Oct 23, 2023 Board Meeting

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EVENING AT THIS TIME, I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MOVE YOUR DEVICES TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING AT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON OCTOBER 23RD 2023 AT 6 30. THIS BUSINESS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MS RALLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. MR ALVARADO AS IT MISS BRUCE HERE. MS COKER HERE DOCTOR MILLER HERE. MISS CARRIE HERE. MS SAFAROVA. HERE. MR SEWELL. MR HOUSE HERE. VICE PRESIDENT HAN PRESENT. PRESIDENT POYNTON. HMM. HERE S SUPERINTENDENT WILSON HERE. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. MS GOINGS OUR SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR MEETING'S RULES OF ORDER? THANK YOU. EVENING I'M COORDINATOR.

RIGHT? LIKE. PARTNER. 20 INVADE IN ONE OF THE.

HE IS NOT SEE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT. SPLENDID PRECIPITATION. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, MRS HAN WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR A MOTION. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR NO.

BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS TERRY COLE GRIME MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. DIANE I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES.

YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED. OH, SORRY. PLEASE SAY NO. THE MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MY PLEASURE. BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE NATION UNDER GOD VISIBLE. JUSTICE FOR ALL. MISS ALVAREZ. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US WITH

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AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BRUCE, MISS COKER. YES WELCOME EVERYONE . AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE OR LISTENING IN AS UM SABRA SAID. THANKS AND KUDOS TO THE STAFF WHO ARRANGED THE GRATITUDE TOUR LAST WEEK AND TO THE GREAT STAFF AND STUDENTS AT EDGEWOOD, NORTH HARFORD AND HARFORD'S TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS. THESE GRATITUDE ORS ARE DONE ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR. I THINK IT IS TO VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC SEEING ALL THOSE HARDWORKING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WAS AMAZING. YOU WOULDN'T. YOU'D BE AMAZED AT THE LEADERSHIP AND INDEPENDENCE THAT THEY HAVE AND THE HANDS ON PROJECTS AND TEAMWORK. THEY'RE LEARNING. IT'S REALLY CREATING GROWTH. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL ALL THAT YOU DID TO ARRANGE THAT IT WAS ALSO A PLEASURE TO SEE DR BOLSON AND DR DAVIS, RECOGNIZING SOME CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS THIS MONTH AT THE BOWTIE BREAKFAST LAST WEEK. THEY REALLY GO THAT EXTRA MILE. TO MAKE SURE THEIR FOLKS ARE RECOGNIZED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLKS WHO RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS WELL.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. JUST A QUICK NOTE TO REFER BACK TO OUR LAST MEETING ON OCTOBER 16TH LAST MONDAY, MISS CARDIO PARKS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WRITE AN ARTICLE WHICH QUOTED SOME OF THE POINTS MADE REGARDING THE CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOLS. SHE ALSO PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT PARENTS DO HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTACT SCHOOLS AND LET THEM KNOW ANY BOOKS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN DO NOT ACCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THAT IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT ARTICLE LAST WEEK, I MENTIONED OUR CURRENT POLICY ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. IT STATES THAT CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES CAN BE PART OF THE TEACHING AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BUT IT MUST BE UNBIASED, NEUTRAL AND BALANCED, PRESENTING FACTS ON BOTH SIDES. AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHY THIS POLICY WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THOSE PARTICULAR WORDS. AND I REMEMBERED THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED HERE IN THE PAST FOR LETTING KIDS BE KIDS, NOT GIVING THEM INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE NOT READY TO LEARN AND CANNOT PROCESS NOT OVERBURDENING THEM WITH ISSUES THAT THEY CANNOT RESOLVE. AND SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN NOT TO INDUCE FEAR IN OUR CHILDREN. THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN OUR WORLD ARE MORE SCARY THAN EVER. EVEN FOR ADULTS. LOOK AT PJ STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. TYPICALLY MANY SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN CAN DEVELOP CAN DEVELOP LOGICAL REASON BY ABOUT 12, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN BEHIND THAT RIGHT NOW. EVEN SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN CAN STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ABSTRACT REASONING. THROUGH AGED 12, AND MANY PROBABLY HAVE THAT DIFFICULTY BEYOND THAT. WHEN SKILLS OF LOGICAL REASONING ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED. THIS MEANS THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT READY TO LEARN ABSTRACT THINGS, NOR TO DIFFERENTIATE OPINION FROM FACT CAUSE CONFUSION AND FEAR. THIS IS LIKELY THE REASON BEHIND AVOIDING THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES BEFORE SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE AND BEING CAREFUL WITH THEM.

EVEN THEN, SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IN ALL OUR EFFORTS THAT THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE FEARFUL OR CAN EASILY BECOME FEARFUL. WHEN HEARING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THEY CANNOT COMPREHEND, AND ARE NOT THEIRS TO RESOLVE. AS ALWAYS, WE ASK THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARENTS AND SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN SEEING WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND TO NURTURE THEM TO TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT. I HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PERRY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. I ATTENDED THE DUTY CENTER COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING AT MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JOPPATOWNE. JUDY CENTERS WORK WITH CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS SEVERAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES EXCUSE ME PARTNERS AND AGENCY ATTENDED AND SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES. THEY PROVIDE AMONG THE SERVICES THAT THE

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THANK YOU, MISS STRAUSS, MISS SAFAROVA. HELLO CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY UH, JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS TONIGHT. UM OR TODAY, YOU GUYS I'M SORRY THAT I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON. UM BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT AND CURRENTLY TRAVELING WITH FAMILY.

SO IF HE CATCH ME, OCCASIONALLY WHISPERING, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST TWO IN THE MORNING HERE AND ISTANBUL, TURKEY, AND I'M TRYING. THAT'S ALL. WE GOT. MY GRANDMA SHARING A ROOM WITH BUT OTHER THAN GO BACK. I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE. UM BIG THING. I WILL BE DOING MY FIRST SCHOOL VISIT AT PATTERSON MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THEIR STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 1ST. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS OUT THERE AND ALSO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. FIRST LISTENING SESSION IS UNDER THE EMBER FIRST AS WELL. SO I WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL SEE MORE OF YOU GUYS THERE THAN THAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR BRAVA. UM I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND SPENDING THEIR EVENING WITH US, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THAT NOVEMBER 1ST AT BOSTON HIGH SCHOOLS ARE FIRST COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION. YOU CAN FIND ALL THE DETAILS ON HCPS .ORG. THE BOWTIE BREAKFAST WAS SUPER FUN. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST WITH MR DAVIS WITH DR BOLSON AND WITH TERRY. UM IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU KNOW, TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF THAT HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT

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PLEASE LET ALL THE AMAZING CULINARY STUDENTS KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS. THE BEST TOMATO SOUP HANDS DOWN THAT I'VE EVER EATEN. UM IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO WALK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND SEE THE SMILING, WELCOMING FACES OF THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS EXCITED TO SEE US IN THEIR BUILDING. I LOVE IT, AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, CLEAR UP LAST WEEK. WE HAD A FEW SPEAKERS COME AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT INFORMATION THAT I HAD PROVIDED DURING MY BOARD MEMBER COMMENT ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH 2023 ABOUT CURRICULUM AND BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT STATED THAT I'M SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND INACCURACIES. I JUST WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE THAT ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT I DO PROVIDE INCLUDING THE LIST OF BOOKS THAT I GAVE THE INFORMATION IS CONFIRMED DIRECTLY WITH HCPS STAFF PRIOR TO MYSELF, BRINGING IT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. I VERIFY EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I SHARE WITH THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY. I SHARE THE INFORMATION AS THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. IT IS. MY JOB IS ALL OF OUR JOBS TO EITHER VALIDATE THAT INFORMATION OR INVALIDATE THOSE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND THAT IS WHAT I DO, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO. I ASKED THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO PLEASE EMAIL, THE BOARD OR MYSELF WITH SUCH INFORMATION, UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND DR POYNTON. THANK YOU, MISS HAN. I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORTLY EVENING. SO NOW WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA. SORRY. I CAN'T BE THERE. I'M JOINING YOU. IT'S MORNING TUESDAY MORNING HERE IN JAPAN, RIGHT AFTER THAT, LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE EVER HAD, UM TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON TWO DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. BUT I MUST SAY 2 A.M. IS IMPRESSIVE. THANKS FOR JOINING US, DINA, UM, RIGHT. AFTER THE TOUR ON TUESDAY, I WHICH WAS AMAZING. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR MEETING US OUT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. I HOPPED ON A FLIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WENT TO SINGAPORE WHERE I SPENT THE WEEK UM AS YOU KNOW. THE BLUEPRINT, WHICH WERE ADOPTING IN MARYLAND WAS BASED IN PART ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SINGAPORE, SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO MEET WITH LEADERS IN EDUCATION FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. TO REALLY SEE HOW OTHER COUNTRIES ARE DOING IT, SEE WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AND LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING SOME OF THOSE IDEAS BACK TO HARTFORD COUNTY? UM SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING

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PUBLIC COMMENTS. IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED. FIRST THEY WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED NEXT. THEY WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING BY AN HTTPS STAFF MEMBER. WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND FIVE MINUTES FOR IT. FOR INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING GROUPS. SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT. ONE SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR 3 TO 5 MINUTE MARK, THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE. MISS ROLLO, PLEASE BEGIN IN PERSON REGISTERED TO SPEAKERS. THIS EVENING. WE HAVE SEVEN IN PERSON SPEAKERS, STARTING WITH DAVID BAUER. AND FOLLOWED BY GARY JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING. THE TIMER YET. I'M DAVID BAUER. ON OCTOBER 6TH. THE BALTIMORE SUN PUBLISHED A LETTER FROM DR POYNTON THAT INCLUDED QUOTE THE TERM EXTREMIST HAS OFTEN BEEN MISUSED TO INTIMIDATE OR MALIGN DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS. QUOTE. SO WHAT MAKES SOMEBODY AN EXTREMIST? IS IT A RARITY OF BELIEF IN 1958 WHEN GALLUP FIRST ASKED ABOUT INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE , ONLY 4% OF AMERICANS APPROVED. WERE THOSE WHO SUPPORTED INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE AT THAT TIME EXTREMISTS. JUST NINE YEARS LATER, THE SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY RULED THAT LAWS BANNING INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. A YEAR AFTER THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. STILL ONLY 20% OF AMERICANS APPROVED OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. ALL NINE MEMBERS OF FOR COMPARISON WITH OUR MORE RECENT CIVIL RIGHTS BATTLES, A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS APPROVED OF SAME SEX MARRIAGES BEFORE THEY WERE WIDELY

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WE EVEN HAD THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT COME AND PRESENT BECAUSE OF ALL THE NONSENSE CLAIMS ABOUT COVID 19 MASKS AND VACCINES IN PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE NONSENSE STILL PERSISTED. WE'VE HAD CONTINUING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY, INDOCTRINATION, GROOMING IN PORNOGRAPHY AND SCHOOLS. ORIGINALLY WE HAD STAFF ADDRESS SOME OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTLY DURING BOARD MEETINGS. BUT WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO ARE RESISTANT TO FACTS. LOOKING AT DIFFERENTLY. WHAT ABOUT ACTIONS? LIKE DISRUPTING TOWARD MEETINGS THROUGH OUTBURSTS, SHOUTING IN BANKING ON WINDOWS. I ASKED CHIEF BROOKS ABOUT THE ANTI MASK PROTESTERS AT THE AUGUST 16TH 2021 MEETING AND THE FALLOUT FROM THAT. THE BOARD HAS EXPERIENCED BIG CROWDS AND HIGH EMOTIONS WITH OTHER TOPICS. YET WE NEVER SAW THAT IT'LL BEHAVIOR FROM OTHER GROUPS. IN CONCLUSION . YES THERE IS AN EXTREMISM PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY AND THEN BEING YOUR FRIENDS DOESN'T CHANGE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HER NAME IS GARY JOHNSON. FALLSTON KINGSVILLE, MARYLAND. A LONG HABIT OF NOT THINKING OF THINGS WRONG GIVES IT THE SUPERFICIAL APPEARANCE OF BEING RIGHT. SO, SAID THOMAS PAINE AND COMMON SENSE. THERE HAS BEEN AN UNFORTUNATE ASSERTION BY BOTH OUR PUBLIC ADVERSARIES WHO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, AT TIMES THAT THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES MAKE MEMORIES MAKE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF FAITH IN GOD FOR BUTTON AND THE PUBLIC DEBATE REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR VIEWS ARE DESCRIBED AS IDEOLOGY AND OUR BELIEFS AS CONTROVERSIAL. THAT GOT ME TO WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN A BELIEF AND IDEOLOGY. BELIEF IS THE CONFIDENCE OR TRUST IN SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. THAT HAS COME TO US BY REASON, AS IN, I BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL TO BE RELIABLE. IT IS ALSO THE ACCEPTANCE OF SOMETHING TO BE TRUE IN THE LIGHT OF EVIDENCE, AS IN, I BELIEVE THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO SEXES. OUR BELIEFS CAN BE MUNDANE. WHEN I SIT DOWN, I BELIEVE MY CHAIR WILL HOLD ME UP. I CAN ALSO TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. WHEN I FLIP A SWITCH, I BELIEVE THAT THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON. OUR BELIEFS CAN ALSO BE LIFE ALTERING. I BELIEVE THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE EXISTS AND LOVES ME ENOUGH. TO BECOME A HUMAN SO THAT HE COULD THEN DIE AND RISE AGAIN. FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF MY SINS AND WIN FOR ME ETERNAL LIFE. AS BAPTIZED BELIEVERS. WE LIVE IN THE CONSTANT DANGER OF OUR BELIEFS BEING ATTACKED AND UNDERMINED AND AS AMERICANS WE ARE IN THE CONSTANT DANGER OF OUR RIGHTS BEING USURPED. AS FOR IDEOLOGY. THIS REFERS TO A SYSTEM OF IDEAS SUCH AS THOSE THAT EXIST IN RELIGION OR POLITICS, OR EVEN IN THE TEACHING OF OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE TOLD THAT IDEOLOGY IS CONTROVERSIAL AND BAD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TOLD US THAT THE LAST MEETING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. AND THAT AN EXTENSION OF THIS FOUNDATION IS THAT IDEOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE PROMULGATED ON OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IF I PROMULGATED YOU MEAN TAUGHT AS A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION WITH A CLEARLY IDENTIFIED TEXT CURRICULUM, THEN I MIGHT SAY THAT WHAT YOU PROMOTE, IS NOT PROMULGATION. HOWEVER IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO MANY OF US THAT YOUR PROGRESSIVE IDEOLOGIES ARE WOVEN INTO EVERY COURSE YOU TEACH AND EVERY INTERACTION THAT YOU HAVE WITH OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS WHAT MAKES YOUR IDEOLOGIES SO DANGEROUS TO MANY OF US. YOU SPEAK OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CORE PRINCIPLES OF ACADEMICS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME YOU SPREAD THIS MYTH OF SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, A PHRASE THAT EXISTS NOWHERE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. NOR WAS IT ANYWHERE IMPLIED. OUR CONSTITUTION SPOKE OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR, ARE RIGHT TO THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD AS WE SEE FIT. THIS SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE YOU THROW UP

