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Approve agenda: The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda by a show of hands early in the session. The recorded outcome was a unanimous vote; no dissent or roll-call tally was provided in the public transcript.

Enter executive session: The board moved and seconded a motion to enter executive session to discuss (1) employment matters (hiring/separations/resignations), (2) legal advice regarding the superintendent's contract and goals, and (3) legal advice regarding policy BDH (board consultants). The motion carried on a show-of-hands vote; board chair confirmed a full vote to enter executive session.

Return to open session and personnel action: After the executive session, a trustee moved that the board accept the superintendent's recommendations for certified-staff contracts for the 2025-26 academic year. The motion was seconded. Trustee Erwin stated he supported certified teachers but could not support the motion because it included other positions amid financial uncertainty. The board then voted; the motion carried 5 to 2.

Adjournment: The board voted to adjourn at the meeting's end after the certified-staff motion. A motion to adjourn was made and seconded and carried.

Notes on attribution and records: The public transcript records motions and outcomes with speaker turns but does not include roll-call vote lists for the unanimous votes. The 5-to-2 tally given on the certified-staff contract motion was announced in open session by the chair.

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Why it matters: CALC provides workforce-aligned training, GED and high-school-equivalency pathways, and acts as a regional professional-development hub for adult education; its performance affects employment and postsecondary access for adult learners in Colleton County.

Horvath described CALC's role as a state- and federally-funded adult-education provider that also administers regional professional development for other programs. He summarized funding sources (state and federal funds, WIOA-related partner funding), workforce pathways (allied health, manufacturing, commercial driver's license training), and partnerships with the Technical College of the Lowcountry and Palmetto Training. Horvath said the center provides contextualized instruction, a computer lab and digital-literacy certification options.

Performance highlights Horvath cited: since 2003 CALC has served over 6,000 residents and, in the most recent grant cycle, served more than 1,100 people. He said recent outcomes include 46 high-school-equivalency (GED) completions and 4 South Carolina high-school diplomas over the last two years, plus credentials such as SC Ready-to-Work certificates. Horvath also noted a recent student who achieved a perfect 200 on the GED math test; the student's teacher, Joey Ritter, was credited in the presentation.

Horvath outlined career-pathway services including a student-services coordinator/college-career navigator and dual-enrollment and integrated training opportunities. He said CALC helps coordinate WIOA funding referrals through SC Works and Vocational Rehabilitation, and that some training seats (e.g., CNA, phlebotomy, CDL) are available in partnership with the technical college.

Board members commended CALC's work and asked about graduation and funding; Horvath confirmed the adult-ed graduation is scheduled at the Performing Arts Center on May 29 and reiterated that funding sources vary by student eligibility (Vocational Rehabilitation, DSS, WIOA, technical-college funds, etc.).

Ending: trustees thanked CALC staff and encouraged continued outreach; Horvath invited board members to visit the center and noted the program's role in workforce and community education.

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Why it matters: the program includes the district's mechanism for third-grade students who did not meet state reading expectations to pursue promotion via summer instruction and available good-cause exemptions under state law.

Program basics presented by Janice Hedden: the district will operate two summer campuses. Forest Hills Elementary will host pre-K (4K), second and third graders and migrant students; Colleton County Middle School will host gap students (grades 6\u00138) and content-recovery/twilight programs for middle- and high-school students. The school day is 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and the program runs for 16 days in June. Transportation and meals will be provided for most students; some twilight and middle-school recovery students will not receive transportation, Hedden said.

Attendance and behavior: attendance is a strict requirement because instruction time is limited. Hedden said a student may not miss more than two days; students who exceed that limit are dropped from the program and their seat may be reassigned. The district will drop students for significant behavior incidents; bus referrals can result in loss of bus privilege and removal from the program if parents cannot provide transportation.

Third-grade Read to Succeed: Hedden explained statutory context and implementation. She said South Carolina's Read to Succeed work began with Act 284 (2014) and was amended by Act 114 (Governor McMaster) to emphasize the science of reading and required elements (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension). Hedden described the district's use of a summer reading camp for third graders who scored \"does not meet\" on the state SC Ready assessment. She noted several good-cause exemptions that can allow promotion (limited English proficiency with less than two years of instruction in English; specified IEP conditions; successful summer reading-camp performance with an acceptable result on the district-administered summative assessment; two prior years of targeted intervention and prior retention). Hedden also said the state this year decided not to permit re-administration of the SC Ready test at the end of the camp; instead the state provided alternative assessment guidance.

