[Call to Order]
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WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE SENIOR PASTOR FROM BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR DOUG ECHOLS TO COME PAT, PASTOR ECCLES.
IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HOUSE OF WORSHIP AND ABOUT YOURSELF AND YEAH.
UM, I'M PASTOR AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
UH, IT'S ON YORKTOWN ROAD, RIGHT BESIDE TAB HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS AND, UH, THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOR 180 YEARS.
SO IT'S GOT ME ABOUT, GOT ME BY A FEW YEARS.
UH, OUR CHURCH CURRENTLY MEETS AT, UM, EIGHT 30 AND 11 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CLASS THAT MEETS AT, UH, 9 45.
IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THAT, ABSOLUTELY BE GLAD TO TELL ME, FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS DAY AND FOR EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT THAT COMES DOWN FROM ABOVE GOD.
AS WE LOOK AROUND US, WE SEE THE CHANGING OF THE COLORS OF THE TREES, AND WE ARE REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY OF YOUR CREATION.
AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE GOD DURING THIS MONTH.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR VETERANS, FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE AS AMERICANS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE, FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY HAVE MADE ON OUR BEHALF.
GOD, AS WE PREPARE TO GATHER WITH OUR FAMILIES NEXT WEEK TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE PSALMIST WHO SAID, ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE.
GIVE THANKS TO HIM AND BLESS HIS NAME.
WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ALL THAT WE HAVE COMES FROM YOUR GOOD AND GRACIOUS HANDS.
NOW, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR GODLY WISDOM FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE MAKING DECISIONS, WE PRAY FOR COURAGE AND BOLDNESS FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING BEFORE THIS BODY, WE PRAY FATHER THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID, AND THAT IS DONE, AND THIS PLACE WILL BE SEASONED WITH GRACE.
AND WITH TRUTH, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY FOUR, IT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON SHERIFF DANNY DIGS TO COME DOWN AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[A Presentation of Proclamation. Presentation of proclamation to Pierces Pitt Bar-B-Que in honor of their 50th Anniversary as a Business in York County. ]
ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A PRESENTATION AND IF THE PIERCE FAMILY COULD COME UP HERE FOR PIERCE'S BARBECUE, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION COMMANDING PIERCES, BARBECUE.THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND THEY'VE OVER THOSE 50 YEARS.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST 50 TIMES, UH, AND, UH, YOU'VE SUPPORTED AT LEAST 50 A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS AND, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, HERE'S TO ANOTHER 50.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME FUNNY WORDS BEFORE THIS.
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TELL ANY STORIES NOW NOW'S THE TIME TO ALL RIGHT.ONE AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS AND THAT LITTLE BUSINESS WAS BUILT ON THE BACK OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALLY DID START OUT, ABSOLUTELY BROKE WITH NOTHING.
UM, MY MOM AND DAD, I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN WE OPENED THE RESTAURANT AND, UH, HE BORROWED $2,500 TO BUILD A BUILDING.
WELL, WE KNOW NOW THAT YOU CAN HARDLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE FOR $2,500, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY TO US THEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
AND, UH, WE BUILT THE BUILDING, I SHOULD SAY, MY MOM AND DAD BUILT THE BUILDING ONLY DID WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO, BUT AT 15, BUT ON OPENING DAY WE HAD NO MONEY LEFT TO PUT IN A CASH BOX.
WE DID NOT HAVE A CASH REGISTER.
WE HAD A CASH BOX AND SANDWICHES WERE 80 CENTS A PIECE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE HAD BORROWED $40 FROM A FRIEND TO MAKE CHANGE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD TAKEN IN $80 ON THAT DAY.
WELL, MY MOM STARTED CRYING AND SHE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO STARVE TO DEATH.
WE'LL NEVER GET THIS ONE THROUGH SCHOOL.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT AT HOME.
AND MY DAD SAID, WELL, WE MADE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I GUESS HE WAS RIGHT, BUT I AM THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF YOUR COUNTY TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TO ALL OF OUR LOYAL EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS ANDREW HUTCHINSON WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 40 YEARS.
AND MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GENERATIONS.
AND SO I DON'T TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.
WE WERE BUILT ON THE BACKUP SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND FROM THOSE HARD WORK AND EMPLOYEES.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD, AND I'VE SEE THAT THERE ARE A FAIR AMOUNT OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO COMMENT TONIGHT.IF YOU COULD QUEUE UP A FIRST GROUP, ONE THROUGH FIVE, UH, AND WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT GIVING YOUR ADDRESS.
STATE YOUR NAME, UH, WHERE IN THE COUNTY YOU MIGHT LIVE, OR IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NUMBER ONE, MS. PEUGEOT, MY NAME IS PAM BOUCHER.
MOST OF OUR NEW RESIDENTS MOVE TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM.
A BETTER EDUCATED POPULATION MEANS A LOWER CRIME RATE.
DONALD TRUMP SAID REAL POWER IS FEAR.
I ALWAYS HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ASSET OR LIABILITY, BUT WHATEVER IT IS I DO JOSEPH GURBLES NAZI MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA SAID, REPEAT A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH.
HALF-TRUTHS AND OUTRIGHT LAWS ARE PROMOTED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEGISLATORS TO IGNORANT, NAIVE, GULLIBLE, AND OR ALIENATED PEOPLE CREATE A FEAR THAN STOKE RAGE AND TELL THEM TO ATTACK CHRISTOPHER RUPO CREATED CRG HYSTERIA, WRITING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS THE PERFECT VILLAIN.
ONE YEAR AGO ONLY ACADEMICS HAD HEARD OF CRT.
A PROGRAM OFFERED TO ADULT LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS.
CRT IS AN ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF RACISM AND HOW THEY PERSIST ECONOMICALLY.
IT IS NOT TAUGHT IN K-12 EVEN IF IT WERE TO BE TAUGHT IN THE FUTURE TO AGE APPROPRIATE GRADES.
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? THIS NATION HAS A HISTORY OF GENOCIDE OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
200 YEARS OF LEGALLY ENSLAVING, TORTURING, RAPING, AND MURDERING PEOPLE DECLARED LESS THAN HUMAN.
JIM CROW LAWS USED TO TERRORIZE AND SUBJUGATE, FREED SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ENTERING US CITIZENS OF JAPANESE DESCENT, KNOWING DETAILS OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AND IGNORING THE SYSTEMIC SLAUGHTER OF NON-UNION PEOPLE, KEEPING WOMEN SUBSERVIENT TO MEN, RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC INTOLERANCE.
AND THE LIST GOES ON, GO TO VIRGINIA.
1.20 4.1 GIVES THE PARENT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY, THEIR OWN CHILD ATTENDS PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR HOMESCHOOL, THEN IT DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS ON ANYONE ELSE'S CHILD.
IT IS NOT A RATIONALE TO MICROMANAGE THE CURRICULUM.
PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN DIVISION SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY COMMITTEES, ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS, VOLUNTEER, MEET WITH TEACHERS AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS TO AIR THEIR CONCERNS.
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE EDUCATED BY FACT, BY REALITY, NO MATTER HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MAY BE, THEY MUST LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES AND ATROCITIES OF OUR PAST AND HOW FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE AFFECTED.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE.
OVER THE YEARS, PARENTS HAVE TRIED TO SEND BOOKS FOR FOUGHT THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION AND SEX EDUCATION INTEGRATION, GENDER EQUALITY, SCHOOL, PRAYER, AND DEMONIZED STUDENTS WITH AIDS WITH ALL THAT RANK, OR WE HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THESE OBJECTIONS WITHOUT HARMING OUR CHILDREN.
PARENTS ARE THEIR CHILDREN'S FIRST TEACHERS
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AT HOME, TEACH THEM YOUR VALUES.SCHOOLS TEACH FACTS, EVEN UNCOMFORTABLE ONES, AND HOPEFULLY STILL INSTILL EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN 20 OTHERS, DEFUNDED THEIR SCHOOLS FOR FIVE YEARS, RATHER THAN INTEGRATE.
PLEASE DON'T ACT WITH THE SAME IGNORANCE AND INTOLERANCE THAT THEY DID.
MY MOTHER'S ANCESTORS WERE ALABAMA SLAVE OWNERS AND CONTROL SOLDIERS.
MY FATHER'S FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY HITLER.
MY HUSBAND'S ANCESTOR PR WHO SHOW A SOLDIER STATIONED AT FORT NIAGARA IN NEW YORK WAS A NOTED INDIAN SCALPER.
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE NOT SPARED THEIR HISTORY AND THEY ARE STRONGER FOR IT.
THANK YOU, BILL TODD UH, CHAIRMAN GREEN AND DISTINGUISHED, UH, SUPERVISORS.
UH, I'M BILL TODD LIVE AT 1 0 8 HOUNDS, JASON, THE FOXWOOD, UH, SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS IN MS.
WHO'VE GONE THROUGH YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN ON YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AND MY DAUGHTER, AMY IS MY CHAUFFER TONIGHT, UH, TEACHES A SCIENCE AND, UH, YOUR CHI, UH, KATHY AND I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PLEASED OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH THE EDUCATION PROVIDED IN YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
AND I BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS, UH, ARE COMMITTED PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT STUDENTS AND COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PARENTS.
I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ATTACKING THESE SAME DEDICATED EDUCATORS FOR SUPPOSEDLY VIOLATING STATE LAW THROUGH THE EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND IDEOLOGICAL INDOCTRINATION OF STUDENTS INTO BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THEIR PARENTS.
UH, SO WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT CONSIST OF SPECIFICALLY AT, UM, THOSE HYPERBOLIC ACCUSATIONS, CONJURE UP IMAGES OF, UH, SATANIC RITUALS OR SOMETHING, BUT NO, ALL IT IS IS THE TEACHERS ARE COMPLETING THEIR 18 MINUTES OF MANDATORY CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING, UH, ONLINE PROVIDED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SO I THINK THE ONLY DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO DO IS TO WATCH THIS, UH, THIS TRAINING.
THAT'S BEEN VILIFIED HERE IN THE RESOLUTION.
UH, AND, UH, AND IT'S, UM, TO SAY THAT THE RESOLUTION MIS-CHARACTERIZES, IT IS A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT.
I'VE SEEN IT AND THERE'S NOTHING IN IT THAT I BELIEVE IS, UH, YOU'D FIND, UH, EVEN BORDERLINE CONTROVERSIAL REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL PERSUASION OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
AND I, I, I THINK ANYONE THAT VIEWED THIS TRAINING AND THEN DECIDED IT WAS STILL SOMEHOW SINISTER, I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WOULD BE THEM AND NOT THE TRAINING.
SO IN SUMMARY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSED PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION IS WORTHY OF SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD IT'S FOUNDED ON, ON THE SOLUTION.
THAT'S DEMONSTRABLY UNTRUE, PROPOSED RESOLUTION IS MEAN-SPIRITED OFFICIOUS, THREATENING AND COMPLETELY FALSE.
I BELIEVE IT'S INSPIRATION WAS A FACT FREE POLITICAL NARRATIVE.
ANYTHING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN YOUR COUNTY ARE FINE.
TEACHERS DON'T DESERVE TO BE INSULTED IN THIS CALLOUS HURTFUL WAY.
THIS RESOLUTION, IF ADOPTED WOULD SERIOUSLY DISCREDIT THE BOARD.
AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REJECT IT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, I'M LIVING, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND OH, KIM GOODWIN LIVES IN SANFORD.
UM, MR. GREEN'S DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND TAXPAYERS HAVE SPOKEN OUT BOLDLY AT SCHOOL BOARD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA AND HERE IN YOUR COUNTY, WHY DURING THE LOCKDOWNS AND ONLINE CLASSES, PEOPLE SAW LESSONS THAT CONCERN THEM OVER WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT AND WHAT WASN'T HISTORY BASED ON FICTIONAL ONE SIDED STORIES RATHER THAN THE WHOLE PICTURE BASED ON FACTS AND AN IDEOLOGY, PUSHING DIVISIVE AGENDAS AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS.
AS LOCAL TALK AS LOCAL TAXPAYERS LEARNED THAT 50% OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY IS GIVEN TO OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY JOINED CONCERNED, PARENTS ASKING HARD QUESTIONS.
WHY ARE THESE QUESTIONABLE LESSONS BEING FORCED HERE FOR MANY YEARS, WE'VE BEEN SOLD A STORY THAT THERE'S A HUGE LEARNING GAP BETWEEN RACES HERE THAT WHITE STUDENTS HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN
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STUDENTS OF COLOR.YOUR COUNTY TEACHERS REPORT THAT THIS HAS BEEN PUSHED FOR YEARS, THAT THE LEARNING GAP IS SO LARGE, THAT EXTRA MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO BRIDGE THE GAP THAT NEVER SEEMS TO GET FILLED, BUT IS IT TRUE? RECENT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DATA SHOWS THAT Y CSD GRADUATE RATE GRADUATION RATES ARE 96.5% FOR WHITE STUDENTS AND 97.6 FOR BLACK STUDENTS PROVING THEY ARE STATISTICALLY EVEN, AND THAT BLACK STUDENTS GRADUATE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WHITES WITH A VERY HIGH RATE.
OVERALL, WHY ARE WE PAYING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO OUTSIDE COMPANIES TO FIX THE FALSE PREMISE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND CULTURE ARE INHERENTLY AND SYSTEMICALLY RACIST HERE? WHY ARE WE PLACING UNDUE BURDEN ON TEACHERS ALREADY OVERWHELMED WITH TEACHING THEIR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS BY REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WORK CENTERED ON INDOCTRINATION RATHER THAN ACADEMICS.
THIS PROVES OUR PARENTS AND CITIZENS ARE RIGHT AND ASKING QUESTIONS TO DIG DEEPER FOR THE WHOLE TRUTH.
THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION BEGINS TO REINFORCE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN SCHOOLS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE AND IMPROVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED YOU TO VOTE YES, ON THIS RESOLUTION.
NOW THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WALTZ AND BREYER FOR LISTENING TO MANY PARENTS AND CITIZENS WHO CONTACTED YOU ABOUT THESE SERIOUS ISSUES AND FOR POSING THIS PROPEL PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AT THE DISCRETION AT THE DIRECTION OF CHAIRMAN CHAD GREEN, WE STRONGLY URGE THE OTHER SUPERVISORS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO OPENLY SUPPORT VIRGINIA'S RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW.
ONE DASH TWO 40 DASH ONE, AND VOTE.
NOW TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THE INDOCTRINATION BEING INTRODUCED AND FORCED ON THEM.
WE'VE HEARD THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS THIS AS A JOINT MEETING VOTE, WHERE THEY CAN DELAY AND KILL IT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY BY EACH BOARD FOR TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EACH BOARD STANDS IN FOLLOWING THE LAW AND PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS.
DON'T LET THE SCHOOL BOARD DELAY AND KILL THIS.
DON'T KICK THIS DOWN THE ROAD, VOTING NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL YOUR COUNTY AND VIRGINIA? THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
KATIE
PARENTS LAW, SECTION ONE DASH TWO 40.1 STATES, A PARENT HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.
A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO YOUR COUNTY PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION IS BASED ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT CODIFIED INTO LAW.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT HAVE SIN SEEN FIT TO OPENLY DESCRIBE OUR PARENTS AS MISINFORMED AND CONFUSED, COMPLETELY DISREGARDING THE FACTS PRESENTED BY PARENTS AND CITIZENS GATHERED FROM MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH.
DO YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT SAYS IT IS TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND AMONGST STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, PUBLICLY CALLING PARENTS MISINFORMED AND CONFUSED HARLEY FOSTERS PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTES POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL IN HAVING OUR CONCERNS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ARE LEFT ONLY WITH THE CHOICE TO PETITION YOU, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, KNOWING THAT YOU DO HAVE A SAY IN THE SCHOOL SINCE 50% OF YOUR COUNTY'S BUDGET IS GIVEN BY YOU TO THE SCHOOLS.
THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES OUR CONCERNS BY STATING YOU RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW ONE DASH 2, 4 0, AND THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL ACADEMIC SUCCESS BEGINS BY EMBRACING THESE FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
IT ALSO STATES THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS, JUNE, 2020 RESOLUTION, STATING THAT YOU'RE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO WORKING AGAINST THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF RACISM AND TO ENSURE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PERSONALLY TAKE A STAND TO SUPPORT THIS BY VOTING YES, ON THIS RESOLUTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS HERE.
OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAS OPENLY STATED IT'S CONTEMPT FOR OUTSPOKEN PARENTS AND CITIZENS SEEMING TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL BOARD ASSOCIATIONS.
LABELING OF CONCERNED PARENTS AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, THEY HAVE PUBLIC EVOLVE, VIOLET FIVE, THE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, OR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HAVING THE AUDACITY TO PRESENT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF CONCERNED, PARENTS AND CITIZENS, WE ARE NOT MISINFORMED.
AND WE ARE CON AND WE ARE NOT CONFUSED.
WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
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WE ARE JUST PARENTS AND CITIZENS WANTING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED AND NOT INDOCTRINATED YOUR VOTE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION SHOWS YOU CARE ABOUT THESE SAME FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FOLLOWING VIRGINIA LAW.A NO VOTE MEANS YOU AGREE WITH THESE VOWEL LABELS OF US AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO ON WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE DO YOU SIT, STAND VOTING? NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS IN THAT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL.
IS THIS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN THE NATION.
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
AND YES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I AM GREG
YOU BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION MUST FOCUS ON ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AND SHOULD NOT INCLUDE PUSHING SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS AND OPINIONS.
AN ACADEMIC FOCUS IS WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE FUNDING.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS? OR DO YOU SUPPORT INDOCTRINATION? WHICH IS IT OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT INSIST THE VISIT IDEOLOGY UNDER THE CRT UMBRELLA HAPPENING IN OTHER AREAS IS NOT HAPPENING HERE, BUT LOCAL PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE SAYING IT IS A TAB.
HIGH PARENTS SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS FOSTER STUDY THE 1619 PROJECT LAST YEAR, A FICTIONAL STORY DEBUNKED BY HISTORIANS AND WAS FORCED TO DO A PROJECT ON IT.
WALT DENIED A REQUEST TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT BASED ON HISTORICAL FACT, THIS WAS PUSHED HERE IN YOUR COUNTY HOME OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING.
IF THIS HAPPENED, ONCE IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN, PROVE IS PROVING.
ANOTHER PARENT REPORTED THAT A COVENTRY ELEMENTARY, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER READ THE BOOK.
JACOB'S NEW DRESS TO THE CLASS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THEN ASKED WHAT PRONOUNS EACH CHILD WANTED TO USE.
AND THEN ASK PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FAMILY'S BELIEFS.
AND WEREN'T GIVEN THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT SCHOOL.
ADMINISTRATORS, TRY TO EXCUSE THIS BY SAYING THIS TEACHER JUST CHOSE A POOR WAY TO TEACH AGAINST BULLYING.
TEACHING KINDNESS IS HOW YOU TEACH KIDS NOT TO BE BULLIES ASKING CHILDREN TO PUBLICLY DECLARE PRONOUNS THAT GO AGAINST ENGLISH.
GRAMMAR LESSONS TAUGHT FOR CENTURIES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NOT BEING BULLIES AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH POTENTIALLY ABUSIVE ACTIVITIES FOR COERCIVE INDOCTRINATION STUDENTS AT OTHER YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS SAID THEIR TEACHERS SPEND TIME.
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL PUBLICLY ASKING EACH STUDENT WHAT THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS WERE TO THE POINT THAT STUDENTS WERE ANNOYED AND UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THIS WAS THE TEACHER'S FOCUS RATHER THAN WHAT WAS BEING NEEDED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THEIR CLASSES AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED MEMBER JIMMY RICHARDSON ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT STAFF HOW YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS WOULD HANDLE THE STATE DIRECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE AND WAS A SHORT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT WOULD BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS HAS BEEN THE POLICY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THAT WOULD NOT BE A BLANKET APPROACH.
THE ABOVE INCIDENTS PROVED THIS IS FALSE, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF LIED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD YET THAT BOARD CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER PARENTS, VALID CONCERNS, PROVING THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION NEEDS TO PASS NOW WITH YOUR VOTE TO PROTECT PARENT'S RIGHTS AND MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS FOCUS ON AN EDUCATION AND NOT INDOCTRINATION VOTING.
NO MEANS YOU DON'T PROMOTE YOUR MENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS IS THAT THE, YOU WERE AT A VR.
YOU WERE AT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, THE OTHER NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 16 LINEUP, GO AHEAD, MISS HEIDI HOEVEN.
AND I LIVE NEAR THE LACKEY POST OFFICE, UM, LEARNING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN VIRGINIA WOKE US UP.
IF IT HAPPENED THERE, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE.
MANY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY WERE SEEING IN ONLINE CLASSES.
WE STARTED PAYING ATTENTION, RESEARCHING THE STATE'S EDUCATION WEBSITE, ASKING QUESTIONS AND GATHERING EVIDENCE.
THE MORE QUESTIONS WE ASKED AND EVIDENCE WE PRESENTED, THE MORE WE WERE BULLIED BY YOUR COUNTY, SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD, OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS DISMISSED AS MISINFORMED AND PERSONALLY LABELED AS CONFUSED WITH OUR CONCERNS.
TOSS ASIDE AS TRASH THAT HASN'T STOPPED US.
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WE DISCOVERED THAT WHY CSD WEBSITE LINKS ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING BY CASELL BEING PLANNED FOR US FOR USE HERE WERE REMOVED.AFTER WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, IT MADE US WONDER WHAT ARE THEY HIDING AND WHY PARENTS DISCOVERED THAT YOUR COUNTY WAS CHOSEN BY VIRGINIA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO GIVE THEIR 2021 YOUTH SURVEY TO OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YET NO ONE HERE SEEMED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
PARENTS FOUND THE ACTUAL SURVEY QUESTIONS ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE AND FIGURED OUT WHY THEY WERE WEREN'T ADMITTING IT EXISTED.
THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL SURVEY ASKED ABOUT THE CHILD'S GENDER IDENTIFICATION, WHETHER THE CHILD HAD BEEN EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY ABUSED AT HOME, CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE, ILLEGALLY SMOKED, DRANK, OR USED ILLEGAL DRUGS, BEEN SEXUALLY ACTIVE AND ASK PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONAL HEALTH CHOICES.
THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTIONS WERE SIMILAR.
BOTH SURVEYS SAID THEY INFORMATION WILL NOT BE USED TO FIND YOUR NAME AND NAMES WILL NOT BE REPORTED.
WHY ARE OUR SCHOOLS BEING ASKED TO DO THIS DATA MINING? THEN IF A SURVEY REVEALS THAT A STUDENT ISN'T OR IS IN DANGER OR DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL, ISN'T THERE A MORAL AND LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO REPORT.