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MY NAME IS SUSIE SCOTT. I'M THE CHAPTER CHAIR OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY, HARFORD COUNTY. MY PRINTER DIDN'T WORK, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND MY COMMENTS. ON MY PHONE. WHICH I'M NOT. I WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE CONTRACT WITH SYNERGISTIC SIX. I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES, BUT. A LITTLE SEARCH OF THIS COMPANY AND THE THINGS THAT THEY PROMISE AND WHAT THEY DELIVER, UM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. AH YOU'RE GONNA BE IN BAMBOOZLE TONIGHT BY THIS, UH PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ABOUT HOW IF WE GIVE THEM $7.3 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, THEY'RE GONNA SAVE US TONS OF MONEY. IT'S UM. I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS A YOU'RE BEING BAMBOOZLED AND I WISH HE WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE INTO THIS. UM I DID A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING, AND I FOUND SOME INTERESTING THINGS FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DOWN IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. WHO I WOULD URGE YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS COMPANY. AH, UM I JUST, UM. I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE THEN THEN YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE NOT AND EVERY TIME A NEW AGENDA COMES UP. WE ARE FACED WITH ALL THESE CONTRACTS AND ALL THESE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS THAT YOU'RE SELLING YOUR MONEY OUT TO TONIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA WATCH THEIR PRESENTATION. THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS AND I LOOKED AT THEIR PRESENTATION AND THE STAKEHOLDERS DON'T INCLUDE TAXPAYERS AND PARENTS AND. I THINK WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM, UM, RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBLE. UM. FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY WITH THIS BOARD. UM I KNOW I'M JUST KIND OF STUTTERING THROUGH THIS, BUT, UM, I WOULD, REALLY I WOULD REALLY CAUTION YOU OR URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM THE COMMENTS THAT CARE K CAROL A BOARD OF ED MEMBER IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, HAS WRITTEN AN OP ED PIECE ABOUT SYNERGISTIC SIX. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT? UM COUNCIL PERSON, TERRY COKER SAID. I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING , UH THE, UM POINTS ABOUT NOT FRIGHTENING OUR CHILDREN. AND I THOUGHT THOSE POINTS WERE, UM, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH OUR CHILDREN. NOW WE'RE SCARING THEM HALF TO DEATH WERE TELLING THEM HOW AWFUL THEIR COUNTRY IS AND TELLING THEM THAT THE WORLD'S GOING TO END BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING AND YOU KNOW ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS AND YOU KNOW IT'S UH I DON'T KNOW IT. IT IS FRIGHTENING. WE LIVE IN A FRIGHTENING TIME, AND WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENTS. UM, I WOULD URGE YOU TO REMOVE THIS CONTRACT WITH SYNERGISTIC FROM YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND TAKE A BETTER CLOSER. LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. STUMBLE ON. THANKS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHERYL ADAMS, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINO. GOOD EVENING. UM I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I'VE SPOKEN , REPEATEDLY REMINDING THE BOARD THAT, UM YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY THAT YOU KEEP ALL OF THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY IN MIND AS YOU'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO PREFERENCE FOR ONE GROUP OVER OTHER GROUPS. THAT KIND OF THING. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LAW REPEATEDLY. UM. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY TONIGHT IS. THAT YOU KNOW, AND I WASN'T AT LAST. UH WEEKS MEETING BUT THIS THING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND GOING BACK TO THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO

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DEHUMANIZED, UM. I SEE YOU. LOTS OF US. SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR CORNER . AND IF YOU DON'T SEE ENOUGH KIDS COMING IN HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE BULLIED. AND HOW THESE MEETINGS AND COMMENTS MAKE THEM FEEL. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE. AND WHY WOULD THEY COME IN HERE AND SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO IT? UM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATORS. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE TRULY KEEPING EVERY CHILD IN MIND. THANK YOU. ALSO I HAVE 42 SECONDS LEFT. I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN LEFT HANDED KIDS. WERE SEEN AS EVIL. THIS WAS A WALL, LOOK IT UP. THEY WERE SEEN AT EVIL BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE DEVIL WAS LEFT HANDED AND TEACHERS USED TO SMACK KIDS IF THEY USE THEIR LEFT HAND. LOOK IT UP. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BELIEFS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF THIS IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. WE NOW KNOW THAT KIDS ARE BORN, LEFT HANDED OR RIGHT HANDED. AND YET HOW MANY KIDS WERE HARMED BECAUSE OF SOMEBODY'S BELIEFS? RELIGIOUS BELIEFS? THANKS NOW DOWN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE THE EXPRESSION MAKE THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. MCDONALD'S FOCUSES FOCUSES ON MAKING HAMBURGERS GENERAL MOTORS FOCUSES ON PRODUCING AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS. AND BRIARS MAKING DELICIOUS ICE CREAM. COMPANIES THAT HAVE STRAYED FROM MAKING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING HAVE GONE BANKRUPT. BASED ON THE LOW PROFICIENCY SCORES IN ACADEMICS AROUND THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE CLEARLY GONE BANKRUPT ON ACADEMICS. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED TO RETURN TO THE FUNDAMENTALS AND TEACH TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS. STAY OUT OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM BUSINESS.

ABANDONED ACTIVIST MATERIAL. AND STOP ADVOCATING FOR SPECIAL INTEREST PHILOSOPHIES. IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HAS DECIDED TO REMOVE EDUCATION SUCH AS GEOGRAPHY, CURSIVE WRITING AND CIVICS LESSONS AND REPLACE THEM WITH CONTROVERSIAL BELIEF SYSTEMS. MORE THAN HALF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY DON'T SUPPORT GENDER IDEOLOGY, CRT OR LGBT MATERIAL.

I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYONE WHO OBJECTED WHEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TAUGHT THEIR CHILDREN GEOGRAPHY.

WHERE WAS OFFENDED WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT CURSIVE WRITING? WERE OUTRAGED WHEN THE PUPILS WERE EDUCATED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. HOWEVER HTTPS HAS ELIMINATED THAT, OF COURSE MATERIAL AND REPLACED IT WITH OBJECTIONABLE BELIEF SYSTEMS. GET BACK TO TRADITIONAL EDUCATION AND MAKE THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. CAME ACROSS A NEWS STORY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. LAST MONTH IN DALLAS, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CONFERENCE WAS HELD. THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND MINISTRATIONS, HERS AND TEACHERS. RECEIVED A PRESENTATION BY THOMPSON AND HORTON LAW FIRM. ON HOW TO GET AROUND STATE LAW PROHIBITING THE TEACHING OF CONTROVERSIAL MATERIALS SUCH AS CRT. DON'T YOU FIND IT ODD THAT THE PLAYERS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE TIME AND FUNDING TO LEARN HOW TO BREAK THE LAW? WHAT SEEMED TO HAVE INADEQUATE TIME MATERIAL AND FUNDING TO ACTUALLY TEACH ACADEMICS AND DO THEIR JOB. THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND AND ACROSS THE NATION NEED TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND GET BACK TO TEACHING TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS. I ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU DELAY VOTING ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. PROVIDING GUARANTEED MONEY UP FRONT FOR THE PROMISE OF FUTURE MONEY IS A RISKY INVESTMENT. HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS FAILED IN THE PAST? WE LOOK AT MADE BERNIE MADOFF AND

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THIS AP COURSES, NOT THE FIRST STEP MADE TO RECTIFY THIS OVERSIGHT. BUT IT IS A BIG STEP.

TO BE CLEAR. THIS ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS. LIKE ALL AP COURSES. IT IS OPTIONAL. AND OFFERED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE MOTIVATED AND ACADEMICALLY PREPARED. TO TAKE A COURSE THAT IS SO CHALLENGING THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDIT. PROVIDED THEY SCORE WELL AND THIS AP EXAM . AGAIN. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS FOR KEEPING STUDENT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE A PRIORITY. AND ALLOWING THIS COURSE TO BE OFFERED TO THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY. THANK YOU. YES WE DO NEED GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS LYING TO OUR CHILDREN, EXPOSING THEM TO PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS, EVIL. ROMANS 1 25. THEY EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD FOR A LIE AND REVERED AND WORSHIPED THE CREATURE RATHER THAN THE CREATOR WHO IS BLESSED FOREVER. IN ADDITION TO THE WORD OF GOD CONFIRMING THE CREATION OF ONLY TWO GENDERS, ACCORDING TO HELPLINE DOT COM AND EXPECTING MOM CAN FIND OUT HER BABY SEX THROUGH A GENDER BLOOD TEST. QUOTE IF I WHY CHROMOSOME IS DETECTED? YOU'RE HAVING A BOY, IF NOT A GIRL, BASIC BIOLOGY FOR THE WIN UNQUOTE. SCIENCE HAS NOT CHANGED NOR BEEN PROVEN WRONG.

HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE COMPLICIT IN GENDER SOCIAL TRANSITIONING, WHICH IS VERY HARMFUL TO OUR CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO MEGAN JAY KANYE, PHD IN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED MOUNTAIN TO AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. LYING ABOUT UNCOMFORTABLE TOPICS CAN BE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENT CHILD BONDING AND FOR TEACHING KIDS TO REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS.

IN THE SHORT TERM, IT MIGHT BE A RELIEF TO AVOID A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT A TOUGH TOPIC BUT IN THE LONG TERM, NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARE REAL. AVOIDING TRUTHFUL CONVERSATIONS CAN ERODE A CHILD'S TRUST. IT CAN ALSO PREVENT THEM FROM LEARNING HOW TO HELP LEAD DEAL WITH THEIR OWN FEELINGS. ACCORDING TO THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, GENDER AFFIRMING COUNSELING THAT SUPPORTS CHEMICAL AND TRANS SURGICAL TRANSIT TRANSITION OVERLOOKS THE FACT THAT 88 TO 98% OF THOSE STRUGGLING WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA WILL ACCEPT THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX AFTER GOING THROUGH PUBERTY. IN THE MEANTIME , CHILDREN ARE LOSING THEIR PRIVACY, SAFETY AND FAIRNESS IN ONE GENDER, FESTIVE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS, WHICH OF COURSE EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS

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UNFORTUNATELY IN THE CASE OF GENDER DYSPHORIA, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGING THIS INCORRECT PERCEPTION AND EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO HELP THE PATIENT CHANGE THEIR APPEARANCE AND IRREVERSIBLY MUTILATE THEIR BODIES TO GO ALONG WITH THAT PERCEPTION, VERY DANGEROUS. WE, AS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WANT TO TELL OUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH, EVEN THE HARD TRUTHS. WE WANT TO PROVIDE COMPASSION AND BUILD THE TRUST WE HAVE WITH OUR CHILDREN NOT ERODED. WE WANT TO HELP THEM HEALTHILY DEAL WITH THEIR OWN FEELINGS, AS DR KANYE SUGGESTED.

GOD DOES EXIST, AND JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE LET'S SHARE THAT TRUTH WITH OUR CHILDREN AND ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. MR RILO, IS THAT ALL OF OUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS? YES AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THANK

[A. Consent Agenda]

[B. Presentation of Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Year Ending June 30, 2023, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, and Mr. Bill Early Jr., CPA, Principal at CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA)]

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WE HAVE PERFORMED THE AUDIT OF THE FINISHED HIM IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. ALSO IN HIS GAS, UM AGAIN AS I MENTIONED, WE OBTAINED REASONABLE, NOT ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE ABOUT WHETHER IT'S FINISHED DIMITAR FREE FROM ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT. WE DO ASSESS THE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES , PRINCIPLES USED BY MANAGEMENT TO COMPLETELY FINISHED LIMITS. AMENITIES SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES THAT ARE MADE BY MANAGEMENT. WE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. WE ALSO EVALUATE THE OVERALL PRESENTATION OF THE FINNISH STATEMENTS, MY TEAM MYSELF, AND WE ALSO HAVE WHAT QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT THAT GOES THROUGH THEM. MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN HERE. IT'S WITH ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DID HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE DID HAVE ONE EMPHASIS OF MATTER. IN OUR OPINION. THIS YEAR, IT WAS IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, SPORT ISSUE, NEW ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT. REGARDING WHAT SOON AS SUBMITTERS OR SOME SCRIP , SHIN BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS. WAS NOT A MATERIAL IMPACT ON TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IN OUR OPINION WAS NOT MODIFIED, WITH THE RESPECT OF THAT MATTER.

EVERY GOVERNMENT WAS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THAT STANDARD THIS YEAR LAST YEAR IF YOU RECALL WE IMPLEMENTED LEASES IN THIS YEAR WAS THE SORT OF WE CALL HIM. THE VIRTUAL LEASES SUBMIT US. UM SIMPLE MECHANIC POLICIES ARE LOCATED. NOT ONE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UM THEY WORK IN SYSTEM WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS OF PRACTICE WHEN WE TESTED THEM AS I MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE THE NEW ONE THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THAT IT IS LOCATED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UM AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY BEFORE, THERE ARE JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES ARE THAT ARE IN THE FINISHED LIMITS, TYPICALLY AROUND THE OPEN WHAT'S CALLED THE OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES AS WELL AS THE PENSION LIABILITIES AND THEN EVEN THE USEFUL LIVES OF THE APPRECIABLE ASSETS PERFORMED TESTING AROUND THESE AREAS THAT MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS, AND WE NOTICED NO ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE NOTED OR REPORTED TO YOU ALL UM, WE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT CORRECT AND MISSTATEMENTS OR UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT . A MATCHING WAS VERY COOPERATIVE PROFESSIONAL DURING THE AUDIT PROCESS, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, THEY DID NOT CONSULT ANY OTHER ACCOUNTANTS THAT THEY TOLD US ABOUT AND THERE WAS NO ISSUE DISCUSSED WITH PRIOR TO US BEING SELECTED AS THE AUDITORS. UM THIS WAS MORE FOR THE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ACCOUNTING WORLD AND ONE OF THOSE WHEN WE PRESENT THIS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THERE IS A NEW GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARD SUPPORT. IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT, UM IN OUR FINANCIAL PRESENTATIONS WHEN WE DO IT WITH ALL THE COMMITTEES, AND SO THEREFORE I INCLUDED IT HERE FOR YOU ALL. SO WE'LL BE WORKING. JAY AND DEBORAH WILL BE WORKING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED AGAIN.

