Liberty County School Board regular meeting Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 come to order. We're going to open the prayer and pledge. >> Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you Lord for the opportunity to be here. Thank you God for the opportunity to serve our our folks here at Liberty
County and our parents, our students or our community as a whole. Father, thank you Lord for that. We take that very serious. So, Father, pray that you'd help us, Lord, as we talk about the monthly business of the school board. Father, pray that you'd continue to bless us to find favor with those that
can help fund the things that we are asking for. We pray God that they would see our our plight, Father, of the need that we have. Father, pray God that you'd bless us to conduct ourselves in a way that's always pleasing to you. And Lord, with a spirit of unity, Father, we love you and thank you in Jesus name.
Amen. American to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic which stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all
item number two presentation Mr. Can't ask me. >> I don't really have much of a presentation. I don't know where you're going to stand or sit. >> I'll get up here. >> It would be I think for recording purposes. Do we have a mic up here? No. >> Okay.
>> I don't. >> I can do that. >> Chad. >> All right. So have a lot of questions regarding the school zone cameras. Um that got approved by the county in the last uh county commissioner meeting to
install the school zone cameras in the county and all the school zones. Um these cameras are not active 247. They are active 30 minutes before school up until 30 minutes after school. They will not be
active on holidays, weekends, anytime that children are not on campuses. So some are it we can elect to turn them on if you have 21st century down at or
you have high school uh summer school, they can be turned on during those hours. Um but they're not 247. So at the end of the day, 30 30 minutes after school is out, they go off. They they
don't capture picture. If you're speeding, you're speeding. So So in the morning time, so regardless of when the lights flashing, schools on like morning time and afternoon, kids are coming in and leaving. Okay.
>> When lights off, it's still monitoring people that come through. at the posted speed limit. >> At the post regular speed limit, not 20 >> when when the lights are off. So, this one is 20 m hour, right? So, it's going
to be if you go 30 miles an hour, it's going to send you a citation, right? During the school's >> when it's flashing. >> When it's flashing. Yep. >> When it goes off and the speed limit is 35. If you're running 46 on on 20, it's
gonna send you a ticket. It's gonna send you >> what hours >> from 8:15, you know, whatever the school's on time is here until the school's on light comes back on and then 2:30 or whatever
>> and then it drop it back down to 20, right? >> And then 30 minutes after school. >> So, and then when that light flips off, 30 minutes after school, it's not monitor not monitoring. comes back in the morning 30 minutes before school. >> Excuse me. Um 11 miles an hour over,
>> right? >> Um you know, which is that's pretty good speed to the school. >> Yes. >> Um and and let me ask you the sequence >> in which the tickets electronically go
through. When if I were to get a ticket, it where does that ticket electronically go to first? Where's the first stop? >> So, it's going to be the ultimate is the first one, right? Are you asking me
>> electronically? >> So, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office reviews every citation before it's sent. >> Okay. Okay. >> So, I also I just printed these. They're still a little warm. >> Some fact sheets like so. I didn't bring with me today.
>> Wasn't prepared to talk. Anybody over here want >> and if they wanted to if someone wanted to um challenge their ticket, >> they have that ability. Yes, ma'am. >> Same thing to do with the regular, >> right? So, this is a initially it's a
civil citation. >> You know, if you're speeding or not, >> typically, right? Um, so people will pay it. It's a civil citation. It It doesn't cause you points on your license. It's not going to cause your insurance to go
up. Um, it's a civil citation. It's a $100. the sheriff Arnold. I made it clear to the board that Liberty County Sheriff's Office didn't want any money. Don't want any of them that it can go to other emergency services in this county.
Um it's not about the money. >> And and let let me let me ask you a question because now when when the sheriff's office writes a ticket, let's talk about that money. Yes, ma'am. >> All right. So that money, do we get any of that money off of a regular ticket?
>> We get $12.50. >> Okay. What? How much will we get off of these? >> $60. Take a citation. $60. This broke down. I don't have that in front of you, but I can tell you >> he did. He did. I I wanted I wanted to
reiterate that because that's a lot. Um where we're not where they're going back, the money is going back to the state offers now. And I know I see you everywhere out there everywhere writing tickets. We're getting $12.50 50 cent for our officers to walk up to a vehicle
and take their lives in their hands. >> That's what they sign up for. I get that. But now and and you know this electronic system will produce more revenue. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> And and there's a portion of it and I apologize I don't have those numbers. I
know that the sheriff did this live and there's a portion that goes to the to the school board itself. So there's a portion that goes to emergency services. Um, there's a $5 school crossing guard that is statutoily mandated in that
citation that's got to go to a school crossing guard program. Something we don't have. What I told the board when we talked about it was, listen, I would love to have a school crossing guard in my school in my school crossings, right?
>> Then I can pull my SRO. He can be on the kinks, feet on the ground, looking, seeing these kids come in the door, monitoring their demeanors, saying hello. You that is impactful, right? That is important.
But we're out there standing in the school zone waiting on a kid to to ride up on his bicycle or walk, maybe his mo, whatever it is, and um get them across Highway 12, Highway 20, Highway 65.
I'm hoping I I am in hopes that if this program provides us enough of a $5 fee to that that we'll be able to start that I'm more comfortable having my SR on that campus first thing at 7:30 in the
morning looking at saying hello to these children. It just means more to me. It's important to have them out there to get them across the road. It's more important to me to have them on that campus looking at them face to face. You know, maybe a
mad parent, you know, they've got to come from that school zone and go up there, but they've got to get a hold first, right? So, we're we're reactive where we can be proactive by already being standing there with them. >> Do do you remember a rough estimate of the dollars that we're going to
anticipate on an annual basis proceeding into the county? Just a rough anywhere close. >> I I remember talk Yeah, but I I don't want to give you the ballparking. >> I I I think we need to caveat too that when they did the pilot, when they
looked at this, if y'all y'all talk about this, there was no red light in Hosford, >> right? >> So there there was no point, you know, there were just that was a lot of it was coming from the red from 20 up there. Um, so now it that I would assume that
that number may come down because there >> that number went up. >> Actually went up. So they just did another that was something the board made her uh that business do was pull another survey now that the red lights
here >> and those numbers went up. >> So those people's mad they don't sit there so long and they take off. They're stressed. They are they are hard to see but they see green light they trying to get through. >> Yeah. So so this would be a question and
we might not have the information and I don't know who has advice as to what funds and where. I don't know all the ins and outs but kind of the first thing that I thought of. Number one student safety is paramount. Child safety 100% we want we want to take care of a kid. I think it's a great idea to take care of
them. spending off of that safety is also if depending on the usage of these monies that it could maybe help get another school resource officer in the school. I don't know where these funds would go but if you could have an additional resource offers or you know Mr. Ricky I'm sure could identify you
know maybe a high need I mean I think that could be a great a great thing. So that's just >> I wanted to put another I think that something. >> Well, we we've added what people don't realize we've actually added a resource officer. You've added Cindy Johnson. >> This year we got four resource officer.
Four full-time resource resource officer. We've never had four before. >> Yeah. Through the K9 grant, we now have a resource officer that we can put wherever we feel necessary to put him. If I'm having special functions or whatever, he goes there. He's extra
coverage. He covers. We don't have to worry about pulling a deputy off the street anymore that don't know what's going on in the schools. He takes and falls in place for anybody that's sick, anybody that's on vacation, whatever. So, we've improved where we now have full resource officers. >> That's wonderful.
>> So, you know, and your guardians >> and and we have resource officers at every school. There's not probably I can count on one hand the number of districts in the state of Florida that has a resource officer, a full-time resource officer at an elementary
school. It just don't happen. They use guardian. Uh we have guardians and resource officers. Um I have more guardians in my in my small school district thanks to Mr. Superintendent and sheriff than any district in this
part of Florida. Most districts have 12 schools. They might have 12 resource officers. We got three schools. We got 14 resource officers >> basically with our guardians and >> our guardian. >> So So you know where they got one gun,
they got one gun on the ground inside a school, we have four at just about every school we have. >> So I mean that's a big deal. I mean we've made a lot of improvements. >> We do appreciate that. And I want to say, listen, Liberty County should be
proud. Yes. And my guardians, my I I just went over to Bay and and u we modeled a lot of our guardian program after Bay. They were one of the first in the in the state to come up with a or to
initiate that guardian program. And let me tell you, he is impressed. He's impressed. And and I will put any of my guardians and SRO's against any of his guardians. >> Yep. Anybody, >> Mr. Chair, how many when we had that kid 21st century had the the old cell phone,
you remember that a couple years ago and called 911 and it was screaming and hollering. You remember that? >> Oh, yes. >> We had >> we had six weapons on on school campus within 3 minutes of the phone call. >> That really happened. And it was 21st Century after school >> and it was amazing how many how many
people were there within 3 minutes. We had we actually had six weapons on campus with the child within three minutes of the phone call >> and there was a kid that had an old cell phone brought it you know it didn't work but it will still dial 911 so they were dialing 911 from the playground and all we all we could hear was kids following
screaming playing and buddy it was the calvary came in and it was it was when it went in three minutes that was it was realized what had happened. >> Will this um is this something that like will be posted on your website? um you know that that people have questions
regarding these cameras and everything that they can go and get a little FAQ on this. >> Absolutely. So, the sheriff asked me um a little while ago to create this fact sheet and uh make this for parents school parents and students and we're
going to pass this out. >> I mean, it might be beneficial to put this on our website as well. I I hope that's >> if that's something >> I I don't mind >> just for information park purposes. It seems like it would be a good idea. >> When is the when is the move start date? >> So, we haven't even signed a contract.
