M >>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN >>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN PEREZ, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. >> HI, I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE 7th LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. >>Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. >>Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING THIS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. >>Nadia Combs: WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO STAY. 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 BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AT SITE AT SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. >>Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [GAVEL SOUNDING] >>Karen Perez: THE >>Karen Perez: THE BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 19, 2024 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN, WILL YOU PLEASE WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. >>Jessica Vaughn: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL ANNE RUSHING AND MUSIC DIRECTOR MELISSA ROLLINS. THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS NIPAL AND I AM IN THE FIFTH GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS JEREMIAH, AND I AM 234 THIRD I AM 234 THIRD GRADE. >> MY NAME IS >> MY NAME IS JANET >> MY NAME IS JANET ELISE IN 3rd STRAYED. >> I AM IN PRESIDENT FOURTH GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS BRADY AND I AM IN FOURTH GRADE. >> >> HI, MY NAME IS SKYLER AND I AM IN FOURTH GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS ALISON AND I AM IN FOURTH AM IN FOURTH GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS PRISHA AND I AM IN THIRD GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS ANGELINA. AND I AM IN FOURTH GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS HALLE AND IN THIRD GRADE. >> MY NAME IS AMIRA AND I AM IN THE THIRD GRADE. >> MY NAME IS MELANIE AND IN THE THIRD GRADE. >> MY NAME IS STELLA AND I AM IN THIRD GRADE. >> MY NAME IS >> MY NAME IS DETIAN AND IN THE FURTHER GRADE. >> I AM LANA LEWIS, AND I AM IN FIFTH GRADE. >> I AM MISS >> I AM MISS ROLLINS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >> SARAH, THE IB >> SARAH, THE IB COORDINATOR. >> HI, I AM >> HI, I AM ANA >> HI, I AM ANA GIBBLIN, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. >> I AM ANN RUSHING, THE PRINCIPAL. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING US. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>Jessica Vaughn: PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE. >>Jessica Vaughn: GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM TODAY THAT IS 7.10, APPROVED PIGGYBACK FOR 7.10, APPROVED PIGGYBACK FOR LG ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PURCHASES. 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 EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED. AND OUR DECISIONS 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 MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK 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 GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN, WILL YOU NOW READ BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. 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. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Karen Perez: WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. AND THAT IS 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 KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ABOUT THE 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 THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. AND ANY AND ANY BEHAVIOR INTEND AND ANY BEHAVIOR INTEND TODAY INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IT IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YOU 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. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS GREG ELLIOTT AND I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION AND I MANAGE ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM A DAD OF TWO CHILDREN. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW MY KIDS DON'T EVEN GO TO APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY JUST YET. MY SON JUST TURNED ONE. MY DAUGHTER WILL BE ENTERING KINDERGARTEN AT A KINDERGARTEN AT APES IN AUGUST. THE LACK OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL IS SO CRITICAL TO THE AREA AND MY FAMILY THAT MY KIDS HAVE NOT ENTERED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUT I'M HERE SPEAKING WITH YOU GUYS TODAY. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN APOLLO BEACH FOR NEARLY NINE YEARS. AND I RECALL WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO APOLLO BEACH, IT SEEMED LIKE A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THE GROWTH HAS OPINION EXPONENTIAL. A POSITIVE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE GROWTH IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT THAT I WOULD SEE TO SUPPORT ALL THE NEW HOUSING BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT I THAT I ALSO ATTENDED A THAT I ALSO ATTENDED A K-8 SCHOOL GROWING UP. IT HAD MANY BENEFITS IT HAD MANY BENEFITS AND FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS AND I DIDN'T WORRY OF MAKING NEW FRIENDS OR TRANSFERRING TO A NEW TRANSFERRING TO A NEW SCHOOL. AND IMPRESSIONABLE ADOLESCENT YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT DUE TO GROWTH IN MY HOMETOWN, MY HIGH SCHOOL WITH AS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE STUDENTS. THE SOLUTION WAS TO BRING IN MODULAR MODULAR UNITS TO SERVICE CLASSROOMS WHILE THE SCHOOL WAS BEING EXPANDED. I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE WOULD NOT RATHER GO AWAY IN A NEW SCHOOL BUT TO BE COMFORTABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH WITH THE FAMILIAR FACES OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. LET'S MAKE LET'S MAKE K-8 COME TO FEW LET'S MAKE K-8 COME TO FEW SIGNIFICANCES FOR SIGNIFICANCES FOR ABES AND APOLLO BEACH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS COOL LINE MY NAME IS COOL LINE BINUCCI, AND A PROW MEMBER OF THE APOLLO BEACH K-8 INITIATIVE. I AM GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF TODAY UNLIKE I HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE BEEN ON BOARD WITH OUR INITIATIVE, I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU. I KNOW YOU EACH DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME SPEAKING WITH US, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, VERY OPEN TO US ASKING AND DESIRING THIS. SO SO IT IS VERY EFFORT TO OUR GROUP THAT YOU CARE A LOT OF THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT CHILDREN. SO, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY MAIN PURPOSE THOUGH TODAY IS ACTUALLY AS A MESSENGER. I HAVE LETTERS THAT I JUST DELIVERED FROM ONE DELIVERED FROM ONE OF OUR SECOND-GRADE CLASSES. MISS GRAVES' STUDENTS ASKED THAT I DELIVER THEM ALL TO YOU TODAY AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT MONTH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER AND WILL NEXT SPEAKER AND WILL SPEAKERS 6-10 PLEASE LINE UP 6-10 PLEASE LINE UP. >> >> HI, MY NAME IS JACK STAFFORD. I USED TO ATTEND APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY. I LIKE GOING TO APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE MY DAD WENT WENT THERE WHEN HE WAS A KID. NOW I GO TO A DIFFERENT NOW I GO TO A DIFFERENT K-8 SCHOOL. MY PARENTS TOOK ME OUT OF APOLLO BEACH BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR ME. I WAS VERY UPSET TO LEAVE MY FRENCH QUARTER. I LIKED IT AT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY BECAUSE MY TEACHERS CARED A LOT AND WERE HELPFUL. ALSO, I LIKE BEING ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH FRIENDS WHO LIVE NEAR ME. PLEASE TURN APOLLO BEACH INTO A A K-8 SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HELPING KIDS LIKE ME WHO DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR FRIENDS BEHIND BEHIND. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS QUINN PAIGE AND I AM IN THE SIXTH GRADE. A FORMER DOLPHIN FROM APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET INTO A CHARTER SCHOOL NEARBY. I LIKE IT AND I MADE SOME NEW AS AS ABES. MY TEST SCORES WENT FROM LEVEL 4 AND 5 TO A LEVEL 2. FOR 7th GRADE, I AM GOING TO START AT A DIFFERENT CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS FURTHER AWAY BUT HOPEFULLY BETTER FOR MY TEST SCORES SCORES AND BE AS GOOD AS APOLLO BEACH. THIS MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE MY FRIENDS AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS AGAIN WHICH I WILL HAVE TO DO AGAIN WHEN HE I GO AGAIN WHEN HE I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. I WISH APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY COULD BE A COULD BE A K-8 SO THEN MY LITTLE SISTER DOESN'T HAVE TO SWITCH SCHOOLS LIKE I DO. IF I CAN GO BACK TO APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY FOR 7th AND 8th GRADE, IT WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE. 37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS EMMA PAIGE, AND I AM IN SECOND GRADE AS POLSZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY TO BE A K-8 BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS GOOD AND THE TEACHERS ARE NICE AND PATIENT. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT THERE. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD STAY WITH THEM FOR STAY WITH THEM FOR LONGER. IT WOULD -- WAIT, OKAY. WE STILL HAVE WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY A A D-8. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT PEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS HUNTER AND I JUST TURNED SEVEN THIS MONTH. I AM IN MISS HODGES' CLASS. FEW DAY AS WEEK I WALK TO SCHOOL WITH MY MOM AND NEIGHBORS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. I LOVE WALKING TO SCHOOL AND I ASK MY MOM WHEN I WILL BE ALLOWED TO BIKE WITHOUT HER. WE SEE LOTS OF SCHOOL FRIENDS ON OUR WALK TO SCHOOL THAT ARE ALSO THAT ARE WALKING OR RIDING THEIR SCOOTERS. I WANT APOLLO BEACH TO BE A K-8 SCHOOL SO I CAN KEEP WALKING AND RIDING MY BIKE TO RIDING MY BIKE TO SCHOOL. I WANT MY I WANT MY NEIGHBORS I WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO STAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD -- TO STAY IN MY SCHOOL AND NOT HAVE TO CHANGE TO CHARTER CHARTER SCHOOLS. I LOVE I LOVE I I LOVE I MY SCHOOL AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. PLEASE VOTE FOR APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY TO BE A K-8 ELEMENTARY TO BE A K-8 SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH MY NAME IS SARAH RUTHERFORD. I AM SPEAKING TO SUPPORT TURNING APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY INTO A K-8 SCHOOL. BORN IN TAMPA, I BORN IN TAMPA, I GREW UP IN ALABAMA AND I WANT TO SHARE MY COMMENCE ATTENDING A K-12. IN SHORT, I LOVED IT. I GRADUATED WITH 75% OF THE SAME STUDENTS I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN AND HAVE VERY CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AS OF THIS AS OF THIS DAY. THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WERE IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS BUT ON THE SAME PLOT OF LAND. IT TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS. PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIPS GROW AND EVOLVE OVER TIME AND FRIENDSHIPS MAY BE STRONGER AT SOME POINTS THAN OTHERS. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS TOGETHER, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW EACH OTHER ON A DEEPER LEVEL. WE KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE, SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WORK THROUGH DIFFERENCES WHEN THEY AROSE. ANOTHER BENEFIT OF HAVING THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ON-SITE IT PROVIDED THE UPPER-LEVEL IT PROVIDED THE UPPER-LEVEL STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO BE ELEMENTARY TEACHER AIDES WITH GOOD GRADES AND NO DISCIPLINARY ISSUES. THE TEACHERS RECEIVED HELP WITH THE TEACHERS RECEIVED HELP WITH HELPING WITH BULLETIN BOARDS OR HELPING STUDENTS WITH TASKS. STUDENT AIDE LEARNED OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND TAKING ON DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RECOMMENDATION LETTER FROM THE TEACHER WHO WAS THE THE TEACHER WHO WAS THE MENTOR. THE STUDENT AIDE WAS SOMEONE THEY CAN LOOK UP TO AND ASPIRE TO BE IN FOOT YOU TO BE IN FOOT YOU CH YOU ARE. THE ALMA MATER THAT SHOWS THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION THAT WORK THERE OVER THE YEARS WORK THERE OVER THE YEARS WHICH IS ALSO TRUE FOR APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY. OUR SCHOOL HAS WORKED TO DEVELOP A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY AND PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND UPON AND BUILD UPON WHAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. OUR COMMUNITY IS FILLED WITH MANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INCLUDING ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, AS WELL AS PARENTS WHO ARE TEACHERS THAT MUST WORK TO CONTRACT WHO AREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS REGULARLY, IF AT ALL. BUT PLEASE KNOW THERE IS A STRONG BACKING AND SUPPORT OF THIS INITIALING INITIATIVE. IT IS CRITICAL WE HAVE A VIABLE MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTION FOR CURRENT STUDENTS THAT ARE AGING OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND TO FIND A SOLUTION SO OUR CHILDREN CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER. AND WILL AND WILL SPEAKERS 11-15, PLEASE LINE UP. >> MY NAME IS JOE. I AM IN THIRD GRADE AT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY. I WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU WHY I THINK APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY -- WHY I THINK MY SCHOOL SHOULD BE K-8th GRADE. FIRST OF ALL, NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I THINK FIFTH I THINK FIFTH GRADE NEEDS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MAYBE HAVE TOUGH TIMES FINDING A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM. RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO STAY AT OUR SCHOOL. THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AT SCHOOL WHICH MIGHT BE HARD FOR THEM. THEY MAY BE A LITTLE NERVOUS. SECOND OF ALL, ALL THE TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOL ARE VERY GOOD AND THEY ARE VERY THEY ARE VERY KIND. OTHER SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE THAT BE WAY WAY. I THINK APOLLO BEACH I THINK APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A PERFECT SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EVERYBODY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, EVERYBODY DESERVES TO GO TO APOLLO BEACH. IF WE ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILL GIVE FIFTH GRADER AS FEW MORE YEARS TO BE WITH THEIR FRIEND AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO BE NERVOUS OR SCARED TO GO TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCHOOL THAT MIGHT -- THAT MIGHT -- THAT MAY BE FAR AWAY. AND THAT'S WHY APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY SHOULD BE K-8th GRADE. PLEASE VOTE TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOL IS K-8th GRADE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOE ADDISON. CURRENT EDUCATOR CURRENT EDUCATOR IF A DIFFERENT COUNTY. THAT IS MY SON. HE GOES TO APOLLO BEACH. I AM A MEMBER OF THE HILLSBOROUGH HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION EMPOWERS KIDS TO SUCCEED AND I THINK THE INITIATIVES WILL ALLOW KIDS TO SUCK CEASE. HAVING THIS ABILITY, ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT, KNOWING THAT MY SON WILL GO TO THAT SCHOOL FROM WILL GO TO THAT SCHOOL FROM K-8. I TAUGHT SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE SO I HAVE SEEN THAT TRANSITION FROM KIDS COMING OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE. THAT TRANSITION WAS HARD FOR A LOT OF KIDS. STAYING IN THAT SAME SCHOOL, K-8 HELPS THEM OUT TREMENDOUSLY. STATISTICS SHOW THAT TEST SCORES IMPROVE IF THE KID STAYS PUT. AND I WANT TO KEEP IT BRIEF TODAY. THAT'S THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> MARK >> MARK KLUTHHO, >> MARK KLUTHHO, LARGO. 706. ANOTHER ANOTHER HVAC WITH THE ANOTHER HVAC WITH THE CHILLER. YEAH, FORGET ABOUT THE YEAH, FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER ONES. YEAH. IT WILL BE A DUMB BUILDING STILL. SO HERE IS THE SO HERE IS THE HEADLINE. COULD THE GULFSTREAM BE NEAR TIPPING POINT? YEAH. AND HERE IS THE GRAPH. 2023 2023, HOTTEST YEAR EVER. AND THE AND THE HEADLINE AND THE HEADLINE FROM AND THE HEADLINE FROM YESTERDAY, ENERGY APPETITE IN U.S. ENSTAGERS GOAL ON CLIMATE. MANY POWER COMPANIES WERE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. ESPECIALLY DURING THE EXTREME WEATHER WEATHER AND SAY IS THE STRAIN ON THE GRID THE GRID WILL ONLY INCREASE THE GRID WILL ONLY INCREASE. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE STUPID DUMB BUILDINGS, STUPID DUMB BUILDINGS, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS HEADLINE HERE. HILLSBOROUGH'S F SCHOOL HILLSBOROUGH'S F SCHOOL WOES. YOU KNOW, IN GOING BACK 30 YEARS, YEARS, WHAT DID I SAY? PERFORMANCE, PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS, AND THE LEARNING FOR THE STUDENTS THE STUDENTS WILL THE STUDENTS WILL BE MUCH BETTER. BUT YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS SCIENCE. AND WHAT HAPPENS? WE HAVE THESE HEADLINES THAT I JUST READ. THE KEY WORD HERE IS THE KEY WORD HERE IS CORRELATION. WHAT YOU SHOULD WHAT YOU SHOULD SAME TO NOT BE ABLE TO GRASP. I JUST DON'T I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. ARE YOU THAT ARE YOU THAT ARE YOU THAT STUFF? ARE ARE YOU EVIL? DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO IGNORE THE SCIENCE. CONTINUE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS IN BAD BUILDINGS BAD BUILDINGS AND THEIR FUTURE BAD BUILDINGS AND THEIR FUTURE JEOPARDIZED. OH, THERE IS REALLY BAD. BAD, BAD. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >> FOR THE LIAR, >> FOR THE LIAR, MALFEASANCE. >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU TODAY. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, BOOKS. OH, GOD, I LOVE BOOKS. I LOVE TO DEVOUR THEM. READ THEM. I HAVE KIDS THAT LOVE TO DO IT. MY MOTHER LOVED TO DO IT. MY GRANDMOTHER LOVED TO DO THE SAME THING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BLANKETS UP FOR CONSIDERATION. TIME SORRY I COULDN'T COME WHEN IT WAS BEING CONSIDERED. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FIRST, IF YOU READ INTO THE AUTHOR OF THAT BOOK. SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, THE AUTHOR OF THAT BOOK WAS RAISED IN A IN A FUNDAMENTALIST HE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD WHERE HE WAS LIMITED IN WHAT HE HAD ACCESS IN WHAT HE HAD ACCESS TO. IN FACT THE ONLY MUSIC HE COULD LISTEN TO WAS CHRISTIAN MUSIC AND THE ONLY ART HE COULD ACTUALLY CONSUME WAS THE COMIC STRIPS IN THE NEWSPAPER STRIPS IN THE NEWSPAPER WHICH I FEEL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT BACKGROUND WHEN YOU GO INTO THIS BOOK. HE I ALSO WANT TO TALK OF THE GOOD THINGS IN THIS BOOK BECAUSE YOU WILL HEAR LITTLE BIT OF EXCERPTS OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE PEOPLE THINK ARE PROBLEMATIC. ONE IS THE USE OF SCRIPTURE IS BRILLIANTLY BRILLIANTLY WEAVED THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK. THEY START OFF BY USING ECCLESIASTES AND GOING BACK TO THAT WHICH IS ABOUT -- ABOUT THE FUTILITY AND FOCUSING ON EVERYTHING ON FOLLOWING GOD AND -- A SEASON OF TIME. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE LUKE 8:40-53 WITH 8:40-53 WITH GYRUS. HIS DAUGHTER IS DYING AND THEY ARE TERRIFIED. AND JESUS BASICALLY SAYS, FEAR NOT. AND SHE IS -- SHE IS ALIVE. AND THEY ARE CRYING. THEY THINK SHE IS DEAD AND SHE IS NOT. IT ALSO HAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE ABOUT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN HEMORRHAGING FOR YEARS AND REACHES OUT AND TOUCHES THE HIM OF TOUCHES THE HIM OF JESUS'S CLOAK AND SHE IS HEELED. JESUS IS LIKE, WHO TOUCHED ME. THEY SAY YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WELL. IT ALSO TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT CAMP, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT HOW HE FEELS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ELSE AROUND HIM HAVE THESE GIFTS AND WHY IS THIS NOT THE CASE FOR HIM. WHAT IS WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH HIM. THE THE PARENTIFCATION OF A THE PARENTIFCATION OF A CHILD, THAT THE DAUGHTER WRITES A NOTE TO THE SOON-TO-BE EX-HUSBAND SAYING THINGS THAT A CHILD SHOULDN'T BE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT. AND NAVIGATING HIS FAITH TRANSITION MOVING FORWARD. AND REALLY THE -- THE FAITHS -- THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING HIM IN HIS LIFE, ASK HIM TO MAKE THE REALLY DIFFICULT DECISION TO DECIDE BETWEEN HIS ART AND BEING A A MINISTER -- BEING A MINISTER. HE JUST WANTS TO USE HIS ART TO BE A MINISTRY. I THINK WHAT THIS BOOK DOES, IT I THINK WHAT THIS BOOK DOES, IT REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT TENNESON SAYS, MORE FAITH AND HONEST DOUBT, BELIEVE DOUBT, BELIEVE ME, IN HALF THE CREEDS. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THIS BOOK. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT IT 408ISTICLY. I WAS MORE OFFENDED BY THE OSCARS THAN I WAS BY THIS BOOK. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS KATHY KATHY YAKEL, AND I HAVE A IS SECOND GRADER AT APOLLO BEACH ELEMENTARY AND WILL SOON HAVE A ELEMENTARY AND WILL SOON HAVE A KINDERGARTENER NEXT FALL. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE PROUD PRODUCTS OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS. I WAS IN PINECREST ELEMENTARY IN LITHIA AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO APOLLO BEACH 30 YEARS AGO. SO SO WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER IN THE RUSKIN APOLLO BEACH AREA IN THE LAST 14 YEARS AND LAST 14 YEARS AND WE KNEW WE WOULD BE BACK IN THE AREA TO RAISE OUR FAMILY. WE START TWO BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AND WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. I AM AN OPTOMETRIST WITH A PRIVATE PRACTICE A FEW MILES FROM THE SCHOOL AND MY HUSBAND IS THE LOCAL FISHING GUIDE. WE REALLY DO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE AND WE WANT OUR FAMILIES TO DO THE SAME. SCHOOLS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A COMMUNITY. AND IT IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO ESTABLISH LONG-LASTING RELATIONSHIPS. FAMILIES STATED TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THAT FOUNDATION, BUT WILL MOVE IF IT IS NOT THERE. THIS IS ALSO WHAT THIS IS ALSO WHAT KEEPS OUR BUSINESS THRIVING AND FAMILIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE LOCAL BUSINESSES LOVE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS BASED ON THESE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THE STAFF AND THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS BECOME OUR PATIENTS, CLIENTS, OUR PATIENTS, CLIENTS, CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS. BY KEEPING THE KIDS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER, WE SEE TOGETHER, WE SEE THE SAME FAMILIAR FACE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUT OUT AND ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY OUT AND ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY OUR CHILDREN GET TO PLAY TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER AND ONE DAY ESTABLISH THEIR OWN FAMILIES HEREBY. I HAVE I HAVE LIVE ON A SMALL STREET ZONED FOR APOLLO BEACH AND ONLY ATTEND ABES. FAMILIES WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN DO NOT WANT TO SPLIT UP THEIR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS, AND DIFFICULT FOR MY KIDS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS JUST BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCES SCHOOLS AND ACTIVITIES. WITH FAMILIES CHANGING YEAR TO YEAR, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP THIS THIS NETWORK. AND ALSO AND ALSO CRUCIAL FOR APOLLO BEACH TO BECOME A BEACH TO BECOME A K-8 SCHOOL. EVEN THOUGH OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING AT A RAPID PLACE, APOLLO BEACH IS STILL A SMALL TOWN AND WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO ALWAYS FEEL THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS INITIATIVE AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M NAME IS KATIE CRANDALL AND I WANT TO TAKE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE POLTZ K-8 INITIATIVE WITH WHEN MY SON WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BEGIN KINDERGARTEN, I WAS KINDERGARTEN, I WAS LOOKING FOR OPTIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE LIVE IN WE LIVE IN BIMINY BAY WHICH IS ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ACROSS THE STREET FROM APES. IT WAS IN WALKING DISTANCE. THE SCHOOL HAS A LARGE WALKER, BIKER COUNT DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE AMAZING STAFF -- AMAZING SAFETY COORDINATION OF THE CROSSING COORDINATION OF THE CROSSING BOARDS AND THE TEACHER VOLUNTEERS. THIS ALONE REDUCES THE NEED FOR BUS DRIVERS WHICH WE ALL KNOW THE THE COUNTY HAS A SHORTAGE OF THE COUNTY HAS A SHORTAGE OF END OF OF 2019-2020 IS WHEN THE OF 2019-2020 IS WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. SPARKED SPARKED THROUGHUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY, COUNTRY, ABES ASKED FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO FINISH OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG. THE LAST DAY OF THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL THEY ORGANIZED A DRIVE-BY THROUGH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SO THE PRIRN PRIRN PAL AND TEACHERS CAN PRIRN PAL AND TEACHERS CAN WAVE AT ALL THE STUDENTS THEY HAVE MISSED. ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOVE HIS NAME AT NAME AT ABES. AND THE 504 PLAN HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT. MY FAMILY MOVED TO RIVERVIEW 2022 AT THE END OF THE SECOND-GRADE YEAR. FOR ABES. APPLY FOR THE POSITION VIA CHOICE AND THEY SAD VACATED TO CHOICE AND THEY SAD VACATED TO KEEP HIM SINCE HE WAS ALREADY OCCUPYING A SEAT. MY HUSBAND AND I MAKE THE 15 TO 20-MINUTE DRIVE TO PICK HIM UP AND DROP HIM OFF HOW IMPORTANT THE SCHOOL IS TO US. THE STAFF DEDICATES THEMSELVES TO SAFETY DURING THE PICK-UP TO SAFETY DURING THE PICK-UP PROCEDURES. KEVIN HAS FINISHED HIS FOURTH MACHINE GRADE YEAR WHICH SPARKED EARLY THOUGHTS OF WHERE MY DAD AND I WANT HIM TO GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. THOSE IN THE APOLLO BEACH AREA KNOW THAT OPTIONS ARE LIMITED .ALL THE LOCAL CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSE TO MY AREA, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE WAIT LISTS. THE OTHER OPTION IS YORK, A THE OTHER OPTION IS YORK, A K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL MAGNET SCHOOL WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP TO HELP ALLEVIATE CRUCIAL NEED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HAVEN'T MADE MUCH OF AN IMPACT. IN CONCLUSION, I AM LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS, MY SON'S EDUCATION VIA CHARTER SCHOOLS AND I PULL HIM OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ALL TOGETHER AND HOME SCHOOL HIM. IDEALLY A THIRD AND BEST OPTION TO KEEP HIM IN APOLLO BEACH THROUGHOUT HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS. DOING SO WILL SURROUND HIM DOING SO WILL SURROUND HIM WITH FAMILIARITY DURING THE CRITICAL PRE-TEEN YEARS. SO EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF 2028 HAVING GRADUATING CLASS OF 2028 HAVING ATTENDED SINCE KINDERGARTEN. I HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE I HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE K-8 INITIATIVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER AND SPEAKERS 14-18, PLEASE LINE UP. SORRY, SORRY, 16-18. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. DEBBY HUNT WITH HILLSBOROUGH CITIZENS DEFENDING CITIZENS DEFENDING FREE DOME. MY FIRST TOPIC TODAY OF AGENDA ITEM 7.06 TO APPROVE OVER $1 MILLION FOR AC HEAT AND VENTILATION FOR A SCHOOL THAT WAS CLOSED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AFTER MANY MONTHS OF LONG, PAINFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UTILIZATION AND UTILIZATION AND REDISTRICTING. THE -- THE AGENDA ITEM TIES DIRECTLY TO THE DISTURBING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS QUIETLY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS QUIETLY Y THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMITTING TO SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO A SCHOOL THAT WAS JUST CLOSED. THE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET IN POINT CLEARLY WAS NEEDED AND HAS BEEN FRUITFUL; HOWEVER, SUPERINTENDENT HOWEVER, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMMIT TO SUCH ACTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICLY APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD NOR IS THERE FUNDING A AVAILABLE OF FUNDING A AVAILABLE OF BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL AND COMPLETELY UPDATING AN OLDER SCHOOL BY 2027. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEED IS NOT REDEFINED AND REDISTRICTING DISCUSSIONS HAVE NOT BEEN REOPENED AND THE BOARD HAS NOT VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THIS. WHY WOULD WHY WOULD PROMISES BE MADE THAT
% HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR FUNDING -- OR ONGOING FUNDING IDENTIFIED SEEMS TO BE VERY DISINGENUOUS TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE PUBLIC. MY SECOND TOPIC IS THE BOOK CHALLENGE ISSUE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE BE MORPHING ON ITS OWN WITH THE HELP OF A BOARD MEMBER AND HER FACE NAYS PAGE. THE SPECIAL-CALLED BOARD MEETING MARCH 25, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT HAPPENING FOR THE TWO BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, IDENTICAL IDENTICAL AND BLANKETS WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE PAGE WITHOUT ANY NOTIFICATION ANY NOTIFICATION POSTED ON THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS PEB PAGE FOR THE HOME PAGE. THE MEETING IS STILL NOT NOTICED ON THE WEB PAGE. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE SHORTENED BOOK CHALLENGE PROCESS THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AND THE SUBSEQUENT BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE MANAGING THAT OCCURRED IS ACTUALLY TAKING LONGER THAN IT DID BEFORE. AS EVIDENCED BY WHAT IS GOING AS EVIDENCED BY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE TWO BOOKS WHICH STARTED IN AUGUST AND STARTED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR OF THIS PAST YEAR DO TELL. WHAT IS GOING ON WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. MORE TO FOLLOW MORE TO FOLLOW. A NYI TO ALL OF YOU THAT A LAWSUIT LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST THE POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WITH THEIR WITH THEIR COMPLICITY WITH THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES. THE FLORIDA THE FLORIDA STATUTE THE FLORIDA STATUTE 1006 THE FLORIDA STATUTE 1006.28 LANGUAGE IN THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE EFFECTIVELY KILLED THE MILLER TEST. YOU MAY WANT TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES IT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES PORNOGRAPHY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, MY NAME IS CARMEN EDMONDS. I WILL BE READING FROM THE BOOK "TRICKS." AUTHOR IS ELLEN HOPKINS AND WE HAVE 22 OF THESE BOOKS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE SECTION I AM GOING TO READ IS ABOUT A -- ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL KID, SO A MINOR, SCHOOL KID, SO A MINOR, PROSTITUTING HIMSELF OUT TO PROSTITUTING HIMSELF OUT TO A MALE JOHN FOR SEX TO GET MONEY FOR MISS FAMILY. AT THE RIVERA, NOT THE NICEST CASINO IN TOWN, BUT NOT THE SLEAZIEST EITHER. NOT THAT IT MATTERS. WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS MORE THAN SLEAZY BUT SICK. I WILL LEAVE WITH ENOUGH MONEY WITH WITH LYDIA'S CUT TO HELP MOM, $100 FOR THE BILLS AND DESPITE HOW GENEROUS HE IS, I MAY HAVE A SMALL BET ON THE SMALL BET ON THE CHIEFS. IF THOSE BASTARDS DO RIGHT WITH ME, I MAY SKIP A TWO OR DATE. CALL IT A TRICK. I AM TURNING TRICKS. COULD THIS BE ME SUNK SO LOW. HAVING SEX WITH MEN OFTEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN OFTEN WONDERING WHY THEY ARE WONDERING WHY THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO BOYS FOR CASH. I AM NOT GAY. I NEVER THOUGHT OF CHECKING A BOY OUT OR BOY OUT OR DOING ONE. WHY IS IT HARDER, WHY AM I WHY IS IT HARDER, WHY AM I -- AND THEN HE IS LEARNING HOW TO DO THE TRANSACTION FINANCIALLY. AS LONG AS HE HAS AT CASH, SO DAN, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU. I KNOW I KNOW THE DRILL. LYDIA LYDIA COACHED ME IN PAGE LYDIA COACHED ME IN PAGE SEDUCTION. GET THE DEAL UP FRONT. NEVER GIVE MORE THAN THEY CAN PAY PAY FOR. DO NOT DELIVER DO NOT DELIVER COD. AS FOR A MONTH NOW, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. THEN THE REST OF THE PAGES GO THEN THE REST OF THE PAGES GO ON TO TALK ABOUT THE DESCRIPTIVE MANNER OF HIS TIME WITH THIS MAN THAT BOUGHT HIM. SO I JUST -- AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN COMING TO FOR OVER ALL BEEN COMING TO FOR OVER A YEAR NOW TO ASK THAT THESE BOOKS BE REMOVED. WE ARE NOT ASKING THAT BOOKS BE BANNED. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR AND SUCH A MISINFORMATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BANNING BOOKS IN SCHOOL. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU FOLLOW FLORIDA STATE STATUTE AND REMOVE BOOKS THAT CONTAIN PORNOGRAPHY AND EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIAL THAT CHILDREN NEED NOT TO BE READING. MINORS NEED NOT TO BE READING THIS. EXPLICITLY TELLS KIDS OF A MINOR BEING SOLD FOR SEX TO HELP PAY FOR BILLS. I GET IT. SOME KIDS MAY SOME KIDS MAY BE FACED WITH SUCH DIRE INSTANCES IN THEIR FAMILIES THAT THEY MAY THINK OF THESE THINGS, BUT THESE ARE NOT THE BOOKS THEY NEED TO BE READING. READING AND READING AND EXPOSED TO BOOKS THAT TEACH THEM OUT TO LIFT THEMSELVES UP. BETTER WAY TO MAKE LIVES BETTER FOR THEMSELVES. NOT TO SINK NOT TO SINK LOWER INTO LIFESTYLES THAT LEAD TO DESTRUCTION, DISEASE AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT HELPFUL FOR THEIR MENTAL ACUITY. I JUST ASK, FOLLOW STATE STATUTE AND PLEASE REMOVE THESE BOOKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD JULIE GEPHARTS. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BOOK "BLANKETS." QUOTE, CAMP IS A GOOD PLACE TO SCORE SCORE PUSSY. ELEVEN PAGES, ACTS OF OF OF MASTURBATION AND THE BOOK ALSO PROFANES GOD'S WORD. THE GOOD CONTENT IN THE BOOK DOES NOT CANCEL THE BAD. A A R-RATED MOVIE CAN STILL HAVE A GOOD MESSAGE AND GOOD MESSAGE AND STILL DOESN'T BELONG IN THE SCHOOLS. NOW WHAT I PREPARED FOR. THREE YEARS SINCE I STARTED COMING HERE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION ABOUT THE BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND YET THERE ARE SO MANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE FAR MORE IN THE LINE OF PROTECTING KIDS THAN WE HAVE DONE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NOW I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BOOKS. AND I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT THIS IS WRONG WITH THE STUFF THAT I HAVE READ TO YOU. SO, THEREFORE, THE CONCLUSION THAT I HAVE TO DRAW THAT I HAVE TO DRAW IS, YOU ARE EXHIBITING MORAL COWARDICE. YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING UP. YOU ARE NOT MAKING CHANGES TO YOU ARE NOT MAKING CHANGES TO POLICY. AND THE IMPACT AND THE IMPACT OF YOUR COWARDICE IS THIS FILTH IS BEING PUMPED BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ER CAPITULATING AND COWERING AND I AM NOT SURE TO WHAT. IS THERE POLITICAL PRESSURE? WHY ARE WE NOT WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS? IS THERE PERSONAL GAIN FOR YOU TO BE QUIET ABOUT THIS? I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS WRONG. PARENTS ARE PARENTS ARE MOREFIED. THEY NEVER WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS STUFF WOULD BE IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPERS. YOU ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM THIS CONTENT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE BOOKS. THERE ARE POLITICAL FIGURES ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT SACRIFICE THE WELL BEING OF CHILDREN FOR POLITICAL GAIN. IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO? AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT LGBTQ+ CONTENT. YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT AUTHORS OF COLOR. WE HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND AND DIVERSITY. THIS IS ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING INNOCENT CHILDREN FROM FILTH. AGAIN, YOU ARE THE AGAIN, YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPERS. THE WEIGHT FALL ON YOUR SHOULDERS. DAY AFTER DAY, THESE TAMPA KIDS ARE READING THESE BOOKS. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? WHY ARE WE NOT CHANGING POLICY? ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE BOOK BANNING NARRATIVE? WELL, LET'S REMEMBER, NOBODY IS FORBIDDING THE WRITING, THE BUYING, THE SELLING, THE DISTRIBUTION OR THE DISTRIBUTION OR THE READING OF ANY BOOKS, ANY PERSON CAN GO ANYWHERE AND GET THESE ANYWHERE AND GET THESE BOOKS. IT IS NOT ABOUT BOOK BANNING. AGE-APPROPRIATE CONTENT BEING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THAT'S IT. AND PORNOGRAPHY IS AND PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ANY STUDENTS OF THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER. >> HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING. I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL THIS BOARD HOW YOU ARE FAILING STUDENTS, PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. 12th GRADE GRADUATES FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS CAN'T READ A CAN'T READ A TAPE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND DECIMALS AND. FIFTH GRADERS FROM FIFTH GRADERS FROM ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THINK BEN FRANKLIN IS THE PRESIDENT ON THE $100 BILL. NOT SURPRISE THAT ROBINSON IS A C SCHOOL FOR NINE YEARS GREAT. YOUR FAILURES DO NOT STOP THERE YOUR FAILURES DO NOT STOP THERE. THE TASK OF KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE IS YOUR ACHILLES HILL. TURKEY CREEK IS WELL KNOWN NOT BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A STELLAR EDUCATION BUT THE VIOLENCE THAT TAKES PLACE ON ITS CAMPUS ON A DAILY BASIS. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GO TO INSTAGRAM INSTAGRAM 234U8TCMS FIGHTS IN THE SEARCH BAR. ACCOUNT AFTER ACCOUNT WILL APPEAR. SOME PUBLIC, PRIVATE. ALL SHOW THE BRAWL THAT TAKE PLACE REGULARLY ON THIS PLACE REGULARLY ON THIS CAMPUS. SOME MAY ASK, WHERE ARE THE SCHOOL SCHOOL SECURED GUARDS? OFF CAMPUS OFF CAMPUS DELIVERING LETTERS TO PARENTS' PRIVATE RESIDENCES. I AM NO EXPERT BUT ENSURING KIDS' SAFETY WILL BE AGAINST A BULLY KID BRINGING A WEAPON TO SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE ALL OF THESE FAILURES HAVE HAPPENED IN YOUR WATCH. THIS BOARD THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO ASK TAXPAYERS FOR MORE MONEY. A BLANK CHECK WILL A BLANK CHECK WILL FIX NONE OF PROBLEMS. THESE PROBLEMS ARE FROM MISMANAGEMENT AND WASTE. ALL OF ARE YOU ALL OF ARE YOU CO-CAPTAINS OF THIS SHIP. WHY IS OUR DISTRICT A MESS? WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY. GOD BLESS AMERICA. AND I REALLY MISS THE DAYS WHEN SCHOOLS TAUGHT SCHOOLS TAUGHT ACADEMICS. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. SPEAKER. >> WELL, HELLO. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REALLY WONDERING WHERE SUSAN VIRGINIA DAVIS HAS GONE DAVIS HAS GONE TO. WELL, I AM BACK WELL, I AM BACK. AND YOU CHANGED SEATS. YOU ARE CONFUSING ME. AND SOME OF YOU CHANGED YOUR HAIR, SO THAT IS CONFUSING ME. BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL, IN DISGUISE EVEN. BUT ANYWAY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF K-8 APOLLO OF K-8 APOLLO BEACH. I HAVE ONE OF I HAVE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MANISCALCO. I HAVEN'T WALKED IN THE SCHOOL YET, BUT YET, BUT EXCEPT FOR ONE OF THE AFTER SCHOOL AFFAIRS. AND I ENJOYED WALKING AROUND. I BELONG TO THAT PTA. AND THE PTA PRESIDENT AND HER HUSBAND ASKED ME TO COME. AND I FORCED MYSELF TO AND I FORCED MYSELF TO GIMP AROUND FOR AROUND FOR A WHILE. I HAD HIP SURGERY, SO NOW I AM NO LONGER A GIMP TOO NO LONGER A GIMP TOO MUCH. BUT I AM STILL GETTING BUT I AM STILL GETTING BETTER. BUT I CAN NOW WALK AROUND SCHOOLS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING MY DAD, BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, NOBODY NOBODY KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS. I ASKED MY FAMILY MEMBERS. NOBODY KNOWS. HE NEVER GOT A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM. AND, OH, IT WASN'T IN HILLSBOROUGH. IT WAS IN MISERY. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MISERY? THE SUMMER AND MISERY IN THE WINTER? YOU USUALLY CALL IT MISSOURI. IT IS HOTTER THERE IN THE SUMMER AND COLDER THERE IN AND COLDER THERE IN IT THE WINTER. BUT I AM A PRODUCT OF MISSOURI SCHOOLS. AND AND MY DAD ALWAYS ASKS ME AT THE DINNER TABLE, WHY DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY. WELL, HE DIDN'T KNOW THEY HIRED ALMOST ALL COACHES FOR A FOOTBALL TEAM THAT MIGHT HAVE WON. I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION. I WAS IN THE BAND. AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR TEAM WON OR NOT, BUT THE COACHES AT LEAST TALKED ABOUT FOOTBALL IN THE HALLWAYS. HAD HE BEEN A GOOD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WE HAVE WALKED THE HALLWAYS AND REALIZED THEY ARE GOOFING OFF OR TALKING ABOUT SPORTS. THEY WEREN'T IN THE CLASSROOM THEY WEREN'T IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING US. NOW THAT IS MY NOW THAT IS MY BACKGROUND, WHY I HAD TO BECOME PART OF HISTORY. AND NOW I MET THREE OR FOUR GOVERNOR S GOVERNORS. THEY EVEN HUGGED ME. I KNOW A LOT OF I KNOW A LOT OF GOVERNORS. I EVEN WENT TO ONE FUNERAL OF I EVEN WENT TO ONE FUNERAL OF THE GOVERNOR. IN KANSAS THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR THERE. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT K-8 OF APOLLO BEACH. NEVER BEEN THERE, BUT I WORKED NEAR THERE AS A SECURITY GUARD AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE SECURITY GUARDS TO STOP FIGHTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. I THINK SECURITY GUARDS WITHOUT AN OFFICE WOULD CUT DOWN ON A LOT OF THE FIGHTS AND VIOLENCE GOING ON IN THE HALLWAYS. THAT IS MY SUGGESTION. A HECK OF A LOT CHEAPER THAN HIRING A POLICEMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LETTING ME LETTING ME TALK. THANK YOU. GOOD SEEN YOU. >>Karen Perez: LIKEWISE, TAKE CARE. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT APPEARS. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, MARCH 5, 2024, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. C C 1.01, C 1.01, 2.01, 2 MUCH 02, C 1.01, 2.01, 2 MUCH 02, 2.05,..06, 2.05,..06, 7.08, AROUND 12.01. ITEM NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, AGREEMENT WITH ITEM NUMBER 1, AGREEMENT WITH TECHNICAL SERVICES #24003-ATS-DST WITH #24003-ATS-DST WITH PRISMATIC SERVICES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE GRANT. >>Superintendent Ayres: ITEM NUMBER NUMBER 1.01 AGREEMENT WITH TECHNICAL SERVICES #24003-ATS-DST. THE USE OF AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR. PRISMATIC WAS CHOSEN. A CALENDAR YEAR SCHEDULE RUNNING FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024 IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS FIVE MACHINE YEAR GRANT. PRISMATIC SERVICES OF AN ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM DATA AND SUPPORT FROM THE GRANT FUNDING AGENCY AND THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT IS AGENDA ITEM 101 AND STAFF MEMBERS TO ASSIST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE APPROVE ITEM  C APPROVE ITEM  C 1.01. A MOTION BY A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Patti Rendon: I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE I PULLED A BUNCH. STAFF, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DID HAVE AND YOU ALL WERE GOING TO LOOK AT IT. EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE WORDING OF THE GRANT 37. WHAT WAS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PORTION FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE GRANT CALLED FOR? BECAUSE WE ARE APPROVING A CONTRACT. >> HI. YES, I THINK DEIDRE ACTUALLY COVERED THAT IN THE E-MAIL SHE SENT TO SENT TO YOU THIS MORNING, WHERE -- THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS THE FUNDING AGENCY FOR THIS GRANT APPLICATION. IT DID NOT SPECIFY AN AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR; HOWEVER, QUESTION DID GET OUR QUESTION DID GET OUR REVIEWER COMMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL REVIEWERS AND EACH OF THEM HIGHLIGHTED THE EXTERNAL EVALUATION PROCESS AS A STRENGTH OF OUR APPLICATION. SO IT DEFINITELY HELPED US TO BE ABLE TO WIN THIS GRANT FOR THE DISTRICT. >>Patti Rendon: OKAY, SO, AGAIN -- AND AGAIN, WHY I AM CLARIFYING THIS WE ARE PROVIDE CLARIFYING THIS WE ARE PROVIDE APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR A EXTERNAL AUDITOR. TO DO THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE GRANT REQUIRED FOR THEIR AUDITOR TO DO. THAT IS WHERE I WAS CONFUSED ON. EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE GRANT WE ARE ASKING THE AUDITOR TO DO TO ARE ASKING THE AUDITOR TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACT MET UP WITH EXACTLY WHAT THE AUDITOR IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I DID NOT SEE THE CORRELATION IN THAT. I STILL DON'T. I THINK THAT WE -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THE TIME AS WE ARE AS WE ARE DOING THIS TO MAKE SURE SURE. TEAMS LIKE THE AUDITOR IS DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE DISTRICT. THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED. THIS GRANT PROVIDES A CRITICAL NEED FOR OUR DISTRICT AND IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISSTRICT. AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK AS A DISTRICT, WE DISTRICT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UTILIZATION OF ALL OF OUR FUNDS ARE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT GRANT AND WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE GRANT ARE, A RECRUITMENT PLAN, A RECRUITMENT BONUS, SALARY CHANGES, RECRUITMENT EVENTS, RETENTION BONUSES AND THE PROJECT TASK FORCE. A LOT OF THOSE A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN WHICH THIS GRANT REVOLVES AROUND ARE HR FUNCTIONS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARTNERSHIP MORE WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT THAT SPECIALIZES IN DEPARTMENT THAT SPECIALIZES IN RECRUITMENT. WORKING WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS DOLLARS WE ARE GETTING FROM THIS GRANT IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE RESULTS. WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS AND ONE OF THE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOK AT IN MY RECRUITMENT AND FIELD AND I WORK I WORK WITH A LOT OF SOCIAL WORKERS AND THEORISTS. BECOMING MEMBERS OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. AND PROFESSIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GIVES THEM FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY TURN AROUND AND PROVIDE US WITH AROUND AND PROVIDE US WITH RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THOSE ASSOCIATIONS ARE GETTING OUT TO UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OUR HR DEPARTMENT WILL KNOW FROM HISTORY OF WHAT THEY HISTORY OF WHAT THEY DO. IT IS EXPERTISE WITHIN HR. SO, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE -- ALTHOUGH THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR, THERE WAS AUDITOR, THERE WAS NEVER A PART THIS PIECE OF AGENDA ITEM THAT ACTUALLY SAID WHAT THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR'S REQUIREMENTS WERE, OTHER THAN THE CONTRACT AND DIDN'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE GRANT WHICH IS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE GRANT FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR. A LOT OF A LOT OF WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS, PART OF IT WITH WHAT THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR IS DOING IS WHAT THE GRANT REQUIREMENT IS AND THE OTHER PART IS ASSISTING WITH THE COUNTY STAFF TO MAKE SURE OTHER THINGS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY AND SAYING WITH SOME CORRECTLY AND SAYING WITH SOME OF THE PROCESSES INCLUDING GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF AND, ETC., AM I CORRECT IN AND, ETC., AM I CORRECT IN THAT AND, ETC., AM I CORRECT IN THAT SO THE CONTRACT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE GRANT REQUIREMENT AND IMPORTANT THAT WE MENTION THAT. NOT JUST WHAT THE GRANT REQUIRED, BUT WHAT WE BUILT AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IF WE ARE BUILDING IT AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PULLING IN ALL OF OUR EXPERTISE TO GIVE AND UTILIZE MOST OF IT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF WE ARE BRINGING SOMETHING AS A CONTRACT, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE GRANT REQUIREMENT AND WHAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHY IT IS DONE AND WE SHOULD ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. SCHOOL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, WORKERS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, HUGE. WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO RECRUIT THEM IN AND GIVE HR A LIFT TO GET THESE THINGS IN PLACE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: YEAH, THE MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH -- I THINK THERE IS AN ADAGE THAT SAYS MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS, HEALTH OF STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WITHOUT A GOOD BECAUSE WITHOUT A GOOD BECAUSE WITHOUT A GOOD SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL STABILITY WHEN THEY COME TOP SCHOOL, IT IS VERY HARD TO LEARN. MY QUESTION IS -- I AM READING IT WORD FOR WORD -- A COMPREHENSIVE REF CRUETMENT AND RETENTION PLAN TO ADDRESS GAPS IN SERVICES, IN SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OPPORTUNITY. SO WHAT -- WHAT WE KNOW IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THAT WE ARE SCHOOLS IS THAT WE ARE QUANTITATIVELY, WE ARE BELOW AVERAGE IN PAY. THE -- I THINK IT IS $60,000 YEAR IS THE MID OR AVERAGE. WE ARE PAYING $52,000. NUMBER ONE IN MY MIND, THE PAY -- THE PAY HAS TO START -- WE NEED TO NEED TO LOOK FOR MORE EQUITABLE PAY WITH OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT MEMBER MEMBER RENDON MENTION AND ARE LEAVING OUR COUNTY IN DROVES. SECONDLY, THE -- THE IDEA OF RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, I RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, I DON'T DISAGREE THAT DON'T DISAGREE THAT MISS PATTON WILL BE INVOLVED AND WILL BE INVOLVED AND INTERFACED. OF COURSE SHE SHOULD, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TIME IN AND TIME ATTENTION TIME IN AND TIME OUT THAT WE HAVE A GREAT MENTAL HEALTH STAFF. THEY ARE WORKING -- IN FACT WE HAVE LESS MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT AYRES THAN WE DO IN CURRICULUM. BUT THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. I THINK THE IDEA TOO THAT WE ARE REALED FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL FROM -- FROM FROM -- FROM STATE OF FLORIDA. WE ARE -- WELL, ONE OF THE PAGES SAYS 18th, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER SAYS 18th, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER FROM SUSIE GARCIA. 29th OUT OF 67 COUNTIES IN TERMS OF WHERE WE OF WHERE WE GREAT PAY. THERE IS A LOT OF NEED FOR THE OVERSITE FOR TO YOU PINPOINT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GIVE MORE THE THE RECRUITMENT AND TO ALSO HAVE AN EQUIVALENT -- AT LEAST THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF PAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMARK ON THAT. ON THOSE TWO AREAS? >> >> YES, MA'AM, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT, BECAUSE IN OUR SURVEY THAT IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR STUDENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBERS. SO WE INCLUDED IN OUR GRANT REQUEST IN THE WRITE-UP BONUSES WE CAN PROVIDE. WE HAVE THE SIGN-ON BONUS. WE HAVE RETENTION BONUS LIKE FOR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT. THAT IS HOW WE TRY TO ADDRESS THAT TO SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME THAT TO SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME BY INCLUDING THOSE PIECES INCLUDING THOSE PIECES. >>Lynn Gray: THE PURPOSE AGAIN, GETTING BACK TO BE THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS TO DO WHAT? >> >> RECRUIT AND RETAIN STUDENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBERS. >>Lynn Gray: TO CLARIFY, THE INVOLVEMENT OF HR, MISS PATTON, ARE YOU WORKING WITH HER? >> WHY HE, WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THEM AND WILL COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALIGNING EVERYTHING APPROPRIATELY ACCORDING TO OUR ROLES IN OUR DEPARTMENTS. >>Lynn Gray: THAT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA THAT YOU IT ALL WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE BECAUSE SEPARATE THIEF DONEES DON'T WORK. MISS PATTON, DR. MISS PATTON, DR. PATTON. >> IT IS IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION OF HAD,R AND ALL DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY THIS DEPARTMENT, IS KEY FOR US IN OUR RECRUITMENT THEM A THAT WE MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS ARE LOOKING AT THE CRITICAL ROLES AND ONE OF THE ONES THEY ARE ADDRESSING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RETAINING AND RECRUITING APPROPRIATELY AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE DON'T LOSE STAFF. THAT IS NUMBER ONE FOR US. WE WILL COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION TO SHOW US WHAT THE PLAN IS. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. WHEN YOU SPEAK OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING, I LOVE THIS -- THIS GRANT AND THIS IDEA AND THIS PIECE. TO MEMBER TO MEMBER RENDON'S PART, YOU KNOW AS MYSELF A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER BUT WITH EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT RIGHT ABOUT THIS IS THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD LOOK FOR YOU COULD LOOK FOR AND RETAIN STAFF WITH EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, TRAUMA. THAT WE REALLY THAT WE REALLY NEED, YOU KNOW, LICENSE LICENSED STAFF WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, CERTIFIED IN DIFFERENT KNOW, CERTIFIED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE AREAS OF EXPERTISE LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, TRAUMA. WHERE THE HR AND YOU COME TOGETHER AND TOGETHER AND REALLY WORK THAT PIECE PIECE TO RETAIN ESPECIALLY THOSE FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS SIZE WITH STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY THROUGH MANY ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. SO I SO I REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT SO I REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH WITH THIS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. NOW IF NO NOW IF NO FURTHER COMMENTS? OH, OH, NADIA COMBS. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED AND I CAME ON, I SPENT A LOT MORE TIME IN THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT BECAUSE WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE GENERATE MONEY, RIGHT. ONLY A FEW PLACES THAT WE GENERATE MONEY THROUGH THE STATE. AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO MAKE THAT UP THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO THROUGH GRANTS. AND I REMEMBER HAVING CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH -- WITH HIS BROWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPERATORS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REALLY HAVE GOOD AUDITS REALLY HAVE GOOD AUDITS WHY WE ARE TABLE TO GET MONEY, REOCCURRING MONEY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM PART OF THAT. SOMETIMES IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. IF WE ARE GOING TO HIRE EXTERNAL OPERATORS FOR DOING OTHER THINGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GRANT IS DONE PROPERLY SO THAT WAY WE ARE ABLE TO GET REOCCURRING MONEY. SO IF EITHER ONE OF YOU WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS TO GET GRANTS, AND HOW THEY FOLLOW UP AND LOOK AT HOW WE IMPLEMENTED THAT GRANT, AND SOMETIMES IF THAT GRANT IS NOT IMPLEMENTED, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS -- LIKE IF HR IS DOING THAT AND MISS SOMETHING, HOW THEY CAN POSSIBLY MISS OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> THANK YOU. YEAH, WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE. AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE MONEY. BUT THE AWESOME THING BUT THE AWESOME THING IS, THIS IS NOT IS NOT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MONEY BUT FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS FROM THE GRANT DOLLARS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THAT IS AN UNIQUE COMPONENT OF GRANTS THAT WE ARE GETTING THE FUNDING TO DO THE FUNDING TO DO THE SPECIAL PROGRAMMING AND WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO USE THAT GRANT FUNDING TO DO THE EXTERNAL EVALUATIONS. A LOT OF TIME -- IT IS A LOT OF TIME -- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT IS AN EX-STERNAL EVALUATION BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS SEPARATE FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN SHOWING OURSELVES IN THE BEST LIGHT, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO HERE AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR TO HERE AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR WHO IS ABLE TO OBJECTIVELY LOOK AT THE DATA AND SHOW THAT WE ARE MAKING -- THAT THE PROGRAMS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING MAKING THE DIFFERENCE. >>Nadia Combs: I WANT TO THANK THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT. YOU WORK INCREDIBLY -- IT IS A VERY SMALL DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS INCREDIBLY HARD AND A HUGE BACKBONE OF OUR BACKBONE OF OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: NOW, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. TAMPA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. 2.01, APPROVE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF CAREER, TECHNICAL AND ADULT TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION AND APPROVE ALL GRANT FUNDS GENERATED THROUGH AWARDED GRANT GENERATED THROUGH AWARDED GRANT APPLICATIONS. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF CAREER AND ADULT EDUCATION REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS IN A CONSOLIDATED FOR ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS. ALIGN WITH FEDERAL AND STATE INITIATIVES IN ADULT EDUCATION. DISTRICTS ARE AUDITED TO ENSURE STATUTORY STATUTORY COMPLIANCE. THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1984 AND MEMBERS OF OUR CAREER TECHNICAL TEAM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING OUR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. YES, MA'AM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, I NEED A MOTION AND APPEAR SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C APPROVE ITEM C 2.01. A MEMBER FROM MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >>Patti Rendon: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, LIKE MEMBER COMBS SAID, GRANTS ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT AND FOR SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DO. IT REALLY PICKS UP CLOSE TO 45%, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR A LARGE PORTION OF OUR REVENUE. SO THEY ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. HE KIND OF WANT TO KNOW. I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE GRANTS, BUT WHAT ARE THE GRANTS FOR? WE ARE APPROVING GRANTS, BUT IT DIDN'T SAY WHAT THE GRANTS DIDN'T SAY WHAT THE GRANTS ARE ACTUALLY FOR. >>Superintendent Ayres: SO I CAN -- WITHIN THE AGENDA ITEM. SO THE ONES -- THE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT AND RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING GRANTS. AWARD. CARL CARL PERKINS CAREER, $2 MILLION. CAREER IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION POST SECONDARY, $546,000. ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY. ADULT GENERAL EDUCATION. ANOTHER $2 MILLION. ADULT EDUCATION AND FEDERAL LITERACY, NATIONAL FRAMEWORK CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND WILLS IN THAT ITEM, WE ARE ASKING APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE THE COMPREHENSIVE REFUGEE SERVICES, WHICH IS A CAREER RECRUITMENT AND INSTRUCTION IN BASIC INSTRUCTION IN BASIC ENGLISH, CITIZENSHIP AND ASSIMILATION GRANT PROGRAM AND QUICK RESPONSE TO TRAINING GRANTS. TEAM, ANYTHING ELSE? >> I AM LAWYER RAN >> I AM LAWYER RAN EBERT, ONE OF THE MANAGERS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. I CAN TALK OF THE PERKINS I CAN TALK OF THE PERKINS GRANT. THE ONE WE DO FOR IS SECOND DARLY AND POST SECONDARY. FUNDS A LOT OF THE ONLINE CURRICULUM USED CURRICULUM USED TIED TO OUR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION THAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR PROGRAMS. TIED TO EQUIPMENT TO GET INDUSTRY STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN HOUR HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND AND POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS. WE USE IT FOR SUBSTITUTES. MANY OF US DO THE BUTTY COMPETITION. FBLA. AND TRANSPORTATION FOR TRAVEL. SCHOOL BUSES FOR CAREER FAIRS ALL OF THAT COMES FROM THE ALL OF THAT COMES FROM THE PERKINS GRANT. >> ALSO I WORK WITH OUR >> ALSO I WORK WITH OUR POST SECONDARY, SECONDARY, PERKINS GRANT AND OTHER GRANTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PERSONNEL, TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS TRAINING FOUR OUR TEACHERS, AED MR. MR. FORS, COUNSELORS AND ANYONE ELSE. MARKETING AND RECRUITING OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WORK-BASED LEARNING PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WELL AS EXPLORATION AND EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS. STUDENTS. >> DO YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION? >>Patti Rendon: AGAIN, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE GETTING FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PERKINS GRANT WAS, BECAUSE ALL I ALL I GOT WAS THIS PIECE OF ALL I GOT WAS THIS PIECE OF PAPER. SO I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME I AM APPROVING SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY, LIKE, IT WASN'T ATTACHED WHAT THE GRANTS WERE. TO ME, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IF I DON'T KNOW AND I AM APPROVING SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO, WHERE THEY ARE AT, WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND SO, EVEN FOR THE ADULT ED AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT. I CAN UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ADULT ED PROGRAMS LOCALLY. WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE ACONGRESSING? WE ARE QUESTIONED ON A FREQUENT BASIS HOW DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT ARE WE APPROACHING. THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. AND YOU GUYS ARE WORKING VERY HARD IN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES, BUT I PERSONALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE GRANT WAS THAT I WAS GOING TO APPROVE TO BE APPLYING FOR. AND SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE DETAIL THAT YOU IT ARE GIVING ME HERE TODAY IS. AND SO THE ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT, WHAT WILL WE USE THOSE WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR. >> A LOT OF THE TRAINING OF THE STAFF, AS WELL AS PROVIDING EVERYTHING FOR THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY TO GET THE EXTRA WHEN IT COMES TO GED AND IT COMES TO GED AND ESOL SERVICES. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND HAVE A CAREER AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE WORKING SKILLS. MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS UNDERSTANDING THAT, YES, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE BETTER. EVERYONE THAT IS ASKING QUESTIONS OF EVERYTHING. THE TEAM WENT AROUND AND HOW MANY ACTUAL STUDENTS AND ADULTS WERE IMPACTING IN THIS DISTRICT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE DETAILS, YES, MA'AM. >>Patti Rendon: ESPECIALLY WITH OUR -- RIGHT NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WE LOOK AT IMMIGRATION COMING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MANY FAMILIES WITH PARENTS THAT CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO FINISH PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO FINISH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OR EVEN GO GRADE SCHOOL THROUGH 8th GRADE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SITES WE ARE ARE PROVIDING ON OR LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT PROVIDING THAT TO FAMILIES THROUGH THIS GRANT? >> THAT IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GET. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE KNOW OF THE GRANT, WE HAVE THE WORK OVER THERE AT ALEXANDER PARK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND BUILD COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID WITH ALL THE FAMILIES COMING ALL THE FAMILIES COMING IN. SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING AROUND TO DO BETTER WORK AND ADAPT TO THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS CONTINUING THE ROLE. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE IT PUBLIC HOW MUCH WORKISH WORK IS BEING DONE. WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WE ARE PROVIDING. THE RESOURCES GO DIRECTLY TO OUR STUDENTS. PERKINS ONLINE ACCESS TO CURRICULUM. HUGE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD TO WORK AND CERTIFICATION TO MAKE THEM MAKE THEM INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONING IN THE COMMUNITY. G.E.D. PROGRAMS. CRITICAL NEEDS THAT ARE MET IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT AND UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE OTHER ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THE DETAILS. I WANT TO APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT SURE WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE GRANTS ARE AND I DON'T ASSUME IT IS A GOOD THING. ALTHOUGH ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE ARE DOING GOOD WORK. >>Superintendent Ayres: I APPRECIATE THIS, MEMBER APPRECIATE THIS, MEMBER RENDON. WE LIST OFF ALL THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS WITH THE MULTITUDE OF THE OF THE CAREER EDUCATION OF THE CAREER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE GOING AFTER IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. WE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE THE NEXT TIME AROUND A NEXT TIME AROUND A DETAILED LIST OF EACH OF THESE GRANTS AND WHAT THEY ARE PROVIDING. WE WILL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND THE NEXT TIME WE BRING THIS THE NEXT TIME WE BRING THIS AROUND -- THIS IS LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. NOT ONE GRANT BUT A LIST OF EIGHT TO 12 GRANTS LISTED OFF FOR THE FOR THE YEAR. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: I AM GOING TO >>Lynn Gray: I AM GOING TO REVERSE IT. UP WANT TO THANK MISS UP WANT TO THANK MISS PARNUM SINCE YOU ARE RIGHT HERE AND SKOOK BROOKS AND SKOOK BROOKS AND DRUZY DIAZ HEAD OF THE ADULT EDUCATION, KIND OF, SORT OF. YOU SWITCH ROLES, THE GENESIS OF THESE GRANTS FROM MY THESE GRANTS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING CAME FROM THE UNDERSTANDING CAME FROM THE GOVERNOR DeSANTIS WHO GAVE FIVE GOVERNOR DeSANTIS WHO GAVE FIVE -- -- ACCORDING TO HERE $5 BILLION FOR WORK FORCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND MANIFESTED INTO THESE GRANTS THAT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT GRANT DEPARTMENT. AND THE STAFF. I MEAN, HOW THIS IS GOING IS ON THE ADULT LITERACY, IT IS TO HELP THOUGH STUDENTS WHO CAN'T MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN DURING THEIR APPRENTICESHIP THEIR APPRENTICESHIP AND DURING THEIR APPRENTICESHIP AND DURING THEIR WORK TRAINING. AND THE ONE THAT ARE ADULTS THAT THAT DRUZY, THE REFUNDS AND THAT DRUZY, THE REFUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND TRAININGS THAT HAVE TO BE TRAININGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. THAT QUICK RESPONSE THAT QUICK RESPONSE GRANT. 149 STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE THAT IT HANDLED. OUR OWN STUDENTS. AND THE REASON THE GRANT IS SO VALUABLE IS BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA THE WORKFORCE AREA THE WORKFORCE THAT IS AREA THE WORKFORCE THAT IS AGRICULTURALLY BASED AND FUND BY A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY; HOWEVER, IT DOES HELP THOSE STUDENTS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THE TRAINING. SO I FIND THAT GRANTS IN THE -- IN THE GRANT WHICH IS YOUR LANGUAGE GRANT TO BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CRITICAL, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MIGRANTS, E.L.L. STUDENTS, ETC., THAT ARE NOT LANGUAGE COMFORTABLE AND ARE ARE CHALLENGED. SO ALL IN ALL, IT IS -- THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN ABOUT EACH GRANT. BUT I JUST WANTON THANK IT THE STAFF BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. WE ARE PROBABLY ONE WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST -- SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WHAT ARE WE RANKED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE INDUSTRY? AREN'T WE RANKED ONE OF THE HIGHEST VOCATIONAL -- >>Superintendent Ayres: THE INDUSTRY SEARCH, DO YOU KNOW, MARCO. INDUSTRY -- INDUSTRY -- WE HAD A DRAMATIC INDUSTRY -- WE HAD A DRAMATIC -- >> WE WENT >> WE WENT 4,000 IS FROM 14,000 TO 18,000. >>Superintendent Ayres: WE WILL GET THAT NUMBER. WHERE OUR RANKING AND GIVE IT TO THE BOARD. >>Lynn Gray: YOU NEED TO BE VERY PROUD BECAUSE ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE. >> WE GREW 4,000, YES, >> WE GREW 4,000, YES, MA'AM. >>Lynn Gray: WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN. >> WE GREW 4,000 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR FREEWAY GRAY OKAY, WE GREW 4,000. A LOT OF MERIT THAT THESE GRANTS HELP WITH THAT PARTICIPATION AND ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 2.02, APPROVE PIGGYBACK FOR AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND MAINTENANCE FOR EDUCATION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TO PURCHASE INDUSTRY-RELEVANT AUTOMATED TOOLS AND TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE AND LIGHT REPAIR CAREER CAREER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM BY LEVY COLLEGE. THE COLLEGE THE COLLEGE ENSURES THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE INDUSTRY-STANDARD TRAINING FOR HIGH DEMAND OF OUR WORKFORCE AND REPLACING EQUIPMENT WILL ENHANCE EDUCATION AND BETTER PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS. THAT IS ITEM THAT IS ITEM 2.02. >>Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 2.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON, YOU ALSO PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Patti Rendon: I'M ON A ROLL. >>Karen Perez: YOU ARE. >>Patti Rendon: THE REASON I PULLED THIS ITEM IS I PULLED THIS ITEM IS I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY IN OUR AUTOMOTIVE -- WITH OUR AUTOMOTIVE SKILLS. NOT ONLY WILL THIS BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE NOW IN SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS PREPARING OUR STUDENTS INCLUDING THIS ONE. BUT WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING THAT BUT WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING THAT INTO OUR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME BECAUSE YOU WOULD ALREADY BE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK WE ARE DOING FOR THE INDUSTRY SET IF I CASES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR AUTOMOTIVE. I THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE HOW MANY PROGRAMS WE HAVE THAT ARE REALLY LEARNING THESE SKILLS. BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS ARE TAKING THEM A ARE NOT GOING INTO THE AUTOMOTIVE TRADE. BUT THESE ARE LIFE SKILLS THAT WILL BE SAVING THEM MONEY ALONG THE WAY. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN WORK ON THEIR OWN CARS EVEN IF THEY GO AND DO OTHER KINDS OF JOBS. I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE WORKING NOW HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. DO YOU GUYS KNOW THE NUMBER OF SITES THAT ARE DOING AUTOMOTIVE? >> SORRY, I ALWAYS HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. WE HAVE OVER TEN SITES. AUTOMOTIVE AT BREWSTER AND ERWIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE. NEW SITE THROUGH PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH LEVY WHICH WILL BE THE EQUIPMENT UPGRADE FOR THAT SITE. >>Patti Rendon: RIGHT. SO SING IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS -- THIS IS A LIFE SKILL, RIGHT. WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS LIFE SKILLS FOR LIFE. IT IS LIKE IF YOU TEACH A MAN TO FISH, HE WILL EAT FOR LIFE OR TEACHING THEM LIFE SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON. THINK OF THAT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW 13 DIFFERENT SITES WHERE STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN THIS. SINCE YOU ALL WERE GOING TO BE HERE, DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A PLACE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE YOU SAID, OUR CERTIFICATIONS ARE JUST DOUBLING IN WHAT WE ARE DOING IN ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU ALL VERY TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. TO ECHO TO ECHO A LOT OF THE SAME TO ECHO A LOT OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS THAT MEMBER SENTIMENTS THAT MEMBER RENDON SAID. I WOULDN'T TO COMMEND THOSE WORKING HARD FOR THE CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND HOW MANY TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND HOW MANY CERTIFICATIONS ARE COMPLETED. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. NOT JUST STARTED BUT COMPLETED. IT IT FILLS THE VOID FOR SO MANY STUDENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. I WANT TO CONTINUE AND WORKING AND LOOKING AT THINGS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. I PROBABLY SHOULD FILL OUT A WORKSHOP FORM TO LOOK WORKSHOP FORM TO LOOK AT THE TECHNICAL VOCATION PAL TECHNICAL VOCATION PAL PROGRAM AND MAKING THEM STARTERS THE EXTRA 500,000 TO GENERATE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING AND HOW MUCH FROM THE BEGINNING AND HOW MUCH IT WILL HELP US IT WILL HELP US WITHING, ADVERTISING, FREEDOM TO HIRE PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT. A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT. I WANTON THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. IS ITEM IS ITEM 7:05, APPROVE CASTALDI REPORT FOR DEMOLITION OF REPORT FOR DEMOLITION OF TINKER TINKER PK-8 SCHOOL CAMPUS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS ABOUT OUR TINKER THIS IS ABOUT OUR TINKER PK SCHOOL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE CASTALDI  REPORT. THE DEMOLITION OF THE K578 THE DEMOLITION OF THE K578 USER THE DEMOLITION OF THE K578 USER SCHOOL OVER 24-MONTH PERIOD. MILITARY INSTALLATION. TO HAVE NET TO HAVE NET ZERO OR PSMI FUNDED PROJECTS. NOT ONLY MORE ECONOMICAL NOT ONLY MORE ECONOMICAL TO REPLACE BUT RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING WILL NOT ACHIEVE NET ZERO. NO PORTABLES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 80% -- BOARD, YOU REMEMBER THIS WITH THIS ITEM WITH TINKER. WE SIGNED THIS MOU BACK FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE 80% OF THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DODEA AND A REQUIRES A 20% MATCH BY US. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH OUR TINKER PRE-K. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A NUMBER YEARS. MR. MA MR. MA FARKAS. >>Christopher Farkas: THE STATE OF THE FLORIDA REQUIRES WE DO THIS REPORT. NO FINANCIAL IMPACT LISTED ON THIS. THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WILL BE PART PART OF THE PART PART OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM FRIES. THIS IS YOUR APPROVAL IF YOU TAKE DOWN THE BUILDING TAKE DOWN THE BUILDING A LOT OF RED TAPE FROM HALL HAS SEE TO DO THAT. IF THE IF THE DODEA GRANT MOVES FORWARD, THIS WILL BE THE PROCESS TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND PROCESS TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND REBUILD THAT BUILDING. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT IS 7.05. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C APPROVE ITEM C 7.05. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON, YOU, AGAIN, PULLED THIS ITEM AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Patti Rendon: FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS THIS WAS EXTREMELY EN TEN SIEVE REPORT. EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE AND, YES, I DID DID READ EVERY PAGE OF IF, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW. IT IS HERE OFTEN THE BACK COUNTER IF ANYONE ELSE WANT TO READS IT. IT IS HUGE. ALTHOUGH THE AGENDA ITEM IS THIS REPORT AND WE HIGHLIGHT TINKER AS BEING ONE OF THEM AND THE AS BEING ONE OF THEM AND THE RED TAPE AND THINGS. ALSO WANTON HIT THROUGH HERE THE DETAILS WE PUT IN OF EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES AND THE CAPITAL EXPENSES WE HAVE TO PUT INTO THEM FOR INTO THEM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK THAT IS A I THINK THAT IS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE TITLE OF THIS AGENDA, BUT IT IS ABOUT THE REPORT. AND THE REPORT NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT IS A POTENTIAL FOR TINKER, BUT IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS WHAT TYPES OF DISARRAY OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN IN SINCE WE USED THE IN SINCE WE USED THE HALF PENNY IN SINCE WE USED THE HALF PENNY SALES TAX. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MAG MAGNITUDE UNDERSTAND THE MAG MAGNITUDE OF THE DOLLARS IN OUR SCHOOL. THIS REPORT LISTS SITES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND EVERY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE PUT MONEY INTO AND EVERY DETAIL INTO AND EVERY DETAIL WE HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS AND PUBLIC BRINGING THIS AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE EVERY CAPITAL DOLLARS DOLLARS HAVE GONE AND THE DOLLARS HAVE GONE AND THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE. TAKES IT TO A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL AND CITIZENS THAT CAN LOOK AT EVERY SCHOOL AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE REPLACED. I THINK -- THE ONLY THING I DID SEE MISSING A LITTLE BIT. I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME AIR CONDITIONINGS THAT WE DIDN'T SEE. OVERALL MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRS AND NOT THE IT HE TAIL IN THE LISTING. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY -- I KNOW AIR -- I KNOW AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRS DONE FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. NOT THE OVERHAUL NOT THE OVERHAUL OF A NEW AIR NOT THE OVERHAUL OF A NEW AIR CONDITIONING AND A NEW CHILLY. NOT LISTED HERE AND WE SPENT MONEY DOING THAT. THAT WAS ONE PIECE. WE DID IT C-LISTED ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE HIT ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL. >>Christopher Farkas: YOU ARE 100% DIRECT. IF THAT IS A D.O.E. THING, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD TO IT UNLESS THERE IS A REASON THAT WE CAN'T. >>Patti Rendon: OKAY. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE WHERE OUR REALIZE WHERE OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS HAVE DOLLARS HAVE GONE. >>Christopher Farkas: CAPTURE IT IN ONE PLACE. I AGREE. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER REN DONE. SEEING NO OTHER ACCIDENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHERE YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7.06, APPROVE GUARANTEED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR HEATING, VENTILATING AIR CONDITIONING CHILLER CONDITIONING CHILLER REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT JUST ELEMENTARY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC AT THE BUILDING. REPLACING AGING REPLACING AGING HVAC PROVED TO BE FINANCIALLY AND BENEFICIAL TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPLACING WITH UPDATED UPDATED HVAC WILL PROVIDE THOSE ENERGY SAVINGS. AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM 7.06. >>Karen Perez: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C-7.06. APPEAR MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER. MEMBER RENAISSANCE, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. >>Patti Rendon: WHAT THE >>Patti Rendon: WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLANS FOR JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WAS TAKEN BACK WITH THIS ITEM. AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF ALL OF THE NECESSARY NEEDS OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THE ENTIRE SIXTH GRADE IN PORTABLES. SEVEN SCHOOLS WE NEED TO REBUILD. THIS LISTING WE JUST HAD WITH THIS THIS REPORT DICTATES MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING INTO REPAIRS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO I WOULD SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, SUPERINTENDENT. THAT WE POSTPONE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL YOUR STATE OF FLORIDA CAN PROVIDE A COMPLETE REPORT TO THE BOARD ON EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY AND WHERE OUR CAPITAL NEEDS ARE GOING TO GO FOR ALL OF OUR UPCOMING PROJECTS. AND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO LIE ON THAT. SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY TALKING OF DEMOLITION OF THIS BUILDING, I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DETAILED REPORT EXACTLY HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE BE USED NOW. AND THEN LATER, WHERE WE ARE ALL GOING TO FIT IN. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE. WE WERE GIVEN AN WE WERE GIVEN AN ADVISEMENT OF IT BUT NOT THE IT BUT NOT THE SCOPE AND PLANS THAT EVERYTHING IS NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT AND OTHER PROJECTS. I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL THAT DETAIL CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD. >>Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, A MOTION TO CONTINUE AND TABLE THE ITEM. REQUIRES A SECOND. YOU NEED TO ASK IF THERE IS A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER RENDON HAS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? >>Jim Porter: WITH NO SECOND, THE MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. SOURCE BACK TO THE SOURCE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE TO APPROVE. >>Superintendent Ayres: IF I CAN CLARIFY SOME OF THIS AGENDA ITEM AND MR. AND MR. FARKAS AND WILL REVIEW FOR CLARITY OF THE PUBLIC. FOR THE CHILLER FOR THE CHILLER REPLACEMENT AT JUST ELEMENTARY BUILDING. CURRENTLYRY. WE HAVE OCCUPANCY. THE AIR CONDITION SOMETHING NOT FUNCTIONING, SO WE HAVE BEEN AT A POINT WE HAVE BEEN PATCHING IT UP OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THIS IS IN NEED OF A NEW CHILLER AND HVAC SYSTEM. IN JUNE, AS PART OF A NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THE BOARD WILL SEE THE PLAN OF ADDING THE ADDITION OF JUST AND STEWART BUILDINGS TO BE ADDED TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. IF THAT GOES FORWARD AND THAT IS VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD AND VOTED UPON BY THE BOARD AND ULTIMATELY THE CMP THAT WILL FOLLOW THAT, THIS HVAC CHILLER AND A HANDLER SYSTEM IS SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE FROM THE BUILDING AND UTILIZE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOT A LOSS OF DOLLARS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 37HVAC AND SCHOOL DISTRICT 37HVAC AND CHILLER SYSTEM AIR HANDLER BELONGING TO THAT AND UTILIZE US IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS REQUIRED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING THAT HAS SCHOOL BUILDING THAT HAS OCCUPANCY NOW. A GIRLS AND BOYS CLUB. PROJECT LINK PROJECT LINK WITHIN JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING. THAT BUILDING IS IN NEED OF THIS HVAC CHILLER SYSTEM. AGAIN, IF -- IF THE PROJECT PLAN GOES THROUGH AND JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- WE HAVE THE NEW REBUILD -- THIS CHILLER AND HVAC SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED AND COME WITH ANY SCHOOL BUILDING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. MR. MR. FARKAS. DO YOU NEED TO ADD ON? THAT'S IT? OKAY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MR. MR. AYRES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON? >>Patti Rendon: OH, I AM DONE WITH MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. FREEWAY GRAY THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HEARD THE WORD "ENERGY SAVINGS." THAT'S TWO WORDS. AND I JUST -- I JUST REMEMBERED, WE KEPT TRACK ON A SUSPENDED AGENDA AGENDA A WHILE BACK ON THE AGENDA A WHILE BACK ON THE -- HOW WE ARE SAVING ENERGY WITH THE FLUORESCENTS, ALL THE DIFFERENT LIGHTING. I WONDER IF IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA -- SHARE WITH ME, CHRIS, MR. MR. FARKAS. WE MOVED THE CHILLERS AND I KNOW THEY ARE PORTABLES AND SAVE -- IF YOU HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT AIR CONDITIONING IT WILL SAVE MONEY, BUT WHEN THE PUBLIC IS ASKING US TO SHOW AND REVEAL ALL THE WAYS WE TO WATCH OUR MONIES. WOULDN'T IT NOT BE -- WOULD IT WOULDN'T IT NOT BE -- WOULD IT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA NOT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO NOT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO MANIFEST MANIFEST ENERGY SAVINGS. SOME OF THIS WAS MEMORIZED AND IT WAS QUITE A BUNCH OF MONEY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS. >>Christopher Farkas: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. OUR NEXT MEETING TO RECOGNIZE THE ENERGY STAR SCHOOLS. WHICH IS NOT A MR. WHICH IS NOT A MR. AYRES AND MR. FARKAS, BUT A THIRD PARTY THAT SHOWED ENERGY SAVINGS. WE HAD ZERO FOUR YEARS AGO. WE ARE ADDING 24 MORE THAT ARE COMING. SO WE WILL BE SECOND IN THE THIRD IN THE STATE AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE EXACT DETAILS FOR THE RECOGNITION MEETING. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, YES, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE LIGHTING, THE AC, AND WHAT HAD THE MEASURING HAD THE MEASURING -- THE OUTPUT AND MEASUREMENT OF THE DOWNTURN OF HOW MUCH ENERGY WE USE. MANY OF YOU SEE AT YOUR HOMES, THE COST THE TECO BILL AND THE RATE FOR THE TECO RATES HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. OUR BILL OUR BILL HAS NOT GONE UP OUR BILL HAS NOT GONE UP AS MUCH BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO OFFSET INCREASE WITH THE SAVINGS. YES, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE THE REPORT TO THE BOARD AS FAR AS WHAT THE SAVINGS LOOK LIKE FROM BOTH THE AIR CONDITIONING ENHANCEMENT AND LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS. AND THE ENERGY STAR ARE A GREAT WAY TO SHOW NOT AN EXTERNAL FACTOR AND A THIRD PARTY GOING TO VERIFY IT. I HAD SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE ELECTRONIC BUSES. ANOTHER WAY WE HAVE DONE IT. YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING THROUGH. AND THIS PAST JULY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA CHANGED THE WAY THAT SOLAR WENT. SOLAR WAS A TAX CREDIT SOLAR WAS A TAX CREDIT THAT HAD TO GO TO PRIVATE ENTITIES. AND WILL GO TO PUBLIC ENTITIES. OUR PLAN WHETHER TO GO WITH PASSIVE SOLAR PASSIVE SOLAR AND THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT OF OUR STUPID BUILDINGS, OUR ENERGY STAR IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS WITH THAT, AND YOU WILL SPREE WHAT COMES ALONG WITH IT AS WELL. IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE. CAN'T BE FOR SHOW. ITS THAT TO IMPACT OUR POCKETBOOK. A LONG ANSWER TO THE SHORT QUESTION, MISS GRAY. YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY OF WHERE OUR SAVINGS ARE AND FILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THAT AT THE SHOW YOU THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >>Lynn Gray: I WILL ASK THE BOARD IF THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF PUTTING IT ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. BECAUSE IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE ARE SAVING AND THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THAT IS VERY VALID. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS FOR THAT INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE CONFUSED THAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ON A BUILDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? >>Superintendent Ayres: WE ARE IN IN '23-'24. THE JUST THE JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING IS THERE. IT HAS OBJECTING PAN ME. 2024-2025, THAT BUILDING WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL. ANY PROJECT THAT GOES FORWARD IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD WILL NOT BEGIN BEFORE THE BEGIN BEFORE THE 2025-'26. WE HAVE TO OUR JUST LOOM ELEMENTARY BUILDING THAT IS SITTING FOR TWO POSSIBLY EVEN THREE YEARS AS IT SITS CURRENTLY. THE HVAC, THE CHILLER AND THE AIR HANDLER THAT GOES INTO THE JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING. IF WHEN THE BUILD A COMPLETE AND NO LONGER A NEED OF THE CURRENT JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING, THE AIR HANDLER AND CHILLER BELONGS TO THAT. WE TAKE THAT AND CAN BE WE TAKE THAT AND CAN BE UTILIZED IN ANOTHER BUILDING WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: AS OF NOW, PEOPLE OCCUPY THAT JUST MIDDLE SCHOOL. >>Christopher Farkas: A COUPLE OF THINGS. TO HAVE A BUILDING YOU HAVE TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. IF YOU DON'T, MOLD AND OTHER ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO. PROJECT LINK IS THERE. IT PROVIDES A COURT. MISS YOUNG AND HER TEAM. THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT HELP OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS ARE BASED OUT OF THAT AS WELL. AND THOSE STUDENTS NEED A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO HAVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AT THAT SITE. THOSE ARE THREE GROUPS THAT ARE THOSE ARE THREE GROUPS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW. UNTIL AFTER WE GET THROUGH BOARD APPROVAL, DESIGN SELECTION IS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO USE SOME THAT WE MAY HAVE TO USE SOME OF THE JUST ROOMS FOR STEWART KIDS IF WE REBUILD SOME OF THAT AREA. DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DRAWINGS LOOK LIKE, WE MAY USE AREAS TO DO THAT. WE CAN NOT ALLOW THE BUILDING TO GO IN DISREPAIR, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE BOARD HAS NOT MADE A DECISION. UNTIL WE CAN GO UNTIL WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THAT JUST AND STEWART REBUILD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SCHOOL BOARD GOING. IF WE COULD REPAIR IT, WE WOULD DO THAT. AS MR. AS MR. AYERS SAID, $600,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT AND THE AIR HANDLERS WILL REMOVE AND TAKE THEM TO A NEW SITE AND REMOVE THEM TO A NEW SITE. IT TWO BE TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD AND BASICALLY IS A NEW CHILLER WE COULD USE SOMEWHERE ELSE. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: GOOD. BECAUSE GREAT PROGRAMS THEY ARE USING NOW. I DIDN'T WANT I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO MISINTERPRET. BECAUSE SOMETIMES MISINTERPRET. YOU ARE GETTING A NEW AIR CONDITIONING, SOMETHING MAY NOT HAPPEN. I WANT MORE CLEARER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MR. MR. FARKAS, THE CONVERSATION OF REPLACING THE REPLACING THE HVAC SYSTEM. THAT WAS THAT WAS PREBOUNDARIES, PRE-- I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE ANYTHING WAS BEFORE ANYTHING WAS DECIDED ABOUT JUST? >>Christopher Farkas: YES, THAT'S CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT. >>Stacy Hahn: THIS IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL -- THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AROUND JUST THAT WE ARE DOING THIS. WHERE THIS HAD TO BE DONE LONG BEFORE BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKED ABOUT ABOUT REDESIGNING THAT WHOLE STEWART JUST AREA IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO, YOU KNOW, I SO, YOU KNOW, I DO PAY AGREE WITH YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND IS IN THAT BUSINESS AND PRESERVING THE FACILITIES SO WE DON'T END UP WITH SYSTEMS CAUSING MOLD AND SO FORTH. WE CAN ENDS UP ACTUALLY HAVING TO TO SPEND MORE BEFORE WE DECIDE TO DO AS A BOARD WITH THAT SCHOOL. IF IT BECOMES AT THAT BRAND-NEW SCHOOL AND BECOMES A FACILITY WHERE WE HAVE OFFICES. AND WE DON'T REDO IT. WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO PRESERVE IT. AND WE CAN USE THE EQUIPMENT AND WE CAN USE THE EQUIPMENT IN OTHER PLACES. IT IS SO HARD TO GET IT IS SO HARD TO GET HVAC EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. I AM SURE IT IS GOING TO TAKE SIX MONTHS TO EVEN SIX MONTHS TO EVEN EVEN GET THE EQUIPMENT, IF NOT LONGER. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WARRANTY IF WE MOVE IT OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FASHGZ OF. >>Christopher Farkas: GREAT QUESTION. THE EXACT QUESTION THAT I ASKED. FOR REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION, THE WARRANTY FOLLOWS THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THEY HAVE TO REINSPECT IT. >>Stacy Hahn: THEY HAVE >>Stacy Hahn: THEY HAVE TO START IT UP AGAIN. >>Christopher Farkas: A >>Christopher Farkas: A TRAN OR OR DIKOY, THEY NEED TO INSPECT AND WE WILL PAY FOR BALANCE PART OF AIR CONDITIONING REDO. IF THAT IS HOW IT IS INSTALLED, THE IT WAS RAN TEE FOLLOWS THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. THAT IS A GOOD SAFEGUARD IF WE MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT DEPENDING ON WHAT WE END UP DOING, THE WARRANTY WILL FOLLOW THAT EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS AROUND US. I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON BROUGHT UP A.I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND I WANT CLARITY JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. IN GENERAL, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF PRIORITIZING. WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE AIR AIR CONDITIONING ISSUES AND SOME FEEL THICK THEY GET FEEL THICK THEY GET MORE RESPONSIBLY TO AND OTHERS ON A WAITING LIST. FOR THE PUBLIC AND CLARITY, HOW IS THIS IS THIS DECIDED THAT IT TAKES OVER, SAY, SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. >>Christopher Farkas: SHIELDS DOESN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. THEY ARE GETTING REPLACED. THEY ARE ON THE LIST. THAT BEING SAID, HOW WE PRIORITIZE. ANY PROJECT WITH MATE NANCE, IT IS A IS A CHALLENGE. PEOPLE THAT ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT HELP WITH THAT. AGE OF EQUIPMENT, HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN OUT, HOW MUCH TO REPLACE IT, IF THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE. A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT. THE INITIAL GROUP FOR ONE TO FIVE AND SIX TO TEN WE BRACKETED A BASED ON AN OUTSIDE AND OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE LIFTING THAT OUT. THAT BEING SAID, IT CHANGES A DAILY DAILY BASIS. THE PLAN GOES AS WELL UNTIL YOUR CHILLER GOES DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TO DR. TO DR. HAHN'S REPORT, THE BIG PROBLEM IS EQUIPMENT. YOUR CHILLER WENT DOWN MAY BE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. WE NEED TO DUCT TAPE THAT TOGETHER UNTIL WE FIND A REPLACEMENT RANKED BASED ON THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT, HOW OFTEN IT HAS BEEN OUT IT HAS BEEN OUT AND PARTS THAT ARE READY AND AVAILABLE AND REPLACE IT. A PUSH WITH PRINCIPALS TO GET THE SYSTEM DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, I WOULD BE SAME AS THE PRINCIPAL. WE HAVE OUR STAFF AND THIRD-WATER ENGINEERING FORM. AND ONE MORE. THIS IS MY WORLD. WE RANK IS ONE TO 25. ONE TO 25 IN AIR CONDITIONING. WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COME IN AND RANK THOSE. WHAT ARE THEIR 1 TO 25. AND CROSS AND CROSS REFERENCE. ANY OUTLIERS. WHY IS THIS ON ONE LIST AND NOT ON THE OTHER. WE HAVE PLENTY LOCKED-UP ADPREENLT ADPREENLT -- AGREEMENT. WE COME UP WITH THE TOP TEN LIST AND THE TOP 25 LIST. SECOND PART OF THE CHALLENGE HOW MUCH WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY HOLD. HOW MANY AC PEOPLE DO WE HAVE. HOW MANY ELECTRICIANS WE HAVE THAT CAN DO THE WORK. WE THINK WE FOUND THAT SWEET WE THINK WE FOUND THAT SWEET SPOT, 15 TOO 17 PROJECTS DEPENDING ON SIZE. TOP 15 TO 17 PROJECTS GET DONE BASED ON THE PROCESS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. IF WE APPROVE THIS AND EAR MARK THE MONEY FOR IT AND ANOTHER SCHOOL COMES UP. EVERYTHING CHANGES EVERY SINGLE DAY AND BRING FORWARD AGENDA ITEM. THIS ISN'T GOING TO CANCEL OUT ANOTHER SCHOOL. IT IS EARMARKING AND PRIORITIZING THIS PRIORITIZING THIS ONE. >> THAT'S >> THAT'S CORRECT. PART OF THE PROCESS WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR'S GROUP OF PROJECTS. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: SUPERINTENDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. QUESTION FOR MR. FARKAS. MR. FARKAS, WHEN YOU ARE DOING DOING HVAC. HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY ON A HVAC? DOES IT LAST A LONG TIME OR WHAT? >>Christopher Farkas: THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS OPTED FOR A TEN-YEAR WARRANTY. YOU PAY FOR THAT LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR CAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE HAVE DONE A COST APRIL MALL IN SIS. DESIGN PRO ANYTHINGALS, HERE IS THE THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. WHAT THE LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS IS. HOW MUCH IT COSTS US AND WORTH US TO BUY THAT WARRANTY. OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT THAT WE GET THE WARRANTY. A TEN-YEAR WARRANTY ON MAJOR STUFF. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T AFFECT LITTLE THINGS, BOXES THAT ARE IN YOUR ROOM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT HAS A IT HAS A TEN-YEAR WARRANTY ON IF. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: ALL THE HVACS HAS A WARRANTY OF TEN OR OR MORE. >>Christopher Farkas: THAT'S CORRECT. EVERYTHING WITH ONE EXCEPTION IS THE TEN-YEAR THE TEN-YEAR WARRANTY. PLUS AND MINUS. YOU HAVE TO USE THEIR REPAIRMAN AND AND THAT MEANS IT THEY DO IT AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD DO IT. THEY YANK IT OUT. NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE, A NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE, A TRANE OR DIKON SYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE A FORD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FORD PERSON TO DO THE REPAIR FOR THAT. SAME TYPE OF A THING. THAT WARRANTY WORK WITH FREE. THEY PAY FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT GALLONS ALONG WITH IT. THE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT TO INSTALLED. WE DO IT FOR THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS -- LET ME SEE. IS ITEM 7.08, APPROVE IS ITEM 7.08, APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE KITCHEN AN SERVING LINE UPDATES -- UPGRADES AT THREE SITES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HONESTLY THINK I NEED MR. FARKAS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. BECAUSE OF ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT MR. THAT MR. FARKAS HAD AND STATES TO THE BOARD, HE SAID THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING AGENDA ITEM. HE IS VERY HE IS VERY EXCITED OF THIS PROJECT PROJECT. LOPEZ EXCEPTIONAL AND TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. MR. FARKAS, DO YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE ITEMS. >>Christopher Farkas: I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE WORDS. >>Superintendent Ayres: I REMEMBER THEM. I HAVE WITNESSES, YOU SAID IT. >>Christopher Farkas: ONE THING WE TRY TO DO IS ALWAYS GET BETTER TO VISIT OTHER DISTRICTS TO GO TO DUVAL AND ORANGE COUNTY AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO. OUR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY DROP OUR KIDS WHEN THEY DROP OFF, THEY GO TO OUR THEY GO TO OUR CAFETERIA FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCHTIME AND A LOT OF TIMES DISMISSAL IS IN THE CAFETERIA. IF YOU TONIGHT HAVE ANY IF YOU TONIGHT HAVE ANY MONEY, PUT THEM INTO CLASSROOMS, AIR CONDITIONING AND ROOFS. LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS IN BEST PRACTICE, WE FOUND DUVAL DID A GREAT JOB OF IT. LOOK AT THE REFRESH -- THE THEME WE HAVE THAT WILL GO OUT WE HAVE THAT WILL GO OUT THERE. IF YOU WALK IN THE CAFETERIA LOOKS LIKE THE THEME LOOKS LIKE THE THEME OF THE SCHOOL. TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD CHANGED THEME TO THE BUCCANEERS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PIRATE SHIP. THE KIDS WILL GO IN THERE FEELING LIKE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PIRATE SHIP. THE SERVING LINES ARE THERE, AND STUDENT NUTRITION STAFF. OUR STANDARD WAS NOT TO THE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN ALL OF OUR KITCHENS TO GIVE THEM A SOFT FLOOR THAT IS DURABLE, GIVES THEM AIR CONDITIONING, GIVES THEM AMPLE SPACE AN NEW EQUIPMENT TO DO IT. I AM EXCITED BECAUSE I AM EXCITED BECAUSE BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS OUR BACK-OF-THE-HOUSE STAFF AND OUR KIDS EXCITED TO BE IN THAT SITUATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO AUGUST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AUGUST AND YOU COMING OUT TO THESE THREE SITES. YOU WILL BE AS EXCITED AS MR. AYRES AND I WILL BE. IT IS NOT CHEAP. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ONLY DOING THREE. WE HAVE TO KIND OF PACE OURSELVES AND GO THROUGH IT. SOME OTHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THEIR SCHOOLS. BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE I AM BECAUSE I AM EX-ED. >>Karen Perez: THAT'S IT? THAT IS THE UPDATE? THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM APPROVE ITEM:08. A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: I DO, THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO GIVE MR. FARKAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE AGENDA SHARE THE AGENDA ITEM HE WAS SO EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. BECAUSE HE DID SAY THAT ON OUR AGENDA REVIEW. SECONDLY, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE REVIEW, BUT CAN YOU JUST HIGHLIGHT, CAN YOU JUST HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, CAN YOU JUST HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, FOR THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING THESE THREE SCHOOLS AND THE PROCESS TO GO INTO THE NEXT THREE SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS EQUITY OF WHICH SCHOOLS GET UPGINGERBREAD HOUSE AND WHAT NOT. >>Christopher Farkas: A GOOD QUESTION. STUDENT NUTRITION STAFF. MANAGERS A MANAGERS A WONDERES IN STUDENT, AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND MATES NANCE STAFF. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAVE. WE GOT A LOT OF WE GOT A LOT OF RESPONSE. LIKE THE FACELIFT IN SCHOOLS. WE KNOW WE HAVE WORK IN FRONT OF US. WE WENT AND DID ACTUAL SITE VISITS TO LOOK AT THOSE. WE HAD WE HAD THE VENDOR PAR THEY WERE CHOSEN RENDERING OF SITES. THE TOP THREE. THIS IS DONE BY THE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENT NUTRITION FROM STUDENT NUTRITION OUR STAFF AND OF WHAT ARE THE AND OF WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGING SITES. HAVE BEEN IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU SEE YOU SEE SOME THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT SHAPE AND OTHERS THAT AND GREAT SHAPE AND OTHERS THAT NEED REPAIRS. THIS WAS DONE IN COMPILATION OF THESE THREE ENTITIES. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. WHEN I SPEND TIME AT SCHOOLS, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO OUR NUTRITIONAL STAFF. ONE THING I DIDN'T REALIZE BUT ONE THING I DIDN'T REALIZE BUT TALKING TO THEM HOW MUCH OF AN EXPERIENCE IN THE EXPERIENCE IN THE CAFETERIA. THEIR FAVORITE MEAL, THE PIZZA THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL WEEK AND POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH THEIR NUTRITIONAL STAFF HAS AN IMPACT ON THE REST OF THEIR DAY, WHAT ON THE REST OF THEIR DAY, WHAT KIND OF MOOD THEY ARE HAVING TO GO BACK AND LEARNING. I AM INTERESTED SINCE GOING BACK TO THE CAFETERIA AND HAVING THAT MEAL, IF THE CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT REALLY ENVIRONMENT REALLY IMPACTS, AGAIN, OF THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS INTERESTING AND I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT, BE INVOLVED AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION AROUND AROUND IT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND SOMEONE IS COMING FROM AND SOMEONE IS COMING FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN. [LAUGHTER] TO VOTE. >>Lynn Gray: >>Lynn Gray: GETTING THERE. >>Karen Perez: AND IT PASSES >>Karen Perez: AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM ITEM 12.01, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. THIS IS OUR -- WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. THIS IS OUR HILLSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANNING, SITING AND CON SECURE REN SEE WITH REN SEE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES. AS PART OF THE AGREEMENTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST PREPARE THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ATE AGREEMENTS AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGES. THE ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT SUMMARIZES THE SCHOOL REPORT SUMMARIZES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LONG AND SHORT-RANGE, FACILITY PLANS, FUNDING FACILITY PLANS, FUNDING SOURCES, ENROLLMENT PLANS AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ONE COMPLETED AND APPROVED, THE ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT IS SENT TO EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND MADAM CHAIR, AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S INFORMATION ITEM INFORMATION ITEM 12.01. >>Karen Perez: THANK >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. MADAM -- MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM -- NO -- COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM -- NO -- DO OFF QUESTION OR COMMENT? >>Lynn Gray: YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAR MY QUESTION IS -- AND I DID GO THROUGH IT. DOES THIS INCLUDE THE DOES THIS INCLUDE THE VERBIAGE. DOES IT INCLUDE THE DOES IT INCLUDE THE CLOSING OF ANY SCHOOLS WITHIN FIVE YEARS. >> NO, A SNAPSHOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS PAST YEAR. NO ACTION ITEMS OR ANYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN. IT TALKS ABOUT WHERE WE IT TALKS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. SO NEXT YEAR'S ANNUAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSED WITH THE NEW CAPACITY NUMBERS AND THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, THE NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF DATA THAT IS APPROVED. THIS PAST YEARS GOING FORWARD. GO THE SCHOOLS CLOSING NEXT YEAR, IT WILL NOT YEAR, IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THAT THAT STUFF. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, AND ALSO >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, AND ALSO -- >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, AND ALSO -- [ INAUDIBLE ] -- AS WELL? >>Christopher Farkas: TALKS OF BOUNDARY CHANGES ON THE HORIZON. BUT ANY BOUNDARY CHANGE WILL BE A SECOND ITEM. THIS SUMMARIZES MORE OF A 30-FOOT LEVEL. IF ANY BROWNRY CHANGE IT WILL ADDRESS THAT. THE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL DO. BUT WHO SHOWS UP IN BUT WHO SHOWS UP IN AUGUST BY NEXT YEAR WILL DICTATE A LOT OF HOW EFFECTIVE THE BOUNDARY CHANGES WERE. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY, THANKS. . >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. I PULLED IT PRETTY MUCH I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT AS IT IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PULL THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM AND CONTINUE LOOKING AT THIS. WHEN I LOOK AT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ALL THE TIME YOU SEE THAT, AS FAR AS HOW MUCH GROWTH IS GOING ON IN SOUTH COUNTY, THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD LOOK SO AS MUCH HIGHER. SO IT IS SHOWING US, THERE IS A OFF SET AND THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE URBAN CORE. AND OTHER PARTS TOO. I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT ONE, THERE ARE POCKETS WHERE I GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO PRINCIPALS, THEY WORRY BECAUSE THE COST IS SO EXPENSIVE. OUR YOUNG FAMILIES ABLE TO MOVE OUR YOUNG FAMILIES ABLE TO MOVE IN THERE AND ABLE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO WE WONDER THERE ARE POCKETS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE -- KIND OF A KIND OF A SLOW IN GROWTH JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE THERE MOVE THERE IN SOME AREAS. AREAS WHEN YOU LOOK AT SHAKE'S SCHOOLS. WHEN I LOOK AT ALMOST 100% OF THEM, THE ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN. YOU LOOK OVER -- AND PATTI -- MEMBER MEMBER RENDON AND SO MUCH GROWTH. TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND WE TALKED TALK THAT A LOT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE SCHOOLS AND THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROJECTION NOT JUST PROJECTION NOT JUST FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT BUT YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS AND DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN FIVE YEARS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO REP ACT TO THAT. AS FAR AS. WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE, REPURPOSE SCHOOLS, CHANGE THINGS, DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT IF WE LOOK AT IT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT A BETTER ACT RAT IDEA WHAT THAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BUILD SCHOOLS AND WHERE WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OF SCHOOLS AND KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE MORE DETAILED DISTRICT BY DISTRICT AND EVERY AREA IS CHANGING. SOME SCHOOLS THAT WERE NOT OPEN FOR CHOICE ARE NOW OPEN FOR CHOICE. AND THAT IS SHOWING YOU THAT FIVE YEARS AGO, THOSE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOR CHOICE FOREVER. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN OPENING UP FOR CHOICE. THEY HAVE GOT SO MANY THEY HAVE GOT SO MANY FACTORS INVOLVED IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST YOU OR SO DIFFICULT, BUT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE -- LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO LOOK LIKE FOR US TO REALLY MAKE SUCK, SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES BECAUSE I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE IS IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. WE TALK ABOUT THINGS, BUT THEN IT TAKES, LIKE, A DECADE FOR THINGS TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >>Christopher Farkas: A GREAT QUESTION. PART OF OUR NEW INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THE AGREEMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED SIX MONTHS AGO. THE THE LONG-RANGE PLANS STUDY THAT MOST DISTRICTS DO AND WE DID OURS IN 2020 IS OURS IN 2020 IS DUE AGAIN IN 2025 2025 BRING THE BOARD 2025 BRING THE BOARD FOR A STUDY I GO GEOGRAPHIC REASON THAT TALKS OF NEEDS AND NEEDS FOR TALKS OF NEEDS AND NEEDS FOR SCHOOLS. THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE BOARD A FEW YEARS BACK, COMES FROM A LONG-RANGE PLANNING STUDY. WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO ONE IN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS IF NOT SOONER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUSHING THAT FORWARD AND A RFP. HAVING A THIRD PARTY COME HAVING A THIRD PARTY COME IN AND LOOK AT LOOK AT REGENERATION RATES TO YOUR POINT YOUR POINT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOT IS THE SAME IN THE URBAN CORE URBAN CORE AS WEST SHORE. IT DIFFERS. HAVING A THIRD PARTY TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC REGIONS AND WHAT THE SPECIFIC REGIONS AND WHAT THE GROWTH LOOKS LIKE WILL BE OF GREAT HELP. WE TRACK EVERYTHING -- EVERY HOUSE THAT COMES OUT OF THE GROUND, EVERY RESIDENTIAL PER MIFTS. EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THIS REPORT. WE GIVE YOU A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION TO THAT, MISS COMBS AND BRING YOU A TIMELINE WHEN THE LONG HIN RANGE PLANNING STUDY. THREE MONTHS. DOESN'T TAKE A CRAZY AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY DIG INTO THE DATA, GIVE YOU A GREAT REPORT THAT GIVES YOU A BLUEPRINT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS, AS I SPAYED BEFORE, WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE ENIGMA OF THE BOUNDARY CHANGES, WHERE THE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO. GO TO THEIR ATINED SCHOOL OR CHARTER. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. WHEN WE GET INTO AUGUST, A GREAT TIME TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN FOR A LESSONS LEARNED TO YOUR POINT DID IT WORK TO MOVE THOSE BOUNDARY SHIFTS. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THAT AND WHAT CAN WE DO NEXT. YES, ONE COMING. SHORT-TERM GROWTH IN THE AREA AND A LONG-RANGE PLANNING STUDY. IMPORTANT TO KNOW IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO GET AN ACCURATE WORK OF ALL THE WORK AND PAIN WE WENT THROUGH AND WHAT THE END RESULT RESULT OF THAT IS. >>Nadia Combs: OTHER PART LOOK CAN AT LEGISLATION THIS YEAR. LOOKS LIKE THERE STARTS TO BE AN APPETITE OF PEOPLE COMING AND TAKING PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME TALK ABOUT THAT. IF A PARENT DECIDES THEY WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL -- A LOT OF TALKING GOING ON. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE PROACTIVE. THAT THAT WAY WE KNOW HOW WE CAN SECURE THOSE PROPERTIES SECURE THOSE PROPERTIES WITHOUT HAVING TO HAND THEM OVER BECAUSE IF -- LET'S BE -- LET'S BE -- YOU KNOW -- NOT JUST PROACTIVE, BUT LET'S BE CREATIVE ON THAT. WHAT WE CAN DO. LIKE I KEEP SEEING. I SAW TWO GROWTH AREAS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND ONE AREA WE KNOW EARLY LEARNING AND WE TALKED OF MONTESSORI, THERE IS A NEED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT AREA IS REALLY BEING IMPACTED IF YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT 5, WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT DOING SO WELL, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THAT EARLY LEARNING. THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH THE HOME SCHOOL EARLY LEARNING. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE EMPTY AND LOOK SCHOOLS THAT ARE EMPTY AND LOOK AT MONTESSORI DIFFERENT IDEAL IDEAS THAT WE CAN DO AND CHARTERS TO BE THAT FLEXIBILITY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GO TO SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME AND HEAR CHARTERS. ALL THIS FLEXIBILITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE. I REALLY -- LET'S START WORKING TOWARD THAT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION OF GETTING MORE IN-DEPTH OF OUR SPECIFIC DISTRICTS SPECIFIC DISTRICTS I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF THE DISTRICT-WIDE DISTRICT-WIDE CHANGES. TO BE FAMILIAR WITH EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT TO BE -- TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ALL OF THE CHANGES WE ARE PASSING AT ONCE. MY QUESTION IS -- AND I HAD PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THIS. IS THIS GOING TO BE IS THIS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE SOME PUBLICLY OTHER THAN HAVING TO MANEUVER BACK TO THE AGENDA TO FIND IT SINCE IT IS LONG TERM. HOST IT ON OUR WEB SITE OR AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. >>Christopher Farkas: YOU ARE TALKING FOR THIS GROEJ GROWTH MANAGEMENT. >>Jessica Vaughn: >>Jessica Vaughn: 12.01, GROWTH MANAGEMENT. >>Christopher Farkas: I AM SURE OUR COMMUNICATION WOULD LOVE TO PUT IT ON THE WEB PAGE. WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: APPRECIATE IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM WONDERING MR. I AM WONDERING MR. FARKAS AND MR. VAN AYRES, WE SHOULD NOT PUT ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA FOR GROWTH -- I AM USING WORDS, GROWTH UPDATE AND GROWTH UPDATE AND CONCURRENCY UPDATE BECAUSE WE ARE UPDATE BECAUSE WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A CHANGING -- WELL, NOT ONLY THE URBAN CORE IS CHANGING BUT THE SOUTH THE SOUTH TAMPA -- SOUTH COUNTY -- -- SOUTHEAST COUNTY, DRAMATICALLY CHANGING. I THINK IT IS -- WHAT REALLY INTERESTS ME WHAT MEMBER COMBS SAID. IF WE TRACK AND ARE AWARE. IF WE ARE AWARE IF WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING TO COME TO COME FORTH AS BOARD MEMBERS TO COME FORTH AS BOARD MEMBERS WE CAN ALSO GIVE INFORMATION AND IDEAS WHAT FITS BEST WITHIN THAT DISTRICT AREA. YOU SEE YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING? I THINK I THINK YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE IN THEIR DISTRICTS, IN THEIR SCHOOLS. IF YOU GIVE US THE INFORMATION -- I AM LOOKING AT MR. FARKAS AND SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES. IF YOU GIVE US THAT INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS, I WOULD LIKE THAT. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE SUSPENDED THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. >>Superintendent Ayres: GET THE EXACT LANGUAGE. FREEWAY GRAY I HAVE CONCURRENCY. CHRIS I AM LOOKING FOR YOU FOR THE RIGHT WORD. SCHOOL GROWTH UPDATE SCHOOL GROWTH UPDATE BUT CONCURRENCY. >>Christopher Farkas: YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT GROWTH COMES TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS IN CERTAIN AREAS. >>Lynn Gray: EVERY >>Lynn Gray: EVERY DEVELOPMENT. >>Superintendent Ayres: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. ADD A PIECE OF ADD A PIECE OF CONCURRENCY AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE IN THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS FOR SURE. >>Lynn Gray: LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. >>Christopher Farkas: WITHOUT A DOUBT. >>Lynn Gray: THAT WILL BE WELL RECEIVED. BACK TO INNOVATION. WE HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT LET'S LOOK FOR THE SOLUTIONS AND ANNOUNCE THEM. LET'S GET EXCITED. THANKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN? >>Stacy Hahn: HOW MANY THINGS DID WE ADD TO THE DID WE ADD TO THE SUSPENDED AGENDA TONIGHT? I AM LOSING COUNT. [LAUGHTER] TWO? TWO OR THREE. IT'S TWO OR THREE? >> TWO, BUT WASN'T GOING TO INCLUDE THE OTHER ONE UNTIL NEXT WEEK. >>Superintendent Ayres: ADDED ATTENDANCE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK. THANK YOU BECAUSE I NEED CLARIFICATION WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED. WE HAVE WE HAVE ECONOMIC GRIEF AND DEVELOPMENT -- AND DEVELOPMENT WHICH I THINK WHICH I THINK ENCOMPASSES YOUR REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCY AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE THERE. DR. HAHN, I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY ONLY ONE I HAVE. >>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER COMBS PUT ONE ON AND MEMBER GRAY PUT ONE ON. AM I WRONG? I AM SORRY. >>Superintendent Ayres: I SHOULD HAVE ONLY ONE. >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY. I HEARD -- I KEPT HEARING SUSPENDED AGENDA. UP THOUGHT MORE THAN ONE WAS PUT ON. I GOT I GOT CONFUSED. SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE. >>Superintendent Ayres: WE WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD OUR CURRENT -- WE WILL GET OUR CURRENT SUSPENDED AGENDA SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS SO EACH BOARD MEMBER CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS ON THERE. MEMBER GRAY, I DO MEMBER GRAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPMENT -- WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE CONCURRENCY THE CONCURRENCY IN THAT AS WELL. >>Stacy Hahn: TO JUST ONE. >>Superintendent Ayres: NOW ONE. 2, 1 ALREADY ZERO! >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SUSPENDED AGENDA AGENDA WITH THE AGENDA WITH THE TRANSFORMATION. LOW WE DOING THAT? >>Superintendent Ayres: TONIGHT NO SUSPENDED AGENDA. IN MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, I WILL HAVE A PIECE OF SUSPENDED AGENDA. COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK, LITERACY AS PART OF OUR LITERACY AS PART OF OUR SUSPEND AND AGENDA. GAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING READING. MISS BROWN GAVE ONE OF ATTENDANCE THE LAST MEETING BEFORE BREAK. ALWAYS WITHIN THE SUSPENDED AGENDA -- WITHIN MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS, I WILL HAVE A SUSPENDED AGENDA UPDATE AS NEEDED. NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM WITHIN THE SUSPENDED AGENDA. I PROVIDE THE UPDATES WHEN NEEDED. THE ITEMS WE HAVE NOW, TRANSFORMATION AS YOU MENTIONED, LITERACY, ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THREE. FCA IS FOUR. IS FIVE AND ATTENDANCE IS SIX. CURRENTLY SIX ON OUR SES SPENDED AGENDA THAT I PROVIDE UPDATES TOO. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THANK THANK YOU. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT 6 P.M., EMPLOYEE COMMENT. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: JUST REAL QUICK. WE ARE REMINDED, TOO, THAT AS WE SEE THAT THE SUSPENDED AGENDA ITEM IS NO LONGER RELEVANT, WE TAKE IT OFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE UP TO 20 GONE UP TO 20, 22 SUSPENDED AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE. SO WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT RELEVANT. BUT DOESN'T SAY THAT WISH NOT ADD ACCORDING TO WHAT WE SHARE TO THE PUBLIC. AND AND TO OURSELVES. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE CAN DELETE AS WE FIND NECESSARY AND ADD AS WELL. THANK YOU THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. WE WILL TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IT IS OFTEN HARD TO ATTEND THE MEETING AT 4 P.M. MANY WAYS TO HAVE EMPLOYEES HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING 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 INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUE RELATED TO YOUR ISSUE RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT DISTRICT EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THERE ARE ONLY TWO SPEAKERS. >> ROB >> ROB KRIETZ, >> ROB KRIETZ, CTPA. I HOPE EVERYBODY A GREAT SPRING BREAK. WEATHER WAS WEATHER WAS GREAT. WELL-DESERVED BREAK. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TEE BILLY JOEL AND STING OVER AT RAYMOND JAMES. WOW, IT IS SO AMAZING. I LOVE BILLY JOEL AND I HAVE SEEN HIM A SEEN HIM A MILLION TIMES AND MY WIFE LOVES STING AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME. IN ADVANCE OF THAT WHEN THE TICKETS, WE GOT ON THAT BIG GROUP TEXT WITH OUR FRIENDS. WHO WANTS IN. SOME OF OUR FRIENDS SAY WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. I CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT. SOME OF MY FRIENDS MADE AN OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS. WHO WANTS TO GO SEE THAT. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO. MOST OF OUR FRIENDS SAID YEAH, YEAH, WE WANT IN. WE MADE PLANS AND ALL WENT TOGETHER. AGAIN SO MUCH FUN. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT NIGHT RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA. I BRING UP THAT STORY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY NEXT MONTH, YOU GUYS WILL VOTE ON MILLAGE. I WILL TALK A LOT OF WHY WE NEED THAT. AND I DIDN'T FORCE ANY OF MY FRIENDS TO GO TO BILLY JOEL. I UNDERSTAND THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO TO PILLY JOEL. GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US TO GO TO BILLY JOE. YOU ARE MANAGING THAT VOTE, YOU WERE OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. I AM JUST REMINDED OF THAT. EVEN YESTERDAY I GOT A CALL FROM A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WHO IS LEAVING OUR DISTRICT TO GO TO SARASOTA. SHE WAS CRYING ON THE PHONE. SHE WANTED ME TO TELL HER WHY SHE SHE SHOULD STAY HERE. I GAVE HER A LOT OF REASONS OF THE PROMISE OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING TOGETHER. THE COLLABORATION AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. I ALWAYS BELIEVED WE ARE THE MOST MOST INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE DISTRICT IN THE STATE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. SHE NEEDS DOLLARS. AND SHE NEEDS THEM NOW IS WHAT SHE SAYS. SHE IS LEAVING HER KINDERGARTEN KIDS AND SHE WANTED -- SHE WANTED TO -- SHE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT. THERE IS NO GOOD WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT AS AN WITH THAT AS AN EDUCATOR. WE CAN'T LET THESE GOOD TEACHERS AND THESE GOOD EMPLOYEES LEAVE. THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER. HE OR SHE, HE OR SHE, HOWEVER THEY AFFECTED YOU IN YOUR LIFE, WHEN THEY LEAVE. IT IS HEARTBREAKING. I KNOW IT IS A VERY HARD TIME. I UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING OUT THERE IN THE WORLD. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO MAKE -- HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS CHOICE AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS AT SHAKE HERE. SO I JUST -- I WANT TO BRING THAT STORY TO YOU. OH, I HAVE 30 MORE SECONDS. I DON'T THINK I EVER HAVE BEEN UP THE CLOCK. I WANT TO TALK OF THE KITCHEN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AT HIS HOUSE. LAST THING, WE WILL GET TO THE BARGAINING TABLE EARLIER AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL DO DIFFERENT LEAP IN OUR DISTRICT AND A TESTAMENT OF OUR COLLABORATION. WE WILL BE SENDING A LETTER -- HOPEFULLY GET TO THE TABLE BY THE END OF APRIL AND START TALKING WHAT WE WILL DO. THAT WILL BE ALSO HELPFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE AND OUR EMPLOYEES READY FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. ANYWAY, I HOPE ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU GUYS SAW BILLY JOEL AND STING. BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT. IN MAY, DIANA ROSS IS GOING TO CLEARWATER AND I AM "COMING OUT" FOR THAT ONE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING, KIM >> GOOD EVENING, KIM HENRIQUES FROM LOWRY ELEMENTARY. FULLY RECHARGED. I WANT TO COME BACK BECAUSE I MISSPOKE AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING AROUND I MENTIONED AR MEETING AROUND I MENTIONED AR TESTING. IT WAS NOT AR TESTING. IT WAS I READY MATH TESTING. I WILL GET TO THAT. MY GRATEFUL LIST CONTINUED. SO I WAS GOING SO I WAS GOING TO TALK OF TESTING IN KINDERGARTEN UNTIL WE HAD OUR TESTING MEETING AFTER SCHOOL TODAY. I AM GRATEFUL I TEACH KINDERGARTEN. YEAH. WE -- IN KINDERGARTEN I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE ONLY HAVE TO DO THE FAST STAR TEST WHICH IS A QUICK AND EASY TEST FOR THEM AND WE DO DIBBLES THAT -- BOTH OF THOSE TESTS, I LOVE THEM AND GIVE ME GOOD INFORMATION. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I AM -- FINGERS I AM -- FINGERS CROSSED GRATEFUL THAT THAT I READY MAP WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THE TESTING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE STILL DOING THAT OR NOT. THAT IS CONVERSATION I WILL HAVE WITH MY A.P. IT WAS LATE. AND I KNOW SHE HAD TO GO AND I KNOW SHE HAD TO GO GET HER SON. AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER PROGRESS MONITORING QUARTERLY MATH TEST MATH TEST THE I-READY MATH TEST DOES TAKE 0 MINUTES SO INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL. A LONG A LONG TEDIOUS TEST FOR OF A KINDERGARTENER. I THINK THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE PASSED THAT MANDATE ABOUT IDENTIFYING MANDATE ABOUT IDENTIFYING AT AN EARLIER AGE. YOU KNOW, I GOT A YOU KNOW, I GOT A DEGREE IN TEACHING. UP PRETTY MUCH CAN CATCH THAT IN KINDERGARTEN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A DISTRICT THING OR A STATE THING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD PROGRESS MONITORING MATH QUARTERLIES IN KINDERGARTEN. THAT WAS A 24-ITEM THAT WAS A 24-ITEM TEST. AND IT TOOK -- IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO 30-MINUTE SESSIONS. TOOK THREE ONE-HOUR SESSIONS TO DO IT WHOLE GROUP. WHICH I WOULD WHICH I WOULD RATHER DO IT WHOLE GROUP. OTHER WAYS TO DO IT, I AM SURE. BUT AT ANY RATE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TIME I HAVE LEFT, BUT BEFORE I LEFT SCHOOL, I WAS WATCHING YOU ALL IN THE CLASSROOM CLEANING UP AND I HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE TALK OF THE K-8. I JUST -- I MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT TIME -- I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY K-8 EXPERIENCE. AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT KIDS IN THIS GENERATION FACE GOING TO A NEW SCHOOL. MY -- MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS KIDS SMOKING CIGARETTES. REALLY. AND HONEST TO GOD. THAT WAS MY FEAR. AND I WAS -- MY PARENTS WERE ABLE TO PUT ME INTO A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL SCHOOL, SCHOOL, K-8 SITUATION. I AM FOREVER I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THEM MANAGING THAT SACRIFICE. I WILL COME BACK AND TALK MORE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. WILL SUPERINTENDENT? >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I HAVE COMMENTS TONIGHT, NOT TOO MANY UPDATES, AS WE JUST HAD A BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO BREAK. BUT JUST A COUPLE OF BUT JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. NOT WORKING. HERE IT GOES. A REMINDER OUR THIRD ANNUAL RACE OF EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS JUST OVER TWO WEEKS WEEKS AWAY. RUNNERS AND WALKERS OF ALL AGES AND FITNESS LEVELS ARE JOINING US SATURDAY APRIL 6 AT MAKE FOR 5 K RACE DOWN NORTH BOULEVARD AND AND OVER THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. REGISTRATION SWAG BAG, FREEBIES FROM OUR FROM OUR PARTNERS OF EDUCATION, T-SHIRT AND A FINISHER MEDAL. MORE DETAILS, SCAN THAT QR CODE. LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT MORNING AT BLAKE. OUR THIRD ONE. PRIOR TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN GREAT FUN BEGINNING AT 8 A.M. FUN BEGINNING AT 8 A.M. OVER AT BLAKE. BEFORE SPRING BREAK, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUMMIT WITH SOME OF OUR JUNIOR'. DURING THE EVENT, WE HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK THAT STUDENTS HAVE DONE FOR CLIMATE AND CULTURE AT THE SCHOOLS FOR AMAZING RESULTS SCHOOLS FOR AMAZING RESULTS PERSONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY. FOUR STUDENTS MEMBERS OF OUR FOUR STUDENTS MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL SHARED HOW BETWEEN HOW BETWEEN ADULTS AND STUDENT LEADERS WHERE ALL CAN LEARN, LIVE AN THRIVE. I WANT TO THANK KENDALL I WANT TO THANK KENDALL ALFRED OVER AT HILLSBOROUGH. MALACHI AT NEWSOM AND NATE -- NATE OVER IN ROBINSON FOR HELP IN ELEVATING STUDENT VOICES. ALL PART OF OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. GREAT -- GREAT AFTERNOON OVER AT -- AT THE HILTON. ALSO THE ALL KIDS BIKE DONATION. CAUGHT PICTURES OF MEMBER WASHINGTON AND MEMBER WASHINGTON AND MEMBER RENDON AT THE ALL KIDS BIKE. LEARN TO RIDE AT KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AT WOOD SON-IN-LAW PRE-K THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM DESEIGE AND ENGINEERING FROM AND ENGINEERING FROM AND ENGINEERING FROM HDR. A PADDLE BACK AND HELMET. AND REND TOON WAS HELPING THOSE ON THE BIKE. DID YOU RIDE THE BIKE, MR. WASHINGTON? I NEED THE VIDEO I NEED THE VIDEO OF THAT. NATIONAL STEM FESTIVAL. I WANT A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO TO RUDRA TO RUDRA PATEL, JR.LETON REPRESENTING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND FIRST-ANNUAL STEM FESTIVAL IN D.C. CREATOR OF A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MOTOR DISABILITIES SUCH AS PARALYSIS TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER THEIR BODIES. USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CONVERT THOUGHTS INTO MOVEMENTS. ONE OF SERVICE IT,000 STUDENTS OF THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES TO ATTEND THIS SHOWCASE EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO CONGRATULATIONS TO RUDRA, ONE OF 126,000 THAT . >>> ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL REDEDICATION IS THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. THAT REDEDICATION THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT OVER ROBINSON SO THAT REDEAD CASING FINALLY WILL OCCUR THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. BEAUTIFUL IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL. HALF PENNY DOLLAR AT WORK. BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS OVER AT ROBINSON LOOKS AMAZING. FINALLY, I AM GOING TO TOSS THIS -- OUR LAST UPDATE OVER TO MR. PORTER. BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU RECALL SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD UNANIMOUS LIE APPROVED AN AGENDA ITEM REQUESTING THAT WE JOIN THE NATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA NATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT LITIGATION. MR. PORTER HAS AN UPDATE REGARDING THAT FROM SEPTEMBER 2022. QUICK UPDATE. >>Jim Porter: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS. THE BOARD VOTED TO JOIN THE DELEGATION DELEGATION, A NATIONAL LAWSUIT BEGINS SOCIAL MEDIA BEGINS SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. WE HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM THE ATTORNEYS TO BE A WHAT IS CALLED A BELL WEATHER DISTRICT. WHAT THAT MEANS WE WILL BE OUT IN FRONT OF THE LITIGATION. AND IF THE AND IF THE LAW FIRM IS SUCK AND IF THE LAW FIRM IS SUCK SUCCESSFUL, THE FINANCIAL REWARDS WE WILL RECEIVE WILL BE REWARDS WE WILL RECEIVE WILL BE MUCH GREATER. NO GUARANTEES ON THIS. COUPLE OF POINTS. COSTS THE DISTRICT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. AN OUTSIDE AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM IS HANDLING IT. TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE THE JUHL LEGISLATION. WE JOINED THE LAWSUIT. WE WERE NOT A BELL WEATHER. WE RECEIVED $13 MILLION WE WILL GET OVER FOUR YEARS. PALM BEACH WAS A BELL WEATHER DISTRICT. SMALLER THAN US AND THEY RECEIVED ABOUT $5 MILLION. THE SCALE OF THIS IS HUGE. AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEES AND COSTS THE DISTRICT NOTHING. NO BOARD ACTION NEEDED. YOU VOTED TO DO IT. AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE REALLY A SIGNIFICANT -- A SIGNIFICANT THING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE LITIGATION AND SOMETHING FINGERS CROSSED WILL BE SOMETHING BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT DOWN THE ROAD. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. AND MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY UPDATES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS. WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, AS A BOARD MEMBERS, AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. BOARD MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FAB LOW, DO YOU WANT TO FAB LOW, DO YOU WANT TO PUT SOME SLIDES UP? OKAY, THIS -- OH. MY EYES ARE CLOSED. I HAD THREE OF THESE PICTURES, BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS -- THIS IS -- THIS IS TED DIEM THAT DID THE RECYCLED RECYCLED TUNES. WONDERFUL WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION TO GIVE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION TO GIVE MANY OF THE MANY OF THE HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS I BELIEVE INSTRUMENTS. HE HAS DONE -- I THINK HE HAS DONE -- I THINK IT WAS OVER -- 84 SCHOOLS HE HANDLES. I SAY "HE" BUT HE AND HIS TEAM. IT IS A GROWING NEED. BUT BUT THIS ALSO IS A HUGE BUT THIS ALSO IS A HUGE VERY, VERY GENEROUS GIVE AND THANKS TED TED DIEM -- AM TED DIEM -- AM --DENHAM. >>Jim Porter: TAD >>Jim Porter: TAD DENHAM. >>Lynn Gray: I WILL GET IT >>Lynn Gray: I WILL GET IT RIGHT. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ONLINE AMY GRANGER WHO HAPPENS TO BE SITTING HERE. PART OF A HUGE AMOUNT OF INPUT SHARING WITH OUR -- THIS IS PRINCIPAL BURTON. YOU ARE FAMILIAR -- "SHAKE" WASHINGTON AT MIDDLETON. SHE HOSTED US. AND EVERYTHING FROM THE FBI TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PAVING THE WAY. DRUZI DIAZ ORGANIZED IT. A LOT OF STUDENTS. A LOT OF INTERACTION AND A LOT OF AWARENESS WHAT GOES ON DURING THE TIME THAT STUDENTS SPEND ON THEIR CELL PHONES. ARGUE ARGUE MENIALLY, IT IS THE MOST -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACADEMIC DETERIORATION IN MY MIND -- THIS COMES FROM A TEACHER POINT OF VIEW -- BUT ALSO A SAFETY -- A LOT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKERS START GETTING OUR KIDS CRAMMED THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THESE EVENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. OUR NEXT ONE IS AT PLANT CITY. AND THAT IS ON APRIL 24. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A FULL AUDITORIUM. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES FOR ATTENDING SYSTEM AT THE MIDDLETON. WE APPRECIATED THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE -- OH, WELL -- I KNOW THAT VAN AYRES, SUPERINTENDENT, MYSELF, PATTI RENDON AND WE WERE SO HAPPY RENDON AND WE WERE SO HAPPY -- THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOLKS WERE THERE RIDING THE FLOAT. HERE IS THE CHILDREN'S BOARD. THEY WERE THERE. WE HAD A GREAT DAY. AND TRULY WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR KILTON AND THE HUGE STAFF TO PUT ON THIS PARADE AND, OF COURSE, THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. BUT IT IS SUCH AN HONOR BUT IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. NEXT -- DO WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE? I MIGHT BE OUT OF SLIDES. NO? OKAY. THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, ONE OF OUR -- IS GOING TO BE -- IS GOING TO BE QUITE FAMOUS. PRINCIPAL DR. KLEIN. SECOND SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT TO GET A GET A STUDENT CENTER OF POST SECONDARY EXPLORATION. PART OF THE PROGRAM BY HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION , FOUNDATION , H.E.F. HE IS DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, A LOT OF OUTREACH. WE ARE HOPING HIS SCHOOL, BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, WILL BE A NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN THE AREA AND I THINK THIS PRINCIPAL WILL DO IT. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT -- YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. NOT A WHOLE LOT, BECAUSE WE HAD A WEEK OFF. SO BOARD MEMBERS, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU ALL YOU ALL DID. THANKS. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON ALL KIDS BACK REVIEW. AND MEMBER AND MEMBER RENDON AND I REALLY ENJOYED -- ONE KID SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BIKE? [LAUGHTER] SO THAT LITTLE GUY THERE -- I TELL YOU, HE IS A TRIP. HE SAID YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BIKE? I SAID A LITTLE BIT. I SAID YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW HOW TO RIDE. HE SAID YES I DO. I SAID YOU DO? HE SAID I DON'T FALL. THAT WAS A GREAT ANSWER. I SAID, WELL, OUR GREAT BIKE RIDER, SON. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT TIME. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE. IN MY DAY YOU HAVE TRAINING WHEELS. NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TRAINING WHEELS NOW. NO TRAINING NO TRAINING WHEELS. YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TO BALANCE YOUR BACK WITH NO ON IT. THEN ON GRAD NATION, WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. MELISSA MELISSA ERICKSON WITH AT MELISSA ERICKSON WITH AT LIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE STUDENTS FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE STUDENTS ARMWOOD, BRANDON AND MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTED THEIR INITIALS TIFFS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WORK EXTENDS BEYOND THIS WORK EXTENDS BEYOND TRADITIONAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP ROLES, INSTEAD OF POLISHING IMPLEMENTATION, UTILIZE DAY FOR INSURED STUDENTS INSURED STUDENTS WHO REMAIN ON INSURED STUDENTS WHO REMAIN ON TACK WITH COURSE PROGRESSION AND SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE AND THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 00 STUDENTS TO JOIN US ON GRAD NATION. IT WAS REAL LEGAL NICE. REALLY NICE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. STUDENTS ARE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS ARE OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN THEIR SCHOOL. AGAIN, STEVE CONA AGAIN, STEVE CONA CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. ERICKSON FOR DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE STUDENTS. NOW WE MOVE ON TO GIRLS ON THE THE TEE. I REALLY DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. MRS. PERRY IS -- MRS. -- MRS. REDDICK'S REDDICK'S DAUGHTER. YES. SHE IS MRS. REDDICK'S DAUGHTER. I TELL YOU WHAT, THIS YOUNG I TELL YOU WHAT, THIS YOUNG LADY HAS DONE SO FOR THE GOLF HAS DONE SO FOR THE GOLF TEAM AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY GAVE UNIFORMS -- YOU SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL UNIFORMS. THOSE GERMS -- YES, THEY ARE VERY NICE, EXPENSIVE UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEY WORKED ALONE WITH THE -- WHICH IS PROFESSIONAL THE -- WHICH IS PROFESSIONAL GOLF COMPETITION PART OF THE GOLF COMPETITION PART OF THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR PARTNER OF GIRLS ON GREEN. THEY GAVE THEM UNIFORMS, SHOES, AND NOW THEY ARE ABOUT. WE ARE GOING TO SETTLE A DATE NOW WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM GOLF THEM GOLF CLUBS. BRAND-NEW GOLF CLUBS. WHEN I FOUND OUT, SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU AND THE OTHER BOARD BOARD MEMBERS TO COME OUT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY NICE. AGAIN I WANT TO THANK CLEMMY PERRY FOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. ALL THE ALL THE DONATIONS THAT THEY ARE DOING FOR MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, YOU SELFIE GAME AT THAT GRADUATION SUMMIT WAS AMAZING SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I SEE YOU ARE PICKING UP SOME SKILLS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT TEACHER -- THE BIKE RAIDING THING. IT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE TO TEACH MY STON RIDE A BIKE AND GLAD WE ARE GET AHEAD OF THAT AND HELPING AND PROVIDING BIKES. TWO GREAT THINGS I NOTICED. AWANT TO SAY VERY QUICK, WELCOME BACK TO ALL OF POUR EMPLOYEES. HOPE YOU HAD A NICE BREAK. A NICE TIME TO RECHARGE. I HOPE EVERYBODY HERE I HOPE EVERYBODY HERE HAD A NICE TIME. I HOPE WE ARE READY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND HAVE A SUCCESS YEAR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. RIGHT BEFORE BREAK ARE I WENT TO RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL AND PREVIEWED -- OR SHOWED THE OUGHT TO IT BE POLICY TO ALL THE STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENTS. AND I HAD GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. THAT IS UP ON OUR WEB SITE AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE IF WE GET ANY SUBMISSION TO THAT. GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT. TALK WITH THE KIDS OF WHAT THEY ARE EXCITED ARE EXCITED ABOUT. YESTERDAY I WENT TO FRANKLIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL WHICH I HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE AND A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GEM THAT SCHOOL IS. BUT I TWO BUT I TWO LIKE TO SAY, MR. FARKAS. IN OUR PRIORITY OF THINGS. THAT SCHOOL CAN DEFINITELY USE LOVE ON SOME OF THE FACILITIES THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR THAT FOR THAT JUST FROM MY TIME FROM THE DAIS. BUT IT IS A GREAT SCHOOL AND I GOT TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT KIND OF THE MENTALITY BEHIND ALL BOYS SCHOOL AND HOW IMPACTFUL THAT IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WHAT AN IMPACT JUST ON THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION AND GO TO THAT SCHOOL AND GO TO THAT SCHOOL AND I APPRECIATE THE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP A DYNAMIC DUO FROM THE PRINCIPAL DYNAMIC DUO FROM THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. I KNOW YOU ARE GOING, MEMBER WASHINGTON. WELCOME BACK FROM WELCOME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK AND LET'S END THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG. THANKS AGAIN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER. LIKE MEMBER VAUGHN AND MY OTHER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU BACK FROM SPRING BREAK. I HAVE A SONG IT. YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. HERE IS HERE IS GOES. M M WELCOME BACK M M THE DREAMS OF M THE DREAMS OF YOU M M WELCOME BACK M [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW IF I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT REMEMBERS THAT SONG, BUT I MAY BE DATING MYSELF. [LAUGHTER] FREEWAY GRAY I GUARANTEE YOU I HAVE HEARD IT. >>Karen Perez: WELCOME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK. GOOD TO SEE ALL YOU BACK GOOD TO SEE ALL YOU BACK AND REFRESHED AND READY TO GET THE SECOND HALF OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR GOING. BUT I JUST -- BUT I JUST -- I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN EVENT THAT I WENT TO DURING SPRING BREAK. IT WAS THE IT WAS THE -- ACTUALLY SPECTRUM IT WAS THE -- ACTUALLY SPECTRUM PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVE. THEY PROVIDED A THEY PROVIDED A DIGITAL EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANT TO HISPANIC EDUCATION GRANT TO HISPANIC FEDERATION AND SURPRISING LATINAS. THIS WILL -- THIS FUND ESTABLISHED A COMPUTER LAB IN WIMAUMA FLORIDA. AIMING AT BRIDGING THE GAP AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THERE. WHICH IS AMAZING. AS WE ALL KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, RESOURCES ARE CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY INTERNET RESOURCES, WITH EDUCATIONAL -- EDUCATIONAL PROSPERITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I WANT TO THANK SO I WANT TO THANK SPECTRUM AND, ALSO, THE HISPANIC FEDERATION AND ENTERPRISING LATINAS FOR COLLABORATING AND COLLABORATING AND COMING TOGETHER FOR OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, ADVANCING AND EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING OUR HISPANIC FAMILY, SUPPORTING OUR HISPANIC FAMILY, STRENGTHENING OUR LATINO INSTITUTIONS AND WORKING IN AREAS SUCH AS EDUCATION, AREAS SUCH AS EDUCATION, HEALTH, IMMIGRATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, AND ALSO OUR ENVIRONMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS THERE ARE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.