IT WON'T BE IMPACTED NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE FOLLOWING YEARS FINISH STATEMENTS IN REGARDS WITH COMPOSITE ABSENCE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY RECORDING

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ALL. THANK YOU. UM THAT WOULD YOU HAVE ON OUR AGENDA NOW? A 10 MINUTE BREAK, DO YOU? UM DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE 10 MINUTE BREAK NOW, OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION ITEM AND THEN UM, TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK. JUST ASKING WHATEVER. I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY. EVERYBODY

[C. Presentation and Decision on Behavior-Based Energy Conservation Program Services, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, Ms. Patti Jo Beard, Executive Director of Facilities Management, Ms. Bobbie Tolston, Energy Conservation Manager and Ms. Mary Ellen Leder, Regional Vice President with Cenergistic]

MR CORNELL BROWN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR STAFF THAT ARE JOINING YOU AND GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, UM VICE PRESIDENT HAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT BOTH AND MY NAME IS QUINNELL BROWN. I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS JOINING ME THIS EVENING. WE HAVE MISS PATTY JO BEARD. SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND IT'S BOBBY TOAST IN SHE IS OUR MANAGER OF ENERGY. CONSERVATION. AND JOINING ME THIS EVENING, GENTLEMEN. AND THERE'S CLEAR LIQUOR. OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM SYNERGISTIC SIX. AND WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND OUR RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD CONTRACTS, SYNERGISTIC. BEFORE THEIR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIP WITH HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE HAVE THIS EVENING THE CEO MR GARY NEED APPROVAL. MARK THE PRESIDENT JOHN BERNARD, IN THE CHIEF ENGINEER JACK BULLOCK. AND JOINING US VIRTUALLY WE HAVE MARY ELLEN LEADER. SHE IS THE REGIONAL VP OF CLIENT DEVELOPMENT. ALRIGHT SO AS DISCUSSED IN OUR SMALL GROUP BOARD SESSION. UM LATER ON THIS EVENING WILL BE DISCUSSING ARE UM, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD TO AMEND OUR ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION POLICY. WITHIN THAT POLICY. WE HAVE SEVERAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES SOME. OUR CURRENT SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, SLACKED, UM RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS. UM WHERE THE SCHOOLBOY SET SOME CRITERIA FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VARIOUS ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES THAT FOCUSES ON ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. UM THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSERVATION PRACTICES THAT WE YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON SOME, UM EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE. UM AND OUR HOUSE BILL 6 30 THAT THE STATE HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATED. THERE ARE SOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS THAT YOU KNOW WE ARE , YOU KNOW, REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH AND THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM, WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY ON THESE PRACTICES CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ON THEIR VARIOUS BUSINESS OPERATION PRACTICES WHERE, UM THE HOUSE BILL 6 30 THE CRITERIA THAT THE BOARD POLICY ARE SET. WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE. UM YOU KNOW, MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND TO PUT INTO PLACE DIFFERENT PRACTICES THAT WILL ASSIST US. AND I'M DOING SO WE LIKE TO EXPLORE IMPLEMENT, UM, DIFFERENT CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. HISTORICALLY WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH OUR ENERGY

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WE HAVE A REPEATABLE SYSTEM AND PROCESS THAT'S BEEN IMPROVED ON OVER THE LAST 37 YEARS. WE'VE REALLY PHONED HOME THIS INTO A VERY FINE SKILL AND ART AT THE SAME TIME AND HOW TO GO ABOUT LOOKING AT YOUR 54 BUILDINGS AND BE ABLE TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION IN ALMOST ALL OF EVERY ONE OF THEM.

HOW SPECIFICALLY DO WE DO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE SET UP A COUPLE OF THE ONES THAT I WILL TOUCH UPON SPECIFICALLY ARE AS WE WOULD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DISTRICT HIRED TWO FULL TIME WHAT WE CALL ENERGY SPECIALISTS. THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO HARFORD COUNTY, AND THEY WOULD BE WALKING BUILDINGS ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. ALL OF US OVER THE NIGHT. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPTIMIZING ALL OF YOUR BOILERS. ALL OF YOUR CHILLERS YOUR ROOFTOP, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, WE WOULD BE WORKING HAND IN HAND IN CONJUNCTION AND COMPLEMENT YOUR NATURE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT TODAY, UM, TO SOLVE ALL OF THOSE UTILITY PROBLEMS. WE HAVE A FULL TEAM OF BEHAVIORAL ENGINEERING CONSERVATION EXPERTS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD AS WELL AS IN OUR HEADQUARTERS IN DALLAS. WE WOULD PROVIDE A REALLY LARGE BOLUS OF TALENT INTO THE DISTRICT IMMEDIATELY FROM OUR ON SITE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHILE THERE IS A LARGE BOWL LIST THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS UPFRONT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION. THESE RESOURCES ARE AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM, SO WE DON'T JUST COME HERE AND THEN WALK AWAY. WE'LL BE HERE. WE'LL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE OVER FIVE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS , DOZENS OF DIFFERENT ENERGY MANAGERS AND M AND V FOLKS ALL HERE WITH THE BASIS OF HELPING BECOME MORE CONSERVATIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DISTRICT. UM WHAT DO THESE ENERGY SPECIALISTS DO? THEY ARE NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL 8 TO 5 WORKERS. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT AND A LITTLE BIT OF ILLUSTRATIVE BEHAVIOR OF HOW THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY JOBS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE. THE POINT IS, WHEN WE HIRE THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE TRULY YOURS AND OURS BOOTS ON

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IT'S WHERE WE UPLOAD DATA EVERY NIGHT. WE RUN ANALYTICS, AND WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO THOSE ON SITE ENERGY SPECIALISTS THAT TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY ACT ON IT AND TURN IT INTO SAVINGS. SIMULATORS HOW WE SIMULATE BUILDINGS AND WE USE THOSE SIMULATIONS TO VERIFY BUILDINGS ARE RUNNING CORRECTLY IF WE CAN SIMULATE IT, AND IT MATCHES THE PROFILE, THE BUILDINGS ACTUALLY CONSUMING. WE KNOW THAT IT'S RUNNING OPTIMALLY, BUT IF IT'S NOT, WE KNOW THAT TOO. MEASURE IS THE MOST CRITICAL THING. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MEASURES HOW WE MEASURE THE SAVINGS, AND IT'S TRULY AN ACCOUNTING LEDGER. WE MADE WE GET THE ACCOUNTING DATA ON WHAT YOU SPENT IN THE BASE YEAR. WE MEASURED AGAINST WHAT YOU SPENT CURRENTLY, AND WE REPORT THE ACCOUNTING SAVINGS NOW WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED BASELINE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS FOR BUT GENERALLY THOSE ARE DONE FOR EQUIPMENT, UPGRADES, LIGHTING UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S NO WEATHER MODEL. THERE'S NO FANCY MATH. IT'S BUILT TO BE AUDITED.

IT IS AN ACCOUNTING LEDGER. UM SO THAT'S THE TOOL WE USE TO MEASURE THE SAVINGS SO YOU SHOULD SEE THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE FORECASTING, AND WE'RE DELIVERING TO YOU. UM EXECUTIVE IS OUR EXECUTIVE APP. IT'S A FIVE SWIPE APP. THAT'S ON YOUR PHONE. IT'S SO EVERYBODY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENERGY PROGRAM CAN QUICKLY SEE WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM IS. IT GIVES YOU HOW MANY TREES WE PLANTED. HOW MANY MILES WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD? IT TELLS YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE WHERE WE'RE DOING IT WITH THE SAVINGS ARE SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT WE BRING TO BEAR AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. THE PROCESS IS REALLY A SIX SIGMA LIKE PROCESS WHERE WE START OUT WITH A BIG ASSESSMENT PHASE AND OUT OF THAT ASSESSMENT PHASE, WE DEVELOP A PLAN A OPTIMIZATION PLAN, AND THEN WE SIT DOWN WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF AND WE PRESENT THAT PLAN. WE COME TO CONSENSUS OR WILL BE ADVISED THE PLAN ONE OF THE TWO ONCE WE'VE AGREED ON THE PLAN, WE GO EXECUTE. THAT PLAN RELATES RELIGIOUSLY. WE USE OUR ON SITE STAFF ARE ENERGY SPECIALISTS THERE HERE IS THE SPEARHEAD OF THE DELIVERY OF THAT PLAN. AND ALL OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND ALL OF OUR ENGINEERS THAT COME IN AS PART OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT PLAN GETS EXECUTED CORRECTLY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO IS WE DO THESE PLANS ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. WE JUST CONTINUOUSLY DO THOSE PLANS.

ASSESS PLAN DEVELOP, COME TO CONSENSUS ON A PLAN AND WE JUST STACK THOSE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PLANS UP ALONG THE WHOLE FIVE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT. OUR PROGRAM INCLUDES A STUDENT COMMUNITY PROGRAM AND WE HAVE 23 MODULES OF THAT WE BRING TO BEAR . WE HAVE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS THAT WE BRING WILL WORK WITH THE STUDENT TO ENGAGE. THE STUDENTS WILL LOOK AT ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT, AND WE'LL HAVE A COMPUTER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMPONENT. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE WORKED THOSE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT THINGS. COMFORT IS PROBABLY THE SECOND BIGGEST THING. WE'RE GOING TO REPORT TO YOU. WE MEASURE COMFORT WILL ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO LOOK AT WHAT YOUR COMFORT COMPLAINTS IN THE BASE YEAR AND HOW WE DOING AGAINST THE BASE HERE. ARE WE MOVING THOSE COMFORT COMPLAINTS DOWN THE NUMBER OF THEM EVERY MONTH. WE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WHAT WE SHOULD SEE AS YOUR ENERGY SAVINGS GOES UP. COMFORT COMPLAINTS SHOULD GO DOWN AND THAT'S WHEN WE'VE DONE OUR JOB. BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BENCHMARK WHERE YOU ARE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE OVER TIME. THIS IS THE COMPONENTS OF A PROGRAM. WE PUT THEM INTO BIG BUCKETS, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. SO THERE'S A THREE MONTH FREE STARTUP PERIOD.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS THAT ARE ALL INCLUDED. THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM WILL BE ON SITE TO STAND THE PROGRAM UP AND THEN AS WE GO FORWARD WILL BRING IN ENGINEERS AS WE NEED BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING. TO ENERGY SPECIALIST VENTILATION MONITORING THE COMFORT BENCHMARKING MASTER IN THE UNOCCUPIED. ALL THOSE THINGS COME IN AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. THE KEY THING THERE. THE ONE IN THE BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE IS THE STRAIGHTFORWARD SAVINGS CALCULATION AGAIN. IT'S JUST A LEDGER. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN A LEDGER. THAT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU SAVED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WEATHER MODEL OR ANY KIND OF BACKGROUND CALCULATIONS THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT. IT'S JUST A LEDGER. SO OUR FINAL

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AND SO THIS IS FUNDED OUT OF THE EXISTING BUDGET. NO ADDITIONAL BUDGET OF DOLLARS AND THAT OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE EVER HAD TO ADD DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE WE CAN SAVE THE DISTRICT ABOUT $2.4 MILLION. IN OTHER WORDS, REDUCE THAT 11.5 MILLION BY AT LEAST THAT MUCH IN YEAR ONE. AND THEN OUR MONTHLY FEE IS PAID. THE FIRST THREE MONTHS IN THE FIRST YEAR, OUR FEE FREE SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING OUR TAILS OFF, BUT THERE WILL BE NO FEE PAYMENTS TO US IN MONTH FOUR. THE FEE PAYMENTS BEGIN. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY WOULD TOTAL BY THE END OF YEAR ONE, BUT THERE WOULD BE A RECONCILIATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN EVERY YEAR, BUT WE WOULD SAY, DID WE AT LEAST REDUCE THE DISTRICTS EXPECTED UTILITY COSTS BY $1.1 MILLION IF NOT WE WOULD WRITE A CHECK FOR THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT WE BELIEVE, THOUGH, IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN. AND BY THE WAY WE ALWAYS TRY TO UNDER PROMISE AND OVER DELIVER. WE DON'T WANT TO CLIENT THAT WE TOLD WE CAN SAVE 2.4 MILLION WHEN WE COME UP AND WE SAVE 1.3 MILLION, SO WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER ABOUT 1.2 MILLION AND NET SAVINGS AFTER OUR FEES ARE PAID. IN THE VERY FIRST YEAR AND OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM THE FIRST FIVE YEARS ABOUT $9 MILLION, SO THAT'S ABOUT $1.8 MILLION ANNUALLY IN NEW FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT NEW FUNDING BECAUSE YOU'RE SPENDING IT TODAY, BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN RECOVER THAT MUCH PAY FOR OUR SERVICES ALONG THE WAY AND DELIVER THE EXCESS BACK TO THE DISTRICT. TO USE FOR BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND SO YOU EACH YEAR WORKS THE SAME WAY AS YOUR WANNA THIS POINT WOULD BE HAPPY TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. TO START WITH. I COULD JUST PUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. UM, SO THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED A FIVE YEAR TERM CONTRACTORS SYNERGISTIC SPORTING A BUS DESCRIBED BEHAVIOR BASED ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. UM AND THE PRICING AS SHOWN THERE AND YEAR ONE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $1.1 MILLION IN FEES AND THEN FOR THE REMAINING FOR 1.5 MILLION, UM AND REALLY. AND FOR A TOTAL OF 7.3. MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEAR TERM. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START WITH MS ALVAREZ AND JUST WORK MY WAY AROUND IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY UM, YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND PRESENTING YOUR PROPOSAL. I GUESS YOU KNOW I AM LOOKING AT. UM UH MR BROWN SAID. WE'VE DONE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION. UM MEASURES WE'VE PUT THINGS IN PLACE. SO WHAT ADDITIONAL ARE YOU BRINGING TO THE SCHOOL? THAT'S GOING TO CREATE THIS SAVINGS. UM, WE HAVE, UM STAFF THAT ARE ENERGY CONSERVATION MANAGERS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR ENERGY EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE, UM, TOOLS IN PLACE TO LOOK AT. WHERE WERE SPENDING EXPANDING ENERGY AND SO WHAT ADDITIONAL ARE YOU PROVIDING? SO YOU'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT A DOLLAR 82 SQUARE FOOT FOR ENERGY. SYNERGISTIC AVERAGE CLIENTS OUT OF 30 CLIENTS WE BENCHMARKED AGAINST IS RUNNING AT A DOLLAR 36. SO WE'RE DOING. WE DO A LOT WITH OPTIMIZATION. WE DO A LOT WITH AUDITING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND IN THE WEEKENDS AND THE HOLIDAYS. WE MAKE SURE COMMUNITY EVENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING THE SYSTEMS CORRECTLY.