What it was the other night was just a uh an agreement to be in communication with the company and to move forward with any permitting process that we have. So, we still got to sign a contract. That has not been done. the board, the county commissioners are
going to sign that contract. And uh but right now, you know what Chad has done, Chad's done the leg work on these camera systems. He's been uh in contact with the uh with the uh company after the board of county commissioners approached
us. You know, uh Mason wasn't on the board at that time, but the rest of you guys were. Um, y'all voted 5 in favor of these cameras and then it went over. >> Let me let me clarify that because I went back and look at the YouTube um
because I had gotten a call um that you know said that the school board did not agree with the cameras. >> Well, I was very adamant. Yes, we did. Um and so I had I went back got the YouTube video. It actually was a
presentation that a vendor came in. Um, I probably was the most vocal about it and how in favor I was. And I I will go ahead and fall on that sword because I can't stop running my mouth. But anyway, um, I don't think it was a vote and I but I want you to know and I can't speak
for these others. >> But Dusty Arnold, Chad, I am proud of y'all. Anything that helps that keeps our children safe, it's it's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. And if that still ref 250 slides through there and it gets a
ticket, then I need my butt handed to me. I need a ticket. Okay. I got no in my game at all. >> Yeah. >> But and I will say this out loud as I told Dusty the other day. Toller is tricky. Told her you're dropping from a 45 to a
20 and almost you have to stand on your head. You know, I don't know if the state would be willing to re look at that again. up here. You're going You're supposed to be going 35, I think. >> 35 through here. >> Yeah, through here. So, you're dropping down to 20.
>> Well, I mean, you know, if I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong, but but uh you know, dropping from a 45 and you about can't even see. I Benny did get the trees cut, you know. But I I think that we need a little bit more notice and signage
maybe. I don't know if that's it'll feed with >> the cameras be like on the pole that the site the flashing lights on. >> No, no, no, no. You you'll have the flashing lights. You'll have the camera. If y'all go through Greensboro, you'll see >> all the others are about It's about
>> Yeah. >> 20 yards maybe. But you got a little bit sign and the camera The camera needs to be where it's looking at the light. >> Yeah. >> Because if it's not, you're going to have problems. Well, to see >> to see the light flashing
>> to see the light flashing because 99% of the time they're not right. >> Right now you got right here one flashing 247. >> You're saying the lights aren't right. >> Got one right here flashing. That's 24/7. Says 15 miles an hour. >> Yeah. >> The other end you got one flashing that
says 20. >> And that's D. >> That's DOT. >> No. We didn't WHO PUT THOSE LIGHTS UP? Did we ever figure out and the city >> is in charge of DOT has nothing to do with >> I had this sign moved because because it
was down here in the neighborhood. This is not a school on this side really anymore. This was that sign was I did some research on that sign. That sign was seven years in the works. In the meantime of that sign being put
in, Liberty County High School had moved from here to over there. It was put this it was put in for Liberty County High School to slow people down on this road coming up beside the school >> and the city did the sign as your research. >> The city don't even know who put it in.
It was just there. >> I think D inside I thought D. >> What about Host D? >> Yes. >> Yes. We had a big fuss about the mobiles.
>> They had a big problem with it. I don't know if they still are. >> I me personally, it needs to be where you can see that sign too because people if I tell you I didn't do it because the light wasn't flashing. You said, "Well, you need you need to see that sign." >> So, we were going to go a little bit
above and beyond. We're going to have the SRO actually look to make sure the sign is flashing. They're going to radio to our dispatch. So, there is a recording that the >> we have a recorded document that the light is flashing. You got you got to be able to see it.
Listen, I've been doing this 20 something years. Them lights are constantly a problem. If you don't see that light, it's going to be hard when somebody disputes that it wasn't flashing. You It's your word
against theirs. No, I think I think we're going to have some growing pains with me questions had those same growing pains. >> Fix everything, right? That that easy to solve if you looking in that white and
that speed all that at the same time. I mean, if it's if it's that shouldn't be an issue, should it? Ain't that the last >> because they not been put up. >> Well, your signs are facing outward. And so your camera would have to be on
the other side, which would cause an issue. Yeah, >> the camera's inside >> because then you're hitting on both. >> What we can possibly do is see if the uh county the county do and the city can place some type of indicator on the back
of the flashing sign. Maybe like a red light or something to let us know >> for it to pick up >> that it's on. some type some type of indicator letting us know when the camera takes the takes the picture that it could see that light down there and it have some type of indicator on.
>> Is there any that's is there any way for those to talk to one another? The lights and the cameras. I'm just wondering >> Yeah. So they're all on they're going to be on the timer is what they Yeah. >> Okay. >> I'm sure there's going to be growing pains.
>> They need to be saved together like you just say. I mean I don't >> and if I mean it need it almost like it needs to be sync the camera needs to be synced with the actual >> light itself. >> Yes power comes on make that light flash it
comes on making a camera do this thing >> and it might be >> because he's call it might be some way they can't leave >> me. So, I'm writing these thoughts down right now. I'm going to ask about see if there's a way to link the lights and the
cameras together. It's hard to get somebody a ticket cuz if they can do 45 and the speed limit's 20, well, that's 11 miles an hour road if that line ain't flashing. >> And and I >> and I have people aren't going to slow
down if it's not flashing. >> No, it's not. you me because we don't realize we don't look at our clocks. Oh, that light should be on. >> I've been watching I've been driving the bus almost every day and been watching. I'll go through Holdler. One end will be flashing, one end won't this week.
>> That's how Oscar was a year ago. >> Who do you report to when that happens? >> Report to uh I report to uh at Toller. We uh reported with the count >> who >> with the count
>> do they fix it? >> Well, I mean they have to call a company. They don't work on them. We don't have a person in this county that can work on these lights. You have to call a company out of Tallahassee. A traffic company out of Tallahassee has to come over and work on. They put you on a schedule. It might be five days before that traffic company can get here
and work on. >> I mean, that's just the way it is. I mean they and they have >> and it's documented that we've been having problems with >> I mean we call and we we let people know that they're not working like they're supposed to or the timer's off or whatever. But if you go through that lot
and it's not working, call me and let me know. But most of the time I've already called because time one of them is not working. Somebody calls and then I forward it on to somebody else. But then like I say, we have to be put on a on the schedule with the traffic company out of Tallahassee and they have to send
a road over here to work on. >> That's the reason they need to be looking at the light. If you can't tell, it's hard to get somebody to it messes up. It's like fire alarm in state.
>> That's some drug. >> So we can we can actually put that on Parrot Square. Then we can put it on website closer to time. Yeah. >> Once when all these things are worked out, when you get ready, let's say you say, "Okay, drop dead date. We're going to start December 1." Yeah. Then what we'll do is and I know you're going to
do some some public information stuff saying get ready because what I understand they'll send out warnings to begin with >> and and then yeah we can we can aid in that information getting that out >> but nothing's been signed. These are all questions I I've been going to Chad every day
>> and asking him certain things, you know. Um the thing that we're fighting the most right now is the misinformation. Um I mean th this is not the flop cameras. This is not the LPRs. This is strictly for school zones. State
statute. There's a state statute for these things. Um and uh it's been approved by our legislature. And so anyway, we just wanted you guys to have facts so if you guys are asked,
y'all can answer the questions. And uh and so like I said, it hasn't no contracts been signed yet. It's all these questions are going to be answered before we even decide. So >> So Dusty Chad, would there be a benefit?
It it sounds like it will happen. We just don't know the time or the company or maybe every single bit of every detail. Most of them, but not every detail. Right. >> Would it be helpful to get in front of this just to let the commit like from the school board side to go ahead and
say, "Hey, listen, refer to the sheriff's office or some someformational source to say this is coming. It's going to happen." Just to let people know. And it can be beneficial to have conversations like this in the
community, be able to address or express concerns that way they're fixed before they happen, right? I mean, just like taking a picture of a lot scenario, somebody might come up with something's thought about, they can share with you, right, to address and fix before it's a problem. I don't think it would be a bad
idea. Us going ahead and sharing information now to, hey, this is how you get in touch with the sheriff's office. This is their information source. It come from the school where we're ahead of it. I think it would be a good idea for the school to do that now. And then when it finally does drop, when we have
all the details shared again, that that would be my recommendation from the board >> like you said parent square that's the way we get a hold of our parents and you know and we we share this information and you know they're welcome to I'm sure
uh I'll through you or whomever to ask questions and be relayed on to you through our through our parents you know and our schools but um >> but I think getting this information out and you know and and and this is probably going to be a living document
because you may take or you may add to it. So, you know, um and just let people know that, you know, this is not written in stone. This is a living document. We're going to change it, you know, if if it needs to be changed. Um but I think you're correct. Misinformation
and it is a select few um that it's it's saying that, you know, not liking this. Um, but >> at the end of the day, >> what's the goal >> and it's about safety of the children.
>> Yep. >> So, >> it's hard to buck that in my opinion. >> And and and the thing is, and maybe I haven't I didn't say well enough last week, being a former trooper, I know the
facts when it's pedestrian versus vehicle. I've seen enough bad stuff in my time as a trooper to know that a pedestrian has a 14% survival rate when a vehicle is going over 40 miles an hour. And until you seen a pedestrian
killed by a vehicle, I mean, it stays with you for the rest of your life. And uh I know, like I said, I know there's a lot of people that not a lot of people, but there's a few people that don't want this, but if it helps save one child,
>> then it was then it's been worth it. So, and I and I'm not one to wait till something happens and then react. Well, that's just not how it's very clear, Dusty and and Chad. It's very clear you have emergency management to plan for
disasters. Whether it be a hurricane, tornado, flood, whatever it may be, we're doing the same thing. We're getting prepared. We've got SRO's. We've increased our SRO's. What are we doing that for? Because just in case something did happen, we're ready, you know. And I
again like you said, you got a plan, you know, but you got to pray that the best to happen that it don't ever happen, but it could happen. So you gota be ready for it. So I listen I I ain't got no form at all.
>> Whatever help I can give us one of board and personally to the sheriff's office, this I'm 100% favor. Thank y'all and I appreciate everything y'all there to keep us safe. >> Bless unless you have any more questions for me. I I appreciate your time. >> Um listen, I've heard some questions.
