I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS TONIGHT WITH MY VOICE. [00:00:03] SO GOOD MORNING, IT IS 7:30. [1. Meeting Opening] AND LET US COME TO ORDER FOR THE CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WARREN DAVIS, RANDALL CANEDY, KAREN MARCUCCI AND KEZIAH FARRAR ARE PRESENT, AND MICHELLE NEWSOM AND DARRELL SNEED ARE NOT PRESENT THIS MORNING. THE PRAYERS AND PLEDGES WARREN DAVIS WILL LEAD US IN THE PRAYER AND KAREN MARCUCCI WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. OH, LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONVENE ONCE AGAIN. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AS WE COULD AS WE CONTINUE TO DO YOUR WILL FOR YOUR PEOPLE. BY THE WAY, EVEN AS THE DAY BEGINS, WE PRAY FOR OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL, OUR STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS. WE PRAY THEY HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY. THEY'RE SAFE WITHOUT HARM, HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND LEARN A GREAT DEAL. HELP US LORD NOT LOSE FOCUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. IN HIS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THAT MOVES US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO I GUESS I NEED TO READ THAT SECTION? THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THE BOARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AS FOLLOWS EACH SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM MICROPHONE AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE COMMENTS. REGULAR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. COPIES OF PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES AND AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD POLICY PROHIBITS THE DISCUSSION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING AN OPEN FORUM. MS. MOYE DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OK, THAT WILL LEAD US INTO THE CANVASING THE RETURNS OF THE NOVEMBER 2ND 2021 VOTER [3. Canvass the Returns of the November 2, 2021, Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election] APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION. PLEASE LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THE CANVASS OF THE NOVEMBER 2ND 2021 VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION TO BE FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX VOTES, OR 56.37 PERCENT IN FAVOR. THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO VOTES, OR 43.63 PERCENT AGAINST A TOTAL OF SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT VOTES WERE CAST. THE VATRE PASSED WITH A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES IN FAVOR. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION. OK, RANDALL CANEDY MADE THE MOTION AND KAREN MARCUCCI SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. OK, AND THE MOTION PASSES WITH 4 TO ZERO. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND DONALD WILLIAMS AND DR. CANTU AND YOUR EXECUTIVE STAFF WITH ALL THE WORK AND GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, EDUCATING PEOPLE ON WHY WE SHOULD DO THIS AND HOW IT WOULD POSITIVELY AFFECT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING ALL THAT HARD WORK. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK. WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 7:34. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.