TYPICALLY WE LOWER YOUR BASELINES FROM WHERE YOU ARE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN THE BUILDINGS ARE UNOCCUPIED. SO ALL THE THINGS WE DO ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE ALL THOSE THINGS ALL THE UPGRADES ALL OF THIS STUFF YOU'RE DOING

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UM WHAT? LIKE WHAT? WHAT ARE THE GUARANTEE? YOU SAID THAT THERE'S IT'S GUARANTEED THAT WILL HAVE SAVINGS. UM SO IS IT LIKE ABOUT LIKE, TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND YOU KNOW, SO IS THAT MONITORED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF, LIKE, LIKE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOW THAT IS MONITORED AND WHAT IS LOOKED AT INTERVAL DATA DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO TODAY. INTERVAL DATA IS YOUR UTILITY COMPANY HAS METER READS EVERY 15 MINUTES. THEY TELL US WE CAN STUDY THOSE PROFILES. I'VE GOT FOUR PATENTS AND INTERVAL ANALYTICS AND STIMULATION AND WE USE THOSE INTERVAL DATA PROFILES TO SEE HOW BUILDINGS ARE OPERATING, SO WE STUDY THOSE INTERVAL DATA PROFILES USING OUR SOFTWARE. OUR SOFTWARE TELLS US WHERE WE NEED TO GO MAKE BIG CHANGES, BUT THEN WE USE OUR ON SITE ENERGY SPECIALIST TO AUDIT THE BUILDINGS IN THE AFTERNOON DURING THE DAY IN THE EVENING ON THE WEEKENDS. SO WE'RE IN THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY BUILDING AWARENESS OF ENERGY AND, UM, PUTTING A PEOPLE COMPONENT IN PLACE ON THE DATA ASSISTS, AND IS THAT DONE WITH THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES? THAT YES. AND THEY MONITOR IT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. ALL OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ANALYTICS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED MONITOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND THEY REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHEN SOMETHING'S NOT NORMAL. WE'LL KNOW WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE DATA SET AS A DATA IS FLOWING IN AND THAT TELLS THE ENERGY SPECIALIST YOU NEED TO AUDIT THIS BUILDING BETWEEN FOUR AND 6 A.M. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING. AND THAT'S REALLY THE SECRET SAUCE OF WHAT WE DO IS WE

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CORRECT WHO'S CONTRACT OUT OF, UM, GALVESTON'S IN TEXAS, GALVESTON'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? OKAY, OKAY. UM. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN GET INTO CONTRACT TERMS HERE . UM BUT HAVE YOU EVER HAD, UH FOLKS HAVE DETERMINATE FOR CONVENIENCE OR FOR CAUSE? WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLIENT TERMINATE FOR CAUSE, UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 2% OR 3% OF OUR 1516 100 CLIENTS OVER 37 YEARS HAVE TERMINATED FOR CONVENIENCE. UM, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THE TWO MOST COMMON REASONS ARE NUMBER ONE. THERE WAS A LEADERSHIP CHANGE. UM AND SO IF THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP TEAM BROUGHT IN A PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS, AND THEN OVER SEVERAL YEARS ALL THE PLAYERS ARE NEW PLAYERS THAN SOMETIMES THE BOARD SAYS. WE WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WE UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. AND SO SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. THE SECOND MOST COMMON REASON IS WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN A POSITION OF EXTREME FISCAL DURESS, MAYBE BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE. MAYBE, YOU KNOW BEING THREATENED WITH BANKRUPTCY , AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE LETTERS ON FILE FROM A FEW OF THOSE CLIENTS THAT SAID, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WRONG THING TO DO, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING US WITH FUNDING. YOU'RE NOT USING OUR FUNDING. YOU'RE JUST WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM THE UTILITY COMPANY, AND NOW WE HAVE MORE IN OUR BUDGET. BUT WE'RE DOING CARTE BLANCHE, GETTING RID OF EVERY CONSULTING CONTRACT IN THE DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TRY TO KEEP CUTS AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL REALITIES OF THAT. SO WE'VE HAD A FEW CLIENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN INTO SUCH A DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT THEY'VE MADE THAT DECISION. AND THEN THEY HAD TO PAY THE WORK FEE. ANYWAY AND THE WORK FEE IS SIMPLY A RECOVERY OF THE EARLY DOLLARS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING OVER THE 1ST 12 TO 18 MONTHS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ENGINEERING AND ON SITE PEOPLE TO BUILD OUT THE FOUNDATION AND SO IN THE EVENT OF THE TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE, THERE IS A WORK FEED THAT JUST RECOVERS A PRO RADISH SHARE OF THAT. DETERMINATE YEAR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR. IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER. IF IT'S IN YOUR ONE OR TWO. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BECAUSE WE TAKE ON THAT COST OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU SAY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS LEVEL OF SAVINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED. IS THERE ANY DATA OTHER THAN YOUR AVERAGE CLIENT DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT. WELL I WOULD SAY THERE'S YEAH, THERE'S 37 YEARS OF CLIENT HISTORY, WE HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU IN OUR CLIENTS BY YEAR TO ABOUT 85% OF THE TIME, SO WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT AGAIN. AS I SAID EARLIER. WE WANT TO SAY WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS CONSERVATIVELY, BUT WE WANT TO DO EVEN BETTER THAN THAT. AND BY THE WAY, ANY DOLLARS THAT WE MIGHT HELP YOU SAVE ABOVE THE DOLLARS ON THIS CHART THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN PREVIOUSLY OR 100% YOURS.

THEY'RE NOT EQUALLY SHARED. AND SO ALL THE OVER PERFORMANCE THAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT 100. SO YEAH, WE WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLIENT WHERE WE HAVE JUST BROKEN EVEN WE HAVE WRITTEN A FEW GUARANTEE CHECKS IN THE FIRSTE T OF 6500 CONTRACT YEARS OR SO

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WE'VE UM, DURING THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, MET WITH A FEW OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY WORKED WITH TO KIND OF BET WHAT THEY PRESENTED TO US WITH THEM. UM AND THEN THEY DID SPEND SOME TIME. YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH OUR FACILITIES, FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR DATA AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, AND COMPANIES DO THAT. THAT TYPE OF WORK WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY DID HERE. OKAY THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT INFORMATION LATE IN THE DAY ABOUT THE EXAMPLES. UM I DID TRY TO CALL A COUPLE OF THOSE AND COULD NOT GET IN TOUCH NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED. UM THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO NAME DID MATCH THE MESSAGE, AND I LEFT A MESSAGE. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS TOO LATE FOR A CALL. BUT ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW WE'VE REALLY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT. UM THE CONTROLS, I GUESS IS THE OTHER THING. OKAY? SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DATA ANALYTICS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE READING THE BOILERS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, FAST AND HIGH SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, AND THEN TELL THE ENERGY SPECIALIST HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET OVER THERE RUN OVER TIME LAST NIGHT OR SOMETHING IS WRONG. ARE YOU PHYSICALLY CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE? SETTINGS AND SO FORTH. WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR MAINTENANCE STAFF, BUT WE WOULD HAVE ENGINEERS THAT COME IN. WE HAVE A BOILER SPECIALISTS THAT WILL DO COMBUSTION AIR ANALYSIS ON YOUR BOILER TUNE THE BOILERS.

THERE ARE LICENSED BOILER OPERATOR SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. WE'LL GO THROUGH EVERY BOILER AND MAKE SURE IT'S RUNNING THE SUFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE ENGINEERS THAT COME IN AND LOOK AT AIR HANDLERS AND CHILLER PLANT SEQUENCING. WE MAY MAKE SOME SEQUENCING CHANGES AND PROGRAMMING CHANGES. GENERALLY WE PERFORM THOSE SERVICES AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL IN A CONTRACTOR TO DO IT, SO WE WOULD DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS AS PART OF THIS PROGRAMMING CHANGES, SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. AT WHAT POINT IF SAY, WE DIDN'T FOLLOW SOMETHING AT WHAT POINT WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A BREACH ON OUR PART? THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW. THAT WOULD BE A BREACH. WHAT WE DO IS WE SIT DOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT WHEN WE GET AWARDED AND WE ESTABLISHED AN ENERGY POLICY AND GUIDELINES, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED DOWN THAT PROCESS THAT ENERGY POLICY AND GUIDELINES IS WHAT WE GO AND EXECUTE RELIGIOUSLY IF WE MADE A RECOMMENDATIONS ON A CHILLER PLANT SEQUENCING CHANGE, AND YOUR TEXT SAID, I'M REALLY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THAT WOULD BE OKAY. WE WOULD STILL WORK TOWARDS CONVINCING THEM THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE MIGHT APPROACH IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A BREACH OF THE CONTRACT IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT. WE HAVE THAT ALL THE TIME. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES THAT THE DISTRICT NOT SYNERGISTIC, THE DISTRICT ADOPTS. THOSE ARE OUR BOUNDARIES. AND SO THOSE TWO ENERGY SPECIALISTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WE WORK UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GUIDELINES OF THE DISTRICT PROMULGATES, UM AND SO, UH, AND THEN THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY DURING THE DAY YOU'VE ALREADY GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE MEN MANAGING YOUR CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE'RE NOT MANAGING THOSE. FOR YOU. IT'S NOT AN OUTSOURCED KIND OF SOLUTION. OKAY ONE MORE QUESTION. I'LL BE DONE. UM ARE THE FEES ADJUSTED? THE SAVINGS ARE LOWER. SO THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THE FEES ARE OUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE YOU JUST YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE TRACK RECORD AND SAY, IS THIS COMPANY GENERALLY OVERPERFORMING OR UNDERPERFORMING AND WE THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT DO DILIGENCE AND WE BELIEVE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM HAS DONE THAT. OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS TO TALK TO CLIENTS AND SAY, DID THEY DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO DID THEY PERFORM ARE YOU SEEING THE NET SAVINGS? OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. DR MUELLER. SO AS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY GATHERED, YOU'VE BEEN JUDGED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. THERE'S BEEN THINGS GOING ON ON FACEBOOK, SAYING

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IT'S VERY MUCH A THE REST OF THE STORY THAT AS WE USED TO HEAR UM, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE REST OF THE STORY. BUT HERE, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME VERY GENERAL COMMENTS. AND FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT ME. NUMBER ONE. I CHOSE TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY PRIMARILY FOR TWO REASONS. ONE WAS THE VALUES THAT IT WAS BASED ON TWO IS THE INTEGRITY OF THE PEOPLE. NUMBER TWO. I'M A CPA AND AS A CPA, I'M GOVERNED BY A CODE OF ETHICS THAT THREATENS MY LIVELIHOOD. IF I DON'T ADHERE TO IT, THE THIRD THING YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR I'LL BE CELEBRATING MY 29TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THIS COMPANY. MY POINT IS THAT IF THIS COMPANY WAS NOT A COMPANY OF INTEGRITY, UH, AND END OF CHARACTER THAN I WOULDN'T BE HERE. AND IN FACT, I COULDN'T BE HERE AND CONTINUE TO BE A CPA AND BE BOUND BY THOSE ETHICS. SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THE INTERNET IS AN AMAZING THING. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE CAREFUL ABOUT, RIGHT. SO IF I WERE TO GOOGLE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF I WERE TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING I READ ABOUT HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE SOURCE WHETHER IT WAS OPINION OR FACT THAT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER. I'M JUST READING AND BELIEVING EVERYTHING I SAID THEN, AS A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT SEND MY CHILDREN TO HARTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW THIS IS AN AMAZING OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM AND SO REASONABLE PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, TO USE THE TERM MY PARENTS USED TO USE THEY CONSIDER THE SOURCE. AND SO THE FIRST THING WE WOULD ASK ANYBODY THAT IS RELYING ON THE INTERNET FOR DUE DILIGENCE IS TO CONSIDER THE SOURCE. UM AND THEN, SECONDLY, CONSIDER FACTUALLY BASED INFORMATION. I CAN TELL YOU BROADLY THAT ALL OF THE SCARY SOUNDING THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS ABOUT SYNERGISTIC ARE LOUD. LARGELY UNTRUE, INACCURATE DISTORTIONS OF THE TRUTH, THAT SORT OF THING. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE SINCE FAIRFAX COUNTY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS MENTIONED AS AN EXAMPLE. I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT READ OR FIND ABOUT FAIRFAX COUNTY WAS WAS FROM A, UH, A NEWS AND OPINION WEBSITE CALLED THE DAILY CALLER. THERE WAS A STORY WRITTEN IN 2019 THAT THAT SOUNDED VERY BAD ABOUT SYNERGISTIC. IT WAS ALL ALLEGATIONS AND INACCURACIES AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT CAME OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2019. AS SOON AS WE SAW IT, WE CONTACTED THE DAILY CALLER AND WE SAID HERE'S THE FACTS, AND HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN SAID, AND THEY LOOKED AT THAT. AND AFTER THEY LOOKED AT IT, THEY COMPLETELY RETRACTED THAT POST. IN FACT, THEY SAID ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT TODAY. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE DAILY CALLER WEBSITE AND GOOGLE SYNERGISTIC, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A HEADLINE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THIS. THE DAILY CALLER NOOS FOUNDATION HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ARTICLE PREVIOUSLY POSTED AT THIS LOCATION DID NOT MEET OUR EDITORIAL AND JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS. ACCORDINGLY THE ARTICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR WEBSITE AND HAS RETRACTED IN ITS ENTIRETY. EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON UNDERGROUND FORUMS AND MOM'S WEBSITES AND BLOGS THAT REFERENCE FAIRFAX COUNTY ARE REFERENCING THAT ORIGINAL ARTICLE THAT IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE. LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT BOTTOM LINE ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR EFFECTS COUNTY. UM WE HELP THEM SAVE OVER $30 MILLION IN THE 1ST 60 MONTHS. WE FINISHED THAT RELATIONSHIP ON SCHEDULE. WE HELPED THEM GET 710 OF THEIR SCHOOLS. NOW THEY DON'T HAVE 710 SCHOOLS. MULTIPLE YEARS . WE GOT THEM RECOGNIZE AS ENERGY STAR PERFORMER SCHOOLS, AND SO THEY GOT THE PLAQUES ON THE BUILDINGS ALL OF THAT THEY WERE ENERGY STAR PARTNER OF THE YEAR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PARTNER OF THE YEAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS. AND IF YOU LOOK INTO THE CRITERIA FOR BEING PARTNER OF THE YEAR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S A VERY, UM RARE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE'S GENERALLY THREE

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WE'VE BEEN AROUND ALMOST 40 YEARS. WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLIENT INITIATED LAWSUIT AGAINST US.

