Unknown That's what we're here. Like we did it. The school like that diagram here of what to escalate to we have I'm saying we like me the eternal way. But I have no trouble with any of the teachers. The teachers are great. The principal, the last principal was great. So far I've worked with him. He's great. That's never like. 01:29:55:27 - 01:30:24:23 Unknown I have no problem with that. I do find it very frustrating and conflicting that if I if people want to know that there's a board meeting going on here or anywhere, I literally have to walk the car line and tell people to do it, or that it's happened, or that, you know, the there's anything as far as, like a PTA meeting or any kind of thing that goes on. 01:30:24:23 - 01:30:55:07 Unknown There's there's no way for anyone to know. And so there's that, because us as parents, something really optically bad, like losing all of our teachers or me having to call in favors, can you guys bring copy paper? Because we don't have any. That looks really bad, but I have to literally try to round up volunteers to come help because it looks bad. 01:30:55:10 - 01:31:24:19 Unknown So there's a lot that I hear you when you say, trust me, but there needs to be a way of like a lot of us can be understanding as far as like, okay, there's financial problems. Well show us what the financial problems are. So help us understand. So we are not drawing our own conclusions. And I don't know what I mean. 01:31:24:19 - 01:31:44:00 Unknown I'm like, give the benefit of the doubt as how can we fix this or what can we? I want, I teach speech and debate as well. I love those kids. They're not even my kids. I want to teach speech. And about next year. I want to be able to have my daughter here next year. I really, really want that. 01:31:44:02 - 01:32:04:10 Unknown But I do want to say, if we have a mass turnover of teachers because they feel like they're possibly going to, you know, maybe we're not going to have a job. And I understand you said you're going to give them intent to return or whatever. Is that binding? Does that guarantee them a job for the year next year? 01:32:04:12 - 01:32:28:20 Unknown Like that's what I'm saying. What I'm hoping is that before the end of the year, there'll be some sort of very blatant and obvious thing for parents that are on the fence of whether or not we're coming back to go, oh, okay. I feel comfortable that my teachers are going to be here. I feel comfortable that the school is going to be successful and not struggling. 01:32:28:20 - 01:32:58:00 Unknown And I have to say, I don't regret any of the things that Laura mercier can do. Half the stuff I do without Christy, she's an amazing secretary for PTA, but it's it gets exhausting to have to overcome such a communication struggle. Like can. We had billboards or something in front of the school like churches do, or something that is so blatantly obvious that everyone's picking up their kid. 01:32:58:00 - 01:33:49:18 Unknown They have to be able to see or notice it, or I really don't know what the answer to that is. But, you know, I think I can just say so much of what you say. I share those same concerns with time. And I'll just say this because it's just important for, I may be good at speaking. But I don't even care about that because I know so what you're experiencing with quality teachers and the support intimacy that we're creating is part of the missionary society, the training being provided to support, this was a very difficult year wrapping up for many, those bottom measures at the end of 24, 25 and getting into this 01:33:49:18 - 01:34:13:16 Unknown year with, you know, just a short form, I still have to work business and make sure that we're hiring long term, but it's not going to hurt the relationship between teacher and student. So there were a few places we produced and we just did what we would do. Some teachers, but that was only after meeting with the site manager. 01:34:13:16 - 01:34:35:00 Unknown The principal said, this is what we would recommend, but you can do that. We didn't offer that to you because we made the decision what we're going to do. I also have faith in the whole. So I had to make a strategic decision, and it was not because I cared about the people we let go. It's very hard. 01:34:35:02 - 01:35:08:12 Unknown As far as the board meeting, we follow every appropriate procedure. We put it out newsletters, we make sure the links are available. It's you're welcome to jump on. There's nothing that we've kept from any staff on the board. There's nothing. It took some the transition with Covid took some. That's about it was a little too but you know, we're hoping that some boy starts to slow down and let us have the usual conversations we have all the time, because they're not going to they're not going to get a hiccup. 