I'm going to get some answers and and I will come back at the next meeting and give you the answers to these questions or I'll give you your answers. So, we we're going to be transparent, right?
Good, bad, and ugly. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for coming. I appreciate it. I appreciate >> y'all got y'all got bait in here. This is nothing like a county. >> What was that?
>> Y'all got a bait in here. These beepers. >> I keep >> Nobody shows up. >> I knew y'all were coming. >> Any other question? If not, we'll move on to item three, public comment. We didn't have any. Moving on to item
number four, superintendent reported. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Very quickly, I know we got a baseball game and I know govern u at the end of the meeting very briefly, and I do mean briefly, I want to share an update our strategic plan. I had sent that out to y'all, I believe,
on the 5th. Um, I always do it in Excel. And when we got ready to print it out, I think Mason brought attention, is there a beer way to do that? And when we started doing it, it it was microscopic. Um, so my apologies for that. We'll figure out a better format with Excel to make that. But we've made some I've got
some copies for you today. Uh, kind of blown up where you can actually make some notes. But I I I'm not asking you to take any action today. Just want to talk about it because we've I've added a seventh goal there. We'll talk about that. Also want to talk about school start times. Uh there's been legislation
that passed that said no high school can start before 8:30. That's actually the law now, but there's a there's an opt out that we can do. Um I think it's I'll talk to you about that. So anyway, we need I want to start the opt out process and that starts today letting y'all know
what we're going to opt out of. Um the crud is in our schools, district office. I hear some of y'all coughing. Um the fever coughing has taken over most of our district office as you can tell is not here. U Katie's been out all week. Mandy's out and Jeff has drove the bus
for grabb now he's got it down there. So um and a lot of kids, a lot of teachers got a lot of students out with it and it's just part of it is probably just going from these extreme cold temperatures to it being 70 something degrees today. So uh please be patient. If you reached out and asked for stuff
and you hadn't got it, please reach out to me and we'll make sure we get that to you. But most of these folks are recovered at home. They are working as much as they can. Uh softball bleachers, part of those have arrived. I think there's some more stuff coming. They got all here today. Um our
construction class, Mr. Scheler is going to help out utilizing our students with the construction and the erection of those uh those bleachers. Uh Kevin and I talked. We're going to put them together, get them to put them together, and then we're going to kind of look and then be able to back them up and then pour the slab and then put them on the
slab. We'll know more placement once we get them built. And I think that was a good thing cuz you we can we can actually move them and uh and then we'll put them on the slab. And so that's that's that's here. That's right on time. That was the schedule. I think 10th is when they said they would be here.
>> Uh very thankful Co Pepper Roberts and Roberts for their work on the track. Uh we could about stripe it right now. We we'd have a track meet, but uh we we still have one more phase of that. Rodney Reigns is the guy that's doing the rubber coating. Uh Mason brought in
a sample color tonight. We were kind of comparing it to some of the the garnet, but it's a it's a rubber uh recycle uh surface. If you want to look at that, I encourage you. I'll just pass it down and y'all can y'all can look at that. Um uh
>> will it be it'll be I mean the stripes what color will the stripes be? >> They'll be white. White. >> Yeah, they'll be white. It's going to get golden. >> Yeah, they need you have to have some real contrast in that. So they'll need to be white. >> I got you. >> Yeah. Um
so anyway, I'm looking forward to that. There's going to be some Hey, there'll be the same thing we're talking about. There's me and Kevin have talked about all these possible scenarios, what you can, what you can't do. Uh there's going to be learning curves for the track. The days of driving the homecoming girls is over. I hate that. Um the guy told us
last week, me and Jared Roberts talking. He said if you're taking a mower and you go per you go straight across to it and don't turn, not a problem, but you just can't turn on that stuff. And so we're going to have to put mats down. Cleat is bad for it. Obviously any vehicular traffic, you can't do that anymore. And
then, you know, once we get everything there, we're going to have to look at some fencing. Um, but traffic will not will not bother it. So, we won't we won't we still that's big learning curve. We'll we'll figure it out once we get everything done. We've talked about the field events where those are going
to go. Uh, Javelin's probably going to go north of the way bleachers. Uh, shot and disc southside of the way bleachers. Uh, high jump closer to the old concession stand. I'm at Buzzy. Um, thinks that's probably a good spot. We'll still kind of play around, see
where the best spot is for him to come from the left and right. Um, and then probably a pole ball maybe behind the old concession stand, make a little runway back there. And uh, it's it's going to be it's going to be nice. We'll figure all that out. Was placement is is is huge, but we'll make sure that we get
get it where it's not going to be a problem for something else down the road for any other thing. So very very grateful for all the people that have worked on that. SRS that is the secure rural schools. Uh, this affects county commission. It affects and the sheriff's
office. This is our forest money. It affects us hugely. Um they they were going to do a Zoom today at 4, but they moved it to Thursday. I'm going to send you a link to that. Um we're going to talk about fiscal year 2027 and the expiration. So for 2027,
um 2026 is going to expire, believe it or not. So gone in a rears for 2425 and then 26 we'll get a payment, but for 27 it it expires on in 26 for the 27th fiscal year. So, I want to encourage y'all uh I'm not always going to be here
down the road, but I really want y'all to as much as you can to really familiarize yourself with Skiral Schools and and the plight of our coalition. Uh so, if you'd like to get in on that Zoom, I'm going to send you send that link uh tomorrow. Uh number six, we're
we're requesting, as we had already talked about, we're just going to open up a little $500 account. We can make it $100, make it 300. Um but just open an account with Cal Liberty Credit Union. Uh we'll be discussing a calendar transition next month or two um on doing
that. So we've got the got the um got the ball rolling on that once we get an account with them. Then we can start we can start some talking about future stuff per your wishes. That is a 100% board's uh purview on who we bank with as our depository. We're working on
transition planning. We have some staff in some real leadership positions, not only here at the district office, uh some at some of our schools, uh who are retiring. Uh we're currently advertising for Laura's job, the director of ESC. I've told her I don't have she doesn't have to leave
us, but she is uh she is uh uh going to enjoy the next season in our life. She's been phenomenal and and has been the only ES director of ESC that we've ever had. And so she has set the bar very very high. We went ahead and advertised for that with a start date of July 1.
Um, so we want somebody hope we that job closes Friday. We want to go ahead and start interviewing some some folks and hopefully have somebody named that can come in and start shadowing with her and uh pick her brain of all the institutional knowledge that she possesses. Um, and we'll have some other
positions you'll start to see and show up that will be uh replacing some of these folks that are uh moving on to bigger and brighter things. Um, our funding requests in the legislature still looking good. Rural Renaissance is not looking good. Um,
from our talk to talks to people in the house, it's just not going to pass. The the House will not take it up. Um, and so, uh, one, some of our lobbyists say, well, there's a a ground possibility, but in talking to our elected leadership in the House, ain't going to happen.
That's that's I'm almost verbatim saying it. Uh, next year, not a problem. You'll have new governor, new leadership in the House and the Senate. Um, it's going to happen, but they're just telling us it ain't going to happen. It that's huge for Liberty County. We need
that. uh our our panhandle needs it, but right now it's not looking good, but our asks are looking good. Uh early release date is Friday, February 13th. Don't forget Valentine's Day. I put in my Monday message Monday morning. Dollar General is there to serve you. And if
Dollar General don't have it, you don't need it. Um >> she don't need it. >> She don't need it. All right. Uh I Yeah, quote Jason on it. Okay. Uh no schooling work on Monday, February 16th, which is the following Monday in observance of
President's Day. Uh our girls have made Sweet 16 at high school in basketball. That's phenomenal. Got a great girls team. Had a great boys team this year. Their season came to an end, but they played hard. Uh they the girls will be playing Malone in Malone on Friday at 7 o'clock Eastern time. Uh mentioned this
to some of y'all. G County Superintendent Jim Norton will be announcing his candidacy for Congress tomorrow at 12:00. our time. St. Joe's on our time at the Constitution monument in Port St. Joe and I put the address there 200 out on Memorial Highway. Um,
so if you would like to go to that, uh, he has requested anybody and everybody like to come for his public announcement running for Congress. Uh, lastly, update from Ted Roush with Fleet. Uh Katie and and Mason and I got to meet with uh Ted
a few months ago at the end of last year talked about what a self-insured program would look like through Fleet um for Liberty County. And one of the things that's been the hurdle that Ted's been working on, I talked to him today to get just just to make sure I was telling y'all
the right thing is that United Healthcare, some of these healthc care companies was not willing to compete with CHP in districts less that have less than 200 uh enroles in in a healthcare program. And so now they have switched gears on that and United Healthcare and Florida Blue has said
we'll absolutely uh cover a Liberty County. They're in Hamilton County today. Um, so I asked Ted if he would come to a workshop and so he said, "So I'll be giving y'all some dates or Rene probably call you, give y'all some dates to pick from and get Ted to come in
here." I would rather not do it the same day we do a meeting so we don't feel rushed. We just kind of sit there and talk about it and not not say, "Well, we got to hurry, get get I know there's just some sometimes in the evenings with ball games and all, we we try to get out of here a little quicker." So um that's
wonderful news for us. Uh it's a it's a really good plan and slowly but surely they're building a group and that and Mason that's what he told us they were going to do and he's doing that. He's building a group of school districts that are signing on with that. Is it perfect for us? I don't know yet. We
still just in that factf finding mode. >> Did they give a time frame for when they think that things were going to start coming together and it's going to be a viable option for >> us? He he feels like like now >> the this next time we come up for open >> if we want to. Yeah. So so we've got I
think got one year left uh with with them but we can absolutely change we can we can change at any time on certain notices. U so anyway that's that I will cover that at the end and if y'all will let me be brief I promise you I will be brief. Uh I know that's hard to believe when a preacher says he's going to be
brief but I I promise you I'm keep you long but I do want to sit at the table so I can look at y'all. I'm gonna take the laptop kind of go over a few things uh on that other M. Any questions, Mr. Chair? >> Thank you, Mr. President. Moving right along. Item number five, uh addition
correction to agreement. Item A need a motion to approve addition correction to consent item AB. Motion >> motion. M second. >> Second to keep any discussion. All favor say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Moving on item B. Need a motion to approve that in
emergency item 10 AFB. I have a motion. >> Motion motion. Who second? Thank >> Yes sir. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Move on item six. Need a motion to approve agenda for February the 10th 2026. Have a motion.
