HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL CALLED SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. >> >> HI. I'M KAREN PEREZ, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MASSACHUSETTS THAT USE CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL THROUGH OUR WORK FORCE PROGRAM. >> HI. I'M JESSICA VAUGHN, THE SCHOOL BOARD VICE CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP IS MADE UP OF 24,000 IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE PEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU THE PUBLIC IN INVOLVE YOU THE PUBLIC IN WHAT WE DO. >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS ON SCHOOLS ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. >> >> MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLS WORE SCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. >> WE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. >> OUR VISION IS >> OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIVE AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. .(SOUNDING .(SOUNDING GAVEL). >>Karen Perez: THE SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING OF JULY 23, 2024 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE BE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Jessica Vaughn: PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. (MOMENT OF (MOMENT OF SILENCE). THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A MOTION BY YOU HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER -- >> SO THE SERVER WENT DOWN FOR THE VOTING SO WE NEED TO DO IT BY HAND. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL GET IT BACK. >> VAUGHN AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE BY RAISING YOUR RAISING YOUR HAND. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD ARE PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD. WE BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND TO SUCCEED. AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA, STATEMENTS AND OR QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKED TO YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW LEAD THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT FOR OUR SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THERE ARE SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THE MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCASTS ON CABLE TV AND ON MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES. >>Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER. BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, THE BOARD WILL ALLOW 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. LIMITED TO THE AGENDA ITEM ONLY. EACH SPEAKER WILL EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE. REMINDER THAT YOUR ONE MINUTE STARTS WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. THERE ARE 30 SECONDS -- WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECOND LEFT YOU WILL SEE A WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE FIVE SPEAKERS. FIRST SPEAKER, FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. I'M BRITTANY WAGMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND CERTIFIED CERTIFIED TEACHER. THE MANAGERS OF ACC AND OUR NEARLY 7,000 MEMBERS IS SUPPORTING EFFORTS THAT ENSURE EVERY CHILD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC EDUCATION, IS AN EMPOWERED COLLABORATION COMMUNITY AND TODAY I WANT COMMUNITY AND TODAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAND UNITED IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ZY TO SEEK LEGAL ACTION TO COMPEL THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PUT THE COMMISSIONERS TO PUT THE MILLAGE ON THE 2024 BALLOT. OUR ATTORNEY MR. MARK LEVINE OUR ATTORNEY MR. MARK LEVINE IN TALLAHASSEE, WE HAVE A LEGAL TEAM ON STANDBY AND COMMITTED TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS MESSAGE. ACTA WILL NOT BACK DOWN WHEN THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS IS AT STAKE. THIS LEGAL EFFORT IS NOT JUST ABOUT A VOTE, IT IS ABOUT UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY SERF DESERVE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANKS TO EACH OF THANKS TO EACH OF YOU -- >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS DERRICK FULLER. I'M COMING FROM TAMPA. THE DECISION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS LEFT A DARK CLOUD OVER THIS DISTRICT AND OUR AND OUR STUDENTS. THIS ISN'T OOH GOOD DAY INFORM STUDENTS WHO NEED LONG-TERM TEACHERS, BUS DRIVERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS AND EMPLOY THAT'S SERVE THE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST AND NEEDS. FRANKLY THEY DESERVE BETTER. THE DECISION TO PUT OUR STUDENTS ON THE BACK BURNER BY TAKING AWAY THE VERY THING THAT WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT HELP THE DISTRICT ATTRACT HIRE AND RETAIN TEACHERS AND STAFF HAS LEFT OUR STUDENTS' FUTURE IN DOUBT. THE ACTIONS BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SERVES NO ONE AND WILL KEEP HINDERING OUR STUDENTS' PROGRESS. WE HAVE MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE COUNTING ON THE DISTRICT TO TAKE THE ACTIONS ON THIS MATTER THE ACTIONS ON THIS MATTER SO WE CAN CONTINUE LIVING UP TO THE MOTTO OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. .ONE MOMENT, .ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS >> MY NAME IS LEZ, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, HERE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY COMMUNITY, AND AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE I HEARD TEACHERS AND STAFF ASKING FOR ONE THING, A LIVING WAGE. THE MILLAGE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS, AND JUDGING BY THE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM AND MOST OF YOU, HAVING THE COUNTY COMMISSION CHALLENGE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND IT'S NOT A SHOCK, NOT SURPRISING THEY HAVE SLASHED OR CUT THAT WORLD OF INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY. TODAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF STANDING HERE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THE WAY THEY HAVE SPLIT MY COMMUNITY. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE, THE SUPERINTENDENT GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE TOOL TO USE ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT IN THEIR HOME AND CONTINUE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN. SCHOOLS ARE PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LEARN HOW TO FACE THE WORLD AND MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE KEEPING THOSE BUILDINGS STANDING, TEACHERS WHO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN AND BUS DRIVERS HAVE THE TOOLS BUS DRIVERS HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO SO. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WOULD SPEAKERS 6 THROUGH 10 PLEASE LINE UP. NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. PETER HORSEMAN, THE CO-CHAIR OF THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LGBT+ DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE STUDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HAVE A TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM, AND ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS TO GET THEM TO AND FROM SCHOOL. WE ARE ALREADY TOO FAR BEHIND OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS IN TEACHER PAY TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND KEEP TEACHERS. ALL OUR ALL OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE THIS TAX IN PLACE. THIS IS A COULDN'TATION OF THE AGENDA THAT IS OCCURRING AGENDA THAT IS OCCURRING AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE EVERY ACTION OF THE MAJORITY OF OF THE MAJORITY OF LEGISLATORS IS LIMITING THE POWERS OF THE VOTERS THAT DISAGREE WITH THEIR AGENDA SO THEY HAVE ONLY A SLIM MAJORITY, THE ONE PERCENT THAT RUN THE RUN THE COUNTRY. WE IMPLORE YOU TO ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXPLORE LEGAL ACTION TO LET THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS DECIDE THIS ISSUE INSTEAD OF FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I'M HELEN LIONS, I'M HELEN LIONS, PTA LADY EXTRAORDINARY. I SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO SEEK RECOMMENDATION TO SEEK ALL LEGAL ACTION, APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM IS ON THE NOVEMBER REFERENDUM IS ON THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 BALLOT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM A BROAD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I I ATTENDED LIKE MAG, CARROLLWOOD, YOUNG, ADAMS AND CHAMBERLAIN, AND I REALLY ENJOYED MY WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID PAID APPROPRIATELY. SO THIS BOARD VOTED TO PUT THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT, AND THUS THIS BOARD SHOULD TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE VOTERS ARE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT THIS YEAR. THE MILLAGE IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT COMPETITIVE PAY FOR OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND EXPANDED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. HILLSBOROUGH STUDENTS DESERVE THE VERY BEST YOU CAN GIVE THEM, AND OUR DISTRICT NEEDS THIS MILLAGE TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS ARE IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS EVERY DAY, SO PLEASE EMPOWER -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: NEXT >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PATRICK WICKY, A TEACHER AT HILLSBOROUGH HYHIGH SCHOOL. LET ME BE BLUNT HERE. WE NEEDED IT YESTERDAY AND WE STILL NEED IT TODAY. EVERY DAY WE DELAY THIS MILLAGE STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING TO SCHOOL LATE. EVERY DAY WE DELAY STUDENTS ARE MISSING ON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. EVERY DAY WE DELAY, TEACHERS ARE FLEEING THIS DISTRICT. EVERY DAY WE DELAY, THE OPPONENTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GAIN FURTHER AND FURTHER GROUND. EVERY DAY WE DELAY OUR STUDENTS ARE WORSE OFF THAN THEY NEED TO BE. LET'S NOT MISTAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS, AN ATTACK OWN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND ANY ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A THREAT TO OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FUTURES, AND THEREFORE THIS COUNTY'S FUTURE. AND IF OUR STUDENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, THEN BY GOD, GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE SHIELD. I HAVE JUST THREE PARTING WORDS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF ALL TEACHERS, ALL PARENTS, SUPPORT STAFF, ALL ADMINISTRATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL STUDENTS. GO GO GET 'EM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DELMAR RODRIGUEZ HERE REPRESENTING THE BLACK AND FAMILIES FOR STRONG FAMILIES FOR STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO MY LAST POINTS FIRST. I ASK THAT YOU I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS IN ORDER TO BRING BACK THE THE REFERENDUM ONTO -- SO THAT I CAN VOTE FOR CAN VOTE FOR IT. I WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THE KIDS GET THE MONEY. YOU SHOULD GIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. NOW, WHO WILL SUFFER IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN? OUR STUDENTS. ARE YOU WILLING TO DO ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? ARE YOU WILLING TO NOT SUPPORT WHATEVER LEGAL ACTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN? IF YOU ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M READING THE COMMENTS OF TANYA RUBIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS TANYA RUBIN, A PARENT OF SCHOOL COUNTY GRADUATES AND STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IFIC A RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 32 YEARS AND LIVED IN BOTH CARROLLWOOD AND WESTCHASE AREAS. AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN FAMILIES LOOK FOR A PLACE TO LIVE A LOT OF IT IS BASED OWN RATINGS OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE MUST MAKE OUR SCHOOLS A PRIORITY. WE CANNOT LOOK AWAY AND PRETEND WE CONTINUE INCOGNITO ABOUT WAGES FOR TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND NOW FLORIDA RANKS 50th IN THE NATION FOR TEACHER PAY AND BENEFITS. WE NEED ALL OF YOU TO STEP UP AT THIS MOMENT AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO ENSURE THE MILLAGE BE PUT ON THE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CITIZENS TO DECIDE. WE MUST KEEP GOOD AND STABLE TEACHERS IN THIS AREA. WE NEED TO BRING THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND WELL TRAINED BUS DRIVERS, AND BE PROUD OF OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I GET SPEAKERS 11 THROUGH 16 TO LINE UP, PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM ANGIE SNOW AND I I AM ANGIE SNOW AND I AM AT LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I SAY THAT PROUDLY. I KNOW MANY OF YOU. I COME REALLY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF ISSUES. I COME TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE HEARD YOUR WORDS, HEARD YOUR WORDS, MANY OF US, AFTER THE MEETING, THE POWER AND THE STRENGTH THAT YOU GAVE TEACHERS AND TEACHERS AND OUR COMMUNITY WAS BEYOND WHAT WE COULD HAVE THOUGHT. YOU ARE YOU ARE VERY YOU ARE VERY TRUSTED AND INSURED AND INVESTED IN OUR AND INVESTED IN OUR DISTRICT. PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, WE KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T PASS. IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THEM TO PULL IT OFF AND PUT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR OUR KIDS AT RISK FOR THE OUR KIDS AT RISK FOR THE SAKE OF STATE POLITICS. OUR KIDS OUR KIDS DESERVE A CHANCE OF CHOICE AND IT'S NOT THERE. THANK YOU. >>Member: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M PATRICIA I'M PATRICIA LANZA AS A RESIDENT AND INFORMED EDUCATOR. I I TAUGHT ESL AND I TAUGHT ESL AND ESE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. LIKE YOU I WAS SHOCKED AT THE PARTISAN VOTE TO STRIKE DOWN THE SCHOOL FUNDING INITIATIVE FROM THE BAT IN NOVEMBER. IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOL FUNDING AT A CRITICAL MOMENT, THEY ALSO TOOK AWAY VOTERS RIGHTS TO CHOOSE. THIS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND DEMOCRACY. , IN THE MANY , IN THE MANY CONGRESS DECISIONS USUALLY FLY UNDER THE RADAR AND I AM SO GLAD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS AND DISCUSS AND TO GIVE SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES THE POWER THROUGH THE BOARD TO TAKE IT TO THE MAT AS WE LIKE TO SAY. UNFORTUNATELY THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS MAKING OUR DISTRICT UNABLE TO COMPETE AND ATTRACT NEW TEACHERS TO SCHOOL. WE ARE MORE THAN 500 INSTRUCTIONAL VACANCIES SHORT. THAT WILL BE HARD TO FULFILL FOR 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR. IT WILL GREATLY GET WORSE INTO 2026. THIS IS A CRISIS THAT THE COMMISSION IS TRYING TO PREVENT US FROM US FROM TAKING ACTION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> I'M >> I'M BETSY RADEM. BOTH OF MY KID WENT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I LIVED HERE 24 YEARS. I AM HERE TO TELL I AM HERE TO TELL YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE SUMMIT TO GET THE MILLAGE BACK ON THE BALLOT. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE STEALING OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS MILLAGE, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE -- WE ARE WE HAVE -- WE ARE MISSING 500 TEACHERS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE PERSON RIGHT BEFORE ME PAT ALONZO WAS RUNNING FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. THEY THINK THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE THE WAY TO GO. SO PLEASE VOTE FOR PAT. THANK THANK YOU. >>Member: NEXT SPEAKER, >>Member: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >>Jim Porter: JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO CAMPAIGN. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO CAMPAIGN ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. I ASK THE SPEAKERS TO RESPECT THAT. AND I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED AT THE VERY END. BUT PUBLIC IS NOT ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN ON SCHOOL PROPERTY SO PLEASE DO NOT USE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATE BENTLEY AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MY ENTIRE LIFE. I GRADUATED IN 2023 AS VALEDICTORIAN OF PLANT HIGH AND ATTENDING PRINCIPLE SON UNIVERSITY AND I AM HERE TO INCH YOU TO GIVE ALL OF OUR YOU TO GIVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES I HAD. I AM A PRODUCT OF GREAT TEACHERS AND GREAT ADMINISTRATORS, BUT I AM SEEING THEM LEAVE. THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS APT PLANT WE COULDN'T KEEP TEACHERS. IT WAS CONSTANT TURNOVER AND I AM HEARING MY FRIENDS AT ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP IN THEIR CLASSES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE NOT DUE TO THE FAULT OF ANY SPECIFIC TEACHER BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TEACHER FOR THE FULL YEAR. I URGE YOU, TAKE THE LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THIS REFERENDUM IS ON THE BALLOT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER. AND CAN AND CAN I GET AND CAN I GET SPEAKER 16 AND 17 THROUGH 21 TO LINE UP, PLEASE. >> MY >> MY NAME IS AARON >> MY NAME IS AARON CLINE, ANOTHER PTA LADY. I'M APPALLED AT THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AFTER THIS BOARD WENT THROUGH THE PROPER AND TRANSPARENT PROCESSES OF PUTTING TO VITT PUT THE REFUSE DONE TO THE VOTERS THIS FALL THE BOCC HAS OVERSTEPPED AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CONSPIRED TO DISENFRANCHISE THE VOTERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM ASKING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES TO PURSUE ALL LEGAL MEANS TO COMPEL THE BOCC TO PUT THE MILLAGE ON THE REFERENDUM. WE CANNOT ALLOW TO GO UNCHECKED NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUE AT HAND IS. IF WE THREAT SUPPLIED SURELY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DELAY AND REDUCE FUNDING AS WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THEM DO. ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE BOARD OF A BOARD THAT SERVES THE CAUSE OF PUBLIC STUDENTS AND DECISION MAKING POURR TO PLACE THE REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT. PLEASE DO PLEASE DO NOTE ABUSE GO UNCHECKED.  IF WE CANNOT AT LEAST VOTE FOR BETTER TEACHER PAY WE WILL SEE OUR PAY WE WILL SEE OUR TEACHERS LEAVE IN DROVES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS RENA EAKINS, ARISING SENIOR. I SHARED MY EXPERIENCE WITH HOW THE LACK OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AFFECTED ME. NOT HAVING A NOT HAVING A TEACHER FOR LED TO MANY STUDENTS FAILING THEIR MANY STUDENTS FAILING THEIR A PA CLASS. YOU HAVE MISSED HOURS DUE TO LACK OF BUS DRIVERS. THE LACK OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN HAS ROBBED STUDENTS OF MANY DIFFERENT COLLEGE STUDENTSnd OPPORTUNITIES AND PUT US BEHIND OUR PEERS IN COLLEGE PREPAREDNESS. I AM NOT UNIQUE. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE BY HUNDREDS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS. SOME MAY THINK IT THAT PUSHING THE MILLAGE THE MILLAGE TO 2026 WILL NOT HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON EDUCATION BUT IT WILL. I HAVE BEEN ENDURING THE EFFECTS OF NOT OF NOT HAVING A OF NOT HAVING A MILLAGE. WE CAN TUTN PUT AN END TO THIS FOR INCOMING SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN. I AM ASKING THE BOARD SCHOOL TO BOARD THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION SO THAT UPCOMING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS CAN GET THE EDUCATION AND RESOURCES THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> LAURA TUCKER, RETIRED SCHOOL DISTRICT SOCIAL WORKER, ODESSA. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO FIND A PATH FORWARD TO CORRECT AN ERROR MADE BY FOUR OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION. COMMISSIONERS USING AN AB SECURE UNTESTED LAW ARE DOING THAT. PRICES ARE HIGH HIGH FOR RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME SO IT'S THE ONLY ANSWER. A RIGHT TO CHOOSE, TO VOTE, TO LEARN, AND TO SPEAK ARE BEING ERODED DAILY BY THOSE IN POWER AND THOSE SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO HIDE IN THE HIDE IN THE SHADOWS. WE SEE WE SEE THE POWER, AND THE POWERFUL AND THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND THE INFLUENCE THEY HAVE OVER THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE HAVE LONG WE HAVE LONG MEMORIES. WE WILL TAKE NOTE OF THOSE WHO STAND ON THE SIDE OF GREED AND THOSE WHO STAND ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT. IN CLOSING, BE CAREFUL. THE ACTIONS OF THE THE ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION MAY BACKFIRE ON YOU. >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> RUS MILLER. I LIVE IN LUTZ. I WORK IN DATA I WORK IN DATA ANALYSIS. HG WELLS SAID CIVILIZATION IS A RACE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND DISASTER. UNIVERSAL EDUCATION WITH EVERY RISING STANDARDS WILL KEEP US AHEAD, WITH YOU DEFUNDING OUR SCHOOLS MAKES CERTAIN THAT OUR CIVILIZATION WILL FALL. OUR POPULATION NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AND TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND ON THE AND ON THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS MELTING THE HIGHS R ICE CAPS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COULD FIND ITSELF SUBMERGED AND ERASED. WE NEED THEM NOT TO DENY THAT THESE PROBLEMS EXIST BUT LEARN HOW TO SOLVE THEM, NOT TO STAY HOME OR WORK IN FAST FOOD, BUT TO RISE TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. WE MUST FUND THE SCHOOLS NOW OR WE WILL LOSE THIS RACE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES, BOARD MEMBERS. RICK WARNER, RICK WARNER, FORMER CHAIR OF YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I SENT EACH OF YOU TWO I SENT EACH OF YOU TWO DOCUMENTS THIS MORNING. THE FIRST IS A LETTER TO THE EDITOR WHICH I SUBMITTED TO THE TIMES THIS MORNING, WHICH I WILL READ PART OF IN A FEW SECONDS. THE SECOND IS A LONGER DISCUSSION OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS HISTORY WHICH I SUBMITTED TO THE TIMES AS AN OPINION COLUMN. SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY READ BOTH AND RESPONDED. I HOPE EACH OF YOU WILL DO SO. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. THE TWO LARGEST PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS SHOULD BE COLLABORATING ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FOR THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT BEING OF COURSE THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. THERE IS LITTLE TIME FOR A LAWSUIT TO BE FILED AND RULED ON. PERHAPS THE ONLY PERHAPS THE ONLY POTENTIALLY SUCCESSFUL COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND APPEAL TO THE FOUR THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI. MY NAME IS HOPE ALBERT AND I AM ARISING SENIOR AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS BOARD VOTED THE R TO FULT THE MILLAGE ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE NOW THAT OUR TEACHERS NEED TO BE PAID MORE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 500 TEACHER VACANCIES, 150 BUS DRIVER VACANCIES, AND NOW WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED. THE COUNTY COMMISSION WANTS TO PUSH THE MILL AVERAGE TAX TO 2026. I GRADUATE IN 2026. OUR STUDENTS NEED THIS MONEY NOW. THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS TAKING AWAY THE RIGHT OF VOTERS TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. THE VOTERS WILL VOTE FOR THIS IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WHAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID IS FRANKLY IS FRANKLY UNDEMOCRATIC. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, AND THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PLEASE SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO -- TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE A QUALITY RECEIVE A QUALITY EDUCATION. >>Member: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DARCY MY NAME IS DARCY QUINN, A STUDENT AT HILZ PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN CHARTER PROGRAMS IN WHICH THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO WANT TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE TEACHING THE TEACHING THE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ABLE TO REACH THE CAPABILITIES, BETTER THAN THE TRADITIONAL CLASSES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TEACHERS. I HAVE WATCHED STUDENTS IN THE TRADITIONAL CLASSES AT MY SCHOOLS NOT HAVE TEACHERS FOR A YEAR, AND EVEN IN MY YEAR, AND EVEN IN MY PROGRAMS, WHERE WE HAVE BETTER FUNDING AND EVERYTHING FOR OUR PROGRAMS, I WAS IN A CLASS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A TEACHER, WE HAD AN INTERN WHO HAD NOT YET GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER. WHY? BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T GET BECAUSE TEACHERS DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO PREPARE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I GET SPEAKERS 22 THROUGH 25 TO PLEASE LINE TO PLEASE LINE UP? >> >> I'M BEN BRAVER, AND I'M A TEACHER AND PRODUCT OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE SEE THAT THE STATE HAS ABANDONED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE UP THE SLACK. WE CAN SEE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY, THE TEACHERS AND EVEN THE STUDENTS ARE HERE SO THAT WE WANT THIS REFERENDUM, WE WANT TO VOTE ON IT. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS TAKE AWAY OUR VOICE, OUR RIGHT TO HAVE OUR WILL GOVERN THIS STATE, AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO TAKE UP -- SORRY. WE NEED TO TAKE THIS UP BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE MORE. OUR TEACHERS DESERVE MORE. IT IS IT IS UNAFFORDABLE TO WORK AS A TEACHER HERE. YOU CANNOT LIVE DOING ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE BALLOT SO THAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM CAN WORK AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM CAN WORK. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE SPEAKERS 22 THROUGH 25 PLEASE LINE 25 PLEASE LINE UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. AND YES TO EVERYTHING HE AND YES TO EVERYTHING HE SAID. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS YOLANDA TURNER. I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS. DURING THOSE 25 YEARS I HAVE WATCHED STUDENTS BLOSSOM UNDER THE GUIDANCE THE GUIDANCE OF PASSIONATE AND WELL SUPPORTED TEACHERS, AND IT IS TRULY IS TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE. EVERY CHILD DESERVES THAT CHANCE. AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN FIRSTHAND THE UNFORTUNATE IMPACT THAT UNFAIR COMPENSATION IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ON OUR STUDENTS. FAIR WAGES HELP KEEP GREAT TEACHERS IN THE PROFESSION REDUCING TURNOVER REDUCING TURNOVER CREATING A MUTUAL STABLE ENVIRONMENT. PAYING TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE BENEFITS EVERYONE. IT'S NOT JUST FAIR. IT'S SMART. I IMPLORE YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO AUTHORIZE ATTORNEYS TO SEEK ALL APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION TO ENSURE THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM IS ON THE NOVEMBER 5th, 2024 BALLOT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEACHER. I'M DISHEARTENED BY THE ACTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OVERRIDE THE WILL OF THIS BOARD. OUR STUDENTS NEED THIS NOW. LATE BUSES MEANS LESS TIME IN CLASS. LONG-TERM SUBS ARE TEACHING AP AND IV BLAS H CLASSES, OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS MEANS A LOWER QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AND MORE BEHAVIOR ISSUES. IN OUR IN OUR ESE STAFF IS STRETCHED WAY TOO THIN. I UNDERSTAND AND FEEL THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION, BUT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION IS DISINGENUOUS WITH OUR RATIONALE. IF THEY ARER ISIUSLY CONCERNED WITH ABOUT THE ECONOMIC STRAIN THEY WOULD NOT BE PUSHING THEIR CIT TWO YEARS CIT TWO YEARS EARLY. I URGE TO YOU NOR LEGAL ACTION BECAUSE THE DECISION TO INCREASE MILLAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE MADE BY THE VOTERS OF THIS COUNTY AND NOT BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR HANDS DEEP IN THE POCKETS OF DEVELOPERS. THANK THANK YOU. >>Member: THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL NOW BE HEARD. C-11.01. >> I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS 2:00 SO I AM GOING TO GO OVER THAT WITH YOU. WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO ALLOW ME TO SEEK ALL APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION TO ENSURE THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM IS ON THE NOVEMBER 5th BALLOT AS APPROVED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD ON APRIL 2nd. THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVICE OR OF ELECTIONS HAS INFORMED US THAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS DUE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 20th. SO OF COURSE SAID THAT I WANT TO GO OVER A TIMELINE REAL QUICK. AFTER THAT APRIL 2nd BOARD MEETING, ON APRIL 10th, I TRANSMITTED TO TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO OUR BOARD APPROVED RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO PLACE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ON THE NOVEMBER 35th BALLOT AND THAT WAGS APRIL 10th SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OUR RESOLUTION TO BE ON THAT NOVEMBER 5th BALLOT. RECEIVING OUR RESOLUTION THE COMMISSION ALLOWED TWO MONTHS WITH FOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS TO PASS BEFORE FINALLY PLACING OUR ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE JUNE FOR THE JUNE 20th, 2024 FOR THE JUNE 20th, 2024 BOCC MEETING. AT THE JUNE MEETING RATHER THAN CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION THE COMMISSION AGAIN DELAYED CONSIDERATION OF OUR RESOLUTION UNTIL THAT JULY 17th MEETING LAST WEEK. WEDNESDAY AFTER WAITING OVER THREE MONTHS AND DESPITE THE CLEAR DIRECTIVE OF THE RESOLUTION AND STATE LAW TO PLACE THIS ON THE NOVEMBER 5 BALLOT THE HILLSBOROUGH BALLOT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED 4-3 TO DELAY THE VOTE ON THE MILLAGE TO NOVEMBER OF 2026. FOR THIS REASON, I RECOMMEND THAT WE ASK A JUDGE TO ORDER THE COMMISSIONERS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR STATUTORY DUTY AND DIRECT IS THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TO PLACE THE MILLAGE ON THE NOVEMBER 5th BALLOT. I AM MAKING THIS REQUEST OF YOU TODAY TO ALLOW THE VOTERS AND CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS DECISION AT THE BALLOT BOX. I'M TAKING THIS ACTION I'M TAKING THIS ACTION AS A PRINCIPAL STANCE. AGAIN THIS IS A STANCE TO PROTECT THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR OWN STUDENTS. THAT'S 11.01. IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOME TO THAT, MR. PORTER. >>Jim Porter: BECAUSE THIS MY BE IN LITIGATION I WILL BE LIMITED TO COMMENTS I CAN MAKE ON THE RECORD. BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF LAW OF WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PLACE THIS MILLAGE ON THE BALLOT. THE STATUTE THAT MR. AYRES REFERENCED IS IMPORTANT. IT'S FLORIDA IT'S FLORIDA STATUTE 1,011.73 SUBSECTION 2 AND I AM GOING TO READ TO YOU THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE WORDS MATTER AND THE LANGUAGE IN THIS STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR. THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING, AND THIS IS THE CRITICAL LANGUAGE, BOARD MEMBERS, SHALL DIRECT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CALL AN ELECTION AT WHICH THE ELECTORS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPROVE AN AD VALOREM TAX MILLAGE AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ANOTHER FLORIDA STATUTE. THE COUNTY CONCEDES IT HAS TO SET AN ELECTION. THEY ADMITTED THAT ON THE BOARD. ABOUT THEY HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE THE DATE, AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN A DATE ALMOST TWO YEARS FROM I KNOW TWO YEARS FROM I KNOW IN 2026. IF WE FOLLOW THEIR LOGIC, THEY CO-KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE CO-KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND SET THE ELECTION OR THE REFERENDUM AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. WE ARE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY FOR MONEY OR FOR DAMAGES AND WE ARE NOT SUING THEM TO BE ANTAGONISTIC. WE ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO COMPEL THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO PERFORM THEIR STATUTORY DUTY AND PLACE THIS ON THE BALLOT SO THE VOTERS CAN DECIDE. IF YOU APPROVE THIS TODAY, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL BE FILING A WRIT OF MAN DAMIS, A LEGAL ACTION THAT COMPELS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO FULFILL THEIR STATURER TO DUTY. THAT'S THE REQUEST THAT WE ARE MAKING TODAY. AND WE WOULD AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND MOTION TO APPROVE. A MOTION ON A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THE MOTION TO BE CLEAR IS TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION AS YOU SEE ON YOUR AGENDA. >>Karen Perez: CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM ITEM C-1101? I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. DO WE HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? MEMBER MEMBER VAUGHN? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. TODAY I AM GOING TO TRY TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS WHO SPOKE SO WHO SPOKE SO PASSIONATELY, AND WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. TODAY, WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT OHIO DESPERATELY WE NEED THIS OR THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THE LOSS OF IN THIS MILLAGE WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE AS A SCHOOL BOARD HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS IN LENGTH, AND WE PASS THIS ONTO THE VOTERS TO MAKE THE DECISION. BUT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS, THOUGH, IS THE FACT THAT FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUPERCEDED THE AUTHORITY OF THIS DULY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND IN MY OPINION THE VERY FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY. TO SAY TO SAY THAT I AM SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY WOULD TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO BLOCK A REVENUE SOURCE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR COMMUNITY, AND MOST COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR CHILDREN SO DESPERATELY NEED IS AN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHY THE COUNTY COMMISSION DECIDED TO BLOCK THIS. IF IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT TWO TAXES ON THE BALLOT, WE HAD IT BALLOT, WE HAD IT IN 2018 WITH THE TRANSPORTATION TAX AS WELL AS THE AS THE CAPITAL HALF PENNY SALES TAX AND THEY BOTH PASSED BY THE VOTERS. I AM NOT SURE IF THEY THINK THAT THE INFLATION IS TOO HIGH AND THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS TAX. BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR DECISION TO MAKE. AGAIN, THAT SHOULD BE UP TO THE VOTERS, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTERS, THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM AND ELECTED US IN THIS COUNTY. IF THIS WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND THE COUNTY THE COUNTY COMMISSION WOULD BE LIVED. I WANT TO SAY THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER US. WE ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THEM, AND IN FACT THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES WHEN WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON ISSUES THAT THEY CAN HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER, OUR ROADWAYS BETTER, AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO AUTHORITY OVER OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY CONSISTENTLY PUSH IT BACK TO US. SO FOR THEM, WITH ZERO CONVERSATION WITH OUR BOARD, AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF WAITING, TO DECIDE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM THE VOTERS IS PLAYING POLITICS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM ALL SIDES OF THE COIN IS PEOPLE WANT POLITICS OUT POLITICS OUT OF EDUCATION. AND THE CHILDREN ARE NOT POLITICAL PAWNS. WE CANNOT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PUSH THIS BACK FOR TWO YEARS. TO SAY THAT ANOTHER GOVERNING BODY WOULD NOT WORK IN UNITY WITH US IS APPALLING TO ME. WE ARE ALL ELECTED AS MUNICIPALITIES TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S OUR OWN PERSONAL OPINION OF WHETHER SOMETHING SHOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. SO TODAY, SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES, SAY I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE BRAVERY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >>Karen Perez: WE ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS MEETING SO IF WE COULD STOP THE CLAPPING SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS MEETING. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >>Jessica Vaughn: I AM NOT SURE WHEN THE WORD DEMOCRACY BECAME A DIRTY WORD OR WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAME THE EDUCATION BECAME THE ENEMY. LET'S BE HONEST HERE. TAKING THIS CHOICE, WHICH IT IS, AWAY FROM OUR AWAY FROM OUR VOTERS, MEANS THAT IT'S OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE MOST AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT YOU ON THIS. I IMPLORE THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF EDUCATION AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR EDUCATORS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TEACHERS DESERVE A LIVABLE WAGE. WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR TEACHERS HERE IN OUR COUNTY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT WAS VERY WELL WAS VERY WELL SAID, MEMBER VAUGHN. I AM BAFFLED, IN ALL MY YEARS IN THE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NEVER HAPPENED TO A BOARD. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M I'M PISSED. BECAUSE WE CANNOT -- WE CANNOT LET PEOPLE DICTATE OUR BOARD WHAT'S BEST FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS SYSTEM. WE SAT ON THIS DAIS TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE, AND THESE NOT ONLY TEACHERS, THAT'S CUSTODIANS, BUS DRIVERS, ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. I DON'T WANT NOBODY DECIDING WHO TO VOTE FOR, OR I CAN'T VOTE. THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. WE LIVE IN A FREE WORLD. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE IF WE WANT TO. YOU CAN'T TELL US DON'T, WE ARE GOING TO WAIT TWO MORE YEARS. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TWO MORE YEARS?  THEN THEY DECIDE TO GO TWO MORE YEARS, LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN SAID. THIS IS CRITICAL HERE, PEOPLE. THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL. SUPERINTENDENT, I SUPPORT YOU 100%. AND I HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT LONGER THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. AND I SUPPORT YOU AND I SUPPORT YOU 100%. BECAUSE WE CANNOT LET -- WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOO. HELL, WE GOT AS MUCH POWER AS THEY HAVE. WE CAN'T LET SOMEBODY DECIDE ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH OUR TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I WAS A TEACHER BEFORE. MY WIFE WAS A TEACHER. MY SON WAS A TEACHER. AND WE HAD TO WORK LIKE AND WE HAD TO WORK LIKE HELL TO MAKE ENDS MEET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAD TO WORK THE SUMMER JOBS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO WORK. WE DIDN'T MONEY TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR KIDS. AND WE HAD TO WORK HARD. AND TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, EMPLOYEES, YOU NAME IT, YOU DESERVE TO HAVE A DESERVE TO HAVE A RAISE. WE JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON THE DAMN BALLOT. THAT'S ALL. WE JUST WANT IT TO BE ON THE BALLOT. AND 3% -- YOU TELL THEM, YOU WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE WE GIVE YOU SOME MONEY. WILL THEY ACCEPT THAT? I'M WILLING TO BET, NO THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T ACCEPT WON'T, THEY WON'T ACCEPT THAT. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU GOT ME 100%. I'M SORRY YOU ALL THAT I'M A LITTLE UPSET BECAUSE I DON'T TAKE THIS VERY WELL WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN OUR YARD TO TELL US WHAT TO TELL US WHAT TO DO. SO SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAVE MY VOTE AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY BECAUSE I AM USING A LOT OF PROFANITY AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I AM AN EDUCATOR. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. >>Member: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER MEMBER HAHN? >>Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION. I REALLY DO. ALL OF MY BOARD ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ALL OF YOU ARE, TOO, AND I RESPECT ARE, TOO, AND I RESPECT THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COST. I DON'T SEE IT ON THE COVER PAGE AND USUALLY THERE'S A COST IN REGARDS TO -- AND I KNOW YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE EXACT COST. USUALLY IT'S LIKE -- USUALLY GIVE US A CAP, LIKE GIVE US A CAP, LIKE THIS IS A BLANK CHECK RIGHT NOW. SO I AM KIND OF CURIOUS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU MENTIONED THE WRIT AND IT GOES TO A JUDGE, GOES TO A JUDGE, AND IS GOES TO A JUDGE, AND IS THAT WHERE IT STARTS, STOPS? >>Jim Porter: TYPICALLY, IT IS HARD TO PREDICT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS AND THE TIMING OF THIS. WE HAVE A HARD DEADLINE OF AUGUST 20th. WE ARE GOING TO ASK WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR AN EMERGENCY ORDER, AN EMERGENCY HEARING. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON THE JUDGE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS BEING VERY EXPENSIVE, IF IT DOES GO INTO A SITUATION WHERE MOST LITIGATION GOES ON FOR MONTHS AND SOMETIMES YEARS, AND THE LEGAL BILLS ADD UP. I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT THIS WILL BE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE. IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD, IF THERE'S AN APPEAL. I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CASE. BUT WE ARE ALWAYS BUT WE ARE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF LEGAL FEES. IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT. IT'S ONE THAT I DON'T IT'S ONE THAT I DON'T THINK WILL BE SEWING ABNORMAL LITIGATION. IT WILL BE QUICK. >>Stacy Hahn: I DO WISH THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST SOME KIND OF CEILING ON THIS AND THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE CEILING YOU COME BACK. SO THAT MAKES ME SO THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CAP ON THAT, AS THIS MOVES THAT, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT GOES ON FOR, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THERE SHOULD BE A CAP. THERE'S ALWAYS A CAP WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CONTRACTS. SO FROM SO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, OUR CONVERSATIONS, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, AND WITH MR. FARKAS AND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF, AND ON THIS DAIS, MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS FOR THE TIMING OF THIS. I SPOKE A A LOT ABOUT IT WHEN THE BOARD FIRST VOTED ON THIS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT'S EASIER WITH THE WITH THE CIT, I THOUGHT THE FOCUS SHOULD STAY ON THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S EASIER YEAR BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO KEEP MONEY YOU ALREADY GET THAN GET NEW MONEY. AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAX THEMSELVES TWICE. SO MY FEELING WAS WE ARE GOING TO GET ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW. AND IF THEY ARE GOING OUT TO THE KRIETE, I KNOW THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING YOU SOMETHING YOU ANTICIPATED -- CIT, BUT JUST IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, I DID ASK HIM TO FOCUS ON THE CIT AND HOLD THE REFERENDUM FOR NEXT REFERENDUM FOR NEXT TIME. I DO THINK THERE'S ALSO A BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH AN ISSUE WITH COMMUNICATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SO MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH ALL MEMBERS OF WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND TO ME THAT'S A PRIORITY, BECAUSE YOU DO GET TO SHARE YOUR RATIONALE, YOU DO GET TO SHARE YOUR PLAN, YOU DO GET TO HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. YOU MAY CHANGE MINDS, YOU MAY NOT. BUT YOU SHOULDN'T MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO THE FACT THAT SOME AND SO THE FACT THAT SOME COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, YOU. MET WITH THEM, IS CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY MOST RECENTLY. BECAUSE THAT BUILDS A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP. IT'S A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. AND I THINK THAT'S A MISSTEP. ANOTHER MISSING PIECE FOR ME IN THIS PLAN IS THAT WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO THE BOARD IT WAS, I WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND THE ISSUE WITH BUS DRIVERS, LACK OF BUS DRIVERS. AND I SAID THIS THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING AGAIN. MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS, AND EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING THIS IS A TEACHER REFERENDUM. TEACHERS ARE PART OF THE REFERENDUM, BUT YOU HAVE EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THIS DISTRICT GETTING A PIECE OF THIS BONUS, EACH MEMBERS IN OR OWN CABINET MAKING SIX FIGURES. AND I KNOW YOU SAID HILLSBOROUGH STRONG, WHAT A TEAM, BUT THE PROBLEM YOU CAME TO ME TO SOLVE WAS TEACHER RETENTION AND REUTAHMENT. AND FOR ME, MONEY IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEACHER WHEN AIRS, AND YES, SALARY WAS A PART OF THAT BUT ALSO TEACHER AUTONOMY, AND REALLY REALLY ADDRESSING THE BEHAVIOR ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING IN SCHOOLS WHERE TEACHERS REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEIR HANDS WERE TIED. EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS -- AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THIS HOE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH WORKFORCE STABILITY, WE ARE ALREADY USING USIG MONEY AND SPOT PAY AND THOSE TEACHERS ARE ALREADY GETTING IN THOSE SCHOOLS ANYWHERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5,000 ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5,000 TO $15,000 IN $15,000 IN BONUS $15,000 IN BONUS MONEY. AND SO THAT IS NOT AND SO THAT IS NOT THE SILVER BULLET. I DO AGAIN THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THAT MONEY A MONEY COULD SOLVE THE SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, SCHOOLS FACING ISSUES TO BE MORE FULLY STAFFED. SO MY ADVICE TO YOU IS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOCC, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, SOLELY FOCUS ON TEACHER NEEDS, EVEN PASCO COUNTY, THERE'S NO ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES BEING GIVEN BONUSES. IT'S ALL IT'S ALL ON IT'S ALL ON TEACHERS. WORK ON WORK ON PROVIDING PERMANENT PAY AND SOLVING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE -- >>Karen Perez: REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER. >>Stacy Hahn: I'LL GET >>Stacy Hahn: I'LL GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I AM >>Lynn Gray: I AM REMINDED A FEW WEEKS AGO I WENT TO GIBSONTON ELEMENTARY AND IT'S A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, AND ONE OF THE TEACHERS, I WON'T NAME HER NAME, SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS, I LOOKED AT HER, AND ACTUALLY VAN AYRES, SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU WERE THERE, TOO. SHE WORKS SHE WORKS 24/7 FOR THE SCHOOL. BUT HER EYES WERE SO TIRED, AND I SAID, WHY -- YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE SO DOWN. AND SHE'S USUALLY VERY OPTIMISTIC. SHE SAID, WELL, I'M SHE SAID, WELL, I'M WORKING THREE JOBS, TWO OTHER JOBS BESIDES WHAT I AM DOING NOW. AND I SAID, WELL, HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY RUN THIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND HAVE OTHER SCHOOL AND HAVE OTHER JOBS? AND SHE WENT INTO ABOUT NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVING THE ABILITY TO PAY HER RENT, AND IT'S A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW, TO KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF ARE IN THIS ARE IN THIS CRITICAL FINANCIAL CONDITION. AND I AM TURN ON MY SCHOOL BOARD HAT JUST RIGHT NOW. I'M WILLING TO SPEAK TODAY BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PLATFORMS. AS A AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AS ONE WHO HAS THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY, AS A SENIOR BOARD MEMBER OF EIGHT YEARS, AS ONE WHO REPRESENTS A COUNTYWIDE CONSTITUENCY OF ALMOST A MILLION ALMOST A MILLION VOTERS, 227,000 STUDENTS, 18,000 STUDENTS, 18,000 TEACHERS, 245 PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND ONE WHO HAS SPENT ONE WHO HAS SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE LIFE AS AN EDUCATOR AND KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT TEACHER PAY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE HIRING AND HIRING AND RETAINING OF EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, AND, EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, AND, YES, STAFF, BUS DRIVERS, STAFF, BUS DRIVERS, POINT OF SERVICE. REGARDING THE REGARDING THE BOYC, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE BOCC DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF ALLOWING VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO VOTE OR NOT FOR A MILLAGE INCREASE. YOU HEARD THE WORD DEMOCRATIC AND DEMOCRACY. THIS IS HOW WE ALL GOT ELECTED. WE ALL WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND WE ALL COULD SELECT YES OR NO OR VOTE FOR NO OR VOTE FOR WHOMEVER. AND SO IT IS TRUE WITH THE AND SO IT IS TRUE WITH THE BOCC. FURTHER, THE BOCC DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE ACTUAL SCHOOL BOARD VOTE. WE HAD THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY. WE VOTED 5-2 A FEW WEEKS AGO TO PLACE THIS MILLAGE INCREASE ONTO THE BALLOT NOVEMBER 2nd. AND LIKE THE AND LIKE THE BOCC, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO MEMBERS ARE ALSO ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND WE FOLLOW THE LEGAL PROCESS CONSISTENT WITH CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 1,011.73, AND IN 1,011.73, AND IN A CAPSULE, ATTORNEY PORTER, COULD YOU JUST REMIND US THAT WE FOLLOWED REMIND US THAT WE FOLLOWED THIS STATUTE IN A SENTENCE OR TWO TO REPEAT IT? >>Jim Porter: YOU ARE CORRECT, THAT'S A STATUTE THAT THE BOARD USED BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE THAT'S RIGHT TO SEEK THE MILLAGE AS A REFERENDUM AND AS I SAID EARLIER ON THE RECORD THAT OPERATIVE LANGUAGE FROM THAT STATUTE, THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL DIRECT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CALL AN ELECTION. THAT'S THE OPERATIVE THAT'S THE OPERATIVE LANGUAGE. >>Lynn Gray: SO WE DID FOAL THROUGH IN DUE DILIGENCE, AND OUR VOTERS WANT MORE, OUR VOTERS WANT MORE, AND THIS IS A SUMMATION OF PARENTAL CHOICE. WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS PARENTAL CHOICE IN MATTERS CHOICE IN MATTERS AFFECTING EDUCATION? PUTTING THE MINIMUMMAGE ON NOVEMBER 2nd GIVES JUST THAT ALONE PARENTAL CHOICE. LET OUR PARENTS DECIDE. LET OUR BUSINESS LEADERS DECIDE. LET OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS DECIDE. LET OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DECIDE. EACH OF THESE LARGE GROUPS CARE AND WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS OF ELECTION PROCESS OF CHOOSING QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION OR NOT. AND SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES, I WOULD RATHER WE DID AN WOULD RATHER WE DID AN OLIVE BRANCH AND ALL OF THOSE MANEUVERS TO PREVENT THIS ARBITRARY LEGAL PROCESS, BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN. AND FOR THAT REASON, I AND FOR THAT REASON, I AM GOING TO DO TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY, SUPPORT THE LEGAL ACTION, AND IT'S WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. IT'S GOING TO COST ALL OF US TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND IT TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND IT IS TOTALLY A TOTALLY A POLITICAL TOTALLY A POLITICAL SITUATION, YOU ARE A OUR KIDS AS MEMBER VAUGHN SAID, OUR KID ARE NOT POLITICAL PAWNS. AND WE ARE BEING TAUNTED CONTINUOUSLY ABOUT THIS POLITICAL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH VOTES, WE AREN'T GOING TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT FOR YOU TO DECIDE. OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR ME. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION, SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, AND I HOPE EVERY BOARD MEMBER GOES DEEP IN THEIR HEART AND REFLECT ON THE VALUE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO THE VALUE OF CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN, EVERY ONE OF US. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR WELL-BEING AND EDUCATIONAL WELL-BEING. >>Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN? >>Stacy Hahn: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MAKE A MOTION. I'M SORRY? YES, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >>Jim Porter: YOU CAN MAKE IT AND WE'LL DECIDE. >>Stacy Hahn: I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A CAP TO THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS HERE. I TALKED TO MR. PORTER ON WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED REASONABLE. SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE CAPPED AT $25,000. AND THAT WAY, IF IT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE EXPECT. BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST FAIR IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, THAT THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW MUCH THIS POTENTIALLY COULD COST. IT MAY COST LESS, BUT -- POST. >>Jim Porter: WE DON'T ANTICIPATE COST US ANTICIPATE COST US THAT MUCH AND I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT, IF THE BOARD AGREES, AND PASSES, WE WILL COME BACK TO WILL COME BACK TO YOU IF IT EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT AND LET YOU KNOW THE STATUS. SO IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. >>Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE NEVER PASSED ANYTHING THAT HAD PRETTY MUCH A BLANK CHECK. >>Jim Porter: IT WOULD BE UNUSUAL FOR THE BOARD TO INITIATE LITIGATION SO IT'S AN UNUSUAL SITUATION FOR THE BOARD. AGAIN THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION AND THE ACTION WE AND THE ACTION WE ARE AND THE ACTION WE ARE SEEKING. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. >> PROCEDURALLY WHERE WE ARE IS MR. WASHINGTON MADE THE MOTION. IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, THEN WE WOULD JUST ADD IT TO THE MOTION.  IF NOT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE HAVE TO VOTE ON HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. YOU DID SECOND IT? IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. SO YOUR MOTION IS TO ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SEEK ACTION. MEMBER HAHN PUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT F.THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO YOU. BEFORE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD, RIGHT. SO -- WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU NOW. MS. RENDON SECONDED THE MOTION. IF WE COULD CLEAR THE IF WE COULD CLEAR THE BOARD, AND THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE WHETHER TO PUT A CAP ON THE LEGAL FEES FOR THIS AT LEGAL FEES FOR THIS AT $25,000. THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ON THAT, MADAM CHAIR, YOU CAN DISPOSE OF THAT AND GET GET TO THE SAME MOTION. >>Karen Perez: MEN MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CAP? >>Jessica Vaughn: I DO. AND THANK YOU. WHILE I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR US TO JUST VOTE ON AN ITEM WITHOUT A SPENDING CAP ON IT MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS TIME. AND I AM WORRIED -- AND I AM GOING TO BE HONEST BECAUSE THAT'S OHIO I ROLL. I DON'T TRUST THE COUNTY COMMISSION AT THIS COMMISSION AT THIS POINT AND THEIR INTENTIONS NOT TO MAKE THIS MORE EXPENSIVE ORB FILE OTHER OTHER MOTIONS THAT WOULD DELAY THIS BASED ON THAT CAP AND THAT WOULD JUST RUN US OUT OF WOULD JUST RUN US OUT OF TIME. SO WHILE IN ALMOST ALL SITUATIONS I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE WANT TO BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING AS A BOARD, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS WOULD BE USED AS ANOTHER WAY TO DELAY THIS, AND AGAIN TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE TO GET THIS TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BEFORE, WHAT IS IT, AUGUST 20th THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.  FOR ANY REASON THE COUNTY COMMISSION SAW SOME WAY TO RUN THIS UP PAST WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING THAT COULD DELAY THIS ISSUE AND PUSH IT BACK TO 2026 WHETHER THAT'S OUR INTENT OR NOT. SO WHILE SO WHILE UNDER MOST, CAN I CIRCUMSTANCES I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, TODAY I AM NOT GOING TO. THANK THANK YOU. >>Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: WELL, IF I DID GO TO MR. PORTER AND HE SAID WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? AND I SAID, I DON'T AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, 200,000? AND HE SAID NO, IT WOULDN'T COST THAT MUCH. SO I AM TRYING TO GOOD SO I AM TRYING TO GOOD FAITH JUST TO WE ARE GOING OUT TO TAXPAYERS FOR MORE MONEY. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE TRANSPARENCY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU WANT ME TO RAISE MY REQUEST TO $100,000, IF THAT MAKES YOU MORE COMFORTABLE. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN RIDE THE FENCE AND SAY WE ARE FISCALLY SPOKEN BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A BLANK CHECK BECAUSE IT'S TIME. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THIS CONTRACT, EVEN IF YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH INCREASING THAT, I AM WITH INCREASING THAT, I AM HAPPY TO AMEND MY TO AMEND MY SPECIAL -- >>Jim Porter: REGARDLESS OF HOW THE BOARD VOTES ON THIS WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING FISCALLY SPOKEN FOR THIS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT I DESCRIBED. SO HOWEVER THE BOARD LANDS ON THIS, I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE ALL TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. THE OTHER THING I WILL NOTE IS THESE ARE THE RATES THAT ARE CHARGED, THE FEES ARE FAR BLOW MARKET RATE, GOVERNMENT RATE, WHICH NECESSARILY KEEP THIS LOWER THAN YOU WOULD FIND IN A PRIVATE SITUATION. SO WE WILL COMMIT TO WHATEVER THE BOARD THE BOARD WANTS, BUT IF IT DOESN'T PASS WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE ON RESPONSIBLE ON THIS. >>Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MR. VAUGHN. >>Van Ayres: IF WE WANT TO BE PAT $25,000 ON THAT I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT AT ALL. WE WILL STAY FAR BELOW THAT NUMBER. SO I AM FINE WITH THE $25 CAP. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE FEES GOING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT $25 THE THOUSAND DOLLAR. SOME ANSWER DIRECT I AM OKAY WITH 25,000 AS A CAP LISTED ON THERE AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THE LEGAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TO COME ANYWHERE EVEN CLOSE TO THE $25,000. >> SO I AM OPEN TO RAISING THE CAP. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FEEL ON THIS. YOU SAID YOU WERE OPEN TO RAISING THE CAP ON RAISING THE CAP ON THIS. >>Jim Porter: TO YOUR POINT, BUT TO CUT TO THE CHASE, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS AND APPEALS, THEN YOU CAN PROBABLY MAKE $50,000 AND I THINK THAT WOULD AGAIN -- I DON'T EXPECT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BUT I THINK THAT COULD COVER EVERYTHING. AGAIN, TO MS. RENDON'S POINT, IF IT DOES I WILL COME BACK TO IT DOES I WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD. >>Jessica Vaughn: I AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THINK. THANK THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: NO FURTHER COMMENT ON COMMENT ON THE FEES. >>Jim Porter: A CAP ON THIS WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD OF $50,000.  IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT VOTE YES. IF YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT VOTE VOTE NO. >>Member: SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. >>Jim Porter: THE MOTION IS TO SET A CAP ON THE LITIGATION WITHOUT COME BACK TO THE BOARD AT 50,000.  IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT CAP OF THAT CAP OF 50,000, VOTE YES. IF YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT VOTE VOTE NO. SO THE MOTION FAILED. BOARD MEMBERS, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE WILL BE EARLIER, WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON THIS AND KEEP YOU APPRAISED OF THE COST. BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. GOOD ONE. THIS IS THE MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO SEEK ALL LEGAL ACTION TO ENSURE THE MILLAGE IS ON THE BALLOT OF THE THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DISCUSSING NOW. >>Karen Perez: AND WE >>Karen Perez: AND WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE TO GO BACK TO THE QUEUE. YES, IN THE QUEUE. WHO WAS IN THE QUEUE? MEMBER RENDON WAS IN THE QUEUE AND SOMEBODY ELSE WAS IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING OUT OUT HERE. YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ARE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. I HAVE BEEN VERY HONEST I HAVE BEEN VERY HONEST ALONG THIS WAY EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS, ANY OF OUR SCHOOL STAFF, WE ARE NOT DOING OUR JOB DILIGENTLY. I HAVE DISAGREED IN THE WAY IN WHICH TO GET THERE AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. HOWEVER, WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PRIORITY AS A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM. 100% AGREE AND A HALF WE NEED TO PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE. I HAVE VOTED ON MANY THINGS WHERE I WHERE I DISAGREED WITH PAYING FOR CERTAIN THINGS WHERE I THINK THINGS NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE GO TOWARDS TEACHER SALARIES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BACK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BACK THAT AND I WILL CONTINUE -- BEFORE THIS MEETING I MET WITH THE CFO GWEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE IT IS 100% THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OUR TEACHER SALARIES AND OUR STAFF SALARIES 100%. BUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS, DOES THE COUNTY COMMISSION THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAVE THE RIGHT TO RIGHT TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT AT THE TIME IN WHICH THEY SEE FIT? AND THAT IS THE QUESTION BEFORE US, NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH TEACHERS OR SUPPORT STAFF OR WE BARK OUR PARENTS OR WE BACK OUR STUDENTS. I 100% AGREE THAT WE BACK ALL OF THE ABOVE. HOWEVER, THE DECISION THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS, DID THE COMMISSION HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PUT A DATE PUT A DATE ON WHEN THEY HEARD AND WHEN THE VOTERS GET TO DECIDE ON THE BALLOT? IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT PUT IT ON A BALLOT. IT WAS AGAIN WHEN. SO WAY DID IN MY DUE DILIGENCE IN PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING WAS I LOOKED AT THE STATUTE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY STATUTE DICK TAYED WHICH WAY WE GO. IT'S NOT MY OPINION. IT'S NOT ABOUT MY FEELINGS. STATUTE DICTATED, DID THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR NOT, AND IF THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY, DO I ALLOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT ALLOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO SPEND MONEY WITHOUT HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO? AND SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATUTES, THERE ARE THREE STATUTES, WELL TWO THAT I LOOKED AT, AND AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT, AND LETTER IN WHICH THEY ADDRESS A SIMILAR SITUATION IN HERNANDO COUNTY. THE TWO STATUTES IN WHICH I LOOKED AT WERE FLORIDA LOOKED AT WERE FLORIDA STATUTE 1,011.73, FLORIDA 1,011.73, FLORIDA STATUTE 2.055 SECTION  , AND AGAIN, IN SECTION  , AND AGAIN, IN FLORIDA STATUTE 1,011.73, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PURSUANT OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPT AT A REGULAR MEETING, SHALL DIRECT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CALL AN ELECTION AT WHICH THE ELECTION WITHIN THE SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY APPEAR TAX MILLAGE AS AUTHORIZED MILLAGE AS AUTHORIZED UNDER 1,011.71. SUCH ELECTION MUST SUCH ELECTION MUST BE HELD AT ANY TIME, EXCEPT WITH NOT MORE THAN ONE EACH ELECTION SHALL BE DURING THE COURSE DURING THE COURSE OF 12-MONTH PERIOD. SO AGAIN, ALTHOUGH SO AGAIN, ALTHOUGH IT DIRECTS SO AGAIN, ALTHOUGH IT DIRECTS US TO COMPEL THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS AT SPECIFICALLY SAYS AT ANY TIME. IN HERNANDO SCHOOL BOARD IN WHICH THEY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY COMMISSION IN A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALTHOUGH THEY WERE GOING ALTHOUGH THEY WERE GOING AFTER A HALF PENNY SALES TAX OR LEVY, IT DID IN THE WRITTEN COMMENTS BASED UPON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DID IT ADDRESS AND WHERE THE AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN TO AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD. SCHOOL BOARD IS COMPELLED TO GET THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. SO IN SO IN DOING SO IN DOING THAT, THEY SPECIFICALLY MADE REFERENCE TO BOTH STATUTES IN WHICH I MADE REFERENCE TO AS WELL. IN THE IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CASE IT MADE IT MADE REFERENCE AGAIN IT MADE REFERENCE AGAIN TO 1,011.73 AND OTHER STATUTES. BUT IT SAID, AND IT GAVE COMPARISON, IN THE ADVISORY OPINION TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CONSIDERED WHETHER THE GOVERNOR WHO WHO HAD -- >>Karen Perez: PLEASE. >>Patti Rendon: ALSO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO FIX THE DATE OF THE ELECTION. THE COURT RESPONDED BY THE COURT RESPONDED BY STATING INASMUCH AS THE STATUTE MADE IT THE GOVERNOR'S CLEAR MANDATE DUTY TO CALL PRIMARY ELECTION IT ALSO IMPOSED UPON HIM THE ALSO IMPOSED UPON HIM THE DUTY TO FIX IN HIS CALL THE DATE OF SUCH A PRIMARY SUCH A PRIMARY ELECTION. FLORIDA COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THAT THOSE OFFICERS -- OFFICIAL STATUTES THAT CLEARLY AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CALL A REFUSE REIGN GUM OR A DISTRICT -- OR DIRECT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CALL -- I WILL GET BACK IN THE BACK IN THE QUEUE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: FROM PORTER, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING LAW? >>Jim Porter: OVER 34 YEARS. >> I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY OTHER ATTORNEYS WHO ARE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THAT WAS INTERPRETED VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SALES TAXES AND DIFFERENT LAWS, AND I TRUST YOU AS MY ATTORNEY OF 34 YEARS AND THE ONLY ATTORNEY SITTING UP HERE ON THIS BOARD TO PLEASE INTERPRET THAT BEFORE I INTERPRET THAT BEFORE I SPEAK. >>Jim Porter: OKAY. THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SO MS. SO MS. RENDON'S COMMENTS REALLY REFLECT THE COUNTY POSITION. THAT'S WHAT SAID AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THAT'S THEIR POSITION AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE AT ODDS BECAUSE WE DISAGREE WITH THEIR LEGAL INTERPRETATION. ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAW THAT, THEY ARE PER SPACIVE, THEY ARE NOT BINDING. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE POINT THE REFERENCES THAT MS. RENDON MADE WERE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATUTES. THE STATUTE IN QUESTION HERE IS FLORIDA STATUTE, WHICH THEY SHE DID DID REFERENCE, DID REFERENCE, 1,011.73-2. SALES TAX AND PLOT TAXES ARE ATHLETED DIFFERENTLY UNDER THE LAW. THE LANGUAGE IN THE STATUTE IS DIFFERENT. THE ONLY REAL LOSS, THE ONLY CASE THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THE STATUTE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WAS A CASE IN INDIAN RIVERS COUNTY, AND THE COURT -- AND I AM GOING TO READ IT. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN LITIGATION. BUT THIS IS INDIAN RIVERS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VERSUS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, A 2020 CASE, THE COURT FOUND COURT FOUND UNDER 1073-2 WHICH IS THE STATUTE THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY, ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR A CERTAIN DATE THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE NO DISCRETION TO THE DIFFERENT DATE BUT MUST DIFFERENT DATE BUT MUST PERFORM THE MINISTERIAL ACT OF CALLING AN ELECTION AS DIRECTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD INCLUDING THE DATE REQUESTED. THAT'S IS THE ONLY CASE ON POINT ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS STATUTE. THAT'S INDIAN RIVERS, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT IN THIS COUNTY, IT'S IN A DIFFERENT JUDICIAL DISTRICT. BUT THAT'S A BUT THAT'S A VERY POTENT CASE FOR US THAT UNDERSCORES WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE DECIDED BY A TO BE DECIDED BY A JUDGE. SO I RESPECT MS. RENDON'S OPINION, I RESPECT THE OPINION OF THE COUNTY. WE JUST THINK THEY ARE WRONG ON THIS AND WE ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE OUR READING OF THE STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS NO DISCRETION TO SET THE DATE. THEY NEED TO DO THEY NEED TO DO IT. SO THAT'S SO THAT'S SORT -- >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND I SITE AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND NOT THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THAT'S WHERE I SIT AS A BOARD MEMBER. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, REFLECT A TIME WHEN I TAUGHT SOCIAL STUDIES FOR TEN YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND I REFLECT ON THE TIME THAT EVERY YEAR IN THE SUMMER STUDENTS WOULD COME UP TO MY MY HUSBAND AND I AND SAY IS SHE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE IS. BECAUSE WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO TEACH SKILLS AND HERE TO TEACH STUDENTS DEMOCRACY. AND I THINK TO MY IF I WAS COMING TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST, IN A SCHOOL WITH VERY FEW TEACHERS THERE, WHAT WOULD I TEACH MY STUDENTS? I WOULD TEACH THEM I WOULD TEACH THEM ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS, I WOULD TEACH THEM ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES, AND I WOULD TEACH THEM ABOUT TEACH THEM ABOUT DEMOCRACY. THE IDEA THAT THE IDEA THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION OVERSTEPPED AND TOOK THE DECISION AND TOOK THE DECISION OUT OF THE HANDS OF MY HANDS OF MY FAMILY, OF MY ADULT CHILDREN, AND ABOUT EVERY CITIZEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS DEPLORABLE. STATUTE 101.73 SAYS THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD DIRECT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION. THE COUNTY COMMISSION'S ONLY JOB IS TO OFFICIALLY IS TO OFFICIALLY TRANSMIT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. THAT MEANS THEY COULD EXTEND THIS FOR 100 THIS FOR 100 YEARS, OR FIVE YEARS, OR THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCHOOL BOARD HERE. THIS IS A FIGHT ON DEMOCRACY. DO DO NOT BE FOOLED. NOW FOR YOU FELLOW NOW FOR YOU FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WHO WILL SAY THINGS FOR US TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU REALLY DON'T SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, THAT YOU REALLY DON'T SUPPORT OUR BUS DRIVERS, FIRST OF OF ALL, WITH THE ATTORNEY FEES, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE LOW, AND WE KNOW THAT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ACT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SO EXPENSIVE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BACK OF TAXPAYERS. NUMBER NUMBER TWO, YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ENOUGH FUNDING BASED ON OUR BUDGET. WELL, IF WE JUST GAVE A WELL, IF WE JUST GAVE A 4% INCREASE THAT IS THE RIGHT OF PAY, OKAY, JUST A 4% INCREASE FOR THE LIVING INCREASE, THAT WOULD BE $56 WOULD BE $56 MILLION. IF TWO OF THESE BOARD MEMBERS CAN FIND 50 ITEMS THAT ARE $56 MILLION. SO I TAKE OFFENSE WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S MONEY, WE ARE RANKED 50th IN THE NATION AND OUR TEACHERS ARE PAID TEACHERS ARE PAID 47th. FINALLY, FOR YOU WHO SAY I AM DEFENDING BLACK AND DEFENDING BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS, THEY CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR TEACHERS. WELL WELL GUESS WHAT, IN NONTITLE 1 SCHOOLS WE SCHOOLS WE HAVE 286 VACANCIES. IN TITLE 1 SCHOOLS WE HAVE 865 VACANCIES. AND THAT'S AS OF TODAY. SO DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT STUDENTS, BUS DRIVERS, MARCH RAH PROFESSIONALS, WHEN WHERE ARE THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST ABSENCES? DOESN'T ASK ME WHY THERE'S HIGH REFERRALS, WHERE THERE'S HIGH SUSPENSION RATES, WHERE KIDS ARE WORKING WELL BELOW LEVEL WHEN YOU SIT HERE. AND AND LASTLY, AS APPARENTLY SAID, IN JUST DISNEY WHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY. YOU SIT HERE, PAY TEACHER SALARIES WITH OUR TAX SALARIES WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS, AND YOUR JOB IS SUPPOSED TO BE TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS. MAKE SURE A CHILD HAS A BUS DRIVER TO SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PARAPROFESSIONAL, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A TEACHER, AND YOU SIT HERE AND AND YOU SIT HERE AND POLITICIZE OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND GIVING OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VOTERS A VOTERS A CHANCE TO VOTERS A CHANCE TO VOTE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SUPTERINTENDENT SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Van Ayres: JUST SOME COMMENTS. I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX WAS PASSED IN 1996 AND EXPIRED IN 2026. THERE WAS CONVERSATION, AS SOON AS I TOOK OVER SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX, WHICH WEE I WORK WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX AND THE DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION AROUND TAKING US FROM 25% OF THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX OFF THE TOP TO ZERO. I HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH EVERY COUNTY COMMISSION EXCEPT ONE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO MEET WITH ME SO SIX OF SEVEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME TO GET OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX TO GET IN THE SOME TYPE OF WAY. WE CAN GO WAC AND WATCH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS AND IT STARTED OUT THEY WERE GOING TO CAN YOU TELL US ALL OUT TOGETHER. I WORKED WITH IT THE COMMISSIONERS TO GET THAT NUMBER UP TO A NUMBER THAT'S UP TO A NUMBER THAT'S SOMETHING, I I GUESS, 157 MILLION OVER 15 YEARS. I DID WANT TO MAKE CLEAR I DID WORK WITH COUNTY COMMISSION, I HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP, I WORK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME ASDY IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WITH THIS. IN REFERENCE TO THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM, WE DON'T NEED THEIR PERMISSION. IN THE STATUTE IT IS SHALL DIRECT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE STUDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD I.DID THE RECORD I.DID EXTENSIVELY MEET WITH OUR COMMITTEE ECONOMICSERS. A R AND A R AND LISTEN, I HAVE A GREAT DENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, BONNIE WISE. WE WORK TOGETHER ALL THE WE WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. WE WORK WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHEN IT COMES TO IMPACT FEES TO IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS. WE USED TO HAVE $200 IMPACT FEES AND IT WENT UP TO 4,000.  IN 2020 WE FINALLY GOT THAT NUMBER TO 8,000 IN WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSION SO WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX. WE HAD TO WORK TO GET THE 5% THAT WE HAVE NOW. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I HAD EXTENSIVE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN NEBRASKA AND MARCH, OF THE SIX OF AND MARCH, OF THE SIX OF THE SEVEN. ONE DIDN'T WANT TO MEET REQUEST ME. I MET WITH SIX OF THE SEVEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME. SO I JUST SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING CLARITY TO THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME AS SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, ACROSS THIS ENTIRE ENTIRE CITY, AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT'S THERE, AND WITH THIS MILLAGE REFERENDUM, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, IT IS A BOARD DECISION, IT IS NOT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RIGHT TO SUPERSEDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. WE MADE A VOTE ON APRIL 2nd. I SENT THE TRANSMISSION ON APRIL 10th TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT FOR THEM TO VOTE ON IT, AND WE WAITED UNTIL JULY 17th. I WORK WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHEN I NEED TO. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM I.DIDN'T FEEL, I DON'T NEED THEIR PERMISSION FOR THE MILLAGE REFERENDUM AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE DIFFERENCES WHERE WE SEE DIFFERENCES AROUND THIS. I DON'T NEED THEIR PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WITH THIS MILLAGE REFERENDUM. THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR STATUTORY REQUIRED DUTY AND PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT. THAT'S IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, SUPTERINTENDENT AYRES. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR FROM MY SERVICE THAT I AM ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT COLLABORATION GOES BOTH WAYS. AND IT'S BEEN CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING WITH COUNTY COMMISSION, WHEN THEY XIED, ONE TO EMBRY THEIR TAX FORWARD TWO YEARS EARLY, ONE, YEARS EARLY, ONE, TO CAN YOU TELL US OUT OF THE TAX ALL THE WAY LIKE YOU SAID THEY WERE PUSHING FROM ZERO, BUT FROM 25% TO 5%, AND THEN AS THEY PUSHED FORWARD TWO YEARS TO TRY TO DETOUR OURS AND PUSH OURS BACK TWO YEARS, TO ME THAT SHOWS THE NATURE OF COLLABORATION IS ONLY GOING ONE WAY. AND I AM ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT ONE OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN RESPONSE TO THIS, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER WAHSTOL WENT AN WENT AN TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY CONFUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS OR CONFUSE VOUCHERS OR CONFUSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS NOW, SCHOOLS NOW, AND AGAIN, ATTACK OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY GOOD SOCIETY OF ANY COMMUNITY, AND THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THE BIGGEST EQUALIZER. SUCH A BLATANT ATTACK ON PUCK EDUCATION WITH THIS DOES NOT TO ME SHOW THAT THERE'S A COLLABORATIVE NATURE FROM THE BOARD. SO AGAIN I APPRECIATE THIS. TO ME, WE CAN TALK ALL DAY ABOUT THE MERITS OF THIS THE MERITS OF THIS MILLAGE, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMETHING VOTERS SHOULD VOTE FOR. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW IS THIS BOARD'S AUTONOMY TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WERE SINGLE ONE OF US WERE ELECTED BY OUR CONSTITUENCY TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE DONE OUR DUTY. AND WHILE I DON'T DISAGREE THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME TECHNICALITY IT THAT THE IT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION FIND TO USE THEIR AUTHORITY TO DENY THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND TAKING THE RIGHT AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, TO MAKE THIS DECISION, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY, IT'S WHETHER THEY ARE ABUSING THE AUTHORITY. AND TO ME THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS ABOUT. SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR BEING BRAVE ON THIS. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND YOU HAVE MY FULL AND YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. >>Member: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. SO I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY BUT YES, I DID CONSULT OTHER ATTORNEYS SO I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT I JUST READ STATUTE AND BRIEFED THINGS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT I AM GOING TO READ, IT SAYS AT THE END OF READ, IT SAYS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLACING A RESOLUTION ON THE BALLOT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND CANNOT BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER THE STATUTE IS SILENT REGARDING WHICH ELECTION MUST INCLUDE THE INCLUDE THE REFERENDUM, BUT RATHER IT IMPOSES ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS A GOVERNING BODY OF GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY, DUAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PLACING THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT. AND SO AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO THE FACT THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WADE IN ON THE FACT THAT IT IDENTIFIED THE COUNTY COMMISSION AS THE GOVERNING BODY AND GAVE THEM THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND GAVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DATE. EVEN THE STATUTE IN WHICH WE ARE REFERRING TO, IT SAYS THROUGH SUCH ELECTION MAY SUCH ELECTION MAY BE HELD AT ANY TIME. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT AN OPINION ON WHETHER I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH TEACHER PAY. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT WE ARE GOING OFF THE FACT THE DECISION IS, DO WE SEND THIS TO COURT BASED UPON DID TO COURT BASED UPON DID THE COUNTY COMMISSION -- WERE THEY WRONG? AND SO NOT ONLY DID I QUOTE STATUTE BUT I QUOTED AN OPINION OF THE STATUTE. AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE BODY TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE THE MILLAGE TO SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION. IF THEY HAD NO AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT THEY DID, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE, WE WOULD SEND IT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OURSELVES. BUT THE COURT AND THE STATUTE GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT THAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY AUTHORITY OF WHEN. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. SO THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: ANY FURTHER COMMENT? OKAY. SO SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT AND IT PASSES 4 AND IT PASSES 4 TO 3. AND THIS MEETING IS AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. --------- PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN -- BY MEMBER GRAY. AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEINGSON, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, JULY 9, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. AND A MEMBER BY MEMBER COMBS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN, TO SUCCEED, AND OUR DECISION WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE THE WAY FOR TO PAVE THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND/,/OR QUESTIONS. BOARD MINUTES WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR THEIR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTER THAT, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL LEG TROPIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED CLOSED CAPTIONING WITH LIVE BROADCAST, CABLE TV AND VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, 5:01 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING AND 6 P.M., EMPLOYEE INPUT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. AND WE WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE; HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR A STAFF MEMBER. BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. THE CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE REMINDER THAT THREE MINUTES STARTS WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 30 SECONDS LEFT, A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST NINE SPEAKERS. PLEASE START PLEASE START LINING UP. THE FIRST THE FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> MARK >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. WELL, 30-PLUS YEARS, AND YOU SAY YOU YOU TAKE YOU TAKE TO HEART WHAT IS SAID. THAT IS A BIG FAT LIE. OH, BOY, BIG FAT LIE. HERE IS THE HEADLINE, HERE IS THE HEADLINE, TROUBLING NEWS FROM THE NEWS FROM THE DOOMSDAY NEWS FROM THE DOOMSDAY GLACIER. THE BIG MELT IS UNDER WAY. YEAH, WE CAN GET TEN FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE LEVEL RISE AND AFTER BERYL, HEADLINE SAYS "HURRICANE SEASON LOOKS LOOKS OMINOUS." AND YOU HAVE THESE GRAPHS. YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW WHAT THESE GRAPHS MEAN? AND ALTERED AND ALTERED LANDSCAPE. CLIMATE CHANGE, RESHAPING ICONIC U.S. U.S. DESTINATIONS. SO THOSE SO THOSE -- PROJECT 2025 SO THOSE -- PROJECT 2025 COMING FROM THE FROM THE REPUBLIC-CONS. AND SOMETHING THAT WILL COME WITH THAT IS WITH THAT IS LIMITING THE WITH THAT IS LIMITING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND HE LOWEST OF LOW LOWEST OF LOW IN SOCIETY WILL BE HIT THE HIT THE HARDEST. YEAH. TAKE AWAY THEIR TAKE AWAY THEIR -- THEIR TAKE AWAY THEIR -- THEIR NUTRITION BENEFITS NUTRITION BENEFITS. SO EVERYONE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT. IF THEY VOTE IF THEY VOTE IF THEY VOTE REPUBLIC-CON. IT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BAD. VERY BAD. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS JUST WON'T BE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANYMORE. YES, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE PROJECT 2025 IS TO PROJECT 2025 IS TO MAYBE GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. YEAH. AND THE AND THE POOR AND THE POOR FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. SAD. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD >> GOOD AFTERNOON, KIM HENRIQUEZ. ACTUALLY I AM SPEAKING NOW AND NOT IN THE EMPLOYEE PART, BECAUSE I AM SPEAKING BECAUSE I AM SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT OF PINELLAS COUNTY. I LIVE IN I LIVE IN DUNEDIN. AND WE'VE HAD THE MILLAGE EVER SINCE I LIVED THERE FOR 20 YEARS. IT IS NOT A BIT -- IT NEVER HAS BEEN A BIG DEAL. WE HAVE REALLY NICE AMENITIES IN PINELLAS COUNTY. WE HAVE WONDERFUL BEACHES. AND IT JUST -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY. BECAUSE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN PINELLAS COUNTY, I AM PROUD -- I AM VERY PROUD TO TEACH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND TODAY, EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU FIGHT FOR YOU. I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY SCHOOLS I DRIVE PAST EVERY DAY TO GET TO LOWRY ELEMENTARY, BUT I LOVE LOWRY, I LOVE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO FINISH OUT MY YEARS. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JENNIFER STITCH. AND I AM A BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYST AND THE OWNER OF ABOVE AND BEYOND BEHAVIORAL ANALYST. I AM A MEMBER OF PROJECT I AM A MEMBER OF PROJECT ABA RIGHTS. OF THE LAST MEETING, I WORK ALONG TEACHERS AND PARENTS AS A COLLABORATIVE TEAM SUPPORTING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TEACHERS AND PARENTS HAVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY ARE NOT BEING REIMBURSED AT A FAIR RATE. ADDITIONALLY THE ADDITIONALLY THE HIGH STAFF TURNOVER AND UNDERSTAFFING THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ULTIMATELY LEAD TO TEACHER BURNOUT. WHEN OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT SUPPORTED, OUR CHILDREN CANNOT GET ACCESS TO THE NECESSARY QUALITY EDUCATION AND SUPPORTS FOR FOR SUCCESS. THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION IN OUR DISTRICT IS OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, AND THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE DISTRICT IN MEET TO PROVIDE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR A MY RECOMMENDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE, INSTRUCTIONAL DOCUMENT TO PEST SUPPORT OUR SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. YESTERDAY I WAS SENT THE UPDATED DOCUMENT AND CONTAINS CONCERNING LANGUAGE THAT WILL LIMIT LANGUAGE THAT WILL LIMIT MEDICALLY NECESSARY TREATMENT IN SCHOOLS. POSITIVE IN THIS AS WELL. I READ IT OVER. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. IT DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF THINGS ARE CONCERNING INCLUDING FURTHER LANGUAGE THAT WILL STOP SERVICES FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEHAVIORAL DATA. COULD THIS LEAD TO REDUCTION IN ABA THEY ARE POOH HE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MORE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MORE STRESS ON TEACHERS FOR TEACHERS FOR MAL-ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS. TEACHERS ARE PERFORMING MANY JOBS AT ONCE AND IN THESE CLASSROOMS, CHILDREN NEED ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ACADEMICS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ACADEMICS, BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT. I AM REQUESTING A MEETING TOP I AM REQUESTING A MEETING TOP SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. I URGE TO YOU LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH PROVIDERS AND PARENTS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER PARENTS AND PROVIDERS WHO WILL ALSO AND PROVIDERS WHO WILL ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WRITE A SPEECH WITHIN THE 24 HOURS TO MAKE IT TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS JULIE GEPHARDTS. MY ATTENTION HAS SHIFT AID WAY FROM THE BOOKS AT THE TIME AND ADDRESS SOME VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE TROUBLING. I NOTICED THAT FIELD TRIPS ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOUR CURRENT LIKE TO SAY THAT YOUR CURRENT LGBTQ+ REP SOURCE GUIDE FOR ALL OF YOUR STAFF THIS YEAR OF YOUR STAFF THIS YEAR SAYS THIS. QUOTE, FOR OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIPS, TRANSGENDER STUDENT TRIPS, TRANSGENDER STUDENT OVERNIGHT WITH SLEEPING ARRANGE ELEMENTS DICTATE OF WHICH ISSUE ALSO ADDRESS. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. HB 1521 STATES THAT IS ILLEGAL. SIMILAR PROBLEM. THERE ARE THERE ARE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE LANGUAGE AROUND BATHROOM USAGE FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. LANGUAGE AT BEST IS LANGUAGE AT BEST IS SEEMINGLY FUZZY LEADS MORE TO THE VIOLATION OF THE LAW. DEVELOP A PLAN AND STUDENT GUARDIANS IF APPROPRIATE THAT THE STUDENT MAY ACCESS THE REST ROOM, LOCKER ROOM AND CHANGE FACILITY TO BEST PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF THE STUDENT. AGAIN, A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE LAW. LAST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BOARD MEETING ON MAY 7. I WATCHED A FAIRLY NORMAL RECOMMENDATION FOR A SUPERINTENDENT FOR A BUS COMPANY. RECOMMENDED THE PURCHASE OF THOMAS BUSES. FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS -- NO, SORRY. THAT IS MATTHEWS. WITH THE RECENTLY ACQUIRED FEDERAL GRANT. HIS TEAM OF TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THOMAS BUSES ARE BETTER. AND SOME FACTS THAT I HEARD SHARED AT THE MEETING AND OTHERWISE, AS THE THOMAS BUSES WERE HELD UP FOR COMPARISON AND HERE IS WHAT I HEARD. A BETTER A BETTER WARRANTY, A BETTER WARRANTY, 175,000 MILES, BUMPER TO BUMPER, PAINT CHIPS THAT THE COMPETITOR BLUE BIRD DOES NOT PROVIDE AND PREFERRED BY BUS DRIVERS. QUICKER RESPONSE TIME TO SERVICE COMPARED TO THE COMPARED TO THE OTHER COMPANY THAT HAVE SEEMED TO CAUSE FRUSTRATION IN THE SYSTEM WITH THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS. YOU ALREADY TRIED THEM OUT AND YOU HAVE A BAD RESPONSE TIME. LONGER BATTERY LIFE. COLLISION MITIGATION. BETTER SAFETY FEATURES ON AND ON THE LIST WENT. I DIDN'T HEAR ONE BOARD MEMBER TO SUGGEST THE REASON BLUE BIRD WAS SUPERIOR. ALL I HEARD WAS GIVE THEM A CHANCE. FORMER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION JIM BEAKMAN WAS TRANSPORTATION JIM BEAKMAN WAS FLABBERGASTED THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING THAT IT WAS NOTICED IN THE LAST MONTH BEFORE, MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE, CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO THE FOUR INCUMBENTS THAT WENT AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. THEY RECEIVED A CAMPAIGN DONATION, A GENEROUS ONE FROM FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF BLUE BIRD BUSES WHICH IS THE COMPANY BUSES WHICH IS THE COMPANY THEY WENT WITH WHICH HAS LESS SAFETY FEATURES AND LESS THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ALSO OF NOTE, BEAKMAN SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A GRANT, THE DISTRICT STILL HAS TO PUT IN $1 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE. SO BESIDES EVEN THAT, THE PRICE COMPARISON BASS BETTER WITH THE OTHER BUS COMPANY OTHER BUS COMPANY THAN THE ONE THAT MADE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. PARENT. ALSO A PARENT ADVOCATE. TODAY I WILL SPEAK TO YOU FROM A PARENT ADVOCATE PERSPECTIVE. YOU HEARD MY -- AS A PARENT ADVOCATE PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THOSE SITTING BEHIND ME TO RECOGNIZE THERE IS A -- THERE IS A DIRE NEED OF OF ESC. THEY ARE HUGE GAPS IN THEY ARE HUGE GAPS IN ESC. WE NEED TO IMPLORE PARENTS. A LOT OF PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED. WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE NEED TO TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT WORKING. OUR TEACHERS ARE BURNT OUT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS ARE BURNT OUT. PARENTS ARE BURNT OUT. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER. I -- I TOLD YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE ARE AVAILABLE. YOU ALL REFUSE TO TAKE THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ARE SOLUTION-ORIENTED. ESE HAS GOT TO CHANGE. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT GETS CUT? ESC. WHEN IS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GOING TO STEP GOING TO STEP UP? WHEN? WE KEEP SAYING WE ARE GOING TO DO BETTER. A GREAT TIME AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE MINOR THINGS SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON THE MAJOR THE MAJOR THINGS. WE HAVE GOT TO START LOOKING WE HAVE GOT TO START LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO GAIN KEY PEOPLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT ARE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT POSITION AS SOON AS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR TEN YEARS. TRUST ME, I SEEN IT ALL. I HAVE SIX KIDS. WE ARE DOWN TO TWO. I HAVE SEEN ES I HAVE SEEN ES GIFTED. 2E. YOU NAME IT. I HAVE SEEN IT. I EXPERIENCED IT. I GOT KNOWLEDGE. A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THEY HAVE -- WE HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION, BUT WHAT ARE INFORMATION, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT? WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA, BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING WITH IT. IF WE WANT -- OUR TEACHERS, I AGREE, THEY NEED TO BE AGREE, THEY NEED TO BE PAID. BUT UNFORTUNATELY SOME TEACHER ARE THEY GOT TO GO. YOU WANT OUR MONEY, SHOW US WHY. WHY? I AM COMPLETELY I AM COMPLETELY FLABBERGASTED WHY IT WASN'T ON THE BALLOT, BUT I UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS THAT ARE POISON. WE GOT TO ACCEPT IT. IF YOU BURNT OUT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. THERE IS THE DOOR. BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE, UNDERSTAND YOUR PURPOSE. THOSE WHO CAN DO. THOSE HAD THOSE HAD CAN'T, THEY GO. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> ADAM BREWSTER. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- OR GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SOME BOARD MEMBERS ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT THE ABOUT THE ESC LITIGATION. AND LIKE MY WIFE SAID, WE CAME HERE 2015 WITH SIX CHILDREN. WE STARTED OUT AT WE STARTED OUT AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL,ED A DACHLS. A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUES WITH WITH ESC. I WENT TO HENRY WASHINGTON. HE DONE HE DONE NOTHING. AND IT HAS AND IT HAS MATRICULATED UP THE LADDER. AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED A APPOINTED A DISTRICT PERSON TO OUR CASE. I AM NOT GOING TO CALL THAT PERSON'S NAME, BUT THAT PERSON DID NOTHING EITHER. IT WAS A IT WAS A PERSISTENCE OF MY WIFE THAT GOT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT GOT SOME OF THE ISSUES RESOLVED. AND WHAT I AM SAYING OF THE ESC LITIGATION. IT STARTS AT THE SCHOOL. IF YOU TONIGHT WANT IT TO GO TO LITIGATION, START AT THE SCHOOL. THAT IS WHERE THE WHOLE PROBLEM STARTED. IT STARTED THERE IT STARTED THERE AND THEN IT LEFT THE BUILDING LEFT THE BUILDING. WORKING WITH THE WORKING WITH THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT. YOU SEE THE PARENT IN THE MEETING, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE STUDENT ANYMORE. IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENT IS GOING TO GET. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT. A LOT OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THIS OUR CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE DEALT WITH A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT. I AM NOT GOING TO CALL NO NAMES, BUT THEY DIDN'T HELP BUT THEY DIDN'T HELP US. SO IF YOU WANT SO IF YOU WANT RESOLVE THESE ISSUES AN NOT HAVE CHASE GOES TO LITIGATION AND LITIGATION AND SPENDING HUNDREDS OF OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, PUT A TEAM AT THAT SCHOOL. PUT A TEAM IN THE DISTRICT. PEOPLE COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED. SO YOU I WILL SAY THIS. TWO PEOPLE THAT REALLY HELPED ME AND MY WIFE. DR. DR. HOGAN AND DEBRA MITCHELL. THEY WERE COMMITTED. SOME OF THESE OTHER DISTRICT SOME OF THESE OTHER DISTRICT PEOPLE WERE NOT. CHAMBERLAIN, ADAMS, BAY HILL, YOUNG, JEFFERSON, GAITHER. WE HAVE BEEN AT IT WITH THESE SCHOOLS ABOUT ESC. YOU WANT TO KNOW, CALL US. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GREETINGS HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I AM C.T. HARRIS. BASED ON MEMBER GRAY'S RESEARCH, TEACHERS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND WORKING SEVERAL JOBS. I AGREE. I CAN ATTEST TO I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. I TALKED TO DAUGHTER'S TEACHERS. I UNDERSTAND. A A PASSIONATE A PASSIONATE JOB.COATED 227,000 A PASSIONATE JOB.COATED 227,000 STUDENT AND 18,000 TEACHER. I IMPLORE TO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU SPENT EARLIER TODAY REGARDING THE DISCUSSION OF THE TEACHER PAY AND TO PALS RIGHTS. AND I DO BELIEVE YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT BODY AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THOSE RIGHTS AND I HAVE THOSE RIGHTS AND I UNDERSTAND IF THE STATUTE PREVENTS THAT, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION. BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE IN YOUR REGARDS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETIONS, THE NUMBER COMPLETIONS, THE NUMBER OF ABSENT DAYS AMONG BLACK AND HIS SPANNIC STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS GIVEN TO BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS THAT BROWN STUDENTS THAT SUPERSEDE THOSE AND OTHER THOSE AND OTHER ETHNICITIES. IF WE ARE GOING TO RALLY BEHIND A REFERENDUM, RALLY BEHIND THE WELL BEING AND EXCELLENCE OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN EVERY COMMUNITY. IN YOUR DISTRICT. OUTSIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT. THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM AT HAND. OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. MANY OF YOU SAID THAT TODAY. AND TEACHERS NEED PAY. YES. I AGREE. I ALSO I ALSO AGREE THAT STUDENTS I ALSO AGREE THAT STUDENTS NEED TEACH WHO ARE CAPABLE OF TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING DIVERSE DIVERSE STUDENTS. I HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACHING OUT REGARDING THEIR CHILDREN BEING SUSPENDED WITH NO PROGRESSION FOR MINOR OCCURRENCES. THAT IS THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH. WE EXPECT YOU TO MAKE SOLUTIONS. WE ELECTED YOU FOR THAT VERY REASON. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A HEAVY DUTY CHALLENGE, BUT WE EXPECT YOU ALL TO DO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. AND THAT IS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF YOUR DISTRICTS YOUR DISTRICTS WE CAN'T QUOTE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT AND NOT EMBODY HIS CHARACTER WHICH HE STOOD FOR THE EQUITABLE RIGHTS OF EQUALITY, AND NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A CUTE AND NOT BECAUSE IT WAS A CUTE TAGLINE. BECAUSE THREAT TO EDUCATION ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO EDUCATION EVERYWHERE. I AM NOT SAYING YOU MISQUOTED, BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU TO UNDERSTAND IF WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE AND LOOK UP TO OUR UTILIZE AND LOOK UP TO OUR ANCESTORS AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, WE NEED TO BE HONEST IN THAT. ALSO, LASTLY, I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH, I AM FOR BANNING CELL PHONES OR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO CREATE A LEVEL OF FOCUS. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THROUGH IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THROUGH STUDIES THAT STUDIES THAT STUDENTS STUDIES THAT STUDENTS AGE 16 INCREASED BY 6.4% OF STANDARD DEVIATION MEANING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INCREASED PERFORMANCE INCREASED. SO I WILL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, THAT THE PRESENCE OF CELL PHONES CAN BE CAN BE DISTRACTING. AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS. LISTEN, YOU KNOW THE DEAL. YOU UNDERSTAND IT. YOU ARE EDUCATED ENOUGH. YOU ARE ELECTED FOR THAT REGION. MY TIME IS MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> >> BOARD, BOARD CHAIR, ALL THE BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, I WANTED TO COME AND BASICALLY MENTION WHY WE WANT TO MOST DEFINITELY SPEAK AND CONTINUE TO RALLY BEHIND TEACH TO GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. I ALSO WANT I ALSO WANT TO KEEP IN MIND AND SAY SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD, OUR CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CAN DO. WHEN YOU GO INTO RESTAURANTS, YOU CAN GO TO CERTAIN YOU CAN GO TO CERTAIN PLACES, OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL, THESE TEACHERS OUGHT TO MEAN SOMETHING. WE ARE VERY GOOD THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED PAY. WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT HAVE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE LIVING SITUATION IS JUST AS BAD. WE HAVE -- WHENEVER YOU HAVE ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO INTO A RACETRACK AND GET A FREE DRINK. THEY ARE ABLE TO GO PLACES AND THINGS ARE THINGS ARE DISCOUNTED, YOU KNOW. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN LOOK INTO WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO FIND OUT HOW TO RALLY BEHIND THESE COMPANIES, WHETHER IT IS SPECTRUM. WHETHER IT IS -- WHATEVER IS OUT THERE. WHETHER IT IS CAR DEALERSHIPS, WHATEVER, WHOEVER, CAN HAVE THOSE ABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR GIVE OUR TEACHERS DISCOUNTS GIVE OUR TEACHERS DISCOUNTS ON SO MANY THINGS AND WE NEED TO BE PROGRESSIVE AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE TEACHERS CARE. AND THEY WALK AROUND WITH THE BADGE EVEN AND EVERY DAY. IT MEANS SOMETHING WHETHER GOING TO THE STAR OR GOING TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND GET APARTMENT COMPLEX AND GET $100 OR SOME OFF OF RENT THAT MONTH. WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, I WOULD LIKE FOR PROGRESSIVE WOULD LIKE FOR PROGRESSIVE WAYS AND A HOLISTIC AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN BENEFIT BEING TEACHERS IN THIS COUNTY. EVERY OTHER EVERY OTHER FIRST RESPONDER HAVEN'T. LET US LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN TO DO MAKE SURE TEACHERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT. BECAUSE WHEN TEACHERS COME TO WORK AND THEY ARE HAPPY, THEY ARE ABLE TO PERFORM AT A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT GET OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AND I MOST DEFINITELY THINK AND I MOST DEFINITELY THINK THAT WHILE WE ARE TALKING, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TO DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THEY ARE, AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, CAN INCREASE PAY. WHAT MAKES A TEACHER WANTON WORK IN A DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOL? A RENAISSANCE SCHOOL? WE KEEP THROWING MONEY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFE PLACES FOR TEACH TO TEACH. AND SAFE PLACES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SEEING NO SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT COMMENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ADDENDUM. A MOTION FROM MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. PLEASE VOTE ONE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. I WILL NOW I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO HIGHLIGHT OUR HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE THREE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NEW NEW PRINCIPAL AT CLAIR MEL NEW PRINCIPAL AT CLAIR MEL ELEMENTARY. MR. LEWIS MR. LEWIS MURPHY. IF YOU CAN STAND UP AND MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN HERE. MR. MURPHY PETITION BEGAN AS A MR. MURPHY PETITION BEGAN AS A VE AND SPECIALIST. 2008, APPOINTED 2008, APPOINTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WEST TAMPA. 2015, APPOINTED PRINCIPAL AT WEST TAMPA. 019, TRANSFERRED TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 2022 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS POSITION AS PRINCIPAL AT JAMES ELEMENTARY. BOARD MEMBERS, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF OF LEWIS MURPHY OF LEWIS MURPHY AT CLAIR MEL OF LEWIS MURPHY AT CLAIR MEL ELEMENTARY. DR. GLORIA DR. GLORIA WAITE. THE NEW THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT NOSTER ELEMENTARY. 32 IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, 20 YEARS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BEGAN HER CAREER AT BEGAN HER CAREER AT HCPS BEGAN HER CAREER AT HCPS AS A RESOURCE. SHE SERVED AS SHE SERVED AS A.P. AT TOWN AND COUNTRY BRA EVILLY BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO MABRY IN 2008. SERVED AS PRINCIPAL IN WEST TAMPA IN 2011. PRINCIPAL SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT IN 2015. AND PRINCIPAL IN CLAIR MEL IN AND PRINCIPAL IN CLAIR MEL IN 2019. OUR NEW PRINCIPAL OF FOSTER ELEMENTARY, DR. GLORIA WAITE. OUR FINAL APPOINT THIS EVENING IS MISS ANGELA LIVINGSTON, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT JAMES NEW PRINCIPAL AT JAMES ELEMENTARY. MISS LIVINGSTON HAS 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION IN PENNSYLVANIA AND PINELLAS AND PENNSYLVANIA AND PINELLAS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. SHE CAME IN 2010 AS SHE CAME IN 2010 AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SULPHUR PRINCIPAL AT SULPHUR SPRINGS. 2015 PRINCIPAL FALL AT BROWARD WHERE SHE STILL SERVES TODAY. ANGELA LIVINGSTON, PRINCIPAL OF JAMES ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS, ANGELA. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCIPALS AN WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE FOR THOSE WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXIT THE BOARD LIKE TO EXIT THE BOARD ROOM. THE FOLLOWING EYE THEM WILL BE THAERLD. THIS KRULGC 1.02, 2.02, THIS KRULGC 1.02, 2.02, 2.03, 4.03 4.03 2, 4.03, 4.04, 4.03 2, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.03 2, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 5.02. 