01:35:08:15 - 01:35:31:23 Unknown They're not going to they're going to get their retirement reinstated. That will be communicated. There's a lot of people that are still very seniors, but we've got to make sure that we address the community concern. That's why I said this is just the beginning of a process. This is not we're not trying to put some great episode in these communities. 01:35:31:25 - 01:35:58:14 Unknown We just want you to know us and understand us that what we're what we're doing is what's he going to say. And and quite honestly, this is my whole career is going to have this, this opportunity, what I walked into, it's never been done before. No one has ever taken a school district in the school network and saved it. 01:35:58:17 - 01:36:24:22 Unknown It's just never happened. The board member who represents a school official home that said, this program reclaimed our students from 20. So we have a building model that's making so many of what we had. One board member, we couldn't get in till we get the right one because they were hoping to get some treatment, like in fact. So I'm not saying we're perfect yet, but. 01:36:24:29 - 01:36:46:29 Unknown And I'm not telling you should trust me. I'm telling you I'm trustworthy. Whether you decide to allow yourself to be, And I just hope you don't don't trust me until I prove it to you. I'm not out to. I'm not trying to swindle anyone or convince him some of the stuff that's out there about me. It's really hurtful and unfair. 01:36:47:02 - 01:37:07:11 Unknown It's really. It's it's it's hard. It's hard. Right. And I'll just tell me what it's like. To some extent. My wife's crying in the car, so I'm going to have lunch. She starts crying. What's going on? Because of these people going to hurt you? What do you got a petition for? A letter writing. Trying to trash my career. 01:37:07:13 - 01:37:29:05 Unknown What? Someone said what? We're going to keep wrapping up. So I'm just telling you, we need to. As adults. Why? You want to see my kids, and that's why you're going to meet this person. I'm going to be approachable of all the families the same way. So what we want to do is keep learning new things that you can decide. 01:37:29:05 - 01:37:54:14 Unknown You don't let the school just walk away, but you don't have to keep dirt on my plate for the application because the reputation we had when I got here was very difficult. It was really difficult. So you don't want to read the hands? We don't get to say what we're trying to accomplish. That hasn't changed and remains the one that's going to be that. 01:37:54:17 - 01:38:21:28 Unknown There's a lot of staff that have seen it over time. Especially when we do things differently and we know the smaller meetings, people, the community, I don't know if I can say is I'd love to meet with you individually. Okay. Whatever concerns you have, because what we're doing is, is doing a good job and it's a hard job. 01:38:22:00 - 01:38:45:01 Unknown I think it's the second hardest job in the hardest job is being here. And being a parent has taught me that we can't treat kids like 100. We don't have deep walls and we don't treat kids like that. We try to understand what's going on with the children. Are we getting the most out of them? Is the kids stimulate this. 01:38:45:03 - 01:39:13:18 Unknown We're creating enough curiosity, motivation for so that's what we've tried to do here. There's there's a lot of historical and philosophical foundations to our approach over time. We don't chase static. Chase Thomas was and that's why voice and and all of this along to basically we want kids also that screen has to be a controlled environment. The world's a little crazy like I used to. 01:39:13:21 - 01:39:42:16 Unknown I used to talk as a superintendent regional director that we need to have authentic learning about, right or not. Not so care, right? It's never you environment. You have 200 people your age doing it right. So we wanted to create those more authentic things. But how crazy the world is, we're trying to so we're trying to give kids a chance to to express their opinion, to defend their right to talk when they disagree, to be, to disagreement or disagreement. 01:39:42:19 - 01:40:02:17 Unknown And that's what I worry about the most. It's cleaning home. We went about 30 months without a single public comment because we are solving problems, and that's what we have to get back to, is a place where we we listen. I promise you, I'm very vulnerable. We could argue if you make sense, I can't tell you can't do that. 01:40:02:17 - 01:40:24:18 Unknown Have a we at planning for next year. So we have done well because our staff told us this would be a better way to do so. I share your concern. I share all the things we do. I want to retain our staff. I want to, I want them, I want to be able to have those conversations with the school leaders that we want to hear about. 