NEVER I COULD CHANGE TOMORROW. BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLIENT 1500 CLIENTS. NOT ONE OF THEM HAD SUED US. AND SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT LAWSUITS IN THESE KINDS OF BLOGS, THEY'RE NOT LAWSUITS INVOLVING SYNERGISTIC. THEY'RE JUST WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THEY ARE. SO WE WELCOME THE SCRUTINY AND AGAIN IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ISSUES BEYOND FAIRFAX, THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO RESPOND TO THIS FORM WOULD BE HAPPY TO BUT WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AT A TIME OF YOUR CHOOSING, AND RESPONDING ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THE FAIRFAX WAS NOT A COURT CASE. OH, NO. WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLIENT. TO US. AND WE'VE I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO MIGHT HAVE THE WRONG BUT WE MET WITH TWO OR THREE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE ADVANCED TO US FOR REFERENCE. AND WE CALLED SET UP. YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH THEM, ADVANCED OUR QUESTIONS TO THEM AND THE FOLKS THAT WE CHOSE TO INTERVIEW WERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAD THEY WEREN'T ON THE BEGINNING END OF THEIR CONTRACT THEY HAD, LIKE 345 YEARS OR WHY NOT THINK WAS EVEN LONGER THAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS WITH SYNERGISTIC SIX. FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. UM AND THEY MET WITH US, THEY ANSWERED ALL OUR QUESTIONS. TOLD US THE GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, UM WE JUST KEPT MOVING FORWARD WITH ARGUING DILIGENCE, EMBEDDING IT. UM HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ON. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WHAT? IT ISN'T A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION WITH SYNERGISTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY DO WHAT I EXPECTATIONS ARE UM AND NOW WE'RE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE DID, UM, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE REFERENCES. AND THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT HAD US TURN AROUND. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT THAT WAS IN THE ROOM. OKAY UM, BECAUSE I I'M GETTING A LITTLE SNIPPETS FROM HERE AND THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY YOU SAID TWO THINGS THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME. I KNOW YOU'RE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE FOUR PATENTS MY HUSBAND HAS TO AND I KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ENERGY SAVINGS, AND THEY THINK ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP A SIGN ON THE WALL THAT SAYS, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE SO BEYOND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I HOPE THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALSO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PERRY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED THEM FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PROGRAM FOR US.

THANK YOU, MR SOUL. HEY. OKAY UM , SO HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WOULD NEED TO BE ENGAGED WITH US WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT OR CONTRACT, OKAY. RIGHT? UM AND I WAS CURIOUS WHO WITHIN THE DISTRICT WAS INVOLVED IN EVALUATING THE CONTRACT. THREE OF US AND, UM, MR EVANS. WE HAD ALSO, UM SURE I MEANT JENNIFER HORNER. UM, OUR LEGAL OFFICE WAS INVOLVED AND WORKING WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL TO FINAL LAST CONTRACT. I BELIEVE THAT. OH YEAH. AND YES, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, MR MOORE, HE WAS INVOLVED IN REVIEWING BECAUSE THE CONTRACTORS THREE DIFFERENT PARTS TO IT, ONE OF THEM. IS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES HE WAS INVOLVED IN DOING. YOU KNOW THOSE SECTIONS. SO IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. SURE. HOW LONG? HOW LONG WERE YOU WORKING ON IT? I MEAN, DIFFERENT PARTS. IT'S BEEN OVER.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A YEAR SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS. SURE, SURE, OKAY. UM AND THEN,

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SO IF WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE A RENEWAL PERIOD. MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE RENEWING AFTER FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S GENERALLY A THREE YEAR RENEWAL TERM. UM I WOULD TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT WE DO THE BUILDING OUT OF THAT FOUNDATION IS SO INTENSIVE. IN THE EARLY YEARS. IN MOST CASES, YOU CAN SEE AN IMPROVED PRICE POINT FOR THAT, SO WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL AND SAY IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH US IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THESE ENERGY SPECIALISTS, THEN THIS IS WHAT AT THIS POINT WE COULD DO TO TAKE THIS PROGRAM FURTHER AND CERTAINLY MAINTAIN AND THEN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO, BUT THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. IF THE DISTRICT SAID WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT ON OUR OWN, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO DO THAT AS WELL. OKAY SO DO YOU. DO YOU FIND THERE BE CHANGES IN LIKE CUSTODIAL BEHAVIORS LIKE WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE BUILT WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR WORK JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT THE KIND OF SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN AT A CERTAIN TIME. YEP I'M I'M I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN WITH STUDIO OR CLEANING. WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IS TRY TO OPTIMIZE HOW THEY CLEAN AND WHERE THEY CLEAN AND TRY TO RUN THE SYSTEM SO WE CAN OPTIMIZE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO STUDY HOW THEY CLEAN THE BUILDINGS. DID THEY LEAVE ALL THE LIGHTS ON OR DO THEY FINISH AN AREA AND SHUT IT DOWN ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT GENERATE NICKELS AND DIMES? THOUSANDS OF TIMES IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOOD AT. RIGHT? OKAY, UM SO HOW OFTEN ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MEET THE GOALS. WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THINGS WILL IDENTIFY AS MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE FIND THAT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, WILL DEVELOP THE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL BRING COME FORWARD TO YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION ON IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT. IT'S NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT. SURE PROBABLY SOME SMALL THINGS LIKE MAYBE A THERMOSTAT HERE, BROKEN HERE. THERMOSTAT BAD THEY'RE TINY THINGS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME LARGER THINGS, WHICH, OF COURSE, IF WE DO IDENTIFY THOSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE COST SAVINGS IN IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO IMPLEMENT SOMEBODY THAT'S EVEN MORE EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYTHING BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT WILL SIMULATE THE SAVINGS FOR THE BIG THINGS. IF WE FIND SOMETHING, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BUSINESS PLAN ABOUT IT, THE COST OF THE BUSINESS PLAN UM WILL THERE BE AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE FOR LET'S SAY ADMINISTRATION IN THE SCHOOLS, TEACHERS CUSTODIAL UH, THEN, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW? BUBBLING UP THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO OUR DASHBOARD APP EXECUTIVE ACTUALLY RANKS THE SCHOOLS IN FIVE DIFFERENT FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS. DOES IT LIKE COST PER SQUARE FOOT? TOTAL COST ? UM AND E Y ENERGY USE INDEX AND ON SAVINGS. SO IN THE EXECUTIVE APP YOU CAN BENCHMARK AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHERE THEY RANK AGAINST THEIR PEERS. WE USE DATA LIKE THAT TO REALLY DRIVE

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WE GOT SOME DOORS OPEN, YOU KNOW, UM WHAT ABOUT THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR? ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHAT THE ON SITE ENERGY SPECIALISTS DO ON A DAILY BASIS AS WE DEVELOP THE ENERGY POLICY AND GUIDELINES AND THEN THEY GO AND EXECUTE THAT ENERGY POLICY AND GUIDELINES AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT IS CHANGING PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. LET'S CLOSE THE WINDOWS. WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE AND LET'S FIND OUT. WHAT'S THE REAL REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS IS AN AIRFLOW ISSUE. IS IT A VALVE? NOT OPENING ALL THE WAY ISSUE? IS IT SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL FAILURE? THAT'S CAUSING THAT BEHAVIOR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHY DID WE CHOOSE TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE GALVESTON'S SCHOOL DISTRICT? I'M SURE THERE WAS BECAUSE THERE'S 1500. THANKS SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THIS RIGHT? SO WHY THEN? SO WE JUST DID. WE JUST DID A SEARCH AND WE SAW A DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND WE RE JUST REACHED OUT AND THAT WAS, UM IT WAS COMPETED ALREADY, AND IT WAS A PROCESS THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH. WE'RE LEAN ORGANIZATION HERE. EVERY PROCUREMENT ACTION. UM, IS A HEAVY LIFT. SO UM, WE'VE BEEN BEFORE THE BOARD WITH PIGGYBACKS AND SOLE SOURCING AND, YOU KNOW, RIDE OTHER OR CALL CONTRACTS WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IS LOOK TO SEE IF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY COMPETED. AND THEN THAT JUST TAKES CARE OF A STEP FOR US. OKAY THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANKS, MR SOUL. MR ROSS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I THINK YOU CAN TELL FROM THE QUESTIONS FROM THIS BOARD THAT YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT REALLY CARES AND WANTS TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. WE SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY OVER THIS AMOUNT OF TIME. UM AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR MISSION AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS AND TRYING TO DO MY OWN DUE DILIGENCE TO DECIDE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT THING. AND ONE OF THOSE CONCERNS IS OUR PROCUREMENT CHOICE ON PIGGYBACKING. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT SOLICITATION IT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATE. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO SOME REAL MARKET RESEARCH. IS THIS THE RIGHT COMPANY? WHY IS IT THE RIGHT COMPANY? AND IF WE CHOOSE SOLE SOURCE? WHY ARE WE GOING SOLE SOURCE? UM ALSO. FROM MY OWN DUE DILIGENCE IS WE JUST RECEIVED THIS CONTRACT FRIDAY AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SPENT A YEAR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD AND FOUR OR FIVE DAYS TO REVIEW THIS CONTRACT AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION. UM SO I THINK WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE PERSONALLY NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT. MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY WISELY. AND THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM TWO DATA POINTS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE JUST ONE RECOMMENDATION ON ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CALL AND HERE TO YOUR POINT, THE GOOD THE MAYBE SOME STRUGGLES THAT OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE WHAT WORKED

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MR BROWN DO HAVE WE HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS OR DO WE HAVE, UM, ANY COMMITMENTS FROM OUR FUNDING AGENCIES, WHETHER UM THE STATE OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IF THESE COST SAVINGS ARE REALIZED, AND I'VE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WOULD BE UM JUST TO WHATEVER DEGREE THAT WE WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED AT THE HISTORIC LEVELS. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THESE SORTS OF THINGS ARE THAT AS THAT EFFECTS REDUCES THE BUDGET REDUCES AS WELL AND THE SAVINGS

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SO REALLY ARE. FUNDING PARTICULARLY BASED ON MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT IS YEAR OVER YEAR AND IT DOESN'T GET INTO THOSE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS SO I DON'T THERE WOULDN'T BE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON HOW ONE LINE CHANGED. UM THEY'RE STILL GENERALLY LOOK AT. I MEAN, THEY LOOK AT THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND CONSIDER THAT, OF COURSE, BUT THE FUNDING IS STILL BASED ON THE ENTIRE ASK. GENERALLY. OKAY THANK YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MADAM SPEAKER? I DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE CONTRACT MORE CLOSELY. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS AARON POINT, AND I WILL. SECOND BECAUSE I HEARD AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER POTENTIALLY MORE. SAY THAT THEY WANTED MORE TIME EVERYONE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE, UM, TABLE THIS, I GUESS SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND INVESTIGATION. UM. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT. SO, YEAH, THAT'S SOME. POINT. OKAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR. IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE CLOSE SESSION TOPIC? I DON'T WITH CONTRACTS. OKAY, WHAT THEY OKAY, IT'S JUST BEING.

I'M SORRY, CAROL BRUCE. YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE, SO IF THE TOPIC CAME UP THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE LEGAL ADVICE, THEN IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CLOSED SESSION. A LOT OF THE TERMS REALLY WERE MORE IN THE PURVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS TEAM. THINGS LIKE THAT. I CAN OBVIOUSLY SPEAK TO THE LEGAL TERMS WHAT I NEGOTIATED ON BEHALF OF THE PROCUREMENT TEAM. THE OPERATIONS TEAM IN THE I T WITH ALL THAT INPUT, AS I HAD MENTIONED RECENTLY IN A BOARD COMMUNICATION. DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? WELL, I THOUGHT WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE WAY BEFORE SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SHE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION FOR THE SECOND ONE WAS AN EMOTIONAL. SHE JUST SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION. SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UM, TO TABLE RIGHT TO TABLE. THIS AGENDA ITEM. UM AND IT IS SECONDED. MISS ROLLO, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

THAT'S MS ALVAREZ. YES. MISS BRUCE? NO. MS COKER? YES. DR MILLER. MISS PERRY. NO. DEBORAH OVA. YES. MR SEWELL? NO. STRAUSS? YES. VICE PRESIDENT, MAN YES. PRESIDENT CLINTON. YES.

THIS MOTION PASSES. WE WILL TAKE THEM. UM. MADAM CHAIR. YES MA'AM . THIS MOTION THE TABLE INDEFINITELY OR IS THAT A TIME? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE JUST TABLE THIS FOREVER. WELL, I THINK GOING TO PROPOSE WE MOVE IT TO THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER. I DON'T WANT TO. I THINK THAT GIVES THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL TIME.