THAT'S SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND TRAINING TEACHERS TO USE TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, GOING TO IGNORE IF A CHILD REVEALS THIS REALLY NO NAMES, HOW DO THEY MAKE SURE HIS CHILD IS ANSWERING TRUTHFULLY AND NOT JOKING? SINCE NAMES AREN'T USED? WHAT ABOUT PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN? WHO'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO THESE TOPICS WHEN WE'RE PARENTS GOING TO BE INFORMED AND ALLOWED TO OPT OUT, WHY WEREN'T PARENTS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AS PARENTS EXPOSE THIS? WHY CSD ADMITTED THE SURVEY EXISTED, BUT SAID THAT SINCE THEY FOUND SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING, THEY CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE BASED ON HOW PARENTS HAD BEEN TREATED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
HOW CAN WE, CAN WE TRUST THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME IF PARENTS AND CITIZENS HADN'T EXPOSED THIS INFORMATION FIRST, PROBABLY NOT.
PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT SURVEYS AHEAD OF TIME, TO BE ABLE TO OPT OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THEIR CHILD.
WE HAVE TURNED TO USE SUPERVISORS FOR HELP AND WHY YOU NEED TO APPROVE THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION NOW TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
VOTING NOTE MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
IS THAT THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY? HOW ABOUT VIRGINIA AND THE NATION? THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
LET ME JUST MAKE ONE EXPLANATION.
THE GREEN LIGHT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON, YOU GOT ONE MINUTE WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, IT'S OVER.
SO THIS FAIRMONT, OH, LINDA FAIRMONT.
I LIVE IN THE TAB DISTRICT OF YORK COUNTY.
WHEN VIRGINIA MANDATED ALL TEACHERS BE TRAINED AND IMPLEMENT CULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR CERTIFICATION PARENTS RESEARCHED IT.
PASS LESSONS, EMBRACE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES IN OUR HISTORY AND PRESENT SOCIETY.
BUT WE LEARNED THIS FOCUS WAS DIFFERENT AND IMPLEMENTS THE DIVISIVE PRINCIPLES OF CRT, DR.
CAROL SWAIN, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND RESPECTED BLACK WRITER AND LECTURER SAYS CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS PART OF AN INTELLECTUAL THEORY TO TEACH THAT RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT.
AND THAT RACISM IS NOT MERELY THE PRODUCT OF INDIVIDUAL BIAS OR PREJUDICE, BUT AS COLLECTIVE AND SYSTEMICALLY EMBEDDED IN AMERICA'S LEGAL SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICIES.
THIS IS WHERE THE DEVICE OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IDEOLOGY COMES INTO OUR SCHOOLS, KNOWS CRT AS A CLASS, DOESN'T EXIST HERE AND ISN'T TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER FIND THE WORDS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN THE CURRICULUM.
HOWEVER, ITS IDEOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES ARE BEING PUSHED WITH THIS REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY TEACHER IN EVERY CLASS.
THIS IDEOLOGY TEACHES THAT ALL WHITES ARE OPPRESSORS, RACIST AND SUCCEED ONLY BECAUSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY.
IT'S COLLECTIVE BLAME AND GUILT FOR AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SIN OF SLAVERY THAT CAN NEVER BE CORRECTED.
EVEN THOUGH HISTORY HAS SHOWN OTHERWISE THIS DEVICE OF IDEOLOGY LABELS EVERY AMERICAN INSTITUTION AS RACIST AND MUST BE RE-IMAGINED DISRUPTED, DISMANTLED AND DESTROYED TO BE RACIST.
DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT RACIST.
IT MEANS YOU MUST WORK TO DESTROY THESE INSTITUTIONS OR YOU ARE A RACIST.
AND PART OF THE PROBLEM, THIS IDEOLOGY TEACHES THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS OPPRESSED AND KEPT DOWN BY WHITES.
THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN SUCCEED IS WITH EXTRA HELP.
THEY CAN NEVER MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN THIS TO BE FALSE TO A REVIEW OF YOUR COUNTY.
GRADUATION RATES ALSO PROVES THIS FAULTS.
97.6% OF BLACK STUDENTS AND 96.5% OF WHITE STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING.
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND INSTITUTION ARE RISING ABOVE WHAT THIS DEVICE OF IDEOLOGY SAYS.
YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE EMBRACED AND TAUGHT DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S PHILOSOPHY TO SEE AND VALUE THE CONTENT OF A PERSON'S
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CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.IT'S WORKING CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
I DID IDEOLOGY THROWS THIS AWAY AND DIVIDE STUDENTS BASED ON RACE AND INTERSECTIONALITY, LIMITING ALL STUDENTS TO FORCE EQUITY AND OUTCOMES RATHER THAN EMBRACING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND PERSONAL CHOICE.
VIRGINIA'S RIGHTS OF PARENTS LAW, SECTION ONE DASH TWO 40.1 GIVES ALL PARENTS THE RIGHT TO SAY NO TO THIS DIVISIVE IDEOLOGY THAT INSTEAD WE CHOOSE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO UNITE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL EQUALLY PASSING THIS RESOLUTION NOW IS NEEDED VOTING.
NO MEANS YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
IS THAT THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND THE NATION.
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US AND LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AND VOTE.
IF YOU AGREE, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BOARD.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE BOARD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A LISTING SECRETARY, ONLY MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, BUT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY? ROBIN FIELD, YOUR COUNTY, OTHER PARTS OF THE RESOLUTION FOCUS ON SPENDING COUNTY TAX DOLLARS WISELY.
THAT'S WHY WE HIRE YOU AS SUPERVISORS.
SINCE 50% OF THE YORK'S BUDGET IS GIVEN BY YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS EACH YEAR, YOU SUPERVISORS HAVE A MAJOR OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THESE TAX DOLLARS AREN'T BEING SPENT ARE BEING SPENT WISELY.
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY TO WITHHOLD MONEY.
IF IT ISN'T BEING USED CAREFULLY, PARENTS AND CITIZENS CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED.
AS DISTURBING LESSONS AND BOOKS ARE BEING DISCOVERED BY PARENTS IN OTHER VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IF IT ISN'T HAPPENING, IF IT'S HAPPENING THERE, CAN WE BE SURE IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE? IT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT OF ARROGANCE TO THINK WE ARE IMMUNE FROM THIS WITHOUT CHECKING.
AND ONE SUIT STUDENT HAS SAID THE BOOK, ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE WAS FOUND IN HIS SCHOOL LIBRARY HERE IN YORK COUNTY.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE ON A VIDEO OF A PARENT IN VIRGINIA, THAT ACTUALLY WAS READING EXCERPTS OF IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, HORRIFICALLY GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF BOY ON BOY RAPE.
THIS RESOLUTION IDENTIFIES THE LEGAL PROBLEM WITH HAVING THIS BOOK AND OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY PURCHASED WITH TAX DOLLARS, VIRGINIA LAW SECTION 18.2 DASH 3 7 1 DEALS WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR AND SECTION 18.2 DASH 3 7 4 0.4 COVERS DISPLAY OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OR GROOMING VIDEOS OR MATERIAL TO A CHILD.
IF THESE BOOKS AND MATERIALS ARE NOT THERE, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH MAKING SURE THEY DON'T COME IN.
BUT IF THEY ARE HERE, PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY GOT HERE AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION GIVES A WAY FOR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO FOSTER A POSITIVE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP WITH TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS WISELY.
AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE LEARNING PLACES, NO MATTER HOW THE BOOKS AND MATERIALS ARE BROUGHT IN.
HOWEVER, THE MORE THE SCHOOL BOARD BULKS AT PARENTS ASKING QUESTIONS, BULK SET, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND BULKS AT DEVELOPING PROTECTION AND STATING THAT DIVISIVE AND LONG LAWFUL MATERIALS WON'T BE ALLOWED IN YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE LEFT WONDERING WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING AGAINST IT? IS THERE SOMETHING THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE FROM US? THIS IS WHY WE COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK THAT YOU PASS THIS PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
BE THE LEADERS IN SHOWING THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND PROTECT ALL PARENTS' RIGHTS UNDER VIRGINIA LAW.
WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU BEING A LEADER.
THANK YOU, MR. LAMB MEMBERS OF THIS DISTINGUISHED BOARD CITIZENS, A YORK COUNTY
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HERE THIS EVENING, AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE LISTENING.MY NAME IS TED LAMB AND I LIVE IN THE HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA AREA.
I COME BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION AS A PUBLIC EDUCATOR WITH 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND A TWO TERM ELECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
IT IS TIME THAT WE PROTECT OUR AND YOUR CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PHILOSOPHIES THAT IS BEING HANDED DOWN FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SOME HAVE SAID THAT THESE PHILOSOPHIES SUCH AS CRT AND GENDER IDENTITY ARE NOT HERE IN VIRGINIA.
IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN WHY ARE TEACHERS FORCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING USING APPROPRIATE GENDER PRONOUNS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCIES? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE? WELL, IF THIS IS NOT TRUE, THEN WHY DID HOUSE BILL 1 45 AND SENATE BILL 1 61 GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CREATE MODEL POLICIES THAT ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY AS 11 DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTIFIERS.
WHY DID THIS BILL ALSO AUTHORIZED FOR SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO LOOK FOR BIAS IN THE CURRICULUM AGAINST RACE AND GENDER IDENTITY AMONG OTHER THINGS IN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE, UNDER THE SAID DOCUMENTS, I'VE SAID, LISTEN TO THIS DEFINITION OF ANTI-RACISM, ANTI-RACISM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT RACIST BELIEFS AND STRUCTURES ARE PERVASIVE IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES AND REQUIRES ACTION TO DISMANTLE THOSE BELIEFS AND STRUCTURES.
THIS REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL LEADERS HOLD EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN SAYING DO THINGS THAT MAKE SCHOOL AND SAFE AND THEY DISMANTLE SYSTEMS PERPETRATING IN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED BY RACE.
SO NOW THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION POLICY IS THAT IT WILL HOLD STUDENTS, YOUR CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS, EDUCATORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RACISM IN THEIR LIVES IS THE BDOE THING THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING ITSELF IS INHERENTLY RACIST.
AND NOW LET'S ROOT OUT RACISM FROM OUR CHILDREN.
I CAN NOT GO ON FOR, I COULD GO ON FOR THREE HOURS, BUT I HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IS THIS ONE, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN? I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
AM I ASKING THAT YOU AS A BOARD, PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PASS THE RESOLUTION ON THEIR OWN MERITS AND IN THEIR OWN MEETING.
THANK YOU, MS. SKETCHER AND SCATTER RICO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? CINDY SCATTER RICO DISTRICT FOR MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO VIRGINIA FROM ILLINOIS AROUND EIGHT YEARS AGO.
I HAVE CLOSE TO 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MANAGEMENT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING THROUGH VARIOUS COMPANIES ON A MYRIAD OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT METHODS.
I AM COMFORTABLE IN SAYING I KNOW HOW TO GET RE RESULTS IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
ON SEPTEMBER 7TH OF 21, I HAD RESIGNED FROM MY POSITION IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE SMITHFIELD INNOVATION CENTER.
AS A MOTHER, I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ENROLLING MY DAUGHTER IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL HERE IN VIRGINIA AND MADE THE DECISION TO HOMESCHOOL HER PER THE BDOE WEBSITE.
SEL PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE EDUCATION AND UPBRINGING OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN.
AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO TITLED THE ROLE, THE FAMILY ROLE IN SEL FOUND ON THE V D O E WEBSITE, I WAS LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR PARENTS AS A RESULTS DRIVEN MANAGER AND A CONCERNED PARENT.
MY EYES ARE DRAWN TO PAGE SIX OF THE V D O E SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING WEBSITE.
THE EXAMPLES GIVEN BELOW BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SUCCESS OF SEL.
THE QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THE GOAL AS A PARENT? I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE END GOAL FOR SEL.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE SMART GOAL METHOD IS A COMMONLY USED TOOL FOR DRIVING RESULTS.
IT IS AN ACRONYM SMART, MEANING SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC.
TIME-BOUND THE BENEFITS OF SEO OUTLINED BY THE VIDEO E ARE DIFFICULT TO BUILD SMART GOALS AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
HOW CAN WE MAKE A SMART GOAL TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL RESULTS FOR OUR CHILDREN SPECIFIC? WHAT IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY? HOW DO I TEACH THAT TO MY CHILD? IS THERE A PAT, A TEST THAT SHE CAN PASS MEASURABLE? HOW CAN I MEASURE THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR MY CHILD ATTAINABLE? HOW DO I KNOW WHEN MY CHILD HAS ATTAINED A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY REALISTIC, WILL EACH CHILD HAVE THEIR OWN STANDARD FOR A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY TIME DOWN? WHEN ARE THEY EXPECTED
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TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF FIFTH GRADE 12TH GRADE ON JULY 23RD, 2020, THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED FRAMEWORK FOR SEL.IF SMART GOALS ARE NOT PUT INTO PLACE, THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND TAXPAYER MONEY AND CLOSING THE V D O E REPORTEDLY REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RULE AND THE PARENT SEO MOVING FORWARD.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTY TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT PARENT STEERING COMMITTEE TO DRIVE AND IMPROVE THE SEL PROCESS.
THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CLOSED COMPOSED OF REASONABLE RESPECTABLE PARENTS WHO REPRESENT THE YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY.
I ASK THAT THIS BOARD WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY, MR. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 1 47 LINEBERRY WAY A YORKTOWN TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE JOINT RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT IT HAS BEEN PULLED, UH, BUT ONLY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR, WHY NOT FROM THIS BODY? THIS RESOLUTION WAS NOT BEING MADE IN GOOD FAITH.
IN FACT, IT APPEARED TO BE ORCHESTRATE COMPLETE LIKE ONE PERSON BASED ON NO FACTS WHATSOEVER.
JUST WATCHING THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS, SUPERVISOR AND SCHOOL.
VERY FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS BEING DRAFTED.
AND ABSOLUTELY NO COLLABORATION WAS MADE BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES.
IT WAS BEING FORCED BY ONE PERSON AND THAT PERSON HAD NO FACTS BEHIND THE REASON THIS RESOLUTION NEEDED TO BE MADE.
AGAIN, WATCHING PREVIOUS MEETINGS DURING A SUPERVISOR COMMENT PERIOD, I WAS AMAZED AT ONE SUPERVISOR READING FROM EXTREME POLITICAL PUBLICATION AND ENCOURAGING OTHER SUPERVISORS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THAT PUBLICATION.
THIS GRANDSTANDING HAS NO BUSINESS IN OUR GOV GOVERNANCE OF OUR COUNTY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE ABOVE ALL THIS.
I AM PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE HAS GRADUATED AND ANOTHER, THAT WILL BE GRADUATING IN A FEW YEARS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INDOCTRINATED, STUDIED CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OR HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANY SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT EVERYTHING.
THEY NEED TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE ADULT IN OUR SOCIETY.
THE CURRICULUM YOUR COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THROUGH THE STATE IS EVERYTHING THEY NEED WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON.
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, I WOULD EXPECT THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ACT A LITTLE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND NOT TO TRY AND PUSH SOME ALTERNATIVE AGENDA.
LOOK AT WHAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
WE HAVE A STAR WITH A FIRE AT THE GRAFTON COMPLEX, WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE ENTIRE COUNTY MOVING STUDENTS AROUND SHARING SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES.
AND THIS WAS A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
ALL OF THIS WAS COMMUNICATED WITH MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS TO THE PARENTS.
THE PANDEMIC WAS NEXT, FORCING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO SUDDENLY TEACH AND LEARN ONLINE.
NOW WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC HOPEFULLY, AND ONE MEMBER OF A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANTS TO DEVELOP A JOINT RESOLUTION ON SOMETHING IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN OUR STATE.
AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS DON'T NEED THIS.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FULLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND ESPECIALLY ACT LIKE RESPONSIBLE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
YOUR COUNTY IS BETTER THAN THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY, MR. HOGLIN.
UH, TODD HOAGLAND, WE LIVE IN EDGE HILL AND I AM A TEACHER AT DARE ELEMENTARY.
UM, I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN CAPACITY THOUGH.
I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AT ALL.
COULD YOU TAKE YOUR MASK OFF? THANK YOU.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.
UH, MY WIFE, LESLIE, AND I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN.
MY OLDEST IS A GRADUATE OF YORK HIGH, AND HE'S NOW ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHERE HE'S SITTING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT.
MY TWO MIDDLE CHILDREN ARE BOTH ADOPTED AND WE CHOSE THIS YEAR TO HOMESCHOOL THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITIES.
AND THIS IS COMING FROM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.
I CHOSE TO HOMESCHOOL MY CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A SOPHOMORE AT YOUR CHI AND WE HAVE A SECOND GRADER AT DARE ELEMENTARY.
I'M VERY INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE AS BOTH AN EMPLOYEE AND A PARENT.
AND I TELL YOU, PARENT CHOICE IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
PARENTS ALREADY HAVE THAT CHOICE.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE FOR THEIR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO ATTEND PRIVATE EDUCATION.
PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO HOMESCHOOL AS WE HAVE FOR THE ONES OF OUR FAMILY THAT NEED TO BE HOMESCHOOLED BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR AND JUST SPECIAL NEEDS.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTY AND WORKED HARD BOTH
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS TO HELP BUILD OUR CHILDREN AND TO RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.WE ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS ONLY COMMUNICATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WAS NOT POSTED ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WEBSITE, WHICH WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IN BAD FAITH.
THE IDEA TO RE, TO RE WITHHOLD FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION BASED ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
IN MY OPINION, WE WORK HARD IN THE SCHOOLS.
WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR STUDENTS LEARN ACADEMICALLY SOCIALLY AND BE SAFE.
THE BIGGEST THING I TELL MY STUDENTS IS THAT I'M THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE SAFE NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY THINK THEY ARE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
I MAKE SURE MY STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
I'M FEARFUL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE IDEAS BEHIND IT THAT WOULD TEAR DOWN PEOPLE BASED ON DIFFERENCES AND NOT LOOK AT REALITY OF WHAT STUDENTS HAVE AND WHAT STUDENTS COME TO THE TABLE WITH.
WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS THAT COME WITH LOTS OF BAGGAGE, LOTS OF BAGGAGE AND SOCIAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE SAFE, THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND THAT THEY CAN BE PROTECTED IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU, MR. ENQUIST AND IF, UH, P ALMOST SEE THE LINE BEHIND.
MY NAME IS TED ENQUIST AND I AM RUNNING FOR THE U S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
NEXT YEAR ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE SECOND DISTRICT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY SITUATION.
I'M A LICENSED ORDAINED MINISTER IN MULTICULTURAL CHURCHES FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
I'VE DEALT WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE HEART, NOT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
MY WIFE TEACHES RIGHT HERE IN YORK COUNTY AND FOR HER PRIVACY, I WON'T LIST WHICH SCHOOL SHE TEACHES AT.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE MIT PROGRAM.
MASTER'S IN TEACHING OVER AT CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO BE INFORMED, GO LOOK AT THEIR CURRICULUM.
THEY ARE TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS.
YOU MUST TEACH CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
MY DAUGHTER JUST SPENT AN ENTIRE SEMESTER HAVING THIS STUFF SHOVED DOWN HER THROAT AND BEING TOLD THAT SHE IS A BIGOT AND THAT SHE IS A RACIST BECAUSE SHE WON'T BUY INTO THEIR WOKE, CANCEL CULTURE.
SHE'S STANDING UP FOR TRUE VALUES.
THE REASON SHE STANDS UP FOR THOSE VALUES IS BECAUSE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AT A THANKSGIVING DINNER, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LOOK ACROSS THE TABLE AT HER NIECES AND HER NEPHEW AND SAY, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE OPPRESSED BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
WE COME FROM A BLENDED FAMILY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
MY NIECE CAME HOME AND ASKED MY SISTER, MOM, WHY ARE YOU AN OPPRESSOR? DO YOU WANT THAT TAUGHT TO OUR CHILDREN? I THINK NOT.
AND SO WITH THIS BILL, I DO THINK WE NEED TO WITHHOLD FUNDING.
IF THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO CRAM THIS STUFF DOWN OUR CHILDREN'S THROATS, WE NEED TO BRING A COUNTRY TOGETHER, NOT DIVIDE THEM.
CRT IS VERY DIVISIVE IN ITS NATURE BECAUSE IT'S ROOTED IN MARXISM.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SEPARATING AND DIVIDING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AND BEING UNIFIED.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OTHER AVENUES CALLED CULTURAL RESOURCE INITIATIVE.
IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE CANON TO ALLOW, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND FEMALE AUTHORS IN THE CANON.
SO WE GET A DIVERSE EDUCATION OF OUR HISTORY.
I DO BELIEVE OUR HISTORY NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY SO WE CAN LEARN FROM IT.
BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
AND I 100% AS A REPRESENTATIVE SUPPORT THIS MEASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO BRING IT FORTH, MR. RAMBO, AND THANK YOU, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR VOTING.
I LIVE IN THE DARE SECTION OF THE COUNTY.
SO OUR FAMILY MOVED TO YOUR COUNTY IN 2009 IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE GOOD REPUTATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS.
BUT AS OUR FIVE KIDS PROGRESS FROM ELEMENTARY
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TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL, I'VE BECOME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ANTI-AMERICAN INDOCTRINATION.BUT I FIGURED MY KIDS WERE STILL GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION, RIGHT? AND I COULD DETOX THEM AT HOME BY EXPLAINING THAT NO, THE NATIVE AMERICANS WEREN'T ALL PEACEFUL AND SLAVERY WASN'T INVENTED BY THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA.
AND THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT FOUGHT A CIVIL WAR TO END SLAVERY AND NO CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING.
ISN'T GOING TO BURN UP THE PLANET BY 2020, UNLESS WE STOP USING FOSSIL FUELS BY 2010.
BUT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I NOW CAUTION PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN TO CONSIDER PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR HOMESCHOOLING LET'S FACE IT.
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN AN ACADEMIC DISASTER.
SO MANY STUDENTS WERE GOING TO FAIL THE SOL THAT THE STATE HAD TO LOWER THE PASSING GRADE AFTER A BACKLASH FROM PARENTS, THE SUMMER, THE SCHOOL BOARD AGREED TO IN THE MASK MANDATE, BUT THEN THEY CAVED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO THE GOVERNOR'S EDICT, WEARING MASKS, HUGELY AFFECTS LEARNING FOR ALL CHILDREN.
FIRST GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA WHO DIED FROM COVID.
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE THAT CHILDREN CATCH COVID AT SCHOOL AND THEN INFECT PARENTS OR GRANDCHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS AT HOME.