>> Motion. >> Motion with secondary. Second. >> Second. >> Second by Jody. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carried. Moving on to item seven. I need a motion. Item of A. Need a motion to approve January 13, 2026 relating minutes. I have a motion.
Motion more. Second. Second. And M. Jody. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Next item B. Need a motion to approve January 22nd, 2026 special meeting minutes. Motion. >> Motion. >> Motion second. Second.
>> Second. >> Second. Mr. K. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. We're going to go on item eight item 8. Make a motion to approve January 2026 finance and transaction. Have a motion.
>> Motion. >> Motion to keep a second. Second single. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carry. Move on item B. Make a motion to approve February 26 personnel table with additional corrections. Have a motion.
>> Motion. >> Motion. Mr. Kever. Second. >> Second. >> Thank Jody. Any discussion? >> Yeah. I have two questions. Well, a comment. First off, I know that we've had administrators stepping up because they have to to help out with a lot of these changes. I I appreciate them doing
so. Um I I do have I'm sure just like Kyle and every other administrator are concerned with all that they're having to carry the load on. Yeah. >> How how are things looking for us as far as bringing people in to fill positions that are that are needed? >> Yeah. So, uh, the the one that's been
the been the thorn in my side was was the kindergarten class at Hosford. Uh, Danielle went in there in October. Uh, we do have somebody in there now. Uh, when I asked y'all to pass the special emergency provision, uh, I went in there, I've gone in there a couple
times, one last week, this week, just checking in, meeting with Danielle, uh, Miss Rogers is phenomenal. She's doing really good. She's starting to kind of pull out a little bit. uh we're paying her as a parapro now that she'll have her degree in March uh hopefully in
about three weeks. So once she gets that and we can pay her teacher salary per the emergency provision but uh that's been that's been the big one. Um we we have hired a math teacher down at Toller and that person starts in about a week I think. So um I will say this and and
Laura and me and Jeff and Mandy and Katie are in a text loop. Um I I am very proud of our uh administrators who don't mind going in and filling that. Um you know they they they don't mind and they do it very well. Uh Tim Davis has went
down and taught algebra. He's math teacher. Talk my kids. Um so everybody's kind of it's been all hands on deck and our administrators don't blink. When they know that there's a need, they just go do it. And so we know that's not the absolute uh thing we want to do. But for
example, that kindergarten class that CLA, if that class suffers, it it affects those children the rest of their their, you know, career in school. So we want to make sure we get it right, do what's best for kids and and I believe our district, it proves our district staff who have been going in and
teaching eighth grade math, seventh grade math, whatever needed doing until that teacher gets here. Uh they have done such a phenomenal job. The relief has come is what you're saying. The relief has come. So >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. We've hired We've made the hire. Yeah. >> I I'm going to comment on that. Um
because my granddaughter was one of those children that went through five teachers >> as kindergartener. >> Don't want to ever do that again. >> No. Um and and I know that they're stepping in and I appreciate that too. It's that that's a lot to have to do their regular job and then turn around
and teach as well. um all these positions that they're stepping in. Are we confident? I know we've hired, you know, kindergarten. I hear that. Um are we going to be able to fill these positions? Because again, you know, you have, let's just say Jeff.
You have Jeff and then you have another teacher and then you may have another teacher and you know, then you've got that's a lot, you know, for these kids to go through in one school year. >> Yeah. But they've had Yeah. They've had suffering. >> Yeah. They've had one teacher up until
now until the their teacher left. They've had one teacher. So, uh it's only in the interim for that. The longer interim was was the kindergarten class at Oxford. That was when it took >> very long to find a teacher, you know, to get somebody. >> Um you know, the best time to give
teachers in the summer. Usually the second best time is Christmas. And that's when that's when this one came to life. But she was real close to finishing her degree, but not not quite there. Needed a couple more months. But she uh her her background, her degree is
in and early childhood ed. So it's right in line with what we need her to do. >> But all those positions will now be out in the field. >> Okay. >> Thanks Administration for stepping in. >> All in favor say opposed. Move car. Move
on item six. Need a motion to approve February 20 26 update sub motion. Motion Mr. Ke second single discussion. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item B. Need a motion to approve February 2026 update supplement.
Have a motion. Motion. Motion. Mr. Kever. Second. Mr. Mo. Any discussion? Say I motion carried. Next item I need then a motion to approve updated personnel motion.
Second discussion all favor say I motion car n may need a motion approve create advertise student ot present motion jer any discussion >> yeah how long has this been around this
opportunity how long have we been doing this fun >> few years >> has been a few years >> yeah only only the only bad the only bad thing about it is it goes to UF Other than that, it's pretty amazing. >> Okay, that was a joke. The University of
Florida does this. It's actually a wonderful program we've had for quite a number of years. And it another good way of of exposing some kids to education, but get maybe scratches a little if they've got some aspirations maybe to teach they can get involved. But no,
we're very grateful for our partnership with the University of Florida. >> All in favor say I. Any opposed? Move carried. Moving on. Item B need a motion to approve audit general final report number 2026-083 for physical year ending June the 30
2025. I have a motion miss any discussion. >> Yeah. Two two things uh there seem like in this financial report we're getting things stronger in life as far as compliance standards things of that nature. So grateful for that. Um, one of the things that really stuck out is the
need for local business and that improvement or increase in local business for tax revenues. And I'm bringing this up to say uh me speaking for myself and I I think most of us on the board would agree to speak for y'all. Whatever we can do to help
facilitate anything business-wise, we are I'm happy to do. um whatever we can do as a board to help facilitate chamber of commerce, any type of um economies of scale coming into our rural community, it it's a stark reminder when you look at the financials and you see, you know,
just how little the the tax benefit is coming into the school system because of lack of business. It is it's pretty shocking when you take a look at the numbers and grand scale of things. So, I say that to say maybe they won't see this. I appreciate the state and legislators and all those
that do so much to help with our funding from the federal and state jobs. Um, and I think grants, it makes a huge impact. I know our administrators have done great jobs bringing in grants and facilitating grants and it's it's greatly appreciated. If it weren't for those things, we would be in a in in hot
water, as they say. You know, we we really would be. So, that that's a reminder um to me of that. So, um whatever I can do to help facilitate things, happy to. Um but again thank y'all for all your hard work in making that come together
Mr. carries. Item C then a motion app to approve directory finance Kun travel expenditure of attendance to the coord institution of Florida school finance 2026 have a motion >> motion >> motion singleary second miss any
discussion all say I any opposed motion carries item D need a motion to approve director finance Katy gun traffic expenditure for attendance to the 26th spring fasca form March 31st throughp
motion carries. Next item in a motion to approve director Clinton Vandy Valley travel extenders for attendance to the 2026 spring fasa form March 31st to May 2nd St. August 10 floor. Motion >> motion.
>> Motion. Mr. Secretary, second keeper. >> Any discussion? All f say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. I may need a motion to approve superintendent travel expenditure expenses for attendance to the badge 2026 spring leadership
conference April 8th through the 10th. Have a motion. >> Motion floor. Second. Second. Second. Mr. K. Any discussion? All f. Any opposed? Motion carries. That's item G. Need a motion to approve school calendar for 26 27 school year. Have a motion.
>> Motion. >> Motion keeper. Second. >> Second. >> Second. Secretary. Any discussion? >> Mr. Chair. Um Kyle, I assume we we're not end up in the pit. We did with the prom and all that. Everybody's checked prom and
>> you remember >> graduation. >> Graduation when we had graduation, softball. >> Yeah. Yeah. All that's good. Now prom. prom. >> I thought there was something with prom. >> I know there was a >> but as far as like if we if we >> Yeah,
>> on softball. Yeah, we we >> Okay. >> I know we had a mess. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we fixed that last year and this year. Yes, you're right. Exactly. It was a mess. >> So, I I searched for this and I didn't make the call. Does anybody know
tendedly when Chipala College is going to have their spring break next? >> It's the same. It's the same. We match theirs. >> So, we did match it. All right. I couldn't find it online. Good. Good. That's great. >> All f say I.
>> You post. Motion carries. Next item. H. Need a motion approve lives environmental and deduction estimate for quarterly pumping out the grease traps at Hford Elementary County office preschool county high school and wto have a motion >> motion more singleary any discussion.
>> Yes. So question for you what what makes this right here any different than any other expenditure like why is this being brought up? Just just out of curiosity contract >> contract. So, we're entering into a contract that hasn't been entered into before. This is brand
>> Mr. Wilson. We had a contract for him and he >> stopped doing it. So, we got somebody new. >> All right. I got you. I'm >> not that it matter. Who is that? >> It's Stephen Hog. >> Steven Hobby. >> Steven. >> Yeah. He's on business. >> Okay.
>> Just so y'all know about this too. Hosford's drain field system over there on them ball fields ain't looking good. >> It has been. Well, look at the worst problems. >> We're probably going to have to do something with those tanks. Probably start pumping them on a regular basis as
well. Those big tanks just to relieve that pressure some. >> Well, do we need to go get the bids or is this something we going >> Well, they almost weren't here doing it. >> I got you. So, it's a soul source. So, I mean, >> who would that be? >> Well, no. We would get We could get him
to do it. Just It's got a lot more expensive cuz them tanks are huge. Yes, I'm talking about >> and the concern for him to get rid of it. >> Yeah, that's the problem. >> Well, that sounds like a need. We need >> Well, the system coming out of us is not a good system. And that's that's the problem.