7.08 AND 7.08 AND 10.01. ITEM ITEM 1.02, 12 DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE-BASED READING PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CCRP PLAN. ANNUALLY EACH SCHOOL ANNUALLY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CCRP FOR APPROVAL. MUST APPROVE MUST APPROVE CCRP TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NO LATER THAN AUGUST 4. THE DISTRICT PLAN MUST ACCURATELY DEPICT AND DETAIL THE ROLE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATION BOTH DISTRICT AND SCHOOL, PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGS, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION OF STUDENT LEARNING OF FLORIDA A BENCHMARK ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARD. DISTRICT DISTRICT CCRP MUST HAVE EXPECTATION PRE-K UP TO GRADE 12. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DISTRICT WILL MAKE THE PLAN AVAILABLE TO AVAILABLE TO ALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS. MADAM CHAIR. 1.02. ANY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TRACY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TRACY BERGMAN IS HERE WHO WORKED HARD ON THE ON THE CCRP PLAN. TO BRING IT HERE TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TRACY WILL BE AVAILABLE. >>Karen Perez: MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE SECOND TO APPROVE 1.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON APPEAR SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. A LOT OF CONVERSATION WHETHER IN THE MEDIA AND JUST AROUND ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL OUR READING READINESS IS AND OUR PLANS AROUND THAT. THE BIG PLAN WE ARE SUBMITTING TO THE STATE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS ANY DEFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE. FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT -- FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR. WE AS BOARD MEMBERS DON'T WRITE THIS PLAN. WE DON'T COME UP WITH THIS. THIS IS TASKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO THE CABINET AND THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. I WANT TO MAKE THAT I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU WITH THIS PLAN IN GROWTH AND OUR READING READINESS AND THE GAINS AND WHAT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR SCHOOL GRADING NEXT YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO READ SOMETHING IN COMES TO READ SOMETHING IN. >> SO IN PLAN IS A CONTINUATION OF WORK DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE TAKE A LOOK, THE BIGGEST INITIATIVE THUS FAR IS THE INITIATIVE THUS FAR IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUTH IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUTH AND IMTHREE IMTHREE THREETATION IN IMTHREE THREETATION IN Q 2. PLANS KEEPS THE WORK AND KEEPS THE FOCUS ON K-2 AND FOCUS ON 3-5 AND 3-5 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TIER ONE INSTRUCTION. IN TERMS OF CONFIDENCE, THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MOVE TO IMPROVE THE PRO FISH EN SEE IT. WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT PROFICIENCY ARE MEASURED IN GRADES 3-12. BUT ALL OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN IN K-2. WE ARE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND LOOK AT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDANCE AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AROUND OF THE CORE. THAT IS WHAT EVERY STUDENT GETS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHEN MY TEAM AND I BEGAN TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN, THAT IS WHERE WE SAID OUR FOCUS. WHAT CAN WE TO DO IMPACT THE MOST STUDENTS TO TRULY MOVE THE PROFICIENCY. I FEEL -- THAT IS OUR STARTING POINT. AND OUR GOAL FOR THIS AND OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. AND I FEEL THAT THE ACTIONS IN THE PLAN DO OUTLINE THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WHERE ARE YOU FEELING -- I KNOW WE ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE DECIDING WHICH MODEL WE ARE GOING TO USE FOR TEST SCORES AND THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT. SINCE WE ARE TALKING OF RELEASING OUR READING PLAN TO THE STATE AND WHAT ALL THAT ENTAILS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS BASED AROUND THE NEXT AROUND THE NEXT -- YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ADMISSION OR THE NEXT TIME THE SCORES CAME OUT. DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE PLAN IN PLACE A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THE PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE MET. >> THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION. THE STATE BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AND DURING THAT MEETING THEY WILL ADOPT -- YOU MENTIONED SCHOOL GRADES. THE STATE WILL THE HAVE A NEW GRADING SCALE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. BUT WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH, ESPECIALLY FROM K-3, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT OUR FIVE MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT OUR FIVE PERCENTAGE POINT GAIN FOR GRADE THROUGH PROFICIENCY WHICH IS A GREAT START. I THINK ALL THAT WE PUT IN PLACE THIS PAST YEAR WILL ALLOW US TO ACCELERATE OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS. OUR TARGET IS OUR TARGET IS PROFICIENCY. AND WE WERE ABLE WITHIN SCHOOL GRADES TO GET GAINS THAT HELP THE SCHOOL GRADES. OUR TARGET AND THIS TEAM'S TARGET AROUND TARGET AROUND PROFICIENCY TARGET AROUND PROFICIENCY. AND STARTS AT GRADE 3 THAT WILL LEAD US TO COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS TO IT BE GRADUATE ON READINESS TO IT BE GRADUATE ON TIME WITH TIME WITH PEERS. TREMENDOUS CONFIDENCE AND WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR TEAM OUT OF THE GATE FOR ONE YEAR. >>Jessica Vaughn: IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT IT IS TEACHING THE BASICS OF PHONICS TO OUR EARLY READERS. A GOOD WAY TO SUMMARIZE IT? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I HAD I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP, MISS BERGMAN COMING IN HERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT IS THE EARLY LEARNING AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND PRIOR TO COMING IN, I THINK SOME OF THE DISTRICTS -- ALTHOUGH WE WERE TEACHING PHONICS, THINGS WERE HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN DIFFERENT POCKETS OF THE DISTRICT. AND NOW WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT A CONSISTENT SEE IT. CAN YOU GO A LITTLE MORE OVER THAT AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO? >> SURE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE STATE INSTITUTED -- STATE INSTITUTED -- I WANT TO SAY HOUSE BILL 1713 THAT PUT THE REQUIREMENT OF SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION MINUS THE THREE QUEUEING SYSTEM WHICH IS PREVIOUS PRACTICES EMPLOYED BY THE THE IT IS STRICT WITH LEVELED THE IT IS STRICT WITH LEVELED READERS. RUNNING RECORDS AND INCLUDING TEACHING AROUND WORDS AND HOW TO SOUND THROUGHOUT WORD. LOOKING AT PICTURES AND GUESSING WORDS. KIDS BECAME VERY STRONG GUESSERS UNTIL THIRD GRADE WHEN THEY TAKE ENOUGH ENOUGH -- AT THE TIME FSA AND FAST WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PICTURES. NO OPTION TO GUESS OTHER THAN NO OPTION TO GUESS OTHER THAN READ THE WORD. WHEN STATE INSTITUTED THAT. WE WERE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN TERMS OF OUR DATA AND TERMS OF OUR DATA AND PROJECTIONS AND LOOKING AT FLAGS WERE OUT THERE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE INSTITUTED THE LITERACY FOR THE LITERACY FOR ALL CAMPAIGN IN CONJUNCTION CONJUNCTION WITH CONJUNCTION WITH ESC AND CONJUNCTION WITH ESC AND ELS. TO PROVIDE WHAT TRAINING AND SUPPORT AROUND THE EARLY LEARNING SKILLS AROUND THE SCIENCE OF READING. AND WE TRAINED DISTRICT, BROUGHT IT DOWN TO TEACHERS IT DOWN TO TEACHERS AND ENDED WITH BOTH DIBBLES AND WHERE WE ARE HEAD INTO YEAR TWO OF ARE HEAD INTO YEAR TWO OF IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. >>Nadia Combs: GREAT. WITH DIBBLES AND YOU FLY, WITH DIBBLES AND YOU FLY, ALTHOUGH WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME GAINS, IT WILL BE -- LET'S BE REALISTIC. THESE STUDENTS COMING IN KINDERGARTEN, THEY ARE NOW AT FIRST GRADE. AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE IMPACT PROBABLY IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. CORRECT? >> YES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KINDERGARTEN STAR DATA. TAKE THE EARLY LIT RALEIGH SAY DA. A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE STUDENTS, 58% A MEMBER OF THE RAW DATA SITTING AT PROFICIENCY. COMPARE THAT WHERE WE ARE AT THIRD GRADE WHICH IS AT THE 51%. HOPEFULLY THE IDEA IS WE WON'T LOSE ANYBODY ALONG LOSE ANYBODY ALONG THE WAY AND GROW THE EFFICIENCY AND MASTER THAT NUMBER BY THE TIME THOSE KIDS ARE IN THIRD GRADE. HOUR GOAL FROM A HOUR GOAL FROM A DISTRICT'S STANDPOINT TO MONITOR KINDERGARTEN COHORT FROM LAST YEAR AND SEE WHAT THEIR YEAR AND SEE WHAT THEIR PROGRESS IS, GAINS, WHAT HAPPENS IN FIRST GRADE IF THEY SHIFT TO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE STAR TEST AND KEEP GOING AND FOLLOW THEM ALONG TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS. WE ARE WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT PROGRESS TO SEE THAT. BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY -- SO MUCH -- SOME OF THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE FROM ESSER, WE PUT A LOT OF IMPLICIT INSTRUNTHS THERE AND PURCHASED A LOT OF BOOKS AND PHONICS BOOKS. I AM CURIOUS TO SEE AS WE MOVE ALONG HOW THE STUDENTS COMPARE TO THE STUDENTS YEARS AGO IN SECOND SECOND GRADE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MISS BERGMAN, MISS BERGMAN, YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT COMPREHENSIVE JOB. I WANTED TO ASK A FEW OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES ALLUDED TO THIS. OUR GOAL IS -- AND YOUR GOAL OUR GOAL IS -- AND YOUR GOAL IS, SCHOOL-LEVEL SCHOOL-LEVEL PROFICIENCY CONSISTENCY IN THE LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, LOW PERFORMING, DEFINED AS, WHAT, 40%? >> SO WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS HISTORICAL DATA OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. HOW IT IS REPORTED. HISTORICALLY BELOW THE 40%. WHILE WE WHILE WE GET THE LEARNING GAINS AS SUPERINTENDENT AYRES ALLUDED TO. STILL NOT IN THE LEVEL OF STILL NOT IN THE LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY WHERE I CONSIDER THEM THEM SOLID WITH INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURE WITNESS THEIR PLANNING AND COACHING AT THEIR SITES. THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT ARE THE LOW PROFICIENCY SCHOOLS TO TARGET OUR DISTRICT SUPPORT WITH, TO TARGET OUR COACHING AND SPEP SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AS WE WORK ALONGSIDE THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL LEADERS TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR. >>Lynn Gray: ALSO THE DATA SUGGESTS -- AND I THINK IT MORE THAN THAN SUGGESTS THAT WE WERE AT 46%. NOW WE ARE AT NOW WE ARE AT 51%. >> IN THIRD GRADE. 46% TO 51% IN THIRD GRADE. >>Lynn Gray: THIRD GRADE. WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS USING THE PHONICS THAT MEMBER COMBS MENTIONED AND ALL THE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED. AND LAST, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AND HAD THIS VALIDATED AND HAD THIS VALIDATED BY YOU. WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS TO GET BACK TO THE WRITING AND MATH. YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES WHICH INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES WHICH 300, I FIND -- AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. SPEND 120 MINUTES ON READING AND WRITING. 60 MINUTES ON MAP. I KNOW THE POLLS -- I I KNOW THE POLLS -- I USED TO TEACH ELEMENTARY. LOOKS TO ME THAT 180 MINUTES TO ME SUGGEST THAT WE SPEND AND HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON READING, WRITING AND MATH. WOULD YOU AGREE FOR NOT AGREE WITH THAT? >> I >> I WOULD AGREE BECAUSE SCHOOL SCHEDULED DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE TIME. THERE ARE CERTAIN MANDATES WE CAN'T CHANGE. KIDS HAVE TO EAT LUNCH, GO TO RECESS. THEY HAVE TO GO TO SPECIALS. BUT 120 MINUTES LITERACY AND NOT EXCLUDE SOCIAL EXCLUDE SOCIAL STUDIES WHERE EXCLUDE SOCIAL STUDIES WHERE LITERACY IS BROUGHT IN AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB. AND NOT TO EXCLUDE SCIENCE. WE HAVE MATERIALS THAT WE CROSS OVER BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS THE LITERACY INSTRUCTION. SO IT IS PROBABLY EVEN SAFE TO SAY THAT THE MINUTES ARE EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INCLUSION AND YOU LOOK AT THE TYPES OF LEARNING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING ACROSS THE DAY, DAY, MINUS SOME OF THOSE MANDATES. I HAVE TO SAY SCHEDULED IS BUILT WITH THE STUDENT IN MIND TO MAXIMIZE THE DAY. >>Lynn Gray: AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER APPEAR ONE THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BASICS AND AN OLD-FASHIONED TEACHER. READING, READING, WRITING AND READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND GET THEM DONE BEFORE WE DO THE EIGHT OTHERS, ELECTIVES, ETC. I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOUR VALIDATION OF THAT BEING VALIDATION OF THAT BEING DONE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHILE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS 2.0 NEXT ITEM IS 2.0. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS EDGENUITY ENHANCED DIGITAL CURRICULUM GRADES GRADES K-12. >>Superintendent Ayres: WILL BE UTILIZED THROUGH UTILIZED THROUGH HCPS, HIGH SCHOOLS, ADULT SCHOOLS, ADULT ED, CAREER SCHOOLS, ADULT ED, CAREER CENTERS AND DJJ FOR COURSE RECOVERY AND GRADE RECOVERY AND GRADE ENHANCEMENT. RIGOROUS EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION WITH EXPERT ON-SCREEN TEACHERS AND TO INCORPORATE THEIR UNIQUENESS INTO THE COURSE. EDGENUITY FOR TOOLS EDGENUITY FOR TOOLS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS. IMPORTANT WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, WORKFORCE TO FINANCE 50% OF THE CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS GRADES 6-12. A SPLIT COST WITH OUR WORKFORCE DIVISION. SO THAT IS ITEM SO THAT IS ITEM 2.02. WE DO HAVE DR. MATT HOFF, OUR DIRECTOR OF VIRTUAL PROGRAM. THINK SHE WILL THINK SHE WILL OLANGO DIRECTOR OF OF ADULT ED AND DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING WITH OUR CREDIT ENHANCEMENT ENHANCEMENT EDGENUITY SOFTWARE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THIS. MY QUESTION -- AND I ADDRESSED THEM A BIT EARLIER TODAY, IS WHERE IN THIS LIST WHERE WE USE EDGENUITY DO OUR SUCCESS CENTERS FALL? DOES THAT FALL UNDER OUR DOES THAT FALL UNDER OUR DJJ? OR WHERE DOES THAT OR WHERE DOES THAT FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY? >> RED BUTTON, OKAY. >>Jessica Vaughn: I FORGET ALL THE TIME. ? >> >> THE CATEGORY FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY. DJJ, CAREER DJJ, CAREER CENTERS. USE USE EDGENUITY IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT US VERY WELL. WE MADE SOME BIG STEPS THIS YEAR. AFTER YOU VISITED US -- I NODE WE HAD A CONVERSATION, BUT WE HAVE SOME -- ACTUALLY SOME CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL. ALLOCATE TWO CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN BOTH SCHOOLS, LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, EDGENUITY IS OUR CORE HOWEVER, EDGENUITY IS OUR CORE PERFORMANCE IN HIGH SCHOOL. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU HAVE MORE YOU WANT TO SAY. I AM SORRY. >> YES, MA'AM, ON THE PREVIOUS OUTCOMES IN MR. WOODS AREA IS UNDER HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UNDER HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, NONPRO TIGS TALL AND NONPRO TIGS TALL AND TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS. AND THE AND THE DATA OF TRADITIONAL AND THE DATA OF TRADITIONAL STUDENT AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS AS WELL. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU WE USE THIS SCHOOL -- I SPOKE WITH MR. MR. MURILLO MR. MURILLO TODAY. ENHANCEMENT AND EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. AM I UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF THIS HALL TO CORRECTLY, THIS PROGRAM? >> YES, MA'AM. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HOW WE ARE USING. I APPRECIATE THE ALLOCATION IN OUR SUCCESS OUR SUCCESS CENTER THAT WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS HELPING OUR STUDENTS ON STUDENTS ON EDGENUITY. MY CONCERNS ARE -- AND I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS. STICKING KIDS ON THAT WITHOUT STICKING KIDS ON THAT WITHOUT INSTRUCTION BY INSTRUCTION BY TEACHERS. HOPE WE ARE NOT USING THAT IN LIEU OF THAT FROM OUR IN LIEU OF THAT FROM OUR MOST FRAGILE FRAGILE STUDENTS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND CIVIC. >> SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE. >>Jessica Vaughn: EVERYWHERE WE ARE USING THAT IN LIEU OF OUR SUCCESS CENTER ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY A TEACHER IN THAT BY A TEACHER IN THAT PROGRAM, THAT'S CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL HAVE A TIMER AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE LANGUAGE AND A MATH TEACHER. >> FALL UNDER ME OF INEST SCHOOLS IN BRANDON AND NORTH TAMPA. WE SEND FIVE TEACHERS TO EVERY SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. A LIVE MANAGER IN THE LAB AND EACH DAY A CERT TIDE TEACHER AND EACH ONE OF THE SUBJECT AREAS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH FLOAT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE A CERT FIRED TEACHER. THE SAME EXACT MODEL WE USE IN THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS AND USED IN EARNEST SCHOOLS AS WELL TO ENSURE STUDENTS OUT IN JUST ON A COMPUTER LAB AND FOR BEHAVIOR. THE CERTIFIED TEACHER IS A TEACHER FOR RECORD THAT TEACHER FOR RECORD THAT FLOWS FROM EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT THE KID HAS WHAT THEY NEED AND IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. >>Jessica Vaughn: WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE TALKING OUR MOST FRAGILE KIDS THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET BACK IN TRADITIONAL PATH. I EXPECT MORE THAN A FLOATED TEACHER TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS. WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD IS A CERTIFIED GOING FORWARD IS A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN SCIENCE AND CIVIC SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SUCCESS SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SUCCESS CENTER WHERE WE ARE LACKING CENTER WHERE WE ARE LACKING FLOAT IS A LOT. THEY COULD BE STUCK ON AN INTERSTATE. IF A KID NEEDS SUPPORT IN THAT SUBJECT, THEY SHOULD HAVE SUBJECT, THEY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. OUR KIDS THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT THAN OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS DO. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. I HAVE -- I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE EDGENUITY SEVERAL TIMES. THERE WAS A CHILD THAT I KNEW THERE WAS A CHILD THAT I KNEW WHO ENDED UP DOING HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO VIRTUAL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE BECAUSE OF EDGENUITY AND I KNOW IT AND I KNOW IT REALLY AND I KNOW IT REALLY IMPACTS GRADUATION RATES. I THINK IT IS GREAT. I KNOW A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN IN MULTIPLE FOSTER HOMES AND HAS BEEN TO MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND EDGENUITY IS SOMETHING CONSISTENT THAT THEY CAN WORK ON. MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS, MR. MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS, MR. WOOD, HOW MANY STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE IN TAMPA NORTH AND BRANDON? HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU ANTICIPATE? >> WE ARE GOING TO START THE YEAR OFF WITH 60 TO YEAR OFF WITH 60 TO 70 STUDENTS IN BOTH IN BOTH SITES. >>Nadia Combs: 60 TO 70 STUDENTS. A LITTLE BIT OF MY FRUSTRATION SEEING THE STUDENTS GOING THROUGH EDGENUITY. THEY NEEDED A LOT OF SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATH. IF YOU HAVE ONE MATH TEACHER COVERING 70 STUDENTS AND ONE ENGLISH TEACHER. TWO CERT TIDE TEACHERS AND YOU KNOW THAT FLUCTUATES. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE UPWARDS OF 100 STUDENTS IN THAT AREA AND THESE STUDENTS ARE REALLY BEHIND WITH CREDIT RECOVERY. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE PUTTING STUDENTS MIND COMPUTERS. I KNOW THERE IS A HUGE SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS. NICE TO HAVE NOT ONLY AN ADDITIONAL SCIENCE PERSON, BUT SOMEBODY WHO ALSO HAS ASSISTANCE WITH MATH. BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING FROM ALLERGY 1 TO ALL MULTIPLE SUBJECTS. THE IDEA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS UP UNTIL A YEAR AGO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE OF THAT. I THINK THOSE STUDENTS DESERVE I THINK THOSE STUDENTS DESERVE THE MOST SUPPORT. THE GOAL IS TO TRANSITION INTO THE CLASSROOM. IS THAT THE WAY IT FALLS IN MY DISTRICT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. SOME GRADUATE. WE GRADUATED A COUPLE OF STUDENTS FROM BRANDON STUDENTS FROM BRANDON SUCCESS CENTER THIS YEAR. >>Nadia Combs: OKAY. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ARE COMPETING THAT WENT THROUGH. >> RARELY DO WE SEND 12th GRADERS. BUT TWO STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM BRANDON EARLIER. MOST STUDENTS ARE TRANSITIONING BACK TO THEIR BACK TO THEIR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. >>Nadia Combs: I IMAGINE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE THE STUDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED WHEN THEY ARE STUCK SOMEWHERE AND CAN'T GET PASS. I KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE LIKE. YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO MOVE ON EDGENUITY UNTIL YOU EDGENUITY UNTIL YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. A STUD THEN AT IS IT STUCK ON MATH AND DON'T HAVE ASSISTANCE, IT CAN AFFECT THEIR GRADUATION RATES OR GRADUATION? >> MOST DEFINITELY, YES. >>Nadia Combs: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT MOVE IN A DIRECTION TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THESE IN THESE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 2.03. MASTER SERVICES MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS SUCCEED LCC, SUCCEED LCC, SUBSIDIARY OF SUCCEED LCC, SUBSIDIARY OF MGT OF MARIN CONSULTING OF MARIN CONSULTING LCC FOR EXTERNAL OPERATOR SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU. SO HCSS WILL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO 11 OF OUR SCHOOLS, YATES, WIMAUMA, KINGWOOD, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, POTTER, BEAN, BAY BOULEVARD, POTTER, BEAN, EISENHOWER, SULPHUR SPRINGS AND JAMES. AS A SCHOOL TURN AROUND, SSCS WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT TO DRAMATICALLY HELP WITH STUDENT LEARNING AND MOVE TO A C OR HIGHER. SUCCESSFULLY APPROVED OUTCOMES IN 12 OF OUR SCHOOLS FROM 2019 TO 2024. AND MADAM SHARE. THAT IS THE ITEM FOR MGT. ITEM 2.0 ITEM 2.0 3. SHEA McGRAY AND CHIEF SHEA McGRAY AND CHIEF OF SCHOOLS IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS OUTLINED. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C APPROVE ITEM C 2.03. A MOTION BY MEMBER A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, VAUGHN AND COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BECAUSE IT AFFECTS 11 OF OUR SCHOOLS, I DEFINITELY SCHOOLS, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION. I DISH FIRST HAD A VERY DIFFICULT DIFFICULT PROBLEM MENTALLY HAVING MGT OR ANY CONSULTING IN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE BEGAN THIS IN I KNOW WE BEGAN THIS IN 2020. HOWEVER, I WENT HOWEVER, I WENT AHEAD AND DID SOME DISCUSSION SOME DISCUSSION WITH MISS SHAYLA McGRAY. AND SOME OF THE AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS. AND NOW I FIND AND NOW I FIND MYSELF SAYING AND THINKING AND BELIEVING THAT THERE IS TRUE EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS TRUE EVIDENCE THAT THIS CONSULTING COMPANY, WHICH WAS, TO ME, NOT MY MOST POPULAR CHOICE AND REALLY NOT WANTING TO ADMIT THAT -- THAT OUR LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS WERE SOMETHING WE COULDN'T FIX ON OUR OWN. BUT THEY ARE, IN FACT, HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED AND IN FACT HELPING OUR SCORES -- OUR TEST HELPING OUR SCORES -- OUR TEST SCORES. AND OUR FRANKLIN PALS ARE ACCEPTING THIS. MISS McCREA, WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND EXPAND ON THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WE NOW HAVE WITH HAVE WITH MGT. >> YES, WE START OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MGT BACK IN 2020. IT WAS IN AN EFFORT -- WE HAD TWO THINGS. TRYING DO. NUMBER ONE, WE HAD D AND F SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS IN NEED OF AT THAT AN EXTERNAL OPERATOR WHICH IS A STATE MANDATED WHICH IS A STATE MANDATED SERVICE THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE. THERE WAS A NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES BASED ON STATE SERVICES BASED ON STATE STATUTE. WE ALSO DECIDED AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO SCHOOLS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE HEADED IN THE SAME DIRECTION. AND SOB AND SOB NGT SERVED AS AN EXTERNAL OPERATOR AS WELL AS A TURN AROUND SUPPORT PROVIDER SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO STOP THE BLEEDING. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THEY HAVE WORKED WITH 126 OUR SCHOOLS. AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS FROM. THEY EVEN HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GOON FROM Ds TO B GOON FROM Ds TO Bs. SO THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB. THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH OUR TRANSFORMATION NETWORK. WE WORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITH SCHOOLS. AND AND MGT -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MGT AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A DISTRICT, OUR DISTRICT STREAMS SERVING A COHORT OF SCHOOLS. OUR TRANSFORMATION NETWORK SERVES 12 COOLS PER REGION. THEY HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT IS AT THE SCHOOL. THREE TO FOUR DAY AS WEEK. SO THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR STAFF STAY AT THE SCHOOL STAFF STAY AT THE SCHOOL MULTIPLE DAYS IN A WEEK MULTIPLE DAYS IN A WEEK WHERE, YOU TRANSPORTATION TEAM ROTATES AROUND TO THE COHORT SCHOOLS OF 12. >>Lynn Gray: WHAT IS THE EMPHASIS THEY HAVE NOW. THE BIG FLAVOR OF OUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW IS LITERACY RIGHT NOW IS LITERACY AND HOW HAVE THEY HAVE THEY INFLUENCED OR LET'S JUST SAY GOAL SETTING EMPHASIZED EARLY LEARNING LITERACY? >> MGT IS A MULTIPRONG APPROACH. THEY WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND COACHES ON CAMPUS TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN OF SUPPORT. THEY BRING BE IN MATH COACHES AS WELL AS LITERACY COACHES. THOSE COACHES ARE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE AS TEACHERS DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS. THEY MODEL LESSONS. THEY DO DATA ANALYSIS SESSIONS. THEY ALSO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUP SMALL GROUP WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS IN NEED OF INTERVENTION. A MULTIPRONG APPROACH TO SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION AND I THAT INFORMATION AND I VALUE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ALSO DO THE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ALSO DO THE PRINCIPALS -- CAN WE BLINK KET IT AND SAY THE CUSTOMERS ARE WITH MGT. >> WE NEVER HAD EXTERNAL PARTNERS BEFORE AND EVERYBODY WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE AND BROUGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR COACHES. LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST WORKING WITH THEM WORKING WITH THEM AND WE JUST MET YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MGT. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MISS McCREA. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT YOU SEE THE SUCCESS THAT THE OUTSIDE THE OUTSIDE CONSULTING MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER. WHAT I AM HEARING YOU SAY IS YOU ARE ATTRIBUTING THIS SUCCESS SPECIFICALLY TO DEDICATED STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO DEDICATED STAFF THAT ARE IN THAT SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT THE SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN PLANNING TEACHERS IN PLANNING INSTRUCTION, SMALL GROUPS. WHAT YOU ARE ATTRIBUTING SUCCESS TO? >> DEDICATED STAFF TO THE SCHOOLS. >>Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY QUESTION IS, WE ARE APPROVING IT FOR 11 SCHOOLS NOW. APPROVED IT FOR 12 COOLS LAST YEAR. AND ONE SCHOOL LESS, THE PRICE IS SUBSTANTIAL HIGHER. ARE WE OFFERING MORE SERVICE? WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE OF PRICE? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY HAVE WORKED IN THE SAME SCHOOLS. WE HAVE SEEN SOME SUCCESS AND EXITING SCHOOLS OUT OF TRANSNOR MAKE MAKE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUSTAINED -- SUSTAINED PROGRESS. IN THE NEW ITERATION EXPAND IN THE NEW ITERATION EXPAND INTO THE TRADITIONAL THE TRADITIONAL SITES THAT WE FIND OUR FRAGILE NEEDS. AND DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL COST. THE ADDITIONAL COST IS A ONE-YEAR, ONE-TIME COST ONE-YEAR, ONE-TIME COST SAY AT SCHOOLS FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, YOU WILL SEE THE COSTS GO DOWN. IT IS PART OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. >>Jessica Vaughn: UP APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION. MY NEXT QUESTION, IF WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE SCHOOLS NEED THE EXTRA RESOURCES. I AM HEARING NOT JUST STATE I AM HEARING NOT JUST STATE MANDATED. FRAGILE Cs. WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE AND PUTTING IN THIS PLACE TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOLS SURE THE SCHOOLS A SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD THE CONVERSATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HOPE TO GET A THOROUGH ANSWER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE COMPANIES LEAVE. HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. >> WE WORK TOGETHER WITH SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. MGT MGT LEARN FROM EACH OTHER MGT LEARN FROM EACH OTHER ADOPT STANDPOINTS WITH EACH OTHER. WHENEVER WE HAVE MGT LEAVE THE SCHOOL, WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SUSTAINED SUPPORT AND THE SCHOOL UNDERSTANDS THE SYSTEMS AND UNDERSTANDS THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES AND UNDERSTAND THAT STRUCTURES AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE SYSTEMS AND PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP HAS A TIGHT HOLD ON DATA ANALYSIS. UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING CURRICULUM. WHENEVER WHENEVER MGT LEAVES, THEY HOPE AND BUILD CAPACITY AT THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS SUSTAIN WITHOUT SUPPORT. WE KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE MGT FOREVER. IT IS NOT THEIR PLAN AND WE CAN'T AFFORD HAVE THEM TOGETHER. THE GOAL IS TO BUILD CAPACITY AT THE SCHOOL SITE WITH THOSE FOLKS AT THE SCHOOL SITE. >>Jessica Vaughn: ONE >>Jessica Vaughn: ONE LAST QUESTION. APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS. DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE -- POTTER IS BEFORE I GOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND POTTER PREVIOUSLY. ONE OF THEIR SUCCESS STORY. WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? >> POTTER IS THE FIRST TIME TO HAVE MGT AT THAT THE SCHOOL. POTTER IS THE FIRST TIME IT IS GOING IN. AT THAT SUCCESS STORY WHERE MGT IS AMAZINGLY IS AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL. AND McDONALD ELEMENTARY. THEY STARTED AS C SCHOOLS AND WORKING TO B SCHOOLS AT THOSE SITES. IT WAS AN AMAZING JOB. WE WILL NOT HAVE THE THEM AT THIS SCHOOL NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE READING AND MATH COACHES HAVE A HANDLE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL AND WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT PROGRESS AND TO SUSTAIN THAT PROGRESS AND DO BETTER. SOME SUCCESS STORIES FROM SOME SUCCESS STORIES FROM MGT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUS AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUS LY ARE NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE BOARD MEETING TO PAR MOMENT MEETING TO PAR MOMENT AND GO INTO OUR INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. E 01, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REVISED POLICY 5136 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND OTHER ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REVISED POLICY ADOPTION ADOPTION PROCESS. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT PURSUANT THE STATE LAW THE STATE LAW AND BOARD THE STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY. THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK PRESIDENT OF POLICY THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD. AND TO PROVIDE AND TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE BOARD. THE POLICY WAS ADVERTISED AND HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. MR. PORTER, SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Jim Porter: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE CELL PHONE POLICY THAT WAS INTRODUCED INTRODUCED BY MEMBER GRAY AND COMBS. THE BOARD HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. YOU HAD WORKSHOPS. WE RECEIVED VALUABLE FEEDBACK BEFORE THE WORK SHOP, DURING THE WORK SHOP AND AFTER IT THE WORKSHOP. AFTER THE WORKSHOP MISS AFTER THE WORKSHOP MISS McCREA AFTER THE WORKSHOP MISS McCREA REACH OUT TO PRINCIPAL AND STAFF TO GET FURTHER INPUT. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE TWO VERSIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND IT THE PROCEDURES. THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT GIVEN THE TIMING OF SCHOOL STARTING AND THE IMPORTANCE STARTING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS POLICY TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC, WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT TONIGHT. YOU HAVE TWO VERSIONS. VERSION ONE AND VERSION TWO. THEY ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR. VERSION TWO IS SLIGHTLY MORE RESTRICTIVE IN THE SENSE THAT IT -- IT DEALS WITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ONLY ALLOWS THEIR USE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. BUT IT ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO USE THE PHONES DURING LUNCH. THAT THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE. THERE ARE OTHER SMALLER CHANGES WITH IT. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER RENDON COMMISSIONER RENDON WE HAD CHANGES TO INCORPORATE ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND TEACH TO DECIDE WHEN CELL PHONES COULD BE USED. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO TAKE IMPORTANT THINGS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES, CELL PHONES MAY NOT BE USED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY THE TEACHER, STAFF TEACHER, STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. IT ALSO ALLOWS IT ALSO ALLOWS PRINCIPALS TO ENACT MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS AT THEIR REQUIREMENTS AT THEIR SCHOOLS. SO IT IS A SO IT IS A SCHOOL BASED DECISION AT THIS POINT. IT CAPTURES THE COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD HAS MADE DURING PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND THE COMMENTS YOU PROVIDED TO MISS McGRAY AND STAFF AS WE DEVELOP THE POLICY. SO BASICALLY -- AND I KNOW IT IS CONFUSING -- POTENTIALLY CONFUSION THAT CONFUSION THAT WE HAVE TWO VERSIONS. VERSION TWO IS THE MORE RESTRICTIVE ONE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS SPECIFICALLY ONLY ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO USE THE CELL PHONE DURING LUNCH. NOT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT IS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE. OTHERWISE -- AND CHANGES MISS OTHERWISE -- AND CHANGES MISS RENDON SUGGESTED ADDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SOMETHING THAT CAME THAT CAME UP AFTER THE WORK. SHOP AND INCLUDED THOSE IN THERE. THOSE ARE THE POLICIES THAT WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS. IT IS YOUR POLICY. WE NEED WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE VERSION TWO OR VERSION ONE. AGAIN THE VERSION TWO IS THE MORE RESTRICTIVE. VERSION TWO IS THE MORE RESTRICTIVE. WE NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS AND IDENTIFY WHICH ONE YOU WANT. MISS GRAY, YES. >>Karen Perez: SO WE NEED -- >>Jim Porter: IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST AND THEN MAKE A MOTION. >>Karen Perez: ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE POLICY? >>Jim Porter: ANYONE CAN SPEAK >>Jim Porter: ANYONE CAN SPEAK AND IT WOULD SHALL APPROPRIATE. >>Karen Perez: SEEING ONE. >>Jim Porter: MISS GRAY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION. >>Karen Perez: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR VERSION 1 OR VERSION 2? OKAY OKAY, SO OKAY, SO -- >>Jim Porter: THEY ARE BOTH -- THEY BOTH REFLECT THE THEY BOTH REFLECT THE PRINCIPALS' COMMENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS MEMBERS. AND MIDDLE AND AND MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MISS McCREA CAN TALK WHICH PRINCIPALS. THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS THAT WON'T BELONG TO WON'T BELONG TO WHAT BELONGS IN THE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURE. THIS POLICY IS A LITTLE MORE ROBUST. AND IT INCLUDES THINGS IN HERE JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD'S INTENTS ARE. THAT IS SORT OF THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL. >>Karen Perez: WHICH POLICY? >>Jim Porter: VERSION TWO. >>Karen Perez: VERSION >>Karen Perez: VERSION TWO. SO MEMBER GRAY, YOU ARE -- >>Lynn Gray: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH VERSION TWO; HOWEVER, I AM LOOKING AT THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND I HAVE TO SAY, AND I HAVE TO SAY, CLARIFICATION WILL BE NEEDED TO -- BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION. WHAT IS -- I KNOW YOU SPOKE WITH THE DIFFERENCES, BUT I COULDN'T WRITE FAST WRITE FAST ENOUGH. AND I THINK MEMBER WASHINGTON IS ALSO CONFUSED AS WELL. MYSELF INCLUDED. COULD WE HAVE MORE COULD WE HAVE MORE OF AN COULD WE HAVE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION. DIFFERENT -- YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS? >>Jim Porter: THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VERSION ONE AND VERSION TWO. VERSION TWO RESFRIKTS -- VERSION TWO RESFRIKTS -- CELL PHONE USES OF PHONE USES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL UNTIL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL STUDENTS TO USE CELL PHONES DURING PHONES DURING LUNCHTIME. >>Lynn Gray: TWO, RIGHT? >>Jim Porter: VERSION TWO. BOTH VERSION ACE LOW THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE THE DECISION IF IT WILL BE MORE RESTRICTIVE AND ALLOWS TEACHERS TO DECIDE IF THE CELL PHONE CAN THE CELL PHONE CAN BE USED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. >>Stacy Hahn: FOR ELEMENTARY AND -- >>Jim Porter: YES. THAT IS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE. THERE ARE OTHER TWEAKS, BUTTER IN NOT SUBSTANTIVE. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. >>Jim Porter: SOME WORDING CHANGES BUT SUBSTANTIVELY. >>Lynn Gray: I CAN MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. WELL, THEN WELL, THEN. >>Jim Porter: A MOTION BY MISS GRAY. SECONDED BY MEMBER COMBS. >>Lynn Gray: IT IS VERSION TWO, MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. >>Jim Porter: SHE PUT SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR. YOU CAN DISCUSS IT. IF YOU DISAGREE YOU CAN VOTE ON IT AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THIS. WHO WHO PHYSICALLY WROTE THESE WHO PHYSICALLY WROTE THESE POLICIES. ? >>Jim Porter: MISS McCREA WAS WHY RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH OF THOSE. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I AM LOOKING THROUGH THEM AND I SEE DIFFERENCES, BUT I DON'T SEE IN VERSION 1 WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL USING THAT AT LUNCH. BUT YOU ARE SAYING VERSION TWO IS MORE RESTRICTIVE AND DOESN'T ALLOW IT WHICH INDICATES VERSION ONE ONE DOES. >>Jim Porter: VERSION ONE DEFERS A LOT THAT I TALKED ABOUT TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND NOT IN THE POLICY. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO STATE THEIR INTENT THROUGH THE THEIR INTENT THROUGH THE POLICY BY BEING MORE EXPLICIT TO THE POLICY OF THE PROCEDURE. >>Jessica Vaughn: TO REITERATE MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, VERSION TWO JUST SAID, VERSION TWO EXPLICITLY SAID DURING HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL AND VERSION ONE THE ACTUAL SCHOOL DECISION EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT THOUGH IT IS NOT EXPLICIT IN THE POLICY. ALSO DIFFERENT WORDING BUT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME OF WHERE THEY ARE KEPT. ONE SAID SHOULD BE KEPT IN A ONE SAID SHOULD BE KEPT IN A DESIGNATED -- I BELIEVE VERSION DESIGNATED -- I BELIEVE VERSION ONE IN A DESIGNATED AREA THAT THE TEACHER ASSIGNS. ALSO GOES ON ALSO GOES ON TO STAY IN THE STUDENT'S BACKPACK OR PERSONAL STUDENT'S BACKPACK OR PERSONAL AREA. VERSION TWO. A DIFFERENCE WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN USE WHERE THEY ARE STORED PERVERSION? I AM CONFUSED BY I AM CONFUSED BY THAT. IS THAT AN ANSWER? >> I WILL GO AHEAD AND RESPOND TO THAT. WHERE THE STUDENTS STORE THE PHONE IS TOTALLY UP TO THE SCHOOL. THERE WILL BE SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT HAVE POCKET SLEEVES WHERE THE KIDS COME IN AND DROP THE PHONE IN THE POCKET SLEEVE. THE MAY BE EXPLICITLY SAID TO KEEP THE PHONE TO THE BACKPACK -- A PROCEDURAL THINGS OF WHERE THEY WANT THE PHONES TO BE KEPT. MORE THAT THE PHONES ARE OFF DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND NOT USED DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. THE FIRST POLICY DOES THE FIRST POLICY DOES NOT THE FIRST POLICY DOES NOT EXPLICITLY STATE WHAT HAPPENS IN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL. LEADING IT TO THE SCHOOL TO CREATE THE PROCEDURE THEY WANT TO FOLLOW. THE SECOND ONE, PHONES COULD BE USED BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT AT LUNCHTIME. >>Jessica Vaughn: BASED ON FEEDBACK OFF THIS GOTTEN FROM OUR SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IN MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY WANT THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO USE IT AT WANT TO USE IT AT LUNCH AS A POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. THAT IS THE QUESTION. WHICH ONE DO THE SCHOOL WANT. OR DO THEY WANT MORE GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD TO SAYS IT TAKEN AWAY COMPLETELY IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE IN AND MIDDLE IN VERSION TWO? >> I THINK YOU HAVE A MIXED REVIEW ON THAT. YOU WILL HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT 100% DON'T WANT PHONES OUT AT ALL. IT CAUSE AS DISRUPTION. YOU WILL HAVE SCHOOLS THAT SAY AS AN INCENTIVE. OKAY TO TUESDAY SCHOOLS AS PHONES AND PART OF OUR PHONES AND PART OF OUR PDF. YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THAT. VAUGHN VAUGHN OKAY. I I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS -- >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGING POLICIES. AT THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT PARENTS AND EMPLOYEES WANT. IT IS SPLIT. EMPLOYEES HAVE DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES HAVE DIFFERENT FEELS AND PARENTS HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS. WHILE I -- WHILE IT HAS COME A WHILE FOR US TO EVEN COME AROUND TO THIS TO THIS POLICY, I DO SEE THE NEED FOR IT. I WANT TO DO THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ONE TO START WITH AND GET FEEDBACK ON THAT. BECAUSE UNLESS I AM WRONG, BECAUSE UNLESS I AM WRONG, WE CAN ALWAYS THEN TWEAK OUR POLICY TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE IF WE FIND THE BEGINNING VERSION OF THE POLICY AND THE AUTONOMY WE MAY BE LENDING TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE ACTUALLY CAUSING MORE APPROXIMATE AND GENT MORE GUIDANCE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE IT OUT ACROSS THE BOARD. I TEND TO WANT TO LEAN TOWARD. IF I WILL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE POLICIES TO START TO FROM FEEDBACK FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND PARENTS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE. IT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO DO IN GENERAL. I THINK THERE WILL BE AUTO LITTLE BIT -- A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK ADJUSTMENT TO IT. AND I WOULD LIKE GET MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO MORE RESTRICTIVE. WHILE I WON'T VOTE FOR VERSION 2, I WILL 2, I WILL BE OPEN TO 1 2, I WILL BE OPEN TO 1 PACED ON THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: I TEND TO DISAGREE. WE SAT HERE NOR OVER WE SAT HERE NOR OVER A YEAR. AND TO ME VERSION 1 IS EXACTLY LIKE BEFORE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL. I SAT I SAT HERE FOR A YEAR. WE HAD GROUPS COME. WE HAD PARENTS COME. I I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN IT AT I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN IT AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY IMPLEMENT IT LAST YEAR WITH HUGE SUCCESS, WITH LOW REFERRALS. LESS FIGHTING. LESS VIOLENCE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH BOOKS. THE PROBLEM WITH PHONES ARE HUGE. YOU HAVE STUDENTS TO ARE VIDEOTAPING FIGHTS. I HAD A STUDENT THAT TALKED A STUDENT TO FIGHT SO THEY COULD VIDEOTAPE IT AND FIGHT FOR THEM. WE HAD STUDENT FORMS HERE INITIALLY. I THOUGHT WE SHOULD RESTRICT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD RESTRICT LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY R&D A LOT OF THE STATE. I FELT -- BASED ON THE FLORIDA STATUTE, I REALLY WAS STATUTE, I REALLY WAS LEANING TOWARD ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING VERY RESTRICTIVE. I HAVE TO SAY AFTER THE STUDENT QUORUMS WE HAD LAST YEAR, WHEN I SPOKE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY TOLD ME THE ISSUE THEY HAD WITH CONNECTIVITY AND WI-FI AND THE ISSUES. AND HOW OFTEN THEY USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM, I THOUGHT, LET'S IMPLEMENT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE FIRST. AND THEN LET'S SEE IT HOW IT GOES AND GO FROM THERE. WITH 8, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE, THE ISSUE OF PROFANITY. THE THE ISSUES OF DISTRACTIBILITY. THESE PHONES ARE A HUGE ISSUE. WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE FIGHTING AND SOMEONE IS VIDEOTAPING, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND WHEN I SEE A CHILD WHO IS HAVING BASICALLY A SEIZURE AND EVERYBODY IS VIDEOTAPING IT INSTEAD INSTEAD OF HELPING SOMEONE. IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING. THIS VERSION 1 IS JUST THIS VERSION 1 IS JUST WATERED DOWN. WHY WE ARE EVEN HERE FOR IT. WHY DID I SPEND A YEAR TALK BEING IT. VERSION 2 AT LEAST ALLOWS -- WE HAVE SEEN HAVE SEEN IT IN THE URBAN CORE. I HAVE SEEN IT FROM ODESSA TO WESTCHASE AND IT IS WORKING. YOU CAN ASK THOSE PRINCIPALS AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND IT IS MAKING A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT. THE STUDENTS. I WALKED INTO THOSE SCHOOLS. THEY ARE TALKING THEY ARE TALKING AT LUNCH. THEY ARE COMMUNICATING. IT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. LET'S TAKE A STAND ON THIS. COME ON. PARENTS WANT THAT. SCHOOLS WANT THAT. YOU HAVE THE FIRST GRADERS WITH PHONES ON THEIR PHONES ON THEIR WRISTS FOR GOODNESS SAKE. WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY, THAT CHILD STILL HAVE THE PHONE IN THEIR BACKPACK. YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO I WAS SAFE. AND I DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE. THESE KIDS STILL HAVE PHONES. WE GOT TO TAKE THIS DISTRACTIBILITY AWAY. OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE TAKEN APPEAR STRONG STANCE. IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A STAND AND TODAY THIS IS THE DAY. I AM TIRED OF BRINGING IT DOWN. TALKING, TALKING, TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND WE ARE GOING TO DO NOTHING? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE WASTING A YEAR FOR. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK WHAT TOOK MYSELF TOUGH A GUARD WAS THE SECOND POLICY, BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE OVER THE FIRST POLICY. WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE FIRST POLICY. WE BROUGHT IT TO A HEARING IN THE FIRST THE FIRST POLICY. AND AWED ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A SECOND ONE. AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS -- MR. PORTER, YOU ARE GOING TO PORTER, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME SOME CLARIFICATION ON GIVE ME SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS. IF WE CREATE A POLICY THAT IS SO STRINGENT LIKE POLICY 2 IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LOCATION OF THE PHONES. RIGHT NOW IN RIGHT NOW IN POLICY ONE, GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE TEACHER TO DESIGNATE A SEPARATE AREA WHERE WHERE THE PHONES ARE. IN POLICY TWO, IN POLICY TWO, MUST BE IN THE SEPARATE AREAS. IF IF WE DO THAT AND THE TEACHER DEVIATES AND THE PARENT HAS AN I SHALL SHALL PEW WITH THAT. IS THAT IS THAT WITH OUR POLICY AND MAKES US MAKES US ILLEGAL? >>Jim Porter: NO, IT DOES >>Jim Porter: NO, IT DOES NOT. GOOD QUESTION. VERSION 2, LINE 14-16 RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO WHERE BEFORE YOU GET TO WHERE IT IS. UNLESS EXPRESSLY DIRECTED BY TEACHER AND STAFF. TEACHER HAS TEACHER HAS FLEXIBILITY OF THAT. GOES GOES BEYOND WHERE IT IS STORED. THE INTENT THERE. FOR YOUR LIABILITY QUESTION, NO, I AM NOT WORRIED OF A TEACHER BEING HELD LIABLE FOR THAT. THAT GOES BACK TO THE AUTONOMY OF THE SCHOOL AND THE PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHER. >>Patti Rendon: OKAY, AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, THE DIRECTION WHETHER DIRECTION WHETHER THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND GOES IN THERE AND TALKS SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT CAN BE HOUSED. AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE STATUTE IN THE LAW, IT STATUTE IN THE LAW, IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO GIVE -- THAT THE LAW WAS MEANT TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE SCHOOL AND THE TEACHER. AND SO BY US BECOMING MORE STRINGENT, WE ARE TAKING AWAY THAT FLEXIBILITY BY THE SCHOOL, AM I CORRECT? >>Jim Porter: I THINK IT IS STILL THERE. >>Patti Rendon: THAT'S WHY I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED. >>Jim Porter: A GREAT QUESTION. AND A GREAT DISCUSSION. I THINK IT IS STILL BUILT INTO THAT ULTIMATELY GIVE THE SCHOOL THE AUTONOMY. IT MAKES IT EX-POLICE IT THE BOARD'S ATTEMPT NOT BOARD'S ATTEMPT NOT ALLOW DURING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL UNLESS DIRECTED. THAT IS THE INTENT. >>Patti Rendon: OKAY, SO I GOT >>Patti Rendon: OKAY, SO I GOT TO GO BACK TO OUR OWN PROCEDURES. WE HAD A WORKSHOP UNDER ONE POLICY. WE MADE IT CHANGES TO ONE POLICY. WE BROUGHT IT WE BROUGHT IT BACK AT A MEETING NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND FIRST READING OF ONE POLICY. HOW AT THE LAST MINUTE ARE WE DOING TWO POLICIES AND HAVE TO VOTE ON IT? >>Jim Porter: AFTER THE WORKSHOP HAPPENED, AS I SAID. MISS McCREA MISS McCREA TOOK TO THE PRINCIPALS AND CHANGES MADE BASED ON INPUT OF THE BASED ON INPUT OF THE PRINCIPALS. CHANGES SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING YOU, BROUGHT UP AND WE INCORPORATED IT. THIS BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED SO THE PRINCIPALS COULD BE INFORMED. TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER WORKSHOP AND GONE THROUGH THROUGH IT. THE TIMING WASN'T THERE FOR THAT. WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING. FULLY TRANSPARENT AND THE ISSUE WE RAISED ARE BEING DISCUSSED AT A PUBLIC HEARING AND NOT BECAUSE OF A WORK. SHOP BECAUSE OF TIMING AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE WORKSHOP. >>Patti Rendon: AFTER THE WORKSHOP, WE STILL BROUGHT VERSION 1 FOR FIRST READING. >>Jim Porter: SO, YEAH. FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. WE DID NOT THINK -- IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE DURING THAT MEET WIG WAS ADVERTISED ONLY TO DISCUSS THE SUBSTANCE OF IT. THOSE VERSIONS THOSE VERSIONS WERE BROUGHT AND ADVERTISED. >>Patti Rendon: AT THE END OF THE DAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. >>Jim Porter: I HEAR YOU. >>Patti Rendon: I JUST THINK IT WENT OUTSIDE OF OUR WENT OUTSIDE OF OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE HAVE A SECOND VERSION. BOTTOM LINE VERSION 1 CLEARLY WAS DIRECTLY RELATED BACK TO THE STATUTE. AND NOT AS STRINGENT. IT BECAME MORE STRINGENT OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE STATUTE HAVE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT. >>Jim Porter: SURE. I HEAR YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE -- THE REASON FOR THIS POLICY POLICY STEM FROM TWO POLICY STEM FROM TWO -- TWO POLICY STEM FROM TWO -- TWO RATIONALE STATEMENTS. NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE, WITH ACADEMIC NUMBER ONE, WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BE -- HAVE MORE PERFORMANCE BE -- HAVE MORE FIDELITY IF THE PHONE IS ABSENT FROM THE CHILD. AS A FORMER TEACHER, I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT IMAGINE TEACHING WITH CELL PHONE TEACHING WITH CELL PHONE COMPETITION. SECOND PARDON IS THAT DROVE THIS POLICY IS THERE IS AN ACTUAL FLORIDA STATUTE, FLORIDA STATUTE, 1006.07 REQUIRE THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD CODE OF CONDUCT INCLUDE A PROHIBITION OF STUDENTS USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND AUTHORIZATION FOR TEACHERS TO AUTHORIZATION FOR TEACHERS TO WITHHOLD A STUDENT'S DEVICE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF USE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTION OF THE TEACHER. SO ALSO, LEGALLY, FOLLOWING SO ALSO, LEGALLY, FOLLOWING FLORIDA STATUTE. NOW IF WE GO INTO THE -- INTO THE EFFECTIVE DOMAIN WHICH MANY OF US CAN RELATE OF US CAN RELATE TO, WHAT HAPPENS TO A CHILD HAPPENS TO A CHILD DURING A SCHOOL DAY, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID IS TREMENDOUSLY SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY. IT -- IT IT -- IT ENDANGERS THE CHILD IT -- IT ENDANGERS THE CHILD AS FAR AS THEIR DEPRESSION. THEIR ANXIETY, THEIR CHRONIC THEIR ANXIETY, THEIR CHRONIC SLEEPLESSNESS. WHEN WE HAVE DISTRACTION, AND I WILL SPEAK AGAIN, PUT A TEACHER WILL SPEAK AGAIN, PUT A TEACHER HAPPEN ON. AND AND YOU CAN PUT YOURS ON. NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT TEACHING A MATH PROBLEM, TEACHING READING IF A CHILD HAS A -- A -- A GRAPHIC OF A NUDE PICTURE ON THE PHONE. IF IF THERE IS A BULLYING SENTENCE ON THE PHONE. IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT ALERTS A CHILD FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. HOW CAN THAT CHILD FOCUS ON A -- ON A ON A PHONIC, WHATEVER, THE BASICS, THE READING, WHITE BASICS, THE READING, WHITE WRITING AND ARITHMETIC. WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT. NO WAY IN HECK THAT I CAN COMPETE AS A THEECHER -- EVEN HERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD DAIS. I CAN'T DO BOTH THINGS. I CAN'T DO A CLEL PHONE AND CONCENTRATE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. CONCENTRATE ON STAFF CONCENTRATE ON STAFF FEEDBACK. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. NOW, WHY I WENT TO THIS POLICY AND WHY I WOULD LIKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT IS BECAUSE IT IS AN ADDICTION. THESE KIDS THESE KIDS AND ADULT ARE ADDICTED -- I AM SORRY, SOME OF US ARE -- TO THE CELL PHONE. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR OUR EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH AND I AM SURE THAT MEMBER% RE APPRECIATES THAT. THEY ARE BEING INTERRUPTED. AND THEIR SLEEP IS BEING INTERRUPTED. THEIR WELL BEING IS BEING INTERRUPTED. NOW CONVERSELY, LET'S LOOK AT WEB. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TAKEN IT OUT. BALLAST BALLAST POINT. HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. GRECO. ABUNDANCE. THEY ARE PLAYING CHESS. THEY ARE THEY ARE PLAYING THEY ARE PLAYING OUTDOORS. THE THE CONVERSION OF A REAL CHILD HAPPENS WHEN THE CELL PHONE IS TAKEN AWAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL OF SO ALL OF THIS NEEDS MAYBE MEANS SOMETHING TO BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE NOT. I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE TWO GRANDKIDS AND I WORRY OF WHAT THEY HAVE ACCESSIBILITY. AND EX-MAYOR AND EX-MAYOR LOTT, YOU HAVE A GRANDCHILD NOW. WE WE WORRY ABOUT WE WORRY ABOUT ACCESS THEY HAVE ON THAT LITTLE PHONES ON THEIR ON THAT LITTLE PHONES ON THEIR WRISTS. AND ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, FREE AND ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, FREE TIME. BUT THE PROBLEM IN MY MIND IS HOW THE HOW THE PRINCIPALS CAN MONITOR HOW THE PRINCIPALS CAN MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND GOES BACK THIS SITUATION AND GOES BACK TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR MRS. McCREA. HOW CAN THE PRINCIPALS MONITOR IT AND PUTTING MORE WORK ON IT PERHAPS IF WE DON'T MAKE IT A CLEAR BAND-AID RIP OFF. ONCE YOU HAVE LITTLE -- OH, LET'S LET'S TRY IT OUT FOR ONE YEAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR. BUY INTO THE CELL PHONE AS AN ADDICTIVE CONCEPT, YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND KICK THE CAN AHEAD AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. MY CHILD, MY GRANDCHILD, I DON'T WANT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT IS -- THAT IS CRITICAL IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN. SOB WE ALL KNOW SOB WE ALL KNOW INTELLECTUALLY WHAT THE CELL PHONE ADDICTION MEANS. I THINK IT IS HIGH TIME AS MEMBER MEMBER COMBS SAID THAT WE START BEING MORE REACTIVE BEING MORE REACTIVE RIGHT WAY AND SAY JUST LIKE LOUISIANA SAID, NO MORE CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. THE WHOLE STATE OF LOUISIANA. THAT IS MY TWO CENTS. I WILL VOTE NOR THE I WILL VOTE NOR THE NUMBER -- PRAGMATICALLY THE SECOND CHOICE OF THE CELL PHONE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I THINK THIS FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE A MIX OF A WORKSHOP AND AN AGENDA ITEM. WHEN WE ARE AT A WORKSHOP AND WHEN WE ARE AT A WORKSHOP AND WE HAVE THESE OPEN CONVERSATIONS, THEN WE HAVE TIME TO DIGEST IT BEFORE IT BEFORE IT COMES HERE. AND THOUGH WE HAVE ALL REVIEWED THIS, I THINK -- YOU KNOW, EVEN I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN I HAD MY ONE ON ONE HAD MY ONE ON ONE AROUND THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES. SO I WILL JUST SAY MY TWO CENTS, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE ONE POLICY COME FORWARD. AND WE HASH IT AND WE HASH IT OUT. EVEN IF WE HAVE TO EVEN IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING. SO WE ARE HERE IN THIS MOMENT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DEPOSITIONS. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW I -- I APPRECIATE YOU KNOW I -- I APPRECIATE MY BOARD MEMBERS MO WANT TO GIVE ALL THE ALL THE AUTONOMY TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CONTINUITY CONTINUITY ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS TO GIVE GIVE EVERYBODY IS A STARTING PLACE PLACE AND THEN WITH VERSION TWO, PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON, DO WE WANT TO USE THEM FOR LESSONS IN THE CLASSROOM OR DO WE CLASSROOM OR DO WE NOT. SO I ALSO FEEL THAT IF YOU -- IF YOU ARE FIRST DOING THIS, YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY GO TO WHAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL SOMEONE WOULD CALL EXTREME. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IF -- IF WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF PUSH BACK FROM SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. IT IS EASIER TO PULL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT THAN TO MAKE IT MORE STRINGENT MOVING STRINGENT MOVING FORWARD. IT IS NOT AS EASY TO TIGHTEN THE RULES OR MAKE THE RULES. IT IS EASIER TO PULL IT BACK. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TO HAVE MANY ISSUES AROUND SCHOOL CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS. THAT VERSION THAT VERSION TWO WOULD ADDRESS. AND I ALSO WORRY TOO THAT AND I ALSO WORRY TOO THAT PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE. AND IN VERSION ONE, NOW YOU ARE ASKING THEM ASKING THEM TO MAKE THE DECISION AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BASIS, THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE MORE STRICT SIDE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO COME UP AGAINST A LOT OF PUSH PUSH BACK AND A LOT OF -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS AND THAT REALLY CUTS INTO THEIR TIME TO CUTS INTO THEIR TIME TO LEAD THE SCHOOL AND TO SCHOOL AND TO FEED TEACHERS. SO I THINK -- YOU KNOW, TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OFF THEIR PLATE AND SAYING WE WANT THIS ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHERE EVERY SCHOOL STARTS. IT GIVES A VERY GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THAT. AND ALSO THE AUTONOMY FOR AND ALSO THE AUTONOMY FOR PRINCIPALS TEACHERS TO MAKE THE LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL. AND I DO REALLY THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH DIFFICULTY TO COME BACK IN A YEAR AND SAY, OH, NO, WE NEED TO GO FURTHER AND IT NEEDS TO BE STRICTER. VERSUS. YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE IT IS TOO STRICT AND WE NEED TO WALK IT BACK. THAT IS MY TWO CENTS. I -- I ALSO FEEL STRONGLY. MY CHILDREN GO TO A SCHOOL WHETHER THERE IS A STRICT CELL PHONE PHONE POLICY. AND IT DOES CREATE A VERY DIFFERENT CLIMATE AND CULTURE ON A SCHOOL A SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT AFFECTS A SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT AFFECTS KIDS POSITIVELY IN MANY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT WAYS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. WHILE I UNDER THIS IS PASSIONATE, I DON'T PASSIONATE, I DON'T THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INSINUATION THAT WE DON'T AGREE OF THE VERSION, THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T INTELLECTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE ADDICTION TO A CELL PHONE OR WE ARE WASTING TIME ARE WASTING TIME HERE. EITHER VERSION IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE. I DON'T APPRECIATE INSINUATIONS IF I DON'T AGREE WITH A IF I DON'T AGREE WITH A VERSION, THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDMENTS ALLEY WRONG WHERE THE NAY I SEE THINGS. THAT IS THE FIRST PART. MY SECOND PART, I AM CONFUSED WITH FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS INCLUDING MEMBER GRAY WHO WHO TALK OF THE CELL PHONE WHO TALK OF THE CELL PHONE DISTRACTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. EITHER OF THESE VERSIONS TAKE AWAY THE CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. AM I WRONG? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, OTHER COMMENTS I AM HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS AND I AM VERY CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. REGARDLESS, THIS POLICY IS DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THAT UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY ACROSS THE BOARD TAKES CELL PHONES OUT OF ANY INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OUT OF THE CLASSROOMS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY NEEDED BY THE TEACHER FOR SOMETHING SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY. AM I WRONG WITH THAT? I WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I AM GETTING CONFUSED WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS BEING MADE. ALSO, I HEARD SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FORUMS. I HEARD COMPLETE PANIC AND FEAR AND UPSETNESS OF THE STUDENTS OF THE IDEA OF LOSING THIS ACCESS TO THEIR CELL PHONES AND LOT OF PLEAS WHY THEY USE IT AND HOW THEY USE IT FOR SCHOOL AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE IN DIFFERENT QUORUM, WHAT I HEARD FROM STUDENTS IS ANXIETY. DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD MOVE OR NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT, I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE HAVING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THESE QUORUMS. AGAIN, TO AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, THE DIFFERENCE IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL -- IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE NOT HAVING A CONGRUENT POLICY IN EITHER. NO MATTER WHAT, WE ARE MAKING AN ALLOWANCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO USE CELL PHONES AT CELL PHONES AT LUNCH. >>Jim Porter: CORRECT IN. >>Jessica Vaughn: SO THERE IS NO -- ALL RIGHT, WHAT -- ALL RIGHT, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH A FEW DISCREPE PANS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCREPE PANS THAT HAVE BEEN UNNAMED. MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WILL ONLY USE IT AT SCHOOL KIDS WILL ONLY USE IT AT LUNCH. NOT DURING HALLWAYS OR NOT DURING HALLWAYS OR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OR IN THE CLASSROOMS. IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WANT TO HAVE INCENTIVE TIME FOR A LUNCHROOM CIRCLE FOR KIDS ON TRACK ALL DAY LONG. AND WE ALL KNOW ANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT THERE IS VERY LIMITED THERE IS VERY LIMITED CURRENCY WHEN TALKING OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR REINFORCE BEHAVIOR REINFORCEMENTS. CORRECT. THAT IS TRUE. THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL UNTIL THAT SCHOOL IDENTIFIES THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MOTIVATES THEIR STUDENTS TO STAY ENGAGED DURING THE CLASSROOM. TO BE ON TRACK TO MEET THEIR GOALS WHETHER BEHAVIORAL OR INSTRUCTIONAL. WE ARE SAYING IN VERSION TWO, WE ARE TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY, ARE TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY, CORRECT? ANYBODY? >>Jim Porter: FEBRUARY, THE POLICY ALWAYS POLICY ALWAYS ALLOWS THE PRINCIPAL OR THE TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO ALLOW IT IF IT IF IT ALIGNS WITH IF IT ALIGNS WITH INSTRUCTION. >>Jessica Vaughn: VERSION TWO. >>Jim Porter: VERSION TWO DOESN'T ALLOW IT AT ALL BUT ALWAYS THE AUTONOMY AT THE SCHOOL. FOR SOME FOR SOME REASON FOR INCENTIVE PURPOSES, IF THE PRINCIPAL WANTED TO DO IT, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED. VERSION TWO SPELLS OUT GOT TO BE AFFIRMATIVELY ALLOWED. HIGH SCHOOL USE PERIOD OF LUNCH. AGAIN, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP, MEMBER VAUGHN. THE POLICIES ARE -- NO MATTER WHICH POLICY YOU ALL ADRO ADOPT, YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING AND YOU ARE TAKING A STAND. IT IS JUST A QUESTION OF SLIGHTLY MORE RESTRICTIVE OR NOT. BUT THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AUTONOMY AT THE SCHOOL. AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. >>Jessica Vaughn: SO IN VERSION TWO, DEFAULT, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS CANNOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS CANNOT USE THEIR PHONE DURING UNLESS THE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY OR THE TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY ALLOW THAT TO BE USED? >>Jim Porter: CORRECT. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS BACK PAGE IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THE VERSIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT VERSION ONE AND TWO. YOU LOOK AT GRAFT, IT KIND OF SPELLS SPELLS IT OUT A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY. REMEMBER WHEN WE DID HAVE THAT READING, THE FIRST READING, THE FIRST AND THE SECOND VERSION. AND I WENT TOP SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER AND THE PRINCIPAL SAID THE FIRST VERSION JUST DOESN'T HAVE ANY BITE HAVE ANY BITE. THERE IS REALLY -- NO REAL CLEAR DIRECTION. AND WE SEE THE SECOND VERSION, IT IS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS IN ORANGE COUNTY -- ORANGE COUNTY, THEY WENT ALL THE WAY ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY AND THEY ABIDED BY THE LAW. I AM SORRY -- JUST A CONVERSATION -- SORRY. >> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>Nadia Combs: THE LAST PAGE THAT HAD THE GRAPH THAT REALLY -- >> OF PROCEED PURE. >>Nadia Combs: I KNOW, BUT I AM SAYING THAT IS PART OF IT THAT CLEARLY GOES WITH VERSION TWO. THE THE POLICY AND THEN THE PROCEDURE -- I KNOW IT IS THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND GOES INTO PROCEDURE, BUT IT IS ATTACHED WITH VERSION TWO, RIGHT? >>Jim Porter: FOR BOTH. >>Nadia Combs: SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. >>Jim Porter: >>Jim Porter: MEMBER COMBS, JUST TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR A SECOND. THAT IS INCLUDED. THE BOARD HAS GIVEN GUIDANCE, WHETHER YOU DO IT IN THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES, IT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. >>Nadia Combs: AND IT IS GOING TO BE MATCHED UP. OTHER THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS ORANGE COUNTY, A YEAR AGO, ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE STATE LAW. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LOWER SUSPENSIONS, LOWER ISSUES. A AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOT ONLY WERE THERE LESS FIGHTS ON ON CAMPUS, BIGGEST THING, A LOT LESS FIGHTS OFF CAMPUS. OFTEN KIDS COORDINATE FIGHTING AFTER SCHOOL ON THE PHONES AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT SCHOOL. AND THEY ARE ARGUING AND THEY ARE BUILDING UP THE ISSUES. SO AT THE END OF THE DAYS WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE OCCURRING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOLS, WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE RATES WENT DOWN. FIGHTING ONLY AND OFF CAMPUS WENT DOWN, THE VAPING IN THE BATHROOMS WENT DOWN BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE COORDINATING WHEN THEY MEET IN THE CLASSROOMS AND WHEN THEY ARE VAPING. SO MANY ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH THE PHONES. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE RESTRICTIVE POLICY. AND JUST LIKE MEMBER HAHN SAID, WE ARE STILL GETTING AUTONOMY TO THE PRINCIPALS. BUT IT IS BUT IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AND A LITTLE MORE CLEAR AND A LITTLE MORE STRUCK CHUSH AND I THINK FROM MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I GO OUT TO SCHOOLS, THAT IS WHAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY WANT THAT. TAKES A REALLY STRONG TAKES A REALLY STRONG PRINCIPAL. AT WEBB AND AT WEBB AND AT WALKER TO -- WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO STAND THERE AND GO THROUGH 700 OR 800 OR 800 STUDENTS AND TRANSITION AND HAVE SUCH A STRONG POLICY. TOLD ME THAT THE TOLD ME THAT THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS, EVERYBODY WAS SO HAPPY AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MORE ACADEMIC GAINS AND LESS ISSUES WITH FIGHTING AND LESS ISSUES WITH AND LESS ISSUES WITH DISCIPLINE. REMARKABLE WITH THE NUMBERS. MISS McCREA, DID YOU SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS? I WANT TO SEE YOUR FEEDBACK WHEN YOU SAW SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. UP KNOW MR. GRAY UP KNOW MR. GRAY -- YOU ARE NEW NO YOUR POSITION. BUT ANYONE WHO OVERSAW MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF YOU COULD TELL ME IF YOU HAVE SEEN AN IMPACT AND WHAT THAT SEEN AN IMPACT AND WHAT THAT IMPACT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED A STRONGER POLICY ON POLICY ON -- ON PHONES. >> WHAT WE DO GET FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED STRONGER POLICIES AROUND PHONES IS THAT THEY DO HAVE LESS DISRUPTIONS, RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PHONE IS A DISRUPTION. KIDS ARE TALKING AND TEXTING WITH EACH OTHER. WHEN THE PHONES ARE WHEN THE PHONES ARE PUT AWAY. LESS DISRUPTION. I WILL SAY ON THE FLIPSIDE, IF THE PHONE IS PART OF A POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SYSTEM AND STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A REWARD, THEY EXPECT THEIR PHONE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND NOT USING FOR RIFF RAFF. IF I DO GREAT THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IF I DON'T USE IT AND GET IN TROUBLE, I CAN USE IT IS IN A POSITIVE WAY. WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN SUSPENSIONS AND BEHAVIORAL INCIDENTS WHEN STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONE ALL DAY. >>Nadia Combs: A LOT OF TIMES IN THE CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS ARE USING PHONES USING FOR ACADEMIC GAINS. >> TEACHERS ARE USING THE PHONES FOR CAHOOT. QUIZZES. OPPORTUNITY DO RESEARCH. SOMETIMES THEY SOMETIMES THEY DO SO HE CARATIC SEMINAR AND HAVE A FEW SECONDS TO RESEARCH A TOP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND COME COUNTY AND COME UP WITH PROS AND CONS FOR A DEBATE. WE SEE PHONES USED HIGHLY WE SEE PHONES USED HIGHLY ACADEMICALLY. AND ALSO SOMETIMES WE SEE -- IF WE ARE DOING STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND THE KID WANT TO AND THE KID WANT TO VOTE FOR WHO THE CLASS THE CLASS PRESIDENTS ARE, THEY USE QR CODE AND SOMETIMES TO USE IT IN A NONACADEMIC WAY. THERE ARE WAYS FOR PHONES TO THERE ARE WAYS FOR PHONES TO APPROPRIATELY BE USED. WE WANT TO PREVENT THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PHONES. >>Nadia Combs: ONE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD A THAT I HAD A STUDENT NOT TOO -- HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NOT TOO LONG TOO LONG AGO. THE AMOUNT OF CHEATING HAPPENING WITH THE PHONE WITH TAKING PICTURES OF TESTS, SHARING ANSWERS AND HOMEWORK. HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN IS THAT? >> I CAN'T SAY I HAVE DIRECTLY HEARD AN INCREASE OF THAT. I CAN SEE WHERE THAT I CAN SEE WHERE THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE. >>Nadia Combs: YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE PHONE AND YOU CAN USE IT ALL THE TIME. USE IT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AS I SAID, I AM NOT GOING AT THAT ABOUT THIS AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I HIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE STRICT. OUR TEACHERS ARE OUR TEACHERS ARE LOOKING TO THEIR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE, GOING AROUND THE GOING AROUND THE NATION. OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE SUPPORTED THAT. PASCO COUNTY, PINELLAS COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY. ALL THESE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE RESTRICTING THAT. WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE NATION. WE SEE ENTIRE STATES DO THIS. LET'S DO LET'S DO THIS. IT'S TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COACHES. MEMBER MEMBER RENDOM. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO CLARIFY. THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR YOU SEND OUT A PROCEDURE THAT OUT A PROCEDURE THAT INSTRUCTED ALL OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BASICALLY HAVE A POLICY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. YOU REQUESTED THAT IT NOT BE -- IT WAS BEING PUT AWAY IN BACKPACKS. EVEN THAT WAS NOT A POLICY, SOMETHING YOU IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR AND PART OF THE PROCEDURES YEAR AND PART OF THE PROCEDURES AND INFORM MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT WAS ALL BUT AT LUNCH UNLESS THE SCHOOL CHOSE TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT IS 100% CORRECT. THOSE ARE PROCEDURES THAT I OUTLINED LAST OUTLINED LAST YEAR. THIS EITHER VERSION JUST POLICY TO THE PROCEDURES I PUT IN PLACE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEARS IN THE SCHOOL WEAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THIS POLICY WILL NOT HAVE THE CELL PHONES OUT DURING LUNCHTIME. >>Patti Rendon: CORRECT. WHEN I REVIEWED. I AM THANKFUL IN BOTH POLICIES WE ADDRESS INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PHONES WHETHER THAT IS ANY KIND OF NAKED PICTURES OR FILMING OF FIGHTS. FILMING OF INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS OF CHEATING AND FRAUD. WE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS IN OUR POLICIES. THANK YOU FOR RUN THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER. BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDRESS IT IN BOTH POLICY A AND POLICY B OR ONE AND TWO WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT. WE COVERED THAT AND COVER THE FACT WE HAD THIS FACT WE HAD THIS POLICY NOW FOR A YEAR AS IT WAS AND ONE IS WHAT WE HAD FOR THE LAST YEAR AND SO, AS I LOOK OVER OUR BEHAVIORS FROM 2021 UNTIL 23-'24 SCHOOL YEAR. OVERALL THE MAJORITY OF THE BEHAVIORS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT IN PERCENTAGE-WISE FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ISSUE WE HAVE ISSUE WITH REFERRALS. BUT BEHAVIOR HAS ACTUALLY COME DOWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT? >>Superintendent Ayres: THAESHLG. -- IS THAT CORRECT? >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT'S CORRECT. RENAISSANCE MISS McCREA, WE HAVE SEEN THINGS DIFFERENTLY FROM A AND B. DO YOU HAVE DATA FROM CELLS REMOVED REMOVED 100%. WAS IT -- >>Superintendent Ayres: WEBB WAS THE ONE. >>Patti Rendon: I AM NOT SURE IF THERE ARE OTHERS. POSSIBLY COULD BE OTHERS. DID WE HAVE DATA SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE SAME THE SAME COMPARISON? >> NOSE PRINCIPALS OUT TOED THAT THAT DATA WAS DIFFERENT. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA IN FRONT OF FRONT OF ME TO SAY DIFFERENT, NO. RENAISSANCE WINDS DOE VENT THAT DATA. WHAT A WAS. NUMBER ONE IS WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED LAST YEAR. MEET STATUTE AND STILL WAS SUFFICIENT FOR LAST YEAR'S SCHOOL YEAR? >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT'S CORRECT. VERSION TWO ADDS IN AS HE WE MENTIONED MANY TIMES, THAT HIGH SCHOOL MAY HAVE IT OUT DURING LUNCHTIME. YES, MA'AM. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHILDREN. SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE I USED TO BE A PRINCIPAL. MAINLY PRINCIPALS, YOU KNOW, THEY PRETTY MUCH RUN THE SCHOOL. WHAT IS -- DID WE GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS OF ONE OR TWO OR WHAT? >>Superintendent Ayres: MISS McCREA, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON FEEDBACK FROM PRINCIPAL. WE WANT TO SHAKE PURE AS MEMBER MEMBER RENDON SAID EARLIER. OUR PRINCIPALS WANT GUIDELINES FOR US TO FOLLOW. THAT IS UPON US TO DO THAT FOR THEM. WE DO AND TRUST IN THEM TO RUN THEIR SCHOOLS AND WE GIVE THEM OF THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. WHAT THIS POLICY DOES BETTER THAN AND GETS PUT AS MISS THAN AND GETS PUT AS MISS RENDON SAID. IT GIVES TEETH TO THAT PROCEDURE AND ALLOWS OUR PRINCIPALS AND ALLOWS OUR PRINCIPALS TO HAVE THOSE GUIDE RAILS AND PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IF THEY WANT ON ON PBIS AND USE THEIR ON PBIS AND USE THEIR PHONES DURING THE DAY FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IT ALLOWS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO WE GET THIS POLICY COMPLETED AND TAKE MY NAME OFF HERE. BUT HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR. THIS -- HAVING TWO VERSIONS. THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I MAKE I MAKE SURE IN THE FUTURE ONE STLAERGS WE BRING FORWARD. BECAUSE A LOT OF DIALOGUE FOR A BOARD MEETING. AND IT IS LIKE A WORKSHOP. MOVING FORWARD, BOARD MEMBERS, I WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE VERSION MOVING FORWARD. MY RECOMMENDATION TO NOT HAVE TWO VERSIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. MY MY APOLOGIES. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: MY QUESTION WAS, ANY QUESTION WAS, ANY PRINCIPALS THAT WERE MORE LEANING TO ONE OR TWO? THAT IS MY THAT IS MY QUESTION. >> NO. YOU HAD PRINCIPALS FOR A MORE STRINGENT POLICY. AND PRINCIPALS THAT AND PRINCIPALS THAT WANTED TO CREATE THEIR OWN PROCEDURES BASED ON BASED ON BASED ON  PBIS OR PLAN. NOT NECESSARILY LEANING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MAYOR >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MAYOR GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. CAN YOU MAKE IT CLEAR. >>Jim Porter: WE NEED A SECOND. >>Nadia Combs: SECOND. >>Jim Porter: NOT SUBJECT TO >>Jim Porter: NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE. IT TEENS IN THAT BE IT TEENS IN THAT BE THE DEBATE ENDS NOW. IF YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF STOPPING THE DEBATE VOTE YES. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE DEBATE, VOTE NO. THIS IS TO CALL THE QUESTION IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF STOPPING. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD. IF YOU WANT TO STOP DEBATE AND JUST VOTE ON THE MOTION. YES IF YOU WANT TO KEEP TALKING, VOTE NO. THE MOTION FAILED 4-3 SO DEBATE WILL CONTINUE. IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN CLEAR THE BOARD AND YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE AND MR. AYRES AND MISS MR. AYRES AND MISS PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: BOARD MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SUPPORTING TWO AS LONG AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AUTONOMY WITH THE MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHEN IT COMES TO LUNCH. MY PROBLEM IS, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THIS POLICY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLICY VERSION 2, IT TALKS ABOUT THE USE OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS PROHIBITED DURING PROHIBITED DURING INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. AND UNLESS EXPRESS ME DIRECTED BY A STAFF. AND THAT TALKS ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. WHEN IT COMES TO LUNCH, SPAYS USE OF A DEVICE IS RESTRICTED TO BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL MAY USE PHONES DURING LUNCH. A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MAY IMPOSE MORE RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS AT THEIR SCHOOL. IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO IN ANY WAY, MIGHT ALLOW IT. MIGHT GIVE ANY MIGHT GIVE ANY AUTONOMY TO IT. THAT IS MY PROBLEM WITH THE WORDING ON THE POLICY THAT IT IS SAYING ONE THING IT GIVES THE AUTONOMY TO THE SCHOOLS WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM TAKING IT AWAY AT LUNCHTIME AND MAKE THE SCHOOL MAKE THE DECISION FOR TWO. AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THE POLICY CLEARLY. IN ORDER TO GET THIS POLICY TO REFLECT THIS, DO I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD WORDING TO IT? OR WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE. >>Jim Porter: YOUR INTENT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT NOT ONLY DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BUT DURING LUNCH, THAT A PRINCIPAL MAY ALLOW IT. >>Jessica Vaughn: CORRECT. >>Patti Rendon: FOR ONE OR TWO. >>Jim Porter: TALKING OF VERSION TWO. ONLY THING ON THE FLOOR FOR THE MOTION. WE CAN ADD WE CAN ADD THAT. RENAISSANCE. >>Jessica Vaughn: DO WE NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. >>Jim Porter: YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY THE WORDING BUT JUST THE INTENT. BEFORE IT IS DRAFTED WE INCORPORATE THAT. DO YOU WANT ME TO TRY IT OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT. >>Jessica Vaughn: SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON VERSION TWO TO MOTION ON VERSION TWO TO EXPLICITLY SAY ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT AT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT AT LUNCHTIME, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS OR TEACHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEACHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOW IT UNDER THEIR ALLOW IT UNDER THEIR -- THEIR AUTHORITY. PORTE COCHERE NOORZ IS A SECOND. WE NEED A SECOND. BEFORE WE TALK, WE NEED A SECOND. A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. YOU CAN DEBATE THAT. BASICALLY WHAT THAT BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES. IT STILL IS A STRICTER POLICY AND MAKES IT RESTRICTIVE AND MAKES IT CLEAR WHICH IS IMMIND BEFORE THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO DO IT IN THEIR SCHOOLS. >>Jessica Vaughn: MAKES IT MORE CLEAR THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. >>Jim Porter: MEMBER COMBS, SHE DID A SUB CITY OPPORTUNITY FOR VERSION TWO BUT ALLOW VERSION TWO BUT ALLOW PRINCIPALS TO ALLOW IT DURING LUNCH IF IT IS IN THEIR AUTONOMY TO DO THAT. THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SUBSTITUTE MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW. >>Karen Perez: ANY DISCUSSION? >>Jim Porter: OKAY. SO -- ALL WE ARE DOING NOW IS VOTING ON AND INCLUDING THAT IN THE MAIN MOTION TO GIVE THE PRINCIPAL AUTONOMY AT LUNCHTIME IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF YOU ARE FAVOR GIVING PRINCIPAL AUTONOMY AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AT LUNCH VOTE YES. IF NOT, VOTE NO. THAT MOTION PASSED. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE MAIN MOTION NOW. SO THE MAIN SO THE MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT IS STILL BEING DEBATED IS VERSION TWO WITH THE ADDITION OF EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME. BUT IT GIVES THE PRINCIPAL THE AUTHORITY AT LUNCH IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO ALLOW IT. UP TO THE PRINCIPAL. A SCHOOL BASED DECISION TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT MR. PORTER, THANK YOU, MISS VAUGHN FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I THINK THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN THE INTENT WAS, IF IT SAYS EXCEPT WHEN BY EXCEPT WHEN BY TEACHER, STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT WAS THE INTENTION BUT NOT VERY CLEAR. SO THANK YOU. >>Jim Porter: A GOOD >>Jim Porter: A GOOD SUMMATION. >>Jessica Vaughn: WITH THAT CHANGE, I WILL SUPPORT VERSION TWO. >>Jim Porter: IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS? >>Karen Perez: I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS -- NO, WHICH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ASKED FOR NUMBERS IN THE SCHOOLS? MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. SO SO GRECO HAD SO GRECO HAD 1396 WILL HE GIRLS OF OF '3-'24. WORKEBB HAD 669 REFERRALS. WALK HER WALK HER 328 REFERRALS. THAT WILL THAT WILL LOOK THAT UP. I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT. I LOOK AT I LOOK AT 23, 24. >>Karen Perez: SEEING NO OTHER -- >>Jim Porter: BOARD TO VOTE >>Jim Porter: BOARD TO VOTE ON VERSION TWO AS VERSION TWO AS AMENDED. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>Karen Perez: >>Karen Perez: OKAY. >>Jim Porter: YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE HEARING. >>Karen Perez: WITH THAT, IT CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE ARE GOING BACK INTO THE -- THE BOARD MEETING. AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ITEM -- NOW I AM GOING TO READ THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS TOGETHER. 4.02 -- 4.02 -- ITEMS 4.02 -- ITEMS 4.02R, NEGOTIATED 4.02 -- ITEMS 4.02R, NEGOTIATED ECONOMIC SALARY PROPOSAL WITH HILLSBOROUGH CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES FOR 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR. 4.03, NEGOTIATED 4.03, NEGOTIATED ECONOMIC SALARY PROPOSAL WITH HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION FOR 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR. 4.04, ECONOMIC SALARY PROPOSAL FOR NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES FOR 2024-'25 SCHOOL. AND 4.05, ECONOMIC AND 4.05, ECONOMIC SALARY PROPOSAL FOR ADMINISTRATORS PROPOSAL FOR ADMINISTRATORS FOR 2024-'25 SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THESE ITEMS HIGHLIGHT THESE ITEMS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ALL OF THESE ITEMS 4 BE 02, 3, 4 AND 5 ARE ALL OF OUR SALARY ECONOMIC PROPOSALS. FIRST OFF, WAY TONIGHT THANK THIS THIS BOARD. YOU ALL WERE CLEAR YOU ALL WERE CLEAR UP FRONT AS WE MOVED INTO THE SUMMERTIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR NETWORKS COMPLETED AND MOVING INTO THIS -- INTO THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THESE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEW JULY AND FOR THE NEW PAY RATES TO BE REALIZED IN THE FIRST REALIZED IN THE FIRST PAYCHECK OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR IS REALLY UNPRECEDENT AND REPRESENTS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE THE BARGAINING TEAM MEMBERS, UNION PARTNERS. EN THEIR SCHOOL BOARD. I DON'T WANT TO UNDER SELL WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY TO HAVE NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED WITH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS IS A HUGE STEP FOR US AS WE MOVE INTO THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR PUSHING US TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THE OUR NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETED BEFORE TEACHERS AND MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES RETURN ON AUGUST EMPLOYEES RETURN ON AUGUST. I DO WANT TO THANK SOME FOLKS AS WE MOVE INTO THIS. I AM GOING TO GO -- MY FIRST THANK YOU. THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR DANIELLE THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR DANIELLE SHOTWELL AND SHOTWELL AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MISS JOHNSON. MISS GARCIA, SOMEWHERE. AND THIS ARJA AND OUR PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVES. SIT IN ON NEGOTIATIONS SIT IN ON NEGOTIATIONS CHRISTINA ALVAREZ JUSTIN ALVAREZ JUSTIN YOMEN, WHY ALVAREZ JUSTIN YOMEN, WHY JAMAL CROOKS AND ERNESTINE WOODY. START ARE 4.02. CTA TO OUTLINE SOME OF THOSE. A BIG DAY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT-TO-HAVE THE SALARY PROPOSALS COMPLETE AND VOEMENTED ON ON IN JUST A FEW MOMENT. START WITH 4.02 AND THEN GET A VOTE ON VOTE ON THAT. REPRESENT -- REPRESENTS REPRESENT -- REPRESENTS 13,200 INSTRUCTIONAL PLEAS AND INSTRUCTIONAL PLEAS AND 3600 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEES. ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WILL BE MOVED ONE STEP ON LY AGREED UPON SALARY SCHEDULES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024. RESULTING IN STARTER TEACHER PAY BEING INCREASED TO 48,000. YOU WANT TO NOTE THAT WITHIN THE NETWORK. FROM 745 TO 748 AND ARE HAVE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT FIRST STEP. ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE TOP OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SALARY, RECEIVE A ONE-TIME 2,000 ADDITIONAL PAYMENT. ALL ELIGIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL PAYMENT.1500. TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BE PAID ON AUGUST 9. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND, BOY, YOU WERE VERY CLEAR ON THAT ONE AS WELL. OUR TEACHERS START BACK ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. THAT FIRST PAYCHECK FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE NEXT ANY, AUGUST 9. WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A ONE-DAY PAYCHECK. BOARD, YOU MADE IT VERY CLEAR WITH THAT ONE-TIME WITH THAT ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OF THE $15,000. THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ONE-DAY PAYCHECK. BOARD THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE DIRECTION ON THAT. IN ADDITION, YOU WILL OF OUR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WILL SIGH OF A ONE-TIME A ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OF 2500 IN TWO INSTALLMENTS. FIRST INSTALLMENT 1500 ON AUGUST 9. SECOND INSTALLMENT OF $1,000 IS SECOND INSTALLMENT OF $1,000 IS TENTATIVELY JANUARY 10, 2025. WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS ON THAT FRIDAY AUGUST 9, ALL OF THE NEW PAY RATES WILL ON THAT FIRST COLLECT AND $1500 ONE-TIME PAYMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BIG DAY WHERE WE HAVE THESE NETWORKS NETWORKS COMPLETED. BIG NIGHT TONIGHT AS WE LOOK TO ACCELERATE AND GET EVERYBODY BACK. EVERYBODY IS READY TO COME BACK FOR OUR FIRST DAY AS WE START FRIDAY AUGUST 2 WITH MOST FRIDAY AUGUST 2 WITH MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES RETURNING BACK. A BIG STEP TO HAVE THE NEXTS COMPLETED COMPLETED THAT IS COMPLETED THAT IS 4.02. AND COMMENTS FOR 3, 4 AND 5 HAD BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEFER. 4.02 THAT HEIGHTS HCTA AND OUR ESP EMPLOYEES FOR 2024-'25. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: A MOTION >>Karen Perez: A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. SECOND BY MEMBER SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. DOES DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: WITHOUT THE ATTORNEY, I AM NOT REAL SURE IF I WANT TO -- I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE ALL OF THIS. AND I -- ALL OF THIS -- AND I -- ALL OF THIS -- 4.02, 4.03, 4.04 AND 4.03, 4.04 AND 4.05234 REMARKS. >>Superintendent Ayres: CAN I HIGHLIGHT EACH. >>Jim Porter: PROCEDURALLY -- IF WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ARE TO APPROVE ALL FOUR OF THE ITEMS AND DISCUSS THEM AND VOTE AT ONCE. THAT IS HOW IT IS DONE WITH THAT AND WILL MOVE THE MEET ALONG. >>Superintendent Ayres: SO THAT IS YOUR IS YOUR ACTA. IF I CAN HIGHLIGHT -- >>Jim Porter: HE IS GOING TO >>Jim Porter: HE IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THEM ALL AND PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO HAVE ALL FOUR AND THEN DISCUSS THEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: IMGO AHEAD MADAM CHAIR TO MOVE AHEAD MADAM CHAIR TO MOVE TO 4.003 REAL QUICK. HCF SALARY. HCFS INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES 4400 4400 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING CUSTODIANS, STUDENT NUTRITION, BUS DRIVERS, BUS BUS DRIVERS, BUS MAINTENANCE AND OTHER JOB TYPES. ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WILL MUCH ONE STEP ON A NEWLY AGREED-UPON SALARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE EFFECTIVE JULY 1. JUST LIKE OUR OTHER ONE, ALL OF OUR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A ONE-TIME A ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL PAYMENT $2500. $1500 ON AUGUST 9 AND $1,000 FOR JANUARY 10. THEY WILL TWO. 1500 ON AUGUST 9 FOLLOWED BY $1,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $2500 ON JANUARY 10. THAT IS THAT IS 4.03. 4.04, THIS IS OUR NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. AND NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 1250 INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 1250 EMPLOYEES SUCH AS HEAD EMPLOYEES SUCH AS HEAD CUSTODIANS, SECRETARIES, MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIES, ACCOUNTANTS, SECRETARIES, ACCOUNTANTS, REPS AMONG OTHER JOB TIGHTS AND MOVE ONE STEP TO A ONE STEP TO A NEWLY AGREED UPON SALARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE. ALL ELIGIBLE NONREPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYEES AT THE TOP RECEIVE THAT ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL $2,000 PAYMENT. AND ALL ELIGIBLE NONREP EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL 2500. AGAIN THE 1500 ON AUGUST 9 AND 1,000 ON -- ON JANUARY 10. THAT IS 4:04. FINALLY 4:05. THOSE ARE OUR ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR. ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES INCLUDE 950 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING PRINCIPALS, APs AND OTHER SITE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS. ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES ARE PLACED ON ARE PLACED ON NEWLY DEVELOPED ADMIN SALARY SCHEDULED EFFECTIVE JULY 1 AND ALL ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THE ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $1500 SCHEDULED TO BE PAID ON AUGUST 9. 4.02 THROUGH 4.05 FOR THE 4.02 THROUGH 4.05 FOR THE ECONOMIC SALARY PROPOSALS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER BIG DAY, DAY FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO HAVE THE SALARY PROPOSALS COMPLETED BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING THIS ALLOWING THIS AND PUSHING TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE YEAR STARTS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. >>Jim Porter: THE >>Jim Porter: THE APPROPRIATE MOTION TO MAKE FOR 4-02R, MOTION TO MAKE FOR 4-02R, MOTION TO MAKE FOR 4-02R,  4.03, 4.04 AND 4.04 AND 4.05. >>Lynn Gray: I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO CLOUDY MOTION TO CLOUDY 4.02, 03, 04 A AND 05 AND HAVE DISCUSSION. >>Karen Perez: A MOTION FROM MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? NO? ALL RIGHT. VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS A GREAT DAY. I AM SURE ALL BOARD MEMBERS WILL SAY THE SAME. A GREAT TIME. AND IT IS SO OBSERVANT OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THANKING SO MUCH DR. PATTON AND MISS GARCIA, MISS AND MISS GARCIA, MISS ROMAN AND MISS GARCIA, MISS ROMANER AND MISS SHOTWELL. THEY WORKED THEIR HEARTS AND THEY WORKED THEIR HEARTS AND HEAD OUT FOR THIS. WE KNOW IT IS STOPPING THE BLEEDING A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THE BIGGER PICTURE IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE SPECIALLY CALLED BOARD MEETING. I WANTED TO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR CLEAR AND I AM SURE WE ARE ALL ARE REMINDED OF ARE REMINDED OF THIS AND MISS ROMANIER, CFO, YOU MAY WANT TO REMARK THAT THE TOTAL OF $88 MILLION WILL PUT US MILLION WILL PUT US IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR NEXT YEAR IN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. I AM STARING -- I AM LOOKING AT -- -- THERE YOU ARE. IT WILL PUT US IN AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT, WHICH MEANS -- THIS IS FOR THE NEWLY ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE NEWLY ADOPTED BUDGET COMING UP, IS THAT CORRECT? MISS MISS ROMANIER? >> YES, WE WILL BE IN >> YES, WE WILL BE IN DEFINITE AROUND 20 MILLION. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY OPINION MY CONCERN -- AND I -- I KNOW I DWELL ON THIS, THE FUND BALANCE. IT WILL PROBABLY BE IT WILL PROBABLY BE LOWERED AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FROM 21% TO PERHAPS 15%. WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO SAY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>Lynn Gray: WALLS CAUTION WHEN WE ARE DOING WE ARE DOING ALL THE -- ALL THE DESERVED BONUSES AND STEPS. I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE OUT ALSO IN THE MINDS OF ALL OF ALSO IN THE MINDS OF ALL OF US. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKS SO HARD ON THIS. CTA, ALL OF THE UNIONS, ADDITIONAL UNIONS, EVERYBODY IN THE -- IN THE BARGAINING THE -- IN THE BARGAINING TABLE. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT AYRES FOR BEING SO DEDICATED TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. OBVIOUSLY MY FEELING IS THAT IT IS NEVER ENOUGH, RIGHT. FOR OUR EDUCATORS WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY ON THE FRONT EVERY DAY ON THE FRONT LINES WITH OUR KIDS. IT IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT IT IS A GOOD START AND HOPEFULLY IT SHOWS TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT -- EVEN IF WE ARE NOT GETTING THE REVENUE THAT WE HOPE FOR, THAT WE NEED AND DIFFERENT AVENUES WHETHER FROM THE STATE OR WHAT NOT, THAT WE WILL FIND A WAY TO BE DEDICATED TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR US. I ALSO THINK THAT IN A TIME WHERE WE ARE SO DIVIDED WITH EDUCATION FROM WHAT WE SEE, THE FACT THAT -- YOU KNOW, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR LABOR UNION, WITH OUR TEACHERS WITH OUR TEACHERS UNION AND OUR UNION. AND AS A BOARD AND WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR UNITY TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS IN A UNPRECEDENTED WAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS EARLY IN THE SCHOOL JEER TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR YEAR OFF TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR EMPLOYEES HOW MUCH WE VALUE AND CARE ABOUT THEM SPEAKS VOLUME ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME. I WANT TO SAY PAT ON THE PACK FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THIS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND HOPEFULLY EMPLOYEES AND HOPEFULLY AGAIN THIS HOPES SOMEWHAT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ENOUGH. I WOULD -- MISS JOHNSON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POINT TO RIB GRAY'S POINT. THAT IS WITH THE ANTICIPATED OF LOSS OF A HUGE AM OF STUDENTS WHICH WE MAY OR MAY WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT TRUE UP DING DING -- DEPENDING AFTER THE COUNT. THE THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO WHAT THE STATE HAVE FORECASTED LOSS OF STUDENTS WITH THE DIFFERENT STUDENTS WITH THE DIFFERENT SCHOLARSHIPS. >> WE HAVE DEVELOPED A ALTERNATIVE BUDGET AND WILL CHANGE THE CHANGE THE IT IF CHANGE THE IT IF ENROLLMENT CHANGE THE IT IF ENROLLMENT INCREASES. >>Jessica Vaughn: WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR THAT. >> HOPEFUL. >>Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T WANT TAKE AWAY FROM THE CELEBRATION. SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. AND EXCITED TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR. I HOPE IT SETS THE PRECEDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL YEAR DESPITE THE OBSTACLES WE HAVE COMING UP .THANK YOU AGAIN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER VAUGHN, THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THAT. WHAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR TONIGHT IS OUR DECISION PUT NEWS THAT FINANCIAL DEFICIT THAT FINANCIAL DEFICIT BECAUSE IT HAS IT HAS NOT. AND SO AND SO I WANT TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF AND UNIONS WORKING AROUND THIS. AS MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID, THIS IS SETTING A PRECEDENT. GETTING THIS DONE OVER THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW. IT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE STRIVE FOR, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND IT IS -- YOU KNOW, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE CELEBRATE TONIGHT. AND TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG START TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. A NICE WAY TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A CELEBRATION. THIS IS REALLY GREAT. IN 42 YEARS, I NEVER HAD -- I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE TEACHERS COME BACK AND GET PAID AS THEY COME BACK. FIRST TIME. THAT -- SUPERINTENDENT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND -- AND ROE AND THE CTA AND THE UNIONS. YOU GOT -- YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THAT IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT UNIFYING. BEING IN UNITY. THAT IS SO THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND I MAY HAVE TO BORROW SOME MONEY FROM YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING SO YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY LATER. APPRECIATE APPRECIATE THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HOPE TO HAVE A CLARIFICATION MISS JOHNSON. LAST YEAR WAS THE LAST YEAR WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 1 THE PREDICTION OF LOSING SO MANY STUDENTS AND ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITHIN 500 STUDENTS FROM WHERE WE START? OKAY. AND WE WERE PREDICTED TO LOSE ALMOST 10,000? 7,000. SO WE DEFINITELY CAME IN MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR HIGHER THAN OUR PREDICTIONS. WHAT ARE WE BASING OUR WERE HE INDUCTIONS ON THIS YEAR? >> >> EIGHT, THE STATE >> EIGHT, THE STATE GAVE US PROJECTIONS. >>Patti Rendon: OF >>Patti Rendon: OF WHAT. >> LOSS OF STUDENTS. >>Patti Rendon: HOW MANY. >> 7,000. >>Patti Rendon: WELL, THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS AND PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT MAY ADDRESS OUR FUND BALANCE. I GAVE US THE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF OUR BECAUSE OF OUR FUND BALANCE TO MAKE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A HEALTHY WAY. THE THE TEACHERS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS, ETC. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR DISTRICT. THERE IS NO DOUBT WITHOUT YOU, WE DON'T EXIST. MY STATEMENT IS FROM THE MY STATEMENT IS FROM THE PRINCIPAL TO THE CUSS TOAD JO IAN, IF WE ARE NOT AFFECTING YOU, WE DON'T MATTER. YOU ARE THE ONES THAT MATTER THE MOST. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO PUT THIS ALL TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. MY LAST ONE WILL BE A SENIOR. I UNDERSTAND TREMENDOUSLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS .IT WAS A HUGE LIFT. AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR STAFF MAKING SURE WE HAD IT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THE PUBLIC INTO ELSE ABOUT OUR TEACHERS AND ABOUT OUR TEACHERS AND ADMIN AND SUPPORT STAFF, THAT WE AS A SUPPORT STAFF, THAT WE AS A DISTRICT SHOW THEY ARE FIRST IN THE PRIORITY LIST. WHEN WE SHOW THEY ARE FIRST IN PRIORITY LIST, SET A PRECEDENCE TO THE REST OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE A PRIORITY AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION NO MATTER WHAT WE TO DO BE ON THE FOREFRONT THAT OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND ANYONE SUPPORTING DIRECTLY NO OUR SCHOOLS. IF WE MAKE OUR DECISION SHOWING THAT IS THE PRIORITY, OUR PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE COMING FROM. AND I THINK THAT IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE NEED TO MAKE THEIR WE NEED TO COMMUNION CHAT THAT TO EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDOM. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I WANT TO RERATE RATE WHAT I WANT TO RERATE RATE WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. THANK YOU THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT AYRES FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE FIRST TIME IN 0 YEARS THIS HAS BEEN DONE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE. INROE JOHNSON. EVERYBODY INVOLVED. OUR ATTORNEY. AND ESPECIALLY OUR AND ESPECIALLY OUR UNION THAT WORKED SO HARD. TIRELESSLY. LAST, I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THINK OF OUR TEACHERS AND THE THINGS THEY SAID AND TALKING -- TEACHER WHO CAME HERE WHO WERE HOMELESS AND TEACH WHO WOULDN'T FEED THEIR FAMILY AND I GO PLACES AND I MEET TEACHERS THAT HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS. IT IS SO, SO DIFFICULT WHEN I SEE THAT. I WILL SAY THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT HARD WITH EVERY TO FIGHT HARD WITH EVERY SINGLE AGENDA ITEM MAKING SURE THAT EVERY FISCAL DECISION IS MADE EVERY FISCAL DECISION IS MADE WITH YOU THE IDEA OF PAVING OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE SAY OUR AS NOT GONE DOWN. THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE ARE THOUSANDS THAT MOVED INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. WE ARE BUSTING AT THE WE ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. HOMES ARE BEING BUILT EVERYWHERE. YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT 5, SHAKE'S DISTRICT, OUR REN ROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN. TO SAY WE ARE NOT LOSING STUDENTS AND THEY ARE NOT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT IS NOT TRUE. WE SHOULD HAVE THOUSANDS OF MORE STUDENTS STUDENTS NOT LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS WITH 150, 180, 200, THE POPULATION. IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK AT WEST TAMPA AND CENTRAL TAMPA, STUDENTS HAVE MOVED OUT TO SOUTH COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS AREA. AND TEACHERS CAN'T AFFORD TO WORK HERE. SO THAT IS NOT SO THAT IS NOT TRUE. AND WHEN WE FIGHT THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST FIGHTING FOR THIS. THAT MEANS PINELLAS COUNTY, THAT THEIR VOTERS APPROVED BY THEIR VOTERS APPROVED BY 80% FOR THE REFERENDUM. THAT MEANS PASCO COUNTY, RIGHT WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS VERY CON SERVE I HAVE IT. ALL OF THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL OF THEIR VOTERS SUPPORTED THAT. SO TEACHERS, COULD YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 6,000. SUPPORT STAFF, YOU CAN HAVE AN EXTRA ,000. DO NOT BE DO NOT BE FOOLED. KEEP FIGHT KEEP FIGHT -- 3,000. AND DO NOT BE FOOLED. KEEP FIGHTING. DO NOT GIVE UP. WE NEED YOU FOR YOUR VOICE. BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF SATURDAY AND CRIME INCREASES AND A PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY, SOCIETY, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE 1,000 VACANCIES. DO NOT BLAME A DO NOT BLAME A CHILD WHO HAVEN'T AN EN GAIGSGATION TO FIVE TO AN EN GAIGSGATION TO FIVE TO TEN YEARS AND HAVEN'T HAD A TEACHER. STUDENTS IN WEST TAMPA AND TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ARE WAITING FOR CONSISTENCY IN THEIR LIFE IN A FEW WEEKS. THEY ARE WALKING IN A CLASSROOM WITH 18 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. UNION, DO NOT BE FOOLED. WE CAN KEEP FIGHTING WITHIN THIS BOARD AND WITHIN COUNTY COMMISSION. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, I WILL BE BRIEF. GOES BACK TO MISS GOES BACK TO MISS ROMINIER. DR. HAHN, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON THIS. THIS OPERATIONAL DEFICIT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE 88 MILLION IN THE IN THE NEWLY ADOPTED IN THE NEWLY ADOPTED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT? NOT THIS YEAR, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT NEXT YEAR. >> CURRENT >> CURRENT FISCAL >> CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR YEAR '24-'25. WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED BUT WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED BUT TENTATIVELY IN A DEFICIT WHEN WE BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD. >>Lynn Gray: I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THIS YEAR. I MEANT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT POINT. AND GOOD NEWS. IF YOU WANTON FLIP IT DOWN TO A NEGATIVE. BUT I HAVE THAT OUT FRONT FOR THE THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK THE I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK THE STAFF AND STAFF AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES FORKING ABLE TO, YOU FORKING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO THIS FINAL TO THIS FINAL PLACE AND BEING ABLE TO GET THE REASONS FOR THESE THESE TEACHERS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR YEAR STARTS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT -- NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO -- OH, WE HAVE -- GO INTO -- OH, WE HAVE -- >>Jim Porter: YOU ALREADY >>Jim Porter: YOU ALREADY VOTE. THIS WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL. YOU DID YOUR COMMENTS AFTER THE VOTE. >>Karen Perez: WE WILL TAKE EMPLOYEE COMMENT OR INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND ATTEND MEETINGS A 4 ATTEND MEETINGS A 4 P.M. MANY WAY FOR EMPLOYEE TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILERS, REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILERS, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PETITION GIVING OF THE BOARD MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. FROM THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA, ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES ARE RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL CALL THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS. >>Jim Porter: WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS TONIGHT. >>Karen Perez: TWO SPEAKERS, OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET. FIRST, I FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR OUR OUR SKIPPING THE PLEASANTRIES LAST TIME. I WAS PRACTICING THE ONE MINUTE DRILL AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT IN THERE. ALSO PRESIDENT -- I AM VALLEY VALLEY TUCHMAN, CHEMISTRY TEACHER SERVING TEACHER SERVING AS TEACHER SERVING AS TREASURER. PRESIDENT ROB PRESIDENT ROB CRITES SENDS HIS REGRETS. HE IS AT A NATIONAL HE IS AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE. SO WE DON'T FORGET HIM I MADE SURE TO WEAR KHAKIS AND COMFORTABLE SHOES. WHILE WE ARE BARGAINING YEAR AND OVERAND GOES INTO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE ALWAYS GET FROM MEMBERS IS, YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T THIS DONE BEFORE THE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR? WHY DON'T I HAVE A CONTRACT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR. HEY, WE DID IT. REALLY, WE DID IT. SO WE SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE COLLABORATION. AND HONESTLY, THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU GUYS GAVE THIS. WE -- THIS -- THE TIMELINESS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES. AND IT IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO HELP BOOST HELP BOOST MORALE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THAT SAID, IF WE ARE -- I HEARD MANY OF YOU SAY IT. AND I THINK MOST OF US AGREE AND ALL OF US AGREE THAT IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH. SO WITH -- UNTIL WE GET THERE, I HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AND CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AND ONE THING I CONSTANTLY HEAR ARE THE LITTLE THINGS -- JUST ONE MORE THING. ONE MORE THING. ONE MORE THING THEY KEEP GETTING FROM THEIR ADMINISTRATION, COACHES OR WHATEVER. IF WE IF WE COULD HELP TO REMOVE JUST THE LITTLE THINGS OFF OF THEIR PLATES THAT WOULD REALLY GO SO FAR SO ONCE AGAIN, APPRECIATE SO MUCH HAVING THIS MUCH HAVING THIS SETTLED BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT IS GREAT AND I REALLY HOPE THIS DOES BECOME THE THIS DOES BECOME THE NORM AND NOT THE EXCEPTION. AND I LOVE THAT -- I WROTE THAT. AND I AND I HEARD THAT UP THERE AS Y'ALL WERE SPEAKING. THANK YOU, AGAIN. HAVE A GREAT HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, >> HI, CARISSA >> HI, CARISSA DENICA FROM GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST, I WAS ON THE BARGAINING TEAM. AS I SAID LAST TIME WHEN I SPOKE. I REALLY I REALLY APPLAUD THE WAY THAT YOU YOU -- YOU HAD YOUR BARGAINING YOU -- YOU HAD YOUR BARGAINING TEAM MOVE SOMETHING THAT WAS A ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL PAYMENT. SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED. SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY. A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND GREAT WAY TO RUN SOMETHING WITHOUT DOING THOSE REOCCURRING COSTS. APPLAUD YOU AND I APPLAUD THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY THE PAY INCREASE IS NOT ENOUGH. I STILL CAN'T AFFORD TO -- I STILL NEED TO BE MARRY IN ORDER TO LIVE. AND NOT TO A TEACHER. CAN'TNARY A TEACHER, RIGHT, THAT IS THE RULE, NEW TEACHERS. BUT I REALLY BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY SPENT INTO THINKING HOW TO USE THAT FUND BALANCE AND PUT IT IN THERE. OTHER PART. THANK GOODNESS. THERE IS SOME TIME IN BETWEEN THINGS BECAUSE I WAS FIRED UP BACK BACK THERE. FOR -- FOR -- IN TERMS OF CREDIT RECOVERY. THESE ARE FOR KIDS THAT FAILED THEIR REGULAR EXPLICITLY THEIR REGULAR EXPLICITLY TAUGHT CLASS. AND THEY OF -- THEY HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM, RIGHT. AND WE USE AND WE USE EDGENUITY. FAILURE IS A PART OF LIFE. WE PREPARE YOUR KIDS FOR LIFE. JUST LIKE SAYS. I FAILED TODAY BY NOT READING THE AGENDA BEFOREHAND AND NOT SEEING THAT WAS GOING TO BE A THING. BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE MADE A STATEMENT BEFOREHAND. I FAILED MY DAUGHTER BY NOT SIGNING HER UP. I THOUGHT I DID. BUT I DIDN'T SIGN HER UP FOR HER WALKER BOOT CAMP WALKER BOOT CAMP AND MISS IT WITH ALL -- AND DIDN'T GET TO GO, RIGHT. MY FAILURES AND WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT. CREDIT RECOVER TREE DOES NOT DO THAT. YOU HAVE A POLICY AT THE END OF THE -- OF THE SECOND SEMESTER OF A SENIOR, RIGHT. THEY ARE FAILING THEIR CLASS. SOMETHING THEY ARE FAILING THEY NEED FOR GRADUATION. YOU HAVE A POLICY WHERE THEY CAN START CREDIT RECOVERY BEFORE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY FAILED THE CLASS. NOW THE IDEA HERE IS A GOOD ONE, RIGHT. GET THOSE KIDS TO PASS. THE PROBLEM IS, THOSE KIDS PASS EDGENUITY IN THREE DAYS. THIS IS NOT NEW THIS IS NOT NEW INCHES FOR YOU. AND IT DOESN'T -- SHE WAS AN A STUDENT. A STUDENT IN MY CLASS A STUDENT IN MY CLASS AND HAD A A STUDENT IN MY CLASS AND HAD A HAD A SUB IN HER CLASSROOM. COULD NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL TWO DAYS BEFORE GRADUATION STARTED IN IN EDGENUITY. SHE GRADUATED. HOW? THAT IS NOT FAIR. AND AND THAT IS YOUR POLICY AND THAT IS YOUR POLICY OF LETTING THAT LETTING THAT HAPPEN. FIX IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM 5.0 5.0, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, REVISIONS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >> ITEM 5.02. REVISION OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. CONSISTS OF 36 SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. COMMITTEE BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE SUBGROUPS THAT SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE CODE AND CONDUCTED, DRUGS, INSUBORDINATION, FIGHTING, NONATTENDANCE AND INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. ADDITIONAL CHANGES WERE SUBMITTED FOR SECTIONS SUBMITTED FOR SECTIONS PERTAINING TO PERTAINING TO MEDICATION AND THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT. THAT IS ITEM THAT IS ITEM 5.02. OUR GENERAL DIRECTOR -- NEW -- I WILL SAY WILL SAY OLD PRINCIPAL AT WILL SAY OLD PRINCIPAL AT WHARTON AND NEW WHARTON AND NEW DIRECTOR MAYAN WHARTON AND NEW DIRECTOR MAYAN AND RICH GRAVES WITH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REVISIONS OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C APPROVE ITEM C 5.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER HAHN, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON AND MEMBER COMBS PULLED PULLED THIS ITEM. ANYBODY WANT TO GET IN THE QUEUE FOR COMMENTS? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MAT >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MAT DAM CHAIR. I DIDN'T WANT TO SUPERSEDE ANY OF THE MEMBERS WHO WERE PULLED. SOME MEMBER COMBS, YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST? NO? OKAY. MY QUESTION -- AND CONGRATULATION MRS. ROWAN. WE ARE VERY, VERY PLEASED YOU ARE IN THIS POISON. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE IT IS A BIG IT IS A BIG SUBJECT AT LEAST IN MY MY EXPERIENCE DURING MY YEARS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE -- THE TECHNOLOGY, THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MY FEAR AND YOUR FEAR THAT OUR YOUNG KIDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN INVOLVED IN MISUSE OF INVOLVED IN MISUSE OF -- AND INVOLVED IN MISUSE OF -- AND BULLYING AND -- AND PHYSICAL THREATS TO ONE ANOTHER THREATS TO ONE ANOTHER AND -- AND SHARING AND SHARING PHOTOS. I LOOK AT PAGE 7 AND 8 IN THE MANUAL HERE. AND I WILL CALL IT A MANUAL BECAUSE IT IS QUITE THICK. AND THIS IS GOING ON -- NUMBER 40. WHERE WE HAVE ORIGINAL DEFINITION. INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES. IF WE CONTROL DOWN JUST A SECOND -- I MEAN JUST A FEW. AND WHEN -- WHEN THE POSSESSION OF A OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE DISRUPTS THE EDUCATIONAL DEVICE DISRUPTS THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. SO SO MY -- SO MY -- MY WONDERS SO MY -- MY WONDERS IS, WHAT DO WE DO, WHAT IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I HAVE THE ANSWER BECAUSE I HAD IT ON PAGE 28. BUT WHAT DO WE DO AND BUT WHAT DO WE DO AND LET'S JUST SAY A PRINCIPAL AND OR A TEACHER, AND OR A COACH TEACHER, AND OR A COACH WHEN THEY SEE THEY SEE THE PHYSICAL HARM OR THEY SEE THE PHYSICAL HARM OR THE PHYSICAL THE PHYSICAL THREATS STUDENT THE PHYSICAL THREATS STUDENT TO STUDENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. VIA THEIR CELL PHONE. WE HAVE -- FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AT ONE SCHOOL CALLED A FIGHT CLUB. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AND IT WAS ACTUALLY DISTURBINGLY WITH WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS MEETING OFF-CAMPUS TO FIGHT. THE SEVERITY AND THE SEVERITY AND CONSEQUENCES OF THAT SPEAK VOLUMES. I ALSO AM ON THE I ALSO AM ON THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE AND SOCIAL ONLINE THAT STUDENTS ARE SHARING NUDE SHARING NUDE PHOTOS WITH EACH OTHER. AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? CONSEQUENCES. AND FURTHER -- AND RUN TALKS OF BULLYING, BUT A LOT OF THE BULLING DOES OCCUR THROUGH OUR CELL PHONES AND NOT MINE, BUT STUDENTS, WATCH IT, STUDENTS USE OF CELL PHONES AND THAT OF CELL PHONES AND THAT BULLYING CAN CAN HURT WITH THE CHILD'S ATTENTION SPAN BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL. WHEN WE TALK OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, NOW USE OF TECHNOLOGY, NOW WE HAVE A POLICY THAT POLICY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL ELIMINATE A LOT OF ELIMINATE A LOT OF THAT; HOWEVER, WHERE ARE HOWEVER, WHERE ARE -- AND YOU NEED TO SPEAK WHEREVER YOU WANT. WHEN WE HAVE A -- WHEN WE HAVE A -- A MITIGATION ON PAGE 28. WHAT DO WE DO WHEN ONE OF THOSE THREE OR ALL OF THOSE THREE OCCUR. SO WE HAVE HERE A SAFETY ONLINE SO WE HAVE HERE A SAFETY ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE HAVE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, WE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SAFETY PLAN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. AND THEN THEY GET A AND THEN THEY GET A CERTIFICATE OF OF COMPLETION. SO I AM NOT HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER TO JUDGE MEMBER TO JUDGE WHETHER THIS IS SEVERE OR NOT. I RIGHT NOW JUST WANTON GET CLARIFICATION. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN ONE OF THOSE THREE OR ALL OF THOSE THREE OCCUR. THEY GET A SAFETY PLAN. IF YOU CAN JUST SHARE. ON PAGE 28. THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT UNDER INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. AND THAT IS UNDER THE NEW CODE OF CONDUCT. >> SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WILL SAY. FIRST, NEW TO THE FIRST, NEW TO THE POSITION. GOING THROUGH -- GOING THROUGH THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION OF CELL PHONES EARLIER. IT NEED TO BE IT NEED TO BE REVAMPED IN TERMS OF THE MATRIX. BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE -- WE -- AS MEMBER VAUGHN WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU MIGHT HAVE A YOU MIGHT HAVE A TEACHER -- A STUDENT ON ESPN AT LUNCH. AND HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THAT STUDENT AND DEAL WITH THAT STUDENT. VERSES SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING WHERE -- LIKE BULLIES OR NUDE PICTURES AND SOMETHING OF THAT EFFECT. THE WAY THE MATRIX IS SET UP AND I THINK THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, THE WAY THE MATRIX IS SET UP, WHY THERE IS SO MUCH LEEWAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE TWO EXTREMES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BREAKING IT DOWN TO THE MORE SEVERE THINGS, THE LESS SEVERE THINGS AND THE LESS SEVERE THINGS AND HOW WE ADDRESS THOSE WE ADDRESS THOSE I CAN'T ANSWER SPECIFICALLY TO THE PROGRAMMER IN GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE AND I CAN'T ANSWER SO FAR AT THIS POINT. >>Lynn Gray: THAT IS FAIR. I NEVER SEEN THIS IN PREVIOUS CODE OF CONDUCTS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE ANSWER, BUT NONETHELESS, ANSWER, BUT NONETHELESS, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TO HAVE THAT ANSWERED. >> I AGREE. BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR SEVERAL OTHER CONSEQUENCES AS WELL. BUT WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT. >>Lynn Gray: IF YOU CAN JUST SHARE IT WITH ME AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS VIA BOARD MEMBERS VIA TEXT AND THE E-MAIL. THAT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO -- I KNOW THIS IS A LEARNING CURVE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. SO WITH SOME OF THE TIER ONE, TIER TWO. YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE AND IT LOOKS LIKE -- AND ON THE FIRST PAGE. AND A AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE SECOND PAGE. THE TIER ONE AND THE TIER TWO KIND OF -- AND THE TIER THREE BUILD ON EACH BUILD ON EACH OTHER. SO TIER ONE, INCIDENT ONE, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. INCIDENT TWO, YOU HAVE TO YOU DO ALL THOSE THINGS PLUS A FEW MORE. I SEE THAT FOR QUITE A FEW OF THEM. BUT BUT THEN I GO DOWN TO -- GOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE -- 26. PAGE 26. AND VIOLATION OF DISTRICT SAFETY PLAN PLAN OR CONTRACT. WHY IS THERE NOT WHY IS THERE NOT AN INCIDENT THREE. WHY IS THAT NOT BLANK. HAPPENS THREE TIMES, CAN IT NOT? OR IS IT -- IS IT TWICE AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? I GUESS, WALK ME THROUGH I GUESS, WALK ME THROUGH THAT SO I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND. >> WHAT I WILL SAY, THE MATRIX HAS TO BE HAS TO BE REDONE. START WITH THAT AND GOING BACK TO THAT. THE IDEA WHERE THE GRAY SPOTS ARE THROUGHOUT THE MATRIX. WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE STUDENT HAD TO HAVE A COE OR CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT AT THAT POINT AND NO CONSEQUENCE WHEREVER YOU SEE GRAY. AND GOING TO THAT PAINT, THE PAY TRICKS HAS TO BE RELOOKED TRICKS HAS TO BE RELOOKED AT. THE CHANGES AS PROPOSED NOW ARE FINE. BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO BE RELOOKED AT AURAL THE WAY THROUGH THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS LIKE THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO BE MADE THAT NEED TO BE MADE FURTHER DOWN ON THAT PAGE AND TALK OF AGGRAVATED AGGRAVATED ARSON, HOMICIDE, KIDNAPPING, SEXUAL KIDNAPPING, SEXUAL BATTERY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE TEN DAYS OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. WILL TAKE MORE THAN TEN DAYS TO INVESTIGATE ANY OF THOSE CHARGES BECAUSE IT WOULD ALL GO DIRECTLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT, TO INVESTIGATE. AND I AND I GUESS SHOULD THAT BE IN TIER ONE, LIKE REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING EXPLICIT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS GOT TO BE IN WRITING. AND TEN DAYS ARE UP. THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT SO THAT WAY THEY ARE NOT BACK IN THE SCHOOL WHERE THE SEXUAL THE SEXUAL BATTERY OCCURRED? OR. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS OF WHAT YOU SAID. ONE, IN TERMS OF REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I HAVE BEEN SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING ALSO WITH WHICH HOW WE REPORT TO THE STATE. OUR OUR DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. THEIR ATMOSPHERES DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP SIGN UP WHAT SSER TIERS THEM OFF TO BE. THIS WHAT THIS WHAT SSESR DOES DO SAY THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE REPORT ODD THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALL OF OUR TIER ONE IS REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ACTUALLY 26 THINGS THAT NEED CONTINUE TO REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY WILL BE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE WAY THE NEW THE WAY THE NEW SYNERGY REFERRAL SYSTEM SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS WAY THAT ANY OF THOSE THAT ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE TO BE pREPORTED ACTUALLY ARE. pREPORTED ACTUALLY ARE. % YOU CAN'T CONTINUE IN THE YOU CAN'T CONTINUE IN THE REFERRAL SYSTEM WITHOUT CHECKING THE BOX YOU REPORTED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. A CHECK AND BALANCE WITH THAT. OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE FIRST ONE, TERMS OF THE FIRST ONE, THAT IS ACTUALLY LEVEL ZERO. IN OUR CASE FOR THE IN OUR CASE FOR THE DISTRICT, THOSE ARE JUST DOCK IN INSTALLATION AREAS. SO THEY REALLY SO THEY REALLY AGAIN THE WHOLE MATRIX HAS TO BE MATRIX HAS TO BE REVAMPED FOR MATRIX HAS TO BE REVAMPED FOR DOCUMENTATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE. >>Stacy Hahn: THE MORE AGGRESSIVE. >> DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE TO ME. BUT LEVEL ZERO IS ONLY BUT LEVEL ZERO IS ONLY NOTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION. THEY ARE NOT. WE START WITH LEVEL ONE AS THE MOST SERIOUS EVENT WITH FOUR BEING THE LEAST SERIOUS. ZERO IS THROWN IN THERE AND JUST DOCUMENTATION. YOU, AGAIN -- I CAN TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY. BUT IT DOESN'T -- IT HAS TO BE BUT IT DOESN'T -- IT HAS TO BE REDONE AND WE HAVE TO REDONE AND WE HAVE TO REWORD TO AND REWORK IT. >>Stacy Hahn: IRREGARDLESS >>Stacy Hahn: IRREGARDLESS WHETHER IT HAS TO BE WHETHER IT HAS TO BE REDONE, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING TONIGHT. THIS MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR TO REVISE THIS BEFORE IT COMES BACK? >> I TALKED TO MR. GIBSON ALREADY AND WE HAVE A TIMELINE. I AM MEETING MONDAY WITH I AM MEETING MONDAY WITH PRINCIPALS TO DO SOMETHING AND HAVE IT COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >>Stacy Hahn: SHANE, AND AND I >>Stacy Hahn: SHANE, AND AND I SPOKE ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE IT SPOKE ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE IT ALIGNS FOR OUR ALIGNS FOR OUR POLICY. MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE POLICY WE JUST APPROVED POLICY WE JUST APPROVED TONIGHT. SO, YEAH SO, YEAH THEY ARE JUST -- I AM GLAD YOU ARE ON BOARD. LET ME SAY WELCOME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU AROUND THIS AND HOW WE MOVE THIS FORWARD AND IMPROVE UPON IMPROVE UPON IT. BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY NEEDS A LOT LOT OF IMPROVEMENT, I THINK. THAT IS NOT AN EXPERT, BUT A NOVICE EYE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MR. ROWAN, WELCOME. SECONDLY, I AM REALLY SURPRISED THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE NEWS THE STATE THAT IT IS IN. IT IS VERY CONFUSING TO ME. THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF CHANGES THAT ARE NOT VERY CLEAR. I WOULD BE -- I AM SURPRISED THAT SOMETHING THIS -- THIS DRASTIC IN CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT WAS NOT WORKSHOPPED BEFORE US AS A BOARD ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AS A BOARD. AND AND SPECIFICALLY WITH ALL THE AND SPECIFICALLY WITH ALL THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD AROUND STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD AS A DISTRICT. SOME OF THE PAGE NUMBERS I'M REALLY CONFUSED BY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME CHANGES THAT I EITHER DON'T UNDERSTAND AND DON'T MATCH THE PAGES I AM VERY CONFUSED ABOUT. LOOKS LIKE YOU TOTALLY REDONE THE OFFICE OF STUDENT THE OFFICE OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. ENTIRE WAY THAT THE ENTIRE WAY THAT THE PLACE HAS DONE. GOES THROUGH THE REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT AND THE WAY IT DOES BEFORE THAT WENT FLEW THE PRINCIPAL. I AM CONFUSED OF THESE KIND OF LEVELS OF INCIDENTS. WE ARE NOW BEING HEAVY WITH CHOICE WARNING AND REMOVING CHOICE CHOICE AS -- AS PART OF THE DISCIPLINARY ACTION. I WOULD LIKING TO HAVE FURTHER COMMENT AND CONVERSATION AS BOARD WITH THE IMPACTS OF THAT AS BOARD AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO GET IT DONE. BUT TALK OF OF THE NEW CELL PHONE POLICY. I AM NOT READY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT. SO IF IT PASSES, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING WITH YOU AND REALLY TRYING UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I NEED TO ASK A QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL. IF WE IF WE VOTED NOD ON THIS STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCTED TO THE CURRENT ONE WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL IT IS REVISED. >>Jim Porter: MY >>Jim Porter: MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT I WAS GOING TO -- UNTIL MISS VAUGHN MADE THE SUGGESTION SHE WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT, WE NEED THE UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS NOT PASSED TONIGHT -- MAYBE MR. GIBSON AND TO UNDERSTAND GIBSON AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EFFECT OF A NO. >> IF WE ARE NOT VOTE ON IT, I WILL WITHDRAW AND BRING IT BACK AUGUST 1 WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY. I DON'T WANT THE BOARD TO BE IN A POSITION THAT -- I AM WITHDRAWING THIS AGENDA ITEM AND BRIDGE IT BACK FOR YOU AUGUST 1. >>Jim Porter: LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT WILL GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO IMPLEMENT FOR THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. >>Superintendent Ayres: YES, MA'AM -- YES, SIR. I WAS HAVING GOOD MEETING UNTIL THEN. YES, SIR. NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS. I HAVE BEEN CALLED BY THE SAME NAME AT TIMES NAME AT TIMES AS WELL. SORRY. >>Jim Porter: THAT IS WITHDRAWN. SO YOU CAN MOVE ON. >>Karen Perez: WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 7.08. APPROVE PIGGYBACK APPROVE PIGGYBACK ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PERHAPS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO IN AUGUST OF 2023, THE IT IS STRICT APPLIED FOR THE 2023 EPA CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT TO MITIGATE THE SUBSTANTIAL RISE OF EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRIC BUSES. IN JANUARY, PLEASED TO LEARN THAT WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO REPLACE 20 DIESEL BUSES WITH 20 ELECTRIC BUSES. MAY 7, THE BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 20 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES UNDER THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR MAY 7, WE HAD AGENDA ITEM FOR A DIFFERENT 20 BUSES AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THOSE 20 ON MAY 7. FEBRUARY OF 2024, DISTRICT FEBRUARY OF 2024, DISTRICT AMIND FOR THE 2023 CLEAN SCHOOL BUS FOR THE 2023 CLEAN SCHOOL BUS REBATE GRANT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE OLDER DIESEL WITH ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES. MAY 2024, WE RECEIVED NOTE IF I CA IGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS ADDITIONAL GRANT. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. TWO GRANTS. FIRST TIME APPROVED THE 20. THIS THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 20 WE WERE AWARDED IN MAY OF 2024. I AM REQUESTING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL TO PURCHASE SECOND SET OF ELECTRIC BUSES FUND AND BY THAT REBATE GRANT. SO THAT IS ITEM SO THAT IS ITEM 7.08. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND LAURA HILL, OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IS ALSO HERE AS WELL. THAT IS THAT IS ITEM 7.0. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE APPROVE ITEM C 7.08. A MOTION BY MEMBER AWAY FROM. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER HAHN? >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. IT FEELS A LITTLE LIKE IT FEELS A LITTLE LIKE DEJA VU. WHOO. SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD ANOTHER CONTRACT ANOTHER CONTRACT COME BEFORE THE BOARD BOARD AROUND ELECTRIC BOARD AROUND ELECTRIC BUSES WHERE YOU RECOMMENDED TROM MASSES BUT AND THEN THE BOARD MASSES BUT AND THEN THE BOARD REPLACED THAT RECOMMENDED WITH -- WITH PRETTY MUCH A SIMILAR COURT TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING TONIGHT, CORRECT? >>Superintendent Ayres: YES, MA'AM. MY OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION ON THE MAY BOARD MEETING THE 18 THOMAS BUSES. THE BOARD AT THE TIME, THE WILL WAS TO SPLIT THEM AND WAS TO SPLIT THEM AND THAT IS MY AGENDA AGENDA ITEM. BACK IN MAY. IT REFLECTS THE SAME VOTE AT MAY WHICH IS NINE AND NINE. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. FOR ME -- I AM JUST GOING TO STAND BY MY COMMENTS THAT I MADE LAST TIME AND MY DECISION WHICH IS -- YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THOMAS THOMAS. WE SHOULD BE -- WE SHOULD HAVE A CONTRACT BEFORE US WITH THOMAS BUSES BECAUSE OF THE BETTER PRICE POINT. BETTER BATTERY CHARGE LIFE. THEY ARE PREFERRED BY OUR OWN STAFF AND BUS DRIVERS. PROMPT RESPONSE TO MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND SUPERB SAFETY NEEDS AND SUPERB SAFETY FEATURES. I AM NOT I AM NOT REALLY GOING TO GO MUCH BEYOND THAT. I AM GOING TO REITERATE MY REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, I REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT CONTRACT FOR US AT THIS TIME. I RESPECT THAT MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS. I AM SURE I AM IN THE I AM SURE I AM IN THE MINORITY. BUT I AM OKAY WITH THAT. SO SO I AM SORRY, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU BEFORE TONIGHT. THIS IS NOT A BLINDSIDE KIND OF MOVE. I JUST FEEL THAT I JUST NEED TO BE TRUE TO MY FEELINGS. I THINK IT WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL TO NOT. SO THAT IS WHERE I STAND TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: AS CHAIR PEREZ HAS STEPPED AWAY FROM THE HAS STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DAIS, MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: IN THE EXPERT OF CONSISTENCY, I AM GOING TO STAY THE SAME -- THE SAME -- IN THE SAME LANE AND SUPPORT BOTH. THE REASONS -- I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DESIRE TO DISCUSS OTHER THAN TO SAY THAN TO SAY THAT WE WILL GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, THERE WAS A MENTION IN PUBLIC IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THIS WAS NOT YOUR RECOMMENDATION. CAN YOU SAY THIS CAN YOU SAY THIS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? >>Superintendent Ayres: THIS RIGHT HERE IS MY RECOMMENDATION. WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLARITY AROUND, ON THE MAY 7th BOARD MEETING, MY INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS 18 THOMAS AND TWO IC. AS THAT CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE. I COULD SEE THE WILL OF THE BOARD WAS TO SPLIT THOSE BETWEEN BLUE BIRD AND THOMAS, NINE AND NINE. THAT WAS VOTED UPON ON MAY 7. THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM ME IS WHAT WAS VOTED UPON AND APPROVED ON MAY 7 WHICH IS TO SPLIT THE PURCHASE BETWEEN BLUE BIRD, THOMAS AND IC. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I AM ALSO GOING TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT MY QUESTION IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT WAS HAVING MATRIX. YOU KNOW, WHO GOT STARTED FIRST. HOW IS IT GOING. YOU KNOW, A COMPARISON. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE A MATRIX AFTERWARDS, SO I WOULD LIKE -- I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST TO DO SOME MATRIX POINTS AS FAR AS HOW THINGS ARE GOING. YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ONCE THEY GET ON THE ROAD. THE LONG DEFENDANT. HOW MANY -- SO I HOW MANY -- SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MATRIX AHEAD OF TIME SO WE KNOW WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE COMPARE BOTH BUS COMPANIES TO SEE IF ONE BUS COMPANY IS MORE EFFICIENT. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE COMPANIES STILL HAVEN'T EVEN LAUNCHED AND ONE OF THE DISSTRIBLTHS HAVE BEEN WAITING A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO EVEN THAT, THE TIME SPAN, IT SO EVEN THAT, THE TIME SPAN, IT STARTED. WHO HAS ALREADY CONTACTED YOU. WHO IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT WAY. WHO IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. ARE YOU HAVING ANY MOVEMENT SO FAR WITH THE ELECTRIC BUSES, WITH EITHER ONE OF THEM? >> SO, NO, WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN AWARDED FOR THE GRANT FOR EPA. WE ARE WE ARE STILL IN A WAITING PERIOD. >>Nadia Combs: I WOULD JUST LOVE IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU ARE A DEPARTMENT WOULD START THINKING ABOUT THE MATRIX THAT WILL REALLY MAKE SENSE REALLY MAKE SENSE SO THAT WAY WE CAN COMPARE BOTH BUSES. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO BIG CONTRACTS, RIGHT. SO IN ORDER FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT TO COME. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CLARITY WHICH COMPANY IS PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE. AS FAR AS BATTERY CHARGE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR STUDENTS. AND I KNOW MOST OF THOSE BUSES WILL BE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND SOME OF THEM IN DISTRICT ONE. LET'S DO IT EARLY SO THAT WAY WE CAN START CAN START THE TIMER CAN START THE TIMER WHENEVER -- AS SOON AS WE GET THE GRANT AND LOOK AT FIVE TO TEN DAYS OF WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE. >> YES, >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES WITH MEMBERS HAHN DISSENTING FROM THE VOTE. THE NEXT ITEM IS 10.01, THE NEXT ITEM IS 10.01, PIGGYBACK ON COMPUTER HARDWARE, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, YOU, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE LAST AGENDA ITEM THE LAST AGENDA ITEM PIGGYBACK FOR COMPUTER HARDWARE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FROM OUR CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY. PURCHASE TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ROAD MAP FOR UPDATING OUR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS. THIS PURCHASE TOP CONTINUE TO PLACE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES. THIS ONE HERE SUPPORTS THIS ONE HERE SUPPORTS 00 INTERACTIVE PANELS, 15,000 INTERACTIVE PANELS, 15,000 LAPTOPS, 1400 DESKTOP COMPUTERS LAPTOPS, 1400 DESKTOP COMPUTERS AND 250 LAPTOP CARTS. THE PURCHASE PRICE APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION. THE ESSER THE ESSER DOLLARS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THOSE FUNDS BEING EXPIRED. ESSER 3 ESSER 3 DOLLARS AS YOU ALL AWARE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THAT FINAL PURCHASE. THAT IS ITEM 10:01. AND I'M HERE AND WILL WEEKS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF 10.01, QUESTIONS OF 10.01, CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE APPROVE C APPROVE C 10.01. A NGTON AND SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE MR. WEEKS DID A VERY GOOD JOB WHEN I HAD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER THEM. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU. HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND HAS BEEN ASKING FOR WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SERVE OUR MOST FRAGILE STUDENTS WITH FULL FIDELITY AND I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING THAT HAS MEANT THE WORLD TO OUR GROUP -- OUR EDUCATOR THAT GO OUT AND SERVICE SERVICE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE. I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MEETING THAT NEED AND QUICKLY AND VERY RESPONDING TO THAT. YOU ARE OFF THE HOOK ON THIS ONE. >>Karen Perez: PATTI >>Karen Perez: PATTI RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. WEEKS FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY SO HAVE AT LEAST 101 DEVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY MAY NOT BE IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS. BUT ONE ON ONE WITH EACH OF POUR SCHOOLS AND THIS SCHOOLS AND THIS PUTS LITTLE OVER THE EDGE TO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSITION OF DEVICES OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE USED THE USED THE ESSER DOLLARS FOR TECHNOLOGY AND WOULD ILY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOT THAT. THE OTHER THE OTHER THING I AM EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF ABOUT SOME OF OUR BOARDS IN OUR CLASSROOMS OF HAVING TECHNOLOGY AND AND REPLACING THOSE. NOT ONLY GIVES MORE CAPABILITY TO OUR TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL, BUT IT DOES BRING POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE CAN BE USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EVEN SAFER THAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I THINK THAT IS EXCITING NEWS. I THINK THAT IS MAKING AS A CUT ABOVE OTHER DISTRICTS AND UTILIZING THESE UTILIZING THESE ESSER DOLLARS ARE A GREAT WAYS DOVING THAT BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE IT IS FOCUSING ON DIRECT STUDENT TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO REFER TO CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM AND HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY THERE AS WELL AS THE STUDENT SAFETY WHICH ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO OUR FAMILIES. FOR THAT I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WAY IN WAY YOU UTILIZED THESE FUNDS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT APPEARS. IT PASSES IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE ARE GOING INTO NOW WE ARE GOING INTO OUR NOW WE ARE GOING INTO OUR SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. >>Superintendent Ayres: MADE IT TO THE END. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES THIS EVENING WILL START AROUND OUR -- OUR ACADEMIC -- OUR PILLAR AND OUR ACADEMIC -- OUR PILLAR AND STRATEGIC PLAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. AND SO STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT RECENTLY TOOK THIS PART IN THE 47th ANNUAL COMPETITION IN VEGAS DPAS. FROM VISUAL ARTS TO CULINARY ARTS, WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARTS, WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY -- [ INAUDIBLE ] [AUDIO DIFFICULTIES] >>Superintendent Ayres: $20,000 CHECK TODAY FROM OUR GOVERNOR. 100% BEHIND CLAYTON. CAN'T CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. -- ALPHA -- ALPHA THETA. A SPONSOR OF THE YEAR. COOL FOR HIM. MU ALPHA MU ALPHA THETA IS THE MATHEMATICS. ESTABLISHED THIS AWARD IN 2015 TO RECOGNIZE A SPONSOR WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY AND MADE CRICKS TO THE STUDENT AND ORGANIZATION. OUR TEACHERS HAVE THEIR DUTIES, BUT SO ENEMA OF THEM BUT SO ENEMA OF THEM SPONSOR CLUBS AND SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY DO THEY DO TEACHING KIDS. THEY FIND TIME TO SPONSOR CLUBS. THEY DO IT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO GREAT SHOUT OUT TO JASON FOR BEING THE BEING THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MATH MATH MATTICS MATH MATTICS SPONSORER OF THE YEAR. CONGRATS TO JASON. RIBBON RIBBON CUTTING. WE UNVEILED WE UNVEILED USHERED IN A WE UNVEILED USHERED IN A CHAPTER FORK-8 GRADE. AND RIBBON CEREMONY THAT THE SCHOOL IS COMPLETE AND READY TO SCHOOL IS COMPLETE AND READY TO WELCOME THE INAUGURAL AMOUNT OF STUDENTS UNDER PRINCIPAL SCOTT WEAVER AND OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNION. OUR STUDENT WILL RECEIVE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION AND SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEW NEW AVIATORS ON AUGUST 12. BOOKED MEMBERS, WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE SCHOOL. LOOKED ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND I CAN'T WITH A IT TO OPEN IT UP ON AUGUST 12. SO GUESS WHERE WE ARE NOW. ANY QUESTIONSES WHERE WE ARE AT? HOW MANY SUBMISSION? >>Patti Rendon: I AM GUESS BEING ,000? >>Superintendent Ayres: YOU WENT HIGH, BUT CLOSE, HIGH, BUT CLOSE, 2280 HIGH, BUT CLOSE, 2280 SUBMISSIONS. MOST MOST FOR A SCHOOL NAMING .TWO WEEKS WEEKS LEFT. THAT GOES UNTIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. NAME RECOGNITION WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. SEPTEMBER 5, NAME SUGGESTIONS TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE. NAME IT AGAIN. ON SEPTEMBER 5 BOARD MEETING. NAMED THE HIGH SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA, UP TO 2,000 SUBMISSIONS THE MOST SUBMISSIONS WE HAD I THINK EVER WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING A OF A SCHOOL. TO GET THE TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN, YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL TO SIT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. SO THOSE ARE MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE ONE UPDATE ON SUSPENDED AGENDA THIS EVENING. AND IT IS AROUND OUR FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND MR. MR. MURILLO. SUSPENDED AGENDA. MR. MR. NURILLO WITH AN UPDATE ON FUTURE FUTURE ACADEMY. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL GIVE YOU A BRAVE OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID FOR THE THEY DID FOR THE 2023-'24 SCHOOL YEAR YEAR AND WHERE THE CAREER ACADEMY IS HEADED FOR 2024-'25 AROUND THE CURRICULUM, DELIVERY AND EVENTS FOCUSING AND EVENTS FOCUSING ON STUDENTS. STA START BY READING THE MISSION AND CHANGING LIFE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS HELPING COMPANIES GROW AND PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR COMMUNITIES. THE STUDENT THE STUDENT FOCUSED EVENTS THE STUDENT FOCUSED EVENTS -- MAINLY THIS IS WHERE THE IMPACT FOR THE '23-'24 YEAR. WHERE THE NUMBERS WILL TAKE PLACE. WE HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW WE HAVE BUSINESS PANELS AROUND OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER THAT INVOLVE ALMOST 7300 STUDENTS THAT GAINED VALUABLE CAREER THAT GAINED VALUABLE CAREER IN 16 INDUSTRIES FROM 35 EMPLOYERS. AND THIS RIGHT NOW REPRESENTED 30% INCREASE IN THE STUDENT PARTICIPATION OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND YOU WILL ALMOST 2200 STUDENTS CONNECTED WITH 72 BUSINESSES AND NINE TRAINING PARTNERS ACROSS 16 INDUSTRIES AT INDUSTRIES AT 179 BUSINESS TOUR STOPS. AND THAT WAS 24% INCREASE IN THE STUDENT PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATION. FROM THERE THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY HAD FUTURE FAIR HIRING EVENTS IN APRIL AND THEY HAD 2,000 STUDENTS BEGIN THAT PROCESS. WITH 271 HIRING AND TRAINING PARTNERS WITH A 14% INCREASE IN THAT PARTICIPATION. THEY ALSO HAD 125 STUDENTS REGISTERED TO VOTE. 96% OF STUDENTS INDICATED THEY HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDUSTRIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND 92% OF THE STUDENTS MAY HAVE FOUND ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES THAT THEY ARED FROM IN. AND ONE THING THAT THEY TRIED AND ONE THING THAT THEY TRIED TO FOCUS. AND THEY WILL TRY TO FOCUS AND YOU WILL SEE LATER IN A SLIDE AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR. STARTED WITH THE SIGNING DAYS AND TRACKING A LOT OF THE HIRING WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE GOING AFTER ALL THESE EVENTS. IF YOU SEE IF YOU SEE 150 STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THOSE SPECIFIC SIGNING DAYS THAT BRINGS EXCITEMENT TO THE STUDENT AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR PROCESS AT THE SCHOOLS. HIGHLIGHTING THE EARLY SUCCESSES BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY. AS OF LATE MAY, 90 STUDENTS HAD SECURED SECURED EMPLOYMENT. 55 ENROLLED IN ADDITIONAL 55 ENROLLED IN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNITS. 0 STUDENTS IN MILITARY TOTALING 177 STUDENTS WITH THIS NUMBER CONTINUING TO RISE AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE MOOR IT THE CONTINUE TO BE MOOR IT THE TRACKING SYSTEM THAT MONITOR THE THE TRACKING SYSTEMS THAT HIRES. STRATEGIC PLANNING GOAL WHERE THEY MET WITH EMPLOYEE PARTNERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHICH BUSINESSES VALUE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS THEY SEE THEIR INPUT AND ACTION THROUGH THEIR CURRICULUM. AND THEY HAVE A FEW FOCUSES THAT -- IT IS RIGHT THERE IN BOLD. IT IS IT IS ATTENDANCE AND RETENTION. TRACKING HIRES LIKE THEY MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. HIRING PROCESS. GEN-Z INTEGRATION. SALARY AND WAGE EXPECTATION. ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS SLIDE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR FOR FCA IS THE PROGRAM GOALS HIGHLIGHT. AND IF YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, AND IF YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS PRIMARY GOALS FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL YEAR IS TO GROW SCHOOL YEAR IS TO GROW DISTRICTWIDE OF EMPOWERING YOUR E, EMPLOYMENT, ENLIST AND EMPLOYMENT SO THAT ALL PATHWAY OF BUSINESS SUCCESS IS AUTHORIZED, ENGAGED AND REALIZE. HERE WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRICULUM. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRICULUM THAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE ENGLISH 4 AND ENGLISH 4 HONORS CLASSES. IT IS BASED ON THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE SUCCESS, INDUSTRY EXPLORATION AND EXPLORATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALSO AS WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPAND THE EXPOSURE AND TRY TO PREPARE STUDENTS ALL THE WAY FROM NINTH GRADE TO 12th GREAT. DIFFERENT MODULES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH WORK FORCE DIVISION AND AND CTE AND SOME OF THE COURSES THAT ACTUALLY START WITH SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS, TRANSFERABLE SKILLS, CAREER SKILLS, CAREER EXPLORATIONS, SECONDARY EXPLORATION AND LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER. SO WE ARE -- WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO EXPAND WORK AROUND CTE COURSES AS WELL. TO CLOSE OUT, THEY HAVE ALREADY PLANNED ALL THE EVENTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS GET THE RIGHT EXPOSURE AROUND THESE EVENTS STARTING WITH THE BUSINESS PANELS. ALL THE DATES AND LOCATIONS START THERE. TO THE BUSINESS TOURS. AND TO THE AND TO THE FUTURE HIRING, THE FAIR HIRING EVENTS IN WHICH, I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE PARTICIPATED AND HAVE WITNESSED THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE FACES OF THE STUDENTS AS THEY GET OFF THOSE BUSES AND THEY ARE DRESSED, READY TO BE PART OF AN EXPERIENCE. AND WE SEE HOW AND WE SEE HOW THE EVENT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED TO THE LEVEL THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY SITTING TOGETHER. AT THE SAME TIME, HAVING TWO OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS THERE. AND HAVING THEIR STAFF ACTUALLY PRESENTING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND THOSE HIRING EVENTS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. FOR NOW, THAT -- THAT WILL BE THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MR. YOU, MR. MURILLO. BOARD MEMBERS, MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. ONE ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO LET YOU KNOW JULY LET YOU KNOW JULY 1, WE HAVE OUR JOINT PRINCIPAL JOINT PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS MEETING. SO ALL OF YOU WILL HAD BEEN INVITED TO THAT. WE WILL KICK OFF OUR THEME OF STRONGER TOGETHER. HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS PAST YEAR AND THAT EVENT IS REALLY THE KICKOFF WITH THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. DATE ON JULY 31. SHOULD HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND AND LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON THAT DATE. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COUPLE OF WEEKS. SUMMER IS NOT A QUIET TIME IN THE DISTRICT. FIRST OFF, I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE EARLY CHILD LITERACY BUS HAS AN OFFICIAL NAME. HER NAME IS HER NAME IS PAIGE. [LAUGHTER] SO PAIGE IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE AT A SCHOOL NEAR YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND AT SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT -- THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HIGHLIGHTED TONIGHT. TAMPA BAY PARENTING TAMPA BAY PARENTING MAGAZINE IS DOING AN ARTICLE ON DOING AN ARTICLE ON PAIGE. THAT WILL HIT STANDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS I WOULD IMAGINE. THAT IS REALLY EXCITING SO THE KIDS CAN KIND OF PUT A NAME TO THE BUS AND GET THE BUS AND GET EXCITED PAIGE COMING TO VISIT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WAY TONIGHT THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR COMING UP WITH THAT. AND RUNNING WITH IT. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. THANK YOU, TANYA AND YOUR CREW. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. SATURDAY WAS A FUN DAY. I WAS AT THE BULLARD I WAS AT THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION BACKPACK BUILD. AND IT WAS SOB HEARTWARMING TO AND IT WAS SOB HEARTWARMING TO SEE ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. HUNDREDS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE. SOME TO THE EVENT TO PREPARE THE BACKPACKS THAT NEXT WEEKEND WE WILL BE GIVING OUT AT THE -- AT THE BULLARD BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK THADDEUS, OF COURSE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BULLARD FAMILY DIRECTION. AND JAMES, WHO IS OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TEAM LEADER. HE WAS FANTASTIC. HE KEPT HE KEPT US ON TASK. HE ORGANIZED US. AND WE WERE THE THIRD TEAM TO FINISH, BUT FINISH, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THE OTHER TEAMS DID NOT TAKE A LUNCH BREAK. AND IT WAS NOT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING TO A LUNCH BREAK, IT WAS THE WAY IT WAS ORGANIZED. SO I AM JUST SAYING. WE WERE WE WERE NECK AND NECK REALLY. BUT EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB. IT IS AMAZING IT IS AMAZING YOU KNOW HOW WELL ORGANIZED. BEFORE YOU KNEW IT WAS AROUND 12:30, 1:00. I THINK THEY HAD 15,000 BACKPACKS READY TO GO FOR SATURDAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE SATURDAY MORNING, SATURDAY MORNING, HELPING WITH THAT EVENT THAT EVENT HEADING OUT TO MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE FOR THAT EVENT SATURDAY. I WAS SO HONORED AS SUPERINTENDENT AYRES MENTIONED WE CUT THE WE CUT THE RIBBON AT ADUM K-8. STATE-OF-THE-ART STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY. BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. WE DEDICATED AND CELEBRATED KEN E. ADUM. AND HIS AND HIS FAMILY SPOKE SO BEAUTIFULLY OF WHAT A WONDERFUL FATHER, GRANDFATHER, MENTOR AND TEACHER AND SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HE DID TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES. HE WAS A LIFE-LONG EDUCATOR. 37-YEAR CAREER AS EDUCATOR IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFOUNDLY SHAPED OUR SHAPED OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITY. HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO CONTINUOUSLY SEEK MEANINGFUL WAYS TO HONOR OUR EDUCATORS ENSURING THEIR LASTING IMPACT IS RECOGNIZED AND CHERISHED. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. THAT WE -- WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO THAT WE -- WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO HONOR OUR EDUCATORS WHILE THEY ARE HERE WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT AND THEN DISTRICT AND THEN REALLY RECOGNIZING THE LEGACY -- THE BEAUTIFUL LEGACY THEY LEFT BEHIND. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR MR. ADUM AND HIS FAMILY. I WAS EXCITED TO BE THERE ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. WELCOMING FAMILIES, INAUGURAL FAMILIES AND STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL AND VISIT MAG OTHER SCHOOLS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THAT IS REALLY A FUN EVENT. THING BOARD HAS BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO -- TO HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN SCHOOLS OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN EXCITING PART OF OUR JOB. A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT BECAUSE IT TAKES REALLY EVERYBODY FROM THE VERY -- ALL -- EVERYWHERE ACROSS THIS ORGANIZATION TO GET THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. GOOD JOB TO EVERYBODY. KNOW KNOW MR. KNOW KNOW MR. FARKAS IS NOT HERE, BUT HIS TEAM DID A FANTASTIC JOB. CONTRACTORS CAME ON TIME, UNDER BUDGET. THE ARCHITECTS DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. SO REALLY -- REALLY PROUD TO SO REALLY -- REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THAT SCHOOL IN OUR HILLSBOROUGH PORTFOLIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO SO I AM GOING TO TRY TO INCLUDE THE SAME THE SAME ENTHUSIASM THAT MEMBER HAHN HAS HAD DURING IN TIME OF NIGHT. NIGHT. SO HERE IT IS. SHOUT OUT TO JENNIFER WOODS FOR THE SCHOOL SOUTH COUNTY THE SCHOOL SOUTH COUNTY CAREER CENTER -- CENTER -- RECOVERY CAREER CENTER. WHAT A WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATIVE PRINCIPAL. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND MYSELF VISITED THE VISITED THE 150-ACRE PROPERTY VISITED THE 150-ACRE PROPERTY JUST A VERY EASY SEGUE. ONE OF THE BIG SHOUT OUTS IS THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY AND THAT WAS MENTIONED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND THE EFFECTIVE DOMAIN OF THE SEVEN MIND SETS. BUT ALSO IN BUT ALSO IN -- TO BE PRACTICAL BUT ALSO IN -- TO BE PRACTICAL THE THE SUCCESS OF THE STANDARD THE SUCCESS OF THE STANDARD DIPLOMAS THAT WERE EARNED. 2021, 81. 2022, 86. 2023-'24, 102 STANDARD DIPLOMAS EARNED. THE CREDIT RECOVERY THEY ARE DOING WITH THESE STUDENTS DOING WITH THESE STUDENTS IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND A LOT OF ECLECTIC PROGRAM AT THE SOUTH COUNTY CAREER CENTER. AGAIN, THANK YOU, AGAIN, THANK YOU, JENNIFER WOODS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT LEADER. AND IT SHOWS WITH THE STUDENTS BEING VERY BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL. SECOND, SECOND, SO SECOND, SO ONE OF THE FREIGHT -- NOT A CRESET BUT I WANTED TO SAY SINCE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED, THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY -- A CONDUIT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE PART OF THE WORKFORCE IN A MEASURABLE WAY. THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN SHARED BY MARCO MARCO MURILLO RIGHT NOW WOULD INCLUDE -- THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS. 97.7% OF STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT DRESSING FOR SUCCESS. 98% OF THE STUDENTS CREATED OR BEGAN TO CREATE A FOLLOW-UP SCRIPT. 94% OF STUDENTS CREATED OR 94% OF STUDENTS CREATED OR BEGAN TO CREATE A TO CREATE A RESUME HELPED BY THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM. 9 6.4% OF STUDENTS CREATED OR BEGAN TO CREATE AN ELEVATOR SPEECH. I MEAN WE CAN GO ON AND ON WITH THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS WHAT A -- WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM. AND THE PARTICIPATING AND THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GROWN. THANK YOU MEMBER THANK YOU MEMBER FRY AND RICK LOTT. I SEE YOUR CONNECTIVITY HAS DEFINITELY OPINION EXPANDED. ONE THING, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WE HAVE GOT TO GET YOU TO GO TO THE -- TO THE -- TO THE TOUR -- THE BUS THE -- TO THE TOUR -- THE BUS TOUR. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE STUDENTS ARE JUST EXCITED. AND THEY ARE GETTING TO IT BE -- THEY FEEL SUCCESSFUL, AND THE THEY FEEL SUCCESSFUL, AND THE MOMENTUM THAT HAS BEEN SHARED AMONGST SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT IS HUGE. SO I AM HOPING THAT YOU AND I CAN -- ACTUALLY I HAD -- I ALREADY HAD A DATE PUT TOGETHER FOR TO YOU COME WITH ME FOR TO YOU COME WITH ME SO WE WILL DO THAT. THAT THAT LEPERT OF THAT LEPERT OF STEINBRENNER, JACOB AND ANTHONY. JACOB IS JACOB IS SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL AND ANTHONY IS STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE THE THREE ADDITIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS OUT OF ANOTHER 36 NATIONAL MERIT ANOTHER 36 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS THROUGHOUT OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT IS A VERY HIGH, PRESTIGIOUS HONOR. AND WE APPLAUD THOSE STUDENTS AND WE APPLAUD THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND ACADEMICS WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND ACADEMICS TO REALLY GAIN SUCH A GREAT SCHOLARSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW THREE. ALSO, MEMBER HAHN, THANK YOU FOR ALL SHARING THE -- THE CELEBRATION FOR THE CELEBRATION FOR THE ADUM CELEBRATION FOR THE ADUM K-8 SCHOOL. VERY INNOVATIVE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE LIBRARY. THERE IS -- SO MANY PHOTOS WHICH -- UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T LOAD UP. SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO THE VISUAL. BUT YOU CAN GO ON -- YOU CAN SIT DOWN IN THE LIBRARY WITH A MOVING DESK. AND IT GOES EVERYWHERE. AND THE STUDENTS -- IT IS ALL STUDENT STUDENT CENTERED TO BE MOVING AROUND AROUND TO BE AROUND TO BE PRO-GROUP, PRO AROUND TO BE PRO-GROUP, PRO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT READING, ETC. VERY USER-FRIENDLY. AND WE JUST -- WE HAVE QUITE A GREAT SCHOOL FOR THE SOUTH TAMPA FOLKS TO -- TO COME TO. SPECIAL THANKS TO AMY ADUM WHO SPECIAL THANKS TO AMY ADUM WHO GAVE US A HEARTFELT LEGACY TALK ABOUT HER FATHER. AND REALLY MEANT A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. ALSO, WHOOPS, WE HAVE A GREAT TIME TIME TO A -- A LOT OF GREAT TIMES TO INTRODUCE AND GREET OUR FACULTY AS THEY BEGIN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE WILL BE AT THOSE BREAKFASTS COMING UP. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE SUMMER IS COMING TO AN END SO QUICKLY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUST STARTED. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, WE TALKED ABOUT A NICE BREAK FOR OUR TEACHERS, BUT SEVERAL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING OUR ADMINISTRATORS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK OVER THE SUMMER. OUR SCHOOLS DON'T STOP JUST BECAUSE OUR STUDENT AREN'T THERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE SUMMER. I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A BREAK. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I I ALSO WANT TO SAY MY SON IS STARTING A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. GOING TO WILLIAMS MAGNET. JUST LIKE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY. THEY DID AN INTRODUCK THREE BOOT CAMP AND COME SUMMER CAMP FOR TWO DAYS OVER THE SUMMER AND GET A FEEL WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LOOK LIKE SO RELIEVES A LOT OF THAT ANXIETY. I NOTICED A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS DOING THAT IN THE AREA. LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MY AREA IS DOING THAT AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK OF THE ANXIETY AND TALK OF THE ANXIETY AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE TRANSITIONING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND HELPS WITH THE TRANSITION PROBLEMS. WE HAVE SO MANY BACK-TO-SCHOOL THINGS GOING ON. ONE THING I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT AS BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE -- DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE -- LIKE THERE A CONSOLIDATED LIST. FAMILY TO FAMILY TO ARE STRUGGLING -- CONSOLIDATED CONSOLIDATED LIST FOR PEOPLE TO GET RESOURCES. CLINICS TO GET CLINICS TO GET VACCINATIONS OR PICK UP BACKPACKS. A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR WHERE TO GO FOR THESE THINGS IF NOT, CAN WE MAKE ONE. >>Superintendent Ayres: I WILL DOUBLE CHECK AND GET WITH MR. YOUNG AND HIS YOUNG AND HIS PAR YOUNG AND HIS PAR 'TIS. >>Jessica Vaughn: GET IT ON PARENTS RADAR SO THEY KNOW ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO GET THE RESOURCES SO IT ACTUALLY GETS TO PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. I WANT TO MENTION THIS IS GREAT TIME. OASISES. THEY GATHER THE GENTLY USED CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT OUR SOCIAL OUR SOCIAL WORKERS WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENT. CLEANING OUT THE STUDENTS CLOSET AND EXTRA UNIFORMS AND EXTRA SUPPLIES, GENTLY USED CLOTHING. DONATION PLACES ALL OVER NORTH HILLSBOROUGH. AND YOU CAN AND YOU CAN GO TO OASIS LINK. THEY ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO GATHER SUPPLIES. PLEASE DONATE TO OASIS. A A HUGE SUPPORT WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. ALSO FOR OUR NEW TEACHER OR RETURNING TEACHERS, EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS A SHOP -- SHOP SUPPLY STORE WHERE YOU CAN GO IN IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO GET SUPPLIES FOR YOUR CLASSROOM AND GO IN AND DO SHOPPING THERE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THAT AND YOU NEED MORE SUPPLIES AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD THOSE FULFILLED, PLEASE CONNECT AND SEE PLEASE CONNECT AND SEE THE EDGE PLEASE CONNECT AND SEE THE EDGE FOUNDATION. MEMBER COMBS WILL MEMBER COMBS WILL SPEAK TO THIS EVEN. BUT KABA, THE CARROLLWOOD BUSINESS AREA ASSOCIATION HAS A NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST IN NORTH HILLSBOROUGH INCLUDING DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE. IT IS GOING TO BE AT HILL ON AUGUST 8. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHETHER THE PLANT CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HOST THESE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST FOR EDUCATORS. I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THE UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THE ADUM OPENING BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN. LOOKS LIKE A FANTASTIC EVENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT FAMILY. NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN EDUCATION BUT THEY DO THINGS AROUND FOOD INSECURITY WITH OUR SCHOOL IN DISTRICT THREE. HUGE FUND DRIVE AND RAISED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FOOD AND ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FOOD AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONTRIBUTION, AN EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND ALSO, I APPRECIATE THAT DAVID VALDEZ HAS SENT OUT AN E-MAIL OF GETTING AIR E-MAIL OF GETTING AIR CONDITIONINGS LOOKED AT BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PRIORITIZE. FRUSTRATING AT THE BIG OF THE YEAR AND HAVE SO MANY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO COMPLAIN. SO I AM GLAD WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT AND GETTING IN THERE EARLY. I HOPE THAT THIS YEAR WE HAVE LESS ISSUES THAN WE HAVE STARTING BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING OF EVERYDAY MATTERS. EVERYDAY MATTERS WITH AIR CONDITIONING IN CONDITIONING IN FLORIDA ARE 98-BEGONIA WEATHER. PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO ALL OF THE FLOW WHO WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE THE SUMMER OFF EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND ALL THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES GOING ON AND HOPEFUL FOR A NEW YEAR -- A GOOD NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MR. WANT TO THANK MR. MURILLO FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION. I WANT TO THANK MR. BROOKS AND MR. JARGO. BECAUSE REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY EDUCATION IS CHANGING AND THE WAY YOU SEE ABSENTEEISM. YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND WE AND WE REALLY NEED LOOK AT EDUCATION SO DIFFERENTLY. SO I REALLY FEEL THAT SOMETHING LIKE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS. PROBABLY 730% OF STUDENT WILL PROBABLY 730% OF STUDENT WILL NOT COMPLETE -- 70% OF STUDENTS WILL NOT COMPLETE A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE. FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY SEEING THE JOBS THAT ARE HERE. IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SKILL AND YOU HAVE A SKILL AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, YOU WILL DO SOMETHING BETTER OFF THIS THAN SOMEONE GOES TO COLLEGE AND AI TAKES YOUR JOB. USING YOUR HANDS IN THE TECHNICAL AND ROW OCCASIONAL PROGRAMS IS REALLY THE FUTURE. WHEN YOU SEE -- YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE ROADS. WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE BUILDINGS APPROXIMATELY WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH PLUMBING. IF YOU CALL SOMEONE TO FIX YOUR CAR, YOU HAVE TO WAIT WEEKS AND WEEKS. I MEAN THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. SO I -- I REALLY THINK THAT FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK YVONNE FRY, CHRISSY LEWIS. YOU HAVE A NEW TEAM MEMBER AND MAYOR RICK MAYOR RICK MAYOR RICK  LOTT. IT STARTED IN PLANT CITY. AND TO SEE IT EXPANDING -- I WILL SAY I GO OUT TO MY HIGH SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THE OTHER DAY, I MET A KILL THE OTHER DAY IN THE STREET. I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING. HE SAID I WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING. BUT I STARTED FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. I WENT ON TO IT IN GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. AND NOW I HAVE SOME AND NOW I HAVE SOME DIRECTION. WE ARE CHANGING LIVES ONE AT A TIME. AND THIS IS THE FUTURE. REALLY KIDS LOOKING AT THAT THE. IT IS WHAT WE NEED. AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND MOVE THAT WAY. IF YOU LOOK AT ASIA IF YOU LOOK AT ASIA AND YOU LOOK AT EUROPEAN WHERE STUDENTS ARE OUTPERFORMING US BY OUTPERFORMING US BY A LOT, IT STARTS MUCH EARLIER. IT STARTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I REALLY THINK THE VISION HAS TO BE TO CONTINUE TO SFO DUES IT BUT EVEN AT A YOUNGER AGE. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WE DON'T NEED NEED TO HAVE THAT IN OUR ENGLISH CLASSES. OUR ENGLISH TEACHERS MODIFY AND ATTACK. I CAN'T TELL YOU I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS COME UP TO ME FOR MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS AND SAY THAT EXPOSED ME. PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE -- SAY I WENT TO COLLEGE BUT I AM GLAD THAT MY CLASS NATE HAS SOME HOPE. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SUMMER GRADUATION THIS COMING WEEK, YOU WILL SEE WILL SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO NEED THIS TO KNOW THERE IS A JOB AND A OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. THANK FUTURE CAREER ACADEMY. THANK YOU NOR ALL THE DATA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND THE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH US. KEN KEN ADUM. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT IS SUCH A I MEAN, THAT IS SUCH A STATE-OF-THE-ART SCHOOL. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT AMY ADUM WORKED HARD FOR HER WORKED HARD FOR HER FAMILY. SHE GEAR GAVE UP. THE LETTERS. ALL THE TIME SHE PUT FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT MAKE SURE THAT HER FATHER IS REMEMBERED. AND WHAT IS AMAZING A CONNECTIVITY WITH THAT FAMILY AND THEY ARE SPENDING TIME AND THAT WILL SOB GREAT FOR THAT SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL AND THE LEGACY OF SCHOOL AND THE LEGACY OF SCHOOL. I THINK WHEN WE HAVE -- WHEN YOU NAME YOUR SCHOOLS. WHEN YOU NAME IT TO SOMEBODY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND STRENGTHEN THE SCHOOLS AND STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP. FINALLY, MEMBER VAUGHN AND I, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT EVENT FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS. MOST OF OUR TEACHERS IN DISTRICT ONE AND THREE. HOPEFULLY HAVE MANY OF THEM. BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY -- WE HAVE MANY VACANCIES IN DISTRICT ONE. I AM NOT SURE OF DISTRICT THREE, BUT DISTRICT ONE, ONE OF THE LARGEST LARGEST VACANCIES AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHAT IS THE NUMBER. I AM AT 18. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE KIDS WALKING INTO EVERY DAY. I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY AND THAT IS HONESTLY WHAT FUELS KNEE. AND THAT PUSHES ME TO BE HERE EVERY DAY TO FIGHT FOR THOSE EVERY DAY TO FIGHT FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AND -- AND LASTLY, AUGUST 10, WE HAVE -- WE HAVE A BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN VALDEZ. SHE HAS DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND RIGHT AT THE HEART OF LETO HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE HOPE MANY PEOPLE WILL COME. AUGUST 6 AND 10. AND I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THEIR LAST COUPLE OF LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. AND SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT COME IN AND THEY CALL AND THEY -- THEY SAY, HEY, I HAVE 100 BOOK BAGS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A SCHOOL. I GOT A COUPLE OF I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. A RESTAURANT WHO SAID I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY. AND THEY WILL BE AND THEY WILL BE PARTNERING UP WITH TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD AT THE -- DURING THIS -- THE PARENT MEET-UP AND -- DURING THAT WEEK. AND BRINGING THOSE BACKPACKINGS TO THE SCHOOL TO DONATE THEM TO THE SCHOOL. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT COME OUT OF COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU -- AND NOW -- YOU KNOW, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. WITH THE WITH THE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION. WE HAVE 362. WE HAD WE HAD -- BLACK STUDENTS HAD 1 WE HAD -- BLACK STUDENTS HAD 1 2. HISPANIC 304 OF THOSE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION. WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO ENSURE THAT ENSURE THAT THOSE CERTIFICATES ENSURE THAT THOSE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION ARE STARTING TO BEGINNEDLE DOWN TO BEGINNEDLE DOWN TO NOTHING. >>Superintendent Ayres: WITH CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION. STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED EVERY REQUIREMENT TO GRADUATE EXCEPT MEETING THE BENCHMARK FOR MEETING THE BENCHMARK FOR READING OR MATH. I THINK WE HAD ZERO FOR MATH, CORRECT. ZERO THAT NEEDED MATH FOR THE BENCHMARK. READING WAS THE BENCHMARK THAT WAS NEEDED. THAT NUMBER -- WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT NUMBER HAS THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED UP OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT WAS BASICALLY A FREE PASS GIVEN LAST YEAR AND THE NUMBER WAS REDUCED DOWN. I THINK THE S.A.T. EVERT. SCORE WAS WAS 480 RAISED TO FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T -- CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IS BASICALLY A PIECE OF PAPER WE WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. IF YOU WERE AT GRADUATION, IF YOU WERE AT GRADUATION, THESE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED A DIPLOMA, WHEN THEY GO BACK IN THE BACK, A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AND THANK YOU FOR COMING 13 YEARS. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THAT NUMBER TO ZERO. MARCUS YOU WERE JUMPING AT THE BIT TO JUMP IN. I KNOW YOU WERE TAKE I KNOW YOU WERE TAKE THE LEAD TO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD. >> I APPRECIATE THE YES. WE ARE WORKING TO SEE HOW TO CLOSE OUT '23-'24 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE NEXT CLT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED THIS SATURDAY AS WELL. WE ARE PLANNING HOW WITH THE LEARNING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WITH THE TEAM AND HOW WE ACTUALLY WORK AND MODIFY AND IMPROVE OUR WORK. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING -- WE ARE BUILDING A FORTHE MAP THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THE SCHOOL STUDENT BY STUDENT A LOT EARLIER THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND STARTED THE WORK AROUND SEPTEMBER AS WE GOT THE GROUP TOGETHER. WE ACTUALLY MEANT TODAY TO START WORKING AROUND 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR AND REDUCE THE NUMBER '234-'24. AND STARTED THE WORK AND THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED. DURING THE YEAR DURING THE YEAR REREDUCED THE NUMBER FROM NUMBER FROM '22-'23 BY 50 STUDENTS UTILIZING WITH ADULT EDUCATION, EDUCATION, K-12, WORK OF ACT DEMOCRATIC SERVICES. A LOT OF PIECES TO GO WITH STUDENTS WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITH SCHOOLS. BUT THE MAIN PIECE IS THE PRINCIPAL BUY-IN AND STAFF BUY-IN WITH THE SCHOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY WE NEED TO DO TO GO TO 480 VERSUS THE 430. AND THAT IS A DRASTIC CHANGE ON THE NUMBER. IF WESTERN TO CONTINUE, WE WILL HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BY THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. THE COMPARISON AROUND. IF AROUND 430, IF AROUND 430, 480. SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE PRIOR TO ANY OTHER YEARS. THE NUMBERS WILL BE A LOT LESS IF 430. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT BETTER AS THE TEAM CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. >>Karen Perez: I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OVER THE SUMMER. PING I HAVE SEEN YOU MORE OVER THE SPUMMER THAN I HAVE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE STUDENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND HELPING SOME OF THESE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY TO GET THEM INTO MORE INTO MORE SOLIDIFIED ENVIRONMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LEARNING PROGRESS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MR. MURILLO AND ALSO MR. MURILLO AND ALSO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I SEE THAT MOVEMENT COMING ALONG. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THE WORK OVER THE SUMMER. A LOT OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER TO STABILIZE OUR STUDENTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THAT. SO WITH THAT, SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.