AND BELIEVE ME, THEY'VE LOOKED FOR THAT EVIDENCE.
SO WITH ALL THAT ACADEMIC PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING COULDN'T WE JUST FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, BUT NO.
NOW THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS MANDATED CULTURAL COMPETENCY, NOT JUST TRAINING, BUT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN IMPLEMENTING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES.
THIS GOES WAY BEYOND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING EDUCATORS ARE EXPLICITLY CALLED TO BE CHANGE AGENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ACADEMIC EQUITY, NOT EQUALITY EQUITY.
YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED OUTCOME-BASED EQUITY PROGRAM IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF A KID IN THE BLUE ETHIC GROUP DOES SOMETHING WRONG AND HE CAN'T BE SUSPENDED IF TOO MANY BLUE KIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUSPENDED, THIS IS OUTCOME BASED EQUITY.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT JUDGING BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE KID'S CHARACTER.
INSTEAD OF TEACHING OUR CHILDREN, THE LIE THAT AMERICA IS SYSTEMICALLY RACIST, WE SHOULD BE TEACHING THEM JUST HOW GREAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS.
I IMPLORE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
AND IF I, IF I COULD HAVE 17 THROUGH 23 Q UP BEHIND MS. HAYWOOD CAMP, GO AHEAD.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS, HELP CHILDREN DEAL WITH THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEIR PEERS.
IT HELPS PEOPLE IDENTIFY EMOTIONS TO CONTROL THEMSELVES, TO SEEK HELP IF THEY NEED IT.
IT HELPS CHILDREN UNDERSTAND OTHERS AND TO RESPECT THEIR DIFFERENCES.
I AM SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT BULLYING IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR OUR YOUTH.
SO CAN HELP BOTH TO PREVENT BULLYING AND TO HELP THE VICTIMS. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT RAPE IS A CRIME OF ANGER, POWER DOMINATION.
IT IS PA IT IS BULLYING TAKEN TO AN EXTREME.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT 7% OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE RAPED.
AND THIS HAS BEEN TRUE FOR YEARS.
IT'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
TALK TO THE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 50%.
I THINK OF WOMEN WILL BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN SOME WAY.
AT SOME TIME, SELL CAN HELP SEEING OTHERS AS PEOPLE WITH VALUE, RECOGNIZING THAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT, THEY ARE THE SAME.
IN MANY WAYS, UNDERSTANDING OUR PEERS, RESPECTING THEM, PARTICULARLY WOMEN.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TO STOP BULLYING AND ESCALATING VIOLENCE.
THE RESOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN THOUGHT OUT WELL, THE HATRED AND FEAR BEHIND IT, OF ANYONE WHO ISN'T THEIR RACE OR THEIR RELIGION OR THEIR SEXUAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS LED THEM TO A POSITION IN WHICH THEY WOULD PRESENT A PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD PREVENT POTENTIALLY BOTH PREVENT THE BULLYING AND RAPE OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND WHAT ALSO HELP UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH.
UNDERMINING THIS PROGRAM HAS PERVERTED.
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IT IS DISGUSTING AND MORALLY CORRUPT.I AM ASHAMED THAT IT IS EVEN BEING DISCUSSED.
MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM TAP HIGH SCHOOL LAST FALL.
I'VE FOLLOWED MANY OF HER CLASSES OVER THE YEAR.
I KNOW SHE HAD A HARD TIME, BUT I WAS HAPPY THAT YORK COUNTY KEPT IT TOGETHER.
PEOPLE WERE DYING AND I'M GLAD THAT I MADE IT THROUGH.
I HOPE THAT WHEN THE BOARD TALKS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT YOU KEEP MY POSITION IN TA IN MIND.
BARBARA HAYWOOD BRUTON DISTRICT TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MR. MORGAN.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT I RESPECT YOUR ELECTED POSITION TO THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I SPENT 30 YEARS ON THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND IN DOING SO HAVE SUPPORTED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE DIVISION'S CURRICULUM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I'M THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE SONS WHO ATTENDED FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TO GRADUATION FROM THE DIVISION.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN OUR TWO BOARDS WHILE I DUTIES HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
BOTH WHAT'S ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
WE MAY HAVE DISAGREED ON ISSUES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE RESPECTIVELY FOUND COMMON GROUND.
THERE ARE ALLOWED EACH BOARD TO FULFILL ITS DUTIES.
I'LL COME TO YOU TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE RESOLUTION, ALLEGEDLY CRAFTED BY MR.
THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION, AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.
IN MY 30 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DISAGREED WITH THIS STATEMENT REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DIVISION HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT INPUT FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHEN IT WROTE THE MISSION, THE GOALS AND THE BELIEF STATEMENTS.
IN FACT, ON THE Y CSD WEBSITE, WE WILL SEE, YOU WILL SEE THE PHRASE EMBRACE, ENGAGE IN POWER.
IN ADDITION ON THE WEBSITE, YOU WILL SEE A SECTION THAT POSITIVELY SPEAKS TO PARENTS INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
WITH ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST WEEKS.
I HAVE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
BOTH OF WHICH I KNOW YOU CANNOT ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU WILL ANSWER INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY THE FIRST QUESTION, WHAT ARE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CRITICAL COMPETENCY TEACHING AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING.
AND SECOND, WHERE DO THESE CONCEPTS ARE? WHERE ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT IN YOUR COUNTY? WHY CSD AND THE ENTIRE STATE HAS.
AND WE'LL FOCUS ON CULTURAL RESPONSIVE TEACHING UNIFORM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DEFINE EFFECTIVE TEACHING ACROSS AND LEARN ACROSS THE STATE SINCE AT LEAST 2008.
THESE STANDARDS INCLUDE EDUCATION, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING.
IN ADDITION, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GINNY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.
NOWHERE IN THE STATE IS CULTURE.
UM, CULTURAL RACE THEORY BEING TAUGHT NOR PLAN TO BE THOUGHT IS THAT THE POST-MASTER'S LEVEL AND POSTGRADUATE LEVEL AND CONCLUSION, I READ YOUR RESOLUTION AS AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND YOUR ACCOUNTING, WHICH INCLUDED THREATS OF WITHHOLDING FUNDING.
THANK YOU, MS. HAYWOOD, I WILL YOU TO HAVE A LISTENING EAR AS YOU GO FORWARD, PLEASE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, MS. WILKINS, HELLO, CHAIRMAN GREEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
I LIVE HERE IN YORKTOWN AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXP EXPRESS MY PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE RECENT ATTEMPTS BY SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO STOKE FEAR AND HOSTILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROPOSING SO-CALLED PARENT'S RIGHTS RESOLUTION.
I'M ALSO HERE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR UNANIMOUS REJECTION OF THAT ATTEMPT.
APPARENTLY THE DRAFT PROPOSAL WAS NOT SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD, NOR EVEN NOR EVEN OTHER SUPERVISORS BEFORE BEING PUBLICLY PROPOSED AS A JOINT RESOLUTION.
ALTHOUGH OUR CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM YOUR CHI YEARS AGO, WE REMAIN PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF YORK SCHOOLS AND ARE DISMAYED AT THIS CHARACTERIZATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION.
THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PROPOSED FURTHER PROMOTED,
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PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN VERY QUIETLY PULLED FOR LACK OF SUPPORT IS NOT BACKED BY ANY EVIDENCE OF IMPLIED OF THE IMPLIED WRONGDOING OR INDOCTRINATION BY ANY YC SD STAFF REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.I BELIEVE THAT IT SIMPLY SEEKS TO CREATE AN OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AND TO ADDRESS WELL-DOCUMENTED GAPS IN ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GRAPHICS, WITHOUT EVIL OR DANGEROUS INTENT.
AS I SEE IT, WE ARE AT A CRITICAL CROSSROADS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE SHARPLY POLITICAL CLIMATE, WE FIND OURSELVES IN LEAVES, NO ROOM FOR FURTHER RIBS OR DIVISIONS.
I FOR 1:00 AM EXHAUSTED BY THE HATE AND INCIVILITY AND DISCOURAGED BY THE FLOOD OF MISINFORMATION, SPEWING FROM POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT ARTIFICIAL BARRICADES BETWEEN US AND THEM FUELED BY VENOM AND EVEN THREATS OF VIOLENCE? IS THIS THE WORLD WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF OUR PERSONAL POLITICAL BELIEFS AND BIASES OR WHO WE HOLD UP AS OUR POLITICAL HEROES, OUR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP LIVING AND WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE FROM MANY ECONOMIC AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
SHOULD WE, AS THE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS IN THEIR LIVES, PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OR ENDLESSLY SOW SEEDS OF DISTRUST, RATHER THAN BRING A BARRAGE OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OUR BELEAGUERED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, PERHAPS WE CAN RESOLVE INSTEAD TO DISCUSS THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH COMMON PURPOSE.
IF WE COULD RISE TO THAT CHALLENGE, WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IT WOULD BE.
UH, CHAIRMAN GREEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS JACKSON MONT FRANCE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONCERNING WHAT YOU CALL PARENTAL RIGHTS.
THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS CHARGED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE CURRICULUM THAT IS IMPLEMENTED IN VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS ALSO THE CASE FOR THE PO POLICY OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION, WHICH ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF AND SENSITIVITY TOWARDS STUDENTS FROM ALL CULTURES IN OUR SOCIETY.
IT IS NOT AS SOME WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE PROPAGANDA, TO INDOCTRINATE OUR CHILDREN WITH FEELINGS OF GUILT AND INFERIORITY.
THERE WAS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE.
ALL OF US COULD BENEFIT BY LEARNING MORE ON THE SUBJECT FROM UNBIASED RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THE CONFLICT AND ANTAGONISM THAT IS CAUSING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH SUCH STRIFE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE BOARD SHOULD ATTEMPT TO DICTATE AN EDUCATIONAL POLICY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, NOR SHOULD IT USE THIS THREAT OR WITHHOLDING FUNDING AS A MEANS OF DISSEMINATING CAREFULLY RESEARCHED OR DISMANTLING, EXCUSE ME, CAREFULLY RESEARCHED EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.
INSTEAD, I'D LIKE TO SEE TRUST IN THE DULY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN.
I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO GOVERN WITH AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH.
ONE THAT IS BASED ON AS THE GOOD REVEREND SAID, GRACE AND TRUTH AND ON FACTUAL INFORMATION AND TO PUT ASIDE THE POLITICS THAT ONLY CORRODE AND CONFOUND THESE ISSUES.
I LIVE HERE IN YOUR VILLAGE YORKTOWN VILLAGE, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU ALL DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY.
I'M A RETIRED TEACHER OVER 35 YEARS.
I'VE TAUGHT IN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS ALL IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AS A TEACHER, A LIFELONG LEARNER, A GRANDMOTHER OF CHILDREN CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A DIFFERENT COUNTING.
AND AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING THE TRUTH.
I AGREE WITH THE PASTOR WHO SPOKE THAT I, THAT RACISM IS A SIN OF THE HEART, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE WITH REVEREND JIM WALLACE, EVANGELICAL PASTOR AND WRITER, THAT RACISM IS AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SIN, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY DEALT WITH IT.
I THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT SAYING TO PEOPLE NOW YOU'RE GUILTY, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST
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HAS BEEN OVER CENTURIES.I'M HERE TO TONIGHT TO SAY THAT I STAND WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND WITH THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH AND GOODWILL CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT, HOW IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT.
IT IS MY HOPE, HOWEVER THAT IN THIS COUNTY, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU, OUR SUPERVISORS WILL LEAD US IN ENGAGING IN OPEN FACT-BASED RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION.
THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK FOR COMMON GROUND AND COMMON GOALS RATHER THAN DO WHAT WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS HAVE POLITICIANS ENGAGE IN STUNTS, POLITICAL STUNTS, WHERE THEY USE WEIGHTED BUZZWORDS TO CREATE FEAR AND DIVIDE US.
WE REALLY NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND YOU CAN HELP US DO THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, I'M G I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY READ A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT NOBODY'S REALLY CITING IT.
UM, JUST KEEP IT TO 30 MINUTES.
SO BASICALLY IT'S SUGGESTING THAT THE, THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD SUPPORT, UH, ANYTHING.
LET'S SEE, SORRY THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT A SINGLE SIDE OF CONFERENCE, CONTROVERSIAL MATERIALS THAT CROSSED THE LINE OF FAMILY RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT SEEKS TO PERFORM MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL ANALYSIS, INCLUDING DIGITALLY PROFILING, A STUDENT DISCUSSING CHILD SEXUALITY, INCLUDING MATERIALS THAT DESCRIBE AND DEPICT APPROPRIATE INAPPROPRIATE OR UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT, PROMOTING CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS AS TO SUBJECT YORK COUNTY TO ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL GROOMING OR COUNTY EMPLOYEES PROMOTING SECRETS ABOUT STUDENTS' PERCEIVED OR ACTUAL SEXUALITY BETWEEN STAFF AND STUDENT UNDER THE GUISE OF EQUITY OR EQUALITY UM, YOU DO NOT WANT, UM, LESSON PLANS, LITERATURE, PERSONAL STORIES, PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS BEHIND THE BACK OF PARENTS, OR OTHER MEANS TO TEACH STUDENTS TO DRAW OUT SEXUALITY TOPICS, IDENTIFYING GENDER DENOUNCING AMERICAN CULTURE, PATRIOTISM, LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES OR VIRGINIA, OR TO OTHERWISE APOLOGIZE OR HAVE REMORSE FOR ONE'S RACE OR RELIGION, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF ANY ONE RACE OR RELIGION.
UM, WHAT I THINK IS MISSING A LITTLE BIT HERE IS THAT THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE REVISIONS TO THIS RESOLUTION.
NONE OF THIS RESOLUTION CONTAINS ANYTHING ABOUT WITHHOLDING FUNDING FROM ANYBODY.
UM, IF ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH THESE STATEMENTS, I WOULD FIND THAT PRETTY SHOCKING.
THIS IS A VERY AGREEABLE RESOLUTION IN MY OPINION.
UM, SO YOU WONDER WHY ARE PARENTS HERE? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE'VE VOICED OUR CONCERN ABOUT TOPICS AND ALSO PROCEDURES GOING ON.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU'RE MISINFORMED, YOU'RE CONFUSED.
AND SO PEOPLE ARE DARKENING YOUR DOOR SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE HIT A WALL ELSEWHERE.
AND THE ED EQUITY DOCUMENT, WHICH I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO READ DOES STATE.
AND I'M READING FROM IT, FACILITATING COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, SYSTEMIC INEQUITY, DESPERATE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND RACISM IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION.
NOW IS THE TIME TO DOUBLE DOWN THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS PROVIDED IS THE FRAMEWORK SUPPORT THE EFFORT OF LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO FIGHT RACIAL INJUSTICE AND ERADICATE SYSTEMIC INEQUITY.
THERE'S NO CONVERSATION HERE ABOUT WHETHER THIS STUFF EXISTS AND THERE'S NO QUANTIFIABLE WAY TO MEASURE IT.
WE'RE JUST BLANKETLY CORRECTING SOMETHING THAT SOME BUREAUCRAT WHO WASN'T ELECTED SAYS EXISTS.
I WOULD REALLY ASK YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THIS REVISED RESOLUTION AND TO CONSIDER IT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT IS OBJECTIONABLE FOR ANY CITIZEN THAT I KNOW.
SEE YOU AT THE REUNION, THE REUNION, UH, KENNY GREEN.
I'M FROM THE GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF DANDY.
UH, SO I COULD COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A BIG LONG READING OR A BUNCH OF QUOTES FROM DECADES, OLD PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT MEAN A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO COME TO YOU WITH A COUPLE OF QUOTES THAT CAME TO ME FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE COUPLE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT I DID ATTEND, UM, BECAUSE I'M, I'M JUST TROUBLED AS A PARENT WITH THREE KIDS AT SEAFORD MOVING UP HERE IN YOUR COUNTY, FULL LIFETIME
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RESIDENT, ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD OF YOUR COUNTY, UH, QUOTE, UM, THE FACT THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT LOUD COUNTY, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE WILL BE ALLOWED COUNTY.IF WE ASCRIBE TO THE PROTO SAME PROTOCOL, THAT THE VOD THAT THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY AND THE VDO, HE HAS SHOVED DOWN THE THROATS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, HOW CAN WE NOT BE ANOTHER LOUDEN COUNTY? IF WE ARE TOLD TO ASCRIBE TO THE SAME REGULATIONS I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S BEEN ON, IT'LL BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS THAT MY KIDS AT ME AS A FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS AND A YOUNG BOY WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY.
THINGS WILL BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE REGULATION DOES NOT SAY THAT IT WOULD BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
IT WOULD BE CALLED HARASSMENT.
IF YOU TRY TO STOP A BOY FROM GOING INTO THE BATHROOM WITH MY YOUNG GIRL, I HAVE TALKED TO MY TWO GIRLS, 1 9, 1 11, LOOKED RIGHT AT HIM AND SAID, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BOY, GOING TO BATH? GOING GO TO THE BATHROOM, THE SAME BATHROOM YOU ARE.
BOTH OF THEM LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY.
WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM A NINE YEAR OLD AND 11 YEAR OLD? I SAW, I TOLD HER, I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION TO MY SON, SEVEN AND A HALF.
I LEFT THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM, STILL SCRATCHING HIS HEAD.
LIKE, LIKE DAD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND LIKE, LIKE HE DIDN'T EVEN QUITE GRASP THE QUESTION AT SEVEN AND A HALF.
I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AN OPPRESSOR BEING WHITE? DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR 250 YEAR OLD, UM, ISSUES WITH OUR COUNTRY.
AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AGAIN, LIKE, DAD, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M USUALLY PRETTY CRAZY IN THE HOUSE.
AND THEY WOULD EXPECT CRAZY QUESTIONS COMING FROM THEIR FATHER LIKE THIS, BUT THEY ARE IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS FOR THE SAME FACT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE INNOCENCE AND WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE PARENTS' ABILITY TO, TO PROMOTE INNOCENCE IN THEIR KIDS.
NOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, STANDING UP FOR, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF A PERSON DID RIGHT, RIGHT, IS RIGHT, WRONG IS WRONG.
ONE OF THESE DAYS, WE'RE GONNA ALL HAVE TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT, WHETHER WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT OR WE'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF RIGHT.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO, TO, TO, TO STAND WITH PARENTS AND PARENTS THAT LOVE THEIR KIDS.
I PUT 50 YEARS INTO THIS COUNTY.
A LOT OF THOSE YEARS WAS BECAUSE MY PARENTS LIVE HERE, BUT I CHOSE TO STAY.
AND I, AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S NOT THAT EASY JUST TO PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT THAT EASY OF A CHOICE.
SO I HAVE MY, MY TAX MONEY HAS FUNDED THIS EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT I DEPEND ON NOW.
I HOPE YOU ALL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
UM, WE'RE ASKED TO FIND CRT IT'S OUT THERE.
JUST, JUST OPEN YOUR EYES TO IT.
AND IF, IF I COULD HAVE 24 THROUGH 29 Q UP BEHIND MS. JOHNSON, MS. FEDLER BETTER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS, UM, BODY FOR DRAFTING THE DOCUMENT PARENT RIGHTS.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU WERE PASS THIS IN SEPTEMBER 21.
MY HUSBAND, I ATTENDED A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO SUPPORT A YOUNG MAN WHO HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS.
HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE TRANSGENDER POLICIES AS PUT FORTH BY THE VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MANY OF THE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, RETIRED TEACHERS AND OTHER PRESENCE WHO LIVE IN YOUR COUNTY SPOKE AGAINST THIS AGENDA.
ONE PERSON, A TRANSGENDER FROM NEWPORT NEWS SPOKE FOR IT.
SADLY, THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT VOTE ON THAT ISSUE THAT NIGHT.
MY HUSBAND AND I WANT WATCHED ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE A LADY SPOKE AGAINST, UM, CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE.
SHE GAVE THESE TWO VIOLATIONS THAT BECAUSE NOTHING'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THE COUNTY YET, ONE WAS A YORK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ASKING STUDENTS WHICH GENDER THEY WANT IT TO BE CALLED.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS SAID THIS HAPPENED IN EACH CLASSROOM ALL DAY LONG, SECOND COVENTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER READ THE SCHOOL BOOK.
MY CONCERN IS WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE TEACHING INAPPROPRIATE THINGS TO OUR CHILDREN.
MY HUSBAND AND I, MY HUSBAND JUST RECENTLY ASKED A QUESTION TO YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ABOUT THE RESOLUTION FOR PARENT RIGHTS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S NOT MUCH SUPPORT FOR THIS ISSUE.
I BELIEVE THAT IF PARENTS ARE TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE BROUGHT UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION, THAT A LOT OF PARENTS WILL COME AND RESPOND.
I BELIEVE THESE ISSUES HAVE A PURPOSE OF DIVIDING US AS A COUNTY, A STATE, AND A NATION BY BRINGING CONFLICT TO OUR FAMILIES TO DESTROY FAMILIES WILL ULTIMATELY
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BRING ABOUT DESTRUCTION FOR OUR NATION.REMEMBER, IF YOU WILL JUST DOWN THE ROAD AT THE MOREHOUSE, THAT'S WHEN THE SURRENDER HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 17, 81.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THAT PUT US ON THE PATH OF THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE COURSE THAT WE ARE PURSUING WILL RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR NATION, WHERE ALL WE'LL BRING IN SOCIALISM, MARXISM, AND COMMUNISM.
WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE LOSE OUR FREEDOMS. THIS IS A PATH I DO NOT WANT US TO TAKE.
IT IS MY PRAYER THAT WE, AS A NATION WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN AS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WHEN IN WEEK ONE SWA, WHEN IT'S NOCHES, THERE'S YOUR CULTURE AWARENESS, GOOD EVENING.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FILL YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS.
THE LILA JOHNSON DISTRICT ONE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEA AND Y EA THE PARENT OF YOUR COUNTY GRADUATE AND A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY.
I'M A POLL OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND MISREPRESENTATIONS.
THIS COUNTY BOARD HAS MADE OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, MANY CLAIMS HARPING IN THE RESOLUTION OF WHICH ART, MISREPRESENTATION OF A STATE OR FEDERAL LAWS OR ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHY C IS D.
AND NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THIS BODY TO JUSTIFY THIS ACCUSATIONS OR REASONS FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
AT LEAST ONE MEMBER, KNOWINGLY SHARING THIS INFORMATION, DO INVOKE ANGER AND POSSIBLY VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHERS.
MR.
ONE OF THE REASONS YOU MENTIONED YOU MOVE HERE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, ONE OF YOUR MANY REDS YET YOU HAVE NEVER CARED TO VISIT IT.
IF YOU ARE SO CONCERNED AND YOUR CLAIMS ARE INDEED TRUE.