>> So, when it I'll let you know when it's time. >> Yeah. I mean it's it's just it was a bad system when it >> what what I'm saying is okay if we need to plan for this in our next year budget you know it'll be it'll be >> it'll be when you say hey we can't do
>> but you know you want to get to that point >> here's what's happen now Mr. Peg knows >> every year when baseball and softball starts, we start having problems. That's because school has went on the whole time and that drain field is saturated.
>> Every year he he sits over and listens to the phone calls. It just >> it's been doing it since it's been there. >> It's been doing it since it's gotten a lot worse. So this grease traps like gonna help some. It's going to get some of it out, but we I I think we might need to start pumping that to relieve
that. But >> how long how feasible >> how feasible would it be to pump it on a regular basis versus replacing it? >> That's what I think we need going to need to do because you're going to tear up softball and baseball field
>> to replace golf. We gota >> I think if we start you know we just talked about this with Mr. Matt we might be you know I I promise I'll let you know >> and the only place for it to be is under those ball fields place that can go
great. So, I'll give you I'll give you a little background for y'all that I know uh Dudy remembers this and and Boo when that whole the whole fields out there, you know, that was a football field at one time back when I came through and Kevin came through hospital school, but
that that is a drain field and they did not want us to put the the health department health did not want us to put fields on that. >> Um but we got a a variance or whatever to be able to put those fields on there. But but it but the problem is is how the
waste gets from the building out there to there. It's a it's a it's not a good system. They >> trouble. >> It's it's been trouble. >> Yeah. It's just a bad design on the on the on the sewer system to get out there
to the drain field. So um >> those 10,000 gallon tanks under >> 10,000 >> 10,000. They're big. >> How many? two >> two big ones and there's another small ones in there too. There's there's several >> four or 500.
>> It's amazing how stuff will get clogged right outside the brick building there. Kevin's had trucks come in and find everything from whole pair of blue jeans. I mean it's it's story. >> Yeah, it's all true. It's all true. >> So I think if we do we do this and then
maybe we we looking at it right now. We had problems last week. We may I may come back to y'all, Mr. Peggy, and come to him and we might need to start getting him to pump at least the last one. We might go monthless every other month
>> through through ball season or permanently. >> Well, >> I know you said it gets worse. >> It gets worse at the end. Every year it starts having problems, but then you know the biggest thing is we can keep the stuff out for ever getting there. There's been there's been you there's
been everything you can imagine in that. >> We don't have any hazards on the field. It's just a flow hazard using the facilities. It's not moving like it should from the facilities and the fields get stopped up because after so long it can't handle any. >> Well, I mean there's no leeching coming
up out of the ground. >> Not on the field. Not on the field. >> Right there behind the dugout. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> In close proximity. Yeah, no shot. Mr.
Chris, they all been trained. They know when they hear that alarm going off, they can almost do it for us now. They, you know, they text me. John's bad about or good about sending me a video. All right, here's what's happening. And, you know, we immediately take care of
>> she can hear that. He said the life the life. Yeah, we we working. This is a must right here. Need that pass. >> We'll figure out moving forward on what we need to do% better, you know, maintenance of of that.
>> Yeah. >> Any once again, is that in a fiveyear plan or anything? I mean, this sounds like big money. I mean, have we put this in any >> No, that's huge. >> Infrastructure planning. >> It's huge money. >> Okay.
>> So, this needs to be on our radar then as far as saving for seeking grant dollars for or >> that would be that' be a great thing. >> That'd be a great thing. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> To redo it. >> Maybe we take some of this >> in one year that we can get whether it's or not to do it because we know it's
coming. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> And you're exactly right. That might be a that might be a great pot of money to pull from. >> No, I'm just I mean, hey, you got to get where you can get. >> Yeah. You know, >> we got we're going to have to get there, though. >> It's It's coming now. I >> I mean, I This should be in an
infrastructure plan. I'm telling you, this is exactly what I was saying, >> Mr. P. That if we're going to do something, I think it needs to be backed up in the school tanks and all and do it like it's the whole thing. The whole thing needs to be done because if you just do grain field, the tanks are still
a major problem. >> Well, it sounds like the problems right outside the building coming out the building. >> It is. That's what I'm saying. From the building out like when you do like put grinders from getting blue jeans. >> Well, the problem with that is put the
grinders. They spray theirs goes up there and spray it. We don't spray it in drain field and it follows up drain field. That's a problem with grind. That's the reason they already been done. You can't put grinders in a drain field. That's not done. >> The only way you put a grinder in a
drain field is if you put a screen in with an elevator and you bring it out into a dumpster. Then you have to worry about hazard just wast. That's not an option for us. You don't want to do that. >> I mean, we did it at the prison. We put a screen in with an elevator on it. It brought it out into a dumpster and every
month you had to have hazardous waste come in and get dumpster blah blah blah. And it made a big mess. st >> we had to close it up because it smells so bad. >> We don't want that champ. So you you'll keep
me to talk about it. >> Every time I find out something I'll definitely don't want people coming in from ball season and smelling septic tank we have. So that's just my my year. >> Yeah.
>> Any more discussion? All say you both car Next item nine. Need a motion to approve Liberty County High School track improvements work order made as of January 22nd, 2026 and submitted by Co
Construction Company Incorporated. Have a motion. >> Mr. Chair, >> um if I may, u I'm going to abstain from this vote. Um I completed it with uh the help of our attorney Heather. She has uh helped me create the form 8B. It has
been provided to our superintendent and Renee, our secretary um based on the fact that my husband works for co not really for Co Pepper. He works for Roberts and Roberts. So I'll be abstaining from this vote. >> Yeah. Yeah, Mr. Chair. Same same for myself as well. I spoke with our
attorney. It was recommended and I choose to recuse myself from this voting for Roberts subcontractor. >> Thank you. Motion this morning. All in favor say I. Motion carries
on item 10. Item may need a motion to approve extension of local agreement between Liberty County water county and Liberty County School District. Water school district to health services doing a
state or local emergencies. Have a motion motion. Motion Mod second. Second single. Any discussion? >> So I apologize with being emergency item. I didn't have time to review this. Were there any changes that that came up in this is just the same year to
>> Okay. Is there any high points that I need to be aware of that might be useful to know from this? >> School is it >> that we are the we are the official shelter. >> Okay. Uh and and with that comes some
additions of some extra generator power and stuff like that which has been a blessing. >> Um so yeah, we're the we're the designated place. >> Yes. >> All motion carry. Move on to item B. A
motion to approve banking agreement with the credit union. Have a motion. >> Motion keeper. Second, Mr. Secretary. Any discussion? All say I motion carried on item 11
items. That was not me. >> Y'all take one and pass them. Say start there. make this sorry. >> Okay. So, while you're passing out, I'm
start talking baseball. First thing, strategic plan. Send that to you on February 5th. Um, here's how you can do this. just for this and I I'll have this in a better do it like this. One, two, three. Just like that.
One, two, or three. And it'll give you you'll have your goals across the the top. Um I think Jody reached out said what what substantive changes have we made? Not not a lot. Mainly dates and people who are responsible for these things. Uh strategic plan should not
change a whole lot. It's kind of that foundational thing. Um first time when I became superintendent I I was I was I did my superintendent uh superintendent training. I have to do a presentation. I did strategic plan. That's what I want
to do. Um every group government group office can have strategic plans. First one I looked at was uh Gainesville Latch County. One page. One page. And I was like, "Oh, wow." you know, um, some of them
25 pages, you know, somewhere in the middle, we need to have a strategic plan that addresses big picture items, not big picture issues, big picture goals. Uh, so I've identified seven goals. We've had these now since about 2022.
