Agenda - 10-17-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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10 1 Dr. Todd Wirt said last year in OCS, lacrosse was the sport with the most concussions. 2 He said OCS partnered with the UNC study over a year ago, and has helmets from them. He 3 said some of the helmets have probes in them to track data. 4 Commissioner Rich said this could be another follow up item. 5 Commissioner Burroughs said there was an argument a while back that some kids 6 attend school in order play football, and may stop attending if football is taken away. 7 Dr. Todd Wirt said OCS has not had a discussion about dissolving football. He said 8 there is much more training for high school football coaches now than years ago. 9 Dr. Pamela Baldwin said CHCCS has not had in depth discussions, except to the extent 10 of what is occurring naturally. She said she has spoken with coaches about the connection that 11 sports can create with students who may not otherwise be excited about school. 12 Commissioner McKee said there are a lot of kids for whom sports gives an extra push to 13 do better in school. 14 James Barrett recognized Commissioner Price and other school board members that 15 attended the Pre-K conference. 16 17 8. Closed Session 18 19 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner McKee 20 seconded by to go into closed session at 8:51 p.m. for the purpose below: 21 22 "Pursuant to G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(3) "to consult with an attorney retained by the Board in order 23 to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the Board." 24 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 26 27 RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION 28 29 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to go 30 into regular session at 10:10 p.m. 31 32 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 33 34 ADJOURNMENT 35 36 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to 37 adjourn the meeting at 10:10 p.m. 38 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 Penny Rich, Vice Chair 42 43 44 Donna Baker 45 Clerk to the Board 46 47 48 49