YOU HAVE A SCHOOL IN YOUR BACKYARD AT YOUR DISPOSAL, DO SOME PERSONAL RESEARCH OF YOUR OWN.
AS A LAWYER, YOU KNOW, HEARSAY IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN COURT ONLY IN FACEBOOK, WHICH IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE TELLING THE GRAY CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY END BORE THAT YOU AND THIS BOARD WILL, WILL HOLD FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS THAT EDUCATE THEIR OWN CHILDREN.
IT'S DISINGENUOUS AT BEST, BUT ALSO AN EMPTY PROMISE AS THIS BOARD KNOWS VERY WELL THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND HOW MONEY IS SPENT, BUT HE LACKS AUTHORITY.
SO TO THE RESPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD HAVE THE COURAGE TO LEAD, DO NOT LET FEAR MONGERING CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT AND YOUR DECISIONS.
MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FIND A PATH FORWARD.
SPEND SOME TIME WITH TEACHERS VISIT THE SCHOOLS YOU SERVE, STAY IN THE CLASSROOM FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES SERVED MEALS AT THE CAFETERIA, ACCOMPANY A BUS ROUTE, OR TO TALK TO THE STUDENTS AND NOT THE ONES THAT HIT LIKE ON YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AND APPRECIATE WHY MANY PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOLS ALL FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON, MS. HODSON.
UM, AND ME AND MY HUSBAND, BOB HOTSON WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE BOARD.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THAT, UM, WE ARE WRITING IN REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORTIVE PARENTAL RIGHTS.
THE NAME OF THE RESOLUTION SOUNDS INNOCENT ENOUGH, BUT AFTER CAREFULLY READING AND STUDYING THE REFERENCES ON RACE THEORY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY, WE FOUND IT TO BE A PROFOUND MIS-CHARACTERIZATION OF MIS-CHARACTERIZATION OF THESE ISSUES TO PAINT THE LAWS AND PRACTICES AS SOME SORT OF INDOCTRINATION AGAINST MORAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
OUR SON WENT TO SCHOOL IN YORK COUNTY AND WE CHOSE YORKTOWN TO BE OUR HOME IN PART DUE TO THE STRONG SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ITS TEACHERS IN OUR EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S NO WAY TEACHERS WOULD DO WHAT IS IMPLIED BY THE RESOLUTION.
TEACHERS ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE WHAT
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IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND KNOW THAT UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND BIASES IS PART OF BEING A GOOD TEACHER AND NEEDED TO FOSTER AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGEST TEACHER'S UNION IS SUPPORTIVE OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING, AS WELL AS THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
FOR THESE REASONS WE ARE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS BOTHERING US EVEN MORE THAN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY POLARIZED SOCIETY TODAY, AND OUR COUNTRY IS IN NEED OF HEALING.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT HISTORY.
A RESOLUTION FROM OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTY FOUND ITS WAY TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IN BOTH CASES, THE RESOLUTION WAS POLITICAL IN NATURE ON A POLARIZING ISSUE, SUPPORTED BY A VOCAL MINORITY.
THE TIME OF THIS PROPOSAL JUST PRIOR TO ELECTIONS IS ALSO HIGHLY SUSPECT IN THESE TRYING TIMES, RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IS CRITICAL.
IF WE'RE TO HEAL OUR COUNTRY, BOTH PARTIES NEED TO RESIST THE CALL TO ALIGN WITH THE EXTREMES AND FOCUS ON COMMON, GOOD CIVIC LEADERS, WHETHER DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS HAVE A DUTY TO SERVE ALL AND NOT USE THEIR OFFICE FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
WE KNOW THIS IS AN IDEAL, BUT WE ALL SHOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS OF OUR ELECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES.
IT IS OUR HOPE, THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADER, STRIVE TO REJECT DIVISIVE TACTICS AND UNIFY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR UNITED.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, UH, THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR HIGGINBOTHAM AND RIGHT, UH, VICE CHAIR, GARETH FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH IS BOTH DIVISIVE AND MISINFORMED AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE, WE KNOW IT'S HARD, IT'S DIFFICULT.
UM, BUT WE HOPE YOU LISTEN AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AGED 11 TO FIVE SUMMER AND DARRYL OR MENTOREE.
MY OLDEST IS AT GRAFTON MIDDLE.
MY SON HAS AUTISM AND, UM, I HOMESCHOOL HIM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PARENTAL CHOICE IN YORK COUNTY.
UM, I ALSO WENT TO DARRELL ELEMENTARY AND I GRADUATED FROM TABB HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NINETIES.
SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT MY CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT ACCURATE AND AGE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I GET FOLDERS HOME FOR MY YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT HAS ALL OF THEIR WEEKLY WORK IN IT.
AND ALSO BECAUSE I CAN SEE THEIR GRADED ASSIGNMENTS AND ASPEN AND CANVAS, IT IS ALL THERE IN PLAIN VIEW FOR EVERY SINGLE PARENT.
SEE, I FEEL LIKE MR
OVER 50% OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE POSTGRADUATE DEGREES AND I FIND IT EXTREMELY SAD THAT WE ARE QUESTIONING THEIR ABILITY TO PROPERLY EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, IN MY DAUGHTER'S ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASS, THEY READ A SHORT STORY INVOLVING A JEWISH CHILD.
NO ONE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CHILD BEING INDOCTRINATED INTO THE JEWISH FAITH.
THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS, THAT THEY RACE PROBLEM AND NOT A PROBLEM WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN EXPERIENCED RACISM DAILY.
IT IS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN BUILT INTO OUR CULTURE.
IF OUR BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH CAN EXPERIENCE RACISM, I FEEL CERTAIN OUR WHITE CHILDREN CAN LEARN ABOUT IT IN A FACTUAL WAY WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY THAT THEY WERE BORN WHITE.
I WOULD INSTEAD LIKE TO SEE THIS ENERGY GOING INTO MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE FULLY FUNDED.
OUR TEACHERS ARE OWED RAISES, AND WE'RE STRUGGLING TO RETAIN THEM.
THE TREVOR PROJECT FOUND THAT LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 24 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE EVERY 45 SECONDS IN THE U S THIS MEANS THAT 42% OF OUR LGBTQ YOUTH HAVE CONSIDERED TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE.
IF SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS CALLING THEM A PRONOUN THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH COULD SAVE THEIR LIFE AND MAKE THEM FEEL ACCEPTED.
WHY WOULD ANYONE DENY THEM THAT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF JAMES BALDWIN? OUR HISTORY IS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND MORE TERRIBLE THAN ANYTHING ANYONE HAS EVER SAID ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO LEARN AT ALL.
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HI, I'M DANIEL BLAKE.I LIVE AT 1 21 WILDY ROAD IN SEAFORD.
UM, I WANT TO START BY, UH, STATING MY SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION TO WITHHOLD FUNDS FROM RURAL COUNTY SCHOOLS WHO CHOOSE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO PROMOTE CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ENDORSE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AGENDAS, WHETHER THIS COMES TO VOTE IN PASSES OR NOT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO LIGHT.
UH, GREAT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TAKE GOD IN ANY NOTION OF RELIGION, AL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, US JUST, WE DO THE SAME FOR POLITICS AND SOCIAL AGENDAS.
I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I'VE SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH PUSHING OUR CHILDREN TO BE HYPERSENSITIVE, TO RACE AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION THAN THEY ARE ABOUT TEACHING THE BASICS.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEAFORD.
SO WHEN MY BOYS STARTED SCHOOL AT SEAFORD ELEMENTARY, I WAS EXCITED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SCHOOL LOOKS VERY MUCH THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, IT CERTAINLY IS NOTHING LIKE THE SCHOOL I WENT TO YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION, UH, THAT MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE HERE.
BUT UNLESS WE GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC, HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD AND NOT THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, WE WILL BE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS SEEN A SURGE IN PARENTS TAKING THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FEAR, PREFERRING TO HOMESCHOOL IN ORDER TO SHELTER THEIR CHILDREN FROM INDOCTRINATION AND LOW STANDARDS OF LEARNING.
MY NAME IS JESUS EMMANUEL JEHOVAH.
I RESIDE IN THE EDGEHILL AREA AND I LIKE TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PARENTS ARE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND OUT OF INTEREST IN PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU BOARD MEMBERS THAT IF YOU DO NOT ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD COME ABOUT TO SCHOOL, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES, INCLUDING SUCH MATTERS, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY, A DOCTRINE THAT PROMOTES RACISM AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE THAT DIVIDES OUR NATION, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR COMMUNITIES ALONG RACIAL LINES, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY FALSE AND FABRICATED UNTRUE.
ANYONE COULD LOOK AROUND THIS WORLD AND SEE THAT THERE ARE NATIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD THAT ARE OPPRESSED, AND THAT THERE ARE OPPRESSORS OF EVERY RACE ON THIS PLANET.
THAT IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR LABELING ALL WHITE PEOPLE AS OPPRESSORS AND EVIL AND PARENTS DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL CHOICE.
THAT'S MATERIALLY SIGNIFICANT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AFFORD FUNDING FOR PARENTS TO GIVE THAT FUNDING TO A SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE, SUCH AS GOING TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, WHERE THEY CAN GET AN EDUCATION CONSISTENT WITH THEIR VALUES AND THEIR INTERESTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
I'M URGING YOUR BOARD, THIS BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES, TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND EVEN SCHOOL TEACHERS.
MANY TEACHERS WOULD FEEL BELITTLED IN THE GRADED HAVING TO TEACH EQUITY, INCLUSION, DIVISIVENESS, YOU KNOW, DOCTRINES, UH, CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
YOU KNOW, IF I WAS A WHITE TEACHER HAVING TO PUSH CRITICAL RACE THEORY, YOUR EQUITY, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT FEEL THAT THAT IS SUBMIT INEQUITABLE BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I MIGHT PERCEIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS COUNTRY COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES, PEOPLE OF MINORITIES DO HAVE FABULOUS AND OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THE GOVERNMENT DOES SUPPORT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT MEASURES TO PROMOTE INCLUSION, TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF ALL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THIS BOARD HAS THAT SIMILAR DUTY.
YOU, I LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU A FEW STATUTES OF OUR VIRGINIA CODE 8.01 42.1, AN ACTION FOR RACIAL RELIGIOUS, OR ETHNIC HARASSMENT, 8.01 DASH 45.
AND ACTION FOR INSULTING WORDS.
AND THEN THE CRIMINAL CODE 18.2 DASH 4 85, THAT PR PENALIZES ANYBODY INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHERS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR RACE OR ETHNICITY.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY DOES POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF DIVIDING OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR PLAYGROUNDS,
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OUR SCHOOLS, EACH CHILD IS A GIFT FROM GOD, NO MATTER THEIR RACE.I HAVE A VERY SIMPLISTIC SOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS.
LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, ALL YOUR MIND, ALL YOUR SOUL, AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
BUT WITH THAT SIMPLE STATEMENT THAT SUPPOSEDLY EVERYONE WOULD AGREE WITH RIGHT NOW ABOUT HALF THE PAPER THINKING I'M CRAZY.
AND DON'T LIKE ME FOR SAYING THAT.
SO THAT'S, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL NEVER ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THESE ISSUES, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL LEARN TO HELP SUPPORT EACH OTHER, LOVE EACH OTHER AND HELP THESE KIDS SO THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM UNSCATHED.
BUT WITH A GOOD EDUCATION AT 40 YEARS, EXPERIENCE HAS MATH TEACHER GUIDANCE, COUNSELOR.
AND THE BIGGEST SHOCK FOR ME WAS WHEN I WENT FROM BEING A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT HAMPTON ROADS ACADEMY TO HUNTINGTON AND HAMPTON.
SO THAT WAS QUITE A SWITCH, BUT I CAME HOME MANY TIMES AND MY HUSBAND WILL TELL YOU, I COME HOME ANGRY BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, THERE'S NO REASON THAT THESE KIDS CAN'T BE DOING AS WELL AS THOSE KIDS AT HRI.
BUT AT HRA, THEY MADE DEMANDS.
THEY DEVON THAT THE KIDS SLIDE, THEY HAD TO OBEY THE TEACHERS, SHOW RESPECT, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER, DO THEIR WORK.
THEY DIDN'T GET A GRADE IF THEY DIDN'T DO THE WORK.
AND SO EVERYBODY, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THIS CLOSED THE GAP.
SO WITH THE WHITE KIDS MAKE LOWER GRADES.
AS LONG AS THE GAPS CLOSE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
EVERY CHILD, BLACK KIDS, WHITE KIDS, BROWN KIDS, YELLOW KIDS CAN ALL LEARN AND WE SHOULD EXPECT.
SO WE DON'T NEED ANY OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
IF WE START TEACHING KIDS, ONCE AGAIN, MANNERS AND RESPECT, OBEDIENCE, HARD WORK, DOING THE JOB YOU NEED TO DO, RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS, SHOWING RESPECT TO PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY.
WHEN THE POLICEMAN PULL YOU OVER, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND SAY, YES, SIR, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THESE KIDS GETTING KILLED.
SO A LOT OF IT'S JUST PLAIN OLD COMMON SENSE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE OF IT.
AND ALL OF THIS CULTURAL COMPETENCY, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, COME ON, LET'S JUST TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO ACT AND THERE'LL BE OKAY IF WE COULD HAVE 30 AND 31, UH, THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS QUEUE UP.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MY NAME'S MARK, TODD AND GRAFTON.
HOWEVER, ANYONE VIEWS AMERICAN HISTORY.
I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL LEADINGS, I BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE WANT THE FACTS TO BE TAUGHT.
AMERICA'S HISTORY WAS NOT PERFECT.
HOWEVER, SLAVERY DID END HERE.
THE DISAGREEMENT REVOLVES LARGELY AROUND THE CONTROVERSIAL 16, 19 PROJECT, AS WELL AS WRITINGS OF HOWARD ZINN, WHO CAREFULLY USED ELLIPSIS TO MISLEAD AND MISREPRESENT THE FACTS IN HIS PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
SCHOOLS ARE MEANT FOR EDUCATING, NOT PUSHING RADICAL AGENDAS.
THANK YOU, MS. CASTLE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I BELIEVE EDUCATION IS THE CORNERSTONE THAT UPHOLDS A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY.
SO I EDUCATE STUDENTS ON THE CHOICES OF THE PAST TO PREPARE THEM, TO MAKE CHOICES FOR THE FUTURE.
ONCE WISELY SAID, I TEACH THE PAST, I DON'T LIVE IN IT.
THIS IS THE CROSSROADS WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE PAST IN ORDER TO AFFORD THEM THE SKILLS THAT THEY WILL NEED TOMORROW.
OF COURSE, THIS IS THE FOUNDATIONAL CHALLENGE.
ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATION MUST RISE TO HOW DO WE PREPARE CHILDREN TO FACE CHALLENGES THAT MAY NOT YET EXIST? UNDERSTANDING HISTORY, UNLOCKS OUR POTENTIAL AND HELPS US TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
HISTORY IS NOT SET IN STONE, AS YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S ALIVE THOUGH.
THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND EVENTS CAN NOT BE CHANGED.
THE STUDY OF HISTORY, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE EVENTS, WHY THEY HAPPENED AND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED, DOES CHANGE AND CHANGE IS HARD.
IT CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE, EVEN WHEN IT IS FOR OUR BENEFIT AS BOARD MEMBERS, SOME OF YOU WITH TENURE OF MULTIPLE DECADES, YOU HAVE OVERSEEN MUCH CHANGE IN YOUR LIFETIMES.
THIS IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENDOWED WITH THE POWER OF LEADERSHIP IS TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING CHANGE.
GOOD LEADERS KNOW THAT SOMETIMES RESISTANCE TO
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CHANGE IS NECESSARY, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES CHANGE IS NECESSARY.DESPITE RESISTANCE, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE AND HAVE FAITH IN CHANGE.
MR. RUMBA SAYS THAT THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIS APPROACH TO HISTORY AND EDUCATION PROTEST TOO MUCH, I THINK IT IS YOUR OWN PROTESTS, WHICH REVEAL MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR.
AND I WONDER, WHAT IS IT YOU ARE AFRAID OF.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARENTS HAVING MORE CHOICE IN EDUCATION, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING PROTEST.
GIVEN THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS FROM YOUR GENERATION, ULTIMATELY CHOSE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS RATHER THAN ALLOW CHILDREN TO ACCESS THE BIRTHRIGHT OF ALL AMERICANS, WHICH IS A FREE AND EQUAL EDUCATION.
THESE PROTESTS ARE REVEALING OF FEAR.
THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL STUDY THE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE PAST.
AND YOU WILL HAVE TO STOMACH THE STRENGTH AND HUMILITY TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHOICES OF THE PAST.
YOU MUST FIND THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING NOW, WHICH MAY BE THE ONLY CHANCE YOU GET TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
EDUCATION IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SOCIETY FREE AND EQUAL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE CLIENTS OF THE SCHOOL ARE NOT PARENTS.
THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY IS OFTEN ASK TEACHERS TO DO MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS MORE THAN MOST.
IF WE CAN ASK TEACHERS TO DO THIS SO OFTEN, THEN WE CAN ASK THIS OF THEM TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS, TO UNPACK DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING QUESTIONS.
YOU TRUST TEACHERS, YOU MUST TRUST TEACHERS.
SO TRUST TEACHERS TO DO THIS TRUST TEACHERS TO TEACH THE PAST, BUT NOT LIVING IT AND MAYBE TRY IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN A ROOM FULL OF PARENTS WHO ARE ENERGIZED AND READY TO PAY ATTENTION TO SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY DESPERATELY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT PUT YOUR FUTURE ATTENTION AND ENERGY TO A HAPHAZARDLY PUT TOGETHER RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS NOT CREATED IN ANY SORT OF TRANSPARENT MANNER OR EVEN JOINTLY WITH ANY MEMBERS OF THE Y C S D SCHOOL BOARD.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A SOCIAL MEDIA STUNT USED TO CREATE DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY POLITICS OF THAT NATURE.
IT SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THE OUTRAGE ABOUT TEACHERS AND DOCTRINATED STUDENTS IS MADE UP AND DEFENDERS OF THIS PARENTAL RESOLUTION ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN THEIR THOUGHTS OR FEARS.
CLEARLY, I AM HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERN ABOUT ACTUAL ISSUES WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
SINCE THESE CONCERNS ARE LEGITIMATE, I WILL HAVE NO DIFFICULTY EXPLAINING THEM.
THESE CONCERNS HAVE TO DO WITH FUNDING.
I WORK WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE A CHILD WITH A SPECIAL NEED.
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE NOT BEING SERVED THE WAY THAT THEY NEED TO BE SERVED IN WHY CSD THIS CAUSES FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY.
AND AT TIMES ILL WILL AT THE LEVEL OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS.
IN REALITY, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CHILDREN RECEIVE MORE SERVICES THAT CAN ONLY HELP ALL OF THE ABOVE, BUT DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDING, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE FORCED MOST TIMES UNWILLINGLY TO BECOME THE BOUNCERS, BLOCKING THE SERVICES.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE WHEN I TRIED TO START THE PROCESS FOR MY OWN DAUGHTER.
AND IT TURNS PARENTS INTO EXPERTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW, IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN HAVE A READING DISORDER DYSLEXIA SINCE THERE ARE 12,750 STUDENTS IN Y CSD.
THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2,500 STUDENTS ACROSS Y CSD RIGHT NOW WITH A READING IMPAIRMENT.
THAT'S FOUR TO FIVE STUDENTS, EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM ACROSS OUR DIVISION.
MOST OF THESE STUDENTS GO UNDIAGNOSED FOR THE ONES THAT DO RECEIVE SERVICES.
WHY CSD HAS NOT IMPLEMENTED AN EVIDENCE-BASED READING PROGRAM OR TRAINED ENOUGH TEACHERS TO ASSIST WITH THIS VERY COMMON LEARNING DISABILITY DOING SO WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE CHILDREN WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO READ, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR TEST SCORES.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER TO ME, BUT THE SCHOOLS NEED MORE FUNDING TO DO SO.
ANOTHER POPULATION THAT IS SUFFERING, WHY CSD OUR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM STAFF ARE NOT BEING TRAINED ON BEST PRACTICES.
AND THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING SERVED IN THEIR LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY NEED MORE SERVICES AND THEY NEED DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT THE SCHOOLS NEED MORE FUNDING TO DO SO.
INSTEAD WE ARE HERE LISTENING TO HOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MIGHT RESTRICT FUNDING BECAUSE OF POLITICAL REASONS THAT NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY VERBALIZE.
I TALK ABOUT THIS EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE NEED, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN FUND TEACHERS WHO ARE SUFFERING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW TO INCREASE THE STEPS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY EARNED.
PLEASE LET'S COME TOGETHER, FOCUS ON ACTUAL ISSUES AND WORK ON KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS.
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MS. GLOVER.I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN EVEN SEE ME OR NOT, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD EVERY EDUCATION IN HERE, WHETHER YOU ARE A TEACHER IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, HOMESCHOOL TEACHER, WHATEVER YOU ARE BUILDING OUR COMMUNITIES, AND YOU'RE BUILDING THE FELLOW GENERATIONS THAT ARE FOLLOWING US, UM, BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU SAT SO PATIENTLY THROUGH 32 OF US NOW.
UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TRULY.
UM, THAT'S NOT SAID TO BUTTER YOU UP THAT'S TO IN TRUE GRATITUDE.
UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE FORGET IN SOME OF THIS IS THAT WE ALL HAVE THE COMMON GOAL AND IN AN, IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN SO DIVISIVE, UH, BY PROPAGANDA, BY MEDIA, BY PAPER, BY NEIGHBOR, WHATEVER.
UM, IT REALLY IS TIME THAT WE START UNITING.
IT IS REALLY IS TIME THAT WE START GOING BACK TO THE BASICS AND SEEING WHAT ACTUALLY DO OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW WHAT DO THEY NEED, NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'M NOT ONLY A DIFFERENT RACE, MIXED RACE, BUT I ALSO AM A LEGAL IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY.
I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS FROM COUNTRIES THAT DID NOT HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE DO NOW.
AND WHEN I ASK YOU ALL TO REMEMBER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS PLEASE CONCENTRATE ON WHAT UNITES US.
AND I DON'T FIND ANYTHING THAT IS TOTALLY IMPORTANT IN IT.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WAS TAUGHT HISTORY.
I WAS FREE FROM ALL THE CONTINENTS, WHETHER IT WAS AFRICA OR ENGLAND OR EVER AGAIN, SLAVERY HAS EXISTED PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
UM, IT IS THE SIN THAT HAS ENCOMPASSED IN IT AS A SIN THAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY.
UM, WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT CHILD TRAFFICKING OR THE SLAVERY AND ABUSE OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, WHAT I DON'T THINK NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.