01:40:24:20 - 01:40:51:22 Unknown Like, I know Mr. Compatriots had a meeting tonight for, about voting to write growth to the threat to us last, last. That's the control is going to be the model. Yeah. Top of that. So so that's that's something I don't want to get into all that. But that never happened here. But we do our dream like we got our artists and our kind of specialist to talk. 01:40:51:25 - 01:41:17:00 Unknown So Vertigo happened last spring. What's happening. We're called the third go to we call it Vertigo because I just heard this shorter term. A different language for green and purple. Devilish. Yeah. Well, birdies. Yeah. So do go to that. That's an I said that's fine. It's a I had a daughter to look at. It doesn't sound like a great name for a celebration but they explained it separately and it went great last and we'll do it again. 01:41:17:03 - 01:41:39:04 Unknown So we try to keep building toward high quality experience as well. So the, the communication as far as like some sort of billboard or something, is that something that could be put on the table, think like churches, you know, the churches have like Sundays. But other than a day, I I'll you it's about having a better looking Ryan. 01:41:39:09 - 01:42:00:15 Unknown Yeah, yeah. And plus the board meetings are emailed out every. Yeah. Really I know that there's been no leader. I mean, if that's true, then I don't I don't, but I did as I said I like read every email. I'm a pastor. They say church billboards last about four months. Fact. I'm just going to say it because I'm frustrated. 01:42:00:15 - 01:42:22:13 Unknown So every year I send emails out every day for Good Friday and I can look on that constant contacts. I can literally tell you how many it said, how many is, oh, read through it. You have to think it over many weeks. So like as I read, a lot of people don't read, people don't they don't even open. 01:42:22:16 - 01:42:44:16 Unknown People call because I have to get up and read middle school and then say, hey, what's happened is me boys basketball trying to go. It is in the newsletter is the second section. Yes they was. They said to me, what can you just read it to me? I know, I hear you, I hear you, and that's why I was saying maybe not email. 01:42:44:20 - 01:42:56:19 Unknown So just because emails not working Facebook is. I'm an old man. Yeah. Okay. So we can Andrea and I have a 32 year old, a 30 year old, ten. 01:42:56:22 - 01:43:17:02 Unknown I was in this role right. This doesn't make people happy. I just want to signal you. Showing up at meetings is some parents. Like I used to tell my kid, it's your job to determine what your spending is and what you need to. And even when they complain, I said I'll be black because of what I do for a living, right? 01:43:17:02 - 01:43:41:10 Unknown So I'll sit next to you if you like to tell the teacher what's been bothering me. They go, oh, you know, pay for yourself. And, you know, like me, my son got in a fistfight. I said, okay, hey, the consequences get ten years old, right? We're very fearful sitting together. Once they think like just. I just don't want to invite people that call or don't show up. 01:43:41:12 - 01:43:58:26 Unknown And I just want to be true to what it is. I do a lot of my internal, and that's what happens when I don't. That's why they do it. It's fine, however, but I listen to you and your frustration and you can also understand. And I get it because I send these out and it's been a long time sitting there format and doing this. 01:43:58:26 - 01:44:15:29 Unknown And they give me they believe it's great that I'm on the phone with Catherine one and I'm like, hey, did you get it over you? I'm not going to like it. And I'm like, how does this work? We read this doesn't look like. And then you send it and then it's like the they call you. And I'm like, so we talk internally all the time about redundancy. 