Um, nothing's changed a whole lot. Some of the things that come off, things that we've accomplished, things we've uh, you know, one of the I'll give you an example. One of the things there was to to get funding for the fieldhouse. Boom. It's done. We took it off. Um, so it
within this, you're going to have seven goals. You're going to have an objective. What we're trying to do, you're going to have an outcome on page two, and then you're going to have some strategies. Okay? Um, and and then time frames, how how long you want to do
that. So the main one that I've added uh that was not on there from previous years going back down back to 22 23 is goal seven um and that's school marketing and student staff retention. Could have made that eight. I tried to
combine them because I think a lot of that has to do with the same thing. Uh our objective there, Libert County School District will employ marketing strategies annually to retain staff and students while emphasizing the value of opportunity, quality faculty, and
superior facilities for our public education in Liberty County. Um I'm proud of what we what we have here. Uh I want our people to to know that. I I think they do, but you know, now with school choice, people can take their their FT money, as we've talked about a
lot over the last couple years, uh about 10% of our students are not here on campus. So, uh they're homeschooled. Now, we've always had homeschooled. Believe it or not, when Dudy Hayes was in high school at Liberty County High
School, uh, back in the 90s, uh, >> yeah, there was people homeschoolers when Joe Jody and I went to school together. Uh, some of y'all are you, we've always had homeschoolers, okay? But now, obviously, and I'm preaching to the choir. State gives the ability to take your FT money, your school, your
student funding, and go wherever you want to. So, right now, we're at about 90%. Uh 95 I've talked to some other superintendents is is a great they would they they love 90. They said go wish we were 90. Okaloosa is really struggling. They have been an a school district
since the the uh rankings even started and they are lo they're losing students left and right. It's a it's a you know a lot of money in that area. So you're seeing charter schools, private schools pop up. Um, I I I feel a good goal for us to start is 95% to try to get some of
these students back. Now, that may be a very ambitious goal, but that's that's a good starting point. Uh, I'd love to have 100%. I don't think we're ever we've never have 100% and I don't think you're ever going to get I'm a realist. You're never going to have 100%. You always got some students that that homeschool and we always will, always
have. So, not the outcome is is 95%. Marketing strategy. What in the world is that? fads. I share a little bit with Jody. FADS come out with some marketing uh stuff and and here's kind of the theme. Florida's future powered by public schools. That's that's the way
it's labeled. So, they've got some marketing strategies over the next few months that we will be doing and participating in. Uh they've I've learned a lot about Canva. I don't know if any of y'all are familiar with Canva and some of the the stuff that you can build. I know our church secretary does
a lot of that on our church website. So that really cool stuff. But it's a it's a way to market our here's our strategies. Marketing strategies will be employed to attract homeschool students. We'd like them to come be a part of what we got going on campus. Marketing strategy we employed to attract
instructional staff. So guess what? It's not just the the the kids we're trying to attract. We're track trying to attract teachers. Uh part of that Miy made a great point. You know, we need business. We need need places for them to live here. That's our number one just when I talk and I talk teacher all the
time. Hey, uh just interested in here, you know, talk is there a place where do you live at around there? And that's where I lock up cuz I have a hard time coming up and well, you know, there's a Mr. Dicky's got a house in Host on Chester Street. He's got for sale brand new. It's beautiful. How much is it? And
then you start talking about people's got rent, you know, rental property and all this and it's it's just tough. That's our one of our number one uh things that imp getting teachers, but we still got to be able to do that. So, believe it or not, I I have been working with the Chamber of Commerce, Mike
Stewart, uh Libbyy's husband, has kind of got a group together. We've been meeting at Donny's place and talking about how can we get how can we get people, you know, business, good clean business, good small business that comes in and generates that people in the county won't. uh they they absolutely
endorse but it does not cause problems and it doesn't blow us up you know uh so that's been some of those I think we need to be at the table for that rather than people making decisions outside of uh all the local government agencies the city the county and schools which so I
have been participating in those and we've been meeting about about every two or three weeks at Donnie Smalls uh one of the great things that helps us with this is maintaining an a district uh I'm very pleased for the last six years we have it makes it a little harder to do if you're if you you're a D district or
you're a C district. We got counties around us that are that way and it's it's tougher and it makes makes people say we need a we need an alternative. I hope that we can continue to do that and y'all it's a struggle. It is it is absolutely a struggle. Our district staff, we're looking at data. We're
going from gate PM1 to PM2 and if there are changes need to be made we address those changes and hopefully by PM3 and made that those score those are the scores that are going to count towards our school grade. We take it very very seriously. Uh continue to lead the state in various extracurricular successes and
championships. Uh kids can be homeschooled and still be a part of that but we want them to be on campus. We want them have the campus experience. Uh we want to maintain strong continue to maintain strong legislative relationships in both the Florida legislature and Congress and I underline
Congress for a reason to help facilitate the Florida financial supports. Uh I will not go on the record of who I am want to endorse for uh Congress but I will be somewhere tomorrow. Hope that hope you do too. We need somebody from around here who's going to help us with
the forest. uh national forest is a cash cow down there and Matt McConnell did a big study probably about 15 years ago and if they would just thin the forest if they just went in and did the growth each year probably net school board about a million and a half every year
and and the county about a million and a half now theirs is more restrictive uh they have to use for roads and reaches but for us put general fund you talking about being able to do some things fix fix drain systems teacher salaries but that becomes a recurring expense. We learn about a renewable resource in the
fourth grade. We got a renewable resource down there. So, there is legislation that has started in the Trump administration called Fix Our Forest. I hope whoever gets in there for our congressional district will have a backbone and a spine who will go in there and say we got to do what's best
for this forest, these forest counties, for us, Liberty. Leon's got a little track. Franklin's got a little track and and Wala and I think there's a little slither for Cal. So that's huge. Fix our forest. Uh lastly, revamp the district mission and vision state. So this is
something that I'm going to ask y'all to really be a part of and I'm going to ask us to do this um at a time that we can get together and eat. I don't know. How many of y'all have been a part of uh mission and vision writing? Uh I have
with Donny's with Donny's camp and I loved every minute of it. It was a lot of fun. Um, but I can Does it does it and I I'll say this a little. Do you don't have to answer me. Do you know what our mission and vision is in Liberty County?
You probably do. If you go to our website, okay, it hasn't. And it's about this long. Okay. It's very long. Has not been updated in at least we we did it with the uh advanced ed. We were trying to get accreditation and we had to have
an active mission of vision. uh wall colors is very very short and it basically is a summation of what ours is. So I want to make sure I put this as as strategy number five. I would like for us to revamp the district mission and vision statements to align with our
current priorities. Okay. I still agree with everything said mission and vision. Very first thing my day one here superintendent I put mission and vision on my wall. Um Donny's camp we had to memorize it. A lot of people prison, they'll have it on their prison thing when some when somebody comes around for
a QA audit or something, they'll say, "What's your mission vision?" And at least they got it written down. I want our folks to know that. And again, it's a big picture item. What are we what are we doing here? Why are we here? Um, I want us to be able to communicate that to our our our people, which is ultimately what gives parents confidence
that we this is we know what we're talking about. So, I I want to ask you if you go to about us on the website, Lyn's got a good little clicker there. You click on it. about us tells everything about us with our mission and vision. It's long, it's good, but it's long. Okay. So, that's one thing I would
like your your feedback on and and and any of this the whole document. Um, if you would, what I'd like to do, I think it'd be more advantageous if you make some notes. Uh, and I'll try to get this in a better format that y'all can y'all can actually see a little bit better maybe all on one page. But if you'd like
to make some notes, you want to talk, obviously, let's let's do that. um and make sure that we're covering everything that represents the board. And we also make that presentation to the district advisory council to make sure that parents have a some safe zone, teachers have a safe zone and students
have a safe so they understand that we want to be able to communicate. Okay. Any questions about that? I not trying to go too fast. You got questions you stop. Okay. All right. Next thing I said I get a question. school start times. Legislation passed in 2024 that said no
high school will start before 8:30. Uh Paul Renard, who was speaker of the house at the time, read a book, this is what I was told and it is true, read a book on an airplane traveling the state and it had a thing that kids in high school need to sleep more. Uh whether we
whether whether we debate that or not, you know, here's the deal. We all want more sleep. We all need more sleep. So he they drafted a bill to say that come one come all uh no high school start before 30 pass. We we fought that.
Uh I fought it. Uh there's there's a huge reason and then believe it or not here was my main reason. That's the board's responsibility. Okay. So if you look at this this thing here, if you read page one, it tells you what y'all's roles and responsibility is. School
start times 150%. Uh, I had talked to Bob Harris. I think I thought we had a lawsuit to to be able to fight that because that is 150% border domain. The constitution was set up that your local school board, your local county commission knows what's best for your
local people because why? They live there. Okay? What works in Liberty County or does not work in Liberty County may or may not work in Deval County or Dade County. Um, so what does it do for us in Liberty County? We all use the same buses. So what that would mean for us is that if we move
everything if if high school is 8:30, guess what else is going to have to be 8:30? Hosture school WR total everything's going to shift 30 minutes. It it adds to it. We don't have Kevin does not have buses ever high school or or one of the cave or it's just not
going to work that way. Um we were not the only ones that had that outcry. So they got to the legislature last year. They put a provision in there that you can opt out So, uh, one of the things we have to do if you read through this is that we have to have
opportunities for here's what it says. This is on page two, line 45B. Documentation of strategies considered to implement a later start school time for middle school and high schools. Uh, board meetings, public hearings, and opportunities for parent input to
discuss the strategies. Okay. uh we have an opt out and it tells you here uh towards uh on page four if we have something in by June July 1st I'm sorry uh it's uh June 1st of 2026 I think we
can opt out the last very last page of that is a compliance report that I have to do this has not been approved by the state they're going to approve it the uh at the next meeting on February 20th but this is more than likely the form they're going to use. They want us to
have public input. They want parents to have opportunity. So, I'm going to send that out on Parent Square. I'm going to ask them to respond back to me on Parent Square. I'm going to invite them if they want to come to board meeting and talk to y'all. Guys, I I am 195% against
changing us to 8:30. It shifts ball practices. It shifts the day. People who work people who work, man, we got a kid, Eric Willis, tell me. I got people there at 7:15 in the morning. 7:00 Hosford schools got them lined up and as soon and that those people who are trying to
get in Tallahassee, they they drop them off. They're already in line and they're they're by there by 8:00. It would >> times would be 8:30 to what? >> It'd be 8:30 to about 3:30. You know, right now still get around from 3 or 3:00. So, it just shifts everything.
Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm not for that. um school technically takes in like a hospital at 8:15. So again, it's a it's a ripple effect. Whatever you do at the high schools don't affect the other schools. It affects buses. It affects all that.
But it also affects parents. And I just think this is one of those things that if people are saying coming to the board saying to Mr. Kever, uh you know, Mr. Singleary, all of y'all, we got a problem. We need to start school later. They'd be coming to us. Let y'all make y'all make that decision. So, I'm going
to ask y'all at the end of the day, it is totally y'all's domain. I can make a recommendation. Y'all say I make a motion to make it 8:30. I can make a motion to make it 9:00. But I tell you, you me and Kevin will pull our hair out. I think I think a lot of parental dissatisfaction with that. This is just
one of those things that didn't need messing with. Just didn't mess with. But it was one of those things that somebody in leadership, the speaker had a had an idea on and it and it got through. Speaker people speak of the house. They want and he did. But we got an opt out. So I want to make sure that we get do
our due diligence. Jackson's doing theirs at their meeting tonight uh to make sure that everybody everybody's on the same page and we've given everybody opportunity to talk. Uh any questions for that? And if you disagree that's okay. I'm just y'all will make that
call. But it is my recommendation to leave it just like it is. If >> it ain't broke, don't agree with that. Um however, you know, when we're talking about marketing, maybe something that you know people don't like. Maybe I >> would like you to be
>> I agree. I'm not I'm not saying I'm against it. I'm just saying >> we're talking about a strategic plan in the same breath as we're talking about something like this, you know, because I can tell you some of the homeschoolers, they like going to school three days a
week. We can't go three days a week, right? >> You know what I mean? >> Um and and I think Parental input is critical. >> Oh yeah, we're gonna do that. >> That's what I mean when we start looking at our strategic and trying to market, you know, ourselves and we so they come
back and say, "Well, why can't we start?" Well, we looked at that. That was one thing we looked at. >> That's why I'm market off the plate. >> That's why I'm starting this before. So, as of right now, we got till July to do this, but I don't want anybody to say, "Oh boy, y'all ran that down our throat
real quick." I don't I don't go to ever be accused of that. And and and and I know that was an issue with the PP PP money last last year. Look, I I don't have any plans to change amounts on that. They're just not going to do it. Um we're going to I just I want to give
people time to I say grieve it. You know, they're really not grieving, but to debate it, talk about it. >> Well, like you said, parents want their kids to start school later, we would have already heard. >> I think so. Now, now what it would look like, what it would look like right now, I'll give you an example.