AND I SAY THIS VERY HUMBLY IS WHATEVER THE CURRENT DOCTRINE IS.
OKAY? BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU AGAIN, COMING FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, BE CAREFUL WHAT PANDORA'S BOX YOU OPEN BECAUSE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK IS ENLIGHTENED TODAY CAN VERY MUCH LEAD TO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TOMORROW.
UM, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BORN HERE, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU ARE IN, WE ARE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
AND I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS ARE ELITIST.
NO, WHAT WE ARE IS WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR A COUNTRY THAT HONORS THE DECISIONS OF PARENTS THAT HONORS THE DECISIONS OF TEACHERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AND LET'S TRY TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
AGAIN, PERSONALLY, I DON'T FIND ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS REVELATION RESOLUTION AND BY MEDICAL TRAINING, I WAS TAUGHT BY VERY GOOD PROFESSORS FROM SOME OF THE TOP SCHOOLS, NOT TO BELIEVE EVERY MEDICAL STUDY.
I READ NOT TO BELIEVE EVERY DRUG REP THAT CAME DOWN MY WAY TO GET MY SIGNATURE, BUT TO LOOK AT THE UNF, THE STUDIES THAT WERE INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED.
AND TO LOOK AT THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AROUND ME, AS WELL AS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME, WHAT I'VE SEEN LATELY.
AND OOH, I GOT THREE SECONDS IS I SEE A LOT OF KIDS CONFUSED AS NEVER BEFORE.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
PLEASE KEEP UNITED THIS COMES TO THE END OF THE SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES, WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN ALREADY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE OR ANY OTHER ISSUE TO THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT.
I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE SYSTEM COMMENT PERIOD.
AND HE SAYS, COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THIS IN LIEU OF WAITING FOR MY REMARKS.
UH, WHEN MR. ZAREMBA PRESENTED THIS RESOLUTION, I STATED THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO PASS A JOINT RESOLUTION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT I SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I'VE SPOKEN TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WE ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN AT A FUTURE MEETING AND TALK ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION AND OTHER ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE SCHOOLS AS CHAIRMAN IS MY PREROGATIVE TO SET THE AGENDA, TO MOVE ITEMS. AND I HAVE NOT PLACED MR.
I WANT THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR BECAUSE I GOT EMAILS TODAY AND PEOPLE CALL ME SAYING, HEY, VOTE.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS RESOLUTION AND THERE'S A REASON YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN AMENDED AND IS STILL SUBJECT TO BE AMENDED AND CHANGED, UH, AND WILL BE TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED.
AND I BELIEVE THE TWO BOARDS SITTING DOWN TOGETHER HAVING A GOOD, HONEST AND OPEN CONVERSATION CAN COME UP WITH A STRONGER, BETTER STATEMENT.
UH, AND WE'LL BE STRONGER MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THIS.
THESE CONVERSATIONS DO NOT WEAKEN OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, THEY DIVIDE US.
THEY DON'T A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE ISSUES ONLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER.
AND WE TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT, WE REALLY HAVE THE SAME GOALS.
EVERYBODY WANTS AIR SCHOOLS TO BE THE BEST IN VIRGINIA.
IT'S JUST HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
BUT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME END GOAL.
WE WANT THE BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE SAT ON THE BOARD UP UNTIL THE PANDEMIC.
EVERY MONTH I MET WITH MY SCHOOL BOARD COUNTERPART AT FIRST, IT WAS MR. MEDFORD.
NOW IT'S A LAUREL AND WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC TO MEET, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS STRONGER AND BETTER AND MORE UNITED AS A COMMUNITY.
AND IT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A JOINT MEETING AND A JOINT STATEMENT OR RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THAT MEETING WILL BE, UH, BE PUT FORTH.
NOW, A LOT OF YOU SAID, OH, LET'S TALK ABOUT A TIME PERIOD.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A TIME PERIOD.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO GET THIS THING THROUGH FOLKS TO PUT A ARBITRARY TIME PERIOD ON IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS MISS KNOLL.
WE'RE WORKING ON A DATE WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS, THE CHAIR, AND VICE-CHAIR ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A PRELIMINARY MEETING AND TALK ABOUT AGENDA AND SOME OTHER ISSUES.
SO THAT'S, UH, WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND FOLKS, I SEE ALL THE PASSION ON THIS.
I DON'T SEE THE PASSION GOING AWAY, WHETHER IT TAKES A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, A MONTH, TWO MONTHS TO SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH THE TWO BOARDS AND HAVE A JOINT, UH, UNDERSTANDING OR MEETING OF THE MINDS.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT A TIME PERIOD ON IT.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND I THINK THAT THE MORE WE CAN TALK AND THE BETTER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING.
AND THAT IS THE VERY BEST EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, FOR OUR KIDS.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I'M GOING TO GO INTO A COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS.
MR. BARNETT, THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS.
UM, SO TODAY WE BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW, UH, YOUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
THEY W W WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
WE'LL GO INTO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, THE BOARD AND SOME CITIZENS AND THE SHERIFF, UH, UH, BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW, UH, YOUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING, UH, YOUR COUSIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE HEADQUARTERS.
SO VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT, UH, AN INVESTMENT, UH, FOR DECADES TO COME AND JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT EXCITING AND POSITIVE THING THAT HAPPENED TODAY.
ALSO WANTED TO REPORT TO THE BOARD THAT THE, UM, OUR, UM, UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES WRAPPED UP LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, WE'RE REAL PROUD THAT, UH, WE RAISED THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE COUNTY EVER HAS, UH, FOR UNITED WAY.
UH, AND WE DID A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING SPECIAL EVENTS, AS WELL AS JUST, UH, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STORY.
AND FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING, SO, OKAY.
[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]
UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, AND I'M GOING TO START AS I ALWAYS DO.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TURNED OUT EITHER FOR OR AGAINST, BECAUSE WE DO NEED MORE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.
AND I TH I THINK THE MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD,
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UH, WE USED TO HAVE, UH, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE-CHAIR GET TOGETHER WITH IT, WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS.AND THAT SORT OF WENT BY THE BOARDS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT I THINK OPEN, OPEN DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION IS WHAT MAKES THINGS WORK WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO AIM FOR.
BUT ON THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS TEACHERS ARE UNDERFUNDED.
UH, SPECIAL ED IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THAT, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER, EVER FULLY GIVEN THE MONEY THAT THEY PROMISED WHEN WE WERE, WHEN SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS MANDATED TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S TRICKLED DOWN THEORY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GIVE ENOUGH, THE STATE DOESN'T GIVE ENOUGH.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE GIVE A BUDGET AND RECOVERS, NOT JUST SPECIAL ED, BUT IT COVERS ALL THE THINGS THAT THE SCHOOLS NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED TOO WELL, NOT YESTERDAY DAY YESTERDAY, I GUESS IT WAS, I WAS AT THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, ANNUAL MEETING.
AND I HEARD INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE STATE AND THE SURPLUS THAT THE STATE NOW HAS.
WHAT WAS ENCOURAGING TO ME WAS THAT THEY WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT TEAK, OOPS, SORRY.
TEACHERS PAY AND MONEY FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE 50 YEARS OLD.
AND A LOT OF US HAVE KNOWN SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT AGE.
THEY READ, THEY NEED TO BE REHABBED.
WE NEED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS IN SOME AREAS.
AND THE STATE IS REALLY LOOKING INTO THAT.
BUT I THINK WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT THE TEACHERS AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA GOT AN X NUMBER DOLLARS PERCENTAGE PAY RAISE, AND THE STATE POLICE GOT X PLUS PLUS PAY, RAISE THAT DOESN'T A SHOW THAT WE REALLY VALUE THE TEACHERS, TEACHERS.
WE SHOULD VALUE BOTH OF THEM DEFINITELY, BUT I THINK TEACHERS REALLY NEED TO BE PAID.
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE PAID WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID.
LET'S FACE IT, LOOK WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR CHILDREN, BUT AT LEAST I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT MAYBE WE'LL SEE SOMETHING COMING DOWN WITH A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THE SURPLUS FOR THE TEACHERS IN THE COMING YEARS.
SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING, MR. ZAREMBA, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO YOU.
UM, LET ME SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION.
RIGHT? FIRST OF ALL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I WAS TASKED BY THE CHAIR TO DRAFT THE RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.
WAS STAFFED AMONGST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, A COPY GIVEN TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I GUESS I DIDN'T GIVE ONE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR AS YOU REMINDED ME TONIGHT.
BUT THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO START A DRAFTING EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS TO WHERE WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
WELL, SOME BUDDY DROPPED THE BALL.
EXCEPT PART OF THAT, I THINK THE CHAIR WILL DO THE SAME THING.
UH, BECAUSE ONCE YOU START DOING DRAFT AFTER DRAFT, IF THE DRAFT OF THE SAME SUBJECT, YOU BETTER HAVE SOMEBODY CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH THREATS IN THE LIGHT.
RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, UH, EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY, I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S WEBSITE AND GUESS WHAT WAS ON THEIR WEBSITE EVER SINCE A MONTH AGO, THE ORIGINAL DRAFT.
THAT DID HAVE SOME STRONG LANGUAGE IN IT THAT SAID, HEY, BY THE WAY, IF ANY ELEMENT OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY WAS BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT, THAT, OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S A CONCEPT, IT'S A MARXIST COMMUNIST CONCEPT THAT HAS NO PLACE IN YORK COUNTIES.
SCHOOLS HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT THINGS FELL APART BECAUSE I THINK A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE TONIGHT, UH, VERY MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RESOLUTION THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AND TALKING ABOUT THE FOURTH THAT NEVER GOT OUT APPROPRIATELY IN TERMS OF PROPER STAFFING.
BUT I'VE GOT SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS AND, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POINT IS MADE AS TO WHAT'S BEHIND THIS RESOLUTION EMPHASIZING PARENTAL RIGHTS, RIGHT? THIS RESOLUTION WAS WRITTEN FOR PARENTS THAT BOTH BOARDS SERVE.
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THESE TWO BOARDS, SO VA SOME 70,000 PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP YOUR COUNTY, IT'S NOT
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THE OTHER WAY AROUND.AND SO THESE BOARDS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE TAX, PAYING CITIZENS OF THIS WONDERFUL COUNTY WHERE THIS NATION'S INDEPENDENCE WAS WON.
THE RESOLUTION SEEKS TO RESTORE THE SEPARATE BUT EQUAL ROLES OF SCHOOLS AND PARENTS IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
PARENTS SHOULD KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND THAT THEY CAN SEEK REDRESS.
IF THOSE PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE TRAMPLED.
I RECENTLY COMMITTED IN A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MY PUZZLEMENT AT THEIR LACK OF ANSWERS TO CITIZENS COMMENTS, RIGHT? THEY'RE SEEMING UNWILLINGNESS TO HAVE AN HONEST DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT IS, AND IS WHAT IS NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS IS ACTUALLY THE FUEL BEHIND THE RESOLUTION THAT I DRAFTED.
WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE COUNTY OR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR MASTERS ARE THE CITIZENS AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE THE SCHOOLS SEEMINGLY UNWILLING TO HAVE AN HONEST DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT ISN'T IS NOT TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS IS THE BIG QUESTION.
OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE EAGER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CONCERNED PARENTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
SADLY, THAT IS OFTEN NOT THE CASE.
IF ANSWERED AT ALL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, FREQUENTLY RECEIVE ANSWERS THAT ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT ARE YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS DOING TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE ASKED TO SHARE THE BATHROOM WITH BIOLOGICAL MALE STUDENTS.
THIS PARENT REPORTED MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THIS SITUATION WAS OCCURRING IN BATHROOMS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION THE NAME OF THE PARENT, OKAY.
TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY.
THE RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BLEW ME AWAY.
IT SAID, QUOTE, THIS IS A QUOTE, YOUR CA YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION ADD HERE TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
THAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE ABOUT APPEARANCE CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF HER OR HIS OR THEIR DAUGHTER.
THAT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
CLEARLY, THERE ARE PROTOCOLS FOR A TRANSGENDER STUDENTS' USE OF SCHOOL BATHROOMS, BUT NOWHERE IN THE RESPONSE WAS CONCERNED, EXPRESSED FOR THE PRIVACY OR SAFETY OF THE NON-TRANSGENDER STUDENT FOLKS.
WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT ADMINISTRATORS, TO KEEP ALL STUDENTS SAFE AND TO RECOGNIZE IT'S THEIR DUTY TO EDUCATE PARENTS, CITIZENS, AND STUDENTS AS TO THEIR PLAN TO PREVENT WHAT HAS HAPPENED ELSEWHERE.
YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS, RIGHT? THE HORRENDOUS INCIDENTS IN LOUDON COUNTY, RIGHT? MAKE CLEAR THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE DISCUSSIONS AND PROTECTIONS OF STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATORS, CRYPTIC AND SUPER SUPERFICIAL REFERENCE TO APPLICANT.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A DIALOGUE THAT'S OPENED AND IT'S ONGOING TO, TO ADDRESS LEGITIMATE PARENT CONCERNS.
WHY ARE THOSE LEADING THE SCHOOLS SO INEFFECTIVE WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS, IS IT FAIRLY EASY TASK? THEY HAVE OUR CHILDREN BY STATE COMPULSION.
IN FACT, WE ENTRUST OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS FOR AT LEAST 12 YEARS, UNLESS WE PULL OUR STUDENT OUT OF SCHOOLS, WE SELF-TEACH, OR WE SEND THEM TO HOPEFULLY PUP PUBLIC PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WHY DOES IT SEEM THAT SO MANY EDUCATORS DON'T RESPECT THE PARENTS, PREAMBLE OR PRIMAL RATHER NEED TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN? OUR DESIRE TO MAINTAIN AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IS SIMPLY MOTIVATED BY THIS PROTECTIVE INSTINCT, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE SUPPLANTED BY A BUREAUCRACY.
THAT SEEMS DETERMINED SUMMARILY TO DESCOUT DISCOUNT AND DISREGARD PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO CLOSE THEIR EARS TO LEGITIMATE PARENT CONCERNS WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS AS SUPPORT FOR THESE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
YOUR REQUEST IS REASONABLE, RIGHT? WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN HOW TO READ, HOW TO WRITE.
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FOR SCHOOLS TO CONFIRM OR LESSONS OF LOVE? ONE ANOTHER KINDNESS TO ALL AND MOST ESPECIALLY, WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO ENJOY THEIR INNOCENT VIEW OF OUR WORLD, OUR WORLD, FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE IN THAT LENS, THE TIME SEEMS TO BE GOING THIS WAY MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.WE WANT THEM TO ENJOY THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, WHERE OUT EXPOSURE TO PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS THAT WOULD MAKE A SAILOR BLUSH.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT IS SYSTEMATICALLY SYSTEMICALLY RACIST, RIGHT? THERE ARE ON WEDDING.
WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE UNWITTING OPPRESSORS.
THOSE WHO WILL BE OPPRESSED, OR THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSING, WHICH IS ALL WRAPPED UP IN THIS MARXIST IDEOLOGY, RIGHT? WE DO WANT EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND SO DO OUR TEACHERS, AT LEAST MOST OF THEM, OKAY.
NOT EVERY EDUCATOR SUBSCRIBES TO THE DIVISIVE THEORIES OR EVEN HAD ANY INPUT TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
BUT IT'S, WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, THERE'S SOMEWHAT CORPORATE FROM THE ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
THEY NEED TO RECEIVE THE SALARY.
WE HAVE PROOF ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT YOUR, YOUR COUNTY STUDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO CHOOSE THEIR GENDER.
WE'VE HEARD IT HEARD THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES TONIGHT, OKAY.
SUGGESTING THAT EVERY CHILD CAN CHOOSE THEIR GENDER SERVES TO WEAKEN OUR CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND THEIR PLACE IN IT.
IT ERODES THEIR VERY SENSE OF SELF.
AND CAN YOU SERVE A PARENT'S RIGHT TO SHAPE THEIR CHILD'S CHARACTER, MORALS, RELIGION, AND BELIEFS, EITHER ROADS OR THESE BELIEFS WHEN A REQUIREMENT IS IMPOSED ON IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN, THAT THESE LESSONS SHOULD BE HIDDEN FROM THEIR PARENTS, NOTHING THAT YOU OR I HAVE SAID TONIGHT OR AT ANY OTHER TIME IS INTENDED TO INCITE VIOLENCE.
DESPITE ACCUSATIONS TO THE CONTRARY, THE FACT IS ARE FOR OUR GROUP, RIGHT? PARENTS, AT LEAST, BUT VIOLENCE IS AGAINST THE LAW.
WE DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIOLENCE.
WE WANT ANSWERS FAIR, TRUTHFUL ANSWERS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THE MOST CHILE NOTE FOR ME IN THIS STRUGGLE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S HEARTS AND MINDS IS THAT ZEALOUS PROMOTERS WISH TO BANISH OR MOST FUNDAMENTAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THE, OUR MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
THEY WANT TO SILENCE FOR RENTAL VOICES AND THOSE PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO SUPPORT THE LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF A PARENT TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS AS AMERICANS.
I BELIEVE IT'S OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS, IN ANY SUBJECT ABOUT WHICH WE DISAGREE, BUT JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU, HOWEVER, TONIGHT IN CLOSED SESSION, YOUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL DISCUSS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REQUEST TO CENSOR ME THE CENSOR ME, ALRIGHT, FOR VOICING MY OPINIONS ON ISSUES SUCH AS THESE, WE SPEAK OF TONIGHT.
THAT I BEEN VERY PASSIONATE IN MY CONDEMNATION OF, OF THIS IDEOLOGY.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY GOVERNMENTAL BODY BOUNDARIES, THEY ARE BY THEIR OATH TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION HAS ANY RIGHT TO SILENCE THE FREE SPEECH OF ITS CITIZENS OR OF OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LEGITIMATE FENCE CONSTITUENT COMPLAINTS.
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT CHAIR.
THANKS FOR THE COMMENT, MR. JUSTICE, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ME WITH A, UH, REVISED THE LATEST REVISED COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION.
AND I WILL BE, YOU SHOULD HAVE SIX COPIES ALREADY, BUT I'LL DO THAT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO MS. KNOWLES COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TURNOUT WE'VE HAD THIS EVENING.
IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT ON A TOPIC, SUCH THIS AND ENGAGE US, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
THAT TYPE OF DIALOGUE IS IMPORTANT.
THAT TYPE OF DIALOGUE IS WHAT I'M HOPING TO SEE ON ANY TOPIC, ANY CONCERNS THAT ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY HAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED ON THIS MATTER.
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS EMAIL CONVERSATIONS FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION, PHONE CALL CONVERSATIONS
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WITH PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WITH MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND CONCERNS ON, ON, ON, ON BOTH ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I NEED TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DRAFT A RESOLUTION THAT MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD HERE TONIGHT PROTECTS PARENTS' RIGHTS, PROTECTS OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT IS THE FOCUS, THE CHILDREN, ALL THEIR FOCUS.
WE WANT TO SEE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL END UP THAT AFFIRMING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, THAT TYPE OF PROTECTION THAT, THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN IN THAT IS FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS AND THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND YEARS TO COME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT JOINT DISCUSSION IS GOING TO BE THE KEY TO THAT.
UM, SECOND OF ALL, UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING WITH THE, YOUR KIND OF YOUTH COMMISSION, AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.
AND AS OF THE, THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK, THEIR MONTHLY MEETING LAST WEEK, THEY WERE PUTTING IN PLACE A, A DONATION FUND DRIVE, UM, MAINLY, UH, IN NEW OR, OR GENTLY USED TOYS AND SUPPORTIVE NATASHA HAS, UH, THEY WILL BE PUTTING UP COLLECTION BOXES AT, I BELIEVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND AT SOME OF OUR COUNTY BUILDINGS TO COLLECT THOSE, UH, TOYS FOR DONATIONS, IT'S A WONDERFUL, UM, UM, PROJECT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND I KNOW THE FOLKS THERE THAT ATOSH HAS, WILL, WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THAT.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DONATE, UH, THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS YOU CAN BRING THEM TO ME.
I'LL MAKE SURE THEY'LL GET TO THE RIGHT, RIGHT PLACES.
UM, IT'S STARTING SOON AND IT'S GOING TO WRAP UP FIRST TO DECEMBER.
SO THE TIMELINE IS PRETTY SHORT IF YOU WANT TO DONATE.
AND LAST OF ALL, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO BE ON THE ROAD NEXT WEEK.
SO PLEASE BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOUR TIME AWAY AND COME BACK HOME SAFELY.
UM, I GUESS I W I REALLY GOTTA STAY THIS, UH, THE TURNOUT OF, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR LIVES TO COME DOWN HERE AND DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS BEEN A DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, MATTERS THAT HAVE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE BOARD.
UH, MR. ZIMMERMAN HAS PRESENTED MATERIAL OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS EDUCATION.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LOUDON SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE STATE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND, UM, AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN THING.
ALTHOUGH I'M ELECTED REPUBLICAN, IT'S NOT A DEMOCRAT THING.
IT'S NOT AN INDEPENDENT THING.
IT'S, IT'S A, YOUR COUNTY THING.
AND I THINK MOST OF US CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FIRST.
UM, AND I WANT, AND I GUESS I'M GOING TO MAKE MY POSITION REALLY, REALLY CLEAR.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WALKING OUT OF HERE AND TRYING TO GUESS AT WHAT I, HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS STUFF.
UM, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I STAND WITH PARENTS AND WHERE I STAND.
UH, AM I SUPPORTED THE SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, FIRST, UH, CONCERNING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, UH, DR.
SHANDOR AND I SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT MANY OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS.
AND, AND I, I, I WANTED TO GET HIS PERSPECTIVE ON HOW, UM, HOW THE SCHOOLS, HOW HE HAS A SCHOOL BOARD SEES PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS A, AS A STOOL, A THREE LEGGED SCHOOL, THREE LEGGED STOOL.
AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE LEGS, UM, IS THE STUDENT.
ONE OF THE LEGS IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND THE OTHER LEG IS THE PARENT.
AND IF YOU DON'T INVOLVE ALL THREE AND ALL THREE OF THE LEGS, THE CHAIR TOPPLES, OKAY.
IT'S JUST VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOW IN THAT DISCUSSION, MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE PLAYS A LOT IN HOW I FEEL ABOUT ISSUES AS IT DOES WITH YOU.
AND, UH, MY, UH, MOTHER, GOD BLESS HER.
SHE WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE FAMILY.
I MEAN, SHE'S CAME, SHE WAS LIVED INTO DEPRESSION AND, UH, SHE HAD A VERY STRONG FAMILY TIES AND SHE TAUGHT ME THAT.
AND, UM, I WAS PROBABLY GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION BY THE TIME I WAS THE SEVENTH GRADE.
