##VIDEO ID:mnOojp0bGV4## >> Karen Brill: GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WILL CALLED WORKSHOP TO ORDER AT 3:29PM. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DISTRICT 1, BARBARA MCQUINN. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2, ALEXANDRIA AYALA. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 5, FRANK BARBIERI. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE. JOINING US IS SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE AND TONI SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBER ALSO JOIN US AS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY WATCHING ON CHANNELS 234, 235, OR BY USING THE YouTube LINK AT PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG. IN THE EVENT THE LINK IS INTERRUPTED SWITCH OVER TO THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND POSTED 0 AND THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE ALSO OFFER A LISTENING ONLY OPTION WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS 561-357-5900 OR 866-930-7015. THE MEETING ID IS 15618801124 POUND. I WILL TURN THE WORKSHOP OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SLATE OF WORKSHOPS FOR THE BOARD THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL START WITH POLICY 1.02 OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ORGANIZATION MEETING AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE PRESENTING REVISIONS TO SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1.02. THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OUTLINED REGARDING THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. ALONG WITH THE DUTIES OF THE BOARD CHAIR. AND THE PROPOSED REVISIONS THEY ALLOW THE BOARD CHAIR TO TEMPORARILY APPOINT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO ANY ORGANIZATION, BOARD OR COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE WHEN THE ELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND THEIR ALTERNATIVES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THIS APPOINTMENT IS ONLY FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY SCHEDULED MEETING. IT'S TEMPORARY. AND IT IS NOT WILL NOT REQUIRE A SCHOOL BOARD VOTE. FURTHERMORE IT COULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY AND ALL POLICIES AND BYLAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION, BOARD AND COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THIS REVISION? >> MRS. WHITFIELD WILL YOU USE YOUR SCREEN, THANK YOU. MRS. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU. SO I HAVE NOT PULLED IT UP YET BUT I REMEMBER READING THAT YOU HAD A LITTLE CLAUSE IN IT THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE THE VAN BOARD MEETING WAS WRITTEN IN THERE SO YOU ARE REFERENCING THAT I THINK THAT IS SILLY TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT. ISN'T THAT TRUE? >> WELL, THE QUESTION IS IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO BE IN THERE BECAUSE IT APPLIES TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS TRUE. WE WERE POINTING OUT THAT WAS A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION THAT REQUIRES NOT ALL ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM. BY STATUTE. SO THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD WAS AN INCIDENT WE HAD WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR THIS REVISION. AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE APPOINTING THAT ENTITY OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THERE IN ATTENDANCE. OTHERWISE THEY CAN'T HOLD THE MEETING. BUT NOT ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ON HAVE THAT SAME REQUIREMENT. >> ARE THERE OTHER ONES THAT YOU KNOW OF? WOULD IT BE WORTH MENTIONING ALL OF THEM? IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WILL GET CHANGED LATER WHEN WE DECIDE THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE ONE MENTIONED WHEN I READ IT I THOUGHT THAT DIDN'T MAJOR SENSE TO KEEP IT IN THERE. I WOULD SAY TAKE IT OUT AND JUST SAY ALL ORGANIZATIONS. >> I'M GOING TO ADD MRS. WHITFIELD I DID NOT BRING THE LIST WITH ME BUT WHEN THIS CAME UP THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SERVE ON THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON APPOINTED. THE REASON THAT WAS MENTIONED THEY CANNOT CONDUCT THEIR MEETINGS UNLESS THERE IS A BOARD MEMBER PRESENT BUT I THINK IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WOULD APPLY TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD ALLOW IT. IT'S NEVER COME UP BEFORE. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE VAP CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THERE IT AVOIDS US HAVING TO HAVE A MOTION AT A MEETING AFTER THE FACT. IT KEEPS US LEGAL. MRS. McQUINN. >> Barbara McQuinn: I AGREE WITH MS. WHITFIELD I WOULD RATHER THAN A SPECIFIC, TO TIGHT ESPECIALLY UP THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT CHAIR BRILL SPOKE TO. BUT ALSO THAT IT'S REQUIRED AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO ADD THE LANGUAGE EXCEPT FOR, BUT TO DELETE A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE. >> OKAY. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THERE IS THE OR. THE WAY IN WHICH THE INTENT THERE WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE THAT TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUIRE A BOARD MEMBER THERE TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THEIR MEETING. OR THOSE THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE JUST A CLARIFICATION ON THAT. Mr. BARBIERI. >> Chair Barbieri: I DON'T UNDERSTAND. MRS. McQUINN YOUR COMMENT ABOUT CHANGING? >> I WAS SAYING THAT I DIDN'T WANT THE SPECIFIC COMMITTEE NAMED AS IT IS SUGGESTED RIGHT NOW. RATHER THAT JUST TAKE THAT OUT. >> IF I MIGHT COMMENT ON THAT I BOARD MEETING AND THE STATUTE IS CLEAR AND THE ATTORNEY IS GOING TO WANT TO SEE THIS BOARD HAS A POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE CHAIR TO APPOINT A VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE THIS WAS THE REORGANIZATION MEETING AND THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CANCEL THE MEETING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THE WORDS VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD ARE IN THAT POLICY THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE PUTTING THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY STATUTORY BOARD THAT THIS BOARD REPRESENTS WHERE A BOARD MEMBER HAS TO BE THERE IN ORDER TO HAVE QUORUM. IT'S THE ONLY ONE. CERTAINLY THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ONES IN THE FUTURE THEN WE'RE COVERED ON THE POLICY. I DON'T THINK TAKING IT OUT IS GOING TO SATISFY THE VAP ATTORNEY IT HAS TO BE CLEAR THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED YOU TO BE HERE TODAY AND IT WILL BE RATIFIED TOMORROW. I THINK THIS POLICY WHEN IT SAYS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CAN BE APPOINTED THE BY THE CLAIRE TO GO TO THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES THE QUORUM INCLUDE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I WOULD NOT AGREE THAT WE TAKE IT OUT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY INITIALLY, THAT IT IS A MATTER OF STYLE. I WAS NOT AWARE, THOUGH OF THIS ADDITIONAL REQUEST OF THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD'S ATTORNEY. BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT IS WHY WE PUT VAP IN THERE SPECIFICALLY SO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, THAT LANGUAGE WAS PUT IN THERE SO THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE WITH RESPECT TO THAT COMMITTEE. BUT THE OR IN THE OTHER LANGUAGE IN THERE IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAPTURING OTHER COMMITTEES. I WANT THE BOARD TO BE ASSURED WE ARE NOT MISSING ANY OTHER COMMITTEES BY INCLUDING THE OR IN THERE AND THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. BUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST I WOULD HAVE SAID IT'S STYLEISTIC BUT WE WOULD CAPTURE VAP EVEN IF WE TOOK IT OUT BUT I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A REQUEST OUT THERE. AND I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER THAT. AS PART OF THEIR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. Mr. FERGUSON? >> THANK YOU. ATTORNEY BERNARD BASED ON WHAT BOARD MEMBER BARBIERI SAID MIGHT IT BE PRUDENT WHEN WE DO OUR -- I'M DRAWING -- REORGANIZATION, PERHAPS THEN MAYBE WE HAVE THE BOARD APPOINTEE AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE IS AN ALTERNATE THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING YOU ARE ALREADY THE ALTERNATE. SINCE I AM THE BOARD MEMBER I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THEN THE ALTERNATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVEN OF US IS SLIM TO NONE. MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE ONE BOARD SPITBALLING THIS WHERE POTENTIALLY ALL OF US ARE ALTERNATES IF YOU ARE NOT THE ACTUAL BOARD MEMBER. AND BOARD MEMBER BARBIERI'S POINT, I DO AGREE THAT THE ATTORNEY WILL BE PRETTY YOU CAN'T DO IT THIS WAY BUT IF SEVEN AN ALTERNATE, ET CETERA. SOMEBODY'S LIKELY GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURPOSES OF ATTENDING WHATEVER VAP IS IN QUESTION. >> WELL, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT, THIS LANGUAGE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS THAT. WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE BOARD CLERK IS WE IT'S LOOKED AT WHO'S AVAILABLE AND WHOEVER IS AVAILABLE THEN CAN BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD THIS LANGUAGE ALLOWS THE BOARD CHAIR AND THE STATUTE THAT ADDRESSES THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR THIS AS WELL. THE BOARD CHAIR CAN THEN APPOINT THAT INDIVIDUAL SO THAT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO WHAT YOU'RE -- >> EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T DESIGNATED -- >> RIGHT THAT IS WHAT THIS LANGUAGE DOES. >> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE TAKING A PHONE CALL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. >> WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS POLICY THIS EVENING AS PART OF THE SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE IT ALONG QUICKLY. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS GOING TO MOVE US TO POLICY 5.107. KINDERGARTEN VIRTUAL EDUCATION Mr. BRADLEY HENRY. WELCOME. >> CHAIRWOMAN AND BOARD I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE ON THE WORKSHOP POLICY 5.107. THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO ENSURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE REGARD OCTOBER OUR VIRTUAL OFFERINGS TO ENROLL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VIRTUAL STUDENTS INTO THE VIRTUAL POLICY RATHER THAN AN ATTENDANCE POLICY AND CODIFY OUR COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS WITH THE PARENTS OF VIRTUAL STUDENTS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN AT THE LAST YOU SAW ME I HAVE A FEW MORE CHANGES THAT THE STATE HAS MADE WHICH IS TO HELP BENEFIT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ALL FAMILIES WITHIN THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THE FIRST CHANGE THAT WE HAD IN HERE WAS TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD'S OFFER MULTIPLE VIRTUAL OPTIONS FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO WE HAVE TO NOW PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR OUR FAMILIES IT COULD BE ONE OPTION FOR THE FAMILIES THAT RESIDE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS ALLOWED BY STATE STATUTE. AND WE'LL GO INTO THE NEXT CHANGE. THIS CHANGE REMOVES THE TIME-FRAME WHEN WE HAD TO CONTACT FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR VIRTUAL SCHOOL OPTIONS. SO THERE IS THIS BIG LONG 90 DAYS ENDING AND 30 DAYS PRIOR WHICH IS CONFUSING TO THE DISTRICTS. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION ON THE PALM BEACH COUNTY VIRTUAL WEBSITE AND WITH THE STATE CHANGE WE HAVE FULL-TIME STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND PART-TIME ENROLLED SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY. AND THIS ONE TALKS ABOUT STUDENTS IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE AN ON-LINE COURSE CALLED OUR PART-TIME STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURSES DURING THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY. SCHOOL CENTER CANNOT SAY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE COURSE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM ACCESS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY. AND THEN THIS IS REGARDING THE ATTENDANCE POLICY. IT WAS UPDATED AND ADDED TO POLICY 5.017 FROM 5.09. AND IN SUMMARY IT'S JUST SAYING THAT VIRTUAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE UNDERNEATH THE SAME ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT ALL BRICK AND MORTAR STUDENTS ARE FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AND THE AMOUNT OF HOURS TOWARDS THEIR EDUCATION. SO EVERYBODY IS THE SAME. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENTS AND THE PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE. AND THEN THIS ONE, I LIKE WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS AT PALM BEACH VIRTUAL SCHOOL. AND IT'S TO CLARIFY HOW FAMILIES RECEIVE PERTINENT FOLLOWINGS AND ALL INFORMATION WILL BE THROUGH A PHONE, E-MAIL OR ON-LINE MESSAGING. IT'S ABOUT HOW FAMILIES CAN CONTACT THE STUDENTS' INSTRUCTORS HOW THEY CAN CONTACT TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATORS, ME SPECIFICALLY. ALSO ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE INSTRUCTORS NEED FOR THEIR COURSES AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY WANT THE STUDENTS TO KNOW. AND THEN MY INSTRUCTORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING WITH EACH FAMILY AND STUDENT AS LONG AS WE HAVE THEM. AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO NEXT STEPS WHICH IS DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION. >> MRS. WHITFIELD. >> >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU I WAS CURIOUS WHEN YOU SAID WE HAVE TO PROVIDE ONE ARE WE NO LONGER PROVIDING ACCESS TO FLORIDA VIRTUAL? >> THE REASON THAT THIS CAME ABOUT IS BECAUSE WE ARE A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT COULDN'T REALLY MANAGE THE COST OF MULTIPLE OPTIONS. SO THEY BROUGHT THIS ABOUT BECAUSE OF THEM. WE RIGHT NOW HAVE FRANCHISE OF FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL. AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION WITH INGENUITY AND K-12 STRIDE FOR MY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. YES, SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR EACH LEVEL RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE GREAT. SOME OF THE SMALLER DISTRICTS WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT THAT IS WHY THEY TOOK OUT THE WORD MULTIPLE OPTIONS. WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE OPTION. >> WE ARE PROVIDED TO PROVIDE ONE OPTION. AND ARE ALL THE STUDENTS REQUIRED TO TAKE ONE VIRTUAL CLASS? >> NO THEY ARE NOT. THAT WAS THE CHANGE WE DID LAST YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> >> Barbara McQuinn: FOLLOWING UP A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. BUT A DIFFERENT QUESTION. WHY WOULD A STUDENT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE IF I UNDERSTAND, WE GET THE FTE FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND PALM BEACH COUNTY VIRTUAL. WHY WOULD A STUDENT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS ATTEND FLORIDA VIRTUAL? >> IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO FAMILY CHOICE. AS WE ALL KNOW FAMILIES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY CHOICE OPTIONS THEY WANT REGARDING THE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONS. AND SOME FAMILIES WE HAVE LIKE WE OFFER OUR SUBJECTS THE VIRTUAL SUBJECTS, BUT WE DON'T OFFER AS MANY COURSES THAT FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL. A LOT OF THE TIMES WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE FAMILIES WILL ENROLL WITH US AND TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE COURSES WITH US BUT THEY MIGHT NEED LET A SAY THEY WANT TO TAKE INTRODUCTORY TO GERMAN THEY WILL TAKE THAT THROUGH FLVS. IT'S LIKE AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WITH FLVS THAT WORKS WITH US AND SHE IS A PROPONENT HELPING US TO KEEP THE STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY THAT WE NEED AND AT THE SAME TIME WE KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTHWITH SOME OF THE COURSES WE OFFER. >> A PARTNERSHIP IS GREAT. THANK YOU. NICE JOB, TEAM. Mr. HENRY YOU DO A GREAT JOB OVERSEEING OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND PULL IT TOGETHER FOR REAL WORLD GRADUATION CEREMONY THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO THREE SAFETY RELATED POLICIES. I INVITE UP SARAH MOONEY AND VANESSA SNOW JOINED BY OUR SENIOR ATTORNEY YOLANDA MORGAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN. WE'RE BACK TO BRING YOU A COUPLE UPDATES TO THREE OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICIES THAT ARE REQUIRED SOME CHANGES IN REGARD TO UPDATES THAT WERE LEGISLATIVELY PUT INTO PRACTICE THIS YEAR. THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE POLICIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THIS EVENING. MINOR CHANGES TO THEM BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. 2.38 IS OUR CRISIS PLANNING FOR ALL HAZARD EVENTS. 2.3817 IS THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND DISTRICT FACILITIES POLICY. AND THEN IN ADDITION 2.3818, THE SCHOOL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN MONITORING. EACH OF THE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVISIONS TO HOUSE BILL 1473 AND FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 6A1.0018. SO THE FIRST CHANGE THAT WE HAVE IS IN REGARD TO CRISIS PLANNING FOR ALL HAZARD EVENTS AND BASICALLY IT ADDRESSES DRILLS AND FALSE ALARMS ON A CAMPUS. IF THERE IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY ON A CAMPUS THE CAMPUSES REQUIRED TO DO DRILLS PER YEAR CAN COUNT THAT SITUATION AS AN ACTUAL DRILL. IN LIEU OF A DRILL THEY CAN COUNT AN ACTUAL ACTIVATION OR EMERGENCY ON THE CAMPUS THAT IS IN LINES 14-144. THE OTHER CHANGE IS REQUIRING THE NAMES OF THE PARTICIPATING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUSES DURING EMERGENCY DRILLS TO INCLUDE THEIR INFORMATION ON THE AFTER ACTION REPORT TO DOCUMENT EXACTLY WHO WAS ON THE CAMPUS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DRILLS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? I WILL POP INTO THE NEXT ONE. 2.3817. WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES AND I WANT TO PUT THE CAVEAT WE DEVELOPED THESE POLICIES LAST YEAR WITH THE INTENTION OF BEING ABE TO ADD-ON AND OR ADJUST SINCE THERE'S BEEN LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. THESE JUST ARE UPDATING THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. SO IN REGARD TO THE DISTRICT FACILITIES WE ADDED LANGUAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH SAFE SPACE DESIGNATIONS. AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE NEW LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES US THAT THE MARKINGS ARE CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS IN ALL OF THE SAFE SPACES IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES. WE HAVE APPROVED SIGNAGE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE UTILIZING AND THE REFERENCE IS LINES 205-209. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED OF THESE SAFE SPACES WITHIN THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF SCHOOL. THAT IS ANOTHER NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR WITH THE TIMING. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT IS IDENTIFIED TO REQUEST EXEMPTIONS FROM MARKING THE SAFE SPACES IF YOU HAVE A LOCATION IT IS NOT READILY IDENTIFIABLE SPACE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM OR THE AREA WE'RE ADDRESSING, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE NOTES IN THE F SATES TO DOCUMENT THAT EXEMPTION TO THE STATE SO THEY KNOW THERE MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT IS NOT MARKED BECAUSE IT'S NOT SEEN AS A SAFE SPACE. NEXT BULLET IS THE GATES AND DOORS TO INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES ARE TO REMAIN LOCKED WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS. AND OUTLINES EXEMPTION OPTIONS. THE CHANGE THERE IS THAT IT WAS DURING SCHOOL HOURS LAST YEAR NOW IT'S WHILE STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS. NEXT BULLET POINT HAS TO DO WITH CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE ON LOCKING DOORS TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES AND TO IDENTIFY WHEN A DOOR MAYBE LEFT UNLOCKED. BETWEEN CLASS CHANGE IF THE DOOR IS STAFFED AND OTHER EXEMPTIONS OUTLINED IN LINES 242-245. NEXT BULLET POINT ADDRESSES REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY MANDATES AND THE REQUIREMENT TO DO SUCH. THERE IS AN ADDITION TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION TO ALL STUDENTS ON THE USE OF MISUSE OF FORTIFY FLORIDA K-12 EVERY STUDENT RECEIVED INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO USE THE FORTIFY FLORIDA APP. THERE IS A NEW ADDITION OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE AND PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY TO BE ESTABLISHED IN REGARD TO KNOWING VIOLATIONS OF SCHOOL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. YOU WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION LATER FOR NEW POLICY 3.03 WHICH REFERS TO THE NEW PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY AND THAT IS BUILT INTO THE SAFETY VIOLATIONS PART. AND THEN FINALLY THE THIRD ADDITION WILL BE TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND MONITORING POLICY. IT ALLOWS A SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST DESIGNEE TO REVIEW DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ANNUALLY AND SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOLS BY SEPTEMBER FIRST EACH YEAR. THE POLICY NOW WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST FOR ALL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND THE RESULTS WILL BE TRACKED IN THE FLORIDA SCHOOL SAFETY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT HOUSED IN THE F SATES. AND THEN A NEW REVISION TO THE REPORTING OR TO THE RESPONSE TO A NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUE. IF A NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL DAYS AS OPPOSED TO FIVE SCHOOL DAYS TO MAKE THE FIX AND MAKE THE NOTIFICATION TO THE OFFICE OF SAFE SCHOOLS WHAT ACTIONS WE TOOK TO A REPORT OF NONCOMPLIANCE. NEXT BULLET POINT REQUIRES THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST TO REPORT CLASSROOM SAFE SPACE REQUIREMENT BY ADMINISTRATIVE OR INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL THE REPORT MUST BE MADE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CHARTER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. DIRECTLY BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST. AND THEN ANY QUARTERLY, THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST IS REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD ANY NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS AND RULES REGARDING SCHOOL SAFETY. ANY NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUES WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU QUARTERLY BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY SPECIALIST. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CHANGES? >> THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CHIEF. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLIANCE WITH THE HOUSE BILL THAT IMPACTED THESE POLICIES. úWE'LL MOVE ON TO POLICY 3.03, PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. OUR CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES. YOU YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BRILL, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. WE ARE HERE TO PROPOSE A NEW POLICY TITLE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. WITH SOME OF THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT YOU HEARD FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRE THAT EACH DISTRICT HAVE A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY. FOR YEARS WE'VE OPERATED USING A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PRACTICE. MODELED AFTER SOME OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED POLICY WILL OUTLINE THE PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT AND THE PROCESS THE DISTRICT WILL FOLLOW FOR EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT HAVE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DELLA VEGA TO PROVIDE GREATER DETAIL. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS NEXT SLIDE IT OUTLINES THE LEVELS FOR PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. IT STARTS WITH REPRIMAND WITH WRITTEN REPRIMAND, SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY AND TERMINATION. AGAIN, HERE ARE THE THIS SLIDE IT SHOWS YOU THE EXACT PROCESS. THERE ARE TWO EXEMPTIONS WHERE STEPS CAN BE SKIPPED. AND IMMEDIATE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN FOR CASES THAT CONSTITUTE A DANGER TO A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR TO THE DISTRICT A CHILD OR CHILDREN AND ALSO STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL. OR IF A FLAGRANT OR PURPOSEFUL VIOLATION OF DISTRICT POLICY, SCHOOL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES REGULATIONS, FLORIDA STATUTES AS WELL AS LOCAL OR STATE AND NATIONAL LAWS AND CODES OR REGULATIONS ARE VIOLATED. HERE WE HAVE AGAIN POLICY 3.03 FOR PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE GENERAL PROVISIONS. THIS COVERS THE APPEALS PROCESS AND INSTRUCTS ALL EMPLOYEES TO USE THE POLICY 3.31 FOR GUIDANCE ON ANY APPEAL. THE NEXT PROVISION OUTLINES THE PROCESS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WHO BELONG TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TO UTILIZE THEIR AGREEMENT FOR THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCESS. LASTLY, WE DO HAVE HERE THE NEXT STEPS WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE POLICY ON OCTOBER 2 AND THEN ADOPTION ON NOVEMBER 19TH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> VICE-CHAIR Mc. >> Barbara McQuinn: QUINN ONE QUICK ONE. THIS APPLIES TO EVERY EMPLOYEE, I UNDERSTAND WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS INCLUDING ADMINISTRATORS? >> THIS WILL BE FOR NON-BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES COVERED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT HAVE THE PROVISIONS IN THERE AND WE WILL FOLLOW THOSE FOR THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES. FOR NON-BARGAINING WE HAVE AN OUTLINE. >> THAT HAS PRESENTED ISSUES IN THE PAST. THAT IS GREAT. THANK YOU. >> Karen Brill: MRS. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: I GOT STUCK ON THE VERBAL REPRIMAND ARE THERE CASES WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT GET A VERBAL REPRIMAND AND NOT DOCUMENTED? >> NO, IT IS A VERBAL REPRIMAND WITH WRITTEN NOTATION SO THEY DO RECEIVE A DOCUMENT. >> ANYTIME A PRINCIPAL OR SOMEONE WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST OF PEOPLE SAYING OH, THIS PERSON WASN'T GOOD AT THEIR JOB AND THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION N THIS POLICY IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? ANYTIME DISCIPLINE IS HAPPENING OR PROBLEMS WE'RE WRITING SOMETHING DOWN? >> AND YES, WHEN YOU DO GET TO THAT LEVEL YOU ENGAGE WITH THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. THE PRACTICES IN THERE THAT THEY WILL ASSIST THE SUPERVISORS WITH THE DOCUMENTING THIS PROPERLY AND INVESTIGATING IT THOROUGHLY AND THE FINAL DOCUMENT TO SAY THIS HAPPENED AND WE HAVE THIS AND RETAIN THE RECORD. >> >> Marcia Andrews: DOCTOR I'M SO PROUD OF YOU TO SEE WE'VE COVERED ALL EMPLOYEES. FAIRNESS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE PROCESS IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE WORK TO MAINTAIN OURSELF ESTEEM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. MANY WHO MADE A MISTAKE BUT GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THEMSELVES. THIS IS FABULOUS AND TO HEAR THAT EVERYBODY'S COVERED NOW, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. >> MS. AYALA. >> Alexandria Ayala: WELCOME. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE SOMEBODY READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON DAY ONE AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY CONCERNS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND THERE'S BEEN UPS AND DOWNS. I KNOW WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU READY AND FOCUSED ON MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALSO WANTED TO ECHO THANK YOU FOR THE CONSISTENCY. I THINK A CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK IN THIS SPACE IS CRITICAL. AND HAVING THIS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN POINT TO EXACTLY WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY LOOKS LIKE IS CRUCIAL. KIND  SHOCKED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT BUT HAPPY TO HAVE IT NOW AND SO THANK YOU TO YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM. >> Chair Brill: VICE CHAIR McQUINN. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: GOING BACK TO THE VERBAL REPRIMAND, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER BREAK WE HAVE HAD NEW PRINCIPALS IN PLACE WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BE A PRINCIPAL, IN ANOTHER SCHOOL. THE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT PLACED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S FILE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. WHERE IS IT KEPT? >> IT'S RETAINED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD DEPARTMENT IN A FILE THERE. HOW THEY STORE THAT IS SORT OF UP TO THEM, BUT TYPICALLY WOULD YOU KEEP IT WITH MAYBE YOU HAVE A FOLDER FOR WRITTEN DIRECTIVES THIS YEAR OR A FOLDER FOR VERBAL REPRIMANDS OR ANYTHING FURTHER AS WELL. >> I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PRINCIPALS NEED TO BE CALLED SPECIFICALLY TO THEIR ATTENTION, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PIECES THAT DOWN THE LINE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL SAY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> THANK YOU GREAT. >> Chair Brill: AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Supt.Burke: THAT TAKES US TO OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION WORKSHOP. >> Frank Barbieri: IT'S NOT ON THAT POLICY. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION ON THE OTHER POLICY AND I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE ALL DONE WITH THAT DISCUSSION. BUT AT WHAT POINT DURING THE MON TORRING, HOW DO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL INSPECTIONS GET COORDINATED INTO THE REPORTING PROCEDURES SINCE THE SCHOOL SPECIALIST WORKS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO WHEN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE FINDS VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, HOW IS THAT REPORTED IN ALL OF THIS? SHOULD ACCOUNT SOMETHING BE IN THE POLICY THAT INCORPORATES THAT KIND OF REPORTING? >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE POLICY, BUT INSPECTOR GENERAL MICHAEL AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AND WHENEVER HER TEAM DOES AN INSPECTION, IT LEADS TO A WRITTEN REPORT THAT SHE SHARES WITH ME AND Mr. TIERNEY AND CHIEF MOONEY. WE WERE GOING TO UTILIZE THOSE TRORTS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD TO THE QUARTERLY SCHOOL BOARD REPORT. MICHAEL, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. >> I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT CHIEF MOONEY WAS GOING TO BE ENTERING IT INTO THE DATABASE OR IF I AM OR WE ARE, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT FALLS UNDER THE REPORTING OR MONITORING. >> Supt.Burke: CHIEF MOONEY, ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME INSTRUMENTS THE STATE IS USING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH DEPUTY CHIEF SNOW BECAUSE THERE IS LIMITED ACCESS TO HAYSTACKS AND WHAT IS GOING IN THERE. IT'S HER OVERSIGHT OF WHAT IS GOING IN, SO WE'LL COORDINATE WITH TO YOU MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT WORKED OUT. BUT EITHER WAY, IT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM. SO WE'LL JUST COORDINATE WITH YOU WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE REPORTS AND PUT THEM IN. >> Frank Barbieri: SHOULDN'T THERE BE A REFERENCE IN THE POLICY THAT DOCUMENTS WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE I.G. SO WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN POLICY SOMEWHERE? ONCE THEY DECIDE HOW DO THIS? >> Supt.Burke: IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO DO SOME WORK WITH THE TEAM AND THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE. THIS IS JUST A WORKSHOP. WE CAN COME BACK WITH CHANGES FOR POST DEVELOPMENT TO SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE. THAT WIL TAKE US INTO OUR ALTERNATIVE ED WORKSHOP LED BY AGAIN Mr. ED TIERNEY. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT Mr. KEITH OSWALD, CHIEF OF EQUITY AND STUDENT WELLNESS. (INAUDIBLE) PLEASED TO BE A PART OF THE ALTERNATIVE ED WORKSHOP TODAY. WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK DONE TO DATE AND BELIEVE THE TRAJECTORY WE ARE ON, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. >> THANK YOU, Mr. TIERNEY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS WHO ENTER INTO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION FACE MANY CHALLENGES, ACADEMIC CHALLENGES, BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES, ATTENDANCE, CHALLENGES AT HOME. WHAT WE STRIVE FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY IS TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT REALLY WILL WORK TO EDUCATE, AFFIRM AND INSPIRE EACH STUDENT IN THE EQUITY EMBEDDED SCHOOL COMMITTEE, A LOT AUTO-- SCHOOL SYSTEM. A LOT OF WHAT OUR MISSION SPEAKS TO AND THAT WORKS ON THE PERSONALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY ENSURING THAT WE ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS WITH THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORT AND I THINK THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WILL YOU SEE HOW WE ARE WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. >> THE THEORY IS A SMALL, SAFE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WILL LEAD TO STUDENTS MORE COMFORTABLE IN SCHOOL; THEREFORE, LEADING TOWARD ACADEMIC SUCCESS THAT OFTEN TIMES STUDENTS HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ON A LARGE MAINSTREAM CAMPUS AND THAT ACADEMIC SUCCESS BUILDS ON EACH OTHER TOWARDS A TAILORED GRADUATION PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT SO THE STUDENTS GRADUATE ON TIME AND ARE PREPARED TO LIVE THE LIVES THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE. >> FIRST EVER ALL, I SPEAK TO THE TYPE OF REFERRALS OF HOW STUDENTS GET INTO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. SO FIRST ONE IS THE INTERIM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL SETTING THAT SPEAKS TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE IDEA. FELONY SUSPENSION FLAR STATUTE WE ARE ALLOWED IF A STUDENT COMMITS A FOLLOW ANY OFF CAMPUS, PARTICULARLY LIKE CARRYING OF A FIREARM, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO FELONY SUSPENSION INTO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. REENTRY INTO FROM A DJJ PROGRAM, TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM, STUDENTS EARN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND HAVE DIFFICULTY WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR COMPREHENSIVE SITED. WE CAN MOVE THE STUDENTS BACK INTO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. WE ALLOW FOR PARENT REQUEST AS WELL FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PARENTS SOMETIMES WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. ACADEMIC REFERRALS TYPICALLY, THOSE ARE REFERRED TO TO REVERE BEACH PREP AND THEN GO TO ANY OF OUR SITES IF THEY'RE BEHIND WITH THEIR G.P.A. CREDITS QUALITY POINTS. OUR CHRONIC MISS BEHAVIOR PACKETS, IF INTERVENTIONS AT THE COMPREHENSIVE SITES STUDENTS ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEY CAN BE MOVED TO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. SEVERE INCIDENT ASSIGNMENT. INCIDENT THAT OCCURS ON A CAMPUS THAT CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT DISTRUPTION-- DISRUPTION TO THE CAMPUS AND BASED ON REVIEWING OF THE POLICY AND EVALUATION, THE STUDENT CAN BE MOVED AND THEN ONES THAT ARE TYPICAL ARE THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES BUILT INTO OUR POLICY. THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES HAS KIND OF FOUR BIG PILLARS TO REALLY SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. THE FIRST THAT YOU SEE REALLY DEALS WITH COMPLIANCE TO POLICIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING FIDELITY TO OUR POLICY OF STUDENTS ENTERING AND EXITING FROM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, WORKING WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE SITES AFTER COMPLETING THE PACKETS APPROPRIATELY AND THEN ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARDS THE DISCIPLINE REVIEW COMMITTEE, KNOWING THE DRC PROCESS THE BOARD WORKED INTO OUR POLICY A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR DUE PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN ENSURING THAT IF STUDENTS NEED TO BE MOVED OR MONITORED, THAT WE'LL MOVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND MOVING OVER TO THE SECOND PILLAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE FOUR SITES IS REALLY ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT. SO AND Mr. TIERNEY AND I WILL SPEAK MORE TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT. ALSO I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ALSO HAVE GRADUATION ALLIANCE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT VIRTUAL EDUCATION, BUT THROUGH COVID AND SOME OF THE RELIEF DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE PARTNERED WITH GRADUATION ALLIANCE. THEY HELPED US RETRIEVE MANY STUDENTS WHO NEVER RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL POST-COVID. THEY ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE CURRICULUM AND PROCESS TO RETRIEVE DROPOUT STUDENTS. SO STUDENTS WHO LITERALLY DROPPED OUT OF THEIR COHORT, BRING THEM BACK TO SCHOOL, PROVIDE THAT WRAP AROUND SUPPORT E IF TO THE STUDENTS TO WORK TOWARD A HIGH SCHOOL DIFFICULT DIPLOMA A. VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE A STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA THAT NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT ACTUALLY DROPPED OUT YEARS AGO. THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RETRIEVE. ADULT EDUCATION FOR A G.E.D. DIPLOMA. WE SUPPORT THE DJJ PROGRAMS SO EVERYTHING FROM THE DETENTION CENTER, THE JAIL STUDENTS AT THE HIGH RIDGE KELLY CENTER. WE DO PARTNER WITH FOR PROVIDING-- NOT PACE, HIGH RIDGE. WE DO THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. WE PARTNER WITH THEM. AND THEN THE LAST LEG IS THE BEHAVIOR COACHES. WE SUPPORT OVER 20 COMPREHENSIVE SITES ONE TENSE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS ON THEIR COMPREHENSIVE SITES AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS LISTED HERE. THE BEHAVIORAL COACHES SUPPORT INTENSE INTERVENTION SUCH AS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WHEN NEEDED, CHECK IN, CHECK OUT, AND A NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS FOR BEHAVIOR. I WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND CULTURE. THIS IS A BIG PUSH THAT Mr. TIERNEY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO REALLY EVOLVE WHAT IS HAPPENED HERE. WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IES SO BRINGING THE ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A LASER LIKE FOLK FOCUS ON STANDARD BASED INSTRUCTION FOR REGULAR DATA REVIEWS THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF ACADEMIC COACHES AND PLC, DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES IN ADDITION TO MODELING AND INSTRUCTION WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT. >> ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEAM THAT IS NOW MAKING THE ROUNDS THROUGH OUR OP OP-ED SITE. LAST WEEK THERE WAS A MEETING AND I SAT IN TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THEY WERE GOING TO BE OFFERING. I FOUND IT TO BE VERY HIGH QUALITY. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE TEACHERS AT THE ALT ED SITES THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN OUR COUNTY ARE GETTING. THE PLAN LAID OUT IS GOING TO DO THAT RECOGNIZING THAT THE TEACHERS IN ALT ED SITES HAVE A LOT OF PREP AND WORK TO BE DONE. THEY'RE GOING TO CYCLE THROUGH THE TEACHERS AND THE SITES TO HELP WITH WHOLE GROUP PLANNING, DETAILED HELP WITH SMALL GROUP PLANNING, QUESTIONS AND HELPING THE TEACHERS MONITO STUDENT LEARNING SO THAT BEING IN AN ALT ED SITE IS NOT NEGATIVE AND THEY CAN FLOURISH. THEY'RE PROVIDING TRAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON HON MONITORING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND LEARNING SO THAT THE WALK THROUGHS OF THE SCHOOL-BASED CENTERS ARE THAT MUCH ADMINISTRATORS ARE THAT MUCH MORE INTENSIVE. >> I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH A DETAILED PRESENTATION THAT HAD A DISCUSSION THAT WAS FOCUSED IN ON HOW THE SCHOOL WAS PERFORMING BASED ON SCHOOL GRADES AND DRILLING DOWN DEEPER INTO THE CURRICULUM WAS OFFERED THROUGH OUR BLENDER, THROUGH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENTS OF WHAT THOSE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE USING IN THE CLASSROOM. VERY SPECIFIC SUPPORT THE PEDAGOGY, THE GRADUAL RELEASE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO INSTRUCT IN THE CLASSROOM. REALLY WORKING WITH THAT ADMINISTRATION AND THEN THIS SLIDE YOU SEE HOW WE GET IT TO THE CLASSROOM. HOW DO WE MODEL FOR THE TEACHERS WHO MAY BE LESS EXPERIENCED A VARIETY OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THE CLASSROOM, TO PROVIDE THE INDEPENDENT SUPPORT. SO WE ARE PROVIDING IN THE CLASSROOM MODELING WITH THOSE COACHES WITH REGULAR ROUTINE VISITS TO FOLLOW UP AND SUPPORT THOSE SCHOOLS. ONE THING I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT IS RELATIVELY NEW FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IS THE LEADER IN ME PROGRAM. SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH MAYBE IN RED THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE AND FRANKLIN COVEY'S WORK AND THEY CREATED A PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS AND TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS. EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND AS WELL FOR THE TEACHERS TO BRING IT ALSO TO THE STUDENTS, BUILDING THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE STUDENTS. THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPALS TO THEIR TEACHERS IS THAT THE TEACHERS LOVE IT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HELPING THEM BECOME A BETTER PERSON, MORE ORGANIZED. THEY ALL GET A WORK BOOK TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THE SEVEN HABITS. A GOOD READ IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THANKS TO THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED FROM THE ESSR DOLLARS. >> TO GIVE AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE NORMALLY SERVE IN ALTERNATIVE ED, THIS IS THE END OF THE YEAR COUNT FOR EACH SITE RELATIVELY STEADY. THESE ARE DISCIPLINE INCIDENTS PER YEAR, BY SITE. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVERALL. DO THE IMPROVEMENT CULTURE SYSTEM AND STRUCTURES WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ARE THE RATINGS. THEY DON'T GET SCHOOL GRADES. TURNING POINT DID NOT GET TO THE TESTING THRESHOLD PERCENT THEY NEEDED. THEY HAVE AN I, APPEAL AND HOPING TO HAVE AN ANSWER BY THIS EVENING'S WORKSHOP AND WE DON'T. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE STATE ON THAT APPEAL. CROSSROADS WAS 2 PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY FROM COMMENCEMENT. THAT WOULD BE SMALL DENOMINATORS THAT EBB AND FLOW BUT THEY RANKED PRETTY HIGH AS WELL. WE HAVE OUTLINED HOW THE SMALLER SITES BENEFIT STUDENTS, SUPPORTIVE AND SAFE FOR STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE GENERALLY ON COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING TO REPLICATE AND WE'LL MENTION CROSSROADS, TURNING POINTS ARE ALL CAMBRIDGE ACCREDITED SCHOOLS SO THEY'RE OFFERING ADVANCED COURSE WORK IN THESE COURSES AS WELL AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. REFERRAL IS NOT ACADEMIC OR TRANSCRIPT RELATED. >> I WILL JUST ADD A LOT OF ESSR FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTED COMPLETE UPGRADE TO THE TECHNOLOGY LABS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OF SUPPORT THE EBB AND FLOW TO AN ALTERNATIVE SITE. TECHNOLOGY COURSE IS THAT ARE OFFERED IN ALL OF OUR SITES. WE UPGRADED THAT TO MAKE SURE WE COULD MAINTAIN THOSE STUDENTS WORKING ON CERTIFICATION BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH AROUND SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS SO AS Mr. TIERNEY MENTIONED THROUGH THE CLUBS, THOSE ACTIVITIES, HOW WE WORK TO CREATE MORE OF THAT, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS IF YOU ARE PART OF A SCHOOL COMMUNITIED WANTED TO COME TO SCHOOL EACH UNDERSTAND EVERY DAY. >> WE END HEARING FROM A YOUNG MAN FROM RIVIERA BEACH PREP. >> Chair Brill: IN THE MEANTIME, Ms. WHITFIELD, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH AND EVERYONE IN THIS DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING ON THIS ALTERNATIVE ED CULTURE. I THINK THAT IS A HUGE STEP THIS BOARD HAS MADE AND THIS WHOLE SYSTEM HAS MADE IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE. WATCHING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CARING ABOUT CULTURE AT ALTERNATIVE ED AND WANTING CHILDREN TO WANT TO BE THERE AND THE BENEFITS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, I THINK FOR SOME CHILDREN, THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION, AND SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A SCHOOL THAT IS-- THAT WE IGNORE OR PUSH TO THE SIDE. SO I THINK THE EFFORTS AROUND CULTURE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M VERY HAPPY, THRILLED TO SEE THIS. I AM GRATEFUL THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN ON AND I GUESS THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY FOR Mr. CHAN SEAS TO MAKE THE BUILDINGS LOOK PRETTIER SO PEOPLE FEEL LOVED WHETHER THEY GO IN THERE AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: ARE WE READY TO TRY THE VIDEO AGAIN. WE'LL GO TO VICE CHAIR McQUINN >> Vice Chair McQuinn: , THE ALTERNATIVE ED PIECE HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOREVER. AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT ATTENTION IS BEING GIVEN NOT JUST TO BEHAVIORAL CHANGES BUT ALSO TO THE STUNSZ SELF-ESTEEM BUT WE ARE ABOUT GRADUATING KIDS SO KNOWING THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP THEM GRADUATE, I'M GOING TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO RIVIERA BEACH PREP, THE YOUNG MAN WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAR IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE YEARBOOK LIKE WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE NOT THERE FROM DAY ONE USUALLY TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. BUT EVERY GRADUATING SENIOR IS PART OF A PUBLISHED BOOK AND THERE IS A FULL PAGE WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT WHY THEY CAME AND WHAT THEY GOT OUT OF IT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU. I MEAN IT WILL BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES, AND THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO-- THEY'RE NOT DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. THESE ARE KIDS WHO, LIFE GOT IN THEIR WAY AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE CREDITS TO GRADUATE. AND IT IS REMARKABLE WHAT THAT SCHOOL STAFF DOES. I'M EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CUSTODIAN WHO KEEPS THE CAMPUS REMARKABLY CLEAN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CULTURE. I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO RIVIERA BEACH PREP. I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE, ON PAGE 11. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING AND COMMENDABLE? ON ITS ON THEIR RATINGS ON PAGE 11. >> RANKING FOR A SCHOOL IN LIEU OF A GRAIN, BETWEEN AN A AND A B. >> IS COMMENDABLE BETTER THAN MAINTAINING. >> COMMENDABLE IS THE HIGHEST. >> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. I GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH CROSSROADS ACADEMY, MY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 6 AND THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB, AS YOU KNOW, Mr. TIERNEY AND Mr. BURKE, YOU WALKED THAT SCHOOL WITH ME AND I'M JUST PROUD OF THE PRINCIPAL. I'M PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY, THE MAYORS, THE CITIZENS ARE THERE FOR FOR HONOR ROLL, EVERYTHING THAT IS EXCITING, THOSE CHILDREN ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. MY CONCERNS ARE MANY TIMES THEY'RE COMING FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WORRY THAT PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY FEELING THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR CHILD IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF BEING IN A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS I WORKING SO IF SOME OF THE HOLISTIC STUFF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, Mr. OSWALD AND Mr. TIERNEY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS BECAUSE PARENTS SHOULDN'T BE FRUSTRATE AND FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO GO TO AN ALTERNATIVE SETTING. IT IS WONDERFUL WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT IS FABULOUS AND HELPS THE CHILDREN GROW AND DEVELOP, BUT THAT SAME POSTURE SHOULD BE RIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. I REALLY WANT TO YOU WORK INTO THAT. WE HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WHERE SO MANY CHILDREN WERE LEAVING THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL TO GO TO THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME. AS I LOOK AT YOUR SUPPORT SERVICES, THE GRADUATION ALLIANCE ADULT EDUCATION IS A BIG DEAL. I WAS JUST WORKING WITH MY OWN STUDENT THAT I HAD THAT NEEDED ONE COURSE TO GET HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND JUST THAT PIECE ALONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT EXISTED. THIS NEEDS TO BE MARKETED WITH PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO MAY BE IN DANGER OF NOT GRADUATING OR DIDN'T PASS THE TEST OR NEED ONE COURSE. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEEK SOMEBODY OUT TO FIND OUT WHO CAN HELP THEM AND HOW CAN THEY GET HELP I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DATA ON THOSE CHILDREN WHO DID NOT GRADUATE OR MAY HAVE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THEY DIDN'T PASS THE TEST OR NEED A COUPLE OF COURSES TO GRADUATE. HOW WE ARE WORKING THIS IN TO THE VIRTUAL SETTING TO LET THEM KNOW THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU AND IT'S RIGHT WITHIN OUR SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE KIDS THAT I MENTOR AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT WE WERE DOING THIS WORK IT HAPPENS WE ARE DOING IT AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE. I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW. HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE WE SAVED THAT DID NOT WALK ACROSS THE STAGE THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT BUT WE SAVED THEM BECAUSE OF THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE. BUT I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IN THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. I MEAN IT'S REALLY A HOLISTIC PLACE. CHILDREN ARE LEARNING WHO THEY ARE. THEY'RE GETTING THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SOMEBODY AND THEY CAN BE GREAT AND THE KIDS THAT WERE FAILING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL MAKING THE HONOR ROLL IN THESE SMALL SETTINGS SO SOMETHING IS WRONG SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE NEED TO TIGHTEN THAT UP SO THAT THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. WITH ALTERNATIVES, AS YOU KNOW, Mr. TIERNEY AND Mr. OSWALD AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE. I LOVE THE RELAXATION ROOMS AND ALL OF THE UPGRADES YOU'VE DONE TO THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL AT CROSSROADS. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO BETTER AT SOUTH INTENSIVE AS WELL AS A NEW BUILDING FOR CROSSROADS. EVERYTHING GREAT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. >> Chair Brill: MS. AYALA. >> Alexandria Ayala: I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS SO IF COULD I GET SOME FOLLOWUPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WORKSHOP. I REALLY AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS SECTOR OF WHAT WE DO BECAUSE IT HAS NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A PLACE THAT GETS A LOT OF POSITIVE ATTENTION AND I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE CHANGING THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN IT AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST A PLACE WHERE YOU KIND OF GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO. THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR A STUDENT TO LEARN IN A WAY THAT IS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THEM AND THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING FOR ME WAS THAT PARENTS HAD A PERCEPTION THAT WAS CONCERNING IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WAS HEARING THESE CONCERNS AND ♪THEN IT COMES UP A LOT DURING WHEN WE HAVE TO DO EXPULSIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS WE DO, WHEN PARENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WE ARE CHANGING THE PERCEPTION AND THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO CHANGE THIS CULTURE SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD WAS VISIT TURNING POINTS, WHICH S THE ALTERNATIVE ED SITE, ONE OF THEM, IN MY DISTRICT AND I WAS VERY DISPLEASED WITH WHAT I SAW AT THE TIME. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN LEADERSHIP CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, CULTURE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE REALITIES OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND EVIDENT IN THE DATA YOU SHOWED US, RIGHT? THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DROPS IN THE INDICATORS FOR DISCIPLINE AND INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED WERE AT THE TURNING POINTS CAMPUS WHICH IS THE REASON THE NUMBER EVEN CAME DOWN BECAUSE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL INCREASED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE FY'23-FY'24 DATA AND I TAKE THAT AS A FULL TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT LEADERSHIP WAS CHANGED, CULTURE HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THE REGIONAL OFFICE STEPPED IN TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A NIGHT AND DAY SHIFT FROM THE TIME I FIRST VISITED TO THE LAST VISIT, Mr. TIERNEY, A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO THAT'S GREAT. I WANTED TO ASK IN A BIGGER PICTURE SENSE SINCE TIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT Mr. OSWALD, IT'S UNDER YOUR PORTFOLIO, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR LEADER FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. THAT'S CORRECT, RIGHT? >> WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL ON ASSIGNMENT SUPPORTING THAT. >> Alexandria Ayala: COULD YOU SHARE SOME OF THE BROAD VISION AND LEADERSHIP PLAN FOR THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS? WHAT COULD WE EXPECT TO SEE FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL SIPS IT IS A-- SINCE IT IS A PRINCIPAL ON AASSIGNMENT AND NOT A PERMANENT DIRECTOR AT THIS TIME. >> WHAT YOU SPOKE, TO THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE SEE THAT IS HAPPENING, THE CONTINUATION OF FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE FOUR ALTERNATIVE ED SITES, AROUND CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND BEHAVIOR AND REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS IS TO DEVELOP THAT WHERE MS. ANDREWS SPOKES ABOUT CROSSROADS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO CROSSROADS AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING, AND HAPPENING AT ALL THE SITES AND WHAT YOU SPOKE TO TO TRANSFORM THE IMAGE THAT EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SOME OF THE SITES; THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED. TRANSFORMATION AND THE STAFF WHO ARE WORKING WITH KIDS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING, VERY DIFFICULT. SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT LIKE LEADERS IN ME, PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL REALLY BRING OUT BEST OF EVERYBODY, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THE STUDENTS WITH THE FEWEST BLESSINGS HERE AT THE TABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE. THAT KIND OF TRANSFORMATION. AND ALSO HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE SITES. RIGHT, SO THAT THROUGH INTERVENTIONS, QUALITY INTERVENTIONS AT THE COMPREHENSIVE SITES, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REFER STUDENTS TO THOSE ALTERNATIVE ED SITES. SO WE ARE ALREADY LAUNCHING EVEN TOMORROW, TALKING ABOUT INTERVENTION TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR BEHAVIORS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE SITES THROUGH THAT DEPARTMENT, ALSO AS A TEAM TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS. WE HAVE STARTED ROLLING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS OUT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOLLOWUP TO YOUR POINT ON TEACHER, I KNOW THE TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN THE PAST AND HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SMALLER CLASSROOMS, BUT THE NEEDS AND NEED DIFFERENT LEVELS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME AND WALKING THROUGH AND SEEING THESE INSTRUCTORS DO IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. BUT IS THERE A CONCERN OR PLAN IN PLACE TO GET THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW THE BEST ROUTE TO A STUDENT'S SUCCESS IS THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF THEM. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN TO HAVE QUALITY INSTRUCTORS RETAINED IN THESE INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THESE STUDENTS GET THE BEST OF THE BEST BECAUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THIS CAMPUS DOES NOT MEAN THEY GET OTHERWISE. >> Mr. TIERNEY, I THINK WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT LEADERSHIP MAKES A BIG PIECE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING. HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR LEADERS TO CREATE THOSE PLACES WHERE TEACHERS WANT TO STAY AND WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. SO THROUGH THE PLCs THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT, IF I'VE GOT THIS MANY NEEDS IN A CLASSROOM, THERE IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL OR THE DEPARTMENT THAT DON'T NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET THAT KIND OF SUPPORT. SUPPORTS FOR DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS, RIGHT, THEY NEED MORE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOL BOX THAN MAYBE A COMPREHENSIVE SITE TEACHER WOULD NEED BECAUSE THERE ARE IMPORTANT CHALLENGES. AND THEN THERE IS THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORT. SO IF A STUDENT IS GOING HOME HUNGRY ON THE WEEKEND, ARE WE PROVIDING THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORT OF A HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM, ARE WE PROVIDING THAT KIND OF SUPPORT? BECAUSE THE STUDENT HAS SO MANY OTHER STRESSORS IN THEIR LIFE AND TRAUMA THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. THAT THE FUTURE KNOWS THAT THEY-- THE TEACHER KNOWS THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN REFER OUT TO. >> Alexandria Ayala: DID STAFF SURVEYS REFLECT IMPROVEMENT ON HOW STAFF FEELS ON THE CAMPUSES? >> I DON'T RECALL IT WAS SUPER SIGNIFICANT BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME SLIGHT INKEYSES INCREASES. >> Alexandria Ayala: ANOTHER FOLLOWUP, STUDENT VOICE, A BIG PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ARE DOING AT EVERY LEVEL. I SAW IT AT RIVERA PREP-- NO, SOUTH INENCE TIFF IN THE SLIDE. IS THAT BEING IMPLEMENTED AT EVERY CAM US? >> I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL OPERATED CAMPUS THAT WE NOW HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT THAT IS IMPLEMENTING THE STUDENT VOICE INITIATIVE. REGULAR CHECK-INS HAPPENING INCLUDING THESE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS AS WELL. >> Alexandria Ayala: WONDERFUL AND ONE MORE COMMENT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN CASE MY COLLEAGUES WERE NOT AWARE, I FREQUENTLY VISIT OUR PALM BEACH JAIL AND THERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL SITE THAT IS RUN OUT OF THERE BY THE DISTRICT. WHEN I FIRST VISITED, THERE WAS A LOT OF THE STAFF THERE FELT A BIT UNSUPPORTED BY WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP THERE, AGAIN, THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED IN THEIR LIVES BUT THEY'RE STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE. AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT AFTER A LOT OF WORK AND LOGISTICS, WE APPROVED AN ACE CABINET INSIDE THE JAIL AND THERE IS EIGHT STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ACE COURSE WORK AT THE JAIL WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE AND THEIR STAFF PUSHED THIS. I JUST SIMPLY HELPED GREASE SOME WHEELS OF APPROVING OF THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING STUFF INSIDE OF A SECURE FACILITY BUT THANKING EVERYONE WHO WAS PART OF THAT AS WELL AS PBS FOR WORK WITH US ON PROVIDING THE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING HIGHLY CHALLENGING COURSE WORK AND THANK YOU, Mr. OSWALD, FOR ENSURING THAT WE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR AS WELL ON A ROW INDICATION THERE, WHICH TOOK A BRIEF CAUSE BUT WE ARE BACK ENROLLING BECAUSE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL SITES MIGHT BE A PLACE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AND TRAUMA THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. OVERALL, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. I FEEL GOOD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS OPENLY AND ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL AND MAKE THE REALIZATION AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE WORK AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHERE WE ARE HEADED. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MS. AYALA. MS. ANDREWS. A CHERRY, WE ARE GRADUATING STUDENTS WITH THE 12th FLOOR IN THE JAIL. Mr. BURKE, YOU AND I DID THE TOUR OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY JAIL RECENTLY AND Mr. TIERNEY, YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE GRADUATIONS THERE AND THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING EDUCATED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND GETTING THE DIPLOMA. >> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, Mr. OSWALD. I APPRECIATE THE BOOK RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR CLUB. WE'LL INVITE Mr. TIM KUBRICK BACK TO THE TABLE AND ALSO JOINED BY Ms. DIANE WYATT, A DIRECTOR WITHIN H.R. DIVISION AND THE TWO OF THEM ARE GOING TO LAY OUT OUR CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS WHICH WOULD BE FY'26 AND FY'27. Mr. KUBRICK. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN CHAIR BILL, VICE CHAIR Mc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th BUT YOU MIGHT SEE THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS AFTER THAT. SO THEY WILL BE GETTING OUT PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY, BUT THE LAST CONTRACTUAL DAY FOR TEACHERS WILL BE ON MEMORIAL DAY IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THAT AS ONE OF THOSE SIX HOLIDAYS. BUT THEY WILL BE ENDING THE YEAR PRIOR TO MEMORIAL DAY FOR IT. OUR NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE WILL BE BACK ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 2 FOR BOARD VOTING ON THE TWO CALENDARS THAT I PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR SO APOLOGIZE. BUT I'M GOING SAY THIS. I DON'T SEE WHERE WE ARE GIVING A PAID HOLIDAY FOR JUNE 19 IN THE YEARS OF 25, 26 AND 27. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT. >> JUNETEENTH THIS YEAR WAS A PAID NON-WORK DAY. WE ARE LIMITED ON THE NUMBER OF PAID HOLIDAYS WE CAN ASSIGN. FOR THE UPCOMING CALENDARS, I BELIEVE IT IS ON A FRIDAY AND THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY CLOSED AND THE NEXT ONE IS A SATURDAY WHERE THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY CLOSED. >>  Edward Ferguson: I'M AWARE. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN HOLIDAYS, AND I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THEM, BUT YOU ALL-- THERE ARE CERTAIN HOLIDAYS THAT FALL ON THE WEEKEND THAT WE STILL RECOGNIZE DURING THE WEEK DAY. SEEING AS WE HAVE A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE CORRECT, Mr. KUBRICK, JUNE . WE HAVE A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE OFF THURSDAY OR MONDAY AND THEN YOU ARE ALSO CORRECT THAT JUNE 19 OF 2027 IS ON A SATURDAY. I MEAN IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEKEND BUT AGAIN, JUNE 19 IS JUNE 19 SO IF WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT ALL THE JUNE 19 SYMBOLIZES, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE WOULD FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT OUT AS FAR AS THAT GOES. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT LOOKING AT THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR. I'M ASSUMING, I THINK YOU REFERRED TO IT AS A PAID NON-WORK DAY SINCE THAT WOULD BE THURSDAY. >> WE HAVE, AS YOU SAW IN THE STATUTES EARLIER, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE SIX PAID HOLIDAYS SO WE ARE KIND OF LIMITED BY THAT AND I THINK THAT'S COME UP IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AT BOARD MEETINGS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CALENDAR TO DO THAT. >>  Edward Ferguson: YOU ARE RIGHT. IT'S AN OLD CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WHEN INITIALLY BROUGHT THIS SUBJECT UP, I KNEW MIAMI DADE WAS DOING IT. I SAID LET'S NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL. SO THIS YEAR JUNE 19 IS A PAID NON-WORK DAY. WE ARE NOT CALLING IT A HOLIDAY BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND WE ARE STILL PAYING YOU FOR IT. >> CORRECT. >>  Edward Ferguson: ALL RIGHT. CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNE 19 AND WE ARE LETTING PEOPLE NOT WORK AND STILL PAY THEM WHEN JUNE 19 HAPPENS TO FALL ON A WEEK DAY DURING THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK, WE ALSO SHOULD BE PAYING THEM WHEN IT HAPPENS TO FALL ON THE WEEKEND OR AT LEAST A FRIDAY. IT'S JUST THAT IMPORTANT OF A HOLIDAY FOR ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT AMERICA. HATE TO GET ON THE SOAP BOX BUT CAN WE REVISIT THIS AT A LATER TIME BEFORE THIS IS FINALIZED. >> YES, WE CAN REVISIT THIS. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON SON, PERHAPS WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO NOT BE LIMITED TO THE SIX PAID HOLIDAYS FOR EMPLOYEES SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. Ms. WYATT, IF YOU COULD MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. NEXT IS MS. ANDREWS. >> Mayor: IT IS. >> Mayor: IT IS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MR. FERGUSON, JUNE 19 IS A BIG HOLIDAY. YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOURTH OF JULY WHEN YOU THINK OF JUNETEENTH AND WHAT IT MEANS TO PEOPLE AND THEIR HISTORY. IT IS SO EXCITING THAT Mr. BURKE FOUGHT HARD FOR TO US GET IT SO I DON'T WANT TO US SUPPLIED BACK. I DON'T HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT MR. FERGUSON HAS SAID BUT I REALLY WANT TO YOU GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND LOOK AT IT. THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO HONOR THEIR HISTORY. IT WOULD BE GOING BACKWARDS FOR US. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET THAT DONE AND I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF VETERANS DAY AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AS YOU HAVE SAID BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KEEP THAT AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE TALK ABOUT VETERANS DAY AND HOW WE HONOR THEM AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. GLAM >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, A THING THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER EVERY YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T DO IT, THAT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY. I WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR PUTTING IN THE GREEN NUMBERS. I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT IN UNDERSTANDING SO JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION IN THE FIRST SEMESTER, YOU CAN'T DO ANY LESS THAN 58 DAYS. IS THAT WHY IT'S AT 85 FOR BOTH OF THEM? >> NO, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS. IT JUST THAT'S THE DAYS THAT IT FELL ON. >> Erica Whitfield: I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO. BUT IF WE WERE TO-- YOU INCORPORATED THREE DAYS FOR HURRICANE POSSIBILITY EMERGENCY OR HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU PUT IN THERE? >> THERE ARE NOT ANY BUILT-IN DAYS. IF THERE IS A HURRICANE AND WE FIND THAT, WE WILL NOT HIT OUR EITHER DAY REQUIREMENT OR HOUR REQUIREMENT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO START LOOKING AT AT AT HOLIDAYS, DAYS THAT WE WOULD HAVE OFF NORMALLY TO PUT THEM BACK ON AS EMERGENCY MAKEUP DAYS. >> Erica Whitfield: I ONLY ASK BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FAMILIES OUT THERE WATCHING THIS DISCUSSION TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT STARTING SCHOOL REALLY EARLY JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT BUT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FIT AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK SO WE CAN DO OUR TESTING. SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS WE NEED IN THIS DISCUSSION IN CASE THEY'RE WATCHING; HOW MANY HOURS WE NEED OR HOW MANY DAYS WE NEED TO GO GET INTO THE FIRST SEMESTER SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE WHEN WE START SO WHEN WE END, WE CAN FIT EVERYTHING IN THERE. DO YOU WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CLEARER THAN I JUST DID? >> THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS TO MENTION THERE, I THINK. ONE IS JUST BY STARTING, YOU KNOW, AS LATE AS MONROE WAS, WHICH WAS THE 13th THAT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL PAY GAPS FOR EMPLOYEES WHICH IS A CONCERN. THE FURTHER YOU PUSH THE START DATE BACK, IT DOESN'T PUSH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT KIDS WOULD HAVE TO DO IN THE YEAR BACK. SO THEIR EXAMS WOULD GET PUSHED TO AFTER WINTER BREAK AND THEN IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY TAKE EXAMS THAT WINDOW IS STILL THE SAME. SO YOU YOU WOULD BE APPROACHING THAT TEST WITH FEWER DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THEM AND COULD IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. >> WE ALSO HAVE OUR ATHLETICS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, TBF BEGINS SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST. THERE ARE SEVEN ACTUAL SPORTING PROGRAMS THAT PROGRAMS THAT BEGIN IN AUGUST AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THOSE KIDS MOVING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL GETTING BRE PAIRED AND ON TO THE TEAM ARE IMPORTANT FOR THEM FOR THE EARLY STARTS FOR ATHLETICS AS WELL. AND HAVING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ON OUR COMMITTEE AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSITION INTO THE ATHLETIC SPORTS AND BEING PREPARED AND READY AND HAVING THEM ON THERE FOR EARLY PRACTICE AND ON TO THE TEAM WAS VERY VALUABLE FOR THE PLANNING OF THE CALENDAR AS WELL. >> Erica Whitfield: WONDERFUL. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THANKSGIVING. I DO THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE'VE DONE SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE AND I THINK IT DOES GIVE A LOT OF RESPECT TO OUR FAMILIES WHO SPEND THAT TIME TOGETHER THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT AND TO THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EASY CHALLENGE. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: AM I READING IN THE CALENDAR CORRECTLY STUDENTS WILL BE IN SCHOOL ON MLK DAY? NO, THE 18th IS WHAT YOU ARE GIVING THEM FOR MLK DAY, THAT MONDAY, JANUARY 2027 AND 19 SDZ OF 2026? >> YES. CORRECT. >>  Edward Ferguson: DEFINITELY YOU HAVE THEM OFF ON JUNETEENTH. THANK YOU. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU. NICE JOB. I APPRECIATE YOU VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CALENDAR EVERY YEAR AND PLEASE SHARE OUR APPRECIATION WITH THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOPS, MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MR. FERGUSON, SECOND BY MS. AYALA, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AS THE BOARD GOES AND SWITCHES OVER TO THE SPECIAL MEETING, I WILL REMIND THE BOARD AND THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN AT 5:05 FOR THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION MEETING SO WE ARE GOING TO RUN RIGHT INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING AND THEN I WILL STOP THE MEETING AND WE WILL PIVOT OVER TO THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION AND THEN WE WILL RETURN TO THE SPECIAL MEETING. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE, BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL NOW CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER. AT 4:51 P.M., Mrs. SINCLAIR PIECE CALL THE ROLL >> DISTRICT 1 - BARBARA MCQUINN >> B MCQUINN: HERE. >> DISTRICT 2 -ALEXANDRIA AYALA >> A AYALA: HERE. >> DISTRICT 3 - KAREN M. BRILL >> CHAIR BRILL: HERE. >> DISTRICT 4 - ERICA WHITFIELD >> E WHITFIELD: HERE >> DISTRICT 5 - FRANK BARBIERI. >> FRANK BARBIERI: HERE. >> DISTRICT 6 - MARCIA ANDREWS. >> M ANDREWS: HERE. >> DISTRICT 7 - EDWIN FERGUSON. >> E FERGUSON: HERE. SENIOR STAP MEMBERS WILL JOIN US PERIODICALLY. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD I LIKE TO WELCOME ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO ARE JOINING US TODAY. PLEASE ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD AS A COLLECTIVE BODY AND DO NOT ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL BOARD OR STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTLY OUR POLICY PROVIDES THAT WE DO NOT RESPOND TO OR ENGAGE WITH OUR SPEAKERS, HOWEVER WE MAKE NOTE OF YOUR ISSUES AND WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE DISTRICT STRRGS REGARDING THEM ADDITIONALLY NON-AGENDA SPEAKERS COMMENTS MUST RELATE TO EDUCATIONALLY RELATIVE TOPICS OR THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SCHOOL BOARD POLICY SPEAKERS WHOSE COMMENTS DO NOT RELATE TO THE TOPIC THAT THE SPEAKER INDICATED OR ARE OTHERWISE NOT EDUCATIONALLY RELEVANT AS REQUIRED FOR NON-AGENDA TOPICS OR WHOSE COMMENT IS DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDER OF THE MEETING MAY BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING OR HAVING THE MICROPHONE TURNED OFF AND FORFEITING THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. I DO CALL UP THE SPEAKERS LATER, WILL YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF WHEN THE TIME LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED. WHEN YOU SPEAK LATER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WE ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS, DISTRICT NUMBER OR CITY OF RESIDENCE AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US. SO WITH THAT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE SEVEN SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MR. BARBIERI, SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DO I NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW. >> Supt.Burke: NO MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MOTION BY MR. BARBIERI, SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISCLOSURES AND ABSTENTIONS. SEEING NONE. THAT MOVES US TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> Supt.Burke: YES, I'M GOING TO FOREGO MY PLANNED COMMENTS. WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE TRAGEDY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA EARLIER TODAY. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE VICKS VICTIMS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND STAFF AND I WANT EVERYONE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND ENTIRE DISTRICT. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. >> Chair Brill: MS. AYALA. Ms. WHITFIELD, MR. BARBIERI, MS. ANDREWS. >> Mayor: I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REITERATE WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT BURKE HAS SAID. IT IS A SAD DAY TODAY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE MEANS SO MUCH AND WE HAVE OUR PRAYERS OUT FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO WERE INJURED, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, OUR PRAYERS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS TIME. THANK YOU. >> BRIEFLY, SOME ADDITION TO THE LOSS OF LIFE IN GEORGIA WE ALSO HAD A LOSS OF LIFE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO TO THE STUDENT WHO WAS NO LONGER WITH US, I PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS HIS CLASSMATES AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL AND GOD SPEED TO YOU. LASTLY WAY WANT TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER EYIALA. THIS IS THE TECHED I'M YOU HAVE MENTIONED SOMETHING FOR ME THAT IS SO AMAZING. I SALUTE YOU FOR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN REGARD TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY JAIL. DIFFICULT NOT THINK ABOUT THAT AND THAT REALLY HAS HELPED MOTIVATE ME SO I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK HAVE YOU DONE IN THESE VERY BRIEF FOUR YEARS. NOTHING IS LOST ON ME TO SALUTE ALL OF YOU AND I REALLY THINK BOARD MEMBER AYALA CONTINUES TO DO A GOOD JOB AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO PICK UP THE MANTLE THAT YOU ARE LEAVING AT THE DAIS BUT BOARD MEMBER, GREAT JOB AND CONTINUE BEING YOU. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR McQUINN. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING US OVER TO THE AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS. WE'LL START BY CALLING TWO AT A TIME AND WE'LL HAVE TO STOP AGAIN AS I SAID AT 5:05. OUR FIRST SPEAKER Dr. CARLOS DIAZ AND NEXT WILL BE Dr. GABRIELLA MENDEZ. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BILL, VICE CHAIR McQUINN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. I'M Dr. CARLOS DIAZ. I LIVE IN BOCA RATON AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HISPANIC EDUCATION COALITION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. I KNOW YOU HAVE RED THE LETTER I SENT YOU LAST WEEK SO I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW POINTS. HEC WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO POSTPONE JOINING THE FLAR SCHOOL BOARD ORGANIZATION UNTIL THIS ORGANIZATION PRODUCES A CURRENT RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE XENOPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC CONTINUES OF THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES. BACK THEN THE BOARD PULLED OUT OF AND HEC SUPPORTED THAT DECISION. THIS ONLY BECAME AN ISSUE FOR US AGAIN WHEN THE BOARD RECENTLY RECONSIDERED JOINING FSBA. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ANDREW MASSENA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FSBA TO SEE IF A RESOLUTION OR OTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENT EXISTED. I DID NOT WANT TO ASK FOR ONE TODAY IF IT WAS ALREADY THERE. FABS I ASKED Ms. MASSENA IF THE FSBS BOARD HAD DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR. THE ANSWER WAS NO. I ASKED HER WHY. AND SHE RESPONDED OUR BOARD DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY. BUT WE MADE SOME INTERNAL CHANGES AND SENT OUT INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, INDICATING OUR DISAGREEMENT. I REMIND THE HER THE INSULT THREE YEARS AGO WAS ALL OVER THE PAPERS AND ANY APOLOGY IN MY VIEW, WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PUBLIC VISIBILTY. I FOUND THAT FSBS HAD DRAFTED A RESOLUTION TO ALL MEMBER SCHOOL BOARDS URGING THEM TO AND URGED THEM TO PASS IT. THE RESOLUTION STATED THAT ALL COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. I THEN ASKED Ms. MASSENA IF FSBS BOARD ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION THEY WERE URGING ALL MEMBER SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT. AGAIN, THE ANSWER WAS NO. THE HISPANIC EDUCATION COALITION BELIEVES IN FORGIVENESS BUT FORGIVENESS COMES AFTER AND NOT BEFORE AN APOLOGY. I KNOW MISS PATRICA'S COMMENTS VIOLATED THE CONSCIENCE OF EVERY MEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD. AFTER MUCH DUE DILIGENCE, I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT FSBS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PUBLICLY DISTANCED ITSELF FROM HER COMMENTS. THE PROBLEM WITH ACCEPTING INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CHANGES AS AN APPROPRIATE APOLOGY IS THAT NO ONE OUTSIDE OF FSBS IS AWARE OF THESE CHANGES. IN CONCLUSION, HEC IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THIS BOARD NOT REJOIN FSBA UNTIL THIS ORGANIZATION HAS A... (BELL RINGS) >> Dr. GABRIELLA MENDEZ? WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR MABEL NELTON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS ANDúMr. SUPERINTE. I AM THE VICES CHAIR OF THE HISPANIC EDUCATION COALITION AND I LIVE IN WEST PALM BEACH. I INVESTMENTLY REJECT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD REJOIN FSBA AT THIS TIME. THE SCHOOL BOARD RIGHTEOUSLY QUIT THE FSBA BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT SPICABLE COMMENTS MADE BY THE THEN FSBA PRESIDENT, DENIGRATING THE GRAWT MALAN STUDENTS AND LGBTQ PERSONS. THAT OCTOBER WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF MISS PATRIKA, AN INTERNAL APOLOGY FOR THE 344 MEMBERS. SHE REFUSED, STATEWIDE CALLS FOR HER RESIGNATION AND FSBA LEADERSHIP DID NOT DEMAND IT. THE FSBA LATER DOUBLED DOWN CONFIRM ARE HER TO SERVE ON THE GOVERNS TEAM BARELY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AS IF NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE HAD HAPPENED. SHAMEFUL. MS. ANDREWS DRUS, THIS BOARD'S LONG TIME LIAISON WITH THE FSBA WAS QUOTED IN NOVEMBER TWUN SAYING TOO LITTLE TOO LATE QUOTE. YOU CAN'T START MARGINALIZING PEOPLE." SHE SAID "WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THEM, SHE COULD HAVE SAID ABOUT ME OR HISPANIC CHILDREN, CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY." WHY DID THIS BOARD QUIT THE FSBA BECAUSE THEIR MEA CULPA WAS INADEQUATE. NOTHING HAS CHANGED TO THIS DAY SINCE THE BOARD QUIT THE FSBA NOTHING AT ALL. THE FSBA HAS NEVER PUBLICLY REPUDIATED THE HURTFUL COMMENTS AND FOR THREE LONG YEARS, THE FSBA HAS REFUSED TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME SAID WAS WRONG, CRUEL, VICIOUS AND UNACCESSIBLE. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE INTERNAL FSBA APOLOGY BUT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A COPY OF ANY PUBLIC FSBA APOLOGY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUEST AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM OF THIS REJOINING MATTER AT THIS TIME. THE GUATEMALAN MAYAN CENTER, EVERY LGBTQ PERSON IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DESERVE A PUBLIC LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM THE FSBA BEFORE THIS SCHOOL BOARD EVEN CONTEMPLATES SPENDING ONE PENNY OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO REJOIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS EMBRACED AND ENABLED AND CODDLED SUCH A PUBLICLY RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC PERSON AS THE FSBA'S PRESIDENT AND GO FORWARD MEMBER OF GOVERNANCE AND THEY DID KNOW AS AN ORGANIZATION AND ANY GROUP OF PERSONS BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION. PUT THE PUBLIC FSBA APOLOGY ON THE RECORD AND I WILL ENCOURAGE TO YOU REJOIN THE FSBA AT THAT TIME. >> Chair Brill: BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL PAUSE THIS MEETING AND TAKE A COUPLE OF DEEP BREATHS AND MOVE INTO THE BUDGET ADOPTION AT 5:05. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. PA TRICKA THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT BUDGET AND IT'S NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM WITH SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. THE PIRP OF THIS HEARING THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING IS TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATE. WE HAVE HELD FOUR BOARD WORKSHOPS ON THE BUDGET BEGINNING IN DECEMBER 2023 AND CONDICTED A PUBLIC HEARING IN JULY. THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING INCLUDES ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED MILLAGE LEVIES AND APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT BUDGET FOR FY'24-25. WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I WILL CALL YOU EACH UP NOW. FIRST SPEAKER IS HOBE MAKLOT. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HOPE MAKLO, I LIVE IN BOCA TONE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A FEW THINGS THAT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT BUDGETS. $15.5 MILLION WERE SPENT ON DEI BY THIS BOARD, 5.5 MILLION WERE SPENT ON SEC. I OFFERED THIS FOR FREE. NO ONE RESPONDS. BUT MONEY IS CONTINUING TO BE SPENT ON DEI, SEC, ALL OF THESE REALLY NON-EDUCATIONAL ITEMS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AT THE HOME BY THE FAMILIES. MEANWHILE, OUR TAXES ARE GOING UP. I CAN CHOO WHAT I PURCHASE AT THE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE MY BUDGET IS TIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHANGES, I'M FORCED TO PAY THE PROPERTY TAX. THERE IS NOTHING CAN I DO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KEEP THIS IN MIND I'M ASKING YOU TO. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS I HOME SCHOOL MY DAUGHTER FOR A FRACTION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE BILL FOR MY HOUSE THAT I AM FORCED TO PAY YOU ALL FOR THIS COUNTY DISTRICT. IS THAT REALLY FAIR? WHY DO WE DO THIS? FREDERICK BASS TEAL SAID THE LAW HAS BEEN PERVERTED THROUGH TWO VERY INFLUENCED-- THE INFLUENCE OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT CAUSES. AGREED AND MISPLACED PHILANTHROPY. I BELIEVE THE MISPLACED PHILANTHROPY IS WHY $15.5 MILLION WERE SPENT ON DEI AND $5.5 WERE SPENT ON SEC. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD REDIRECT THAT MONEY TO SOLVE THE BUSING SOLUTION SO THAT YOU CAN INCENTIVIZE AND RAISE UP BETTER LEADERSHIP SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BUSING ISSUE THAT I HEARD REPORTED AT A MEETING IN JUNE. THAT YOU WOULD INCENTIVIZE YOUR GOOD TEACHERS TO STAY. SERIOUSLY, PLEASE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET I'M HURTING IN MY HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE I'M FORCED TO PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES THAT YOU KEEP JACKING UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, GORDON LONGHOFER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BILL, VICE CHAIR McQUINN, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, HONORED GUESTS, MY NAME IS GORDON LONGHOFER, PRESIDENT OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE 24 BUDGET FOR ADOPTION. GIVEN THE MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL-BASED FACTOR IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHER AND GIVEN THAT 95% OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TEACHERS ARE REGULARLY RATED HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, AND GIVEN THAT THE EFFORTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS HAVE RETURNED THE DISTRICT TO AN A RATED STATUS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. DOES THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU REFLECT PRIORITIZING PEOPLE OVER PROGRAMS? WILL TEACHERS SEE THIS BUDGET AS PART OF THE PATH TO A BETTER LIFE, A LIFE IN WHICH THEY CAN PAY THEIR BILLS WITH ONE JOB SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS ALL, I MEAN ALL OF THEIR WORK DAY ENERGY ON THEIR STUDENTS. WILL TEACHERS KNOW THAT WITH INCREASING COSTS ON SO MANY THINGS, MOST IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AT EVEN GREATER LEVELS THAN OTHER COUNTIES THAT THEY CAN BE COMPARED TO, WILL THOSE TEACHERS KNOW THAT BY THIS BUDGET, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR IF THEY'RE SICK OR POSSIBLY ACCOMPANY A FAMILY MEMBER TO THE DOCTOR IF THEY'RE SICK. IT IS TIME TO ENSURE THAT THOSE MOST IMPORTANT IN LEAVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IT'S TIME TO SEE THEM IN INCENTIVIZED TO SAVE AND HAVE HEM RECEIVE WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THEM TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THEY ALREADY HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THE STUDENTS SUCCESS. NOW THEY SERVE A CLEAR PATH TO WAWDGESZ AND BENEFITS-- WAGES AND BENEFITS THEY DESERVE GIVEN THE IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRAINING TOMORROW'S LEADERS TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. I WILL NOW TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO Mr. BURKE WHO WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S 2024-25 BUDGET. >> Supt.Burke: Mr. BURKE. BEFORE YOU ARE TWO AGENDA ITEMS I'M RECOMMENDING FOR THE PLILG LEVIES. THESE ITEMS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COMPLY WITH TRUTH IN MILLAGE LEGISLATION. MISS HEATHER FREDERICK WILL PRESENT THE 2024-25 BUDGET. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF OUR FY'25 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WE HAVE HAD FOUR BOARD WORKSHOPS, THREE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THE TENTATIVE BUDGETED HEARING ON JULY 31. GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE HAD ONLY A 2.8% INCREASE IN PER STUDENT FUNDING FROM THE STATE. OUR FUNDING IS SET BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE BOARD REALLY HAS LIMITED AUTHORITY OVER THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT THAT'S SET. AND PRIORITY TIEING PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES OVER THINGS, OVER NEARLY 80% OF OUR NEW FUNDING THIS YEAR WAS SET ASIDE FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS. IN WALKING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE AS A DISTRICT, THE BULK OF THE FUNDING OF HOW EDUCATION IS FUNDING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AS WELL AS STATE SALES TAX SO PROPERTY VALUES DID INCREASE NEARLY 7% THIS YEAR WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST TWO PREVIOUS YEARS. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO SEE DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES LIKE WE HAD IN THE PAST BUT WE ARE, AT LEAST GOING TO SEE INCREASES THAT RANGE IN AVERAGE AROUND 5%. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES AND YOU SEE A 7% INCREASE, YOU GO BACK TO WHAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR PER STUDENT FUNDING, WE ONLY RECEIVED AN INCREASE OF 2.8%. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE STATE IS THE ONE WHO SETS OUR PER STUDENT FUNDING. SO EVEN THOUGH THE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE 7%, OUR FUNDING DID NOT INCREASE AT THAT SAME PROPORTIONAL RATE. MILLAGE RATE DECREASED TO 6.314. THAT MILLAGE RATE AGAIN THE MAJORITY SET BY STATE LAW AND BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY OVER THE MILLAGE RATE IS VERY LIMITED. THAT MILLAGE RATE OF 3.55% GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE. THAT ROLLBACK RATE IS THE RATE THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE NEW HIGHER PROPERTY VALUE THAT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE THIS YEAR AS IT DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE ROLL BACK RATE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE A HOME WITH AN ASSESSED VALUE OF 300 THROWD AND APPLY THE HOMESTEAD EXCEPTION OF 25,000, AND THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE, AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER WOULD SEE A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $39. IF YOU ADDED IN THE INCREASE OF HOMESTEAD OF 3%, THE HOMEOWNER WOULD SEE A INCREASE OF $17. LOOKING AT THE TOTAL BUDGET, THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE DISTRICT IS $5.66 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 1.46% LOOKING AT THE INCREASE OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE BULK OF THE INCREASE IS SPLIT BETWEEN NEW FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHICH IS ABOUT $57 MILLION FOR DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS ABOUT $55 MILLION OF THAT INCREASE IS FOR THE INCREASE IN VOUCHERS. 10 MILLION INCREASE THIS CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR FUND BALANCE IN LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, OUR ESSR FUNDS, FEDERAL ESSR FUNDS DECREASED AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE SUNSETTING AS OF SEPTEMBER. AND LOOKING AT OUR OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE RECEIVE THOSE GRANT AWARDS. SO BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND CAPITAL BUDGET ARE BOTH BALANCED THE INCREASE IN THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION WHICH IS WHERE WE HAD THE MOST FLEXIBILITY IS 3.38% BUT IN LOOKING AT THE INCREASE IN PER STUDENT FUNDING IT'S 2.7%. WE WERE ABLE TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS, 80% SET ASIDE FOR WAGES AND BENEFITS AND THAT WAS THE RECEIVE FROM 38 MILLION TO $45 MILLION. OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IS ALSO A BALANCE. WE ONLY HAD MINOR CHANGES WITHIN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE AS PART OF TENTATIVE ADOPTION, WE WERE PLANNING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS DEBT FOR ROOSEVELT FULL SERVICE AS WELL AS THE WEST AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE CLOSEOUT OF THE YEAR-END, WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE WITHIN SALES TAX AS WELL AS IMPACT FEES SO WE WERE GOING TO USE EXISTING FUNDING INSTEAD OF ISSUING DEBT. THAT'S TOM CHANGE. THOSE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY IN THE PLANS SO THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, JUST THE FUNDING OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD THE CLOSEOUT OR THE SUNSETTING OF THE ESSR DOLLARS SEPTEMBER 30 SO WE HAVE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY AND OVER VIEW AS HOW WE AS A DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE FUNDS, WALKING THROUGH TUTORIALS, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE, ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE BOARD ITEM. AND SO FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS ON THIS IS THE END OF THE CULMINATION OF A VERY LONG PROCESS AND WOULD I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE UPSTAIRS WAITING FOR THE BUDGET TO BE APPROVED SO THAT THEY CAN PRESS THE BUDGET AND SUBMIT IT TO THE STATE. BUT WOULD I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WILLIAM DUFRESNE WHO DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB PREPARING THIS BUDGET AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE BUDGET TEAM. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING WORK YOU DO FOR OUR BUDGET. LIKE I AM ALSO HORRIFIED WHEN I SEE MY TAX BILL. IT'S A LOT. BUT I KNOW THAT OUR BUDGET TEAM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR THE CHILDREN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I FIND IT VERY IMPRESSIVE. I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE POINT THAT SHE MADE ABOUT THE DEI SINCE WE NO LONGER FUND THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN TALK ABOUT? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SEC WAS, THE OTHER THING SHE MENTIONED, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR HER? >> YES, I'M NO THE AWARE OF ANYTHING WITHIN THE BUDGET, ANY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING SET ASIDE FOR DEI. WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE STATE REGULATIONS AND SO THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FUND. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CORRECT AND I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT PART OF THIS BUDGET. >> Chair Brill: SO BEFORE I CALL ON MS. ANDREWS, TOUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, WOULD I LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD'S BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE OVER THE PAST YEAR IN THE MEETINGS. AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SO THANK YOU. MS. ANDREWS. >> Mrs. ANDREWS:  THANK YOU, Mrs. FRED RICKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT DO YOU IN THE BUDGET AFTERS TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET EACH YEAR. YOUR TEAM IS TO BE COMMENDED AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU HAVE HANDLED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ALONG WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE. ON HANDLING THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, THOSE ESSR DOLLARS. YOU HAVE ATTACHED THE ATTACHMENT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED THOSE DOLLARS COMING THROUGH A PANDEMIC WHERE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND THE MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WERE SPENT WISELY AND TO BE ABLE TO BE ON RECORD TO SHOW THAT TO THE PUBLIC, I THINK, IS COMMENDABLE. BUT YOUR WORK IS ALWAYS EXCITINGLY HAPPY AND APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT'S SO PRECISE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANYMORE COMMENTS SO I'LL ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PRESENT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE I RECOMMEND THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DETERMINING REVENUES AND MILLAGES LEVIED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THIS RESOLUTION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, LEVIES A TOTAL MILLAGE RATE OF 6.314 MILS WHICH RAISES $2,158,888,421 IN LOCAL REVENUE. THE MILLAGE IS COMPRISED OF 6.314 MILLS FOR FY 2025. THIS TOTAL MILLAGE LEVY IS MADE UP OF 3.054 MILLS FOR REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT, 0.012 MILLS FOR PRIOR PERIOD RLE ADJUSTMENT, 0.748 MILLS FOR DISCRETIONARY OPERATING FUNDS, 1.500 MILLS FOR LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND 1.000 MILLS FOR ADDITIONAL OPERATING FUNDS. THIS MILLAGE IS 3.55 PERCENT MORE THAN THE ROLLED BACK RATE. >> Chair Brill: DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY MR. BARBIERI, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR Ms. McQUINN. ANY BOARD DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? , OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ITEM B 2. I RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPT THE FINAL SUMMARY BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,661,410,671 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. THIS INCLUDES THE DISTRICT'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND SCHOOL BOARD STATEMENT OF ITS ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.  SO WE HAVE MOTION CARRIES WITH THE VOTE OF 6-1 WITH MS. AYALA VOTING IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. SO NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS, SECOND BY Ms. MR. BARBIERI:  MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS. SOILY CALL YOU TWO AT A TIME SO YOU CAN COME UP. MARIANA BLANCO AND MYRA CARDENAS . >> MARIANA BLANCO. HAVERHILL FLORIDA, DISTRICT 2. GRCH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. AS I SAID, MY I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE GAWT MALLAN CENTER AN AGENT SILL FOR THREE DECADES HAS SUPPORTED FAMILIES AND STUDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IN OCTOBER 2021, I STOOD HERE BEFORE YOU WITH THE REQUEST TO RESCIND YOUR FERPA TO THE FSBA DUE TO Ms. PATRICCA'S DESPICABLE COMMENTS. WHEN WE LEARNED OF HER COMMENTS AGAINST THE GUATEMALAN STUDENTS, WE INVITED THE PRESIDENT OF THE FSBA TO MEET WITH THE VERY COMMUNITY SHE WAS SPEAKING ILL OF BUT QUICKLY REVOKED OUR INVITATION WHEN WE LEARNED THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED MISTAKE BUT RATHER A PATTERN IN HER CHARACTER. THE SCHOOL BOARD TOOK OUR COMMENTS AND REMOVED THEIR MEMBERSHIP FROM THE FSBA. A DECISION THAT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS LISTENING. THREE YEARS LATER I AM IN FRONT OF YOU, ASKING YOU AGAIN TO NOT REJOIN FSBA AS THEY MADE A CHOICE TO LET THEIR PRESIDENT CONTINUE SERVING ON THE BOARD UP UNTIL LAST YEAR DESPITE THE REPEATED PATTERNS OF BIGOTRY. NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE FSBA TO PROVE TO MINORITY STUDENTS ACROSS FLORIDA THAT HER COMMENTS DON'T REPRESENT THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. NO STATEMENT HAS BEEN REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THEIR PRESIDENT AS THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO SWEEP HER COMMENTS UNDER THE RUG. REJOINING WOULD DAMPER THE ENVIRONMENT OF INCLUSIVITY THAT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS CREATED AND BREACH THE TRUST OF THE STUDENTS THEY SERVE. THE QUESTION I BRING TO THE BOARD TODAY IS WHY YOU ARE CONSIDERING REJOINING AND WHAT EXACTLY THE SCHOOL BOARD IS SEEKING FROM THE FSBA THAT YOU CAN'T GET FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHY IS IT THAT YOU SCHOOL BOARD ARE CHOOSING TO PAY MEMBERSHIP DUES TO AN AGENCY THAT IS AGAINST WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD BELIEVES IN. YOU AS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COULD STILL JOIN THE FSBA WITHOUT HAVING TO SUPPORT THEM AS A SCHOOL BOARD, SO WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE CHOOSING TO FORGET THE DAMAGE THAT HER RHETORIC HAD INSTEAD OF DEMANDING THIS THE THEY DO BETTER? THE PALM BEACH SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT WILL YOU CONTINUE TO PROTECT, SUPPORT AND UPLIFT MINORITIES MINORITY STUDENTS WHO MAKE UP THE DISTRICT FILLING IT WITH RICHNESS AND CULTURE. WE TALKED ABOUT CULTURE AND SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS TODAY AND I THINK THIS DECISION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. SO TODAY I AM ASKING THE BOARD TO NOT REJOIN THE FSBA. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I LIVE IN LAKE WORTH DISTRICT 4. MY NAME IS MYRA DOMINGO. I'M A CASE MANAGER AND LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AT THE GUATEMALAN CENTER. I SPEAK ENG LIR, SPANISH AND POTEET, A LANGUAGE SPOKEN THAN LESS THAN 1% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. I ANNUALLY SERVE OVER 4,000 OF THE FAMILIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND AM RECENTLY LEADING A YOUTH GROUP TO UPLIFT THE YOUNG VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I AM HERE TODAY AS A PRODUCT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY DISTRICT WHICH I PROUDLY GRADUATED FROM AND REPRESENT. I MY GREATED HERE AS A TEENAGER AND RECEIVED AT THE DISTRICT WITH OPEN ARMS. YOU HELPED ME STRIVE AND GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY. I WANT TO LET THIS SCHOOL BOARD KNOW THAT THE HURTFUL COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE FSBA PRESIDENT THREE YEARS AGO ABOUT GUATEMALAN STUDENTS TAKE US BACK TO DECADES OF RACISM THAT WERE ENDURED AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IF THIS SCHOOL BOARD CHOOSES TO REJOIN THE FSBA WITHOUT ASKING THEM TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR PRESIDENT, YOU ARE SENDING THEM A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THIS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR IS ACCEPTABLE AND THE MINORITY STUDENTS LIKE MY DON'T MATTER. HER COMMENTS WERE VIAL AND VILE AND DO NO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT FILL THE CLASSROOMS IN YOUR SCHOOLS. THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE DEMANDING THIS ACTION OF THE FSBA AS MUCH AS THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT. I URGE YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE MAYAN COMMUNITY HERE IN LAKE WORTH, I URGE YOU GUYS NOT TO REJOIN THE FSBA. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS JOHN CAR VELLY, PORT STD LUCY FLORIDA. I OWN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING AND WORKED WITH AMERICAN ACADEMY TO DEVELOP AND WRITE AND ASSIST THEM WITH SUBMITTING THEIR CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY DISTRICT. AFTER REVIEWING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM CS-2 YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS. FIRST IT LISTS APRIL 11, 2024 AS THE DATE OF SUBMITTAL AND I HAVE AN ELECTRONIC RECEIPT WHERE IT WAS SUBMITTED ON APRIL 4. , 2024. THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS 90 DAYS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE IT BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD. TODAY IS DAY 153. SECONDLY YOUR AGENDA ITEM ONLY HAS 110-PAGE APPLICATION IN IT AND IS MISSING THE 550 PAGES OF ATTACHMENTS THAT ARE NORMALLY PART OF YOUR AGENDA. I REVIEWED YOUR ARCHIVES AFTER REVIEWING THEM. I FOUND THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS YOU REVIEWED AND VOTED ON THE IN PAST HAD THEIR APPLICATION AND ATTACHMENTS WITH THEM. THIRDLY YOUR AGENDA ITEM LISTED THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STRAW WAS USED. THE ONLY PART YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE AGENDA IS THE COVER SHEET. THE REST OF IT IS OUT OF THE CHARTER STOOLS DATA PROGRAM. IT IS NO THE AN EVALUATION INSTRUMENT ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. FOURTH, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT WHO OUR CPA COMMUNICATED WITH IT FREQUENTLY DURING THE PROCESS WHEN WE STARTED LAST JUNE WORKED WITH US AND SAID THAT 250 TO 288 STUDENTS WOULD NOT WORK AS A STARTING PROJECTION FOR GRADES K-3. I REVIEWED YOUR ARCHIVES AND FOUND NUMEROUS CHARTER SCHOOLS APPROVED WITH 480 STUDENTS ON THE K-8 MODEL. IF YOU HAD THE 550 PAGES OF ATTACHMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU YOU WOULD SEE THE JUSTIFICATION WE HAD FOR THAT ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY OF ALMOST 400 PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL. WE ASKED FOUR QUESTIONS AND THEY SCORED ABOVE 90% ON EACH OF THOSE. AS A FORMER-- WE HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND FINALIZE THIS ON A LOCAL LEVEL, AND WE HAVE BEEN DISMAYED BY THE NUMBER OF MISSES THAT WE HAVE SEEN DURING THE PROCESS. LASTLY, I SPOKE WITH THE ISRAEL REPRESENT AND FILED A 90 DAY FAILURE TO APPEAL WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE REQUIRED 30 DAY PERIOD. IF YOU DECIDE TO VOTE ON THE DENIAL TONIGHT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPEAL ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU GUYS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. >> MY NAME IS STACY HARRIS, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH CA CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION. SINCE 2005 WE HAVE PROUDLY OPERATED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OFFERING BASKETBALL, CHESS AND AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING AND GIVE THE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES TO GO FISHING AND HORSE BACK RIDING THANKS TO THE GENEROUS DONORS AND SUPPORTERS THAT WE HAVE. OUR ORGANIZATION IS BACKED BY A RESPECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ENJOYS STRONG COMMUNTY SUPPORT. IN JUNE 2023, WE MADE THE SIGNIFICANT DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR VISION TO ESTABLISH A CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDED ON OUR AMERICAN ACADEMY LIONS PAWS CULTURE, LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, OPTIMISM, NOBILITY AND STRENGTH. WITH THE HELP OF OUR DEVELOPER, WE WERE INTRODUCED ON CARVELLI AN ESTEEMED GROUP OF CONSULTANTS. AND THEY WORKED TIRELESS OVER 10 MONTHS TO DEVELOP AN APPLICATION THAT NONL ONLY REFLECTED OUR IDEALS BUT ALSO MET THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ON APRIL 4, WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION AS REQUIRED. IT WAS OVER 600 PAGES. DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO SECURE INFORMATION FROM THE CHARTER DEPARTMENT, COMMUNICATION WAS SPARSE AT BEST. I RECEIVED ONLY ONE PHONE CALL BACK ON JUNE 15 THAT CONFIRMED THAT OUR APPLICATION WAS, INDEED, UNDER REVIEW. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEADLINE OF JULY 3 CAGE AND WENT WITH NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION. ON JULY 9, WE DECIDED TO FORMALLY FILE AN PEEL WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION DUE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FAILURE TO ACT WITHIN THE 90-DAY WINDOW ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE AFTER AN ENTIRE MONTH AFTER THE DEADLINE PASSED WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE CHARTER DEPARTMENT. NO ONE IN THE DEPARTMENT HAD RED OUR APPLICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE REVIEWERS HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THEM THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR REALISTIC EVALUATION. EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT ALTERED OUR APPLICATION WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION ADJUSTING OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR WHICH WE HAD SIGNIFICANT DATA TO SUPPORT AFFECTING OUR APPLICATION AND LEADING TO A FAILURE OF THAT SECTION. THE CHARTER DEPARTMENT HAS NOT PROVIDED A TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED FEET BACK VIA TOOLS REQUIRED. THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTION HAVE NOT ONLY CONTRADICTED STATE LAWS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, BUT THEY ALTERED OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. DESPITE PROVIDING JUSTIFICATION WITH FOR OUR APPLICATION CONTENT NO ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE RATINGS. WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SEEK JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR APPLICATION AND THE STUDENTS WE AIM TO SERVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MARK ROSE AND CAL KNIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH. THE REASON I PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM IN 2005 WAS I WAS A KID THAT WAS ON THE STREETS AND THE COACH TOOK ME IN AND MOLDED ME TO THE MAN I AM TODAY. THE FIRST MAN TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST GENERATION IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST ONE TO GO TO COLLEGE. I PUT MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE. I STARTED AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE MY COACH TOOK ME AND PUT ME IN THE BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY AND I PROMISED I WOULD PUT AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP AND GIVE BACK THE WAY HE DID FOR ME. THAT'S WHY I STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION IN 2005. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND SURROUNDED MYSELF WITH GOOD ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS TO HELP ME BUILD THIS ORGANIZATION AS OF TODAY. SO THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME. I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED HOW EVERYTHING WENT-- HOW IT IS TODAY SO I'M HOPING WILL YOU SEE THE OUTCOME OF US MOVING FORWARD. OUR ORGANIZATION IS BASED ON SPORTS, ARTS AND CLASSICAL EDUCATION, THE FUNDAMENTALS THAT WE GREW UP ON. AND AS OF TODAY,MY PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP AND TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT HEALTHY LIVING, TEAMWORK, PATIENCE AND LEADERSHIP. WE ALSO BOAST MENTAL HEALTH, CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM. IN OUR ARTS PROGRAM, STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE CREATIVITY, PROBLEM SOLVING AND SELF EXPRESSION PROVIDING AN OUTLET TO THEIR IMAGINATION. FINALLY, OUR CLASSIC CURRICULUM WILL FOCUS ON COLLABORATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AROUND STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR DIFFERENCES. IT WILL ENHANCE THEIR CRITICAL THINKING, INTRODUCE THEM TO VARIOUS CULTURES AND BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION IN LOGIC. AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH, WE ARE EXCITED TO OFFER AN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT ONLY PREPARING STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY BUT ALSO NURTURE THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WE WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWING OUR APPLICATION AS REQUESTED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE COMPELLING DOCUMENTATION AND ARE PREPARED, IF NECESSARY, TO GO FORWARD TO THE FLORIDA APPEAL COMMISSIONER TO PRESENT WHAT OCCURRED WITH OUR APPLICATION AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING SINCE 2005. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS CHANGE LIVES AND LEAVE THIS WORLD MAKING A DIFFERENCE ESPECIALLY TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS BECAUSE SOMEBODY TOOK TIME TO MOLD ME TO THE MAN I AM TODAY AND I VOWED TO GIVE BACK AND DO THE SAME FOR THESE KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT BUILDING THIS CHARTER SCHOOL TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. QUINTON TYSON. AND KEITH BROOKS. >> THANK YOU. HELLO TO THE BOARD. I'M CAL KNIGHT. I LIVE IN WEST PALM BEACH, 5600 NORTH FLAGLER DRIVE AND OWN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES IN WEST PALM BEACH AND DELRAY BEACH. I MET MARK AND STACY A WHILE BACK WHEN WE OVER LAPPED AROUND THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. WHAT RESONATED WITH ME ABOUT THE STORY OF AMERICAN ACADEMY WAS THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE ABILITY OF THOSE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PRIVILEGED, TO LEARN AND HAVE THE EAGERNESS TO LEARN. THAT'S HOW I SUCCEEDED. THAT'S HOW MARK BECAME SUCCESSFUL AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE BOARD, LIKE I, BECAME SUCCESSFUL. ALLOWING THIS CHARTER SCHOOL TO COME TO FRUITION IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEAR TO MY HEART AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN I SEE THE CHILDREN EAGER TO LEARN AND WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOLING, IT'S SOMETHING I SUPPORT WHOLE PARTY HEARTEDLY. WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE EVENTS AND RAISED THE CAPITAL INDEPENDENTLY TO THE POINT WHERE THIS IS AN ACTUAL VIABLE PRODUCT AND IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING TO SEE THAT THE REJECTION OF THE FIRST APPLICATION HAS HAPPENED DUE TO NEGLIGENCE. SO WITH THAT, I ASK YOU TO REVISIT THE APPLICATION AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO FULFILL THIS. THANK YOU. >> COME RIGHT UP, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS KEITH BROOKS, WEST PALM BEACH. I SIT ON MARK'S BOARD. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MARK FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW. AND I CAN ATTEST TO HIS CHARACTER AND TO HIS PASSION. THE LIFE THAT MARK LIVED IS THE LIFE THAT MANY OF YOU SEE IN THE CHILDREN THAT YOU DEAL WITH IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. HE IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT WAS WRITTEN OFF. HE HAD A COACH COME AND SAVE HIS LIFE. WHEN YOU HEAR HIS STORY AND YOU HEAR HOW HE TALKS, HE IS SINCERE. AND IF YOU WANT SOMETHING IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS GOING TO BE LED BY SOMEONE WHO TRULY CARES ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT CROSS THAT THRESHOLD, MARK'S THE GUY. WE'VE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT IN PRESENTING A VIABLE VALUABLE VALID APPLICATION AND TO SEE IT GO TO THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE, NOT ONLY IS THAT UNFAIR, I THIS YOU, AS THE BOARD SHOULD BE TOTALLY UPSET ABOUT I THAT PROCESS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THIS, NOT BY AN AN AN OUTSIDE ADMINISTRATOR BUT BY YOU INSIDE. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IT WILL BE SENT TO THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS AND HONESTLY LOOKED AT AND NOT KICKED TO THE SIDE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT IS EGREGIOUS AND WRONG FOR THIS TO GO DOWN LIKE THIS. JUST LIKE YOU, WE HAVE THE HEARTS AND THE MIENTSDZ OF PARENTS-- MINDS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT THE FOREFRONT WHAT HAVE WE DO AND THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE ENVISIONED WILL BE ONE THAT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES IN THE WAY THAT MARK'S LIFE WAS SAVED. SO I ASK YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL GO THROUGH, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO AT LEAST GIVE US A FAIR EAR, TO REALLY LOOK AT THE PURE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER YOU AND NOT TO JUST GIVE IT A SIDE GLANCE. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. QUINTON TYSON, IF YOU ARE HERE. AND STEVEN PATOSA. PLEASE COME UP IF YOU ARE HERE. AFTER STEVEN WILL BE RYAN HARRINGTON. >> GOOD EVENING STEVEN PATOSA LAKE WORTH FLORIDA, TAXES PAYING RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS. OBVIOUSLY MY TAX DOLLARS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHAT YOU GUYS ALL DO TO EDUCATE MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN AND EVERYBODY'S CHILDREN. SO THEREFORE AS A TAXPAYER, I FEEL LIKE YOU KIND OF REPRESENT ME. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD IS CRAZY. A YOUNG MAN KILLED HIMSELF YESTERDAY. A MASSIVE SHOOTING IN GEORGIA TODAY. THERE IS NO WAY, THERE IS NO WAY THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY CANNOT USE THE HELP OF ONE MORE SCHOOL THAT CAN POSSIBLY HELP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS TO SUCCEED IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS TO BE POSITIVE FORCES WITHIN OUR SOCIETY IN THE YEARS TO COME. IF WE AS A PEOPLE DON'T DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THIS GENERATION, WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE. ALL I ASK YOU TO DO IS TO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU BUILD THIS SCHOOL, IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THIS SCHOOL IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WILL IT BE BETTER FOR THE COUNTY OR WILL IT BE WORSE? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO SAY IT IS GOING TO BE WORSE. IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO KEEP WORRYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THIS AND THAT LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER TODAY, SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE AND YOU WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. DO THE RIGHT THING LOOK AT THIS APPLICATION, HELP GUIDE THEM TO THE PATH OF SUCCESS LET THEM BUILD THE SCHOOL AND LET THEM START HELPING KIDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. WITHOUT THE KIDS, WE HAVE NOTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: RYAN HARRINGTON AND STEVEN HARRINGTON. >> I'M RYAN HARRINGTON FROM BROWARD COUNTY. I'M A PRODUCT OF Mrs. ROSE ME'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. HE WAS MY COACH AND TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I NEEDED. MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. MANY FAMILIES ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION. THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY CAN BE. TO THIS DAY, MY PARENTS STILL SAY WHERE WOULD YOU WITHOUT COACH MARK. FROM THIRD GRADE I WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICINE FOR ADA. THE ADHD THE TEACHERS COULD ONLY EXPLAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I FELL BEHIND ON A LOT OF SUBJECTS. IN HIGH SCHOOL THERE WERE 30 KIDS TO A CLASS. WOULD I HAVE NEVER MADE IT. HE TOOK AN INTEREST IN ME, NOT JUST ATHLETICALLY BUT ACADEMICALLY. TO PUT ME IN A BETTER OPPORTUNITY WHERE I COULD REALLY STRIVE. HE HELPED ME INTO A SPECIALTY SCHOOL AND WAS ABLE TO GET A SOLAR POWER FOR ME THERE THE SCHOOL HAD TEACHERS WHO HELPED SPECIFICALLY FOR LEARNING LIABILITIES, EIGHT KIDS TO A CLASS AT THE MOMENT. THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I NEEDED THIS HE WOULD CHECK ON HIS STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL, HE RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION FOR THIS. HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, PICKING ME UP FOR PRACTICE, TAKING ME DIFFERENT PLACES TO TRAIN AS WELL AS HIS OTHER STUDENTS. HE SAW BRIGHT FUTURES FOR EVERYBODY AND HE WOULD GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES NOT WANTING ANYTHING IN RETURN. IT WASN'T ALWAYS ABOUT ATHLETICS. HE WAS THERE MENTALLY FOR LIFE LESSONS. CROW EIGHTED A WHOLE DIFFERENT PATH FOR MY LIFE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK IN BROWARD KNOW DOING NO KNOWS WHAT. COACH GAVE ME SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER CHANCE TO GET INTO COLLEGE. I WENT TO BOSTON, GRADUATED, RECEIVED MY BACHELORS. WENT TO NEW YORK, OWNED A RESTAURANT HE GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION AND WAS BY MY SIDE THE WHOLE WAY. HE IS ONLY NOW ASKING TO BE PROVIDED A LARGER PRACTICE TOE TO SET UP EVERY SINGLE CHILD AND FAMILIES TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES AND DOES IT SELFLESSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. STEVEN HARRINGTON. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS STEVE HARRINGTON. FROM BROWARD COUNTY AND I JUST WANTED TO SHORT VERSION OF WHAT COACH DID FOR US. I WAS YOUR TYPICAL FATHER WHO THOUGHT HE WAS PAT RILEY AND MY SON WAS GOING TO BE MICHAEL JORDAN. AND WE WOULD BE DOWN THERE AT THE PARK AND I'M TRYING TO SHOW HIM EVERYTHING I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT I SAW THIS GENTLEMAN OVER IN THE CORNER AND HE IS WITH PARENTS AND THEY'RE WATCHING HIM AND ALL WE WERE OVER, AFTER WE LOOKED PRETTY STUPID, WE, I BROUGHT HIM OVER AND I INTRODUCED HIM AND COACH WAS VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME TO THESE PEOPLE AT THE PLAYGROUND. ANYWAY, I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A CLASS, SO WE BROUGHT HIM INTO THE CLASS. RYAN WAS ONLY 8. AND AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW RYAN HAD ADHD. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW AS AN OLDER PARENT, AND BECAUSE COACH STAYING WITH HIM FROM 8 UNTIL HE GRADUATED COLLEGE, HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THE ADHD, HE WAS-- JUST HIS INSECURITIES. HE WAS A GOOD BALL PLAYER HE HAD ALL THAT BUT MY THING IS WHAT I LACKED, COACH TOOK OVER AND BUMPING INTO A GOOD GUY AT THE PLAYGROUND WITH A GOOD HEART AND GAVE HIS TIME AND EFFORT TO MY SON FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS HE DID IT FOR MY FRIENDS KIDS THAT HAD ISSUES. HE HAS DONE IT FOR RYAN'S FRIENDS. AND NEVER ASKED FOR A DIME SO THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT THAT MAN. THANK YOU: >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. THAT ENDS OUR AGENDA ITEMS MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US NOW TO NEW BUSINESS. THE FIRST ITEM IS A BOARD ITEM WHICH IS THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S ANNUAL EVALUATION BRD-IS. THIS EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IS COMPLETED BY ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SCORES HAVE BEEN COMPILED, ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A COPY AND REQUIREMENTED IN AN OVERALL EVALUATION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF 5.0, WHICH WHICH ACTUALLY IN EVERY FIELD OUR COUNSEL SUPPORTED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE WHICH WAS A 5.0. THAT'S EXCELLENT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE BOARD ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S EVALUATION. MOTION BY MS. AYALA SECOND BY ANY DISCUSSIONS? I THINK YOU NOY HOW WE FEEL. ALL IN FAVOR? , POAFD. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US TO BRD2, MEMBERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY MR. FERGUSON. ANY SECOND? SECOND BY Mrs. MS. ANDREWS. BOARD DISCUSSION. Ms. McQUINN. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR PAD, OKAY. THIS IS Ms. McQUINN. >> SHE BEAT ME TO IT. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: I DID. I HONESTLY HAVE NOT MADE UP MY MIND RIGHT NOW I WANT SOME DISCUSSION WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS IN TERMS OF MY FINAL VOTE, BUT AN OVERRIDING THOUGHT FOR ME IS THAT FSBA LEADERSHIP WAS NEGLIGENT IN ALLOWING THEIR PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE IN HER POSITION, EVEN AFTER WE HAD MADE AND I WAS ON THE SIDE OF WITHDRAWING OUR MEMBERSHIP, WHENY MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE COULD NOT SUPPORT THAT AND HER COMMENTS AND WHAT SHE HAD DONE, AND FRANKLY, WHEN I RED HER INDIVIDUAL APOLOGY SAYING, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTED TO LEARN TO DO BETTER, NO, YOU CAN'T BE IN LEADERSHIP IF YOU ARE STILL LEARNING TO BE BETTER. YOU DO THAT BEFORE YOU ARE IN LEADERSHIP. BUT FOR ME, ALLOWING HER TO REMAIN IN THAT POSITION WAS AN ENDORSEMENT OF SORTS OF HER BEHAVIOR. THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME. AND I DO, FOR ME, I THINK THAT AN APOLOGY SHOULD BE FORTH FORTHCOMING. SO THAT'S THE PART. I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES FROM OUR DISCUSSION EFERLIER EARLIER ABOUT TWO ADVANTAGES THAT SPOKE TO ME. ONE IS THAT IT GIVER US A VOICE AT THE TABLE TO BE PART OF FSBA AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. NOT THAT I THINK THEY NECESSARILY LISTEN TO US, BY THE WAY, BUT IT GIVES US A VOICE AT THE TABLE AND WE ARE NOT QUIET ANYWAY. SO THAT'S OKAY. NOW, I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TRAINING. WE HAVE THREE NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON. AND I ATTENDED, AS A NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THE TRAINING IN TAMPA AND IT WAS HELPFUL. BUT NOT NEARLY HELPFUL ENOUGH. WHAT I BELIEVE FOR IS PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER COUNTIES, I THINK FOR US, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING-- OUR SUPERINTENDENT, IS GOING TO DO HIS ONBOARDING, SPECIFIC-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT BUT I HOPE IT'S ABOUT THE ROLE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I TOLD Ms. BERNARD, OUR GENERAL COUNSEL THAT HER EVALUATION PORTFOLIO IS AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO ONBOARD A NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. BUT ALSO I'M GOING TO THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE. I'M SURE HE IS LISTENING TO THE MEETING AND HAS NO CLUE I'M GOING TO SAY THIS. I WOULD RATHER PAY A CONSULTANT LIKE CHUCK SHAW, LONG-TIME FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AS A CONSULTANT, WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT BEING A PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. HE SITS ON STATE COMMITTEES. YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN ON FINANCE COMMITTEES, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT BEING A PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. HONESTLY, I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, THAT Mr. SHAW IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE AN AMAZING PERSON TO SAY OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WHEN WE SIT DOWN IN THIS CHAIR. AND THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE, AGAIN, I'LL MAKE MY DECISION WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, MS. ANDREWS. >> MARCIA ANDREWS:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK HEC AND Dr. DIAZ AND Ms. MELTON AND Ms. BLANCO AND Mrs. CAR DAN TODAY FOR SPEAKING. I RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU ARE SAYING. I TOOK THE LEADERSHIP ON THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A HORRIBLE SITUATION WHAT THE PAST PRESIDENT HAD DONE. THE RACISM, DEPLORABLE AND DIFFICULT SPICABLE COMMENTS ABOUT GUATEMALANS. OR HISPANIC STUDENTS OR LGBTQ STUDENTS, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE SUCH A RIDICULOUS, RIDICULOUS ATTITUDE FOR SOMEONE SERVING AS PRESIDENT. I WENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION. AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE AN ACTION. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION UNDERSTOOD HOW HORRIBLE AND HORRENDOUS IT WAS. BUT EVERYBODY STAYED QUIET. SO AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE DECIDED TO STEP BACK. BUT SINCE THEN, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU Dr. DIAZ FOR SPEAKING WITH HER, TOO. SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE STEPPED UP AND APOLOGIZED. AND TRIED TO FIX THIS SITUATION BECAUSE IT IS OUR STATE ORGANIZATION I THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD NEED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A VOICE ON THIS, NOT JUST THE ONES OF US SITTING HERE AND SPEAKING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SHE HAS INDICATED TO ME AND I THINK SHE HAS SPOKEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHERS ABOUT WRITING SOMETHING, WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO WRITE SOMETHING TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND TO OUR COMMUNITY ON HOW THE ASSOCIATION HAS IMPLEMENTED CORRECTIVE ACTION WE KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS. IT IMPACTED OUR CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID THAT THEY NEVER WANT TO BE THERE AGAIN. THEY WANT TO COME TO US THE EXECUTIVES AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO US TO TELL US HOW SORRY THEY ARE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THEY PUT THINGS IN PLACE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WANT TO KIND OF APOLOGIZE THE WAY THEY SHOULD APOLOGIZE FROM THE ASSOCIATION. THAT'S WHY TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS MOTION UNTIL AFTER THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INSTALLED DURING THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 19 AND WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT IF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS OR INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO GET ON TO FSBA, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I MEAN IT WILL NOT BE TOO LATE FOR THEM TO GET ON TO THE TRAINING OR WHATEVER. BUT I'M LOOKING NOW TO SEE IF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION WILL COME TOGETHER AND APOLOGIZE FOR THIS THEY GREEJ US ACT THAT WAS DONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF A STATE ORGANIZATION WHICH WE STOOD BACK FOR THREE YEARS AND SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO THERE. BUT I THINK WE ARE FORGETTING, LIKE Dr. DIAZ SAYS, WE CAN BE A FORGIVING BOARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY POSTPONE CONSIDERATION ON THIS MOTIONS TONIGHT AND GIVE THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION A CHANCE TO COME TO US AND TELL US WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO CORRECT IT AND ALSO TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE HURT THAT WE FELT FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO MOTION. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MS. ANDREWS. BEFORE WE CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION JUST TO LET THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE TONIGHT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY, WE DID APPROVE THE DENIAL UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE. MS. ANDREWS DID ADDRESS ONE OF THEM. I THINK THERE ARE TWO POINTS. IT'S NOT ONLY POSTPONING. I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE AS YOU CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT I SEND A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD TO ANDREA MASSENA AT FSBA ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY AS WELL AS WE CAN ALSO, IF YOU ALL WANT HER TO ELABORATE ON ATHEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE BUT SHE NEEDS TO EXPLICITLY APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SUPPORT THEM AND MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I BROUGHT THIS UP AS ABAGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I HEARD A NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS SPEAK TO WANTING TO REJOIN FSBA OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THE ISSUE. AND I HAD HEARD FROM CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU CAN SPEAK FORKERS, THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. (INAUDIBLE) (NO AUDIO. (PLEN WE DISTANCED OURSELVES AT THAT TIME. THE FUNNY THING IS AFTER BEING ADVISED Dr. DIAZ WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO US IN OUR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES REGARD TO OPPOSING OUR REJOINING OF THE FSBA, I CAME ACROSS THE SAME PALM BEACH ARTICLE I BELIEVE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, I DON'T FLOW IF SHE IS STILL HERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. IN THAT REGARD, WE RED THE SAME ARTICLE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT JUST DON'T LINE UP TO ME IN TERMS OF REASONS NO THE TO BE PART OF FSBA. FIRST UP IS THE FOLLOWING. SO THIS BOARD MEMBER, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE SHE IS EVEN DESERVING ME SAYING HER NAME. YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS. SHE IS SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IGNORANT. I BELIEVE IT IS A CLOSELY HELD BELIEF THAT SHE HAS SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE POST ARTICLE REPRESENTED THAT WE, PERSONS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ACTUALLY WANTED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HER TO FIND OUT WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS CLOSELY HELD BELIEF? AT THIS POINT IN MY MIND I'M THINKING IT DOESN'T MATTER. SHE IS A RACIST. PUT HER OUT TO PASTURE. ONLY THEN WAS A SECOND COMMENT THAT WAS MADE APPARENTLY CONTEMPORANEOUS TO THE FIRST ONE, NOT LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACT ONE AND ACT 2. IT WAS ALL ONE CONTINUING ACT P. SHE SAID ABOUT NOT BEING SYMPATHETIC. THESE ARE MY WORDS NOT THE ARTICLE OF THE PALM BEACH POST, A REPRESENTATION I SHOULD SAY. SHE IS NEITHER SYMPATHETIC OR EMPATHETIC TO THE LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. WHY SHE SAID THAT OTHER THAN IT IS A CLOSELY HELD BELIEF. AND ONLY AFTER THAT LAST LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO PARTIES HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS OH WE CAN'T TALK TO HER NOW. REALLY CONFUSED ME. BOARD MEMBER AYALA RAISED GREAT POINTS REGARDING HER TRUTH THAT FSBA HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACT ON CERTAIN THINGS I CAN'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH THAT EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T HERE I DID MY OWN RESEARCH THE POST ARTICLE REPRESENTED THAT THE REASON THIS PERSON WAS ALLOWED TO STAY IN HER CAPACITY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEGAL MECHANISM BY WHICH YOU COULD REMOVE HER. YOU CAN'T JUST REMOVE PEOPLE IF YOUR BYLAWS DON'T SPEAK TO THAT. YOU ARE OPENING YOURSELF UP TO LITIGATION. THERE WAS A LOOPHOLE. DEFINITION OF A LOOPHOLE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. NOW THEY JUST FINALLY SLOWFULLY BOARD MEMBER AYALA IMPLEMENTED A CHANGE TO THEIR BYLAWS THAT HAD THOSE BEEN IN PLACE AT THAT TIME, I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WOULD HAVE REMOVED THIS PERSON. AND THE SPECIFIC SECTION I'M REFERRING TO NOW IN THE FSBA ARTICLES BYLAWS, I SHOULD SAY, WHICH AGAIN WITH JUST REVISED THIS YEAR. THEY DEFINITELY ARE SLOW. THEY'RE NOT THE RABBIT IN THE RACE FOR SURE HERE. IT SAYS THAT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS SHALL UPHOLD THE MISSION POLICIES AND BELIEFS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS POSITIVELY ON THESE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF NOW OF COURSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY THAT SPEAK TO THEM BEING INCLUSIVE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT THE POINT BEING THAT HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEEN IN PLACE IN 2021, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DULY RAISED MOTION AND SECONDED AND THEY COULD HAVE VOTED HER OUT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT MECHANISM AT THAT TIME. AS TO BOARD MEMBERS, I'M CONFUSED FROM THIS STANDPOINT. NOW I KNOW THAT I'M CONFIDENT THAT THERE ARE HEC LIKE ORGANIZATIONS IN MANY OF THE OTHER COUNTIES IN WHICH SISTER MEMBERS OF FSBA ARE IN. IS THIS A UNANIMOUS FRONT IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, SHOULD THEY NOT ALSO BE ASKING FOR SOME SORT OF APOLOGY? BECAUSE SHE MADE THIS STATEMENT NOT AS TO PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS; NO THE THAT THAT REALLY SHOULD MATTER. IT WAS A THICK HEADED COMMENT ABOUT GUATEMALANS, THE GALL OF THIS WOMAN TO SAY SOMETHING SO STUPID. SHE MADE THAT STATEMENT, OKAY, FINE. I'M WONDERING WHERE IS THE OVERALL OBJECTION TO FSBA IN THAT REGARD. ARE WE NOT ASKING ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES, THE HEC-LIKE ORGANIZATIONS, I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE THERE ARE SISTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SIMILAR TENETS OF OUR HEC IN OTHER COUNTIES. WHERE ARE THEY ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC APOLOGY? I HAVEN'T SEEN WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC APOLOGY MADE IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES AS FAR AS THAT GOES. THE LAST THING THAT REALLY-- NOT THE LAST, I'M GOING TO HIT YOU WITH THE FOURTH THING. I HEARD ONE SPEAKER SAY OKAY, AS A BOARD, STAY AWAY FROM FSBA BUT IF YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WANT TO BE A MEMBER MUCH IT, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. NOW I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT. IF NABS IS SO ABHORRENT-- IF FSBA IS SO ABHORRENT, SO OBTUSE, IF YOU WILL, TO THE THINGS THAT AFFECT NOT JUST CITIZENS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BUT FRANKLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHY WOULD YOU WANT EVEN THE FIRST BOARD MEMBER TO BE A MEMBER OF, YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION? AND FIFTHLY WOULD I SAY THIS. >> Chair Brill: I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WAS TRYING TO LET YOU FINISH BUT HAVE I TO CALL OR STATE THAT OUR POLICY ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES, I BELIEVE ON AN ITEM AND THEN YOU CAN GET TO SPEAK THREE TIMES AND SO I LET MS. ANDREWS... THAT'S OUR BOARD POLICY. >>  Edward Ferguson: WHICH POLICY IS THAT. >> Chair Brill: THE BOARD POLICY POLICY. WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU BUT I NEED TO MOVE ON. I APOLOGIZE BUT WE ARE TRYING TO STICK TO POLICY AND GENERAL COUNSEL GAVE MEET THE HEADS UP AND AS WELL SO WE NEED TO SPEAK TO POLICY. >>  Edward Ferguson: I WASN'T AWAIRP OF THAT. >> Chair Brill: WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU SO PRESS IT AGAIN AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO Ms. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO JUMP IN ON THIS ISSUE. THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN WHEN IT HAPPENED. OKAY AGAIN DISAPPOINTED THAT FSBA DIDN'T TAKE GREATER ACTION AT THE TIMEY THINK IT WAS BASIC, TWO GROUPS THAT I'M VERY, VERY CLOSE WITH AND FEEL THEY'RE MY NEIGHBORS AND I WAS VERY UPSET AND I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS MOST ADAMANT THAT WE STEPPED AWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. I DON'T THING THAT THAT THAT CHANGE, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY NOTICED SO IT'S NOT THAT I LOVE THE IDEA OF FSBA OR FEEL THERE IS NO OTHER CAUSE. IT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE DESERVE REPRESENTATION AND SO THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT IN MY COMMUNITY LGBTQ PEOPLE, GUATEMALAN MAYAN PEOPLE, ONE OF WHICH STOOD UP TO SPEAK DESERVES ME TO GO TO THESE PLACES AND FIGHT BACK. THAT'S THE JOB OF REPRESENTATION THAT WE ARE DOING HERE. I WANTED TO DO WHAT WAS BEST FOR THEM. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO TRY AND SO THAT'S WHAT-- THAT'S THE REASON I WAS OKAY WITH GOING BACK TO THE BOARD. I LOVE WHAT Dr. DIAZ SAID DURING OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND TODAY, WHICH IS THAT A FORMAL APOLOGY IS NEEDED. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN FULLY GET BEHIND AND I LOVE THE IDEA THAT Ms. BRILL SAID WE SEND IT FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD BECAUSE IT WAS DESPICABLE AND HORRIBLE AND EMBARRASSING TRUTHFULLY BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WAS FROM MISS BLANCO THREE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE CALLED AND SAID ARE YOU GUYS A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT SAYS THESE HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PURPORT TO SUPPORT? AND THAT'S WHEN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION STARTED, I WAS LIKE WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT US. THAT'S A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. BUT SHE WAS WRITE. WE-- SHE WAS RIGHT. WE WERE A PART OF IT. AS FAR AS THIS CONVERSATION GOES, I'M HAPPY TO PUT OFF THE IDEA OF JOINING WITH THE OPEN IDEA THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO BACK IF FSBA WILL CURE THE ILLS FROM BEFORE. AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT'S FINE. WE CAN GET OUR TRAINING FROM OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE ARE THERE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 1.34 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DESERVE TO HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE RIGHT NOW US NOT BEING THERE ISN'T CHANGING ANYTHING. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MR. BARBIERI. >> Frank Barbieri: UP UNTIL TONIGHT I WAS IN FAVOR OF REJOINING BUT I FOUND OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION TONIGHT THAT IS HAVING HE CHANGE MY MIND. FIRST OF ALL, I GET IT THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE AN APOLOGY BUT WHAT GALLS ME IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY, IF IT'S TRUE, THEY ACTUALLY APPOINTED HER TO THE GOVERNS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE A YEAR AGO IN 2023. IF SHE WAS SO DESPICABLE AND THEY THOUGHT SHE SHOULDN'T STAY ON AS PRESIDENT AND PUT HER ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THAT'S SOMETHING THE SPEAKER SAID. HOW CAN THEY GIVE US AN APOLOGY WHEN THEY PUT THIS WOMAN ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AFTER SHE SAID THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS. I DON'T CARE IF THEY GIVE US AN APOLOGY NOW OR NOT. THEY OBVIOUSLY THINK SO MUCH OF THIS WOMAN THEY PUT HER ON THEIR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. LY NOT VOTE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO REJOIN FSBA. I'M ONLY HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, MAYBE THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER THAT SITS IN THIS SEAT WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON IT BUT I WILL NOT VOTE TO TAKE THEM BACK. I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND AFTER POLLING THEY GIVE US AT THIS POINT. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON, BACK TO YOU. >>  Edward Ferguson: DO YOU WANT TO PUT A TIMER ON THERE SO I DON'T RUN AFOUL OF THE RULE? FIRST OF ALL, I CALLED IT UP BECAUSE I HEARD SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS STATE THAT HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY SHOULD CONSIDER. BUT THE LAST ONE THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE IS I'M ASSUMING NORTHEAST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE WHAT YOU WOULD CALL AN ANTI-RACIST AND I LOOKED IT UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. ANTI-RACIST IS SOMEBODY WHO OPPOSES RACISM AND PROMOTES RAIBL EQUALITY. THEN I WONDERED CAN'TING PART OF FSBA. WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE AND HISTORY I LEARNED IN MY HOUSE AND MY SCHOOLS INDICATED THAT BOTH PARTIES WERE FAIRLY RACIST WHEN IT RELATES TO BLACK PEOPLE FOR QUITE SOMETIME. AND SO THEN I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE TO SEE WAS THERE EVER A FORMAL APOLOGY TO THE SO CALLED BLACK PERSON HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IF SO WHEN WAS IT. AND I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S JUST WIKIPEDIA AND THEIR CITING CNN AND TAMPA BAY TIMES AND OTHER DIFFERENT GROUPS, IT LOOKS LIKE NOT UNTIL 07-08 DID WE START HEARING FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL APOLOGIES FOR THINGS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED AT A POLICY LEVEL. I'M PRETTY SURE MOST OF THESE ANTI-RACISTS IN THE ROOM, I PRESUME, VOTED MORE OFTEN THAN NOT PRIOR TO 2008. SO THERE IS A WHOLE CONCEPT OF CUTTING YOUR NOSE OFF TO SPITE YOUR FACE. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN BY FSBA. THIS WAS THIS ONE PERSON WHO I'VE LAUNCHED ENOUGH INSULTS AT. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER ACTIONS IN HER CAPACITY OF AS FSBA MEMBER. SHE WAS SPEAKING ON HER OWN BEHALF. LET'S NOT CONFLATE THINGS. ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IT'S BIGGER THAN SIMPLE TRAINING HOW TO BE-- IT'S NOT HOW TO BE A GOOD BOARD MEMBER. THERE IS ANOTHER FACET OF THE BOARD MEMBERSHIP THAT I THINK MANY BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MISSING AND THAT'S THE LAW. THERE IS A PERSON THAT CAME HERE AND HAD THE AWE DAWS AT THIS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THERE NEAT BEING A NEED FOR DEI. THE FACT THAT SHE SAID THAT INDICATES THAT WE NEED DEI BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF OUR OWN COUNTRY. WE HAVE LAW THAT IS ENACTED IN TALLAHASSEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAUSING THINGS TO BE MORE CHALLENGING FOR THE MINORITIES OF US, IF YOU WILL, SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GUATEMALAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BLACK AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HAITIAN, LGBTQIA PEOPLE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PASSING CONSENT AGENDAS AND STANDING UP HERE SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND LISTENING TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN SING. IT'S THE LAWS GOING ON AT TALLAHASSEE AND HOW TO EFFECTUATE CHANGE. FSBA IS THE BETTER INSTRUMENT RESPECTFULLY FORMER BOARD MEMBER CHUCK SHAW AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE IS NOT AN ATTORNEY. AND HE IS NOT OVERLY POLITICAL IN THAT REGARD. HE IS VERY EFFECTIVE AT WHAT HE DOES BUT FEIGNINGLY I'M NOT TAKING MY LEAD ON LEGISLATIVE TAXES FROM MY SUPERINTENDENT HE KNOWS THAT I MEAN NO DISRESPECT WI SAY THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ALLOWING OURSELVES TO STAY IN THE DARK FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A POLICY ISSUE. AND AGAIN I WOULD SAY IF IT WAS OKAY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2007 AND 2008 AND VOTE OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND VOTE, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO BE PART OF FSBA WHEN IT WAS NOT A POLICY ISSUE THAT WAS SO OFFENSIVE I. WAS ONE MORON WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP WHO WAS SPEAKING FOR HERSELF AND WE DISTANCED OURSELVES. I THINK THERE IS MORE TO BE LOST THAN GAINED BY SEPARATING OURSELVES AS A BOARD. AND AGAIN I WILL SAY IF THE BOARD CAN'T BE A PART OF IT, HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY SAYING IT'S OKAY FOR YOU SEVEN REP OR 6 REP OR WHICH EVER DISTRICT REP IT'S OKAY AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER BUT THE BOARD ITSELF CANNOT BE A PART OF IT UNLESS THEY APOLOGIZE FOR SOMETHING THEY HAD NO PART OF. THAT DOESN'T JIVE IN MY MIND. FOR THAT REASON I WOULD VOTE THAT WE GO BACK TO FSBA BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M NOT REALLY FOLLOWING THE LOGIC IN THIS REGARD. I RESPECT ALL THE ARGUMENTS MADE AND I'M HEARING WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOW SAYING BUT I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. I THIS I WE SHOULD POF FORWARD AND REJOIN AS A BOARD. >> Chair Brill: BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH CALLING ON PEOPLE, I WILL SHARE MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AND THAT IS AND THIS IS GOING BACK NOW 30 YEARS, SO THIS IS NOT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY. I'M A FIGHTER, ALL RIGHT. I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX. IT'S MY NATURE TO ARGUE MY POINT AND 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT TO ENROLL MY SON AT SCHOOL HERE, I WAS TOLD THEY DON'T TAKE CHILDREN LIKE HIM. AND THEN I DIDN'T BACK AWAY. THEY SAID SOME AWFUL THINGS OVER THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS, HORRIBLE, DEROGATORY THINGS THAT WOULD CURL YOUR TOES BUT I DIDN'T PULL HIM OUT AND PUT HIM IN PRIVATE SCHOOL. INSTEAD, I RAN AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED WRITE OUR DISTRICTS INCLUSION PLAN. I FOUGHT BACK. I FOUGHT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT FEELS THAT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THAT ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I UNDERSTAND THE HURTFUL COMMENTS AND THE DESIRE FOR AN APOLOGY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND SAY IF YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ASK FOR A FORMAL APOLOGY OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE WILL NEED A MOTION FOR THAT SO I WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS. I'M A FIGHTER. I'LL GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S LOBBYING, WHETHER IT'S SITTING AT THE TABLE, IF WE ARE NEVER GOING TO CHANGE THAT ORGANIZATION, IF WE ARE NOT UP THERE WORKING ON PROVING OUR POINTS AND NOW I'LL GO TO MS. ANDREWS. >> Ms. ANDREWS:  I AGREE AND TALKING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TODAY, SHE IS OPEN TO WORKING WITH THIS APOLOGY PIECE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. MANY OF THE NEW OFFICERS ARE NEW. THEY WERE NOT EVEN THERE WHEN WE HAD A PRESIDENT THAT WAS SO RACIST AND SO DESPICABLE DOING THE BAD THINGS, SO MANY OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE SITTING THERE NOW WERE NOT EVEN OFFICERS AT THAT TIME. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THEY KEPT IT ON THE LOW, LOW SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT KNOW. BUT THAT WAS WRONG. AND WHEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPOKE TO Dr. DIAZ, SHE UNDERSTOOD AND I THINK SHE TRIED TO RECOMMEND AND REFLECT TO HIM THAT IT WAS BRONC, THE-- WRONG, THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SHOULD NEVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEONE SO RACIALLY OUTRAGEOUS AND NOT CARING ABOUT ALL CHILDREN. THEY WANT TO FIX IT. SO I THINK WE CAN CRAFT SOMETHING IF WE DON'T WANT TO POSTPONE AND DEVOTE TONIGHT OR PUT ANOTHER PACKAGE TOGETHER. I WAS SAYING LET'S WAIT UNTIL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME BUT WE CAN CRAFT OURSELVES WHAT WE WANT TO SAY TO THEM BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON SOMETHING. I THINK THE TEMPERS TONIGHT ARE VERY, HAVE VERY STRESSFUL BECAUSE IT WAS A BAD THING AND YOU ARE RELIVING SOMETHING THAT WAS HORRIBLE THAT WAS DONE TO OUR CHILDREN, CHILDREN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT SPECIFICALLY RIGHT HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT FSBA IS GOING TO DO NOW THAT WE ARE CALLING THEM ON IT FOR THIS LAST TIME TO SHOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT. AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE AGAIN WITH NEW BOARD MEMBERS OR WITH ALL OF US HERE IF THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I KNOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS LOOKING AT THIS TONIGHT. I SERVE WITH HER ON THE EXECUTIVE GROUP WITH EQUITY AND WE HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK AND FOR A PRESIDENT TO GO OFF ROGUE LIKE THAT, AND DO SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE, IT WAS DAMAGING FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO ALL OF US AND SO I THINK TONIGHT WE NEED TO CRAFT SOMETHING IF WE DON'T AND NOT VOTE IN THIS HEATED EMOTION TONIGHT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS Dr. DIAZ GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SALVAGE THEMSELVES AS AN ASSOCIATION THAT WAS CREDIBLE FOR ALL PEOPLE, ALL CHILDREN, WHICH IS OUR MISSION. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TONIGHT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING AS TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO. I DON'T WANT US JUST TO DO IT. I WANT TO SEE THEM DO MANAGE BEFORE I GO BACK THERE. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GOING BACK IF THEY'RE NOTE GOING TO OWN IT TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY. I WON'T VOTE TO GO BACK UNTIL THEY DO THAT. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. >> Mrs. ANDREWS:  I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, POSTPONE BUT WOULD I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THAT TIME WE REQUEST A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IN REFERENCE TO ACTIONS, THE DEPLORABLE ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THEIR BEHALF BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD. BACK TO DISCUSSION. FIRST WE'LL GO TO Ms. McQUINN AND THEN MR. FERGUSON PRESS YOUR-- YOU DID. THANK YOU. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: IF THIS IS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE APOLOGY, I WANT TO SAVE MY COMMENT TO GO BACK TO MEMBERSHIP IN GENERAL. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >>  Edward Ferguson: I FEEL LIKE WE ARE CONFLATING THINGS. THIS PERSON, ACCORDING TO THE PALM BEACH POST SHE MADE A COMMENT IN LEE COUNTY PRESUMABLY ABOUT LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS. SHE DIDN'T MAKE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS IN THAT REGARD. NOW WE HAVE SAID WHAT WE HAVE SAID IN REGARD TO THE FACT THAT THOSE WERE-- SHE MADE-- THOSE WERE POOR STATEMENTS AS FAR AS THAT GOES BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE CONFLATING THINGS. THEE DIDN'T SPEAK FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT OF FSBA. SHE SPOKE IN HER OWN CAPACITY, FREE TO DO THAT UNDER THE FIRST SAMED. NOTHING SHE SAID WAS PROHIBITED SPEECH. IT IS JUST IGNORANT SPEECH. AND SHE IS NO LONGER IN A POSITION OF INFLUENCE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. NOW MADAM CHAIR,HOW DO WE VERIFY WAS WAS REPRESENTED BECAUSE BOARD MEMBER BASH DID MENTION THIS BASH YEAR BOARD MEMBER BARBIERI DID MENTION THERE IS A LEADERSHIP POSITION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THAT. AS STATED BY BOARD MEMBER WHITFIELD, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THINGS WITH WE FACT CHECK IT DON'T QUITE ADD UP. SO I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST I'M HEARING ABOUT IT. I'M SURE BOARD MEMBER AYALA WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVE INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN VERIFY THAT FOR ME. >> Chair Brill: MR. BARBIERI. >> Frank Barbieri: THE LADIES IN WHITE. DO YOU HAVE VERIFICATION ON THAT. YOU BROUGHT IT UP. CAN SHE COME BACK UP TO THE MIC. >> Chair Brill: ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? COME RIGHT UP, PLEASE. >> YES, I VERIFIED THAT. WITH MISS MASSENA. >> Frank Barbieri: AND SHE WAS JUST PUT ON THE BOARD ON THAT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IN 2023. >> SHE SERVED-- THE BARELY MORE THAN JUST AS IF NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE-- YES, SHE SERVED AS THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE, YES. >> Frank Barbieri: MAY I ASK ANOTHER. WAS SHE PUT ON THAT BOARD AFTER SHE MADE THOSE COMMENTS? >> I BELIEVE SO. >> Frank Barbieri: WE NEED VERIFICATION ON THAT. >> YOU CAN VERIFY WITH MISS MASSENA DIRECTLY BUT THAT'S MY SOURCE. >> Frank Barbieri: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY THE MOTION TO SAY IF WE GET AN APOLOGY PLUS SHE IS REMOVED FROM ANY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THEN WE JOIN BECAUSE FOR THEM TO KEEP HER IN A GOVERNANCE POSITION, WHAT GOOD IS THE APOLOGY. IF THEY'RE GOING TO APOLOGIZE AND THEN TAKE-- THEY SHOULD TAKE HER OFF-- >> Frank Barbieri: DO WE KNOW THAT SHE IS EVEN A MEMBER ANYMORE? >>  Edward Ferguson: WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT AN AMENDED MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL NEXT MONTH'S SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO VERIFY IF IN FACT THIS PERSON IS ON THE COMMITTEE OR WAS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS JUST REPRESENTED TO US THAT SHE WAS ON. I FORGET THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE. >> Chair Brill: SECOND TO THE MOTION? MR. BARBIERI? ANY DISCUSSION? >>  Edward Ferguson: I MEANT TO SAY A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. APOLOGIZE. >> Chair Brill: ANY DISCUSSION? Ms. McQUINN. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: OKAY. I WAS THINKING THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS THAT WE DELAY THE DISCUSSION UNTIL LATER BUT I STILL HAVE A COMMENT. I HAD MY HAND... SO DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS NOW OR DO YOU WANT US TO VOTE FIRST AND THEN I STILL GET TO MAKE MY COMMENT. >> Chair Brill: UAL STILL GET TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS BUT I THINK WE SHOULD STAY ON THE TOPIC. I WILL JOIN IN WHEN WE SEEK THE VERIFICATION, WE CAN ALWAYS WITHOUT WRITING A LETTER, ASK FOR THE APOLOGY IF ALL OF WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU. Ms. BERNARD. >> JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. 'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WE NEED TO SET A DATE OR TIME CERTAIN SO IF THAT CAN-- IF THE MOTION CAN BE RESTATED SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK. >> HE STATED AT THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING. >>  Edward Ferguson: IN EXMONTH. I ASSUME WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT MONTH. >> THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE. JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET CLEAR ON THE RECORD WHICH MEETING. >> OCTOBER 2. I ASK THAT WE POSTPONE THE VOTE IN REGARD TO REJOINING FSBA AS A BOARD UNTIL THE SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 2 SO WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO VERIFY IF IN FACT THIS FORMER PRESIDENT OF FSBA HAD ANY SUBSEQUENT DEALINGS WITH FSBA IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE. >> Chair Brill: IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND BY MR. BARBIERI. MS. ANDREWS. >> MARCIA ANDREWS. THE MEETING WON'T BE UNTIL LATER IN OCTOBER. I DON'T WANT US TO MEET HERE AND HER HANDS ARE TIED WHERE SHE CAN'T PERFORM THE DUTY SHE NEEDS TO BE DOING. SO I THINK THAT MEETING IS A LITTLE LATER IN OCTOBER. >> Chair Brill: THE APOLOGY IS NOT PART OF THAT MOTION SO THE MOTION WOULD JUST BE TO POSTPONE TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO MISS PATRICCA. THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS. >> MARCIA ANDREWS:  I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> Chair Brill: MS. AYALA. >> Alexandria Ayala: I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. IS HE ASKING FOR CLARITY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE FOR FSBA UNTIL JUNE 2023 BECAUSE AS A MEDIA PAST PRESIDENT SHE WAS ON THE BOARD. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE IN A PHOTO. ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE AS MEDIA PAST PRESIDENT FOR WHATEVER THAT IS WORTH FROM 2021 TERM SWEARING IN UNTIL 2023 MID YEAR, IF I RECALL, WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT GETS INSTALLED. SO THAT IS AS MUCH CLARITY AS I HAVE AND I THINK THERE IS PROOF OF THAT. >> Chair Brill: AND IS THAT SO THAT IS AUTOMATIC? THEY GO ON TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE BOARD AFTER THEY'RE THE PRESIDENT. >> I WOULD ASSUME THAT IS THEIR PROCESS AND AGAIN, THE CONCERN I HAVE WITH THAT IS AT NO POINT OF THE 17 OFF RAMPS OFFERED FOR THEM TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND STAND UP ABOUT IT, LOOPHOLE OR NOT ABOUT BEING A PRESIDENT, THAT'S NOT AN ELECTED BOARD. IT'S A BOARD THAT YOU SERVE ON AS BEING PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND SERVICE OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN A STANCE, WHICH THEY DID NOT. THAT IS MY CONCERN. ANOTHER FACET I WILL SAY SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS, FOR ME IS A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE ON PRIORITIES. FSBA DOES NOT ADVOCATE AGAINST THE THINGS THAT ARE INCONVENIENT FOR THEM TO BE SEEN DOING IN TALLAHASSEE. AND THAT IS NOT THE BOARD I WANT TO BE A PART OF. THEY DO NOT TAKE A STAND ON THINGS THAT WE HAVE, AS A BOARD WRITTEN LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TO TALLAHASSEE. THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. THE OFFENSE OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS ONE THAT I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THIS BOARD BUT SECONDARILY WE ARE OR DEALING WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS REPEATEDLY NOT TAKEN A STANCE ON THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN BOLD ENOUGH TO DO. SO AGAIN, IF THEY DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE GONE AND NOTHING CHANGED, WHY WOULD THEY REALIZE WE CAME BACK. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN INDIVIDUALLY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? IT'S ABOUT COST. INDIVIDUAL DUES ARE NOT THE ENTIRE BOARD. IT'S ALSO ABOUT A MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE DISRESPECTED A LARGE PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE WE SERVE IN THIS UNIT AND DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. THAT IS MY LAST. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT. THIS WE HAVE BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME. I AM NOT-- REGARDING THE PUSHING BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. MY STANCE WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY THE ORGANIZATION AND US ARE NOT ALIGNED ONER WITH WE WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION. >> Chair Brill: Mr. BURKE. >> Supt.Burke: IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOARD HAS A FEW REQUESTS HERE. THE FACT CHECKING ON IF MISS PATRICCA WAS APPOINTED ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE POST HER OFFENSIVE COMMENTS AND ALSO CAN WE GET AN APOLOGY OUT OF THE FSBA BOARD. MS. ANDREWS MENTIONED MISS MASSENA EXPLAINED TO ME THE EFFECTS BOARD MEETING WAS OCTOBER. I FEEL LIKE IT PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. I WOULD ASK REGARDS THAN TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION MULTIPLE TIMES THAT YOU GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO RECONSIDER THIS POTENTIAL DECISION AND LET US ACCUMULATE THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK AND ADDRESS IT ONE MORE TIME. >> MR. FERGUSON, DO YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION. >>  Edward Ferguson: I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION SINCE IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR AND I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS EARLIER, PUSH IT BACK TO MAYBE DECEMBER THEN, THE DECEMBER SPECIAL MEETING IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER? THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CAN HAVE WHENEVER CONVERSATIONS THEY WANT TO HAVE WHETHER THEY WANT TO SUBMIT AN APOLOGY THAT WOULD BE TENABLE TO HEC AND GIVES US TIME TO VERIFY IF IN FACT THIS FORMER PRESIDENT WAS IN FACT INVOLVED SUBSEQUENT AS MEDIA PAST-- AS IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT. >> Chair Brill: Mr. SUPERINTEN DENT. >> Supt.Burke: WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS. THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 6 THAT WOULD BE WITH THE CURRENT BOARD THAT WE COULD STILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. OR YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT IS NOVEMBER 19. IN OCTOBER, THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING IS OCTOBER 2 AND THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME GO TO GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THERE IS AN OCTOBER 23 REGULAR BOARD MEETING THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BUT I THINK THE SAFEST BET IS-- >>  Edward Ferguson: I SAID DECEMBER. >> Supt.Burke: YES, WE HAVE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES SOONER THAN THAT. IN DECEMBER WE HAVE A PERSONAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 4-- NO, I'M SORRY, WE IT CANCEL THAT. WE IT CANCEL THAT. WE JUST HAVE A REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 18. >> Chair Brill: GENERAL COUNSEL. >> WOULD I ADD FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION REMEMBER FSBA IS HAVING THE TRAINING THE FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GO IT TOO CLOSE TO THAT IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND. >> Chair Brill: ANY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO ATTEND CAN IN FACT ATTEND INDIVIDUALLY AT A PRORATED AMOUNT. OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS CAN ATTEND. WE CAN PRESENT THEM WITH THAT INFORMATION. IT WON'T IMPEDE ANYBODY IF WE WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER. I'LL TURN THE CONVERSATION BACK OVER TO MR. FERGUSON. >> Supt.Burke: I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THEIR MEETING IS OCTOBER 4. SO IF THAT HELPS WITH THE BOARD'S DELIBERATIONS. WE CAN POTENTIALLY BE BACK HERE AT THE REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23 OR AGAIN NOVEMBER 6 OR ANY DATE DOWN THE LINE THAT THE BOARD PREFERS. >>  Edward Ferguson: I MOVE TO AEND SOME THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR SO THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM BACK AT THE SPECIAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER WHICH WOULD BE NOVEMBER WHAT-- NOVEMBER 6. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? I THINK WE CAN ASK FOR AN APOLOGY LETTER NO MATTER IF WE GO OR THEY DON'T GO OR IF WE DECIDE TO JOIN OR NOT JOIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENING HANGING OVER US FOR THREE YEARS AND IF MISS MASSENA IS WATCHING AT THE OCTOBER 4 MEETING PLEASE PUT TOGETHER AN APOLOGY. WE AS A BOARD SHOULD REQUEST IT NO MATTER WHAT. WE SHOULD ASK FOR THE APOLOGY AND NOT MAKE IT CONTINGENT ON US GOING BACK. JUST GET AN APOLOGY. >> Chair Brill: I BELIEVE SHE IS LISTENING AND HEARS THAT REQUEST. SO MS. ANDREWS. >> Mr. SHAH ANDREWS:  MY LAST COMMENT, Ms. DIAZ HAD A MAJOR IMPACT. SHE WANTS TO DO BETTER. SHE WANTS TO CLEAN UP FROM THE FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO REALLY WENT ROGUE AND DID SOME UNETHICAL THINGS AND SO SHE WANTS US BACK. WE WANT TO GET BACK AND WE HAVE TO BE FORGIVING. SO I'M GLAD, MR. FERGUSON, YOU BROUGHT IT UP. WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Chair Brill: Ms. McQUINN. >> Vice Chair McQuinn: OKAY. TWO COMMENTS AND THEY'RE JUST IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS. ONE BOARD MEMBER MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE STATEWIDE NETWORK, OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HIRE IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. I BELIEVE HE IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP. MAYBE NATIONWIDE. SO WE DO HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE WE DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP THAT WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE STATEWIDE. WE DO. AND THE OTHER IS IN TERMS OF LEGAL, WE HAVE A GENERAL COUNSEL THAT IS VERY RECENTLY FLORIDA BOARD CERTIFIED AS AN EDUCATION ATTORNEY SO WE DO HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL TO GUIDE US FORWARD. I'M FINISHED. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES WITH 6 BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR AND MS. AYALA OPPOSED. SO NOW I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MR. BARBIERI. SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. -- MY COMPUTER WENT OUT ON ME. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION. >> THE MAIN MOTION IS IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBSTITUTED SO WE ARE FINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE AT POLLING ONE STILL HANGING OUT THERE BUT WE HAVE COVERED ALL OF THEM NOW, I BELIEVE. >> Chair: THERE IS NONE. OKAY. IT'S GETTING LATE. WE ARE NOT USED TO THESE LATE MEETINGS ANYMORE. I GET YOU OUT OF HERE FASTER. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MR. FERGUSON, SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AN HOUR LATER THAN WE PLANNED.