>> I give you an example for school text in I mean the kids they open the doors about 7:30 >> earlier would fly quicker than later. >> Yeah. 100% early on the bus. >> Oh, people that work in Tallahassee, I mean, you got to realize, you know, most
everybody has to be at work at 8:00. 7 dropping a kid off with the gates opening at 7:30 is tough, >> right? Already. Already. >> Already. All right. >> So, you bump it later and then >> and and the studies typically don't want you there at 9:00, right? >> I mean,
>> but if you if you adjust it 30 minutes, that means that drop off time now becomes 8:00. >> Yeah. See? Yeah. >> 8:00. >> Get that traffic. >> That's what I'm saying. It's >> I make a lot of money in the traffic. >> But I think we're doing the right doing
outreach on this and not just right. So, that's that's my goal. I'm going to invite parents to to to share share with us. I'm going to invite them to share with y'all or reach out to y'all. I'm going to invite them to come to meet and and we'll we'll let them we'll let them talk. At the end of the day, y'all
represent them. Y'all do. So, you're going to make you you'll make the ultimate call. What What's the school's historical stance on being able to allow children really early in the morning to be dropped off? What what capacity do we have to say drop off doesn't change?
7:15. School's going to start at 8:30. We have a classroom assigned for kids with somebody there lunchroom where they do the schoolwork. Has that been anything that's been addressed? >> No, you just have to pay people to be there. >> Staffing. >> Yes. Staffing.
>> At least we have at least a few, right? If we need to be there, I would assume earlier front office, right? Somebody in lunchroom where they'd be staying. In other words, there's a there's a pro pro to come. Not saying I'm in favor of it or oppose it. I'm just trying to analyze the benefit of one way or another.
Right? So if you went further back, well the 21st century is going to be open later, allowing people to come in later, right? They might be coming home later. So if we were open at the same time and then kids were let out later, would it be a benefit? I don't I don't know. I
don't know where the the statute stands on children being in school for x number of minutes before actual school day begins if >> there's there's there's not but it really comes back to sat because you got to be prepared for every kid to come at a certain time
>> at 7:00 you'll >> so again y'all always have kids ride the bus but if if a kid wanted to come to 7:30 then you now I've got to keep them from 7:30 till 8:45 >> so what time are teachers expected to be at work >> 8:00.
>> So if a kid's there at 7:15 and the teacher's there at 8:00 and the school ain't fully staffed at 7:15, right? So >> they don't open the doors. >> There's a more a smaller So when the so they stay in the lunchroom until the teachers are in their class at
8 when the bell rings, then they then they go. So in other words, they'd be a couple of you wash them in a lunchroom, right? So >> Well, we want them to eat breakfast. So the ones in the lunchroom, we we try to get them >> they they're eating breakfast. >> Yeah. We but we we try to we try to get as many of them who do come early to go
through the the breakfast line. Not all of them do that. Some are eating home, but I'm just saying there would be if you if you shift that like and I'm using for an example because I go I go out on Tuesday mornings there. >> Um the the party bell rings about 8:15.
So if you shift that then then drop off would start at 8:00. Now you can start it at 7:30. You start at 7:30, but you got to staff it. That means somebody's got to be there from 7:30 all the way longer. >> So, in other words, the board could choose to staff at 7:15. School still
starts at 8:30. We just got to staff it if we chose to do. >> 8:45. That's when you have That's when you have this one. >> I think you have this problem. Get yourself >> guys. I mean, even if I
>> from a from a Liberty County resident and a mother, I mean, a father that's raised two kids, school don't only teach education, it teach life. And every one of y'all and every one of us over here, what time did you go to work? You went to work at 7:30, 8:00 for 35, 40 years.
>> And you going to let these kids go to school at 8:30, 9:00? Well, when they get out of school, they're going to have to revert back to 7:30, 8:00. >> I'm with you, Ricky. But I'm telling you, that's the biggest thing right now with homeschooling. >> Well, and it
I'm against it 100% because homeschool, we're not doing anything but an injustice to the >> and and and you you going to school three days a week. I I don't know of many employers that is going to employ you three days a week. But I mean for I mean think about
when they go to I mean >> but that's not a problem we created. That's a problem 8:30 9:00. If >> they would have created it if they have created it when I was in school I would have done it too because
9:00 >> I would let me let me I'm sorry. >> Here's what I'm praying. I I'll I'll be quiet. Then somebody says, you know, 9:00 is the best time. >> It's just slippery. It's a It's okay.
>> I mean, as far as me personally, I I mean, I I don't necessarily see you need to have a time change. I mean, I think having is better personally, but I think it should nail on the head, but it we need to listen to what the community says. I
don't think that I don't think honestly everybody be like, "Hey, let's go take a doc." I don't I don't or 8:30 I don't think they'd say it, but I think the willingness to show it on the board that hey, they're a little to hear everybody out. Let me hear let me hear what you got to say. Let me hear what you like.
>> And then if we we five have to oppose what they say because we know dollars, cents, things that the public might not know and we have to oppose that then then maybe so. >> That's exactly right. Right. They can they can defend their position. We can defend ours. But I think communicating
it out is a great thing to do. >> Yeah. Well, that's why I wanted to start this. I wanted to give you the legislation. That way you can go ahead and prepare yourself. You'll start seeing me send out some parent squares and say, "Look, we're dealing with this. I talked to the board about it. Um and and so we want to hear your you it'll be
a kind of a standardized letter. We want to hear your response. Uh please reach out to to me personally. Here's my email address. here the board members address if you have concerns or just hey this is my opinion on this that way I can give documentation to the state we we did our
due diligence so that's why I'm starting today we got till July so it gives us plenty enough time to vet >> that's fair >> I don't think it's going to be any good change whatsoever >> as a bad man I say that nothing going to change
>> no but I think that's So I came back and said, was there anything else on that the time thing that anybody wanted to say? So, so backing up this the strategic plan, when are we planning on finalizing the plan? >> So, so hopefully in the next month.
>> Okay. >> Uh, I would love I would love to uh have some conversations with parents as well. Uh, I'm trying to have the D mix next. >> Just met if if we can have this in place before
summertime, I would be pleased with that. >> Okay. So, I have a few things. >> I'm going to do it any What I'm saying is I'm going I'm going to do what we need to do. I'm going to lead us in that, you know, but what I'm saying is if you've got some things you want me to
let's talk about, possibly tweak it, I'm okay with that. Let's sit down and talk. >> Yeah. I I would like to mention a few of those things that just my thoughts of the board. It'll take 60 seconds if I can. I apologize. We were going off to another go. 60 seconds on this topic. So
your goal number one, one of my thoughts is pertaining to instructional leadership. I know I hear a lot about and how teachers some of them may be using and supplementary education as primary means of education. Better not be. I I would like I would like us to be
clear and show hey listen this leadership is making sure that's not >> this is correct. >> Great point great question. Um that that is always a a struggle with with our well here's what I told teachers you're the instructional leaders in the
classroom principles you're the instructional leaders at your school school admin. I'm the instructional leader for for the for the district. um that is I sales uh have always been supplemental stuff they are in alignment uh we've been dealing with that math uh
told her that we have a math nation curriculum it's aligned with the standards what they're going to be tested on and those which is a lot of extra work practice stuff that supplements that those are in line with those math nation lessons but not ever meant to be substituted for curriculum
so yes that is a constant battle because it was just very easy for a teacher to say let's just I just call a lazy teacher that's just not very committed to teaching here do do some and and I'm I'm not going to say there's no value in those I accepts there there's a lot of
work that can happen in that but it's not the curriculum it's not the primary thing and so when we're trying to really work on that bottom cile for learning gains we need we need we need that extra help and we utilize it but not as main curriculum so that's That's that's one
of the things I saw when I came in here. I've had that one since day one is make sure that they're doing their teaching. >> So just thought maybe stated could help. That was that was goal two, academic achievement. You know, it was mentioned before ACT prep class. You were talking about ACT um scores and improve them. I
I think that's definitely something to think about. Again, maybe strategize depending on what the board would like to do. Um financial management. I know we have in the past received monthly budget versus actuals to the board. I absolutely love to see monthly budget versus actuals and have that as an
expectation. Um I think it's just accountability to um the the public on where their dollars are going, right? >> Um first I would This is a big one. This is the big all right I would like if possible
to see about how we can utilize resources in different manners to see in a different manner different manners I don't even make sense in a different manner to see about how we can get teacher salaries to 105% surrounding
gains I know the the goal is trying to get to 100 that's a big goal that's big ass but if you're going to achieve something I think we need to we need to down. This is It shows the teachers we're trying. It's a plan for us. We're doing what we can. I I think it'd be a
good plan, but I think when we're 105%, it's going to drop. >> That's just just 47 475 is our goal right now. That's that's that's where we're trying to get >> right >> right now. 475. >> We're way we're a little ways from it, but we've been inching closer to that.