01:44:16:01 - 01:44:36:02 Unknown Right. So Bobby so we try to make sure we don't say to a parent and then it's like, well it was in the newsletter. We put it here. It's I'm ready to do this. We put a flier out. So I know it's in the world of the information age. It's a lot of misinformation and there's a lot of where is it? 01:44:36:04 - 01:45:07:20 Unknown So I just, I still we're not conservation school district and I still make. And so that's why I can make efforts. I can't I can't read it unless I'm doing it. So we'd have to. I just want us to not invite parents that either don't show up or because I'll just say this, it's very different. Parenting K12678 and then like my time, my kids are in high school like, you know, good luck with that. 01:45:07:23 - 01:45:25:18 Unknown You know? So it depends on how you want to parent. It's all I'm saying. I don't want to I don't want to invite people that. And if you don't get it as a parent, if you got an idea, you're like, why this will happen? Try to change colors like, I just Renee, we will separate yours on the outside. 01:45:25:18 - 01:45:43:21 Unknown And I get upset about this gentleman. Sorry. My wife said I got to go home. I just want to say that what I've heard, you guys, this is what I need to be here. And I really appreciate you being here. My daughter attended three middle schools in sixth grade. She's here. She wants to come to school. She likes being here. 01:45:43:21 - 01:46:08:11 Unknown She loves her teachers. And I'm very grateful for the school and for everything going on there was. It's been great. Thanks, Mr. Gold. Thank you. You had question. I think that her and, so I met with Bonnie, honestly. But I talked to him and especially with the whole building me thing. And, you know, you're worried about the noise that's going on. 01:46:08:16 - 01:46:40:03 Unknown The noise started not by green parents. It was other people in the community posting stuff. And then people were asking other people, what's this? What's up with that? So in those situations or in the building situation when parents aren't being updated, those rumors are just going to keep growing and keep growing. I mean, I talked to him about, you know, a situation where my kids are hearing this and they're hearing that, and then I'm like, oh, no, I mean, I don't know, you know, and so I think in those situations, the more communication better. 01:46:40:03 - 01:47:05:17 Unknown And then if parents come to you and say, well, I didn't know about it, you can say, well, we sent an email on this day, you know, like, update the website update. Well, and that's they talk about that at a board meeting like our website is so sad. When we first started here, well before we started here, I was on the website probably once a week reading stuff in sometime last year, like everything was going to be wiped out. 01:47:05:20 - 01:47:24:23 Unknown Mostly from like all the staff information and the contact information for staff members, all the sports information. There was a new sports website created, but it literally at least the last time I checked it, it had never been updated. So, I mean, I'm so grateful for it, Stephanie. And it's good because they answer my bazillion questions. 01:47:24:23 - 01:47:46:17 Unknown Everything you wrote about the web. But and we we did an audit two months ago. And Catherine, what has been taking over the website? She got training last week and now she's meeting she met with them yesterday. And so for her we asked so Bright Co it's our website provider the local. There we did 01:47:46:20 - 01:48:11:09 Unknown Dot com also you know so the website is kind of funny. I was extorted when I first came. Just straight up. We had done all the candidate interviews. Never in the first election. Right. And I got the videos from the candidate interviews and I said, he's trying to say, let's put them on the ones that say, here's I'm gonna send him to your post. 01:48:11:09 - 01:48:33:01 Unknown It comes back to the next day. You should tell the website provider again, part of this network, we didn't pay them, so they're not going to do it this way. So I said, go get to the public comment to tell the story. I said, I said, can't be something. I said, why don't we go check? If we pay, they come back. 01:48:33:07 - 01:48:53:07 Unknown This is my director of finance. We don't know if we made. So they're not going to do it. So I use a little promise on them. I said, okay, find out what they want and come back to me. They wanted $29,000, but they wouldn't put the website up. And they said we owed it from the past. We had no way to prove that we did or didn't. 01:48:53:10 - 01:49:13:23 Unknown So I said, okay, this is what you do and I'm not going to use the French, I use that, okay? I said, get the files, give them the check, and so you guys remember I shut down the website, but it was still out there, but it wasn't ours. We didn't own it. So I did an RFP. I got bids, and we ended up we had a great parent. 01:49:13:25 - 01:49:31:18 Unknown The Suttons sends up so. Right. Com and they won the bid. It took us 4 to 6 months. We had to do everything through email and we had to buy our website domain and all that. So it wasn't until the summer of 2022 that we even started. So it needed an overhaul because we had to rebrand the whole thing. 