Randolph County BOE Feb 10 09 1 of 7

February 10 2009 was a busy day for the Randolph County BOE. Three members (Mock, Smith, McDonald) met at 1pm outside the board offices, after Supt Jenkins refused to allow them inside the meeting room (see agenda to be posted on youtube). That evening, Cook and Davis gathered with Superintendent Jenkins and interested citizens in the meeting room starting at 6:45, the usual time for public comments, preceeding the usual time for the board meeting at 7:05. The actual "meeting" starts midway through the sixth segment. The rest is prolonged citizen comments and discussions. Note that although the later gathering is frequently referred to as a meeting, and Cook stated that they did not need a quorum to meet, the gathering was not conducted as a meeting. It was never called to order, no agenda was ever approved, no votes were ever called or taken, and it was not adjourned. This appeared to be intended to give the impression that it was a valid public meeting, without violating the laws regarding open public meetings. However, at no point did Cook mention that this was not a real board meeting, and they otherwise went through the motions of presenting the financial report and superintendant's report. These seven videos document the gathering. Not included are comments by Congressman Sanford Bishop's liason James Crozier re possible federal funding, a student (for privacy reasons), and a citizen who asked if those gathering at the gym next door to play ball had to come to the meeting. To start, a citizen asks why the other three board members are not present.

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