PLENTY OF TIME. DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT TO APPROVE THAT? OKAY. UM, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? JUST JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT FOR ANY KIND OF. SO TIMELINESS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE AND I TOBER SO MAKING A DECISION AND DECEMBER FOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH START PUTTING US BEHIND. IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MR BROWN. I SAID THE 1ST 1ST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS ONLY THREE WEEKS HEARD. YEAH, NOVEMBER SORRY ABOUT THAT, OKAY? DOES THAT CHANGES MIND SO MY

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IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS DIANA SECOND, OKAY, IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO POSTPONE THE DECISION UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. AND IT IS SECONDED. MISS ROLLO, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. ZEBRAS. YES. MISS BRUCE. MS COKER? YES. DOCTOR MILLER. CAN I HAVE A CLARIFICATION? IT'S ALREADY BEEN TABLED. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST SAYING TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING OR TABLE IT FOREVER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MOTION AS TABLED UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, WHICH HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER 6TH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, VOTED AGAINST IT, THEN WE'D HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER VOTE AND WHEN WE WERE GOING TO TABLE IT UNTIL. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE AGENDA.

TYPICALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO TABLE WHEN YOU JUST SAY I'M TABLING A MOTION. IT DOES IMPLY AS MR FIRST SAID INDEFINITELY, SO TECHNICALLY, UNDER ROBERT'S RULES, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT . BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. SO I THINK THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT TO CORRECT TO SET THE RECORD MORE STRAIGHT. BUT IF YES. I DON'T. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO CONTINUE ON LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO SET THE ENGINE. OKAY SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CHANGES VERSUS VOTE OR NOT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S SAYING TO CHANGE IT TO KNOW THAT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. IF WE VOTE AGAINST IT, THEN IT'S JUST GOES TO INDEFINITE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST CHECKING. I STILL SAY NO. TILL NOVEMBER. I WANT TO VOTE ON IT NOW, BUT THAT'S BEING ON IT NOW, TOO, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN TEAM SO I'LL GO WITH FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. SO YES. MISS PERRY. YEAH. BAROLO. YES. MR SEWELL? YES. MR ALLISON. VICE PRESIDENT HUNTE YES. PRESIDENT CLINTON. YES. THIS MISSION PASSES. NO, I'M JIM. ONE OF INFORMATION. YES. NOW I HEARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD INDICATING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE CALLING DISTRICTS. UM TO GET INFORMATION. AND I WOULD THINK THAT THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH MR BROWN'S OFFICE. BECAUSE THIS IS THE THESE ARE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS BUT TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CALLING AND GETTING INFORMATION.

I THINK WOULD BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT. UM. WELL, I THINK THE POINT WAS SO THAT WE COULD GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SO MAYBE WE CAN ALL UM PAUL OUR QUESTIONS AND FORWARD THEM TO MR BROWN SO THAT HE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THEM WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE COMES UP WITH. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING OUR MEETING IS BACK IN SESSION. UM WE ARE NOW AT ITEM D ON OUR

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AND FROM ILO GROUP SABRINA SOLARES HAND. I'LL START THE PRESENTATION AND ALTERNATE OVER TO MY TEAM. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION. SO OUR RATIONALE WHY THIS WORK? WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS WORK FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, AND I'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW PRIMARY REASONS WHY THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT. ONE IS BECAUSE HCPS EDUCATORS,

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PATHWAYS IS REALLY CONNECTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND HARVARD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO HELP US GROW EQUALITY, TALENT PIPELINE. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THESE THREE PATHWAYS, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT ARE THE RESULT OF AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS A RESULT OF FUNDING THAT HAS COME IN FROM THE STATE. UM AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT WILL EXTEND TO OUR STUDENTS. IN THE NEXT THREE SLIDES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE PATHWAYS THAT I INTRODUCED A FEW MINUTES AGO AND IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ANCHOR PROGRAMS AGAIN. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN THIS SPACE THEY ARE YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE. YOUR SECONDARY STUDENTS AND MANY OF YOU HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT THIS. YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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EXPERTS WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BY SETTING THOSE ACHIEVABLE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND SET MILESTONES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS FAST AS POSSIBLE FOR THE GOOD OF EVERY STUDENT IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND SO THE FACES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS ARE THE FACES OF OUR CROSS FUNCTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION COHORT, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE BRINGING THEIR EXPERTISE TO BEAR ON THIS PROCESS, AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE COMING MONTHS, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IS GOING TO BE DIGGING DEEP INTO THAT RESEARCH USING THE DATA THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO INFORM OUR WORK. AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING BACK TO THE BROADER TASK FORCE. TURN OVER TO MIKE TO BRING IT HOME. THANKS, AND I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF CLOSE THIS OUT, UM, TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH IS THE MODEL SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TO BUILD A SCHOOL THAT IS BOTH A MODEL INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. BUT IT'S ALSO SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR PRE SERVICE TEACHERS, SO THAT COULD BE HIM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IT COULD BE COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, AS DR DOYLE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT GIVING, ESPECIALLY COLLEGE STUDENTS, REALLY EARLY EXPERIENCES WITH EDUCATING WITH A MENTOR, SO IN SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEAR, AND WE WANT TO BUILD THAT ENVIRONMENT TO DO THAT, AND THE PROPOSED OPENING DATE OF THIS WOULD BE THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR. SO I'LL JUST VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE SORT OF BASIC THEORY OF ACTION AS WE WANT TO BUILD A BEST IN CLASS MODEL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENT LEARNING. AND THEN REALLY USE THAT ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE REALLY POWERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. UM AND PARTICULARLY, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS KOLOK ATING COLLEGE FACULTY WITHIN AN ACTUAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS SO THAT METHODS CLASSES CAN BE TAUGHT AND THEN IMMEDIATELY COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN GO PRACTICE THOSE SKILLS WITH FEEDBACK IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. SO THE THREE I THINK BIG THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS MODEL AND WOULD PROVIDE REALLY POWERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES ARE COHORT IN PRE SERVICE TEACHERS. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, INTERNSHIPS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OR ONE OR TWO TEACHERS THAT GO INTO SCHOOL BUILDING AND DO THEIR STUDENT TEACHING. UM AND THEY'RE SORT OF USUALLY JUST ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING, BUT WITH A COHORT IN MODEL WHERE YOU HAVE 12 TO 16 STUDENTS COMING IN TOGETHER, THEY'RE LEARNING TOGETHER. AND EVEN MORE POWERFULLY IF THEY'RE IN THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE EARLY IN THEIR SORT OF LEARNING CAREER SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING EXPERIENCES EARLY WITH WITH TEACHING STUDENTS THE SECOND REALLY, I THINK EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS HAVING, UH, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. ON SITE. UM AND WE HAVE SEEN MODELS AROUND THAT WE'VE GONE AND VISITED WHERE THAT'S BEEN VERY POWERFUL WHERE YOU HAVE COLLEGE PROFESSORS TEACHING THEIR METHODS COURSES AND THEN IMMEDIATELY APPLYING THAT IN A HANDS ON WAY SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOU KNOW, 1920 YEAR OLD REALLY WOULD SUPPORT GETTING EXPERIENCE EARLY ON TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THAT IS THE RIGHT PROFESSION FOR THEM, UM AND TO REALLY BRING AND CONNECT THE THEORY TO PRACTICE SO TO SPEAK. UM, AND THEN THE LAST PART OF IT, I THINK IS REALLY YOU KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS IS THAT WE WOULD BE HIRING STAFF WITH AND DESIGNING THE PROGRAM WITH ADULT LEARNING IN MIND, SO WE'D WANT TO, AS WE THINK ABOUT STAFFING THE SCHOOL REALLY HIRE FOLKS WHO ARE BOTH

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LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HARVARD COUNTY THAT WE HAD A CONDITIONAL ELEMENTARY TEACHER THAT WE HAD TO HIRE SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATION THAT WAS ALWAYS AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE MANY CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM. THAT WAS NEVER AN AREA WHERE WE NEEDED TO HIRE CONDITIONAL TEACHERS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE. BUT WE'VE TURNED THAT CORNER AND TO IN FACT THAT CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHING. IT HAS TRADITIONALLY HAD THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO HIRE. IS ALSO NOW ONE THAT, UM WE HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO POSSIBLY BE CONDITIONAL TEACHERS. AND SO. WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WORK BEFORE. BUT I THINK TO SURVIVAL OF THE SYSTEM ANY ANY HOPE WE HAVE OF CONTINUING TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES MEANS THAT WE ARE NOW ENGAGED IN THIS WORK OF GROWING OUR OWN BECAUSE THIS YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR A HANDFUL OF YEARS, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO REFINE IT CONTINUING TO MAKE IT MORE TARGETED WHEN WE MET. THE TEACHERS. WE HIRED THAT 300 OR SO TEACHERS WE HIRED TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I HAD A CHANCE TO BRING COMMENTS TO THEM. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED, IS HOW MANY OF YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS NEARLY HALF FROM NOT MISTAKEN. NEARLY HALF OF THE PEOPLE WE HIRED WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, AND WE'VE HAD THINGS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TEACH. WE KNOW THAT GREAT PEOPLE COME BACK TO TEACH FOR US WHO ARE FROM HERE. UM BUT THESE EFFORTS ARE TO MAKE THAT EVEN MORE DELIBERATE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WE WILL CONSTANTLY BE STRUGGLING WITH THIS SHORTAGE. UM SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST IN HR, BUT YOU SEE OTHERS ON HERE WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US. REBECCA SPENCER, WHO DOES THE WORK WITH OUR NEW TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY? UM SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND MANY OTHER FACES WERE ON THE SCREEN, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT CONTEXT OUT THERE, AN ADDITIONAL HAS SAID SO THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK

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SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT MORE? IS THAT A STUDENT THAT JUST GETS TO LIKE SHADOW A TEACHER LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A 90? M THAT'S EXPLORING, UM, BECOMING A TEACHER. SURE SO I THINK IT'S MANY THINGS. UM, RIGHT NOW. YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING STUDENTS THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HARFORD COUNTY IN INTERNSHIPS IN PROFESSIONS IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO TAKE THAT ANOTHER LEVEL AND ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. IN A IN A CLASSROOM. WE ALSO ARE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO BECOME TUTORS, SO THAT GIVES THEM AN EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENTS ON A SMALLER SCALE, MORE 1 TO 1 OR 1 TO 2 AND THEN ALSO GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE EXPERIENCES IN SOME OF THEIR OTHER CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY GET TO EXPLORE TEACHING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT A FULL FOUR COURSE COMMITMENT. THROUGH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TRANSCRIPT AND SO IT'S MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THIS, THEY WOULD TALK TO THEIR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ABOUT ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY AND SO AND THAT'S AND THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THOSE PATHWAYS ARE CLEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IF I DON'T WANT TO DO, TAM IS THERE ANOTHER WAY I CAN EXPLORE EDUCATION AND BEING A TEACHER OR BEING SOME OTHER JOB IN HARVARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH IS ALSO VITAL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT ON THIS SIDE SLIDE, BUT TAM USUALLY STARTS IN THE NINTH GRADE, AND THAT'S SORT OF A BIG COMMITMENT FOR A 15 YEAR OLD TO SEE AHEAD AND SAY, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA BE A TEACHER, AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF KIDS GETTING INTO THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EXPLORING THAT, MAKING THAT CHOICE. AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE SCREEN ARE THE SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LESS OF A HEAVY LIFT OR AN EARLY COMMITMENT, I GUESS AND ALLOW THEM TO EXPLORE COME IN AS A NON TAM AND THE JUNIOR AROUND THE JUNIOR YEAR OF THEIR EDUCATION. YEAH AND I THINK WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE A COURSE. BUT I THINK I THINK WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT SOME OF THESE SORT OF MORE INFORMAL OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU KNOW THE IDEA OF LIKE BEING VERY DELIBERATE WITH COUNSELORS ABOUT HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH WITH, YOU KNOW, A JUNIOR TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A PROFESSION THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO EXPLORE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO I THINK THAT WERE DELIBERATE IS SO I FRAME IT AS WE TRY TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT SEEDS AND OIL INDICATED THAT SHE DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE TO BE A TEACHER, BUT THAT'S WHERE SHE LENT. I DIDN'T EITHER. I WAS A CAREER CHANGER. ALSO I WENT TO COLLEGE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DEGREE, BUT EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT FOR YOU AND SO GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TUTOR THAT MAY THEY MAY CHOOSE TO GET A DEGREE IN SOMETHING ELSE POSSIBLY COME BACK AT SOME POINT. ACTUALLY I LIKE THAT PART OF IT. I CAN DO THE CONTENT AND SO AND THE IDEA OF GIVING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN TEACHING SKILLS. NEARLY EVERY PROFESSION REQUIRES SOME AMOUNT OF TEACHING. AND SO THINK OF JUST EVEN IF THEY DON'T ALL BECOME TEACHERS. THERE'S NOTHING LOST IN GIVING THEM THOSE SKILLS BECAUSE THEY REALLY VIEW THAT AS KIND OF A LIFE READY, FUTURE READY? COMPETENCY TO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO TEACH EFFECTIVELY. AGREED AND THEN UM THE WHEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE KPI. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING, OR DO YOU ALREADY HAVE KPS, AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE BOARD? GREAT QUESTIONS. SO OUR CROSS FUNCTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION COHORT IS CURRENTLY JUST STARTING WEEK THREE OF WHAT WILL BE ONE OF THREE SPRINTS THAT WILL EACH TAKE FIVE WEEKS. SO OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE WEEKS, THE CROSS FUNCTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION COHORT HAS BROKEN INTO FIVE DIFFERENT TEAMS, ONE FOR EACH OF THE HIGH LEVERAGE STRATEGIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED. AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THOSE FIVE WEEKS THERE WILL BE SETTING THOSE KPS AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BROADER TASK FORCE AND ULTIMATELY, THEN TO THE BOARD, SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THREE ITERATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE WEEK PERIODS. OKAY THANK YOU. DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A TIME PERIOD AS TO WHEN THAT'S THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED. ROUGHLY. RIGHT NOW. APPROXIMATELY SPRING. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MISS BRUCE SLIDE 19, PLEASE. MR BROWN WILL WILL UNDERSTAND THE ME ASKING THIS QUESTION ON THE BOTTOM. YOU HAVE CLASSROOM NORMS, PROCEDURES AND ROUTINES, AND THEN YOU HAVE B O

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I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TEACHERS WE HAVE ATTRITION EVERY YEAR? ROUGHLY. I MEAN IT WAS LAST SUMMER, AND HARFORD COUNTY, YOU HAVE LESS THAN THE AVERAGE AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND BASED ON THE MOST RECENT REPORT. I THINK YOU'RE AT 9% AND SO THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS SURROUNDING YOU THAT ARE HIGHER. UM SO AGAIN. DR BOLTON WAS VERY RIGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT. THE KEY IS THERE'S KIND OF A WAVE COMING AND WE'VE ALL KIND OF SEEN IT. HOW DO WE STEM THAT WAVE AND REALLY NOT LET THE WAVE TOPS KIND OF OVERTAKE SOME OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING HERE. ALRIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MILLER. SORRY. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED PARA TO TEACH HER? HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SUCCESSFULLY DO THAT? OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S JUST STARTING OR, YOU KNOW, PAIR EDUCATORS THAT BECOME TEACHERS. DON'T I THINK THAT ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT DATA WILL COME OUT IN THE HR REPORT THAT YOU GUYS WILL RECEIVE IN DECEMBER. OKAY DEFINITELY. NO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE GET MORE PROGRAM AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A TUNE ABOUT MAKING THAT HAPPEN THROUGH TO AS WELL. SO YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT COHORTS AND COHORTS HAVE BEEN USED IN MR RICHARDSON. SORRY LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THAT QUESTION. SORRY EXPENSES. SOURCES DR MUELLER. WE HAVE HAD TO GET MORE PROGRAM.

ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2017. IT HAS CERTAINLY EVOLVED IMMENSELY. OVER THE YEARS. IT WAS VERY RESTRICTIVE AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THAT'S WHEN WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY INTERNATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE, BUT WE HAD SOME SHORTAGE IN SPECIFIC AREAS. SUCH A SPECIAL ED SO AT ITS INCEPTION THAT GET MORE PROGRAM WAS PUT INTO PLACE FOR POSITIONS LIKE SPECIAL ED.

BUT THE NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE HAS HIT US. SO WE'VE WE'VE REALLY EVOLVED THAT PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS. UM WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE GET MORE PROGRAM DURING OUR ANNUAL HR REPORT TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER, BUT I DID PULL SOME NUMBERS BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK ME THAT QUESTION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. CURRENTLY 20 EMPLOYEES SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BENEFITS TO BECOME TEACHERS. SO THAT'S EXCITING. TODAY WE HAVE HIRED 11 THAT HAVE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM ENDED ITS ENTIRETY, AT LEAST FROM THE RECENT DATA THAT I COULD THAT I COULD FIND. WE HAVE HAD 11 FULLY GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. MOST RECENTLY WE'VE HIRED WE HIRED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CLERICAL RANKS HAVE CHOSEN BECOME TEACHERS. WE HIRED ONE I BELIEVE THIS PAST YEAR, BUT MOST MOST ACTUALLY COME FROM THE PARAPET PARAPROFESSIONAL ROLE, BUT 11 TO DATE HAVE BEEN HIRED IN 20 ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IF YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL AHEAD OF TIME, I'D MAKE SURE I THREE THOSE QUESTIONS. JUST SAYING, UM COHORTS HAVE BEEN USED A LOT IN EDUCATION FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THEM. AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE COHORTS, UM I'M THINKING COHORTS OF CONDITIONAL TEACHERS TO HELP THEM WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM AND STUFF MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM PEOPLE TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF AND TO WORK WITH. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT BROADENING A LITTLE BIT UNLIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE, TEACHINGS ALL

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INTERESTED IN SEEING IF YOU'RE KIND OF IN PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT, IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S UNDER

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EXPERIENCE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THE WORK HERE. MY QUESTION IS REVOLVES AROUND THE NON TAMPA TWE. SO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR ROLLING THAT OUT IN A SCHOOL IN MIND. SO. I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY UM, THERE'S ALREADY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE TUTORING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH STUDENTS, AND THAT'S GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE. YOUNG STUDENTS AS THEY TUTOR ALSO, UM YOU HAVE COUNSELORS ALREADY THAT ARE ENCOURAGING YOUR SECONDARY STUDENTS INTO DUAL ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS OR DO ENROLLMENT COURSES THAT ARE ALSO EXPOSING THEM TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION. SO THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IT IS STRENGTHENING THOSE STRATEGIES AND ADDING TO THE EXPERIENCES WITH THE APPRENTICESHIPS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING INVESTIGATED RIGHT NOW AND OTHER DISTRICT THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BENCHMARK WITH AND THEN ADDING POTENTIALLY THE COURSE UM OR OR EXPERIENCES WITHIN THEIR EXISTING COURSES THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO EXPLORE TEACHING WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME BACK AND LET US KNOW HOW YOUR PILOT PROGRAM GOES IN THE SPRING. THANK YOU, MISS DEBORAH OVA. PRETTY LATE SLEEPING NOW, PROBABLY LIKE 2 33. OKAY YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? ARE YOU THERE? MISS SEVERAL. HELLO OKAY, WELL, YOU ARE AWAKE. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO? YEAH THANK YOU. YEAH I JUST I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

UM YEAH, I KNOW. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING THE TAM PROGRAM FROM HARVARD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AS AS BEING CONSIDERED TO OFFER STUDENTS MORE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THEIR ELECTIVES INSTEAD OF COMMITTING TO A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM OR OTHER OTHER BENEFITS TO THIS MOVE. I THINK THE WHOLE PANEL IS LOOKING AT ME. YES. UM. PART OF IT IS TO

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[E. Decision on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 20-036-000 Aligning Enrollment with Capacity and Proposed Deletion of Board Policy 20-041-000 Adjustment of School Attendance Boundary Lines, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, Ms. Patti Jo Beard, Executive Director of Facilities Management, and Ms. Missy Valentino, Facilities Planner]

IT WOULD GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE ABILITY TO ACT ALONG WITHOUT THE BOARD'S APPROVAL. SO THERE'S A SECTION IN THIS POLICY WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR AUTHORITY TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. UM, WHEN WE HAVE OPERATIONAL INEFFICIENCIES OR TECH TECHNOLOGY, UM ERRORS IN OUR G I S MAPPING. UM THAT WOULD IMPACT LESS THAN 10 STUDENTS WHERE WE'RE NOT, UM. LOOKING TO MAKE A WHOLESALE ADJUSTMENT TO AN ATTENDANCE AREA, BUT JUST TO MAKE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT. UM YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION ISSUES OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I. I THINK THIS GOT ADDED TO THE AGENDA. I DIDN'T SEE IT. SO, UM, JUST IS THIS BASICALLY TO MAKE CALCULATIONS ON THE CAPACITY OF EACH SCHOOL, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND QUICKLY. WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY? YES OKAY, SO, UM LAST YEAR WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, UM THE BOARD WHEN IT, UH MADE US DECISION TO DEFER THE BALANCING ENROLLMENT FOR ELEMENTARY BUT THE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND THE SECONDARY LEVEL ONE OF THE, UM, ACTIONS TO BOARD ASKED THE

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AND, UM TO ALSO BUILDING A. A METHOD THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT THE EXISTING POLICY DOESN'T ALLOW. SO IN DOING THAT REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MERGE TWO POLICIES AND GET RID OF ONE THEN TO INSERT THE CHANGES THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE 11TH. SO, UM.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN? IF YOU DON'T MIND. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS. VIRTUAL SO, YEAH, IT WAS. WE'RE NOT HEARING IT. YEAH. OKAY? SO WE'RE LOOKING TO AND SUMMARY, UM. NO, WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO ADD LANGUAGE. GONE IN THE PILOT PROCESS RELATED TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY LINES. AND THEN, UM WITH. RECOMMENDING THAT WE DELETE POLICY 20 DANCERS 014 BECAUSE WE ENDED UP MERGING THE TWO POLICIES, SO WE HAD ONE POLICY THAT PRETTY MUCH SAID OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE DOING A BALANCING ENROLLMENT AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER POLICY THAT SAID, THIS IS HOW YOU GO ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING ATTENDANCE AREA LINES, WHICH IS A UM, PROCESS OR METHOD USED TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO POLICIES WE'RE JUST ASKING TO JUST HAVE ONE POLICY, AND THEN YOU WOULD USE THE UM.

THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE ATTENDANCE LINES AS A METHOD TO BALANCE AN ENROLLMENT STUDENTS BE REASSIGNED AS A AS A RESULT OF THIS POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. IS THAT A POTENTIAL OUTCOME POTENTIAL OUTCOME WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD, UM EVENTUALLY, WHEN HARTFORD ACADEMY IS BORN ONLINE, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADJUST A TENNIS AREA LINES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL, AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD TAKE A VOTE. ON HOW WE WOULD MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND STUDENTS WILL BE REASSIGNED TO SCHOOLS PER THE BOARD'S DECISION. AND HOW DOES THIS IMPACT BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS? IS THERE ANY IMPACT ON BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS? NO. THIS DOESN'T IMPACT BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS, BUT WE DO CONSIDER BUILDING CAPACITY WHEN WE ARE APPROVING BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS IF A SCHOOL IS OVER CAPACITY. THAT IS CONSIDERED PRIOR TO APPROVING A BOUNDARY EXCEPTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THAT'S BRUCE. DO MORE QUESTIONS. COKER QUESTIONS DOCTOR MILLER GOOD. NO. BUT OKAY , THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON AND YOU MAY HAVE TALKED TO IT. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND REPEATING ABOUT WHY WE ADDED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT, PEACE AND LESS THAN 10 STUDENTS, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THAT AND IF WE VOTE ON THIS IS THERE GOING TO BE AN IMPACT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS THAT USE THAT YOU WILL USE THIS TO MOVE LESS THAN 10 STUDENTS. CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. SO I'M I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL RIGHT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE FOREFRONT THAT ONCE WE DO THIS, YOU SEE ONE OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH. NOT PRESENTLY. NO NOT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE CHIN? AND SO, UM, HISTORICALLY, WE'VE HAD, UM LIKE NEW SMALL DEVELOPMENTS. BEING PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE SOMEONE COULD BUY A PARCEL WHERE THERE'S NO RESIDENTS, AND WE HAVE THE ATTENDANCE LINE DRAWN. THAT DOESN'T REALLY CONSIDER THE HOUSE THERE, AND ONCE THEY BUILD A HOUSE THERE, UM IT MAY BE IN ATTENDANCE AREA A BUT IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN ATTENDANCE AREA B WHEN THEY START TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY AND PUT A NEW ROAD IN THERE AND DO THEIR DRIVEWAY AND SUCH. I HEAR YOU, BUT THAT MAY HAVE BOUGHT THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE RIGHT DISTRICT. OR THEIR PREFERRED DISTRICT. STILL INSIDE, BUT BUT COUNTY SCHOOL

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SO NOW WE'VE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT. UM THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE UM, SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AND THIS PRIOR TO OUR CURRENT JOYOUS SYSTEM, UM , WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF THE BOUNDARY LINES WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST OLD MAPS. AND THE UM BOUNDARY LINE INSTEAD OF IT GOING AROUND A PARCEL IN ONE WAY IT WENT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. AND, UM. AGAIN SOMEONE MOVES INTO THE AREA AND THEY'RE SAYING WELL, MY NEIGHBOR RIGHT NEXT TO ME GOES TO SCHOOL, A WHY AM I GOING TO SCHOOL B. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK, IT WAS AN ERROR FROM 1976 THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THIS GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, MINOR ERROR. UM, AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME E. SO CURRENT SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACCURATELY IDENTIFIED DUE TO UNFORESEEN FACTORS. THAT TO ME, AND MAYBE I'M JUST READING IT WRONG, BUT IT'S LIKE, KIND OF A CARTE BLANCHE. NOW WHICH ONE E ON SECTION F. THAT'S ON PAGE 7 19 OF OURS. 19. WHAT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, SO IT'S SEVEN. THE 19TH PAGE IN THE PDF ATTACHMENT PAGE SEVEN ON THE MARKED UP VERSION YOU GAVE US IT'S UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND THE REASON BEING CURRENT SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS ARE INACCURATELY IDENTIFIED DUE TO UNFORESEEN FACTORS.

SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT THE OLD. AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT, THE ONE PAGE SAYS. PAGE SEVEN OF NINE.

YEAH, THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. KIND OF A NUMERATOR EVERY SCENARIO THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME UP. I GAVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. BUT IF THERE WAS AN ERROR BUT. WE DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS A CERTAIN ERROR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENNIS AREAS AND PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SO I THINK YOUR REASONS FOR MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. UM YES. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE STRIKE. SO WE NEED A MOTION. TO STRIKE E. KIMBERLY WOULD YOU GIVE US A HMM? URGENCY OF SUBSTANTIVE THINK IT'S KIND OF CORNELL UP TO YOU SEE THAT FACTOR? E IS A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE OR NOT, IF IT'S THE CATCH ALL I'M GOING TO SAY NOT WHICH MEANS THAT IF. THAT MOTION WERE TO PASS. THE BOARD COULD STILL VOTE THIS EVENING. UM BUT IF YOU SEE IT AS MORE THAN THAT THAN IT WOULD NEED. THEN IF THE IF THIS WERE TO PASS THE BOARD, IT WOULD NEED TO GO BACK OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 DAYS WITH THAT CHANGE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND. THE UNKNOWN SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MIGHT COME UP. AND MY COMMENT ON THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT THE BOARD EVENT SHOULD

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AND WE ATTEMPTED TO CAPTURE THE YOU KNOW. BIG. REASONS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH A MINOR ADJUSTMENT. YOU KNOW WHERE THE LINE WAS DRAWN, AND IT DIVIDED UM YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES, AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. BECAUSE THE WAY THEY GI S LINES WERE UM, DRAWN IN THE SYSTEM. UM . THERE'S ROADS, AND WE SEE THAT THE HOUSE OR SOMEBODY MOVES INTO AN AREA BUT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, WE'RE GOING BY A HOUSE. AND, UM THAT THE HOUSE IN THE SYSTEM UM, IS ASSIGNED TO AREA A BUT AS WE'RE GOING BY EVERYBODY ELSE IN THAT AREA IS ASSIGNED TO AREA B SO WE WOULD. YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO ASSIGN THEIR PARTICULAR STUDENT TO. THEY BUS APPROPRIATELY. UM THEN THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PARCEL.