01:49:31:21 - 01:49:56:23 Unknown They helped us try to decide on our logo and everything. And that was a process to own our identity. So now we did. And, it was probably last fall. Well, yeah, for about 4 or 5 months. I said it's it's, it's looking dated, it's looking spam. So I asked them to do an audit and lo and behold, the stuff on the website came up. 01:49:56:28 - 01:50:15:19 Unknown But that audit, there was a lot of good in the audit, but there were a lot of things you're pointing out. It didn't look fresh. It wasn't updated regularly enough. So Katherine's taking that over now. It shouldn't you should see a change in that coming. But you're right. Gifted for people. But that's the process we went through. 01:50:15:19 - 01:50:44:20 Unknown And now the logo is ours. I've done it before. I don't. One of the things that we've done, especially over the last off the contact, it's been a constant headache for me, kind of got passed over, because it was passed through a few hands when we first got here. This putz, Catherine wore me kind of over, outside saying, yep. 01:50:44:21 - 01:50:58:20 Unknown Sounds good. Let's let's do this. That's kind of redundant, too. And it kind of goes on and on and on and on and on. And know I divorced in the first of, you know, sentences. So some of the things that we can come up right, and we can send out SMS now I think we're still trying to work the bugs out. 01:50:58:20 - 01:51:22:00 Unknown I want one of those things. And we both in our schools get to work schedule, work to where I can get on the phone when we're about to make these, announcements for weather and things like that. Or social media folks can do the same kind of thing and put that throughout the network, wherever we intent. So we had last year we were looking at this, program called apogee. 01:51:22:03 - 01:51:39:18 Unknown It kind of kind of fell short a little bit. I did some before in another school is real easy to do some of the same kind of things too. And so there's we're hearing especially about the communication aspect. I get frustrated, I should be able to click the button on the website and not have to call and get things updated. 01:51:39:21 - 01:51:56:22 Unknown I like that to me it should be like this and pass it along. I don't know if you guys have interaction, but I know this folks. She she likes that kind of things to at that sort of thing too. So we're going to have a little, about a four person team. Mascots is going to help us out a little bit. 01:51:56:22 - 01:52:21:11 Unknown Kathleen, myself and one other person to keep trying to find, too, because I know you get lost in translation of that sometimes, but it's kind of what we have. So we're still trying to. We I mean, it's very affordable too. It's that's the other piece to it. But again, I'm reading those emails I get I gets frustration, I get your frustration because people they we did have this conversation. 01:52:21:12 - 01:52:44:22 Unknown People will make up, you know whatever whatever stories. Especially when they see the building set number there. Know what I've been trying to tell me? Oh, my sixth grade teacher forgot how much I hope sixth grade students. So I do get frustration. We are working hard on it though, and we'll try to enlist people from within the organization that do have some of the skill sets to be able to help us. 01:52:44:25 - 01:53:03:19 Unknown So, and write more questions. I don't know if they can just get kidnaped. So I'm not sure if I saw what happened happened. I'll try to answer. I know, I know another question, and this has been like around a lot of people is the financial stuff like right here it says we will provide a transparent budget process. 01:53:03:19 - 01:53:22:08 Unknown And I know many people have tried to get their hands on a more detailed budget. And to really understand what's happening in their not being in that formation. That should be public record. It should just be for you, though for most schools. And I was looking at different charter schools around here, you know, they have it right on their budgets. 01:53:22:08 - 01:53:43:10 Unknown I have it, yeah. So I saw bmc's like and it's like, why is it not just out there? It's and it's supposed to be now whether it's there, it's supposed to be whether it's buried in there somewhere. And I'll find out tomorrow. But yes, Tom, budgets are on website. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I would to make sure because it does get buried sometimes. 01:53:43:13 - 01:53:50:05 Unknown The second the second. 