AND, UH, AND THE SCHOOLS SAID, WELL, THIS KID'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ACADEMIC GENIUS HERE WAS, SO WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH HIM OVER HERE INTO A GENERAL, UH, GENERAL, UH, ACADEMIC TRACK.
AND MY MOTHER SAYS, NO, BOY, YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.
AND, AND, AND, AND THEN WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS.
THEY TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS.
AND I, MY MOTHER GRABBED ME BY THE COLLAR AND SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO GO, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE.
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AND SHE MARCHED ME DOWN THERE WITH A SCHOOL.AND MY MOTHER WAS VERY FEISTY, A VERY DEMANDING PARENT.
AND SHE LOOKED AT THE TEACHER, THE GUIDANCE, CAL NEVER FORGET SITTING IN THERE.
AND SHE GOES, THIS BOY IS GOING TO COLLEGE.
AND HE SAYS, YOU'VE TAKEN HIM AWAY FROM HER FRIENDS.
AND I WANT HIM TO, UH, TO SUCCEED.
AND, AND THEY WERE KINDA, YES.
MA'AM BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE, THE, THE, UH, THE FEAR OF THE PARENT.
THAT'S GOING TO COME RAISING HELL IN THERE.
AND THEN SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAYS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
AND IN A, YOU WANT TO STAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOU GET ON THIS ACADEMIC TRACK AND YOU SUCCEED.
I MEAN, IT WAS AMAZING THAT ONE LITTLE THING CHANGED MY LIFE.
IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.
IT'S A PARENTAL, I'M GOING TO SAY PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS CRITICAL FOR ME.
AND SO WHEN I LOOK OVER HERE ABOUT THE THREE LEGGED SCHOOL IS THE STOOL PART HERE, I THINK ABOUT, WELL, OUR SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR COUNTY, OUR SYSTEM, YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE NAMED A SCHOOL DIVISION OF INNOVATION BY THE STATE.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST AND THE STATE OF IT WAS FOR PRE, UH, IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES THAT IMPROVE LEARNING, PROMOTE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND SUPPORT GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
YOU DON'T WIN THAT WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
AT 2020, THE STATE HONORED TABBED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE SIMPLER PERFORMANCE, HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
ONLY 70 OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE HAD EARNED THAT AWARD.
THAT SAME YEAR EIGHT OTHER YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION SCHOOLS WERE AWARDED THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AWARD.
YOU DON'T WIN THAT AWARD WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
ANNUAL FEDERAL ASSESSMENTS INCLUDE READING AND MATH FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT IN, UH, IN 2021.
YOUR COUNTY'S THIRD GRADE READING PERFORMANCE PASS RATE AVERAGED 86%.
THE SCHOOL, THE STATE AVERAGE WAS 25%.
THE SIXTH GRADE DIVISION MATH AVERAGE IS 70%.
YOU DON'T GET THAT HIGH ACHIEVEMENT WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH STATEWIDE PARTICIPATION RATE FOR, AND AGAIN, STATEWIDE PARTICIPANT PARTICIPATION RATE FOR FEDERALLY MANDATED ASSESSMENTS WAS 78% AND 2021 78%.
OKAY, YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL, A SCHOOL DIVISION EXPERIENCED A 95% PARTICIPATION RATE.
YOU DON'T GET THAT WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND 2021.
WELL, AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE, AND THE, AND THERE WAS A SUBGROUP CALLED IT WAS THE BLACK SUBGROUP AND 2021 WAS 100%.
AND THE, UH, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 93%.
AND HE'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENTS OVER FIVE YEARS.
NOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD NICHE.
YOU HEARD ABOUT NICHE, OKAY? MITSA SYSTEMS, THE ONLINE PLATFORM THAT IDENTIFY SCHOOLS IT'S FOR PARENTS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY OR COMING SOMEWHERE AROUND US, THEY RANK YOUR COUNTY.
NUMBER THREE OF A HUNDRED OF THE 131 SCHOOL DIVISIONS ENDED IN VIRGINIA.
AND IT'S A, IT'S A PLATFORM THAT TELLS FAMILIES THAT WHERE YOU, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO SOMEPLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND SEE YOUR COUNTY AND YOUR COUNTY, IF YOU LOOK AT THERE'S A TON OF STATISTICS, NOW THEY GAVE ME JUST THIS, JUST TONS OF IT, THE DATA, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR COUNTY IN THE SOL DATA FOR 20 AND 21 AND THE, AND THE PARTS RATES, 94%, NUMBER ONE, YOUR COUNTY READING 94%, NUMBER ONE IN SCIENCE, 96%, NUMBER ONE IN THE REGION.
OKAY? AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU COMPARE THE REGION, YOU COMPARE, YOU COMPARE IT WITH THE STATEWIDE DATA WHERE WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST THE TOP OR AT THE TOP.
WE DON'T GET THERE WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
SO WHEN I HEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT OR PR OR PEOPLE NOT LISTENING TO PARENTS, UH, IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET THERE WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
SO OVER THE YEARS, OR OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD BUZZWORDS POPPING UP LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
I HEARD THAT 16, 19, THE FIRST TIME I'D EVEN HEARD ABOUT THAT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.
AND I ACTUALLY WENT AND READ ONE OF THE RED ONE OR TWO OF THE ESSAYS THAT WERE PART OF THAT.
AND THAT WAS LOOKING AT THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING, BUT WHAT DID THEY DRAW OUT OF THAT? IT WAS AN OPINION.
ALL IT WAS WAS SIMPLY AN OPINION.
THEN WE HEARD ABOUT TRANSIT TRANS GENDER ISSUES.
UM, AS THEY RELATED TO BATHROOMS, CHILD SAFETY, WE LOOKED AT TURMOIL IN SCHOOL BOARDS, PEOPLE SCREAMING AND HOLLERING AT EACH OTHER.
THAT'S A HECK OF A WAY TO RUN A BOARD MEETING.
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THEN THE CUMULATION OF RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT RESOLUTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE WERE SO MANY VERSIONS OF IT THAT POPPED UP.
WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? THE FIRST ONE? ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OR ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT A MODERATION OF NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO? I HAD NO CLUE.
BUT WHAT I DID HERE IS YOUR CONCERNS.
NOW I'VE TALKED WITH I ABOUT 150 PARENTS, CHILDREN, TEACHERS, EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT COVERS THE WHOLE GAMUT.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT PARENTS AND KIDS REALLY, REALLY LIKED THEIR TEACHERS.
THEY REALLY LIKED THE TEACHERS.
THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT KIND OF TOUGH TO ENGAGE AS A PARENT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO REALIZE THE SCHOOLS ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS.
AND WE KIND OF ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
OKAY? AND SO WE'RE BEING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS FOR THE MA AS FOR THE MATERIAL I'VE RECEIVED UP HERE, I'M NOT A DUMMY, OKAY.
I MAY NOT BE THE SHARPEST TACK IN THE BOX, BUT I'M NOT A DUMMY I'VE RECEIVED.
I'VE RECEIVED QUITE, UH, JUST, UH, A LOT OF STUFF.
AND WHAT I'VE READ, UM, WHETHER IT'S FROM, FROM HILLSDALE COLLEGE OR EMAILS OR WHATEVER, IT, IT STRIKES ME.
WELL, WHAT ALL, WHAT IT OFTEN STATES TO ME IS I'M A FACTS DRIVEN GUY IS THAT IT'S ANECDOTAL, MEANING IT'S SUBJECTIVE, SURGICAL, CIRCUMSTANTIAL, HEARSAY, UNRELIABLE, AND AT WORST IT'S UNTRUSTWORTHY.
IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE GOT, I'M BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING AND I BETTER HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD REASON TO DO IT.
ARGUMENTS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE FAILING, FAILING, OR TEACHING UNDESIRABLE SUBJECTS ARE OFTEN A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE BASED UPON THE DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH PARENTS AND WITH TEACHERS AND WITH THE EDUCATORS, UH, THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION, OR COULD BE CONSIDERED A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SCRIPT THE FALSE NARRATIVE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS ALL OUT.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
WE HAVE, IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SCHOOL SYSTEM.
OUR ADMINISTRATION IS RESPONSIVE TO OUR PARENTS, STUDENTS AND THE STAFF.
IT COMPLIES WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND THE APPLICATION OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
I'VE SEEN ONE FACT THAT CAME OUT AS THIS IS PROOF THAT YOUR COUNTY WAS TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
AND IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT WAS A MEMO THAT CAME FROM DR.
LANE, WHO IS A SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
AND IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT, TAKE IT STRAIGHT AT THE FACE VALUE, YOU WOULD SAY W UH, YOU KNOW, YOU OPEN IT UP.
THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH, IT TALKS ABOUT RECOMMENDS CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND YOU GO, OH, THEY, OH MY GOSH, HOW CAN THEY BE TAPED SAY, AND THEY DON'T TEACH IT YET.
THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY'RE TEACHING IT.
WELL, THEN YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019.
YOU MAY RECALL THE BLACKFACE INCIDENT THAT, THAT, THAT GOVERNOR NORTHAM RAN INTO.
LANE WAS TRYING TO RESPOND TO ACROSS 131 SCHOOL, UH, DIVISIONS IN THE STATE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING GUIDANCE IN THERE.
IT WAS, IT WAS ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT TOOLS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT WERE RECOMMENDED OUR TEACHERS.
AND LET ME BACK THIS UP JUST A SECOND HERE, THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THAT MAKE UP OUR SCHOOL BOARD, OUR DEDICATED CITIZENS, ENSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.
OUR TEACHERS ARE HARDWORKING, CARING PROFESSIONALS THAT GO THE EXTRA MILE TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION.
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF EXCEPTIONAL PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY OUR STUDENTS.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS SUCCESS, WE ENJOY LOW TAXES, LOW CRIME, AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
YOU CUT THAT, AND THEN YOU CAN START HAVING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN UC, IN OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IF THE COLLUSION, HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU.
SO YOU CAN DRAW A CONCLUSION YOURSELF OF WHAT I WILL DO AND WHAT I WON'T DO.
AND FOR THE BOARD, WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH, I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION.
IT IS THE BASIS OF AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
I JUST, I BELIEVE THAT IN MY HEART, OKAY, I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL THOSE SCHOOL MIGHT ARGUE WITH ME.
I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
I WILL NOT UNDERMINE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BY ATTACKING OR ACCUSING OUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION OF UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY BASED ON UB SUBSTANTATIVE PROOF.
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REALLY CLEAR YOU WRITE SOMETHING THAT ATTACKS OUR SCHOOL BOARD OR TAX, UH, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS, OR I FEEL UNDERMINES OUR SCHOOLS.I'M NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN.
I WILL NOT WITHHOLD FUNDS FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO DO SO.
IT'S, SELF-DEFEATING IRRESPONSIBLE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTY.
YOU'RE GOING TO DAMAGE THE WHOLE COUNTY, AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE REALLY SENSITIVE THAT I WILL NOT WITHHOLD FUNDS.
I WILL ALWAYS BE WILLING TO AND READY TO PARTICIPATE WITH MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS AND OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO CHART A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND LAYS JIM.
I HOPE I'VE MADE THAT REALLY, REALLY CLEAR HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROACH THIS THOUGH IN A MANNER IN WHICH, UH, IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE CIVIL AND IT'S GOING TO BE UNDERSTANDABLE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DAMAGE OUR COUNTY.
HAVING HEARD FOR MR. SHEPHERD, UH, MOCK COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, SINCE I'VE ALREADY MADE MY COMMENTS ON, WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
WE'VE GOT THE EVENTS, CHRISTMAS EVENTS AND YORKTOWN COMING UP.
WE'VE GOT THE TREE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 3RD.
WE'VE GOT THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE ON THE FIFTH, UH, WHICH I WILL BE JUDGING AS WELL AS, UH, SHERIFF DIGGS.
UH, WE'LL BE DOWN THERE JUDGING, OR I'M SORRY, IT'D BE ON THE FOURTH.
UH, IS THE LIGHT OF BOAT PARADE THE SATURDAY, THE FOURTH.
UH, SO LET'S, UH, GET OUT THERE.
LET'S GET DOWN TO YORKTOWN AND LET'S, UH, BRING IN SOME, UH, HOLIDAY CHEER WITH THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL
[1 Application UP-973-21, Driven Brands. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R21-144 to authorize the establishment of an automotive oil change service building located at 4507 George Washington Memorial Highway (Route 17). ]
THEM MR. ANDERSON AND DRIVEN BRANDS.UH, THIS IS, UH, APPLICATION NUMBER UPC 9 7 3 DASH 21.
THE DRIVEN BRANDS IS SUE A IT'S A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ESTABLISH AN AUTOMOTIVE OIL SERVICE BUILDING AT 45 0 7 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
THAT'S LOCATED HERE IN THAT PURPLE OUTLINE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S THERE ON THE CORNER.
UM, IT SITS IN FRONT OF THOSE LITTLE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE KIND OF LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ONS ON THE SAME PROPERTY, BUT THEY ARE ON DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL BUSINESS AND, UH, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS ALL GENERAL BUSINESS.
ALSO, THAT'S THAT RED, YELLOW THAT'S FURTHER BACK OFF.
NOW THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT DEVELOPED PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT'S ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW IS SOME LEFTOVER, UM, WATER RECLAMATION TANKS THAT WERE INSTALLED WHEN THE CARWASH THAT WAS GOING TO GO IN THERE IN 2007, 2009, UH, BUT FAILED TO GO IN FULLY.
UH, ALL THEY DID WAS INSTALL THOSE TANKS, UH, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT'S ON THE SITE, UH, TO THE NORTH IS GREENS BARBERSHOP, THE BUILDING ABOVE IT, UH, HAS THE GREENS BARBERSHOP, AND THEN AN EMPTY VACANT STORE THERE ACROSS 17 IS A RETAIL STRIP VARIETY OF BUSINESSES, A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS, OR WILL WILLIAMS PAINT ON THE OTHER CORNERS, THE CVS, UM, AND THEN ON THE CORNER TO THE SOUTH IS WHERE THE STARBUCKS IS A DRY CLEANER AND A, UH, HAIRCUT PLACE.
AND THEN TO THE WEST, ARE THOSE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS THEY'RE EMPTY VACANT RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT I WAS SPEAKING OF, UH, THIS IS PART OF THE ROUTE 17 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND AS SUCH, UH, ONE OF, UH, THE, THE CORRIDOR, EXCUSE ME, THE CORRIDOR WAS ESTABLISHED TO KIND OF PROTECT AND ENHANCE, UM, THE CORRIDOR, MAKING IT NICER, ESTABLISHING ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS, UH, LANDSCAPING COMPONENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES IN THERE IS THAT, UH, NO SERVICE BAYS OR WORK AREA DOORS SHOULD FACE TOWARDS 17.
AND, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE, IN THE ELEVATIONS AND IN THE LOCATE WAY, THEY'VE LOCATED THE BUILDING, THEY ARE, UH, FACING THOSE AWAY FROM 17.
AND THEY'RE ALSO ADDING IN SOME LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS IN THERE.
UH, THIS IS THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION THAT THEY GAVE US.
UH, THEY DO OUR MEETING, THE CORRIDOR, UH, COLORS, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THEY'LL HAVE THREE SERVICE-BASED DOORS.
IT'D BE PULLED THROUGH ALL THE WAY.
UH, SO BASICALLY ALL YOU'LL SEE IS THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
I THINK IT'S THIS SIDE RIGHT HERE THAT WILL FACE 17, AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN SEE IT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDING A GOOD AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING THERE.
UH, THEY ALSO ARE INSTALLING A WALL, UH, WHICH WILL BLOCK THE VIEWS ALONG THE ORIANNA.
UH, THIS, UH, BLOCK WALL IS SHOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WE'VE OVERLAYED THE PLAN THAT THEY GAVE US ONTO THE AREAS.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF GET A GOOD
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IDEA OF HOW THE SITE WILL BE ESTABLISHED.THE RED OUTLINE IS THE BUILDING THAT'S HERE ON THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL, UH, CARS WILL COME FROM, UH, THE NORTH SIDE THROUGH THE SOUTH.
THE OTHER RED LINE HERE IS THE SCREENING WALL THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED AS AN EIGHT FOOT SCREENING WALL.
AND IT'LL SHOW YOU SOME ELEVATIONS THAT KIND OF SHOW HOW THE LANDSCAPING THE WALL WILL, WILL GO TOGETHER.
THERE WILL BE SOME EMPLOYEE PARKING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE REST OF THE SITE OF BASICALLY BE FOR FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND DRIVE AISLES AND LANDSCAPING.
UH, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT THEY SHOWED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HERE'S THAT WALL ALONG HERE, THEY'RE PLANTING EVERGREEN TREES ALONG IT TO KIND OF SOFTEN THAT WALL A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THEY'VE GOT DECIDUOUS TREES HERE ON THE OTHER CORNERS ALONG ROUTE 17, ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE NORTHERN CORNER HERE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME EXISTING EVERGREENS THAT ARE KEEPING IN THIS LOCATION ALONG THE NORTH.
AND THEN THEY'RE ADDING A FEW MORE UP HERE.
UH, ONE NOTE OF CONCERN WE HAD THAT WE PUT A CONDITION ON IS, YOU KNOW, THESE DECIDUOUS TREES UP HERE AND DOWN HERE IN THIS CORNER, WE'RE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT.
SO WE WANT THEM TO ADD SOME EVERGREEN TREES UP HERE, SO THAT EVEN DURING THE FALL AND WINTER, ONCE THOSE DECIDUOUS HAVE LOST THEIR LEAVES, YOU'LL STILL HAVE SOME SCREENING OF THOSE BAY DOORS, UM, ON THERE.
SO THAT'S ONE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE ADDED ON THERE.
AS I SAID, THERE WAS AN ELEVATION KIND OF SHOWING WHAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH THOSE EVERGREENS AND THE DECIDUOUS ON THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE EVERGREEN TREES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WALL THERE.
UM, JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS STANDING ON ORIANA LOOKING ACROSS.
UM, SO YOUR BACK WOULD BE TO WHERE THE STARBUCKS BUILDING IS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE, THE TREES THEY HAVE THERE.
AND THEN KIND OF MOVING OUT TO THE INTERSECTION, LOOKING DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE, YOU CAN SEE THEIR SIGN.
UH, AGAIN, THE, THE BILL, THESE ARE, THESE ARE MATURE TREES.
YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T BE PLANTING SUPER MATURE TREES, BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS IS WHAT THE SITE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO IT GIVES YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UH, WITH THIS SITE THERE, THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION.
SO THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, THE OIL CHANGE FACILITIES ARE VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATORS, NINE PEAK TRIPS IN THE MORNING, 15 DURING THE, UM, A PM HOURS, NO MORE THAN 120 TRIPS A DAY.
THE APPLICANT DID SAY THEIR FACILITIES TYPICALLY ONLY AVERAGE ABOUT 40 TRIPS A DAY.
SO ONLY THEY'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT 20 CARS IN A DAY IS WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I'VE NEVER USED ONE OF THESE FACILITIES, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY GET A DAY, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
THERE WILL BE AN ENTRANCE OFF 17, A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ONLY, AND THEN A LEFT AND RIGHT EXIT ENTRANCE ON, UH, ORIANA BACKING UP MATH OUT THERE.
RIGHT? YOU GOT THE AVERAGE AND 40 TRIPS A DAY, BUT AVERAGE 120 TRIPS A WEEK.
I SHOULD'VE DESCRIBED THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO THE NUMBERS ABOVE THE TOP NUMBERS, THOSE ARE FROM THE, UM, ITE MANUAL.
THAT'S AN ENGINEERING MANUAL THAT TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT TRAFFIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PEAK M PEAK PA PEAK PM AND AM HOUR TRIPS ARE BETWEEN, UM, 8:00 AM AND OR 7:00 AM AND 9:00 AM.
AND IN THE EVENING, IT'S FOUR TO SIX.
SO IN THE MORNING, YOU'D ONLY HAVE ABOUT NINE TRIPS.
AND IN THE EVENING DURING PEAK HOURS, YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE 15, BUT OVERALL THE WHOLE DAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN 120, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
BUT THE, THE APPLICANT JUST NOTED IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEIR FACILITIES USUALLY ONLY AVERAGE ABOUT 40 TRIPS.
SO THAT'S ABOUT ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU DIVIDE THAT BY TWO BECAUSE THERE'S A CAR COMING IN CAR GOING OUT, RIGHT.
SO IT'D BE ABOUT 20 CARS A DAY.
FIRST THREE BULLET POINTS ARE INDUSTRY AVERAGE.
AND YOU SAY, YOU SAID 120 TRIPS A DAY WHEN IT SAYS WEEK.
IT'S WEEKDAY TRIPS, TOTAL 120 WEEKDAY TRIPS.
HE MUST'VE TAKEN OFF THE WORD DAY.
YOU EXPLAINED IT MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.
UM, STAFF BELIEVES AS A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATOR FOR THIS CORNER, ESPECIALLY, AND WE, WE DON'T THINK IT WILL CREATE ANY, UM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE ROADWAYS.
UH, V DOT HAS LOOKED AT THIS, UH, THEY DID HAVE A FEW EXTRA THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WERE DONE DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
SO WE DID ADD THOSE INTO THE CONDITIONS.
UH, THEY WANTED A RIGHT TURN ANALYSIS, THAT RIGHT TURN LANE ANALYSIS.
UM, AND THEY ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT THE SIGNALIZATION AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
SO THOSE THINGS ARE AS CONDITIONS IN YOUR RESOLUTION.
UH, WE DO BELIEVE THE BUILDING LOOKS VERY NICE.
THEY PUT A LOT OF LANDSCAPING IN THERE AND DOES COMPLY WITH THE ROUTE 17 CORRIDOR.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
UH, WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A RESOLUTION
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R 21 DASH 1 44, THE PLANNING PATIENT DID REVIEW THIS AND THEY DID APPROVE IT.UM, GIVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FIVE TO ZERO.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AS A COUPLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ASKED HOW MANY OTHER BUSINESSES OF THIS TYPE ARE ON 17 AT THE GAL, DIDN'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, YES, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY SHOOT.
UM, HOW MANY DID YOU SAY THERE IS A SLIDE? WE PUT THE SLIDE IN THERE.
LET ME GET, LET ME GET THE SLIDE UP THEN.
WE DID HAVE A SLIDE WITH ALL THOSE.
UH, WE DID PUT A SLIDE TOGETHER, BUT IT MUST NOT HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS, UM, PRESENTATION.
I THINK WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS, THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE OTHER OIL CHANGE FACILITIES.
UM, MOST OF THEM WERE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
UH, THERE WAS ONLY THE NEW VALVOLINE PLACE.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY, UM, OIL CHANGES.