Staffing and services: Forest Hills summer staff will include a director, reading coach, reading interventionist, teachers, assistants, a librarian, office clerk, PowerSchool clerk and a school nurse. The middle-school program and twilight/recovery programs will have their own staffing and a nurse on the middle-school site. Hedden said student applications open in April and close in May; staffing is kept minimal to control costs, and behavior expectations are strict to preserve limited instructional time.

Ending: Hedden invited questions from the board; trustees asked about field trips, library involvement and summer literacy programming for older students. Hedden said field trips will be provided for early grades at Forest Hills but not for twilight and middle/high recovery students due to funding limits; she also said the district previously offered more expansive programming when ESSER funds were available and indicated funding constraints limit summer expansion now.

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Why it matters: the board heard that many building-level recommendations for expulsion are ultimately referred back to schools by hearing officers, prompting questions from trustees about classroom impacts and whether policy or process changes are needed.

Glover walked the committee through elementary and secondary referral trends (2021-22 through 2024-25 as of April 1), top 10 infractions by year, and the district's expulsion tracking spreadsheet, which the presenter said the district is now maintaining on a more up-to-date basis. \"We created a different spreadsheet with a little bit more data... it makes it easier for us to just go in and... input that data,\" he said.

Board members pressed for detail on the expulsion data. One trustee observed that 80 expulsion packets had been submitted by the high school and said 32 were \"sent back,\" noting that the middle school had an even higher proportion returned. The trustee asked why so many packets were not resulting in alternative placements. Glover said the cases \"have their own uniqueness\" but explained that fighting generates an automatic recommendation for an expulsion packet; the hearing officer may review the case and decide that a suspension (for example) and return to school is appropriate rather than assignment to an alternative setting.

Trustees raised concerns about classroom impacts when students who have generated referrals remain in class. \"If we are just constantly sending problems back to the teacher and back to the classroom... if I was a teacher I'd be looking for a way out,\" one trustee said. Superintendent Williams and staff emphasized due process at hearings and that hearing officers consider each case's circumstances; Williams also said some students are placed at CAS (the district's alternative program) either face-to-face or virtually.

On process: Glover described how a referral is logged in the district's Simple Discipline system when a teacher submits it; administrators can later delete or adjust entries if deemed invalid. Board members asked for follow-up on the raw counts of teacher-entered referrals versus referrals later removed by administrators; Glover said he would check and provide that information.

Ending: the presentation prompted board discussion about whether policy or procedural changes are warranted to reduce classroom disruptions and to ensure teachers feel supported; staff agreed to provide additional detail about referral processing and expulsion outcomes for further review.

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The presentation outlined four performance areas in the plan\bdistrict priority (enrollment), school climate, student achievement and teacher/administrator quality. \"Strategic plans are developed every 5 years and they are updated annually as required by South Carolina state law,\" Williams said, and noted the district must send updates to the state department by April 30 for plans effective July 1.

Why it matters: the plan sets multi-year targets used for local planning and state reporting. Williams said the board will be asked to approve the update on April 22 so the district can meet the state submission deadline.

Key data Williams presented show the district has not met its enrollment targets. The plan set a goal to increase enrollment by 5% annually; the baseline in 2021 was 4,985 students and the 2023-24 target was 5,085. Williams reported current enrollment of 4,669 students and said the district is continuing work on the strategies listed in the plan.

On school-climate measures, Williams showed increases in teacher and parent survey satisfaction since the 2021 baseline: teacher satisfaction with the learning environment rose from 74.4% (2021) to 90.2% (2023-24); parent satisfaction with learning environment rose from 74.6% to 80.2%. Student-survey measures were lower: student satisfaction with the learning environment fell from 79.9% (2021) to 77.2% (2023-24), Williams said.

Student achievement figures in Williams' slides showed modest changes year to year: the percent of students meeting the achievement indicator cited on the district report card moved from 31.5% (2022-23) to 32.2% (2023-24) in the measures Williams displayed; mathematics moved from 14.4% to 17.7% across the same span. Williams said additional indicators and action steps are embedded in the full plan document.

On teacher and administrator quality, Williams noted the district's retention-rate goal was to increase from 81.8% to 95%. She reported a teacher-return rate of 85.5% in the plan's baseline year and 76.8% for 2023-24, and confirmed the retention figure includes educators who retired.

Board members asked clarifying questions about retention figures and the district's next steps. Williams thanked staff in curriculum and instruction for assembling the plan and reiterated the board would see the plan again at its April 22 meeting for approval.

Ending: Williams concluded the overview by saying this is the district's final annual update before a new five-year plan will be developed for 2026-27.

","Superintendent Williams briefed the Colleton County School Board committee on the district's strategic plan, reporting declines in enrollment and teacher-retention short of five-year goals while showing gains in some stakeholder-survey measures.","actionData","errors"]

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