01:53:50:08 - 01:53:55:08 Unknown That was, you know, the second quarter. 01:53:55:11 - 01:54:19:07 Unknown Is always is it a detailed budget or is it just a general budget? It's it's what we the, the audited budget. Well that's auditor up from last year Russell then the the the the second quarter or something similar period that we can we, we got to post our budget to the district every month and then we just we just got the quarter of done from December. 01:54:19:09 - 01:54:37:05 Unknown Right. And now all the epicenter task are coming to where we have to upload those to the district. So it is almost streamlined, like the annual budgets up there too, that we can, like you said the chief. So I will make sure that I can figure out where the link is if it's mayor demanded that to you. But but I will say this too. 01:54:37:07 - 01:55:00:03 Unknown I realize some of the noise, I can tell you some of the stuff that's being sent out there, like one page budgets and things like that are necessarily true with what people have got. Times have been they're having too much fun back. Don't know the work that we're doing as well. But I will make sure, all that stuff's supposed to be up there. 01:55:00:06 - 01:55:23:15 Unknown And again, some my frustration has been we don't have updated staff list. All you should be. And there was a question about Google Classroom that somebody put I don't know if it was in here online about parent access to Google Classroom. Yeah, I don't have kids. We had a teacher last year suggested that for us, just use your kids, use your kids log in and I get all the notifications as a plain Google Classroom works. 01:55:23:15 - 01:55:42:21 Unknown And this could be something that could come out professional learning. Best practice in my experience, is that if a teacher you said is also you send an invite to the parents and guardians, and that's what I attached to your students account. So any class that your student then rolls in new Jersey and emails were not, you know, sometimes that that communication has. 01:55:42:21 - 01:56:06:03 Unknown No I'm not I'm actually a very concerned I have not received any communication that we've had about an intermittent homebound. And just finally with that in the public. And then how about teachers gotten there? Okay, try a full semester in. So I would say initially the first step, kind of getting them back to the teacher about giving access, if you have any, even there's a teachers email address right. 01:56:06:03 - 01:56:25:01 Unknown But until we get it right, but we didn't know that as a sixth grade parent, as a brand new 600 year. And when I talked to the principal originally, he told me they figure it out, not so that Mr. Whitehead, the previous principal. So that's a that's a problem, right? We're we're you know, sixth graders are in the pipeline. 01:56:25:03 - 01:56:52:11 Unknown And and if I say Mr.. I'm I'm right we need that that information we haven't had come close yet. Right. We're all the way to February now. Well that's a that's a good thing that we can work with the teacher teams and they want to schedule. So I know something. Sorry. Can I just just say you're aware of the concern was that not all the parents have their teachers green emails. 01:56:52:13 - 01:57:19:00 Unknown So I don't know if you can just put that in there and it's it's in the powerschool. I Powerschool now that we finally got that connected and, and I have some education. Thanks to Miss Suzanna Barber on how to use it, but none of that. Right? None of that came from the teachers. Right. Are our administration to help teach the sixth grade parents how to get connected to the school. 01:57:19:05 - 01:57:43:06 Unknown And there's nothing on the website that helps to tell us that there's nothing is a parent handbook that helps us tell us that right. That's excellent feedback and something that might be able to work for me. I would love to have two more. Yeah, because you can't have a other. Yeah. No, I had forgotten about that. He's been there for so. 01:57:43:08 - 01:58:19:04 Unknown I know that's one. So I that's not just the way that you but. Me because. All right. These were working working days and workspace that was just, you know the e-learning holidays coming online next year. And it's right now for that. So now I'm going to ask you another question. Are you based on an extended data frame. We've got some or you still have a curriculum that has to be back by the end of the year? 01:58:19:06 - 01:58:48:21 Unknown I don't want to be here. Total 569. Right. Well and the and the and so subsequent sports right now is mostly but it's not it's impossible accurate you guys I'm happy with the long extension of the day. And they have given us. And the other thing we're not talking about is that it was unless you think that since day one of work, because we're going through Wednesday separately from the county. 