And then I think from there once we meet that minimum salary that that Governor Santis and state has tried to get us to and they they began adjustment the other year to try to get to that and we would put it there. I think I think we can we can absolutely have that conversation
but where you want to go from there long longterm plan I think it could be beneficial facilities uh and a followup. I've been working with Heather and another attorney pertain to um RFP and grant writing proposals. So hopefully by next meeting I'll have something you can
review, look at, see what you think about, make comments, um adjustments. I think that will go in line with this as far as facilities and improvements. If we can have someone help with, uh bring in dollars that can be utilized for capital expenditures to improve the facilities such as a septic tank and
drain field at Oxford school. Something's out there, it could be a benefit. Um that's my thought on goal five, six. I know I think I saw one bus a year. Honestly, I I would like to try to shoot for two. And I saw information on an electric bus. >> No. >> How about No. Or
>> So So I Look, here's here's here's what I'm finding out on on electric buses. If you want to give it to me, >> I don't Here's what they want to do. >> We'll take it if you get it. >> We'll take it if you get it. >> And and and I and we'll find a little route around here. What we're finding
out is expensive to work on >> and and the ones and we apply every year. What they do is they want it's a it's an environmental thing. They want you to get rid of your fleet. Dixie County got rid of all of their buses. They left a couple for athletic trips
and went to total that now. He loved them. They love them down there. But um those batteries have a have a a expiration date of sorts. And so when I asked some of those people in the leadership, I said, "What y'all going to do after that?" And they said, "We're not going to be here."
>> Yeah. But that's that's their answer. And that ain't that's not good enough. Me and Kevin talk about this. We we want to leave this place better than we found it. But don't leave a problem for the next people who come in. You know, that's that's a big deal. I don't want to say, you know, that board when Kyle
Petty was here, boy, they they left us a mess. So, they didn't think about this. K didn't think. We don't want that. Won't do that. We want to make it as easy and easy as a transition moving forward. I I've asked for two buses. That's my ask. But when I tell them that, they say, "Are you willing to get
rid of 10 buses?" And I say, "No, >> I don't." >> Well, I know that we had that conversation before about electric buses. I'm not I'm not really in favor of them. You want to give us one with no obligation? Sure, we'll take it. But I was talking about two buses
reliable. Our plan, I feel like one's not enough. I know that we have cost restrictions. Two might be a If we're shooting for a goal, let's shoot for something harder. I was just thinking too. I just noticed they have fun. >> Well, they had to put the infrastructure in for charging. So, they don't really want to put that in for two buses, but I
I just I don't want to have you have to give them up. Even on the CNG buses, they want to go with natural gas, they want you to they want you to convert them all. The other thing with the with the electric buses I don't not the expert on electric buses on what the
charge range or whatever it is but we do have 10 semisens extraordinarily expensive 252 mile radius range pull pull gates off anything whatever you want to do
but the charge then from the 0% back to 100% cost much to run a what we expect, >> right? I mean, that's no joke. >> We've done research and it's 150 miles at the very most. No air conditioner, no
heaters, none of that. 150 miles >> because you stop and start and then the recharge time on first of all, you ain't going to have any camp to work on. >> That's the problem. >> Or the tools. >> Or the tools. >> None of the tools are the same. You know, that gold bar.
>> Well, they do. They they put no out there. We'll we'll help you for the first year. >> Well, first year probably not in terms >> I'm not I had it down. I've just not been successful. >> Well, I mean again I'm skeptical on the electric, but I do need new buses.
>> I I left it in there. That be something y'all may say. Take it out. I'm okay with that. >> I just left it in there. some more. La last thing on the uh marketing. I absolutely love the idea 100% on board marketing. Would love to see it. I would like to see added in exit interviews for
any staff that's leaving and any students leaving. I I think that goes straight in line with retention and students. I would like to put that back in. So those are some of my conversations I I'll leave with you to think about it. I know other other board members need to discuss it. the the last
thing I need to talk about today. So, hopefully everybody had a chance to look at this, right? Um I've heard some comments. Some people like it. I've heard comments some people might want to see a darker material. Um but this right here is one one sample of what the track
would look like. So, this from >> So, I talked to Rodney with the coding company. He said, "If I understood correctly, there would be five layers of rubber that would go down." All right. It would be put down. There would be a
thing he said a silicone binder. Another one go down. Silicone binder. When you get to the top coat, the top coat will be colored. Everything else will be black underneath. It will be just under a half inch and there will be a UV protectant that will be put on it. So, here's the deal. Everybody knows in
Florida sun everything fades. But there is a protectant that would be put on this is what I've been told. How long a guarantee to last? >> So from my understanding, I did not hear of a guarantee, but they said expectation for these tracks are seven 10 years is what I was told. So he said
foot traffic shouldn't be a problem. He said you got to be careful. Fleets can't go on it. Chairs would probably not be a good idea. I said just something about I said well hey what if people come up they want to watch a game on the sideline they want to walk across the track tennis shoes or you know like
these boots that I know you don't work in something like that right they wear these boots they said no no no problem but if you wear or if you sit on a track with a chair it's sliding around going to bust it um so anyway that was just some of the general my understanding the pricing that was provided was for this
color because of how it was sourced right so we need to be happy just to make sure the board's aware and Kyle and admin everybody Kevin everybody said involved we need to be happy with the color because it's going to be there a long time right now I did say earlier I
heard somebody say hey what about a darker color they said we can look at a darker color I actually already requested it right um but it's going to be a different price because of the way it's searched right so what was >> my brain don't my brain works like this
I can't help it >> sure >> we were talking about right now we got a sewage system that I I said is this in any type of fiveyear plan that we we know we got to get taken care of. If you're telling me that this track is
only going to last >> seven to 10 years, >> seven to 10 years, >> here's what I'm saying, pal. If we want to have a good strategic plan, >> and I mean something that's we're going to leave with we leave. >> When you leave our mouth, poop over,
>> you know. Um, this would be a great idea to make sure that the people that follow behind us, follow behind Kevin, they know these things going in. Like, we have a plan.
And if it's if it's a fiveyear plan, fine. If it's a 10-year plan, we know that's going to be on it, >> right? >> Because that's going to cost money >> and a lot of money. So please somewhere somebody document this that that track
is going to be 7 to 10 years lay >> there's there's annual maintenance too. >> That's what I'm saying that's people don't think about stuff like that. What's the end game when we're done you know and what are our grandkids going to be looking at. So somewhere along the
line, some kind of infrastructure plan needs to be put in place for all this stuff, you know, that we know needs to be done within the first five years, within the next five years, right? >> Um, and the money, where's the money going to come from >> to do it? And it would be good for this
guy to say, "Hey, I mean, I know he can't give us a a guar, you know, a price guarantee for seven, 10 years, what, but he could kind of give us a ballpark, you know, but and with a gauge of 10 to 20%, it could go up, you know,
because of the market. But the color, I'm just talking from Jody because I'm home. But the color looks very pretty, but I don't know what it looks like on a current track. I order
you the hotter it's going to be. I don't think you want. >> Well, I I think what I've been asked George handed that to me and he said, "Hey, we need to we need to decide a code. >> Let the board be aware of it." We we need to we need to decide, right? Make sure everybody's on the same.
>> So before the meeting, this is more this is almost very I'd say more similar to what we got out there. >> So me and Mason put it on there >> and remember the the the back the wall where the said Liberty Bulldog or
whatever or the bleachers is dark. >> I think it's more this color. It's not that much of a contrast, >> but it would make it stand out a little bit. >> It would fade. if it fades. >> So, I've seen >> I've seen tracks that color. Is it
always the school color or is >> this got a paint code number for that? So, every time we've done So, like Mason had a crew that went over there and painted the the bleachers, the away bleachers and the fieldhouse. Y'all did a bunch of work and painted. We got that code from
Kevin. So, that all that garnet is all the same at the school from from the school. Right. By the way, did we use some of that paint to paint the baseball thing? That look >> that wall. Look at the back. The back wall
>> back. I mean, you know, the back looked at it today. >> No, what I was asking. I've seen tracks on TV and stuff that color. Is that like a common color or does typically do
schools use their stool colors for the base color of the track? >> I think we all got blue >> and you know what I mean? Like >> it'll go out of style. I I think I think this is very similar that that might
belong Florida State. I I like >> but I I want us to I do want us to get out there and get closer and look, you know. >> So, in other words, the this is one of those things where we want to be sure of what we're doing, right? But we don't want to take forever because the longer we take, the longer it takes them to
come out, right? But we want to be confident in what the color we have. So, if you want to look at it, everybody wants to take that and look at it and put it on the track, look at a wall and be like, "Hey, look, I like it." Or maybe we know the color. We need to we need to decide. But I've heard a couple
of couple things here this evening and today. Um just a decision needs to be made on what y'all think. >> He's doing it next week. You got to >> go out tomorrow morning and put it. What's the limit?
>> What you think? Ain't >> good. >> I think it looks your color or something. >> It's red. Kevin Okay, sorry.
>> He's done. >> Um, happy Valentine's Day everybody. I have two things and Kyle, I know we talked about this already. I am requesting again a a workshop on our current budget. Um, just so that the
board can be all on the same page as to as to where we are with the budget and on our future budget. Um because I mean we're we're we're getting into March now, so we're I know we're looking at our next year budget. So anyway, um that's that's all I got. Thank you.
>> Happy Valentine's Day. Again, like to thank Sheriff and Chad Smith for uh talking with us tonight commissioners who voted against it. I mean for excuse me and uh I thank appreciate our board. We've got a good board together. Sometimes we talk a
little longer. Anybody pray for our staff and student got this blue one on they need prayer. Everybody thank y'all everybody. Happy Valentine's Day to all the women. >> Yeah.
>> Valentine sure. Appreciate y'all coming. you need any help with anything to do with those traffic times or the process today. I'm all for it. I may be the first one to get the citation >> whether live working or not. They sent it to me. I know I did it because I
myself got stopped over there already know, but I mean I still could have anyway. J I'm going to tell you happy Valentine's Day coming up >> Rene Valentine
>> rest you guys y'all better tell your old lady write it down >> remember Kyle's rules >> don't get just one thing you better get full >> everybody have a great Valentine's Day and thank y'all for what you do
14 motion is motion second now. >> Hey guys, >> thank y'all.