SORRY, WE DIDN'T PROVIDE THE SLIDE THERE.
MR. IS RUN BY ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE, NO SIR.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE STRICTLY ALL CHANGED, RIGHT? ALL FLUID CHANGES.
THERE'S NO REPAIR IN AND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I I'M, I'M, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THAT TO, TO SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT INTERSECTION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAT AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON LAKESIDE DRIVE TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN ON A 17 LOOKING AT THIS BARREN PIECE OF LAND OUT THERE.
I FELT LIKE GOING OUT WITH A BAG OF A GRASS SEED AND LEAST TRYING TO GET SOME GRASS GROWING OUT THERE OR SOMETHING.
SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THIS, UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN AND I'VE SHARED IT WITH YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF IS ABOUT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE, TO THE, UH, BUSINESS, BOTH FROM 17 AND ORIANA.
UM, I JUST KIND OF KNOW HOW THAT INTERSECTION COULD GET PARTICULARLY DURING BUSY HOURS.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S STILL ON THE V.REVIEW AND CURIOUS OF WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK'S GOING TO BE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN HOWEVER WE DESIGN THIS OR APPROVE THE SITE PLAN THAT WE DON'T INTRODUCE NEW TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE INTERSECTION KIND OF BUSY AND KIND OF TIGHT AS IT IS.
THEY ARE JUST, LET'S BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ENDED UP APPROVING.
AND YOUR, UM, AND YOUR REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION IN THE, IN THE COMMENTS BY THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, I REALLY, MAYBE I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I REALLY DIDN'T SEE MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT MISS KNOLL JUST BROUGHT UP WAS THE DENSITY OF THESE TYPES OF BUSINESS.
UM, ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT'S IT, THAT THIS COMPANY IS AS A PARENT? YOU KNOW, THE PARENT COMPANY IS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT OWNS MEINEKE, RIGHT? IT IS IT'S CALLED DRIVEN BRANDS.
UM, AND, AND SO MINE KEYS JUST THAT YOU COULD WALK FROM MY KEY DOWN TO THIS, THIS STORE AND THEY DO BASICALLY THE SAME SERVICE.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT THIS, THE FOUR CORNERS LOOKED LIKE ORIGINALLY? NO, I DO NOT UNDER SECTION ONE PLACE.
UH, SOME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ANOTHER GAS STATION THAT WAS CROSSED OVER THERE WHERE SHERMAN WILLIAMS IS NOW? UM, THIS, THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM WHERE, OR, UH, WHERE, UH, STARBUCKS, IT WAS JUST WOODS AND THEN THE OTHER, AND THEN THE ONE WHERE THIS THING IS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER GAS STATION.
AND THEY, UH, AND SO WE ENDED UP WITH A DESERT THERE BECAUSE THEY ALL CLOSED.
AND I'M JUST MY CONCERN IS THAT I NEED TO SEE MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SATURATION.
AND, UH, SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS ONE END UP BEING ANOTHER DEAD ZONE BECAUSE OF, I MEAN, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
SO YOU GUYS DIDN'T GIVE THAT MUCH, MUCH OF A LOOK VIDYA.
WELL, I MEAN, AS, AS FAR AS LAND USE, WE, WE DON'T REALLY LOOK AT THE COMPETITION SIDE OF IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY UP FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS, TOO, THE SUPERVISORS AND THE BOYS, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
I'M SURE HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION FOR YOU.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S A CONCERN IS THAT WE HAD, WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL.
WE ENDED UP DAMAGING OUR, OUR, UH, THE BUSINESSES ON 17, UM, BY OVER-SATURATION OF A CERTAIN TYPES, YOU KNOW? UM, SO ANYWAY, AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I SENT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT CATEGORY TO THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW, THE CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT JUST FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION BARNETT, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT CASE, WHICH INDICATES THAT TAKING A SATURATION AND, AND IMPACT ON COMPETITION AS A ZONING CONSIDERATION WAS, WAS DECLARED TO BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
SO THAT WAS THE CASE UP IN FAIRFAX, UH, INVOLVING A SHOPPING CENTER AND A SECOND SHOPPING CENTER NEARBY, BUT I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
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TO WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, I THINK PERHAPS IN MIND, YES.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR, UM, BEING HERE AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO AND JANINE FOR, UH, ALL OF THEIR HELP WITH THIS.
UM, MY NAME IS JONATHAN DOZER.
WE WILL BE DOING THE CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DRIVEN BRANDS, APPLICANT.
UM, AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, DRIVEN BRANDS IS A FAMILY OF AFTERMARKET AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION COMPANIES.
UM, THEY HAVE OVER 20 DIFFERENT COMPANIES, UH, WITH OVER 4,000 LOCATIONS ACROSS 15 COUNTRIES.
UM, AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A NEW, UH, TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE HERE IN YORKTOWN, UH, FEEL, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, SNOW MRES RAMBO.
SO RON, DO YOU KNOW WHAT NOT PLAY ON WORDS BY WHAT DROVE DRIVEN BRANDS TO CHOOSE LIGHT LOCATED? WHY, WHY WAS THAT LOCATION ATTRACTIVE? UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UM, REASONS THAT WOULD GO INTO THE SITE SELECTION.
I MEAN, UM, I WOULD SAY OFF THE BAT, OBVIOUSLY THE LOCATION IS A PRIME LOCATION FOR THAT.
UM, IT'S A GREAT ADVERTISEMENT AREA AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, IT, IT IS A VERY LOW TRAFFIC GENERATING, UH, SERVICE THAT WON'T REALLY BE ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS TO THE INTERSECTION, BUT AGAIN, IT IS A VERY PRIME INTERSECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE ILLEGAL THERE.
UH, I SEE THE PROPERTY OWNER AS SITTING IN THE BACK, MR. ROSINSKI CASEY BRZEZINSKI, AND A FIANCE, LIZ, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS, OR THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT, UH, THE NEW TEAM.
SO IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND
WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T EATEN DINNER YET, SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME, ELIZABETH.
UH, BUT WE ARE HERE TO, UH, TO BE, UH, BYSTANDERS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
UH, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HERE.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS AS PEERS YET? PAM WHO SHOW GRAFTON? UM, I HADN'T PLANNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I DO HAVE TWO CONCERNS WHEN WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS THAT OPENS UP AND YOU TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPING.
THIS LANDSCAPING LOOKS REALLY NICE.
UM, OFTEN YOU GET A FIVE FOOT SAPLING AND 25 YEARS LATER, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD REQUEST THAT THEY PUT IN SOME MUCH MORE MATURE TREES THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET SOME HEIGHT TO THEM? A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST PURE ORNAMENTALS.
THE OTHER THING I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT, I KNOW IF I'M COMING FROM NEWPORT NEWS DOWN ORIANA AND COME TO THE INTERSECTION OF ORIANA AND 17, IT IS BACKED UP NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE DAY.
NOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE AN ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT TO THAT WHERE YOU ENTER ON 17 AND EXIT ON ORIANA, OR YOU'RE GOING TO ENTER ON ORIANA AND EXIT ON 17, OR IS IT WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO COME IN? BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON ORIANA.
I MEAN, ORIANA IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW.
AND, UM, I CAN SEE MORE ACCIDENTS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT AND GET IN LINE TO GET TO 17 OR OVER TO LAKESIDE, OR EITHER WAY ON 17.
UM, THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE AND IT MAY BE ILLEGAL, BUT I THINK TO SUPER SATURATION IS AN ISSUE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? SEE NONE.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ISN'T THIS WHERE, UM, LET'S SEE.
WHAT WAS IT? UH, THEY HAD A, THEY WERE PROPOSING A SEVEN 11 IN THERE, RIGHT? THAT SAME SPOT AND MUCH LARGER LOT LARGER PARCEL, GOT AN ACRE PARCEL.
AND, UH, AND THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE COMPLAINING THAT, UM, THE TRAFFIC AND THE, AND THAT IT PUSHED UP AGAINST THE, UH, THE HOMES DOWN.
ARIGHT I'M LIKE THAT ONE, THIS ONE HAS NOT COME CLOSE TO THAT AND ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
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CAN I JUST SAY, AS THE DEVELOPERS READY TO ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER V DOT RECOMMENDS, AS FAR AS INTERESTED IN THE NEXUS EXITS, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER, MR. ANDERSON, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT THAT.UM, WE, WE PUT THE CONDITION IN THE RESOLUTION THAT REQUIRES THAT THEY MEET WHATEVER V DOT STANDARDS AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT DURING SITE PLAN.
ANYWAY, I MEAN,
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I HAD IS PERHAPS A CONDITIONAL INTEREST NEXT EXIT, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY, MAYBE DURING PEAK HOURS, YOU LIMIT TURNS ON LEFT-HAND TURN TO ARIANA, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THAT DOABLE WOULD V DOT.
I MEAN, YOU COULD STIPULATE THAT WITHIN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONS, IF YOU WANTED TO, I MEAN, YOU COULD STIPULATE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF ADDING IT TO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU LIMIT LIMIT ACCESS OUT AT CERTAIN TIMES.
SO WE DID THAT WITH THE, UM, REZONING BEHIND THE BOJANGLES THAT THEM TURNING OUT ONTO FORT EUSTIS THAT WAS LIMITED FOR MANY YEARS.
RIGHT? WELL, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE DATA COMES BACK WITH WITH OUR ANALYSIS.
UH, ALSO THE, UH, STAR, NOT STARBUCKS, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY TURN INTO STARBUCKS.
SO THEY PUT THOSE, YOU PUT THOSE BARRIERS AND THERE'S THAT GOING TO BE ANY PROBLEM WITH? SO, I MEAN, MY OPINION IS YOU WANT TO LET THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS FIX IT AND THEY CAN IMPOSE A REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD WORK.
THERE'S SOME RISKS THAT IF WE IMPOSE SOME SPECIFIC CONDITION, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WORKS FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDPOINT V.AS THE ABSOLUTE, RIGHT.
IF THEY CONCLUDE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE LIMITED IN SOME WAY, OR THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT BARRIERS.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I S THE, THE GENTLEMAN DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT THIS IS A PRETTY SMALL PARCEL AND IT'S PRETTY AWKWARD.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS IT WORKS IS BECAUSE IT'S A TEENY AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S JUST PEOPLE DRIVING IN THERE GETTING THE OIL CHANGE AND LEAVING.
IT'S NOT LIKE A GAS STATION OR A SEVEN 11, UH, WHETHER IT WAS A LARGE VOLUME.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD RESOLUTION, R W UH, 21 DASH 1 44, CLARK.
THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLE IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 21 DASH 1 44 TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED MR. ZAREMBA.
[2 Sports Tourism - Historic Triangle Public Recreational Facilities Authority. Consider adoption of proposed concurrent Resolution R21-148 to create the Historic Triangle Recreational Facilities Authority. ]
NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THE SPOON, THE SPORTS TOURISM TRIANGLE, PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITY, AUTHORITY MORGAN.SO OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS, UH, THIS BOARD HAS RECEIVED A DETAILED REPORT FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION FROM OUR FRIENDS IN WILLIAMSBURG ABOUT THIS CONCEPT.
AND, UM, THIS RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN IMPLEMENTING A SPORTS TOURISM FACILITY.
A WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY HAVE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION.
SO IF WE ADOPT IT, THE, UH, AUTHORITY WILL BE STOOD UP, BE IN EXISTENCE.
AND THEN, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, COMING BACK WITH THE PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP THE FACILITY AND GETTING INTO THE FINANCES, UH, THE WAY IT'S WORDED.
UM, THERE'S SIX VOTING MEMBERS, TWO FROM EACH OF THE THREE, UH, TWO FROM EACH OF THE THREE LOCALITIES.
AND, UM, THE WAY IT IS WORDED, UM, THE CAO EITHER THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR THE CITY MANAGER WOULD DESIGNATE THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD SERVE.
UM, IN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES, IT WOULD BE OUR INTENTION THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, JAMES CITY, AND MYSELF WOULD SERVE.
AND THEY WOULD, WE WOULD EACH DESIGNATE A SECOND SENIOR STAFF PERSON, AND THEN IT WOULD BE STRUCTURED SO THAT YOU COULD NOT HAVE A LAWFUL MEETING, UNLESS AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM EACH LOCALITY WAS PRESENT.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IN A, IN A YEAR OR TWO, SOME, YOU KNOW, REALLY POSITIVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES GONNA EMERGE.
BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE YET.
ALRIGHT, MR. BARNETT, MR. CHAIR, I'D SPOKEN WITH THE EARLIER, AND THERE'S JUST A TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT WE MAY END UP PUTTING IT.
OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE NAME OF THIS, THE, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS IN FACT WORD FOR WORD, WHAT, UH, WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY ADOPTED.
THERE'S A SLIGHT VARIANCE FROM THE WAY IT WAS ADVERTISED.
IT WAS ADVERTISED IDENTICALLY IN ALL THREE
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JURISDICTIONS, AND THEN WILLIAMSBURG IN PARTICULAR SUGGESTED A CHANGE.UM, AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT, UH, YOU WEREN'T COUNTY AND IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, BUT, BUT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW JUST IN CASE ANYBODY NOTICES A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IN THE WORDING BETWEEN THE WAY IT WAS ADVERTISED, UH, THE WAY IT WAS ADVERTISED.
I SAID THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH PARTICIPATING PENDING LACK LOCALITY, WHAT APPOINT THE MEMBERS.
AND THEN IT WENT ON TO SAY, BY THE WAY THAT WHO WAS GOING TO BE APPOINTED FROM WILLIAMSBURG AND THAT, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS FOR YORK AND JAMES CITY WOULD APPOINT THERE'S, UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE INCONSISTENCY IN LANGUAGE AS THEY POINTED OUT.
NOW IT READS PROPERLY BY THE WAY.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE CORRECTED VERSION AND EACH PARTICIPATING LOCALITY WILL APPOINT.
AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL APPOINT TO WILLIAMSBURG BOARD MEMBERS RATHER THAN STATING THAT IT WOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF THAT CITY.
SO THAT THERE'S A NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT DON'T IMPACT YOUR COUNTY.
BUT I HAD SUGGESTED TO THE BOARD CLERK EARLIER THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT VARIANCE, IT MIGHT BE OUR RESOLUTION, OUR 21 DASH 1 48 ARE THAT YOU ADOPT, UM, BECAUSE YOU WERE IN FACT GIVEN THE CORRECT VERSION OF THEN, AND THAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR AGENDA AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU.
THANK, THANK YOU, MR. BARNETT.
YEAH, SO I, I VERY MUCH LIKED THE IDEA OF THAT SPORTS TOURISM CENTER, UM, KIND OF MAKING THE AREAS, A DESTINATION FOR SPORTS, TOURISM, THINGS, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES WITH THAT.
UM, I LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY INVOLVED IN, IN, IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.
I AM CURIOUS THOUGH, IF, UM, WE AGREED TO THIS DEVELOP BEING PART OF THIS AUTHORITY, UH, WHAT ARE WE COMMITTING TO WHAT OBLIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHAT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, IF, IF WE AGREE WITH THIS, SO THE REASON THE CITY WANTED TO DO IT THIS WAY AND CREATE THIS REGIONAL AUTHORITY, IS THAT, UM, ANY, UM, DEBT FACILITY THAT WOULD BE CREATED AS PART OF THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE PARTICULAR LOCALITY.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE PIECE, UH, CERTAINLY THE INTENT, IF SUCCESSFUL WOULD BE TO COME BACK WITH A PROJECT THAT WOULD INVOLVE AN ONGOING CONTRIBUTION FROM ALL THREE LOCALITIES.
UM, BUT THE CREATION OF THIS AUTHORITY MAKES NO COMMITMENT ABOUT THAT.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND I BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO SERVE ON IT IS ESPECIALLY IN THESE FIRST FEW MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT WITH A LOT OF COMPLICATED FINANCIAL STUFF.
AND, UM, SO IF IT DEVELOPS AS ANTICIPATED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, I WOULD BE BACK TO THIS BODY WITH WHATEVER THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL MIGHT BE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE THOUGH TO THIS IN ITSELF, DOESN'T GENERATE ANY FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
AND SPEAKING, SPEAKING OF THAT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AND WE, WE MAY BE TAUGHT INTO, UM, I THINK THE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS OPERATIONAL COSTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO, SO THE, THE MODEL IS THAT THE CAPITAL COST FOR THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY OTHERS, THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, AND BASICALLY A PASS THROUGH FROM THE TOURISM COUNCIL AND THAT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND IF, UM, IF THAT AMOUNT IS MORE THAN WHAT THEY REQUIRE FOR CAPITAL, THEY WILL INJECT THAT INTO THE OPERATING SIDE.
BUT THE GENERAL CONCEPT WAS THE TWO COUNTIES WITH THE LARGER POPULATIONS AND THE LARGER BUDGETS WOULD, UM, SUPPORT THE OPERATING SIDE THAT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES BEYOND BREAKEVEN AND FACILITIES LIKE THIS, FRANKLY, ON A MICRO ECONOMIC SENSE, YOU KNOW, DON'T BREAK EVEN.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THE FORECAST WAS, IT WOULD COVER 70% OF ITS THAT WAS AN EXPERT'S PROJECTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT, IF THIS ALL GOES FORWARD, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT TO RECOMMEND AND A FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, PART OF THAT IS ALL THE DIFFERENT RESERVES.
YOU HAVE TO ASSUME, YOU KNOW, RESERVE FOR CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AND THE RESERVE FOR OPERATIONS AND INSURANCE AND, YOU KNOW, MARKETING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO, UM, YEAH, BUT SO IN CONCEPT, THAT'S WHAT THE TWO COUNTIES CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALL BASED ON MODELS AND CONSULTANTS, STUDIES, NOT AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL.
MY KIDS, JUST FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE PEOPLE HERE, WHOEVER ELSE MIGHT BE WATCHING TELEVISION, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG VISITORS CENTER.
THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THIS IS ALL, YOU ALL KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A DECADE.
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THINGS HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY.ONE WAS A CONSENSUS DEVELOPED THAT THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG VISITOR CENTER WAS AVAILABLE AND A GOOD SITE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, IT WAS KIND OF ON WHEELS GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE BEFORE THAT.
AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SITE BECAUSE IT'S GOT GREAT INTERSTATE ACCESS.
IT'S ALREADY GOT A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PARKING DRAINAGE UTILITIES, AND IT'S IMMEDIATELY CONTIGUOUS TO ALL OF YOUR COUNTY HOTELS ON BYPASS ROADS.
UH, AND THE SECOND THING THAT CHANGED WAS THE CITY'S CAPITAL, UH, COMMITMENT, WHICH WAS A RELATIVELY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO NEIL, LIKE, LOOK FUSING YOUR VERY FIRST STATEMENT ABOUT WHY HE SET UP THE ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, THIS REGIONAL BOARD, IF YOU WILL COMMITTEE, IS IT GONNA BE, IS IT GOING TO RAISE BONDS? UM, WELL, THE, IT WOULD HAVE TO DO, IT WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE, BONDS, OR, UM, UH, ENTER INTO FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
THE, THE GENERAL EXPECTATION IS THAT THE CITY OF WILLIAM'S WAR BIRD WOULD BE THE FISCAL AGENT.
UM, AND, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SCENARIO MIGHT BE, WE RECEIVE A PROPOSAL FROM A PPA PRIVATE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT, WHICH MIGHT BE A TURNKEY, BUILD SOMETHING AND OPERATE SOMETHING.
AND THEN THE MATH WOULD SIMPLY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE OPERATION IS COVERED BY THE REVENUES IS THE CAPITAL COST COVERED BY THE MODEL THAT EXISTS.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE NATURE OF THE TWO COUNTIES COMMITMENTS TO MAKE IT WORK? SO, UM, BY THE WAY, IT'S STRUCTURED, WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE AND WHAT THE REPORT YOU ALL SAW IN OCTOBER SUGGESTED WAS THAT, UM, WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION TO COMMIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS, PROBABLY LIKE 20 YEARS, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE 20 YEARS.
WE'D JUST HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY SORT OF MUCH LIKE WE DID WHEN WE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSEUM OR THE YMCA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT THAT THIS BOARD SAID, YES, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THIS AMOUNT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR ALL OF THE YEARS.
SO THAT ADDRESSES THEN THE FISCAL LIABILITY, I GUESS, FOR THAT PART OF IT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS? UM, SO HOW'S THE COUNTY SHIELDED IF, UH, THERE IS SOME SORT OF A LAWSUIT FOR SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF I'M GOING TO BE ON THIS BOARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIRECTOR SIDE, THE INSURANCE, UH, BUT IT, THE AUTHORITY IS A, UM, LEGAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THE TPO OR THE PDC, UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ITS OWN, UH, DEFENSE UNDER THAT SCENARIO.
SO PART OF THE OPERATING COSTS TO MR. RON'S QUESTION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE AND, AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS GO THROUGH THE AUDITING PROCESS.
IT'S LIKE ALL THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IF THE SCENARIO, I THINK THE FAVORITE SCENARIO OF WILLIAMSBURG BEING THE FISCAL AGENT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE PART OF WILLIAMSBURG'S ANNUAL AUDIT, PART OF ANOTHER PART, REALLY PART OF THE CITY'S AUDIT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE EDA AS PART OF OUR AUDIT AND THE SCHOOLS ARE PART OF OUR AUDIT, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INDEPENDENTLY DONE, BUT THEY'RE COMPILED TOGETHER.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS BECAUSE OF ITS, ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE STATE.
IS THIS TOM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVEN'T MISSED WHOSE YET YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD A HAT TRICK TONIGHT.
I HAVE, UH, MOSTLY FINANCIAL CONCERNS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME SIRI.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AROUND US THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
UH, THE HAMPTON COLISEUM HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
WELL MAYBE IN ITS EARLY DAYS, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A LONG TIME.
THEY'RE BUILDING AN EDITORIAL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU HAVE BOO WILLIAMS, YOU'VE GOT SOUTH SIDES TO DO ONE, A LOT OF THE SAME STUFF.
UM, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE GOING SO MANY PLACES.
UM, I STILL THINK YOUR COUNTY WILL, UH, PROBABLY HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INCOME FROM THIS, WITH THE HOTELS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, UH, JAMES CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG STATISTICALLY HAVE MORE THAN WE DO.
UM, MR. MORGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WEREN'T GOING TO FUND IT.
IT WOULD BE FUNNELED THROUGH THE TOURISM.
THAT'S MY TAX DOLLARS GOING INTO THAT TOURISM COUNCIL.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE TAXPAYER.
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WE ALL PAY IT, WHETHER IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT FROM IN THIS, EXCUSE ME, WHERE IT IS FUNNELED TO, BUT IT COMES FROM THE TAXPAYER AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF EXPENSES UPFRONT, UH, WITH YOUR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY WOULD, EVEN AT THIS POINT, CALL THEM AND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE.I THINK WE'RE BEYOND THAT POINT.