01:58:48:26 - 01:59:24:17 Unknown So nobody wants us representative, because I want to make sure that I promise you, I could talk and we'll keep you updated. Can I just do a quick focus groups like Show of Hands survey, one of my, 15 years ago, we did this and it really changed how parents enjoyed the school choice. So part of what I think is so hard with a 6.5 hour school day is if you're a single parent is ultra hard, and if there's two of you, you're always trying to figure out who has to drop off and goes to pick up. 01:59:24:20 - 01:59:50:20 Unknown So what we did is we made and, teacher lunch, but we've been 7.5 hour days, four days a week, and then a 3 or 4 hour day on Fridays. So you could literally and we wouldn't take meetings. We might make staff meeting day a little longer because you'd had the longer school day. So I wanted to survey our families and stakeholders in the fall about thoughts on this. 01:59:50:23 - 02:00:14:12 Unknown I haven't pushed through this, feedback because obviously I've talked about all the things we've had to fix upon arrival, but we're getting to a place where we really need to kind of set the standard. What it does is it gets longer instructional needs. Right? Because, you know, if you if you get to drop off and then 7.5 hours, it's kind of more normal for workday. 02:00:14:15 - 02:00:34:14 Unknown And then Fridays is just picking them up at lunch. So, you know, also when we have performances and things that we kind of get, we got to talk about this in terms of athletics in after school activity. But if there's performances it makes it easier too, because like a Thursday night we just stay and do it. And then Friday you get to go home early ready for the big show on Friday. 02:00:34:16 - 02:00:55:02 Unknown So there's a lot of reasons, you know, a performing arts high school that did it that way. And the other school was like this. We want to do that. So any thoughts on that or do you feel like I don't like that for the teacher in terms of learning, you have no right now I spoke earlier. No no no we're talking. 02:00:55:06 - 02:01:20:26 Unknown We would we would do what we're doing now next year. This would be about getting feedback in the fall and presenting this to the board after we've gotten some data. So I'm just I just I have not brought this up publicly anywhere because I've told them I said it turned into just an extended instructional time, a kind of a walk, because if you watch a school, you're putting 400 kids in motion and sometimes, like, that's why I like the rotating block. 02:01:20:26 - 02:01:48:26 Unknown That's how we do a 4x4 block at the high school, you know, and I don't want to be a mile wide, an inch deep. I wanted to do things more deeply and more intently. So any thoughts on that? It works. Really? Yeah. Throughout this is there as we're so glad you got to be worried about that. Kids that are high school is screened as at all for the rest of your day with an is there going to be a moment sometimes practicing for literally right after school, right after school? 02:01:48:26 - 02:02:09:12 Unknown So that's I know that's why we have to think about it might be might be half hour longer, four days a week and only two hours shorter on Friday. So we would have to kind of contemplate the logistics of that before we even asked. But is that something people would see is beneficial? It works really well if they get out at 130 on Fridays. 02:02:09:12 - 02:02:40:21 Unknown You know. So the question just unrelated to this, you know, just because you know, this did you guys did send it to the staff because I know the retirement benefits and things like that with all the financial things that are going on. And this is a personal question for you when you're asking me to be able to. Okay, I believe you say staff, because I'm thinking all these wonderful teachers that their retirement you didn't say we we tell us every to retirement. 02:02:40:23 - 02:02:56:05 Unknown You know I'm not going to get into the other things. We did it. Well I know I'm not I'm not I'm not asking about like specific. I just want to know if you guys are in the game because everything you have said today to you in the words that you said, okay. You know, I mean, that's good, that's good, that's good. 02:02:56:05 - 02:03:16:27 Unknown You said you it's that we we I see I said I was in there like we go out. I mean we were all but I think of it is that I know I cried. It just depends on you guys asking. And quite honestly, I'm on the hook with Vanguard. I, you know, I signed all the bond agreements I'm going to deliver. 