UM, DEVELOPMENT. SEEM TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT YOU KNOW HAPPENED IN THE PAST. AND YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO MAKE THOSE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN IT'S THE WHAT WHAT? WE DON'T KNOW. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW I HAVE LIMITED EXPERIENCE. BUT IF I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE. E. CAN I JUST CLARIFYING QUESTION? AT THE TIME. THAT DECISION WAS MADE BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING YOU'RE IT'S THE TOO MUCH POWER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE ONE HOUSE WHERE IT WOULD GO. IT WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BE APPEALED TO THE BOARD. IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY THE APPEAL PROCESS. SO IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT, AND HERE IT TALKS ABOUT THAT THEY WILL NOTIFY THE BOARD. PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED, BUT THERE'S NO AND SO I'M OKAY IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS. TO ME. THAT'S A BOUNDARY EXCEPTION. SO IF THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS, I'M OKAY, LEAVING IAN THE BUILD PROCESS PILL PROCESS FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. DECISIONS MAKES IT FEEL PROCESS.

FORTUNATELY, THE BOARD IT'S THE WAY IT IS. SEPARATE POLICIES. POLICY. THE SEPARATE. WHAT IF YOU SAID IN IN THE SUB PARAGRAPH B PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF THE IMPACTED STUDENTS ARE NOTIFIED AND INFORMED OF THEIR OPTION TO APPEAL. YOU CAN PUT THAT ON EVERYTHING RIGHT? I WOULD JUST BE AN EXTRA SENTENCE ON EVERY SECTION. I MEAN, WE CAN APPEAL ANYTHING. THEY CAN APPEAL EVERYTHING. SO SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S APPEALABLE YOU'D HAVE TO PUT ON THERE THAT THEY CAN FEEL IT. JUST SAYING THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT. I

[03:05:04]

PRESIDENT CLINTON. YES. SMASHING PASSES. THANK YOU. ADAM F IS ALSO AN ACTION ITEM. THIS IS THE

[F. Decision on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 20-0023-000 Energy and Resource Conservation, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations and Ms. Bobbie Tolston, Energy Conservation Manager]

ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES WILL BE EXPLORING UM, THAT WITH OUR YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC BUSSES AND SUCH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO AND EVALUATE THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR. SO THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. UM THAT WE ARE ASKED TO. MEAT. SO WITH THAT, UM NO, WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MISS ALVAREZ. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM SO THE PARAGRAPH A FOR A CONCERNING

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AND WE NEED TO POSITION OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THOSE TARGETS. WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN TARGETS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BRUCE QUESTION. MS COKER. YEAH THE STANDARDIZED REPORTING TEMPLE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. DID YOU GET TO SEND A COPY OF THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE? FAR AS I KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT YET. THEY'RE STILL, UM , DEVELOPING. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT ON OR BEFORE JANUARY OF 2022. THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. OKAY THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY YOU DON'T EXPECT IT ANY TIME SOON. DISTRICT CURIOSITY, OKAY. NO WORRIES. UM I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER THREE EXPLORING UTILIZED CREATIVE PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES TO SECURE SERVICES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT PLANNED ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. I THINK WE SHOULD STRIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE CREATIVE PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS AND SECURE SERVICES. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON ANY SERVICES YET. AH, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REQUIRE OURSELVES TO SECURE SERVICES. SO IN OUR CURRENT POLICY AS IT STANDS, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 1997 THEN AMENDED, UM WELL, THEN REAFFIRMED AND 2002 THEN AMENDED THE LAST TIME AND 2009. UM SPEAKS. TO THE APPROACH IS THAT WE USE, UM TO LEVERAGE AND IMPLEMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE FUNDING STRATEGIES. SO WHEN WE MET AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT UM, THIS POLICY AND YOU KNOW THE GOALS

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COMPANIES FOR COMPOSTING AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. WE ENGAGE A COMPANY TO DO THAT NOW. WE CONTRACT OUT FOR THE FOR THOSE SERVICES? SO THAT IS. ANOTHER MEANS TO DO ON ENERGY CONSERVATION. UM YOU KNOW, X THAT MISS BEER WAS SPEAKING TO YOU KNOW THROUGH, UM, BRICK PACK THE CONSORTIUM. WE ENGAGE THAT COMPANY TO CONSULT WITH US TO ADVISE US ON WENT TO PURCHASE.

YOU KNOW THAT UTILITY AND YOU KNOW, AT WHAT RATE WE'RE PURCHASING UTILITIES. WHEN SHOULD WE LOCK IN? UM THEY ALSO HAVE AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT. A SMALLER, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICE WHERE THEY SIT DOWN WITH, YOU KNOW JUSTIN EVANS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW SOME THINGS THAT HE'S DOING SO WE ALREADY DO SOME OF THAT. SO THAT WAS JUST TO KIND OF TEASE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT. ONE THING I WOULD ADD. MR. BROWN IS SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ARTICLE THE EDUCATION ARTICLE ON THIS AND THIS WAS WHAT CAME THROUGH IN HOSPITAL 6 30. A SCHOOL DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY MUST ADDRESS THE PURCHASING CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY. OF ENERGY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MEANING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE POLICY THAT SPEAKS TO HOW WE PURCHASE THESE SERVICES. SO IF IT'S THE. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THAT. NOW IF THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED ISN'T IF YOU'RE NOT COMING. THE POINT IS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN STRIKE IT ENTIRELY. BUT BECAUSE THE LAW REQUIRES US TO HAVE THAT IN OUR POLICY, SO IF IT SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED DIFFERENTLY OR EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY, THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S STILL A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD. MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE, CONSIDER AFFORDABLE APPROACHES TO SECURE SERVICES NECESSARY TO CONSERVE ENERGY. SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THAT. JUST SEEMS TO BE LESS. UM RESTRICTIVE AND I REMEMBER WHAT I SAID RIGHT NOW AND THEN. AREN'T ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A. YEAH I ALSO STRUGGLED WITH THE WORD CREATIVE YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON STRIKING THAT. I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT IT MEANS WHEN IT COMES TO PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. I'M NOT SURE IT'S NEEDED. STRIKE THE WORD CREATIVE CREATIVE. COLOR TO THIS CONVERSATION. SO I WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO, UM FIRST OFF. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THIS. FOR A COUPLE REASONS. ONE UH, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY TO INSTALL SOLAR AND IT IS MAXED OUT. IT'S TOTALLY MAXED OUT. AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BUILD BACK? BETTER PLAN. UH, OVER A YEAR AGO. WAS IT A NOW APPLIES THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT TO NONPROFITS. SO THE 30% FEDERAL TAX CREDIT FOR SOLAR INSTALLATIONS NOW APPLIES TO NON PROFITS. SO WHAT'S THAT? WHAT THAT'S DOING IS PUTTING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE SOLAR INDUSTRY TO FULFILL WHAT DISTRICT ANY NONPROFIT ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WANTS TO DO. OKAY? PREVIOUSLY LIKE THIS CREATIVE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW WE PROCURED SOLAR IN THE PAST, BUT I BET YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T BUY IT PROBABLY ARE LEASING IT OR WERE UNDER WHAT'S CALLED A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY OWNS IT RIGHT, CORRECT BECAUSE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT, WHEREAS A PRIVATE CORPORATION CAN MENTALLY CAN THEY TAKE THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT, BUT THEY CAN DEPRECIATE THE ASSET SO THAT ALLOWS FOR, UM YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A CHEAPER RATE FOR US TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY THAT COMES OUT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. OKAY? SO ONE THING. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE DOING THIS. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY.

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VAST MAJORITY OF SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BECAUSE 80% OF SOLAR CELLS ARE MADE IN CHINA. SO IN THE WORLD. SO WE HAVE AH, THERE'S TARIFFS IN PLACE.

THERE'S RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE WHERE THOSE ARE JUST NOT. YOU CAN'T BUY THEM HERE. UM SO IN IN SOME CASES, SO. NUMBER ONE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THIS BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP. RIGHT PRICE FOR INSTALLING SOLAR IS GOING TO GO UP. UM BUT NUMBER TWO, SPEAKING TO THE CREATIVE YOU KNOW? THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DEPLOY AS MUCH SOLAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. WITH NO OUT OF POCKET TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE WOULD ENTER INTO POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OR LEASES, WHICH WOULD BE AH, NET SAVINGS. SO OKAY, GIVE ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. SO THE GOING RATE NET RIGHT NOW FOR COMMERCIAL ENERGY BEING PROCURED IN R AND B G. UH IS ROUGHLY 15 CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR. OKAY NOW THERE'S MORE COMPLEXITIES TO COMMERCIAL POWER BEING PURCHASED. BUT YOU CAN NO DOUBT ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH SOLAR COMPANY TO FOR THEM TO INSTALL THE SYSTEM COMPLETELY FREE FOR YOU. AND. YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY THAT ELECTRICITY AT LIKE 12 CENTS, OR MAYBE EVEN LESS. MAYBE 10, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM SO THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAVINGS OF MAYBE 25% TO 30 30% RIGHT OFF THE BAT WITH ZERO COST TO US. THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ENCAPSULATE THIS CREATIVE.

PROCUREMENT. THIS IS SECOND NATURE. I MEAN, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. I GUESS WHEN I THINK PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES, IT'S THE GUIDELINES ON HOW WE PROCURE THINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S THREE QUOTES, DO WE, YOU KNOW GO AFTER ARE SURE THERE'S EVEN STATE GUIDELINES AND HOW WE PROCURE THINGS SO CREATIVE TO ME TRYING TO BYPASS THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT WHAT WE JUST SAW WHERE WE USED OUR FI FROM TWO YEARS AGO, RIGHT? SO TO ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE WORD CREATIVE STRUCK AND JUST WE'LL USE PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. IT STILL LEAVES IT OPEN TO WHATEVER PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE SUPPORT WE NEED. SO. DO WE NEED? I DON'T ADJECTIVE LIKE VARIED. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED AN ADJECTIVE. YEAH, WELL I GUESS, SAYING THAT WILL UTILIZE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY JUST NO. I MEAN, WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT WE NEEDED IN THE BUT THAT WAS ALSO KIND OF A SELF EVIDENT STATEMENT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF AGAIN. I WAS JUST PUTTING VARIED OUT. THERE IS A WAY TO ADDRESS WHAT MR SEWELL RECOMMENDED BECAUSE I CAN. I CAN FEEL THE CONCERN AROUND CREATIVE THAT MAKES I MEAN I ABSOLUTELY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT SURFACE THAT IS YEAH, NOT A WORD THAT CREATES TRUST. UM, BURIED BUT SO THAT'S ONLY A SUGGESTION. IF IT'S BECAUSE AS MR SOLL DESCRIBED. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES IS HOW DO WE BRING FORWARD A CONTRACT THAT HAS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT TO IT? RIGHT LIKE AS HE DESCRIBED IF WE WERE PUTTING SOLAR ON THE BUILDING, AND THERE'S NO COST TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE BOARD IS ASKED TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT ARE UM OVER $100,000. BUT THERE'S NO COST TO THE DISTRICT TO DO THIS.

SO WE FIND OURSELVES IN FUNNY PLACES WITH THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS. ALL THE TIME. UM.

IT'S NOT AN ATTEMPTED HIGHLY THING. IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO THINGS LIKE THIS, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO SKIP AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT. UM BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS. SO CUT AND DRIED. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. I THINK VARIED IS BETTER. ARE WE ADDING IN THE WORD JUST TO GIVE IT FLEXIBILITY IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF ADDING IN AN ADJECTIVE TO GIVE IT FLEXIBILITY ON OUR PROCUREMENT STRATEGY, OR LIKE THERE YOU GO, FLEXIBLE, UTILIZE FLEXIBLE PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES APPROPRIATE. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED IT. IT'S PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. BUT IT'S WHAT I'LL LET YOU GUYS DECIDE FROM THIS POINT ON I GAVE YOU MY, BUT I'M OKAY WITH WHERE WE LANDED. SO LET ME ASK YOU BECOME A UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

SUBSTITUTE MR. BURTON. MARABA DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? THANK YOU AND DOCTOR POYNTON. NO, I JUST

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WOULD IT SAY, DO WE GET LIKE A SEMI ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON ENERGY CONSERVATION EFFORTS. WOULD THIS BE THE PLACE TO SAY THAT? IS THAT COMING ELSEWHERE, I EMAILED YOU. THINK ABOUT THAT CHANGE. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT WE DID. YES, WE HAVE A PROCEDURE ON THIS. WHERE WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURE ON ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND. WE USED TO GIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD AND WE HAD AN INTERVIEW MANAGER. WE WANTED TO DO THAT AGAIN. GET BACK INTO THAT. SO IT'S ALREADY DICTATED IN OUR PROCEDURE THAT WERE TO DO THAT. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ABOUT TO BE VISE THAT AS WELL. ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, SO I MAKE SURE THAT GIVE WANTED. HOW OFTEN IS THE ANNUAL GOOD OR SEMIANNUAL BETTER. WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM WHAT WAS IT PREVIOUSLY? IT WAS A SEMIANNUAL. I BELIEVE IT WAS SEMIANNUAL BEFORE. MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE YOU GO. WELL, NO, I MEAN SO 11 THING. SO IN THE PAST WHEN

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ACTUALLY PUBLISHED PROCEDURE, BUT WE NEED A LITTLE TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS KIND OF FEEDBACK. THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE IS REFERENCED ANYWAY ABOUT IMPLEMENTING LIKE IN THE POLICY. IT'S REFERENCE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT. SO WE WILL HAVE TO CREATE THAT. OKAY, SO THEN I GUESS UM I WOULD NEED A MOTION. TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION OF PROPOSED PROVIDE REVISED POLICY ENTITLED 20-0023 DASH, 000. ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION WITH UM NON SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT MOVE TO APPROVE THIS POLICY. BECAUSE THEY'RE A 2ND 2ND. THE CHANGES WITH THE CHANGES. YES, UM MS RALLO, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. MISS OPERAS? YES. MISS BRUCE? YES COKER? YES DOCTOR MILLER? YES, MR PERRY? YES? MORAVA. YES. MR SEWELL? YES. MISS STRAUSS? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HAN YES, PRESIDENT POYNTON. YES, THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. UM SO

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