BUT TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF.
IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE AND YOU'RE GUARANTEED FROM EVERYTHING YOU STUDIED.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A PROFIT.
YOU ARE HOPING THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE ENOUGH TAXES, TO TRY TO OFFSET THIS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S A FOOLISH WASTE OF MONEY.
IF THE, UM, HOTEL MOTEL SITUATION AND THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONS, I THINK IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL IDEA.
WHY DON'T THEY KICK IN SOME MONEY? I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD ABOUT THEM DOING IT.
JUST THE TAXPAYERS I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SAY NO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MS. FAIRMAN TWICE IN ONE NIGHT.
LINDA FAIRMAN TAB DISTRICT OF YOUR COUNTY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME WITH LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION WAS THAT WE CITIZENS ELECT YOU FIVE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS FOR HOW TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR DEVELOPING IN THE COUNTY.
IF YOU ABDICATE THAT AUTHORITY AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT ELECTED, WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE AS TAXPAYERS TO SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TYPE OF DECISION FOR OUR COUNTY WHEN YOU HAVE BUREAUCRATS.
AND I'M SORRY, MR. MORGAN, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
WHEN YOU HAVE BUREAUCRATS MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, YOU BASICALLY HAVE ABDICATED YOUR AUTHORITY THAT THE, THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE GIVEN YOU BY ELECTING YOU BY DOING THAT, WE HAVE NO RECOURSE.
WE'LL, WE'LL LET THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE DO IT.
AND I HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
PLEASE KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HIRED TO DO.
I'LL SEE MR. KIRKLAND FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL ASSOCIATION.
SO MR. KIRKLAND, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND ADDRESS THIS RON KIRKLAND, 1001, A RICHMOND ROAD, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, UH, THE HOTEL MOTEL ASSOCIATION WAS THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT FOR THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT THE CITY WILLIAMSBURG PASS IN 2019.
UH, WE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR A MINIMUM OF 150,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS COMPLEX.
UM, WE KINDA PLAYED AROUND EARLY WITH THE IDEA THAT THE CITY'S TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FUND WOULD FUND THE CAPITAL EXPENSES.
MR. MORGAN TALKED ABOUT WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE TOURISM COUNCIL.
UH, THERE'S A LINE ITEM THERE THAT COMES FROM REALLY HOTEL AND TAX DOLLARS THAT WE ASK TO BE PUT INTO DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THE ONGOING OPERATIONS WOULD, UH, BE PAID FOR BY YOUR COUNTY AND JAMES CITY COUNTY SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM IT.
UH, JUST TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF THINGS, YOUR COUNTY HOTELS ARE CURRENTLY THE TOP PERFORMING HOTELS HAVE THREE MS. PALADINS.
UM, OTHER THAN THE CURRENT ONSITE, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG HOTEL, THE HOTELS WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BENEFITING THE MOST FINANCIALLY OR ALL OF THE HOTELS ON BYPASS ROAD.
UM, THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONSUME THOSE FIRST AND THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS ON BYPASS ROAD.
THEY'RE GONNA GONNA DO QUITE WELL, THE ASSOCIATED TAX REVENUE THAT WILL COME FROM THE FACILITY IF WE PUT IT TOGETHER, RIGHT.
AND WE MARKET IT CORRECTLY, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE WOULD, UH, REALLY EXCEED THE, UH, FAR EXCEED THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
UM, THE FACILITY ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY ANYWHERE IN AMERICA, SAME THING WITH CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEY REQUIRE A MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT.
AND THE, THE BENEFIT IS THAT THE, THE ECONOMY AT LARGE, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
IT'S, IT'S ALSO SORT OF A PARKS AND REC THING.
THE INTENTION IS THAT ON WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SPORTS GROUPS WOULD COME TO TOWN, ENJOY THE FACILITY ON ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE VARIOUS PARKS AND RECS AND LOCAL
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CITIZEN USE.UM, SO WE, WE THINK THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD WAY TO, UH, HAVE A WIN-WIN FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY ON OUR LOCAL CITIZEN.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE A QUESTION I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, IF WE PUT THIS IN LIGHT OF, OF IT BEING UP IN WILLIAMSBURG.
AND WE HAVE, I THINK, UH, BASED ON WHAT IT WAS BEING SAID IN OUR EXPERIENCES THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE HOTELS, MORE HOTEL ROOMS THAN ANY OF US THAN THE CITY AND JAMES CITY CANON.
SO, UM, NOW THE MAC, LET'S JUMP IT DOWN TO THE MAC REAL QUICK.
UM, WOULD THERE BE SOME SORT OF, UH, OVERFLOW ACTION HERE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'VE GOT A SPORTS TOURISM ACTION GOING UP THERE THAT THAT'S, THE TEAMS WOULD COME DOWN AND ALSO USE THE MAC.
SO THE MAC OCCASIONALLY IS PART OF SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZED A SPORT EVENT THAT INVOLVES VISITORS.
HOWEVER, UM, THIS IS ENVISIONED AT LEAST THE, THE MOST COMMON IDEA OF THIS IS AN ALL INDOOR FACILITY.
AS YOU SAW ON THE BRIEFING WITH MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE 16 COURTS THAT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED FOR VOLLEYBALL, FIELD HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, INDOOR SOCCER, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO, UM, THE WAY THEY'RE SORT OF, UM, UH, AN ECOSYSTEM OF SPORTS FACILITIES ALL AROUND THE REGION THAT THE PROMOTERS CAN TAP INTO.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME EVENT WHERE THERE'S AN INDOOR PART AND AN OUTDOOR PART.
UH, THERE'S OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE, ARE FURTHER UP THERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WHISK, THE OUTDOOR PART OF THE WHISK AND OTHER PLACES.
SO IT WOULD MAINLY BE A DIFFERENT MARKET, UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO COME FOR OUTDOOR TOURNAMENTS AND WHERE THE MAC WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM, BUT THIS, SO WE'RE, SO IN THIS PROJECT, THOUGH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES, WHERE'S THE BENEFIT TO THE CAMERA.
UM, SO AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE, IN THE REPORT, UM, SO THE BASIC IDEA IS, UM, TOURISM IS ONE OF THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY AND OUR TAX BASE, SEVEN OF THE 13 LARGEST REAL ESTATE TAXPAYERS IN THE COUNTY ARE, UH, TOURIST RELATED.
UM, THE OVERALL TRAJECTORY FOR TOURISM IN WILLIAMSBURG HAS BEEN DOWN FOR 20 YEARS WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS.
UM, THE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A FRESH DRAW, A DIFFERENT DRAW.
UM, THE, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG AND YOU'VE GOT THE, THE AMUSEMENT PARKS.
AND, UM, WHEN WE SAW THE CONSULTANT BRIEFING, I MEAN, THE POINT WAS YES, COMMUNITIES ALL OVER AMERICA ARE BUILDING THESE TYPES OF SPORTS, TOURISM FACILITIES FOR THE SAME REASON.
UH, YOU SORT OF HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND IT'S GOT A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC GENERATOR.
UM, THE, THE WAY THE ECONOMICS WORK IS THAT THE SPEAKERS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
OR SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS, THAT THING THAT WOULD GET BUILT WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT MAKE MONEY.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD LOSE MONEY.
IF YOU OPERATED MAYBE 70% OF THE REVENUES OF WHAT IT COSTS TO, YOU KNOW, TO OPERATE IT, BUT IN BIGGER COMMUNITIES LIKE THAT HAVE ALL OF THEIR TOURIST ECONOMY IN ONE PLACE LIKE VIRGINIA BEACH IT'S, THIS IS A SIMPLE PROJECT, SKIM OFF A LITTLE BIT OF TOURIST REVENUE FROM THEIR TAX AND THEY BUILD IT.
BUT THE WAY OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY FUNCTIONS AND TOURISM, WILLIAMSBURG CAN'T DO IT BY THEMSELVES.
JAMES CITY CAN'T DO IT, YOUR CAN'T DO IT.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A THIRD PILLAR FOR THE TOURISM ECONOMY, AND I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW IF THIS IS THE ANSWER, BUT MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT, BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE, IT ONLY WORKS IF WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN A FORMER CITY MANAGER WAYNESBURG, RIGHT.
WHEN I GOT HERE, WE SAT DOWN AND HE SAID, YOU'VE GOT THE HOTELS, WE'VE GOT THE RESTAURANTS AND JAMES CITY'S GOT THE SHOPPING.
AND, UM, YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE SPREAD OUT OVER ALL THOSE PLACES.
AND IT, IT COULD BE ASSUMING THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WE THINK IS VIABLE AND THAT WE RECOMMEND IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF YEARS TO SEE HOW ALL THAT PLAYS OUT.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT'S THIS GOING TO COST US? UM, I HAD, WELL, WHAT THE REPORT SUGGESTED WAS APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION
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DOLLARS A YEAR FOR 20 YEARS.IF THE PROJECT IS BUILT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MANNER THAT IS ENVISIONED.
SO IN COMPARISON, UH, THE MAC COSTS ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR, BUT YOUR COUNTY DID THAT ENTIRELY ON ITS OWN.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, COMBINED WITH OTHERS.
AND, UM, AND SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS REGIONAL CONTROL? WE FIND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SAY WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE LIBRARY, COMMITMENT UP THERE SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN THAT.
WELL, THAT'S PUSHING 700 DAYS TO IT'S GONE UP.
SO, SO HOW DO WE CONTROL? WE CONTROL IT.
WELL, WE DON'T, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, YOU DON'T APPROVE IT.
IF WE DON'T RECOMMEND IT, IT WOULD BE LOCKED IN IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABSTRACTLY ABOUT A TRANSACTION THAT HASN'T TAKEN PLACE YET, BUT, UM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US.
SO, SO WHAT ARE WE, AS SUPERVISORS ARE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE? SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS THEORETICAL SITUATION IS LET'S SAY THERE'S A PROPOSAL AND THE PROJECT IS, THERE'S AN ACTUAL, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BUILD.
THIS IS WHAT WOULD COST TO OPERATE THE CRUNCH, THE NUMBERS, THE AUTHORITY WOULD SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN RECOMMEND.
AND THIS WOULD BE YOUR CHAIR, JAMES CITY SHARE WILLIAMSBURG SHARE.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO ALL THE THREE GOVERNING BODIES AND GET YOU TO AGREE TO IT.
AND IF ANY, ONE OF THE THREE DIDN'T AGREE TO IT, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT UNLIKE MANY OTHER REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS WE PARTICIPATE IN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE SHERIFF AND I SERVE ON THE REGIONAL JAIL, WHICH, BUT THIS BODY APPROPRIATES TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR, AND, UH, THERE'S OTHER REGIONAL AGENCIES LIKE THAT.
UH, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN, I CAN CLEARLY I CAN DRAW A CLEARER CONNECTION TO WHAT I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH HERE.
AND SHIELDS GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS.
THIS IS UP IN WILLIAMSBURG AND WE'RE SPENDING ALL THOSE TAX DOLLARS UP IN WILLIAMSBURG.
AND THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE NOT RUNNING UP THERE.
AND, AND THE, AND THE BEST ANSWER IS, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE MR. SHEPHERD, UM, CAUSE I LIVE QUOTE DOWN HERE.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF OUR TAX BASE AND INORDINATELY LARGE PART OF OUR TAX BASE IS TIED WITH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE WILLIAMSBURG TOURISM MARKET.
UM, GREAT WOLF LODGE, WHAT OUR COUNTRY USA, SOME OF THE VERY SIGNIFICANT TIMESHARE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, ARE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST REAL ESTATE TAXPAYERS, NOT JUST SALES AND MEALS AND LODGING REAL ESTATE.
AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MARKETS, OUR BASKETS, THEY'RE UP THERE AROUND WHERE WALTZ, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO LET ME FORGET IT.
I DID WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THE CONNECTION CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT.
IT'S AND HOW WE ARE, HOW WE HAVE A SAY IN WHAT WE DO IS MS. FEARMAN BROUGHT UP VISIT.
IT'S A VALID CONCERN THAT IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON, WE CAN PUT OUR THUMBS DOWN ON IT.
AND THE SECOND PART THOUGH, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTY.
THEN IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR REGION AND THAT THERE IS SOME RETURN AND THAT TOURISM TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, OR WHAT IS IT, THE STATE, UH, TOWARDS THE STATE TOURISM, TOURISM BOAT OR, OR WHATEVER.
AND IT SHOWS WE'D GET LIKE $8 MILLION A YEAR, UH, FROM TOURISM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THIS INVESTMENT DOES COME BACK.
IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THAT, AND NOT ONLY JUST IN, IN REVENUE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS UP THERE.
WELL, AND I, I WOULD, MY FINAL COMMENT WOULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF EXPLAINING AN ABSTRACT SCENARIO.
THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO PROPOSAL YET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON.
SO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR POINT THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN, IS THAT AN ANNUAL REVIEW? SO, SO, UH, YES AND NO.
UM, THE, I MEAN, AT LEAST THE WAY THAT WE'VE CONCEPTUALIZED IT IS, UM, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL AND WE GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
AND AT THE AUTHORITY LEVEL, AND WE COME AND BRIEF ALL OF THE ELECTED BODIES, AND LET'S SAY OUR PROPOSED CONTRIBUTION IS $490,000 A YEAR.
UM, EVERY YEAR YOU WOULD FIRST WANT, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW, ARE YOU ALL PREPARED FOR US TO BUILD THAT INTO YOUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR
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FOR, LET'S SAY, 20 YEARS, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL COST OF A, OF A CAPITAL PROJECT BORROWING, BUT THEN YOU WOULD ALSO LEGALLY AND TECHNICALLY SPEAKING HAVE TO APPROVE IT IN EVERY OPERATING BUDGET.SO SORT OF BOTH YOU WOULD CON YOU WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR PARTNERS, THE SWAT, EVERYTHING WE DO REGIONALLY IS SO HARD, YOU KNOW, CAUSE JAMES CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG, YOU HAVE TO COUNT ON US TO LIVE UP TO OUR COMMITMENTS AS DO MANY OTHERS LIKE THE MUSEUMS AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW, ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR CONTRIBUTION EVERY YEAR.
SO IT REALLY WOULDN'T WORK AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, UNLESS THE BOARD SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
AND THEN ONCE YOU WOULD PUT IT IN YOUR BUDGET, LEGALLY SPEAKING, YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR, BUT YOUR MORAL COMMITMENT WOULD BE, WE'VE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
BUT IF 10 YEARS INTO A 20 YEAR COMMITMENT OR REALIZE THAT WE'RE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THIS ISN'T THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, HOW DO WE, WELL, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE WOULD DO? I MEAN, THE WORD OF THE COUNTY, OUR COMMITMENT HAS GOT TO BE GOLD.
I MEAN, IF, IF IN, UNDER THAT SCENARIO, MY SUCCESSOR WOULD TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT WORKED OUT WELL.
AND ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH OUR COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, WE QUIT, WE HAD THE SAME COMMITMENTS WITH THE YMCA, FOR THE YMCA.
WE BOUGHT THE, WE HAD THE LAB COMMITTED X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR X NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE COUNTY, THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSEUM, REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSEUM.
SO THE OTHER ONE THAT WE DID, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO THAT ANSWER THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE YOU GOING TO BE CAREFUL WITH THESE ANALYSIS BECAUSE THE YFCA IS IN YOUR COUNTY, IT IS IN YOUR COUNTY.
THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY AND OUR DISTRICT, OUR TWO DISTRICTS PARTICULAR, AND YOUR DISTRICT ALSO REALLY WANTED THAT.
AND SO, AND WE PRAY, ALL WE DO IS COMMIT A MILLION DOLLARS IN SIX ACRES.
UM, UH, ON THE CIVIL WAR, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MUSEUM, WRONG WAR.
UM, WE COMMITTED A MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? IT'S $57 MILLION PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH OTHER MEANS STATE ORGANIZATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, AND, AND WE GO UP THERE, PAY NOTHING, BASICALLY CITIZENS TO TOUR THOSE THINGS.
WE GET CUT RATE ON OUR, ON OUR, UH, MEMBERSHIP.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT'S JUST, I'M JUST THINKING BACK OF WHEN WE DID BUILT THE MAC AND THE, AND THE, THE, ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE EVOLVED OVER.
HOW MUCH OF THIS STUFF DO WE COMMITTED TO, UH, WE'LL GET, GET COMMITTED TO, AND, UH, IT'S JUST SUBMIT MR. MORGAN, IF I'M CORRECT IN SUMMARIZING THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO FURTHER PURSUE THIS, NOT FINANCIALLY COMMIT US TO ANYTHING AND TO PURSUE THIS DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE EVENTUALITY OF COMING BACK TO THE BOARD AND HAVING SOME HARD NUMBERS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BIG CONVERSATION, RIGHT? BUT THIS I BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT WAY AND MOVING THIS FORWARD, UH, AND GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND HAVE SOME HARD NUMBERS ABOUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST, WHAT KIND OF COMMITMENT WE'RE GOING TO PUT INTO IT AND WHAT KIND OF BENEFIT THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT RECEIVE.
SO IT'S, IT'S MY OPINION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN THE ROAD WITH THIS ITEM AND, UH, BE PREPARED, UH, IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE THIS TOUGH DECISION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE OUR 21 DASH 1 48 OR PLEASE MOTION HAS BEEN, EXCUSE ME.
I WAS, I WAS SLEEPING THERE, MAKING SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT ONE.
THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. SNOWBALL IS TO ADOPT PROPOSE RESOLUTION.
OUR 21 DASH 48, 1 48 ARE TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.
MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN.
[3 Deed Vacation - Makayla Drive, Carrington Meadows Subdivision, Phase II. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R21-132 to authorize the execution of a deed or deeds vacating easements, or portions of easements, allowing the construction and acceptance into the State System of Highways of Makayla Drive as part of the development of Carrington Meadows Subdivision. ]
TO THE DEED VACATION.CARRINGTON MEADOWS SUBDIVISION PHASE TWO.
AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR. BARNETT FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
UM, WELL I MANAGED TO CUT MY AGENDA ITEM OFF HERE, BUT, UH, HARRINGTON MEADOWS WAS DEVELOPED OR IT WAS PLANNED TO BE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS DEVELOPED AND THERE IS A, UM, A
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STUB ROAD IN THERE.AND IT'S THE, THE MAP OF WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR ITEMS AS A PLAT ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA MATERIAL.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO HERE, WHICH SHOWS THE EXTENSION OF THE ROAD NOW AT THE, AT THE TIME OF INITIAL DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT APPARENTLY, AS, AS EXPLAINED TO ME, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T KNOWN FOR CERTAIN THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PHASE TWO.
THEY STUBBED OFF, UM, A PARTICULAR STREET.
THE ONE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, WHICH IS A MCKAYLA DRIVE.
AND AS A RESULT, THERE WERE CERTAIN EASEMENTS WHICH WENT THROUGH WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE WHAT NOW WAS PLANNED TO BE THE EXTENDED RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, AND THE PLATTE SHOWS THREE OF THEM, A PORTION OF A COUNTY, A UTILITY EASEMENT, A PORTION OF AN EXISTING SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT, A PORTION OF AN EXISTING, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
AND THEY NEED TO BE VACATED IN ORDER FOR THIS ROAD TO BE EXTENDED AND RUN THROUGH INTERFACE TWO.
AND SO, BECAUSE THESE WERE DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY, WE'VE PUT THIS REPUBLIC HERE AND FOR THE VACATION, AS WE TYPICALLY DO WITH VACATIONS OF EASTLANDS.
SO THAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW, AND THIS IS SIMPLY SO THAT THIS STREET CAN BE EXTENDED INTO WHAT APPARENTLY NOW IS GOING TO BE PHASE TWO, ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. BARNETT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AND I RECOMMEND WE MOVE OUR 21, 1 32 BATTLE CLERK.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MR. RON MOTION MADE BY MR. ROWAN IS TO ADOPT PROPOSE RESOLUTION R 21 DASH 1 32 TO EXECUTE DEDE VACATING EASEMENTS, ALLOW ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND ACCEPTANCE INTO THE STATE SYSTEM, UH, MCKAYLA DRIVE AS PART OF CARRINGTON, MEADOWS SUBDIVISION.
MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. DOLE.
THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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GOING TO MOVE INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.NUMBER FOUR, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE COUNTRY LANE STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT, PAMELA PLACE ITEM SIX, PAMELA PLAY SANITARY SEWER ITEM SEVEN LARKIN RUN STREAM RESTORATION, PROJECT ITEM EIGHT, BYPASS ROAD, SEWER REHABILITATION, AND STREAM RESTORATION ITEM NINE, APPROPRIATIONS OF FUNDS FOR CHARLES BROWN PARK STREAM RESTORATION AND THE FIRING RANGE BERM PROJECT ITEM 10 TAX REFUND TO MEDICAL FACILITIES OF AMERICA.
ITEM NUMBER 11, THE BOARD POLICIES, PROVISIONS AND ADDITIONS ITEM 12, THE NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT ITEM 13 EMERGENCY HOME REPAIRS PROGRAM, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER WISHES TO HAVE POLLED OR WISHES TO HAVE MORE CLARIFICATION ON? ALRIGHT, WELL, I LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT THE LOGGING RUN THE STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT.
SO NOT TO DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE, ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS ON HERE, BUT THE LOCKER RUNS STREAM.
ONE IS ONE THAT I WALKED DOWN AND GOT MY BOOTS MONEY AND LOOKED AT SO, AND IS DEFINITELY A NEED AS A REHABILITATION OF ATTENTION.
SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT IT'S MADE THE AGENDA, MADE THE PROJECT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ADDRESS FOR THE RESIDENTS BACK THERE.
CAUSE THERE'S WAS A LOT OF EROSION AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S A FORMAL PROJECT NOW.
SO MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT THING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER AND YOU OH, NINE 11 YES.
UM, MR. ADMINISTRATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE, UH, COST INCREASES? UH, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WE APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE LAG TIME.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE REPORT.
A LOT OF PARKS AND REC PROGRAM TYPE OF FEE INCREASES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD I'LL MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. SHEPHERD MOUNTAIN PARK MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR. SHAPPER.
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US INTO CLOSED SESSIONS.AND ACCORDING TO THE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3, 7 11 80, 1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVED AT THE BORDER SUPERVISORS CONVENIENT, CLOSE ME TO CONSIDER A PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING, UH, LET'S SAY LEGAL MATTERS IN THE COURT DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE.
LEGAL MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE TO SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 8, 7 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CONVENIENTLY CLOSE ME TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTER
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REQUIRED THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY COUNSEL CLARK MOTIONS.