02:03:16:29 - 02:03:36:22 Unknown Yeah. So, you know, I don't I'm going to take all the hits and I'm going to make sure that if we continue to do as great as we can do, I'll keep putting the staff and the principals out front to get the trades, because if you're having a good experience, then I'm irrelevant. We just set up systems and processes that support the classroom. 02:03:36:26 - 02:03:55:25 Unknown That's what we're trying to do. And that dude over there, if you've not had interaction with them personally, right. So it's pretty good. These are all right. So feel free to give me any of your thoughts on the the focus group questions. I do think that, it's, it's easier for parents if there's just a little longer. 02:03:56:00 - 02:04:18:23 Unknown So I think that's what it's all about. If you don't have teachers now, you can you can buy calls or emails or whatever you want with your child. Does not have our simulation ready now. And that's very important. Yeah. So we covered that. So we talked about needing powerschool instruction for new parents is onboarding. Yeah. Because you know how to use it. 02:04:18:25 - 02:04:40:06 Unknown We need our board. If you don't know what you don't know how to get connected to it. It's almost like it's one ugly thing. All right. And teachers are emailing parents. But let me full pardon me. Thank you to all the staff and families in the room. Thank you for coming out. Thank you for your time, your your your engagement with green. 02:04:40:08 - 02:05:07:01 Unknown And, feel free to reach out to us. Take those cards with you. And, all we want to do is do a great job. And apparently, you know, if you look at our website, we have the strength and power video of our kids and what green is trying to do is to promote a complex, diverse workforce is the kids. 02:05:07:09 - 02:05:30:14 Unknown All kids come in unequal. And if we do our job right, they're going to be even more, excited about their interest and what they're excited to learn about. So we really try to do a measurement that's personal. So, please continue to reach out. If you have questions, please continue to, positively about rate if you can. 02:05:30:16 - 02:05:54:05 Unknown And if not, please let us know what we can do to help make you feel more comfortable and, continue to earn your support for the kids. Thank you all for coming on. I hope you all have wonderful. You know. 02:05:54:08 - 02:06:06:12 Unknown I do. Trust. With our teachers and I have a few. 02:06:06:14 - 02:06:13:22 Unknown Very satisfied leaders. I think you will. 02:06:13:25 - 02:06:18:26 Unknown Because it's something I. 02:06:18:29 - 02:06:55:03 Unknown Like so many things about you, I don't have the things I'm not. But I just can't imagine sitting. That's. The thing is, I keep thinking. I guess I was looking for the desire to find someone. To help discoverability? Yes. That's really the first year for has. It has anything? Has gone as. 02:06:55:05 - 02:07:14:00 Unknown I know that have I think the information I have. I like it when I. 02:07:14:02 - 02:07:19:14 Unknown Try to. 02:07:19:16 - 02:07:39:28 Unknown Process. I feel like you have more time questions? Yes. 02:07:40:00 - 02:08:10:05 Unknown I don't I don't like I said, I just you. Well I, I don't I think that as far as I know that. I. Don't well I think of it as a yeah I think I. 02:08:10:08 - 02:08:18:04 Unknown Always I, I just. 02:08:18:07 - 02:08:38:24 Unknown Recognize everybody's you all great overhead that all and we're gonna get that done. Once that will start. But I think that the once that's done, it might work out. 02:08:38:26 - 02:08:42:16 Unknown By the end of the. 02:08:42:19 - 02:09:02:14 Unknown You know, in general, like. I like to see. Because I got some challenges I can show that I can, you know, it's a tougher. 02:09:02:16 - 02:09:18:23 Unknown Program. Yeah. So, guys, if you guys I there I was excited for. 02:09:18:25 - 02:09:31:21 Unknown My whole body just to cuz I feel like as you can get. 02:09:31:23 - 02:09:34:25 Unknown That will as. 02:09:34:27 - 02:09:43:06 Unknown More and. That's what we have to. 02:09:43:09 - 02:09:54:02 Unknown Recognize our so and I said I think we're. 02:09:54:04 - 02:10:32:17 Unknown About that was the Mustang okay. Let me show you something that I, I, I just got that you know, but here's. No. I feel like. Oh, I really have no idea to this. You know, I don't. 02:10:32:19 - 02:10:55:03 Unknown Have that. I was that I used to have ago. And so I think, you can't just. That the time for. 02:10:55:05 - 02:11:07:02 Unknown This. As I said, I always respond as that person. In that situation. They're still on.