>>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN >>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN PEREZ, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. >>Jessica Vaughn: HI, I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA. AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSED TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV AND SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. >>Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS 'AVAILABLE ON ALL BROADCAST AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE ARCHIVE. >> WE ARE INTERESTED >> WE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL ADDRESS TIME BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS, ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS, OUR AGENDA AND SUPPORTED MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE AT AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. >>Nadia Combs: HOUR MISSION TO >>Nadia Combs: HOUR MISSION TO STUDENT IN LIFE. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EDUCATION. WITH WITH YOUR HELP WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [GAVEL SOUNDING] >>Karen Perez: THE BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 1, 2024 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Karen Perez: WE HAVE ONE >>Karen Perez: WE HAVE ONE WITHDRAWN ITEM TODAY. ITEM 5701, STUDENT ATTENDING OVERNIGHT OR OVERNIGHT OR OUT-OF-STATE FIELD TRIPS FROM CHIEF OF SCHOOLS. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. IF THERE IS ANY IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN WILL BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN TO SUCCEED, AND OUR DECISIONS WILL BE MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE WAY FOR EFFICIENT AND AGENDA STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE BOARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK INTO THE THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING. LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM WILL ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING WILL BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN. ITEM -- AT 5:01, PUBLIC HEARING AND 6 P.M., EMPLOYEE INPUT. WE HAVE ONE RECOGNITION WE HAVE ONE RECOGNITION TONIGHT. ITEM A ITEM A 01, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL COUNCIL PTA/PTSA 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND FAMILY AND FACE, FACE, PTA/PTSA NOTABLES. MEMBER GRAY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION LYNN AYY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 100-YEAR 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PTA-PTSA. FOR A CENTURY, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS DEDICATED ITSELF FOR ADVOCACY AND SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS RELY HEAVILY ON THEIR PTAs TO HELP MAKE THE SCHOOL A WELCOMING AND SUCCESSFUL PLACE FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS. THE PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO TAKE AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO TAKE PART IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS MORE WELCOMING AND MORE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNCIL PPTA AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO KNOWN AS "FACE" IS DEDICATED OF IDENTIFYING AND REMOVING UNIQUE BARRIERS TO SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT AND IMPROVING THE COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR SCHOOLS. WE WE WANT TO THANK THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PTA FOR TALL DOES FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EACH OF THESE PSA WONDERFUL ONES TO STAND. I AM GOING TO DO THAT. MELISSA MELISSA ERICKSON, MELISSA ERICKSON, JEANNIE MOON, KIMBERLY -- THE KIMBERLY -- THE NEW PREZ -- McDONALD. I DON'T SEE ELLEN I DON'T SEE ELLEN YET. THERE YOU ARE. DAMRIS DAMRIS ALLEN. ANMARIE GRANGER. AND FRANK AND FRANK REYES. WHAT A PRESSURE. VIVIAN -- I MIGHT HAVE THE WRONG PERSON. DID I MISS SOMEONE? OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STAND -- ARE WE STANDING TO TAKE A PICTURE? YES, WE ARE. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WAY RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WAY TO GO. [APPLAUSE] >>Henry "Shake" Washington: ALL RIGHT. >>Lynn Gray: SHE IS READY >>Lynn Gray: SHE IS READY FOR CALIFORNIA. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT, MAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >>Lynn Gray: CAN WE MAKE COMMENTS? MEMBER PEREZ? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT DIRECTED -- AS AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BUT I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. YOUR FOOTPRINT OF 63, MAYBE MORE THOUSAND FAMILIES HAVE INFLUENCED MORE PARENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS. AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD. I HAVE NEVER SEEN I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH VOLUME IN ACTIVITY ACTIVITY. ANNIE GRANGER, YOU HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH STUDENT ONLINE SAFETY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND TO NAME A FEW. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS AVAILABLE. KIMBERLY McDONALD, I WELCOME TO YOU ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH EVERYWHERE. AND I AM SURE WE WILL. PAST PRESIDENTS, YOU HAVE INSTILLED SO MUCH BUY-IN FROM PARENTS AND COMMITMENTS. AND AND INTERFACED WITH OUR FACE TEAM NOW SHOWS A LOT OF INNOVATION AND A SPIRIT OF GROWTH. AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN HAVE EVERY WRAP-AROUND SERVICE AND OUR PARENTS ARE INFORMED AS OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YOUR DEDICATION. THANK THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY, FOR READING THIS RECOGNITION. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PTA AND PTSA FOR ALL YOU DO FOR AND PTSA FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. THE BOARD THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUE YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT RESPONSES. OUR BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE. ; HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS NOT BE DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST ANY BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER, BUT STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDEDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IT IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. THE RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. IMNOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE IMNOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. >> MARK >> MARK KLUTHO, >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. HERE IS HERE IS 704. APPROVAL APPROVAL FIRM AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING CODE INSPECTION SERVICES ON A SERVICES ON A CONTINUING BASIS. OH, BOY. EVERYTHING YOU ARE MAKING IS WRONG. SO WHAT GOOD IS THAT. YEAH. HERE IS THE HERE IS THE HEADLINE FROM LAST WEEK WEEK. WORLD BREAKS HOTTEST DAY RECORD. YEAH, THE WORD IS, YEAH, THE WORD IS, CORRELATION. YOU MAKE THOSE STUPID BUILDINGS THAT THAT BELCH THE CARBON AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET. YEAH, YEAH, THE HEADLINE, COULD THE YEAH, THE HEADLINE, COULD THE GULF STREAM BE NEAR A TIPPING POINT? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT. AND THEN THERE IS THIS HEADLINE HERE, HIGHER ELECTRIC RATES FEARED. YEAH, FACT THEIR ONE IN TO YOUR BUDGET. MARCH 10 TENTH MARCH 10 TENTH MONTH IN A ROW WITH RECORD HEAT SCIENTISTS WITH RECORD HEAT SCIENTISTS SAY. AND THEN, TROUBLING NEWS FROM THE DOOMSDAY GLACIER. THE BIG MELT IS UNDER WAY. SCIENTISTS HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF VIGOROUS MELTING AT EVIDENCE OF VIGOROUS MELTING AT ANTARCTICA'S GLACIER ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY TO A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED MONDAY. IT WON'T BE PRETTY. FOR FLORIDA. NO. SO SO WHAT EFFORTS DO YOU MAKE SO WHAT EFFORTS DO YOU MAKE? I DON'T SEE I DON'T SEE ANY. AND THAT AND THAT GIVES IT -- GIVES US THESE GRIDS. YEAH. NOT GOOD. NOT GOOD AT ALL. AND, OF COURSE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK TO WHAT WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID. "TIME" "TIME" MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 12, 1906. WE SHAPE OUR BUILDINGS, THEREAFTER, THEY SHAPE US. LET ME TELL YOU LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE DIM. YOUR LEGACY YOUR LEGACY IS -- THIS IS A SAD COMMENTARY. VERY, VERY SAD. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> FOOD AFTERNOON HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS. I GUESS I MUST BEGIN BY ADMITTING IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I NOT MENTION THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I STOOD BEFORE YOU AND HAD A VERY CAUSTIC HAD A VERY CAUSTIC DELIVERY OF SOMETHING. AND I STILL STAND BY SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW WE HAVE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT IS LARGELY ROOTED IN A 19th CENTURY MODEL BUILT ON A 20th CENTURY PREMISE AND A QUARTER OF THE WAY INTO THE THE 1st CENTURY. BUT RATHER THAN JUST POINTING OUT A PROBLEM. I CAME TODAY TO OFFER A SOLUTION. SINCE I HAVE LEFT THE CLASSROOM, I NOW WORK FULL TIME IN THE BLOCK CHAIN INDUSTRY. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL RELATIONS WITH AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS. RECENTLY ASKED BY A FRIEND TO COME ON PART-TIME TO WORK AS THE A BLOCK CHAIN EDUCATION LIAISON. WE NEED TO BE MORE FUTURE-FACING AND FORWARD THINKING WITH OUR EDUCATION EDUCATION MODELS. WE NEED TO BE PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE JOBS THAT WILL EXIST IN THE 21st CENTURY, NOT FOR THINGS THAT NO LONGER EXIST OR WILL BE QUICKLY REPLACED BY AI AND OTHER MODALITIES. I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE WORK THAT I AM DOING WITH THE AM DOING WITH THE ART BLOCKING ECOSYSTEM FOUND BY A ECOSYSTEM FOUND BY A SIAC IN 015 WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE A 501-C-3, A NONPROFIT. OUTREACH TO HILLSBOROUGH LEGISLATORS. I WANTED TO COME SPEAK TO YOU. I SENT AN E-MAIL WITH AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ATTACHED TODAY KIND OF GIVING YOU THE BIG PICTURE IDEA. THE ART BLOCK CHAIN ECOSYSTEM IS LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH EDUCATIONAL FOLKS, WHETHER THAT IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, PROBABLY ANY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL HONESTLY. COLLEGE. I AM TALKING TO SOME FOLKS AT AT USF AND GIVING STUDENTS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY. THE ART BLOCK CHAIN IN PARTICULAR USES PARTICULAR USES TYPESCRIPT AS A PARTICULAR USES TYPESCRIPT AS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE THAT MOST STUDENTS IN COMPUTER CLASSES HAD FAMILIARITY WITH JAVA SCRIPTS THAT YOUR APP LOOKED AT WHEN GOING. TO THE JAVA SCRIPT LANGUAGE TO THE TIGHTLY SCRIPT FORM, THEY ARE LOOKING TO JUST CREATE CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED IN STEM SUPPLEMENTED IN STEM CLASSROOMS. PERHAPS COMPUTER SCIENCE SPECIFICALLY, AND WE ARE SPECIFICALLY, AND WE ARE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH TO PARTNER WITH HILLSBOROUGH, MAYBE TO PILOT SOMETHING. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG TEACHER, THIS DISTRICT WAS KNOWN FOR BEING A LEADER. FOR KIND OF DOING THINGS THAT WERE WERE INNOVATIVE AND BOLD, WHETHER THE GATES WHETHER THE GATES GRANT, THE MENTOR PROGRAM, WHICH I WAS PART OF, OR MANY OTHER THINGS I CAN MENTION FROM THE EARLY YEARS. PERHAPS THIS IS THE PERHAPS THIS IS THE STEPPING-STONE THAT WE TAKE HILLSBOROUGH AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA FORWARD WITH BY FLORIDA FORWARD WITH BY INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT CAN LEAD TO INCREDIBLE JOBS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU VIA E-MAIL AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU PRIVATELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND NEXT SPEAKER APPEAR AND NEXT SPEAKER APPEAR SPEAKERS SIX THROUGH TEN LINE UP. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS -- WOW, MY NAME IS WILLIAM HAYNES AND A PARENT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEWLY FORMED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SPECIAL EDUCATION OR OR HC-SEPTA. OUR ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO ADVOCATING AND SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF STUDENT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. AND THE WORK DO YOU SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT STAFF AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, ADVISORY COUNCIL, PTA EVENTS, OTHER EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I KNOW YOU ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT IN. I ATTENDED THE ESE WORKSHOP, THE PRESENTATION. AND I LOVE THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BROUGHT UP QUESTIONS, WHERE IS THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THESE GOALS AND PLANS. I'M HERE TO I'M HERE TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HC-SEPTA AND ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING TO JOIN OUR MISSION. WE ARE STILL NEW. WE ARE STILL WE ARE STILL GETTING TO ORGANIZED. HERE HERE HCSEPTA.ORG. WE ARE BORN OF THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL GRASS-ROOTS PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE THAT WORKING TOGETHER CAN CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. TO THIS END, WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT STAFF TO MEET WITH THE THE HC-SEPTA LEADERSHIP. OUR GOAL TO SEE HOW OUR GOAL TO SEE HOW HC-SEPTA CAN BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE IT IS STRICT, IT IS STRICT, FACILITATING BETWEEN PARENTS, DISTRICT STAFF TO ENSURE THAT VOICES OF PARENTS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. OPEN COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ARE ESSENTIAL. AND PARENTS AND VOTERS ARE EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONVERSATION. WHETHER IT IS THROUGH MEETING, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS OR THE BALLOT BOX. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU CLOSELY AND MAKE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES IN THE LIFE OF OUR STUDENTS. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR STAFF WITH MORE INFORMATION, WITH MORE INFORMATION, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI. MY NAME IS TAMARA PEREZ. AND AS YOU KNOW AND AS YOU KNOW I REPRESENT THE 1500 MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP PROJECT, ABA RIGHTS. AUTISM SPEAKS ESTIMATES $1.4 MILLION TO $2.4 MILLION TO MILLION TO $2.4 MILLION TO RAISE A CHILD WITH AN A CHILD WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR AUTISM OVER THEIR LIFETIME. OF THAT THE AVERAGE COST OF ABA THERAPY IS $62,000 PER YEAR. HILLSBOROUGH HAS 5,000 STUDENTS ON THE SPECTRUM AT A GIVEN TIME. IF YOU HAD TO PROVIDE ABA SERVICES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WILL COST THE DISTRICT SOMEWHERE AROUND $310 MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THANKFULLY, PARENTS ARE WILLING TO GET TO GET SCHOOLS THESE SERVICES FOR FOR FREE, ESSENTIALLY SAVING YOU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HELPING TO REDUCE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN THE CLASSROOM, AVOID SUSPENSIONS, LESSENING THE NEED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT AND AVOIDING DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS LIKE ELOPEMENT, SELF-HARM AND AGGRESSION TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS. BUT WE CONDITION TO FACE UPHILL BATTLES TO GET OUR THERAPIST THROUGH THE DOOR. MUCH LIKE MUCH LIKE YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE NEW REVISION TO YOUR PIT PROCEDURE THAT VIOLATES THE PROCEDURE THAT VIOLATES THE STATUTE. THE STATUTE SAID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST NOT IMPOSE ANY REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN SPECIFIED IN THE LAW AND CHARGE FEES. THIS DOES BOTH. WENT FROM A WENT FROM A SIMPLE DOCUMENT IN WENT FROM A SIMPLE DOCUMENT IN LAYMAN'S TERM TO LEGAL JARGON FOR PARENTS TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING. PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A INDEMNIFICATION THAT HOLDS PARENTS PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE RELATED TO IT AND THEIR TO IT AND THEIR CHILD. IT STATES THAT PARENTS HAVE 30 IT STATES THAT PARENTS HAVE 30 DAYS TO PAY THE DISTRICT BACK FOR DAMAGES OR FACE MONTHLY INTEREST CHARGES. AND WE CALL THIS A FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION. WHAT IS WORSE, I AM NOT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS FOR OUR THE SAME STANDARDS FOR OUR NEUROTYPICAL DAUGHTER IN THE SAME SCHOOL. BECAUSE MY SON HAS A DISABILITY. I AM PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY ON THE LINE. WE ARE WAIT ASKING FOR A ROUNDTABLE MEETING PROMISED A AND NEVER MATERIALIZED. THE REVISION OF THIS VERBIAGE FOR THE NEW FOR THE NEW PIP AND FOR THE NEW PIP AND OFFICIAL DISTRICT POLICY THAT IS IN PLACE FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS JAX. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK OF MY COUSIN GRAYSON. GRAYSON IS GOING GRAYSON IS GOING INTO THE FOURTH GRADE AND HE HAS AUTISM. ONE OF THE COOLEST ONE OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE I KNOW. AND AND. MISS MORGAN -- MISS MORGAN HAS BEEN WITH GRAYSON SINCE HE WAS 4. SHE HELPS GRAYSON WITH THINGS THAT MAY SEEM SMALL TO THAT MAY SEEM SMALL TO US, BUT A BIG THING FOR HIM LIKE TALKING, MAKING FRIENDS AND MAKING FRIENDS AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND HIM. BECAUSE OF MISS MORGAN, GRAYSON CAN DO THINGS THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. HE IS HAPPY AND MORE CONFIDENT. THIS THIS IS ALSO A DIFFERENCE TO OUR TO OUR FRIENDSHIP. WE ARE CLOSER NOW THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. BETTER. WITHOUT MRS. MORGAN, GRAYSON WILL NOT BE WHERE HE IS WILL NOT BE WHERE HE IS TODAY. HE NEEDS HELP AT SCHOOL TO HELP HIM WITH HIS DAY AND TO MAKE SURE HE KEEPS GETTING BETTER. PLEASE THINK ABOUT KIDS LIKE GRAYSON WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. THEY NEED PEOPLE LIKE MORGAN TO HELP THEM SHINE. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH, JAX. NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS JESSICA >> MY NAME IS JESSICA SEVERN. I HAVE A SON ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM THAT GOES TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I WILL BE SPEAKING FOR ALL SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS. PROJECT PROJECT AB RIGHTS SPOKE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. WE DISCUSSED PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. UP ALSO KNOW IT IS HARDER AND HARDER TO HIRE TEACHERS AND PARKA PROFESSIONALS WITH TEACHER SHORTAGES. TEACHERS NEED TO SUPPORTED IN THE CLASSROOM. BEST WAY TO BEST WAY TO SUPPORT TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS TO BE SUPPORTED. WHEN THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY CAN SUPPORT THE CLASSROOM THAT NEED SUPPORT. WHEN A WHEN A STUDENT NEEDS HELPS BEING REGULATED IT CAN BE TOUGH FOR THE TEACHER. NEED ADDITION APPEAR NEED ADDITION APPEAR REMINDERS TO HELP STAYING TO HELP STAYING ORGANIZED. THIS HOW EVERYONE BENEFITS WITH THE IN THE IN RBT. THE GREAT THING OF THE GREAT THING OF RBT THE GREAT THING OF RBT SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SYSTEM IS NOT FOOTING THE BILL. PROVIDED FOR INSURANCE. THE INSURANCE THE INSURANCE PAYS FOR THE RBT IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING TO START, WE ARE SCHOOL PARENTS. WE NOTICED BIG CHANGES. THE INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT IS LEAVING US WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS. IS THIS THOUGHT BEING GIVEN A IS THIS THOUGHT BEING GIVEN A NEUROTYPICAL CHILD'S PARENT TO SIGN? I'M HERE I'M HERE TO ASK FOR A SECOND ROUNDTABLE MEETING LIKE WE WERE TOLD. I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE FORMS ADDED TO FORMS ADDED TO THE PIT PACK CATEGORY. LET'S COLLABORATE ON THE FORMS. I WANT OUR KID TO GO WITHOUT THINGS BEFORE SCHOOL THINGS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. IT IS NOW OVER 1500 IT IS NOW OVER 1500 MEMBERS. THIS COMMUNITY WANTS SUPPORT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN. LET'S LET'S GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS OUR NEEDS FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI. MY NAME IS DECIA MY NAME IS DECIA SWAZO. I AM ALSO PART OF OUR GROUP HERE, ABA -- PROJECT ABA. OUR GROUP HAS BEENED A VO KATING ON BEHALF OF ALL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AS A PARENT, I AM PERSONALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE NEW UPDATED P.I.P. WE ASKED FOR WE ASKED FOR THE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE US IN POLICY INCLUDE US IN POLICY CHANGES, AND INSTEAD WE WERE PRESENTED WHERE AN UPDATED WHERE AN UPDATED P.I.P. IN MY OPINION FORCES US AS A PARENT TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, SIGN INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS, AGREE AGREE TO TERMS THAT ARE SIMPLY OUT OF OUR CONTROL. THIS P.I.P. IS FULL OF BARRIERS AND PREVENT ME AS A PARENT AND YOU AS A DISTRICT FROM PROVIDE MY CHILD PROPER AND FAIR DASH MY CHILD PROPER AND FAIR DASH ALSO STATES ALSO STATES AT THIS TIME AND FREQUENCY OF WHETHER A RBT IS ALLOWED IN SCHOOL WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. I WOULD PERSONALLY ALONG WITH OUR GROUP, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS WORDING CHANGED. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THIS IS A POLICY CHANGE, WE ARE BEING HELD TO IT THROUGH OUR P.I.P. AS WELL. SO WE JUST WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU IN ORDER TO FIND BETTER ST. LOUISES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR NEED. WE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO BE CHANGED ON THIS CHANGED ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL IN CLASS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK AND I JUST WANT TO ASK HONESTLY IF MY CHILD WERE IN A WHEELCHAIR, WOULD YOU GUYS THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SAY, WELL, IT WILL DEPEND ON YOUR PRINCIPAL TO DETERMINE PRINCIPAL TO DETERMINE HOW LONG HE GETS TO USE THAT WHEELCHAIR IN IN SCHOOL. OR HOW MANY HOURS THAT CHILD IS ABLE TO ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE WHEELCHAIR. I AM SURE THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE IN YOUR OPINIONS AS IT ISN'T IN MINE. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND AS A PARENT, WE DO FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO -- JUST WORK WITH US SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HELP OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. AND CAN SPEAKERS AND CAN SPEAKERS 11-13, AND CAN SPEAKERS 11-13, PLEASE LINE UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERIKA MY NAME IS ERIKA SPANO MY NAME IS ERIKA SPANO DOCTORY. I AM THE MOTHER OF I AM THE MOTHER OF JOSIAH. HE IS A STUDENT IMPACTED -- HE IS A STUDENT IMPACTED -- EXCUSE ME THE NEW PERSONAL PROCEDURE AND OTHER SPECIAL NEED STUDENTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CONSTANT UPHILL BATTLE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WITH SERVICES MEDICALLY RECOMMENDED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND PROFESSIONALS AND THERAPISTS. THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETING THIS PROCEDURE. LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I STARTED THE PROCESS IN JANUARY, COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING ALL FORMS, DOCUMENTATIONS REQUESTED OF ME. SCHOOL DID NOT APPROVE THE REQUESTED ABA UNTIL LATE MARCH AND STARTING AFTER SPRING BREAK. NOW WITH THIS NEW PROCEDURE SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS TO THE BOARD INSTEAD OF THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY, IT IS GOING TO ADD MORE TIME NOR MORE TIME NOR PROCEDURE AFFECTING THE START DATE OF SERVICE. ULTIMATELY HURTING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM ABA. STUDENTS WHO ALREADY ESTABLISH PRY VAP VAPT INSTRUCTION PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ABLE TO START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH SERVICES UNTIL A FOLLOW-UP COLLABORATION MEETING IS SCHEDULED. ANY UNDERSTANDING ANY UNDERSTANDING SCHOOLS ARE HAVING A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS AND STAFF. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANNOT PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE SERVICES. EACH CHILD HAS THEIR OWN DIAGNOSIS AND NEED. PORE CONCERNS IS MISINTERPRETATIONS THAT RBT WILL TAKE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER TEACHERS MY SON JOSIAH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SON JOSIAH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE IN A CLASSROOM SESSION, FROM THE RBT TO HELP HIM STAY FOCUSED AS DIRECTED BY HIT TEACHER. ABA PLAY AS ROLE IN THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESSION OF MY SON ALONG WITH OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR ME AS A PARENT, THE INDEMNIFICATION FORM. IF ABA COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO ADD HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO THEIR INSURANCE, WHAT INSURANCE PROTECTS THE PARENTS IN THE EVENT OF, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD PROVIDING PARENTS. THIS KNEELS DISCRIMINATORY AND WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF DISCOURAGING PARENTS. AS A PARENT OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, ASK ASK YOURSELF WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF JOSIAH WAS YOUR CHILD. WILL YOU ACCEPT IT WITH ALL WILL YOU ACCEPT IT WITH ALL THE RED LINING, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNIFER STITCH. A BOARD CERTIFIED, AND OWNER OF ABOVE AND BEYOND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS. I'M HERE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS OF THE PRIVATE INSTRUFRPGSAL PERSONNEL PAPERWORK RECENTLY PAPERWORK RECENTLY INTRODUCED IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE DISTRICT MEMBERS WHO LISTENED TO OUR FEEDBACK AND WORKING WITH US TO FIND THE SOLUTION. UP APPRECIATE THE TRAININGS THAT ARE ARE TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS. I FEEL LIKE IT IS A GREAT IDEA TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME WAGE WITH NEW POLICIES. I HAVE OBSERVED FEW AREAS WHERE THE P.I.P. PAPER THE P.I.P. PAPER WORK CAN BE USED TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS. IT STATES THAT IT STATES THAT P.I.P. WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. I DO AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT P.I.P. SHOULD BE PRESENT IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE PAST, PRINCIPALS -- IF IT STATES ANYTHING ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT WE CAN NOT BE PRESENT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, NOT WITH THE NEW PAPERWORK, BUT LAST YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS VERBIAGE WHERE SOME CLASSROOMS HAVE LIMITED SPACE FOR PIPs. THING SHOULD BE REMOVED AS IT IMPLIES THAT SOME IMPLIES THAT SOME STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PRIVATE MEDICALLY NECESSARY IN THE CLASSROOM THEY ARE PLACED IN. IF THERE IS NO ROOM IN THE CLASSROOM, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT QUESTION WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE PLACED IN A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM. IT ALSO STATES THAT THE COLLABORATION MEETING WILL COLLABORATION MEETING WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE STUDENT OBSERVATION. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE OAKS BE TAKEN PLACE PRIOR TO THE COLLABORATION MEETING. THAT WAY WE CAN USE THE DATA THAT WE OBSERVE IN THE MEETING TO DISCUSS WHETHER ABA WILL BE APPROPRIATE IN SCHOOL. THERE IS ALSO A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT THE P.I.P. THAT THE P.I.P. PROVIDERS MUST ADD THE SCHOOL BOARD AS AN ADD THE SCHOOL BOARD AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED IN THE GENERAL INSURANCE POLICY. I WILL POINT OUT A GREAT IDEA THAT PIT THAT PIT PROVIDERS PROVIDE THEIR RELIABILITY. I THINK THAT IS SMART. ALL OF US HAVE IT. IF WE WERE TOP ADD THE SCHOOL BOARD AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURER, AN ADDITIONAL COST TO US AN ADDITIONAL COST TO US WHICH WILL VIOLATE THE STATUE WAY ADDITIONAL FEES IMPOSE AND PRESENT ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR PROVIDERS TO COME INSPECT SCHOOL. I AM ALSO REQUESTING I AM ALSO REQUESTING THAT -- SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE HERE FOR A SECOND. I AM REQUESTING THAT THE CHANGES WITH BARRIERS AND DELAYS WITH BARRIERS AND DELAYS GETTING INTO SCHOOL TO SUPPORT MY CLIENT THAT URGENTLY REQUIRE ABA THERAPY. IT SOMETIMES COULD TAKE MONTHS FOR MEETINGS TO BE SCHEDULED. I WANT A TIMELINE, OBSERVATION, COLLABORATION MEETING, SEVEN TO TEN BUSINESS DAYS WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SCHEDULED. AND LASTLY, I AM REQUESTING A ROUNDTABLE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS THIS P.I.P. PAPERWORK AS WELL AS DISCUSSING OFFICIAL DISTRICT POLICY IN PLACE FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. FOR YOUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS IS L,UCE. AND I AM A ABA AND I AM A ABA PROVIDER. I'M HERE I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A MICK PUBLIC SCHOOL WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS GABBY AND MY SON WAS MY NAME IS GABBY AND MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANXIETY BACK IN MAY. EVERYTHING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GETTING HIM HELP HAVE BEEN RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT AND INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HIS SCHOOL IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO GIVE RESOURCES PAID FROM MY OWN POCKET. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY SON WAS GOING TO BE BE IN A HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE CLASSROOM SETTING RESTRICTIVE CLASSROOM SETTING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO YOU HIS ANXIETY AND BEHAVIOR. WHEN HE WENT TO SUMMER SCHOOL, THEY ALLOWED HIS RBT. HE IS LESS ANXIOUS AND OPEN UP MORE TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE THERAPY GUIDANCE. LEFT TO LESS MELTDOWN AND LEFT TO LESS MELTDOWN AND HAPPIER STUDENTS. AND EVEN THE MAIN TEACHER ASKED HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN A HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN A BLENDED CLASS SYSTEM WITH CLASS SYSTEM WITH ABA THERAPIES AND ALSO TO SEE HOW HE WAS BENEFITTING A AND GROWING IN A POSITIVE POSITIVE WAY. WHY IS A MEDICAL NECESSITY THAT MY SON AND OTHER SIMILAR MY SON AND OTHER SIMILAR -- OTHER SIMILAR CHILDREN ACTIVELY ARE DENIED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IN MY HOME COUNTY, WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, INSTEAD THEY ARE MOCKED AND TREATED AS LESSER THAN THAT MADE THOSE KIDS ISOLATED AND FEEL ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. GROWING UP, I WAS TOLD THAT AMERICAN EDUCATION CAN THE DREAM EVERY CHILD SHOULD EVERY CHILD SHOULD WISH FOR. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE TRYING TO GET THESE FOR MY FOR MY AMERICAN-BORN CHILD. PLEASE CONSIDER ALLOWING ALLOWING ALLOWING ABA THERAPIES TO HELP DISADVANTAGED KIDS BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN HAD OUR FUTURE. AND WE DON'T STEP UP FOR AND WE DON'T STEP UP FOR OUR FUTURE. WE DON'T STEP UP FOR OUR FUTURE, WE WON'T HAVE ONE AT ALL. SO THOSE SO THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF THE MOM. MY WORDS HERE TODAY ARE THAT WE ARE WIELDING WITH OPEN ARE WIELDING WITH OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN ARMS TO AND OPEN ARMS TO COLLABORATE WITH A PI FORKS MAKE WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. TRULY ALL WE NEED IS NOT A FIGHT, BUT I JUST SAID, REAL COLLABORATION IF SOMEBODY IS LUCKY ENOUGH LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND NEEDS THESE TYPE OF SERVICES, THEY WILL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT WILL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THEM. FOLLOWING COLLABORATE WHEN PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. WE JUST NEED A CHANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS APRIL COBB. AND BEFORE I GO INTO MY POINT THAT I CAME HERE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING, I WANT TO SAY I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYTHING THAT TAMARA PEREZ AND THE PROJECT ABA FAMILY WHO ARE HERE HERE TODAY. IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO BRING FORTH BRING FORTH MATTERS TO OUR DISTRICT FROM THE LENS OF AN EDUCATOR FIRST FOR 25.6 YEARS. AND SEE THAT THE CONTINUOUS AND SEE THAT THE CONTINUOUS BARRIERS THAT ARE PUT FORTH BEFORE PARENTS IS ACTUALLY DISGUSTING. IT IS DISGUSTING. SO I AM JUST GOING TO TABLE THAT AND SAY I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT IT IS THAT THINK SAY. AND WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE MORE PROACTIVE AND SAYING THAT WE WANT PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED, BUT WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY HEARING WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE SAYING AND ADVOCATING FOR AND ADVOCATING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SO I STAND BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY TO REMIND YOU YOU HAVE THE ONGOING ISSUE OF THE DISPROPORTIONATE SUSPENSION RATES OF BLACK STUDENTS. WE SIGNIFICANTLY CORRELATES WITH HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AND INCREASED JUVENILE AND INCREASED JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. IN THE EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, I REQUEST THAT THE DISCIPLINE DATA BE PLACED ON ALL SCHOOL WEB SITES WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE AS SCHOOL IMPORTANCE AS SCHOOL GRADES. SOME A QUICK THING, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE NO F SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. IT IS WHAT IT IS. I WILL SAY THAT ALL TEACHERS IN MOST CASES ARE GOING TO THOSE CLASSROOMS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE. BUT THE STRUGGLE IS LITTLE BIT MORE REAL IN SOME SCHOOLS THAN OTHERS. I WOULD THINK NO TEACHER WAKES UP SAYING I WILL DO THE WORSE I CAN FOR A CHILD. DWLOONG IS N THE VARIABLE. WE WORK DAMN HARD IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS NOT EASY. NOT EASY AT ALL. BUT WE MOVE FORWARD. THREE REASONS FOR US AND IMPORTANT TO DISPLAY THESE GRADES IN A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE AS IT RELATES RELATES TO ACCOUNTABILITY ON IMPROVEMENT, MAYBE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DISCIPLINE DATA WILL HOLD SCHOOLS HOLD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE AND FAIRER TIS PLAIN NARY PRACTICES OF PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. MAYBE PROVIDING THIS DATA WILL EMPOWER PARENTS AND COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR NECESSARY CHANGES AND SUPPORT NEGOTIATE TIFFS THAT PROMOTE EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND MAYBE THEY WILL ALSO INCLUDE HELPING THEM MAKE INFORMED INFORMED DECISIONMAKING BY THE DISCIPLINE ON ALL OF THE WEB SITES. MAKE EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, POLICYMAKERS LEADING TO BETTER POLICYMAKERS LEADING TO BETTER TARGETED INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT RISK. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS YUCI. MY DAUGHTER WAS MY DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM WHEN SHE WAS JUST TWO YEARS OLD. ORIGINALLY FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. AT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, SHE STARTED HER ABA THERAPY AT TWO YEARS OLD ALONG WITH YEARS OLD ALONG WITH SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. SHE WAS CONSIDERED NONVERBAL ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE RECEIVED ABA SERVICES, WENT TO EARLY STEPS, WAS TO EARLY STEPS, WAS ADMITTED IN IN VPK IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AND WORKED IN THE ABA THERAPIES AT THE SCHOOL THERE. IN 2020, WE MOVED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE MOVED HERE, SHE HAD -- SHE KNEW ALL HER LETTERS. KNEW HER NUMBERS. SHE WAS DOING GREAT. I HAD NO ISSUES WITH HER EDUCATION UNTIL WE GOT HERE. WHEN WE CAME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NOT ONLY COULD I NOT FIND SUPPORT FOR HER, I WAS SHUT OUT BY MULTIPLE DAY CARES, MULTIPLE AFTER SCHOOL MULTIPLE AFTER SCHOOL CARES. HER FIRST -- HER FIRST SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL WOULD CALL ME MONTHLY WITH WITH ISSUE ABOUT HER THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR HER. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY SUGGESTED GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY WAS BETTER EQUIPPED FOR HER. I RAISED MY CONCERNS THEN, BUT THEY SAID, HEY, IF THINGS CHANGE OR DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THEY SUGGESTED THAT I PUT HER IN ACCESSION. IF THEY DIDN'T WANT HER THERE, I DIDN'T WANT TO FORCE THEM ON HER. I WANTED A SCHOOL THAT WAS WELCOMING TO MY WELCOMING TO MY DAUGHTER. APPEAR THE SECOND SCHOOL IN ACCESS, COMPLETELY 180. TO THIS DAY, IT HAS BEEN TWO TO THIS DAY, IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS, SHE DOESN'T KNOW HER LETTERS ANYMORE. DOESN'T KNOW MATH OR ANYTHING. SHE IS A RISING THIRD-GRADER. SHE CAN'T SHE CAN'T READ. SHE CAN'T DO ANY SIGHT WORDS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO PUT HER BACK IN AXIS. I WAS TRYING TO GET HER A I WAS TRYING TO GET HER A ABA THERAPIST FOR TWO YEARS INTO THE SCHOOL. LAST YEAR THEY LAST YEAR THEY ADMITTED HER AFTER MANY -- OVER A YEAR AND A HALF OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TEACHERS WITH DIFFERENT ABA TEACHERS WITH DIFFERENT ABA THERAPISTS AND FINALLY GOT HER IN THE SCHOOL AND ONLY ALLOWED TWO HOURS A DAY DURING NONINSTRUCTIONAL TIME. ABA THERAPISTS REQUESTED TO MOVE THE HOURS BY HALF AN HOUR SO SHE COULD HAVE ANOTHER STUDENT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SURVIVE OFF OF TEN HOURS OF WORK A WEEK. AND THEY REFUSED. BECAUSE OF THAT, I LOST HER ABA THERAPIST. SO NOW I AM FORCED TO HAVE HER GO TO AN ABA CLINIC WHICH MEANS THIS YEAR, I WILL HAVE TO TAKE HER OUT OF HER SCHOOL AT NOON EVERY SINGLE DAY SO I CAN DRIVE HER AN HOUR TO HER CLINIC WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO MISS WORK. AND I HAVE TO -- SHE HAS TO GO TO THE CLINIC. AND WITH YOUR NEW MODEL, EVERY DAY COUNTS, EVERY DAY MATTERS. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT WITH ME BECAUSE SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN SCHOOL 24-7 AND SHE IS NOT PREPARED. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, BOARD. I AM ELVIS I AM ELVIS PICKET. FIRST FIRST ANOTHER MAN TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK BETTER THAN ME. SO I WILL TELL YOU DID SO I WILL TELL YOU DID A GREAT JOB. BUT I SAY ONE THING FOR CERTAIN. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT "PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE." IT IS APPROPRIATE, BUT PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE PREPARING -- SAY PREPARING SOME STUDENTS FOR LIFE, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GET TO HAVE IS THE FAIR TREATMENT. I GET TO BE IN SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND SAT IN MEETINGS WITH THE THERAPISTS, ABA THERAPISTS, ABA THERAPISTS, AND THEY HAVE ASKED TO BE -- SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM. SOME OF THEM WERE TOLD THEY WERE UNWANTED IN THE UNWANTED IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THESE ARE STUDENTS AND THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING SUSPENDED BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHILD'S BEHAVIOR. I WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY, THIS IS A IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE, ONE, WE SHOULD ALL BE OUTRAGED, SOMETIMES I SOMETIMES I WONDER WHO DOES THE SCHOOL BOARD ACTUALLY REPRESENT. BECAUSE CLEARLY, CANNOT BE ALL PARENTS. AND IT CAN NOT BE JUST THE AND IT CAN NOT BE JUST THE PARENTS PARENTS THAT YOU PARENTS THAT YOU GUYS, YOUR PARENTS THAT YOU GUYS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. I WAS -- IT IS SO PERSONAL BECAUSE I WENT TO CARVER. I DID I DID FORTUNATELY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL FROM HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT I WAS AT CARVER WHEN IT WAS WITH WEST TAMPA. LEFT WEST TAMPA. WENT TO HILLSBOROUGH. WENT BACK AFTER EVERYTHING, AND I WENT BACK TO GIVE TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT IS FORGOTTEN. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF GETTING THEM THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE THEY NEED IN THE SCHOOL. AT AT THAT TIME, YOU HAD TO MAINSTREAM, BEHAVE IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL. BEHAVE IN ORDER TO GO TO LUNCH. AND TO EAT WITH OTHER AND TO EAT WITH OTHER KIDS. I AM SO FORTUNATE BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE STEPS AS AN ADULT AND CONTINUE TO BE -- TO PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE TO BE AMBITIOUS, THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER SOME OF GET OVER SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I STRUGGLED. OUR STUDENTS REALLY NEED ASSISTANCE. THIS ASSISTANCE IS NOT ABOUT A SALARY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT A BUDGET THAT THESE PARENTS ARE THESE PARENTS ARE NEEDING. THIS IS ABOUT JUST BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS. AND ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO BOARD MEMBER PATTI TO BOARD MEMBER PATTI RENDON FOR FOLLOWING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS FROM JUST ELEMENTARY WAS FOLLOWED, WERE TRACKED, WERE LOOKED AFTER, WERE MENTIONED AND CEMENT UP WITH THEIR PROGRESS. THAT SHOWS THAT WE DON'T JUST THAT SHOWS THAT WE DON'T JUST MAKE DECISIONS AND FORGET ABOUT OUR STUDENTS. SAY VERY CLEAR, THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE OUTRAGED ABOUT, THAT WE TAKE SERIOUS, AND WE FOCUS ON WHAT CAN WE FOCUS ON WHAT CAN WE TO COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE GET WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR CHILD TO SUCCEED AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. LET'S GET SERIOUS ABOUT IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA A MOTION BY MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. I WILL CALL ON A I WILL CALL ON A ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATOR AYRES. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT. NEW PRINCIPAL AT NEW PRINCIPAL AT BROWARD ELEMENTARY. EMMA. I SEE YOU BACK THERE. EMMA MORGAN, OUR NEW EMMA MORGAN, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT BROWARD AT BROWARD ELEMENTARY. [APPLAUSE] MISS MORGAN HAS 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEARCHING AT IPPOLITO, LOCKHART AND CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SERVED AS A READING RESOURCE TEACHER AND RESOURCE TEACHER AND RESOURCE RAIDING TEACHER AT CLEVELAND TEACHER AT CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY. 2001, APPOINTED 2001, APPOINTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BROWARD ELEMENTARY CURRENTLY SERVING. MOVES FROM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BROWARD STAYING AT THE SAME SCHOOL. OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT BROWARD. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE APPOINT. THE. >>Jim Porter: AS YOU GO INTO THE AGENDA, REMIND YOU AT 5:01, WE WILL W HE NEED TO START THE BUDGET PUBLIC MEETING. WE DON'T IT BEFORE THAT BUT NEEDS TO DO IT AS CLOSE TO 5:01. >>Karen Perez: CONGRATULATIONS, MISS MORGAN. WE WILL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXIT THE BOARD ROOM. THE THE ITEMS WILL BE HEARD. C 1.01, 3.01, C 1.01, 3.01, .02, 5.02, 5.04, 5.05, 5.05, 7.03, 5.05, 7.03, 7.05 AND 5.05, 7.03, 7.05 AND 7.10. C C C 1.01. >> NAMING OF THIS MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF OF SCHOOLS DR. OF SCHOOLS DR. GRAVES INTRODUCE EDWARD EDWARD CHRISTIANANO WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL AT PRINCIPAL AT GEAR. >> DR. WAYNE ANTHONY QUINN SERVED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM AUGUST 1997 THROUGH JUNE OF 2015. DR. QUINN SERVED IN DR. QUINN SERVED IN HCPS IN DR. QUINN SERVED IN HCPS IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES. HE WAS HE WAS HE WAS HE WAS A TEACHER OF STUD HE WAS HE WAS A TEACHER OF STUD ENT WITH EXCEPTIONAL ATS, GIFTED TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BURNS, KING HIGH SCHOOL, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT GARY ADULT. HE FOUNDED A JAZZ ENSEMBLE WHILE AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. AS A CHILD, DR. QUINN WORKED ALONG SIDE HIS MOTHER THE LATE EILEEN QUEEN FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS PLATFORM IN MACOMB, MISSISSIPPI. FURTHERMORE EDUCATION IN ALL STUDENTS THAT HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO STRIVE FOR SUCCESS. MR. MR. CHRISTIANANO, PRINCIPAL OF MR. CHRISTIANANO, PRINCIPAL OF GARY ADULT WILL SHEAR GARY ADULT WILL SHEAR ADDITIONAL REMARKS ON THE REMARKS ON THE LEGACY OF DR. QUINN. QUINN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT. SO MANY THINGS THAT DR. QUINN DID IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I WORKED WITH HIM. HE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK AT GARY. SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. WHEN I GOT THERE, WE HAD TO CHANGE THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE OF GARY AND WE DID. AND HE WAS THE MISSING PUZZLE PIECE TO THAT. VERY SIMPLY, WE CAME UP WITH THE MOTTO, AND THE MOTTO TO THIS DAY IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON GARY AND THAT AND THAT MOTTO IS "EVERY DAY MATTERS." IT'S ON OUR IT'S ON OUR LOGO. ITS ON OUR SCHOOL AND SIGNAGE BECAUSE IT DOES. WE LET THESE STUDENTS KNOW, IF YOU LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY, IT MATTER IT IS YOU ARE NOT AT SCHOOL. IT MATTER IT IS YOU MISS THE DAY. THE HOURS ADD UP. AND THE FACULTY STAFF, STUDENTS, THEY EMBRACE THAT AND UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE. ANOTHER WAY WE APPROVED IT, WAS WITH THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, SOMETHING THAULD THE LECTURE ON THE HILL SERIES THAT WE CONTINUED FOR THIS DAY. WE BROUGHT IN WE BROUGHT IN INFLUENTIAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND THEY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO SPEAK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND TELL THEM, HEY, THERE ARE THINGS TALK DO. THEN BUSINESS LEADERS. THEY WERE ENTREPRENEURS. SUPERINTENDENT HAS COME OUT. PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. AND THEY ALL GAVE THEIR TIME TO SPEAK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEY DID REALIZE THAT IT DOES MATTER. THEY TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO TO COME AND WORK WITH TO COME AND WORK WITH THEM. I THINK WITH NO GREATER HONOR TO TAKE THAT MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND NAME IT NAME IT AFTER HIM, WHERE THE NAME IT AFTER HIM, WHERE THE LECTURERS CAN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS DAY. THAT'S THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jim Porter: WE NEED A >>Jim Porter: WE NEED A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR. >>Karen Perez: OH, I THOUGHT WE DID -- I THOUGHT WE ALREADY DID A MOTION, NO, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C SECOND TO APPROVE C 5.02. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS NAMING A ROOM AFTER SOMEONE, AN NAMING A ROOM AFTER SOMEONE, AN EDUCATOR THAT IT IS -- NOT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNEW THIS GENTLEMAN VERY WELL. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE HIM WHEN I OPENED UP MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL IN 2002. WHAT A GREAT WHAT A GREAT ASSET TO MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL THAT DR. QUINN WAS. OUTSTANDING PERSON. IN FACT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH QUINN TO BRING A MINUTE FORKING PROGRAM FORKING PROGRAM OVER AT GEORGE S. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. HE DID A GREAT JOB. HE IS JUST A GREAT, OUTSTANDING PERSON. I MEAN, HE IS THE TYPE OF PERSON WELL DESERVED OF NAMING THE BUILDING ON HIS BEHALF. SUPER PERSON. GREAT FAMILY. I SEE HIS FAMILY. Y'ALL STAND UP. LET ME SEE THE FAMILY. Y'ALL STAND UP. THAT IS HIS FAMILY. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL -- THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND HIS FAMILY IS A FANTASTIC FAMILY. AND I HATED TO SEE HIM LEAVE, BUT MORE THINGS HE NEEDED TO DO BUT MORE THINGS HE NEEDED TO DO PROFESSIONALLY AND MOVE UP IN THE RANKS. I AM BACKING IT I AM BACKING IT 100%. WHAT A GREAT HUMAN BEING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER COMBS MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I ALSO PULLED THE ITEM. SOMEONE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE THAT IS LEGENDARY AND IMPACTED CHILDREN. I GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I HEAR FROM SOMEONE SAYING I AM SO GLAD YOU NAMED THAT BECAUSE THAT PERSON IMPACTED MY ENTIRE LIFE. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND LEDGE EARNED OF YOUR HUSBAND, FATHER, UNCLE AND EDUCATORS. YOU CHILDREN KEEP WORKING HARD BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FUTURE CAREER ACADEMYTURE. ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FATHER, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. WE TALK OF BLACK STUDY ARE BLACK HISTORY, HISTORY, BLACK CULTURE. SO TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US. THE ROLE THE ROLE MODELS ARE ESSENTIAL. AND MASS MEMBER WASHINGTON HAS SAID OVER AND OVER. WHAT A PHENOMENAL LEAD THEY ARE GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN. IT IS MY HONOR TO CONCUR AND IT IS MY HONOR TO CONCUR AND EMBRACE THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM IN GARY AT GARY AT GARY ADULT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: OH, >>Jessica Vaughn: OH, -- >>Karen Perez: MEMBER >>Karen Perez: MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: EVEN I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT. DR. QUINN PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING CHARTER FACULTY MEMBER AT BLAKE AND TEACHING IN SPECIAL ED IS ADMIRABLE. I AM A I AM A BIG BELIEVER THAT THERE ARE SO LITTLE WAYS TO CELEBRATE ARE SO LITTLE WAYS TO CELEBRATE OUR EDUCATORS THAT HAVE OUR EDUCATORS THAT HAVE WORKED IN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. A JIM FOR SCHOOL BUILDING. I FEEL THAT IT IS VERY I FEEL THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HONOR THIS THIS SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT BE PASSES AND IT BE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY. >>Jim Porter: I WOULD ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT -- WE CAN GET ONE MORE DONE. >>Karen Perez: ITEM 1.01, >>Karen Perez: ITEM 1.01, SOLE SOURCE CLASSROOM INITIATIVES INITIATIVES LCC. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ITEM. A COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM THAT AIMS TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE AIMS TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT COMPARED TO ASSESSMENT COMPARED TO OTHER COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS. ONE HOUR SHORTER THAN THE ONE HOUR SHORTER THAN THE SAT. IN A PRETTY BIG BULLET. AS A RESULT OF OFFERING THE CLT IN THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, 10147 IN THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, 10147 SENIORS THAT EARNED CON CORE DANCE SCORE WHICH RESULTED IN THE STUDENT EARNING THEIR DIPLOMA. AS A RESULT OF OPERATING AS A RESULT OF OPERATING THE CL 1,T 1,000 STUDENTS IN EARNING THEIR THEIR DIPLOMA. STUDENTS FRAGILE WAITED IN THE 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR. OF A SCORE ON THE THE SAT OR THE THE SAT OR THE ACT. >>Superintendent Ayres: MADAM CHAIR, ITEM CHAIR, ITEM 101 THE CLASSICAL LEARNING TEST AND CHRISTINA LEARNING TEST AND CHRISTINA RAYBURN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR CLT EXAM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVAL C 1.0 APPROVAL C 1.0 01. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND AND RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: YES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME AND TALK ABOUT TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW ABOUT. THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND THE CONGRATULATIONS SITUATION AND GRADUATION RATES SITUATION AND GRADUATION RATES WHY ARE THEY ABLE TO PASS THIS AND NOT MEETING THE BENCHMARK WITH THE ACT, SAT OR ANYTHING WITH THE BENCHMARK WITH THE BENCHMARK THAT WAY PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACT IMPACT ON THAT. >> THE MATH >> THE MATH SECTION TO LOOK RATHER THAN THE RATHER THAN THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPLEX CALCULATIONS. STUDENTS WHO KNOW HOW TO THINK WITH WORD AND NUMBER WITH WORD AND NUMBER PROBLEMS BETTER IN THE MATH PORTION BETTER IN THE MATH PORTION. >>Nadia Combs: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. CAN YOU TALK OF THE CAN YOU TALK OF THE INTERVENTIONS. WE BEEN HEARING WE BEEN HEARING CERTIFICATES VERSUS VERSUS DIPLOMA. WE TALKED AT LENGTH WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THE THINGS AS A RESULT THAT. AND IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN TO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL IS REALLY SCHOOL IS REALLY PUSHING SO HARD UNTIL SUMMER GRADUATION THAT WE HAD HAD LAST WEEK AND I THINK IF WE CAN TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IT WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT FOR PEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO EARN THAT CON CORE DANCE SCORE AND WE HAVE A ROBUST SUMMER PROGRAM THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON CLT. AND THEY TAKE THE TEST ON CAMPUS AND WE DO THAT AGAIN IN JULY FOR ANY STUDENTS TO ANY STUDENTS TO ARE STILL MISSING THE BENCHMARK. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE COC TASK FORCE THAT WORKS WITH WITH STUDENTS THROUGH EITHER ADULT ED OR EVEN GOING INTO OUR SCHOOL SITES TO DO GRADUATION COHORT MEETINGS. WE DO A VARIETY OF TUTORING. ROSS ANDERSON AND MARCO'S GROUP DOES A LOT WITH OUR STUDENTS ONE ON ONE, ESPECIALLY OUR MINORITY STUDENTS TO HELP MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THESE TESTS WHEN WE DO ADMINISTER THEM. BUT WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A CON KOUR CORE DANCE SCORE OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO EARN THEIR BENCHMARKS FOR THEIR BENCHMARKS FOR GRADUATION. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE -- THE REASON THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE ARE THAT WE ARE -- THAT WE ARE COMING BACK FOR THIS 378 IS THE TEST HAS INCREASED PER TEST, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >>Jessica Vaughn: AT THE STATE LEVEL INCREASED LEVEL INCREASED THE TEST? >>CLT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THE ONES THAT DOES THE TESTING IT LOOKING TO INCREASE IT. WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE NUMBER FROM 8,000 TO 14,000. >> YES. >>Jessica Vaughn: ALMOST DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THIS TEST. PART OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT, HAVING IT MORE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND IT IS A FREE TEST. AND AS YOU MENTIONED AND AS YOU MENTIONED SUPPORTS FOR THAT. BUT SUPERINTENDENT, YOU SAID -- YOU MENTIONED 1,000 STUDENTS. THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE TEST. BECAUSE I KNOW -- WE HAVE 1400 SENIORS TAKE SENIORS TAKE IT. BUT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU MENTION DOES IT MEAN A DOES IT MEAN A CERTIFICATE. >> BE. >> 1,000 47 NUMBER I GAVE YOU ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED WITH THEIR DIPLOMA AND THEIR DIPLOMA AND USED IT CON THEIR DIPLOMA AND USED IT CON CORE DANCE CLT, ACT OR SAT. DIDN'T NEED IT THROUGH THEIR 10th GRADE 10th GRADE SCORE. WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS RESULTS WITH CLT. I WAS AT KING FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE AND TALKED TO ONE OF THE MATH COACHES AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ON THE MATH SIDE THROUGH THE CLT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, THAT 1,000 NUMBERS COULD CON CORE DANCE SCORES BUT A COMBO OF ALL THREE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SINGLE STUDENT THAT IS MASTERING MATHEMATICS ONLY. STUD WEDNESDAY THE STUD WEDNESDAY THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION -- WE HAVE NO ONE THAT IS MISS ISSING JUST MATHEMATICS. >>Jessica Vaughn: IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALMOST 4,000 WE HAVE ALMOST 4,000 JUNIORS THAT IT IS ALSO HELPING WHO LACKED -- >> WE HAVE A LITTLE >> WE HAVE A LITTLE UNDER 3,000 JUNIORS THAT END THE JUNIORS THAT END THE CONCORDANCE SCORE OVER SCORE OVER CLT. >>Jessica Vaughn: A LOT OF CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETIONS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO GET OUR STUDENTS OVER THE FINISH LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE WALKING OUT WITH A DIPLOMA. I WANT TO VERIFY AND MAKE SURE. YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AND EVERY TIME YOU BROUGHT IT THROUGH, THE CLT TEST IS -- WE ARE TALKING 1,000. NO KNOW WHAT IS THAT LOOKS LIKE IN YEARS GIVING US ACCESS TO GRADUATE WITH THEIR DIPLOMA BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO THIS TEST THAT THEY EXPANDED. >> >> ABSOLUTELY. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Jim Porter: I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE BUDGET. >>Karen Perez: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR -- NO? SUSPEND IT? >>Jim Porter: SO SHE CAN MAKE THE COMMENT ON THE RECORD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE. >>Karen Perez: THE FIRST HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE SUPPORT TO YOU AND MECHANICS OF THE COMMUNITY THE 2024-'25 COMMUNITY THE 2024-'25 MILLAGE RATES TENTATIVE BUDGET RATES TENTATIVE BUDGET ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIRST PROPOSING FOR MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. BUDGET INCLUDES ALL GOVERNMENT AND PROPRIETARY FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. I DO WANT TO ALSO ADD THIS HAS NOTHING DO WITH OUR 1.0 MILLAGE REFERENDUM PROPOSED TO BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. AND SOMETHING WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR AS PART OF OUR TRIM NOTICE. MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: AT THIS TIME I WILL ADJOURN THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MILLAGE AND FISCAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL BUDGET FOR 2024-'25. ROE JOHNSON, ROE JOHNSON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL NOW OFFICER WILL NOW PRESENT. >>Roe Johnson: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT AND CONSTITUENTS. I WILL BE GIVING THE BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR 2024-'25 FISCAL YEAR. TRIM LAW WAS ENACTED IN TRIM LAW WAS ENACTED IN 1980. IT REQUIRES -- REQUIREMENTS ARE A DETAILED IN FLORIDA STATUTE UNDER SECTION 200. STATUTE REQUIRES THE STATUTE REQUIRES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADVERTISE THE PROPOSED BUDGET RATE AND MILLAGE ANNUALLY. REQUIRES DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE, CAPITAL OUTLAY MILLAGE. THE PROCESS OF INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS DETERMINES THE AD VALOREM TAXES VALOREM TAXES .FLORIDA STATE LAW PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC INPUT, AND FOR THE GOVERNING OF THE TAXING AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE CHANGES IN TAXES AND IN THE BUDGET. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ASSESSED THE MILLAGE RATE. LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MUST LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MUST LEVY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NO DISCRETION TO SET THE MILLAGE RATES DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC IN DEFINING THE PROCESS DEFINING THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE TO BE FOLLOWING TIMELINE TO BE FOLLOWING THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATES AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THE NUMBERS REFLECTED IN THE PUBLISHING HEARING IS BASED ON THE SECOND CALCULATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION JULY 2024. THE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT THE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WILL CHANGE AFTER IT HAS BEEN CLOSED. TIMELINENLINE. THE TRIM THE TRIM PROCESS TIMELINE. JULY 9, JULY 9, TENTATIVE BUDGET TO THE BOARD. JULY 19, THE FLORIDA JULY 19, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MUST CERTIFIED THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT. JULY 28, THE TRIM PROCESS MUST BE ADVERTISED IN THE BE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER. AUGUST 1 IS TONIGHT. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGS MUST START AT 5.01. BY AUGUST 2, THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND THE FINAL HEARING DATE PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OFFICE. SEPTEMBER 5 WILL BE THE FINAL SEPTEMBER 5 WILL BE THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AT 5 PUBLIC HEARING AT 501 AT PUBLIC HEARING AT 501 AT ROSSAC BUILDING. SEPTEMBER 25, SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC MILLAGE RATES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY. I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES, BUT IN 2013, THE MILLAGE RATE WAS AT 7.8700. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PROJECTION THAT THE MILLAGE RATE HAS BEEN GOING DOWN. CURRENT RATE AS OF 2025 IS 5.3880. THE THE '23-'24 TOTAL MILL WAS 5.40. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT HAS CHANGED. DECREASED FROM 2024 -- FROM 3.13150 TO 3.13150 TO 3.1280, A 3.13150 TO 3.1280, A REDUCTION OF.0300. DISCRETIONARY HAS DISCRETIONARY HAS REMAINED THE SAME AS SAME AS 7480. REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS WAS .0210 AND ADJUSTMENTS WAS .0210 AND REDUCED DOWN REDUCED DOWN TOPOINT REDUCED DOWN TOPOINT 0110, NEGATIVE REDUCTION. TOTAL MILL FOR THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT AND DISCRETIONARY LOCAL EFFORT AND DISCRETIONARY IS IS 3.9000. THIS YEAR AT THIS YEAR AT 3.8880. A A TOTAL REDUCTION OF POINT 0120. THE LOCAL THAT THE SERVICE HAS NOT CHANGED AT NOT CHANGED AT 0.0000 SO WE DON'T LEVY DED ET SERVICE OPINION LOCAL CAPITAL I DON'T OUT LIE OUT LIE 1.5000. ONE YEARS AGO 2.000 MILLS. TOTAL MILLS FOR THIS YEAR IS 5.3380, A OF OF .1010. WE HAVE A REDUCTION IN OUR RATE. THE CURRENT ROLL BACK MILLAGE IS 5.2410. THAT MEANS IF THE DISTRICT -- IF THE GOVERNMENT OR THE FLORIDA THE GOVERNMENT OR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WANTED TO COLLECT THE SAME RESOURCE, THEY WILL FROM SO MOVE OUR MILL TO TO 5.2412. THIS IS A THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. HOW THE RATES WERE CALCULATED HOW THE RATES WERE CALCULATED AND HOW THIS GOT THE COLLECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FINAL FROM 2023-'24897.3 MILLION. TENTATIVE IS TENTATIVE IS 9.43.1 MILLION. THE CALCULATION IS DONE AT THE BOTTOM. IF WE TAKE THE IF WE TAKE THE TAXABLE VALUE. TAXABLE VALUE FROM LAST YEAR WAS 173 BILLION. OUR TAXABLE OUR TAXABLE VALUE THIS YEAR IS 182.3. THAT IS WHY OUR COLLECTION WILL BE MORE EVEN THOUGH OUR RATE WENT DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU CREATE THAT BY THE MILLAGE RATE. AND YOU DIVIDE IT AND YOU DIVIDE IT BY 1,000 AND MULTIPLY. WE DON'T DONE 100% COLLECTION. BY STATUTE, WE CAN BUDGET FOR.96. THIS YEAR WE CAN COLLECT AROUND 943.1 MILLION. HOW IS THE TAX COMPUTED. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. ASSESSED VALUE IS $2,000. YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS $200. A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF SCHOOL DISHAVE THE IM FOR 25,000. YOUR TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE ONLY $175,000. DIVIDE THAT BY DIVIDE THAT BY $1,000, THAT IS 175. TIMES THE MILLAGE OF TIMES THE MILLAGE OF 5.3880. THE PROPERTY TAX -- YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY TO THE DISTRICT IF THAT WAS YOUR HOME VALUE IS 942.90. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOUR ASSESSED VALUE IS $200,000. YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAX TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL AT PUBLIC SCHOOL AT $942.09. OKAY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT IN FISCAL YEAR, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AND THEY WILL CHANGE. SO RIGHT NOW, FOR -- AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING, WE HAVE COLLECTED 1,802 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE. OUR EXPENDITURE IS 1 BILLION 734. OUR FINANCIAL POSITION -- WE HAVE $35 MILLION OFF OF THOSE EXPENDITURES TO ESSER 3. SO OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AFTER THE MOVE THE MOVE --ESSER MOVEMENT AND BEFORE THE NONRECURRING SALARIES WILL BE 67.6 MILLION. OUR RECURRING SALARIES -- AT THE NEXT WAS AROUND NEXT WAS AROUND 58.5 MILLION. IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF TODAY IS $9 MILLION. OUR BEGINNING FUND FWRAL PREVIOUS YEAR WAS $330 MILLION. ESSER 3 MOVEMENT WAS 35 MILLION. AND THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO THE FUND BALANCE. HOW THE FUND BALANCE INCREASED. NONRECURRING SALARIES ARE AROUND FOUR MILLION. AND OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS $9 MILLION. WE PLAN TO END THIS YEAR AT $370 MILLION WHICH IS 21% OF OUR FUND BALANCE. 100 MILLION OF THIS IS 100 MILLION OF THIS IS RESTRICTED AT RESTRICTED AT 6%. AND 270 MILLION UNRESTRICTED AT 15% OF OUR FUND BALANCE. WHEN WE BUILD A BUDGET, WE ALWAYS GET ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE STATE. AND THAT IS HOW WE GO ABOUT. WE GET GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT THE WILL IMPACT THE BSA, OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION. WENT FROM WENT FROM 5139.73 PER STUDENTS TO TO 5330.98. THAT IS AN INCREASE THAT IS AN INCREASE PER STUDENT. $191.25. PART OF THE PART OF THE BSA NOW ARE THE CATEGORY SCHOOL FINDINGS. TEACHER SALARY TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION. 79 79 MILLION.6. READING ALLOCATION 12.5 MILLION. TEACHER CLASSROOM PUN PLY TEACHER CLASSROOM PUN PLY 4.1 MILLION. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, 18.3 MILLION. AND TURN AROUND SCHOOL SUPPLEMENT 4.47 MILLION. WE HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CATEGORICAL CATEGORICAL FUNDING. REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL. STATE IS BASED ON APPROPRIATION OF OUR STUDENTS, STATE CATEGORICAL AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STATE REVENUE. THE LOCAL IS BASED ON THE PROPERTY TAX, LIKE WE ARE GOING OVER THE TRIM PROCESS NOW, OVER THE TRIM PROCESS NOW, THE MILLAGE RATES MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE. ADJUSTMENT INCOME, VARIOUS FEES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. IMPACT AGE, ROTC, MEDICAID AND OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCE. WE ALSO HAVE A EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTION. OUR EXPENDITURES GO UP. HEALTH CARE COSTS GOING UP BY 3714% FOR A HALF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR JANUARY 2024 TO JUNE 2025 AT 3.2 MILLION. UTILITY COSTS INCREASE AROUND 5 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 13 TO 17%. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO SEE, I KNOW IT IS HARD TO SEE, BUT THIS IS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET SUMMARY FOR ALL FIVE AT THE DISTRICT. OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET WILL BE ESTIMATED AROUND $4.3 BILLION. GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY $2.5 BILLION, WHICH PAYS FOR SALARIES, BENEFITS, SUPPLIES AND TEXT BOOKS. AND $370 MILLION OF THAT WILL BE OUR BEGINNING FUND OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE. SPECIAL REVENUE SPECIAL REVENUE IS ESTIMATED AT 4 06 MILLION OUR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS STATE GRANTS IN OUR STUDENT ATTRITION FUND. DEBT SERVICE WHERE WE PAY ALL THE DEBT OUT IS 234 MILLION WHERE WE PAY OUR PRINCIPAL WHERE WE PAY OUR PRINCIPAL FOR OUR BAND AND INTEREST PAYMENTS. CAPITAL PROJECTS IS AROUND $907.3 MILLION TO PAY FOR REMODELING, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS AND HALF A CENT REFERENDUM. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE VOTERS FOR VOTING THAT IN. OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUND IS $217.1 MILLION. HEALTH INSURANCE WORKMAN'S COMP AND GENERAL LIABILITY. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE ADOPTING. OUR BEGINNING FUND PAL WILL BE AROUND $370 MILLION, WHICH IS GOING TO CHANGE. AND BASED ON WE ARE ADOPTING SALARIES. WE CLOSE IT EARLY. WE HAD NEGOTIATED EARLY. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AT THE TABLE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE AROUND 281. THAT IS A DECREASE OF THAT IS A DECREASE OF 88 MILLION THAT WE SPEND ON A THAT WE SPEND ON A NEXT TABLE. OUR OPERATION. SO I WANT TO GIVE A SNAPSHOT TO SO I WANT TO GIVE A SNAPSHOT TO A SUMMARY OF OUR OPERATION FUND FOR THIS TENTATIVE ADOPTED BUDGET. TOTAL REVENUES TOTAL REVENUES WE ARE PROJECTING AT AT $1,830 MILLION. OUR TOTAL OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1 BILLION, 853 MILLION. AND PART OF THAT IS RENEGOTIATION OF RENEGOTIATION OF RECURRING WAS AT 17.6. OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT A "OPERATIONAL DEFICIT" IS. IT IS WHEN OUR CURRENT IT IS WHEN OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES EXCEED CURRENT REVENUE CAUSING A DECREASE IN OUR FUND OUR FUND BALANCE. OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE -- WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE ARE STILL CLOSING IS $370 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, OUR AND WITH THAT, OUR FINANCIAL DEFICIT RIGHT NOW -- FINANCIAL POSITION OF A DEFICIT OF $22.8 MILLION. AND THEN NONRECURRING SALARIES WE ALSO NEGOTIATE A TABLE WILL BE $66 MILLION REDUCTION IN OUR FUND BALANCE. PROJECTING OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE SOMEWHERE AROUND $281.2 MILLION. AND WILL GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF FUND BALANCE OVER REVENUE OF OWNING 15% OWNING 15% IF THAT IS STILL A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. I JUST WANT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS FLAWED. AND IT WILL CHANGE. AND HOPEFUL LEAVE BY THIRD CALCULATION, WE CAN GET TRUER NUMBERS SO THAT OPERATIONAL NUMBERS SO THAT OPERATIONAL DEFICIT THAT WE ARE PROJECTING WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD HELD FISCAL YEAR 2024-'25 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 AT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 AT 5:01. AND IN THE AND IN THE ROSSAC BUILDING. THANK THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL MOVE TO THE -- I AM RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE TENTATIVE STATE REQUIRED LOCAL MILLAGE RATE OF -- YOU CAN CLOSE THAT OUT. I AM SORRY. YOU CAN -- YOU CAN -- I AM RECOMMENDING THAT HAD THE BOARD ADOPT A TENTATIVE STATE REQUIRED MILLAGE OF OF 3.14004 MILL. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE DISCRETIONARY OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF .7480 MILL. ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE LOCAL REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT MILLAGE RATE OF 1.4500 MILLS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE DEBT SERVICE OF ADOPT THE DEBT SERVICE OF 0.00 MILL. >>Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR YEAR '24-2025 MILLAGE YEAR '24-2025 MILLAGE RATES AS PRESENTED. I HAVE MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES OR ROLL-BACK RATES? >> MARK >> MARK KLUTHO, >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. WELL SMOKE AND WELL SMOKE AND MIRRORS. I WAS TOLD I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HEARING I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HEARING WAS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE GOING TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE IN THE MANNER AS THE MANNER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE. AND, AGAIN AND, AGAIN YOU GET AND, AGAIN YOU GET IT WRONG. THIS WAS SUPPOSED THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MILLAGE. NOT NOT BUDGET. HAS SHOWED THE HAS SHOWED THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PINELLAS AGENDA. YOUR MILLAGE HEARING DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET. THAT IS THAT IS SEPARATE. AND, OF COURSE AND, OF COURSE IT IS US BACKWARDS. YOU SHOULD BE DOING THE BUDGET HEARING BEFORE YOU DO THE MILLAGE, BUT I KNOW THE STATE THAT DETERMINES HOW YOU DO THE THAT DETERMINES HOW YOU DO THE TWO HEARINGS. BUT -- BUT YOU TALK ABOUT BUT -- BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE GOING DOWN MILLAGE RATE GOING DOWN THAT MILLAGE RATE GOING DOWN THAT PAYING MORE PAYING MORE THE VALUE OF PEOPLE GOING UP. THE PROBLEM IS STILL A WASTE. YOU ARE STILL WASTING YOU ARE STILL WASTING. I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOWER SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HEARING ON THE MILLAGE WHEN THERE WAS SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET ALREADY. YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THIS WAS HOW THIS WAS HANDLED ON TUESDAY. AS IT IS DESCRIBED AS IT IS DESCRIBED BY THE STATE AS IT IS DESCRIBED BY THE STATE I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T GET IT RIGHT IT RIGHT I MEAN IT RIGHT I MEAN IT'S THE LAW. >>Karen Perez: BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY OF THE MILLAGE RATE A ROLL BACK RATE AS PRESENTED? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: FOR CLARIFICATION, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE -- ABOUT THE PROJECTED BUDGET. IS THAT FAIR? >>Jim Porter: SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS JUST ON THE MILLAGE RATE ITSELF. THAT IS ALL WE ARE VOTING ON NOW. AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE A TIME TO TALK OF TALK OF THE BUDGET NEXT. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. >>Jim Porter: BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ARE ONLY VOTING ON THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AS THE CFO DESCRIBED TO YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT. SO THERE ARE JUST SO THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE SURE IT IS VERY HAVE WE HAVE VERY CLEAR. YOU SAID THIS CLEARLY, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE. THE THE FDOE SETS THESE RATES. I AM GLAD YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT. AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NO DISCRETION OVER DISCRETION OVER THESE RATES. >>Roe Johnson: THAT THAT'S CORRECT. >>Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR AGAIN BECAUSE I HEARD PEOPLE WHERE IT IS PEOPLE WHERE IT IS VERY CONFUSING SINCE WE HAVE TO HOLD THIS MEETING TO A -- YOU KNOW, TO ACCEPT THOSE RATES. BUT WE HAVE NO INPUT ON THAT. IT COMES FROM THE IT COMES FROM THE FDOE. AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE NO DISCRETION OVER DISCRETION OVER THAT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. >>Roe Johnson: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF BUDGET OF $4,338,908.82. >>Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING -- KAERNG THE KAERNG THE 2024-2025 TENTATIVE BUDGET? BUDGET? >> MARK >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. THIS IS WHEN THE BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED. SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED. >>
MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. THIS IS WHEN THE BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED. UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE. LOOK AT THESE FIGURES, LOOK AT THESE FIGURES, THE BOARD, 1,500 AND SOMETHING,000. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T READ IT. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, $19 MILLION. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, $172,000 -- -- $127,900,000. FACILITIES AND ACADEMIC SERVICES, SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION. $321 MILLION. FISCAL SERVICES. $11 MILLION. OOH, OOH, YEAH. AND THEN WE HAVE AND THEN WE HAVE OPERATION OF PLAN. $177 MILLION. WELL, WE WILL GET THAT FIGURE GOING GOING UP, BECAUSE YOU MAKE THE STUPID BUILDINGS AND THEY WANT TO RAISE THE RATES. SO, SO, OH, YEAH. OPERATION OPERATION, $36 MILLION. AND THEN AND THEN DEBT SERVICE, AND THEN DEBT SERVICE, $81 MILLION. OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY, OTHER CAPITAL OUTLAY, $244 MILLION. OH, BOY. AGAIN, YOU CAN'T EVEN DO A BUDGET HEARING RIGHT. CAN YOU SPEND THE CAN YOU SPEND THE CAN YOU SPEND THE TAXPAYER' CAN YOU SPEND THE TAXPAYER' MONEY WISELY? I DON'T THINK SO. THE FUTURE IS DIM. I LIKE THIS OVER HERE I LIKE THIS OVER HERE YEAH, PURCHASE OF PURCHASE OF RELOCATABLE SCHOOL IF A STILTS. NOW TALK WASTEFUL. TALK ABOUT TALK ABOUT WASTEFUL. IT IS GETTING FREEZING IN HERE NOW, BUT WHEN YOU ARE WEARING COATS, AND WE HAVE THE HEAT COATS, AND WE HAVE THE HEAT INDEX OUTSIDE OF INDEX OUTSIDE OF 105 DEGREES, INDEX OUTSIDE OF 105 DEGREES, YOU FEEL GOOD, DON'T YOU FEEL GOOD, DON'T YOU. YEAH. I AM TELLING YOU, THE FUTURE IS DIM. VERY DIM. IT'S SAD. VERY SAD. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE THE 2024-'25 TENTATIVE BUDGET? MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I HAD THE GREEN LIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY QUESTION IS PRETTY SIMPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR FUND BALANCE FROM 21% IN THE FUND BALANCE FROM 21% IN THE PROJECTED BUDGET GOING DOWN TO 15%. MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS AFFECT OUR BOND RATE SOMETHING IN AND PERHAPS SUPERINTENDENT AYRES MAY ANSWER AS WELL. >>Superintendent Ayres: MISS JOHNSON AND I WILL JUMP IN. >>Roe Johnson: IT WON'T >>Roe Johnson: IT WON'T IMPACT OUR RATING. AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT IS STABLE. A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF ENROLLMENT OF WHAT PART OF THE DISTRICT WE ARE GROWING AND ARE WE STABILIZING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A STABLE POINT. AND THE FUND BALANCE IS HEALTHY. SO WE ARE NOT IMPACTING OUR SO WE ARE NOT IMPACTING OUR RATINGS. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THE INFORMATION THAT WE SAW FROM THE POWERPOINT WAS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION. WAS THAT E-MAILED TO US? DID WE HAVE THAT POWER POINT? DID I MISS THAT IN OUR E-MAIL SOMEWHERE? >>Roe Johnson: NO, IT WAS NOT. WE CAN FORWARD IT TO YOUR MAIL. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. NEXT TIME CAN WE GET THAT PREVIOUS TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE DURING THE MEETING ? I MEAN THAT IS I MEAN THAT IS A PRETTY BIG POWERPOINT I WOULD LIKE POWERPOINT I WOULD LIKE TO DIGEST BEFORE WE ARE ASKED TO VOTE ON IT. GOING FORWARD, GET THE INFORMATION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT. >>Jim Porter: KEEP IN MIND, >>Jim Porter: KEEP IN MIND, MISS VAUGHN -- >>Superintendent Ayres: YOU ARE VOTING ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION -- YOU ARE CORRECT. A LOT OF SLIDES AND INFORMATION OF TENTATIVE BUDGET BASED ON THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF STUDENTS. WE INDUSTRIAL TO DETERMINE THAT. FINAL HEARING IN SEPTEMBER BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION, YES, MA'AM. >>Jessica Vaughn: MA WAS MY ONLY QUESTION AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND A PASSES AND A PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MISS MISS JOHNSON. >>Roe Johnson: ADOPT ARE THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE PEN I HAVE IT BUDGET. >>Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE 2024-'25 MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE 2024-'25 MILLAGE RATES AND 2024-'25 MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. SEEING NONE, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE RESOLUTIONS THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE 2024-'25 MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE TENTATIVE BUDGETS? SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MISS JOHNSON, PLEASE CONTINUE. >>Roe Johnson: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE STAFF THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE STAFF TO HAVE PERFORM ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 200 FLORIDA STATUTES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON. A A MOTION AND A SECOND TO HAVE STAFF PERFORM ALL STAFF PERFORM ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OF CHAPTER 200 FLORIDA STATUTES AS PRESENTED. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZATION OF STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN WITH TRUTH IN MILLAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHAPTER 200 FLORIDA STATUTES. SEEING NONE, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF STAFF TO PERFORM ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN NIL LAGE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 200, FLORIDA STATUTES. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FINAL HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR YEAR 2024-2025 ADOPTED BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATES WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, AT 5:01 P.M. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR RECONVENE THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. [GAVEL [GAVEL SOUNDING] THANK YOU, MRS. JOHNSON. >>Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE ITEM. >>Karen Perez: RETURN TO ITEM 1.01. ADDENDUM FOR CLASSIC LEARNING INITIATIVES INITIATIVES LCC. AND MEMBER AND MEMBER RENDON, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I REALLY THANK THE ACADEMIC SERVICES FOR SERVICES FOR BRINGING THE SERVICES FOR BRINGING THE CLT TO THIS. THIS WAS IMPACTED BASED ON THE CHANGE OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE UNIT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE PERT TEST AS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CONCORDA ONE OF THE CONCORDA INCES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. THIS ASSISTED WITH OUR MATH TREMENDOUSLY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO STUDENTS REQUIRING ANY MATH STUDENTS REQUIRING ANY MATH CONCORDANCE SCORES TO PASS. ENGLISH ENGLISH ISSUES BUT NO MATH BASED ON THE ON THE CONCORDANCE ON THE CONCORDANCE SCORES. ANOTHER THING I AM EX-SUPERINTENDENTED ABOUT EXPANDING TO OUR JUNIORS. NOT ONLY A TEST THAT IS A CONCORDANCE SCORE, OF OUR UNIVERSITIES FOR OTHER STUDENTS NEEDING THINGS FOR BRIGHT FUTURE, SENTENCE TO THOSE UNIVERSITIES. AND IT IDENTIFIES DIFFERENT STUDENT WAYS OF LEARNING. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW THAT NOT THE S.A.T., THE S.A.T., A.C.T. OR HAVING THE CLT AND IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE WAYS OF STUDENTS LEARN GIVING THEM THE WEAPONS THEM THE WEAPONS OPPORTUNITY HAVE ALTERNATIVE WAYS IN FUTURE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY A DIFFERENT NOT ONLY A DIFFERENT CONCORDANCE SCORE FOR GRADUATION BUT ADDRESSES ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN VARIOUS TYPES OF LEARNING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HAVE BRIEPT GHT FUTURES AND TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND MEETS ALL LEVELS OF MEETS ALL LEVELS OF ACADEMIC NEEDS AND LEARNING CATSKILLS. ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEARNING STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. THANK YOU TO THE LEGISLATURES FOR GIVING THIS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE. WE ARE WE ARE SEEING THIS WITH MORE OF OUR STUDENT WITH IEPs TO MAKE THAT JUMP AND GET ACTUAL DIPLOMAS OVER ACCESS DIPLOMAS OF THE ALTERNATIVE WAYS LEARNING. SO IT IS REALLY EX-SUPERINTENDENTING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FOR US TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 3.01, STATE OF FLORIDA STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER PREKINDERGARTEN PROVIDER CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR FOR 2024-'25. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE VOLUNTARY PRE-K SERVICES SINCE THE SUMMER 20606. THE PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW OFFERING MORE OPPORTUNITIES EVERY YEAR. VPK IS FUNDED THROUGH VPK IS FUNDED THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION MAXIMUM OF 300 HOURS FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM. FOR HOURS BEYOND VPK DURING A SCHOOL YEAR, A WEEKLY SCHOOL YEAR, A WEEKLY EXTENDED LEARNING TIME FEE IS CHARGED ONLY A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON THE STUDENT'S FREE REDUCED LUNCH STATUS. APPROXIMATELY -- AND BE THIS IS AN INCREASE, NEXT YEAR AN INCREASE, NEXT YEAR 1815 STUDENTS ALREADY SERVED AT OUR SCHOOL SITES AND INCREASE OF 125 STUDENTS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AS WE LOOK AT EARLY LEARNING, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 125 SEATS FOR STUDENTS THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT IS ITEM 301 AND DR. EMILY IS ITEM 301 AND DR. EMILY CIMINO WITH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS -- THERE SHE IS -- IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF VPK AND THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS C 3.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Nadia Combs: YES. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. DR. CIMINO AND TRACYE BROWN FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR WORK AND ADVOCACY. WE WORKED TOGETHER. A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS BOORPD ARE PASSIONATE OF EARLY LEARNING AND HAVING ABERLELY LEARNING TASK FORCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT -- AND I TALKED TO YOU DR. DR. CIMINO IS DR. CIMINO IS ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING WITH EARLY CARE. I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT REALLY I THINK INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUT HERE AND VOTE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING MODEL LOOKS LIKE. AND HOW MUCH DOES EACH CHILD GET FOR EARLY LEARNING BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY LOW. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY BRING THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS ONE OF -- ONE OF ONLY ABOUT 15 STATES IN THE NATION THAT PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEM GOING TO A PRE-K PROGRAM PRIOR TO KINDERGARTEN. OUR COUNTY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY $2900 PER STUDENT FOR 540 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY. AND WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING, THAT ONLY PAYS FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS OF THE DAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME IS EITHER FUNDED BY OTHER SUPPORTS LIKE TITLE I OR OUR MIGRANT. BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FUNDED BY THE PARENTS. SO IF THEY WANTED TO STAY THE FULL DAY, WE DO PROVIDE THEIR ABILITY TO GIVE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES. AND WE TRY TO BE AS -- AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE PARENTS TO OPPORTUNITY TO STAY, PARENTS TO OPPORTUNITY TO STAY, BUT IF WE HAD UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS STUDENTS THE AGE AS YOUNG AS THREE WILL COME TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND GET THAT TWO YEARS PRIOR TO KINDERGARTEN WHERE THEY ARE EXPOSED TO DIRECT INSTRUCTION, QUALITY CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION, QUALITY CURRICULUM BY CENTERFIED TEACHERS. I THINK WE CAN GENT SO MUCH MORE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OUT OF THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OUT OF THE STUDENTS. AND THAT JUST WOULDN'T BE FOR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BUT ALSO ALL BUT ALSO ALL OUR STUDENTS IN -- OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE EARLY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION. >>Nadia Combs: I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS GEORGIA, RIGHT. WHAT RESULTS ARE YOU SEEING. YOU ARE SEEING VERY HIGH LITERACY RATES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GAP. BY THE TIME A CHILD IS IN THIRD GRADE NOW, THE LITERACY THAT THEY HAVE TO READ WITH THE ON IF NEXT IS SUCH A BIG COMPONENT. I KNOW THAT YEARS AGO WHEN PROBABLY MOST OF US WERE IN KINDERGARTEN, WE LEARNED OUR NUMBERS, OUR COLORS, THINGS VERY BASIC. NOW STUDENTS NOW STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO READ NOW STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO READ AND RIGHTED BY THE END OF KINDERGARTEN. I WANT TO COMMEND DR. HICKS WORKING HARD WITH ELC. ONE THING IS DRILLED DOWN AND ONE THING IS DRILLED DOWN AND LOOKING AT THE ZIP CODES WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOT REALLY PARTICIPATING. NOT SEEING VERY HIGH LEVELS OF THAT. YOU SEE YOU SEE THE URBAN CORE AND LEVELS ARE LOW AND POSSIBLY PARENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO THAT TO PROVIDE THAT DISPARITY. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR LEGISLATORS AND OUR LEGISLATURES -- OUR GOVERNOR AND PEOPLE IN THE STATE REALIZE THAT THIS IS A THIS IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE AND IMPACTING STUDENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE DO DIFFERENT DEATHS LIKE THE CLT AND ALL THESE THINGS TO PASS PASS STUDENTS. IF WE INVESTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE MODIFIED TEST. VERY IMPORTANT. END OF THE DAY, WHY IS A CHILD NOT ABLE TO PASS A SAT AND 1,000 KIDS PASSING A CLT. MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT THAT MONEY UP FRONT AND INVEST SO UP FRONT AND INVEST SO WE CAN ACTUALLY TEST THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SATs ACROSS THE NATION IN STATES THAT ARE TESTING ALL STUDENTS, WE ARE TESTING ALL STUDENTS, WE ARE STILL VERY BEHIND AND IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING. THANK THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, >> THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ, AS YOU KNOW EARLY LEARNING AND EARLY LITERACY IS IMPORTANT AS A PAST BOARD MEMBER AND EVEN MORE OF OUR CAREER. I LOVE WORKING WITH THE ELC. THEY ARE A WONDERFUL PARTNER. YOU KNOW, THEY -- THEY ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER IN THE WORK THAT WE DO. FOR THE MANY REASONS THAT MEMBERS COMBS SAID. WE SERVED THROUGH OUR VPK CLASSROOMS 12% OF THAT POPULATION AND POPULATION AND SERVING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR AROUND THE VPK VOUCHERS AND SO FORTH. BUT THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT. CREATING THESE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE WHO ARE TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE CAN LEARN SIDE BY SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE -- KIDS THAT HAVE WE HAVE -- KIDS THAT HAVE REALLY STRONG STARTS IN SCHOOL STRONG STARTS IN SCHOOL BECAUSE A STRONG START IS A STRONG FINISH. AND YOU KNOW. IN -- IN -- IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD IN -- IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE, PARTNER SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. AND PRIVATE/PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRIVATE/PUBLIC SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT NEEDLE. I TO THAT WITH ALL THE INITIATIVES I DO IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT IS THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT IS THE PRE K OR THE LITERACY FAIRS PRE K OR THE LITERACY FAIRS WE ASKED THEM WHERE THE ZIP CODES WITH THE LOWEST WITH THE LOWEST KINDERGARTEN READINESS AND DRIVE THOSE READINESS AND DRIVE THOSE RESOURCES. THEY ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS. CERTAINLY VPK GETTING MANY FAMILIES ENROLLED WHETHER OUR SCHOOLS OR THE ELC SCHOOLS OR THE ELC PRIVATE PARTNERS. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR MY BOARD MEMBERS THAT PULLED IT THAT PULLED IT BOARD MEMBERS CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER >>Karen Perez: MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR BRINGING THE EARLY LEARNING SYMPOSIUM WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH EARLY LEARNING, IT IS CRIT CITCALLY NOON WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE VENDORS A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE VENDORS PROVIDING EARLY PROVIDING EARLY LEARNING FOR PROVIDING EARLY LEARNING FOR SENATOR JUDSON ON THE BILL THAT HE IDENTIFIED THE FACT WHEN RELOOK AT VPK OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. UNTIL THIS BILL WAS PUT IN PLACE, WE DIDN'T HAVE PLACE, WE DIDN'T HAVE CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS TEACHING IT. GIVING CREDITABILITY TO OUR VPK PARTNERS PARTNERS AND I KNOW THAT DR. PARTNERS AND I KNOW THAT DR. BRINGING AWARENESS OF INSTITUTIONS RECORDING INSTITUTIONS RECORDING PUBLIC AND PRY INSTITUTIONS AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A QUALITY SURE EVERYBODY HAS A QUALITY VPK PROGRAM. DOING THAT DOING THAT SENATE BILL DOING THAT SENATE BILL 7002 ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANYONE SEARCHING VPK WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST 45 HOURS OF PREINSTRUCTION REGARDING SOME OF THAT THE INSTRUCTION MATERIALS HAVE TO BE HAVE TO BE REALLY FOCUS PHONICS BASED MATERIALS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY TAKING A GOOD LOOK AND MOVING FORWARD AND WANTING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS WE ARE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS WE ARE APPROVING FOR VY VIS THAT HAS BEEN A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I AM SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO WANT TO GOING TO WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE INCREASE OUR VPK EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE IF YOU RECOGNIZE IF YOU GET THAT GET THAT LEARNING EARLY ON GET THAT LEARNING EARLY ON SUCH A GREATER CHANCE TO SEE THE THIRD-GRADE THIRD-GRADE LITERACY. WE HAVE SEEN SOME SUCCESS WITH THIS DEREGULATION BILL AND BRINGING A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE SOME VALUE OF PEOPLE WITH VPK AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE WITH VPK AND MAKING SURE WE GIVE A CREDIBILITY WE GIVE A CREDIBILITY SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON INCREASE THE FUNDING AND OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWING THAT WE HAVE GOOD QUALITY OPTIONS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS A LEADER IN DOING THAT IN DOING THAT HAVING THAT SYMPOSIUM AND SYMPOSIUM AND HAVING AS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF BEING INNOVATIVE AND THE FIRST PRIORITY IS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR YOUNG STUDENTS KNOWING THAT THEIR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. THANK YOU FOR OUR LEGISLATURE FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY ON SOME OF OUR REALLY SOME OF OUR REALLY REMARKABLE BILLS THANK YOU VERY BILLS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER >> THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS CAUGHT BY THE STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE THAT YOU MADE AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME AND RIGHT THE WHOLE STATEMENT DOWN, IF WE PROVIDE STATEMENT DOWN, IF WE PROVIDE VPK BEFORE THE VPK BEFORE THE PRE K, WOULD YOU CONSIDER WHAT WOULD CONSIDER WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST RESULT? RESULT? >> I FEEL THAT THE MORE TIME STUDENTS CAN HAVE IN QUALITY INSTRUCTION, THE BETTER CHANCE THEY WILL HAVE FOR THAT ACADEMIC SUCCESS LATER ON. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON HIT ON A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WHICH IS IMPORTANT POINT WHICH IS THAT THE THE DISTRICT PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE FOR A PRIVATE PROVIDER FOR WHAT QUALITY INSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE SOMETIME NERVOUS OF HAVING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN THEIR SETTINGS AND SO WE ARE REALLY THE THE LEADERS IN PROVIDING QUALITY TRAINING OF HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD INSTRUCTION. HOW TO MAKE HOW TO MAKE ACCOMMODATION FOR OUR OUR STUDENTS OUR STUDENTS FOR. I HOPE TO CONTINUE I HOPE TO CONTINUE AND WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NOT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND SERVICES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO COME TO THE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE. BECAUSE THE MORE WE FOCUS ON THE QUALITY QUALITY INSTRUCTION FOR THE STUDENT STUDENT BUILD CAPACITY FOR PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION, WE WILL ALL BENEFIT WHEN THEY COME TO KINDERGARTEN. >> WHAT I AM GETTING AT -- THANK YOU, DR. YOU, DR. CIMINO. AND THANK YOU KRISTEN DAVIS. OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. A STATE THAT WE MADE. THIS IS IMPORTANT. WHAT HAPPENS WITH WHAT HAPPENS WITH DEREGULATIONS AND THANK YOU MECHANICS AND THANK YOU MECHANICS RENDON WHEREVER SHE MAY BE. DEREGULATION IS THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THE FUNDING DOESN'T GO WITH IT. AND WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT. AND THE VERY HEART OF THE POSITION STATEMENT. OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM I HOPE WE ARE HITTING ON IS WE ARE HITTING ON IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SECURE FUNDING TO SECURE THAT GOP. MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE GOING TO CHEER ON THAT WONDERFUL -- WE WANT, BUT WE NEED THE FUNDING. AND DR. AND DR. CIMINO, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND I KNOW WE MOVED THE NEEDLE WITH OUR WITH OUR GRADES, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS MEMBER COMBS. >>. >>Nadia Combs: WHEN I THINK OF THE STATE OF THE STATE OF THE REGION, AT THE STATE OF THE REGION, AT USF. THEY TALK THIS TRILEVEL. HOW BELOW WE ARE NATIONALLY AN EVEN STATEWIDE. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK ITS GREAT THAT LEGISLATURES WANT MORE ACCREDITATION AND THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, HIGHER, YOU KNOW, MORE STUDENTS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN HAVE DAY, WE CAN HAVE A HIGHER THAN 12% IF WE WERE GETTING PAID. COULD SERVICE 20 TO 30 COULD SERVICE 20 TO 30 STUDENTS. IF WE ARING 12% OF STUDENTS OFTEN WE ARE OFTEN WE ARE GOING IN THE RED FOR THEM FOR THEM VERY IMPORTANT AND HOW GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND IF THERE IS NO IF THERE IS NO MONEY, IT DOESN'T MATTER AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DEMAND MONEY FROM THE LEGISLATURES AND YOU ARE LEGISLATURES AND YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND PROVIDING ALL THIS AND PROVIDING ALL THIS ACCREDITATION AND WANT MANY THINGS OVER AND OVER. THEY ARE ASKING MORE AND THEY ARE ASKING MORE AND PAYING THE SAME AND LESS WITH THE SAME AND LESS WITH THE INFLATION. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER HAHN. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 302. APPROVE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION APPROVE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION POLICIES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT FOR FOR 2023-2024, FOR 2023-2024, 2024-2025 AND 2025 SCHOOL YEARS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ, FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRE THAT DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS ONCE EVERY STUDENTS ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. THIS DOCUMENT SERVES AS THE BASIC FOR BASIC FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, AND PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS TO RECEIVE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND THE COMPONENT OF THE DISTRICT'S APPLICATION FOR FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE AVAILABLE UNDER THE IDEA. AND REQUIRED FOR THE DISTRICT USE FACTORS. THE THE PMP DOCUMENT IS TO GIVE SCHOOL-BASED PERSONNEL, PARENTS OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION RECORDING THE IMME POLLENTATION OF THE STATE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES REGARDING ESE PROGRAMS. THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WERE SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED TO PREAPPROVAL FOR PREEDUCATION AND PREEDUCATION AND SERVICES. PREAPPROVAL OF POLICY AND PROCEDURES WERE PROVIDED JULY 2 OF THIS OF THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, 3.02. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR C 3.02. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER AND A SECOND BY MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FIRST, I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW TRACYE BROWN. DR. DR. ESPERANCE FOR ALL YOUR HORDE WORK. YOU COME IN HERE ---IN -- YOU HAVE IN THIS POSITION LESS THAN A YEAR AND I HAVE SEEN REALLY REMARKABLE CHANGES AND I KNOW HOW HARD YOU ARE WORKING. I MEAN, TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO TALK OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO MENTION THAT. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY HOW HARD YOU ARE WORKING. LOOK AT OUR VACANCIES AND LOOKING AT THE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS SAY ALWAYS SAY SURPRISING AS LIFE LONG EDUCATORS AND BUSINESS OWNER. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH HIGH NEEDS WITH THE ACCESS POINTS EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL, A LARGE A LARGE NUMBER OF THAT AND DISPARITY AND WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FILLING THOSE POSITIONS. I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ARE -- IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT -- IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE VACANCIES WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DOES THAT SUPPORT LOOK LOOK LIKE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SO AS FAR AS THE VACANCIES ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HUMAN RESOURCES WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED A POSITION TO THE HR DEPARTMENT FROM THE FROM THE FROM THE ESC DEPARTMENT TO REALLY HELP WITH ASSIGNING TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO OUR CLASSROOMS. SO HAVE SOME -- SOME SO HAVE SOME -- SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT. SINCE JULY 1, THERE HAS BEEN 88 88 ESEs OR REHIRES COMING TO US THIS YEAR. 91 91 PARAS, THREE EXPERIMENTERS WHICH ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND. FIVE SLP ASSISTANCE. ONE AUDIOLOGIST, 15 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. TWO VI TEACHERS LIKE FINDING A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND FOUR DHH TEACHERS. ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL. AND IN THE PAST, WE HAD TO USE CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR THOSE VI AND AND DHH. SO WE ARE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE THE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR FOR THOSE POSITIONS THIS YEAR FOR THOSE POSITIONS FOR FOR VACANCIES. WE ARE LOOKING NOT SO BAD. WE HAVE 145 TEACHER SAY CAN EASE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SCHOOLS, IT THE NO, SIR LIKE WE HAVE IT ALL IN ONE SCHOOL. IT IS KIND OF SPREAD OUT. MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AS FAR AS HAVING. WE HAVE A FEW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE VACANCIES THAT WE CONSIDER CRITICAL, AND WORKING WITH HR TO GET THEM FILLED FIRST AS POSSIBLE. AND WORKING WITH -- IF WE HAVE TO HAVE SUBSTITUTES, MAKING SURE WE HAVE TRAINING FOR THEM. AND THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE CERTIFIED WORKING WITH THEM. AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 58 PARA LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 58 PARA VACANCIES WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR US. IN THE PAST WE HAD A LOT MORE VACANCIES. WHERE WE WERE SITTING IN A GOOD POSITION, WHERE WE THOUGHT WE HAD HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE VACANCIES FILLED, WE RAN 70 VACANCIES FILLED, WE RAN 70 VACANCIES IN ESC, EVEN ON A GOOD YEAR. SO WE ARE -- AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE -- WE REALLY MADE A LIST. AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE ESE SUPERVISORS IN THE REGION TO WORK WITH THEIR PRINCIPLES OF HOW THIS COVER THESE VACANCIES. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IS USING DULY CERTIFIED TEACHERS. TEACHERS WHO HAVE CERTIFIED IN THE CONTENT BUT ALSO CERTIFIED IN ESE. A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES. PASCO DOES A LOT OF THIS IN MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS ARE DULY CERTIFIED TO SERVE THE IEP AND THE CONTENT. LOOKING AT ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT MAY BE FOLLOWING HELP THERE LOOKING AT THE VACANCY AS LOOKING AT THE VACANCY AS T TROLLING OUT FOR TEACHERS DURING THEIR PLANNING PERIOD TO COVER SOME OF THOSE. AND, OF COURSE, SUBSTITUTES. WE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE BOX OF MAYBE RUNNING SOME VIRTUAL GROUPS FROM TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO HELP PROVIDE THOSE HELP PROVIDE THOSE SDI SERVICES DURING THEIR PLANNING. WORKING WITH OUR COACHES THAT ARE ESC CERTIFIED TO PICK UP GROUPS. USING VIRTUAL SCHOOL. WE REALLY KIND WE REALLY KIND OF THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS EVEN WHEN THERE ARE VACANCIES. >> I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. AND THIS IS ONE QUESTION IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER .BECAUSE I TRY TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. BUT AS I WAS SITTING I AM THINKING, I AM NOT SAYING THAT I NEED TO CONTRACT ESE. BUT IF I AM GOING TO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE OR A CERTIFIED TEACHER, WHAT DOES IT TEACHER, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY ESE TEACHERS DID WE RECEIVE FROM THE CONTRACT LAST YEAR. I KNOW WHEN I WAS I KNOW WHEN I WAS CAMENETI. THERE WAS A COUPLE AND DIFFICULT AREAS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IN CONTRACTS. I I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, IS IT GOING TO BE CONTRACTED. IF I HAVE A CONTRACT OR A SUBSTITUTE. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERY BOARD MEMBER FEELS PERSONALLY BUT I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO USE CONTRACT, BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE IS THE BEST TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE ESE FRONT OF THE ESE STUDENT EVEN IF I HAD THE CONTRACT FOR A YEAR UNTIL WE GET THAT. HOW MANY TEACHER DID WE GET FOR THAT. >> I DO HAVE THAT NUMBER. >> I WILL -- >> IS IT CLOSE TO >> IS IT CLOSE TO 100? >> TWABL PROBABLY CLOSER TO 50 >> TWABL PROBABLY CLOSER TO 50. >>Nadia Combs: WAS IT CLOSER TO 50. >> WE USED ABOUT 150 OF THEM >> WE USED ABOUT 150 OF THEM LAST YEAR AND WE RETAINED MAYBE CLOSE TO 50. AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BECAUSE I DO HAVE THAT FROM THE FROM THE AGENCIES, BECAUSE WE ENCOURAGE PRINCIPALS, IF THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THESE EMPLOYEES TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COME ON BOARD WITH US. AND SO WE DID -- IS THAT AND AND PARA. PARTNERED WITH KELLY SERVICES WITH HR TO FIND CERTIFIED ESC TEACH TO COME AND WORK WITH OUR TEACH TO COME AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WE ARE USING THEM. WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE CONTRACTED SERVICES THROUGH THAT PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT. AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A LAST AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A LAST RESORT RESORT. >> ONE LAST THING. I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE REMARKABLE I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE REMARKABLE WORK OF TRAINING AND PARENT OUTREACH. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHERE ESC IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN HERE. BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE IT IS A NEGATIVE LABEL. SOMEONE SPOKE HERE WHEN SOMEONE -- I THINK TODAY, SOMEONE SAID, IN THEIR COUNTRY, WHEN YOU ARE LABELED ESC, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. HERE YOU HAVE ESC, YOU CAN BE ANYONE. YOU CAN BE PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, WHATEVER WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE. WITH THIS CHANGE WITH ABA. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT PAPERWORK CHANGE. I AM JUST CURIOUS. WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. WHAT IS GOING ON. I SAW MANY PARENTS WHO WEREN'T HAPPY TODAY AND PROVIDERS. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT? I DIDN'T PLAN ON ASKING THE I DIDN'T PLAN ON ASKING THE QUESTION. BUT I DIDN'T BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT THE PEOPLE HERE HERE TODAY. >> I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AS FAR AS THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, THE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, THE STATUTE SAYS THAT WE MUST STATUTE SAYS THAT WE MUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST ALLOW THE PRIVATE AND INSTRUCTIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL TO COME IN AND COLLABORATE, OBSERVE AND PROVIDE AND PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE SCHOOL BUT IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE PRINCIPAL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHICH IS LIKE THE PERSONNEL WHICH IS LIKE THE TEACHER HAVE THE FINAL DECISION TEACHER HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON THE WHEN AND WHERE AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH THIS. SO IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, RIGHT, LET PEAS THEME COME AND HELP THE STUDENTS. THESE THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR PARENTS PRIVATELY PARENTS PRIVATELY BASED ON THEIR INSURANCE THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE IEP. IF A STUDENT NEEDS SOMETHING AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT THROUGH THE IEP. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND. THESE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR WHO MAY BE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM, RIGHT. YOU CAN'T JUST ALLOW ANYONE TO COME IN. THE STATUTE UNIT SAYS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED AND LICENSED AND WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE CHANGES WAS THE PRINCIPALS WERE HAVING TO VERIFY THAT ALL THESE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL WERE CERTIFIED AND THERE IS A WEB SITE YOU HAVE TO GO TO. AND IT IS AND IT IS COMPLICATED. THERE IS ALSO WHAT WE DID IS WANTED TO TAKE THAT OFF OF THE PRINCIPAL'S PLATE AND HAVE ONE DESIGNATED PERSON TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE PARENT APPLIES FOR THAT I I PRIVATE PERSON TO COME THAT WE WOULD MANDEL THAT VERIFICATION PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE PROCESS ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCIPAL. ONCE THAT VERIFIED, THEN THE PRINCIPAL WILL HAVE THE COLLABORATION MEET WITH THE PRIVATE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL AND THE PARENT TO OUTLINE WHAT THAT PERSON IS THAT PERSON IS COMING TO AND WHEN AND WHERE WILL THAT OCCUR. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAD TO HAD TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES HAD TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES ALSO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE MET WITH THE BUREAU CHIEF OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS MET WITH HER DISTRICTS MET WITH HER RECENTLY AND HAD CONCERNS AND HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE WERE IMPLEMENTING THIS THERE WAS A WORK GROUP PROVIDED THAT MANY COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED IN SO THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN SO THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH A MOR COME UP WITH A MORE LIKE. AND TALKING OF THE AND TALKING OF THE RELIABILITY, WE HAVE TO LIKE ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR COMING IN. WE HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE WE HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS OF THOSE THINGS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT WRITTEN IN THE PRIOR POLICY BUT WE ADD IT BECAUSE IT WAS NECESSARY. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, ALTHOUGH I THINK THE INSURANCE PIECE IS PUTTING AN PUTTING AN UNDUE BUDDEN ON FAMILIES. I THINK THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WORK AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE PROVIDER IS INSURED THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE POLICY OR FOR A PARENT TO WAY FOR WHEN TO WAY FOR WHEN THEY ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF THEY ARE. YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING? >> NOT A SEPARATE POLICY, BUT THAT THE PROVIDER HAS TO HAVE A POLICY. THE PROVIDERS COMING IN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE HAVE TO HAVE THE INSURANCE. NOT THE PARENT. >>Stacy Hahn: BUT THE PARENTS STAYED TONIGHT THEY WERE STAYED TONIGHT THEY WERE PAYING INTO THAT FOR THAT INTO THAT FOR THAT INSURANCE. THAT WAS FINANCIAL BURDEN. >> WE ARE NOT REQUIRING THAT. BUT THE PROVIDERS MAY BE PASSING THAT ON. THAT WOULD BE MY THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION BUT WE TOO NOT ASK THE PARENTS TO BE PROVIDE ANYTHING. >>Stacy Hahn: THAT WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE PARENT BY THE PROVIDER? >> THAT IS WHAT WOULD EXPERIMENT THEY ARE SAYING. >>Stacy Hahn: I WORKED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION MY ENTIRE CAREER UNTIL I BECAME A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I UNDERSTAND THE UNDUE STRESSES -- ALL OF YOU DO -- THAT THESE PARENTS ARE UNDER AND A LIFETIME. YOU KNOW, IT'S. IT IS NEVER-ENDING AND THEY ARE IT IS NEVER-ENDING AND THEY ARE ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILD ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILD I AM A BIG BELIEVER THAT PROVIDERS SHOULD BE IN THE SCHOOLS PROVIDING THESE SERVICES. CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FLORIDA HOME TO SCHOOL FOR THESE STUDENTS STUDENTS SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE BARRIERS IN PLACE ALL THESE BARRIERS IN PLACE AND I -- NOT A WHOLE LOT OF I -- NOT A WHOLE LOT OF COLLABORATION AND IT TEAMS VERY BUREAUCRATIC IN THE STEPS THAT PARENTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH PARENTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET PROVIDER INTO THE SCHOOL. DO THEY HAVE TO FILL DO THEY HAVE TO FILL THE PIPs EVERY YEAR. >>Stacy Hahn: NOT LIKE I DID THE PACKET LAST YEAR AND NOW JUST A RENEWAL LETTER. THINGS YOU CAN PUT IN PLACE IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, THERE ARE NO CHANGES, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE -- LESS CUMBERSOME FOR FAMILIES AND FOR FAMILIES AND OVERWHELMING. I AM REALLY -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS BEEN --S THAT THERE NOT BEEN A MEETING WITH THE MEETING WITH THE FAMILIES AROUND THIS? >> YES, WE MET WITH THEM LAST SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE HAVE AN AND WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING THAT WE ARE SCHEDULE WULG THAT -- WITH THE FAMILIES -- WITH THE FAMILIES AND THE THERAPIST S THERAPISTS. >>Stacy Hahn: WHEN IS THAT MEETING? >> THANK YOU, THAT MEETING HAS BEEN OFFERED IT THEM AUGUST 9 OR AUGUST 20. WE HAVE AGREED -- I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE HAVE AGREED TO HAVE A MEETING IN WHICH WE WANT TO FIND TUNE, TWEAK, AND CREATE A PROCEDURE PROCEDURE THAT PROCEDURE THAT IS PROCEDURE THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE THE STUDENT. BELL PUT STUDENTS FIRST. WE WANT TO REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING INTEGRITY OF THE STATUTE. SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO GET THIS DONE. >> I WOULD LIKE SOME FOLLOW-UP AFTER THAT MEETING TO KNOW WHICH BARRIERS YOU WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME -- HELP THE PARENTS OVERCOME. YOU KNOW, AND -- AND I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS TO HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM DISTRICT LEADERSHIP THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THESE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND WE NEED TO BE VERY COLLABORATIVE WITH THESE PRIVATE PROVIDERS THESE PRIVATE PROVIDERS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THAT MESSAGE COMES FROM LEADERSHIP. IT WILL GO A LONG WAY. AND I AM CONCERNED THAT AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS AT PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS AT A GRANULAR LEVEL ARE MAKING DECISIONS WHEN AND WHERE. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REALLY COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION, MUCH LIKE AN IEP MEETING IS WITH THE FAMILIES. AND I DON'T THINK ANY -- BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EXPERTISE THAT THE EXPERTISE THAT THE PROVIDERS PROVIDE. AND AND FAMILIES PROVIDE. THE PRINCIPLES -- THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF EXETER TEASE OF HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL AND ALL THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE AN EXPERT AT EVERYTHING. OTHERWISE YOU ARE AN EXPERT AT NOTHING. SO EVERYONE HAS THEIR EXPERTISE AND IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT I AM SURE YOU WOULD IMAGINE THAT IS HAPPENING, THAT A PRINCIPAL AND A TEACHER IS NOT MEETING AND MAKING A DECISION IN THE MAKING A DECISION IN THE SILO. >> IT IS A COLLABORATION MEET WHERE THEY DOCUMENT TOGETHER THE PRIVATE PROVIDER, THE PARENT, THE PRINCIPAL, AND THE THE PRINCIPAL, AND THE TEACHER. THEY WORK TOGETHER. LIKE A WHOLE -- WE TRAIN THEM OF HOW THE HOW THE COLLABORATION MEETING SHOULD GO. .>> J[L]O[L]N[L]A[L]T[L]H[L]A[L]N: REFLECTED IN THE INFORMATION? BECAUSE DOESN'T SEEM ON PAGE 23, IT IS, TWO. >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE POLICIES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES? SO IN OUR -- ON THE WEB SITE WHERE THE PARENT FIND THE PACKET, THAT IS IN THERE. THE COLLABORATION MEETING. >>Stacy Hahn: WHY WOULDN'T IT BE IN THE PROCEDURES IF ON THE WEB SITE. PART OF THE PROCEDURE? >> THE COLLABORATION MEETING THAT SHANNON WAS JUST SHARING IS A PRACTICE THAT MICK NUT A PRACTICE THAT MICK NUT PLACE. IT IS NOT REQUIRED IN THE STATUTE. BUT I THINK WE AGREE 100% THAT IT WAS A DECISION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE PROVIDER AND THE FAMILY. SO IN OUR PACKET, THE INFORMATION FOR THE PARENTS IS ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, THEN THE DOCUMENTS, THEN THE COLLABORATION MEETING IS SCHEDULED. SO THERE IS A SEPARATE FORM THAT THEY KIND OF WALK THROUGH TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. >>Stacy Hahn: NOTHING THIS PACKET TONIGHT THAT IS OUTSIDE STATE STATUTE? >> IN THE PIP DOCUMENT. >>Stacy Hahn: THE DOCUMENT WE ARE APPROVING TONIGHT. >> RIGHT. THAT IS PART OF THIS DOCUMENT'S CHALLENGE. >>Stacy Hahn: EVERYTHING IS -- WHAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE OF STATUTE. ING INTO IS INCLUDED THAT IS NOT REQUIRED. >> FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE. >>Stacy Hahn: IF IT IS FOR OTHERS, WHY ISN'T OTHERS, WHY ISN'T IT FOR THIS? >> THEY JUST >> THEY JUST DON'T. AND WE HAD TWO AND WE HAD TWO HANNA HANZ KNOW THE THEY DON'T REQUIRE IT. DO THEY REQUIRE IT IN OTHER SECTIONS? >> FOR SPECIFIC SECTIONS. IT IS THEIR TEMPLATE. >>Stacy Hahn: YOU CAN ADD IT. IT IS YOUR DISCRETION IS WHAT I AM GETTING AM GETTING AT HERE. IT IS UP TO YOU IF IT IS UP TO YOU IF YOU ADD IT. YOU ARE CHOOSING YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO ADD IT. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MEET WITH THE FAMILIES WITH THE FAMILIES, AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD THERE BE A POSSIBILITY OF ANYTHING IN THIS CHANGING? >> IN THE -- IN THE PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE CHANGE SOMETHING IN YES, THAT IS A FLUID PROCESS. >>Stacy Hahn: IN WHAT WE ARE APPROVING TONIGHT. >> WHEN WE MEET WITH THE FAMILIES ABOUT OUR PROCEDURE LIKE WHEN THE ONE -- THE ONE THERAPIST BROUGHT UP DO THE OBSERVATIONS BEFORE. THOSE ARE REASONABLE THOSE ARE REASONABLE REQUESTS. THAT IS A FLUID PROCESS. WE CAN CHANGE WE CAN CHANGE THAT, YES. >>Stacy Hahn: BUT WILL IT BE REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT? ANY OF THE CHANGES. SOME OF THE THINGS LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT, THEY ARE CLAIMING ARE BARRIERS. >> I THINK THEY ARE NOT CLAIM IN THIS DOCUMENT. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH A COPY OF OUR PROCEDURE. LIKE ON THE WEB SITE WHEN THE PARENT WANTS THEIR PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL COME TO THE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE TO REQUEST IT THAT WE HAVE A SPEECH THERAPIST WANT THEM TO COME. NOT JUST THE RBTs. TALKED A LOT OF TALKED A LOT OF RBTs. SPEECH THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. THE PARENT REQUESTED. WE HAVE TO VERIFY WE HAVE TO VERIFY CREDENTIALS. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT PROCEDURE. THEY ASKED US FOR IT. WE PROVIDED TO THEM. AND IT IS ON OUR WEB SITE. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SPEAKING OF, NOT THE PIPs. >>Stacy Hahn: IS THE PIP INCLUDED IN THIS FORM WHEN YOU INCLUDED IN THIS FORM WHEN YOU SEND IT? >>LE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURE ARE A TEMPLATE FROM THE STATE. >>Stacy Hahn: THEY DON'T ASK FOR A COPY. >> NO. >>Stacy Hahn: IF YOU MEET WHERE THIS GROUP -- WHEN YOU MEET WITH THIS GROUP. NOT WHEN WHEN. CHANGES A AROUND THE FORM AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, SO MANY OTHER THINGS THIS THAT CAN BE DONE EVEN IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT. >> YES. >>Stacy Hahn: I DON'T WANT APPROVE SOMETHING AND YOU GO TO THE PARENTS AND SAY THE BOARD APPROVED IT AND WE CAN'T CHANGE IT NOW. >> NO -- NO, WE CAN CHANGE IT, >> NO -- NO, WE CAN CHANGE IT, YES. >>Superintendent Ayres: DR. HAHN. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. TALKING OF THE PMP DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND THE FRONT OF THE BOARD AND THE PIP DOCUMENT. BUT ANY CHANGES THAT WE WERE TO MAKE IN THIS UPCOMING MEETING APPROVING THIS DOCUMENT TONIGHT DOESN'T RESTRICT OUR STAFF FROM MAKING ANY PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO BENEFIT, ENHANCE THIS. >>Stacy Hahn: I AM HAPPY -- >>Superintendent Ayres: THEM. >>Stacy Hahn: -- TO CREATE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY SCHOOL BOARD POLICY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE THE ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. >> DR. HAHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO ASSURE THIS BOARD THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE WE WILL WORK WITH THE FAMILIES TO MAKE THE NEEDED TO MAKE THE NEEDED MODIFICATIONS TO THE OUR PROCEDURE, AND WE WILL THEN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. >>Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THIS IS CHALLENGING. I KNOW IT IS VERY FAMILY SPECIFIC TO. BECAUSE EVERY CHILD IS UNIQUE. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR OUR ESC FAMILIES TO FEEL OUR ESC FAMILIES TO FEEL MARGINALIZED. LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY COULD DO BETTER HOME SCHOOLING OR IN A CHARTER SCHOOL. AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW. AND SO -- THAT IS WHY AND SO -- THAT IS WHY -- YOU KNOW, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PADRES THESE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, HEARD AND KIDS THAT ARE SERVICED. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR KIDS RIGHTS SINCE THEY WERE BABIES. AND I AM SURE THEY ARE TIRED, YOU KNOW. THEY ARE THEY ARE TIRED. AND THEY -- YOU KNOW, THEY NEED -- THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE -- THEY NEED FOR US TO THEY NEED FOR US TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT HARDSHIP AT THE END OF THE DAY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DID PULL THE ITEM. I HAD ONE QUESTION -- FIRST, I WANT TO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND IT IS -- IT SPELLS TO OUT IN MY MIND CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING. BUT ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS -- IT WAS ABOUT THE THIRD OR FOURTH PAGE. THE DOCUMENTATION. AS WE GO THROUGH PARENTS AS WE GO THROUGH PARENTS AND I PERSONALLY WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY WITH MY SON. THE DOCUMENTATION THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS THE REPORTING REPORTING PROCESS. HAVE WE MADE -- MISS HAVE WE MADE -- MISS LAPRANCE. HAVE WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS DOCUMENTATION PROCESS WHEN WE DEAL WITH 504s DEAL WITH 504s ANDIUPs, TWO DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THIEFDOMS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE TEACHERS DO NOT FOLLOW THE 504s. I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT I TAUGHT, IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR FOR THEM TO FOLLOW THIS. THIS WAS PRIVATE SCHOOL, BY THE WAY. NOT PUBLIC. BUT I WANTED TO KNOW. ARE WE IMPROVING OR WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO IMPROVE THE DOCUMENTATION, THE FIDELITY OF CORRECT DOCUMENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THE 504, IEP. AND I GUESS WE HAVE TO INCLUDE AND I GUESS WE HAVE TO INCLUDE NOW SINCE WE HAD AN AUDIENCE OUT THERE SPEAKING THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE DON'T DO THAT, RIGHT, THE PIP. GO AHEAD AND JUST REMARK. I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION. >> IF YOU WERE TALKING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, LIKE HOW DO WE -- HOW DO WE CHECK -- HOW DO WE CHECK ON FIDELITY AND THOSE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE ARE FOR A PROFESSIONAL WE ARE FOR A PROFESSIONAL STUDY DAY. WE ARE ROLLING OUT IN RELATIONSHIP TO SYNERGY IN OUR IUP. WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A SERVICE LOG AND TEACHERS WILL BE FILLING OUT SERVICE LOGS WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO PROVIDE THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION SO THE INFORMATION CAN BE RECORDED AND AND CHECKED BY THE PRINCIPAL. ALSO PROVIDED BY THE PARENT. SO THEY WILL SAY EVERY DAY WHAT I DID DURING THE TIME I MET WITH THAT STUDENT. >>Lynn Gray: THAT IS THE ANSWER RIGHT THERE. THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DOCUMENTATION, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE FAMILIES. AND -- WELL, I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS. AND I AM -- I AM AND I AM -- I AM DEFINITELY SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE TALK OF THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM THE ACTUAL REPORT THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FOR THE THE DOE. DOE GIVES US THE TEMPLATE AND WE FILL IN THE DOCUMENTS; HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T LIMIT TO US WHAT THE DOE REQUESTS. SO AS A DISTRICT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE BE TRANSPARENT AND WE WOULD PROVIDE A POLICIES AND PROCEDURE TO OUR STUDENTS WITH ESE AND OWL OF OUR DISABILITIES TO BE OF OUR DISABILITIES TO BE AS ROBUST FOR LACK ROBUST FOR LACK OF A ROBUST FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AND TRANSPARENT TO OUR AND TRANSPARENT TO OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BECAUSE IF AIRPLANE PARENT AND I AM GOING LOOK FOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, I WILL GO TO THIS DOCUMENT. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE CLAIMING IS THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR FOR ESE. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ARE NOT PUTTING THOSE IN? AND WE ARE ONLY LIMITED WHAT WE ARE REQUESTED BY ARE REQUESTED BY ARE REQUESTED BY DOE? >> NO REASON ON MY END. WE SUBMIT THIS AND THE WE SUBMIT THIS AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE ARE SUBMITTING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. OF COURSE WE HAVE PROCEDURES THAT ARE SET BEHIND THAT ARE SET BEHIND THAT; HOWEVER, THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU. >>Patti Rendon: I WILL BE HONEST I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS. NOT WHAT NOT WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS DOING AND WHAT OUR PARENTS THINK WE ARE DOING. I THINK IN ORDER TO BE TRANSPARENT, ITS POLICY OF GETTING OUTSIDE VENDORS TO BE APPROVED. LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN. AS ANYONE WHO KNOWS, I HAVE 30 YEARS WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I GET MADE FUN OF FOR CRYING ON THIS DAIS, WHEN THOSE PARENTS ARE UP THERE, I FEEL THEIR PAIN. HOW MANY CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL HOW MANY CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSTS DO WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT? DISTRICT? >> WELL, WE HAVE -- SO WE HAVE. >> AS EMPLOYEES. WELL, THE ONES THAT WORK IN THE ESC DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE FIVE. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT ARE CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSTS THAT WORK UNDER HOLLY THAT WORK UNDER HOLLY SAEZ'S DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT. >>Patti Rendon: HOW MANY ARE >>Patti Rendon: HOW MANY ARE PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS FOR OUR STUDENTS. FIVE? >> FIVE UNDER US. AND THEY WORK FOR OUR MOST INTENSE STUDENTS. NIP STUDENT WITH BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. WE HAVE STUDENT SERVICES THAT WORK WITH ANY CHILD WHO HAVE THAT NEED. >>Patti Rendon: LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION SO I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. IF I HAVE A CHILD WITH IF I HAVE A CHILD WITH AUTISM THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORS THAT ARE IMPAIRING THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION WITH TO FUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL LEVEL OF FUNCTION FOR THEIR AGE AND ENVIRONMENT, WILL THEY BE AND ENVIRONMENT, WILL THEY BE ASSIGNED A BEHAVIORAL ANALYST ASSIGNED A BEHAVIORAL ANALYST FOR A BEHAVIOR PLAN, OR ENOUGH WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THAT TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA INCLUDED IN THEIR IEP. >> WOULD DEPEND ON THE STUDENT. NOT EVERY STUDENT WITH YOU A THOICHL HAS BEHAVIOR DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED A BCBA. THEY MADE NEED A TEACHER INVENTION. TEMPS RIGHT BEHAVIOR PLANS ALL THE TIME. YOU OBCBAs ARE YOU OBCBAs ARE THE ONES HELPING TO WRITE THOSE PLANS WITH OUR STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TEAM. >>Patti Rendon: WHERE MY FRUSTRATION COMES IN, A CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN HAS BEEN TRAINED ON DIRECT BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION THAT WILL BE THERAPEUTIC TO IMPROVE THAT BEHAVIOR OVER TIME REGARDING REINFORCEMENT, BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS IN ANY ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY DO. US CREATING A POLICY US CREATING A POLICY WHICH UNLOADS BARRIERS TO GET THAT CERTIFIED STAFF IN THERE AND WE ARE OKAY WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF TRAINING TO DO THAT. AGAIN, THAT -- WE ARE HAVING A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THAT. AND I'M NOT DISRESPECTING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ESC CLASSROOMS. WE MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. THEY WORK SHALL DAY IN AND THEY WORK SHALL DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS IF WE CAN ASSIST IN BRINGING IN ANY KIND OF INTERVENTION THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN PROVIDING QUALIFIED INTERVENTION IN THEIR INTERVENTION IN THEIR CLASSROOM TO HELP WITH, A, BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND ALLOW FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO LEARN, WE SHOULD BE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN THEIR THEIR IEP? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER RIGHT OFF RIGHT OFF RIGHT OFF HAND. >>Patti Rendon: THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYST, CASELOAD IS 25 TO 0 PER BEHAVIOR ANALYST. IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 150 -- LET'S JUST GO WITH 30 FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR CBA ONE OF OUR CBAs. THEY ARE NOT SEEING 30 INDIVIDUALS EVERY WEEK AND WE HAVE MORE THAN 150 DISTRICT WIDE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT FACT, SO BECAUSE OF THAT FACT, I WOULD THINK FOR OUR SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, THE SAFETY OF OUR NON ESC STUDENTS. THE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND WELFARE WELFARE OF OUR TEACHER S D TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A TRANSPAR WHEN SEE OF ASSISTANCE WITH OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAINED, RIGHT. I HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE PACKET. NO PLACE IN THIS PACKET WHERE IT DEFINE WHO WILL BE PART OF THAT COLLABORATION TEAM OTHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL WILL HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE PARENT. IT DOESN'T TALK OF ANYONE ELSE COMING IN SO WE ARE NOT REQUIRING ANYONE ELSE COMING IN REQUIRING ANYONE ELSE COMING IN. THERE IS NO DOUBT THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS IS A BARRIER THERE IS ALSO -- I UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE PIECE OF IT. AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR A DEALERSHIP OF LIABILITY THAT PUTS THE IT IS STRICT AS THE RECEIVER OF THAT, WHICH -- THAT DOES NOT COST ANY MONEY. YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES OF YOUR LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT PUTS THAT ON THERE. IT IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT EDUCATING THE PROVIDER BY THAT BUT DOESN'T COST ANY MORE MONEY. I HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES OF MY I HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES OF MY CERTIFICATE TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE CERTIFICATE TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS FORRA CYSTING FOR OUR STAFF AND EVERYTHING. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ABLE TO APPROVE THIS, BUT OUR PIP IS ONLY DEALING WITH WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES. AND NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING LOCALLY AND I FIND THAT NOT TO BE TRANSPARENT TO FAMILIES. BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO NOT APPROVE HAVE TO NOT APPROVE IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOUR TEARS ARE ENDEARING. AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE MAKING FUN OF YOU. BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES WITH THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE ARE FILLING POSITIONS IN OUR CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE TALK A LOT GO. I APPRECIATE, THAT IS GOOD NEWS. BUT SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAVE FOR BOARD COMMENTS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS DOCUMENT AND THE DOCUMENT THAT THE SPEAKERS CAME TO TALK TO YOU, BUT SINCE WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NOW, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT BOTH MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER MEMBER HAHN AND MEMBER RENDON HAD. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED THIS. PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF, ONE, COMING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. AND TWO, TRYING TO FREE UP SOME OBSTACLES FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THIS. WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, MY QUESTIONS ARE, ONE, WHILE COMMENT FIRST. WHILE I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT FREEING UP OBSTACLES FOR ADMINISTRATORS. WE TALK ALL THE TIME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FREEING THOSE UP. IF -- AS MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SAID, CREATING MORE SAID, CREATING MORE BARRIERS FOR OUR PARENTS, THEN IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT MORE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT MORE THROUGHLY, ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT ON THE SPECTRUM WHO HAD EXTREME CHALLENGES WHEN I WAS GETTING SPEECH THERAPIES IN SCHOOL AND GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. NOT NOT ABA THERAPY. I HAVE GET MY STUDENTS THERAPY I HAVE GET MY STUDENTS THERAPY IN SCHOOL AND HOW CHALLENGING AND FRUSTRATED AS A PARENTS. THE OTHER PIECE IS, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DISCONNECT FROM WHERE FROM WHERE ABA WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE APPLICABLE FOR KIDS ON THE SPECTRUM TO MEET THEIR ACADEMIC NEEDS WHEN WE TALK OF BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PLANS BECAUSE THAT IS EMBEDDED IN SO MANY PIECES OF THE ACADEMIC THE ACADEMIC SUCCESSFUL OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ESE STUDENTS WHO ARE ESE STUDENTS. HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A BIG GAP TO INCORN RATE THE ABA THERAPY INTO THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. UP AGREE WITH MEMBER UP AGREE WITH MEMBER RENDON, BASED ON MY TIME AND THOSE TWO CAN BE INTEGRATED SEAMLESSLY CAN BE INTEGRATED SEAMLESSLY AND CAN GO TOGETHER. AND MY CONFUSION WHY WE ARE SEPARATING THEM AND ABA THERAPY CAN'T BE DONE IN INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THIS IS COMING FROM THE STATE AND WHAT I AM CONFUSED ABOUT, THIS THESE NEW CHANGES TO THE STATE OF THAT WE ARE NOW COMING COMPLIANT WITH. ARE THESE STATES THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIANT WITH BEFORE FROM THE STATE. LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE MAKING CHANGES BECAUSE OF A REACTION TO WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE STATE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW OR SOMETHING WE WERE JUST NOT DOING BEFORE. >> SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT USING THE -- THE RBTs, THE REGISTERED BEHAVIORAL TEXT ARE THE ONES COMING IN. SUPERVISED BY BCBA, BUT THE BCBA IS NOT THE ONE PROVIDING THE SERVICE. THE THE RBT. THOSE RBTs, A LOT OF THEM, THEY ARE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. WE HAVE LOTS OF THEM THAT ARE COMING ALL DAY WITH KIDS. PART OF THEIR COLLABORATIVE PLAN. NOT LIKE NOT LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE IS BEING LIMITED TO ONE TO TWO HOURS. EVERY PLAN IS DIFFERENT. EVERY COLLABORATION MEETING IT DIFFERENT. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO HAVE RBTs WHERE THEY ARE HAVE RBTs WHERE THEY ARE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE CORE INSTRUCTION. AND THAT IS WORKING VERY WELL. SO IT IS NOT THAT WE AREN'T. EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT. EVERY COLLABORATION MEETING IS DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S WHY -- WE ARE NOT SAYING IT SEPARATE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SEPARATE. THAT IS UP TO THE TEAM WHO DECIDES HOW THE SERVICES ARE GOING TO LOOK. WHAT THE STATUTE DOES THOUGH SAY THAT IT CAN'T THAT IT CAN'T INTERFERE WITH THAT IT CAN'T INTERFERE WITH FACE. FOR SOME REASON A FOR SOME REASON A PRIVATE PERSONNEL IN THE CLASSROOM INTERFERING WITH OUR ABILITY TO TEACH THE STUDENT, THEN IT MIGHT BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN AND HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE SCHOOL. I AM NOT SAYING IT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. IT IS VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. BECAUSE IT SAYS IT CAN'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. AND AS FAR AS WHY WE AND AS FAR AS WHY WE CHANGED OUR PROCEDURE. WE HAD A PROCEDURE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE -- WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROCEDURE WHEN IT FIRST CAME INTO STATUTE, YOU LEARN ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU MISSED. SO WE HAD NOT ALL PROVIDERS ARE -- ARE -- ARE CREATED EQUAL. PRINCIPALS HAD ISSUES WITH THE TO ADDRESS. WE HAD TO ADDRESS CELL PHONES. WHEN THEY COULD BE ON THEM. ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WHEN WE MET AS A GROUP, WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE TALKED ABOUT THEM WITH THE PARENTS AND THE PROVIDERS WHEN WE MET AS A BIG GROUP. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THEY ALL RECOGNIZED THAT NOT THEY ALL RECOGNIZED THAT NOT EVERY PROVIDER IS CREATED EQUAL AND WE HAD AND WE HAD TO HAVE RULES AND PROTECTION IN THE SCHOOLS. THAT IS WHY SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAD TO CHANGE. >>Jessica Vaughn: NOTHING NEW WITH THE LAW. FINE TUNING FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. >> YES, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INSURANCE INFORMATION THIS THERE WHICH WE NEEDED TO HAVE IN THERE. >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND I WILL SAVE THAT FOR THE THAT FOR THE END. I FEEL THAT WE SAW THIS COMING. AND I WISH WE WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF GETTING IN FRONT OF IT. ALSO, IF SOMETHING IS COMING WHERE FAMILIES ARE FRUSTRATED AND SOMETHING THEY CAN POTENTIALLY SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE REACH OUT TO US AND EXPLAIN IT BEFOREHAND. ONE THING IS THAT THE SPEAKERS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR INTERNAL POLICY FROM THE FROM THE ESC DEPARTMENT OR SET BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD POLICIES THAT WE CREATE. I WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR. NOT A BOARD POLICY OR ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD HAS THAT THE BOARD HAS CHANGED. INTERNAL POLICY DRIVEN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT, NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HASN'T INITIATED A THE BOARD HASN'T INITIATED A CHANGE IN. AND AND THAT IS FRUSTRATING AS AND THAT IS FRUSTRATING AS BOARD MEMBER FOR PARENTS CRYING THAT WE MADE THIS CHANGE WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OR BRIEFED ON THAT. AGAIN, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS COMING BEFORE WHERE YOU SEE THIS FRUSTRATION AS A BOARD ANYBODY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFOREHAND SUPERINTENDENT SUNCOAST AS A SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS WELL. I HEARD THAT 3:50 THAT. HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND IN ISSUE. I AGREE I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND CHECK WITH MY STAFF IF WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING. I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT FEW MINUTES AGO. I NEVER WANT TO PUT THE BOARD IN A SITUATION THAT WE ARE CAUGHT UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE THIS. IT HAVEN'T HAPPENED BEFORE AND I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS DOCUMENT, THE REASON IT IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD AND AS I HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BEGINNING COMES EVERY THREE YEAR YEARS AND REQUIRED BY FLORIDA REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTES. YOU ARE CORRECT, A LOT YOU ARE CORRECT, A LOT OF THE PROCEDURES DIRECTED BY ME AND MY STAFF. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHERE IN YOUR NORMAL WAY OF WORK, YOU ARE NOT APPROVING PROCEDURES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE STAFF DRIVEN. SO, YEAH. >> THE OTHER PIECES, I ALSO WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW-UP WITH DR. HAHN AFTER THE MEETING IS TAKEN PLACE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS DECIDED AND WORKING WITH FAMILIES AS FAR AS RESOLUTION IS CONCERNED. FINALLY WHAT I AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE CONTINUED OF THE CONTINUED OF IN INDEMNITY FORM THAT THE SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, PLEASE? PLEASE? >>. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS WE NEEDED TO ADD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROTECTION FOR THE DISTRICT AROUND THE AROUND THE PRIVATE PROVIDER IF THEY WERE -- THEY WERE -- IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, BEHAVIOR INSIDE OF THE BEHAVIOR INSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS. AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THE STATE COLLABORATION GROUP AROUND THAT TOPIC, OUR POLICY LOOKS THAT TOPIC, OUR POLICY LOOKS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO BOTH PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO BOTH PINELLAS AND PASCO AND MOST ACROSS ACROSS THE STATE. WE ALL REALIZE THE THINGS -- AND SHANNON SAID IT, THE THINGS WE ARE MISSING WITHIN OUR POLICY INCLUDING SOME OF THE INCLUDING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT -- AND I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THAT A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THAT A PROVIDER COULDN'T SIT AND JUST BE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. THEY NEEDED TO BE ENGAGED IN A TASK. THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO TO MANAGE THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WERE IN THE WERE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND TEACHERS AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THAT IS THAT IS THE PERSON THERE BECAUSE THE PARENT HAS ASKED US TO COLLABORATE WITH COLLABORATE WITH THEM. BUT THEY ARE THERE AS PRIVATE PERSON ON OUR CAMPUS. >>Jessica Vaughn: IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN BECAUSE THEY ARE BRINGING IT IN THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE? OR SOMETHING THAT -- WHO -- WHY ARE THE PARENTS FEELING THE BURDEN OF THIS AND FEELING FRUSTRATED BY THIS? >> I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT WHO IS A PROVIDER. SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT SAID I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH WHAT THIS SAYS. SHE DESCRIBED ME TO ME, THAT THE PARENTS WERE PARENTS WERE ALARMED THAT THERE WAS SOME PERSONAL LIABILITY IN ANY OF THESE ACTIONS. AND AT THE TIME, WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, THAT IS THE KIND OF LAW THAT I AM NOT KIND OF LAW THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT COMPLIANCE, BUT NOT THAT. I WANTED TO TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR COUNSEL AND MAKE SURE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, A WAY IT IF, YOU KNOW, A WAY IT COULD SAY -- I THINK -- I THINK UNINTENDED -- I THINK UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WAS A PARTICULAR PHRASE THAT SHE DESCRIBED TO ME. AND AND I SAID I WOULD HAVE AND I SAID I WOULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A WAY TO WAS A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: SOMETHING YOU WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE AFTER WE MEET WITH THE PARENTS AND OF THE FORMS AND CONCERNS AND FOLLOW UP ON US ON US WITH ON US WITH THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: I SPOKE TO THE PARENTS JUST BEFORE THE MEETING AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE. IT IS NOT THE OTHER DOCUMENT. IT IS THIS DOCUMENT. AND WHAT THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TO KNEE WAS THAT THEY ASKED FOR A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION. THEY SENT FOUR E-MAILS AND NO THEY SENT FOUR E-MAILS AND NO RESPONSES. AND THEN NOW THEY ARE SAYING THEY FINALLY THEY FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE AFTER YOU KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO COME TONIGHT. AND THEN THAT -- THEY JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY A POSSIBILITY PRIOR TO COMPLETING THIS DOCUMENT, IF COMPLETING THIS DOCUMENT, IF -- IF THEY COULD HAVE IF THEY COULD HAVE JUST A DISCUSSION TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD. YOU KNOW WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE NATION. THE THIRD IN FLORIDA. ALL DISTRICTS DON'T LOOK ALIKE. ALL COUNTIES ARE NOT THE ALL COUNTIES ARE NOT THE SAME. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT NEEDS. I AND LIKE I MENTIONED DURING THE WORKSHOP, THE WORKSHOP, 7.3 MILLION CHILDREN WERE CHILDREN WERE DIAGNOSED LAST YEAR -- JUST LAST YEAR. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT IS I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR. OUR PARENTS ARE THE -- ARE THE OUR PARENTS ARE THE -- ARE THE WINDOW TO THEIR CHILDREN'S WORLD. AND THEY BRING THEIR CONCERNS AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILDREN -- WHAT CHILDREN -- WHAT THEIR CHILDREN NEED. TO THE TABLE. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT -- YOU SAID IMPLEMENT SAID IMPLEMENT STATUTES. BECAUSE NOT ALL PROVIDERS ARE CREATED EQUAL. AM I CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? >> YES, I SAID THEY ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL CREATED EQUAL. >>Karen Perez: ALL THE CHILDREN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL ALSO. ALL OUR CHILDREN ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL EQUAL AS WELL. AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN THE CHILDREN BE VOICING AND CHAMPION VOICING AND CHAMPION FOR. WE TALKED ABOUT VACANCIES IN THIS DISTRICT FOR THIS DISTRICT FOR ABA THERAPISTS I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A PROCESS PROCESS TO GET ABA THERAPISTS IN HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THIS PROCESS IS A BIT MORE PROCESS IS A BIT MORE NECESSARY THAN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NEEDING BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NEEDING THOSE THERAPISTS IN THE THOSE THERAPISTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE TEACHERS ARE AS WELL. BUT THE PARENTS ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEAT KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. AND I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY PARENTS HAVE THE SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN TABLE WHEN THIS DOCUMENT WAS BEING BEING PUT TOGETHER? >> A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I DIDN'T KNOW THE PARENTS WERE COMING HERE UNTIL I GOT HERE TONIGHT. ONE SIGNED UP, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I GOT MERE. WE DID HAVE A ROUNDTABLE LAST YEAR WITH SEVERAL PARENTS AND PROVIDERS. AND WE AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS WE WERE GOING THINGS WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE ARE MEETING WITH ADDRESS AND WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM AGAIN NOW THAT THE IS COMPLETE. COMPLETE MEANING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSED. NOT THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT AND HEAR THEIR INPUT. WE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT. >> THE BUT THE DOCUMENT IS >> THE BUT THE DOCUMENT IS -- SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD RATHER TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER THEY MEET WITH THE PARENTS WITH THE PARENTS AND IT IS TWEAKED THEN THEN -- CAN I TWEAKED THEN THEN -- CAN I MAKE A MOTION? >>Jim Porter: LET ME JUST ASK -- YOU NEED TO PASS THE GAVEL TO MISS VAUGHN. LET ME ASK AS I DO THAT, ANY STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THIS TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT OR TIME LIMIT? >>Superintendent Ayres: WHAT IS THE TIMELINE. THIS WAS PREAPPROVED -- AS I MENTIONED IT WAS PREAPPROVED AT THE STATE AND EVERY THREE YEARS IT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD. WHAT I AM WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE BOARD, WITHIN THIS PMP DOCK UNDER, THE BOARD WILL MAKE MORE OF THE PROCEDURES DEVELOPED IN THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT. MORE THAN HAPPY TOO DO THAT, BUT I NEED TO FIND OUT FROM OUR TEAM IS THERE A TIME THIS HAS TO BE APPROVED TO GET OFF TO THE STATE? DO WE KNOW OF A PARTICULAR TIMELINE OR NEXT BOARD MEETING. CAN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES SEPTEMBER 5. IF WE MADE THE CHANGES AND CAME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 5 WITH SOME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 5 WITH SOME ENHANCED PROCEDURES, IS THAT I NEED TO FIND THAT NEED TO FIND THAT OUT. >> BECAUSE THE STATE GAVE US A PREAPPROVAL ON JULY 2, THEY APPROVED WHAT WE APPROVED WHAT WE SUBMITTED. BECAUSE THIS BOARD REQUIRES MORE OF US AND WE WILL APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL GO AND DO THE REVISIONS TO THE PROCEDURES. WE WILL WORK WITH THE PARENTS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES. WE WILL BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE PROCEDURES ATTACHED AS PART OF THE TEMPLATE. >>Jim Porter: BASED ON THAT YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION OR THE SUPERINTENDENT ON HIS OWN CAN DO THAT. >>Superintendent Ayres: BASED ON WHAT I AM HEARING WE WILL WITHDRAW WITHDRAW THIS AGENDA ITEM BRING MORE DOCUMENTS WITH THE MORE DOCUMENTS WITH THE PMP. WE WILL LOOK TENTATIVELY AT THE SEPTEMBER 5 BOARD MEETING OUR NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEET WITH ENHANCED PROCEDURES BEHIND IN ENHANCED PROCEDURES BEHIND IN PMP DOCUMENT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. MEMBER HAHN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >>Jim Porter: IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. NO OTHER COMMENTS APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT. >>Karen Perez: NEXT ITEM >>Karen Perez: NEXT ITEM 5.04. CONTRACT BETWEEN AMIkids, INC. AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A NONRESIDENTIAL DAY TREATMENT PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION, COUNSELING, BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING, BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER EXPLORATION. THOSE TO EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY IN THE A IN THE A TRADITIONAL SETTING OFFERED AMIkids TAMPA OFFERED AMIkids TAMPA FOR OFFERED AMIkids TAMPA FOR A VOLUNTARY BASIS. ITEM 5.04. AND AND A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH AMIkids. IF YOU HAVE ANY IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CHRISSY QUESTIONS, CHRISSY DORIAN IS HERE OUR DJJ SPECIALIST IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA QUESTIONS OF HAVE ANY EXTRA QUESTIONS OF 5.04 AND AMIkids AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. >>Karen Perez: I NEED A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 5.04. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER GRAY PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER VAUGHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: I DO, THANK YOU. SO LOOKING OVER THIS, I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY, THE COST. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING ASSIGNED THERE IS GOING DOWN. 44 STUDENTS WE ARE ANTICIPATING. IS THAT LESS THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE SO THE HAVE SO THE COST IS DIFFERENT SOMEBODY IN. >> YES, AND WE ARE ALSO WITHHOLDING 100% OF THE SUPPORT FACILITATOR. THEY ARE PAYING THEY ARE PAYING FOR THEIR SUPPORT FACILITATOR. THAT SAVE THAT SAVE US.$100,000. >>Jessica Vaughn: THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK BECAUSE CONFUSED OF THE CONFUSED OF THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BECAUSE THEY GET THE PER PER PUPIL MONEY FROM THE STATE SINCE THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH OUR STUDENTS. WHAT IS IS THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THAT ABOUT PAYING FROM -- PAYING TOWARD GOES FOR. >> WE HAVE >> WE HAVE 95% OF THE FTE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE, REGISTRAR, PROVIDE GUIDANCE, REGISTRAR, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT, EDGENUITY SITE, SOCIAL. ALL STUDENT SERVICES WE ARE PROVIDING FOR 5% AND HAPPENED ACROSS THE STATE. WE WERE ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS AND PERFORMERS AND WE GOT PUT IN THE SAME POCKET WITH THE REST OF STATE THAT WASN'T DOING AS MUCH STATE THAT WASN'T DOING AS MUCH. >>Jessica Vaughn: I NOTICED THAT THE THOUGHT THE THOUGHT PROCESS TO HAVE OUR KIDS TO KIDS TO GRADUATE, CORRECT? OFFER THEM CTE OPTIONS THROUGH THE PROING. I KNOW IT IS SAID IN PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE WILL GET REPORTS, BECAUSE WE ARE REPORTS, BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE WERE ALLOWING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ARE GRADUATING BASED ON THIS REPORT? >> THE PROGRAMS IS MEANT >> THE PROGRAMS IS MEANT TO BE A BUMP IN THE ROAD BUMP IN THE ROAD AND WE ARE SEARING THAT THE YOUNGER KIDS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS ARE DOING BETTER. IT IS A 15-MONTH PROGRAM AND WE DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS ON WHO IS IS GRADUATING. WE WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE HAVE NUMBERS OF WHO GOES BACK TO THEIR TO THEIR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, AND THAT THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP TO 68% WHICH IS GREAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. SO THAT THE -- THAT IS THE GOAL, NOT TO -- GOING BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL WILL ALLOW THEM TO GRADUATE WITH THE THEM TO GRADUATE WITH THE DIPLOMA. THAT IS THE GOAL. OUR SUCCESS CENTERS BUT IN LIEU IS THIS WITH THE FOCUS ON IS THIS WITH THE FOCUS ON CTE THROUGH THIS GROUP THROUGH THIS GROUP WHEN YOU MENTIONED MENTIONED EDGENUITY. I HAVE A CONCERN WITH STUDENTS SITTING ON SITTING ON EDGENUITY. THE QUESTION I HAVE WITH THE SUCCESS CENTERS. ARE THERE CERTIFIED TEACHERS HELPING OUR STUDENTS HERE? >> THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING CERTIFIED HAVING CERTIFIED TEACHER AT AMIkids. WE PROVIDE THE WE PROVIDE THE ESC SERVICES. THEY USE 9 THEY USE 9 EDGENUITY THEY USE 9 EDGENUITY PLATFORM. >>Jessica Vaughn: A REQUIREMENT FROM THE FROM THE DATA STATE THEY HAVE CENTERFIED TEACHERS HELPING THEIR STUDENTS WITH THIS? >> THEY, AT AMI. >>Jessica Vaughn: THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE NOW. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: CHAIR PEREZ STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DAIS, MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. WHEN I REFLECT ON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO SAVE THESE CHILDREN WHO MAKE BAD DECISIONS. AMI -- AND I PERSONALLY VISITED ONE OF THE PLACES -- ANYWAY, I SAW THE SAW THE TEACHING BEING DONE IN PERSON PERSON YOU KNOW PERSON YOU KNOW EXPULSION IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST SOLUTION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND EVERY TIME -- AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND FORWARD AND EARNEST WOOD FOR FORWARD AND EARNEST WOOD FOR SPEAKING ON THIS. ANY TIME WE CAN PROVIDE A CERTIFIED TEACHER TO HELP WITH NOT ONLY ABSENTEEISM, BUT HELPING WITH ACADEMICS, HELPING WITH ACADEMICS, HELPING THEM FIT INTO SOCIETY THEM FIT INTO SOCIETY, I HAVE TO SAY, I AM VERY, VERY SAY, I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SAY YES TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU DO I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU DO MISS DORIAN IS MISS DORIAN IS UNBELIEVABLY LIKE MAGIC WITH THESE KIDS. I KNOW YOUR SUCCESS RATE I KNOW YOUR SUCCESS RATE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHEST SO I AM HAPPY OF THE HIGHEST SO I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM. AND I AND I WANT TO SAY THOSE GOOD WORD OF A FIR MAKE TO YOU AND TO MR. WOODS. THANK YOU SOCH >>Jessica Vaughn: NOT USED TO HAVE THE GAVEL WHILE CHAIR PEREZ IS AWAY. . MEMBER MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. MR. MR. ERNST WOODS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU WORK WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST NEED STUDENTS AND IMPORTANT STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR CONSTANTLY WORKING. AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SINCE COMING ON THIS BOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO SEVERAL YEARS AGO CHRISSY DORIAN, MELISSA RUSSO. I REMEMBER MEETING YOU BOTH AT -- WHEN I FIRST CAME ON -- WHEN I FIRST CAME ON AND THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO MAKING SURE THAT THE CHILD MAKES A BAD DECISION THAT YOU FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BACK ON TRACK. I HAVE SAT IN QUORUMS I HAVE SAT IN QUORUMS WITH THEM. I WAS VERY I WAS VERY INVOLVED. IT IS VERY AMAZING THE PROGRAMS AND HOW YOU CAN SELF-UP. AND THE KIDS AND HOW THEY STAND FOR THOSE FOR THOSE LEADERS. AND AND WISH THAT WE CAN DO SO MANY MORE OF THEM, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE HAVING CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU ARE IN A CLASS OR IN A SCHOOL WITH 3,000 STUDENTS OR 2,000 STUDENTS. IT IS VERY HARD. WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLEXITIES IN YOUR LIFE. AND YOU ARE COMING THERE AND YOU MAKE A BAD DECISION, MAKE A BAD DECISION, AMI REALLY HELPS KIDS GET BACK ON TRACK. PROVIDES THEM LEADERSHIP SKILLS. I DID SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR THERE WERE CUTS IN AMI. AND I DIDN'T KNOW -- I KNOW THAT OCCURRED AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND DID THAT IMPACT US ON A DISTRICT LEVEL? WHEN I READ ABOUT THAT, I WHEN I READ ABOUT THAT, I WONDERED. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE MAJOR CUTS WITH AMI. >> OUR PROGRAM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS STILL GOING COUNTY IS STILL GOING STRONG. >>. >>Nadia Combs: IT REALLY BAFFLED ME THERE WERE CUTS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR AMI AND THAT IS WHAT STUDENTS NEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING STUDENTS. WHEN YOU GET THEM BACK ON TRACK, THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THE LEADERS, THE FUTURE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. THANK YOU, MEMBER THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. YOU KNOW WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THE THE AMI, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ENCOURAGED THE STUDENTS NOT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEIR STORY BUT TO TELL THEIR STORY. THAT IS VERY POWERFUL. YOU KNOW, ON YOU KNOW, ON -- WHERE THEY COME FROM FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE BRACING WHO THEY ARE AND WORKING FROM WHERE THEY ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST IS THEY LEARNED TO LOOK LOOK IN THE PERSON'S EYES THEY ARE SPEAKING WITH AND STAND THERE. THAT IS VERY POWERFUL. YOU KNOW, AMI FROM WHAT I HAVE NOTICED, NOT ONLY PROVIDES THAT SIGNIFICANT EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT EDUCATION BUT EMPOWERMENT. I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THOSE DOING FOR THOSE CHILDREN. FOR OUR FUTURE FOR OUR FUTURE AND FOR OUR FUTURE AND FOR THE CONTINUED SUCCESS YOU BRING TO OUR KIDS IN OUR KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM GETTING A LITTLE COLD HERE. THANK YOU MR. WOOD AND CHRISTOPHER ALWAYS HAVE DONE A GREAT GREAT JOB IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NO MATTER WHAT SOCIAL YOU HAVE BEEN IN, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL AND ALWAYS BEEN ON TOP TO HELP THE KIDS BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER HOW HARD THINGS WERE THINGS WERE YOU WORKED VERY HARD AND ADVOCATED FOR KIDS AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PLUS FOR THAT AND A GREAT JOB DOING THAT. AND MR. WOODS, SAME TO YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL WHAT YOU DO FOR KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5.05, SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT REARE VISION. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM SUPERINTENDENT SOUP YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING LAST TUESDAY, THE AGENDA ITEM I WITHDREW SO STAFF CAN GO BACK TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION POLICY THAT WE ADOPTED. THIS IS THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. WE BRING THIS TO THE BOARD EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE START SCHOOL MONDAY AUGUST 12. THE STUDENT CODE OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT REVISION. AND, AGAIN, THIS REVISION COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF 36 DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEADERS, PARENTS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE OF SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS AND TO MAKE ADMINISTRATORS AND TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE BEHAVIOR MATRIX ITEM MATRIX ITEM 5.05. OUR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND DR. GRAY WHO IS OVERSEEING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND OPERATIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS. I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ANY QUESTIONS TO QUESTIONS TO DR. GRAYS, QUESTIONS TO DR. GRAYS, WILL RONAN OR MYSELF RONAN OR MYSELF OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. 5.05. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY ANY -- ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR SPENDING A LONG TIME YESTERDAY TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS AND ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. CERTAIN THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO CLARIFY, BUT I THINK WHAT IS MORE THINK WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS THAT THAN THAT IS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO BRING MORE CHANGES ON THIS. WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT TIMELINE LOOK LIKE. >> OKAY. OUR GOAL -- I WILL START AT THE END IN MIND. GOAL SEPTEMBER GOAL SEPTEMBER THAT WE WILL HAVE A FINAL OVERHAUL OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CODE OF CONDUCT. WE WILL -- DEPENDING ON A BOARD WORKSHOP AVAILABILITY. WE MAY WORK WITH YOU ONE ON ONE OR WORKSHOP BASED ON AVAILABILITY. >>Jessica Vaughn: LOOKING AT DECEMBER. I ALSO WANT TO SAY WITH THIS AGENDA AGENDA ITEM, IT SAYS "ATTACHMENTS PENDING." I AM MISSING TO THAN. IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY. MINE DOESN'T HAVE -- DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN ATTACHMENT ON THEIR? OKAY. THAT IS THAT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. ONE THING I WANTED TO RESEPTEMBER RATE THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT CAME OUT OF OUR CONVERSATION, THAT THIS, WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR, THE GOAL OF FOR A LOT OF CHANGES IS TO DO LESS CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND TO OFFER MORE SUPPORT AT THE SCHOOL LEVELS. IS THAT. >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THAT IS THE GOAL. >>Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD. AND I AT LEAST WANT TO GET THAT PIECE ON THE RECORD. I AM GOING TO GO AND APPROVE THIS TODAY, BUT I AM ANXIOUS FOR THE OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IN DECEMBER AND HAVING A WORKSHOP AND TALKING ABOUT IT AS A BOARD TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION MR. GRAYS AND MR. ROWAN. I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO REDUCE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO REDUCE MISS VAUGHN, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SUSPENSIONS WE HAVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME STUFF IN THERE. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT GREAT JOB. JUST LIKE WE IMPROVE IN ACADEMICS, WE WILL IMPROVE IN DISCIPLINE. UP LIKE THE APPROACH YOU UP LIKE THE APPROACH YOU GUYS HAD WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS DOCUMENT LIKE MEMBER WASHINGTON, CHEEKS IN THE SEATS. KIDS WILL BE IN SCHOOL. ADDRESSING LESS ADDRESSING LESS OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND MORE IN SCHOOL IN FRONT OF TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM AND GOES ALONG WITH OUR ABSENTEE POLICIES AND POLICIES AND TARDIES, AND KEEPING OUR KIDS IN KEEPING OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL. FOR THAT, I AM THANKFUL. THE OTHER THING I AM THANKFUL IS THE CONSISTENCY. CONSISTENCY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSEQUENCE OR LETTERS OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE A CONSISTENT POLICY THAT IS GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL YOU ARE AT, A CONSISTENCY IN ROLLING OUT STUD INCIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTED DISCIPLINE IS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTED EX-PECKS TAKE. FOR THAT, I AM THANKFUL FOR THE CONSISTENCY. THAT IS A REALLY BIG IMPORTANCE TO MYSELF AND I AM SURE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO INTO, YOU HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATIONS BEHAVIORS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IN THAT COMMENT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM WE HAD AND WE HAD CERTIFIED TEACHERS FOR THAT. AND I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, IMPLEMENTING A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAIM SURE THAT I AM ADVOCATING WE ARE THAT I AM ADVOCATING WE ARE GETTING THE UNITS AND AT ALLOTMENTS THAT WE ALLOTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THAT AND BUILDING THE PROGRAM TO BE ROGUE BUST AND SERVICING OUR STUDENTS SO THEIR NOT AT HOME NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ONLINE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT GETTING THAT ACADEMIC SUPPORT WITH CERTIFIED TEAMERS. I WANT TO PUNT ON THE RECORD MY SUPPORT FOR MAKING SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD THAT PROGRAM BACK UP. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT APPEARS. AND AND PASSES WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE DAIS. NEXT ITEM NEXT ITEM NEXT ITEM 7.03, AGREEMENT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CONSULTING LCC. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Superintendent Ayres: THIS FALLS UNDER STUDENT FALLS UNDER STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH IMPROVEMENT CONSULTING INTRODUCES LEADERS TO THE KEY CONCEPTS AND SKILLS OF SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP. THESE PROPOSED CONCEPT TRAIN ALSO CASCADE AND REINFORCE THE KEY CONCEPTS OF SL 2 WITH KEY CONCEPTS OF SL 2 WITH THE CENTRALIZATION OF CENTRALIZATION OF STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. 215 OF OUR CAFETERIA MANAGERS OVER THE COURSE OF 18 MONTHS AND FOUR INSTALLMENTS FOUR INSTALLMENTS CONSISTING OF EIGHT HALF EXCEPTIONS ON MUTUALLY AGREED UPON. PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR STUD ENT NUTRITION SERVICES TO OUR STUDENT NUTRITION MANAGERS PROVIDING 215 CAFETERIA MANAGERS OVER THE COURSE OF 18 MONTHS. MADAM CHAIR, ITEM MADAM CHAIR, ITEM 7.03, MADAM CHAIR, ITEM 7.03, PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CONSULTING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: I DO. ARE THEY GOING TO MR. FARKAS? ONE, I APPRECIATE BECAUSE I SPEND A LOT OF TIME LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS VISITING MY SCHOOLS TALKING TO OUR SUPPORT STAFF. A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO CAFETERIA STAFF BECAUSE YOU CAN TALK TO THEM DURING THE DAY AND NOT INTERRUPTING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WITH OUR TEACHERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- WHEN I SAY WHAT CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB SUPPORTING YOU. A LOT OF IT CAME DOWN, ONE, TO COMPUTER PROGRAMS. BUT TWO, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AND ACCESS; HOWEVER, ONE THING THEY DID ASK FOR AND I VOICED PREVIOUSLY AND I AM NOT SURE IS INCLUDED IN THIS. THERE IS THE CAFETERIA MANAGER AND THE OTHER PERSON WHO IS LIKE THE CO-MANAGER. >>Christopher Farkas: PRODUCTION COORDINATOR. P.C. >>Jessica Vaughn: ONE THEIR REQUESTS I KEPT SEEING OVERALL, CAN THE P.C. BE INCLUDED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT EXTRA STEP OF THEN HAVING TO GO BACK AND TO GO BACK AND BRING THIS INFORMATION, SOMETIMES THERE WAS LANGUAGE BARRIERS. SOMETIMES THERE IS NOT IS ARDUOUS AS WELL. AND WOULD BE SO MUCH AND WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF WE CAN INCLUDE THEM. I ASKED FOR THAT PREVIOUSLY. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THEIR TO BE AN APRIL COMMENDATION IN THIS ITEM? >>Christopher Farkas: ROUND THREE. THE FIRST ROUND IS DISTRICT STAFF THAT WE AS A BOARD APPROVED MONTHS AGO. FIRST ROUND. THE NEXT ROUND WILL GO TO MANAGER WHAT IS YOU SEED IN FRONT OF YOU AND PRODUCTION FRONT OF YOU AND PRODUCTION COORDINATORS THE THIRD TIME. WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THEY WILL GET THE SAME TRAINING AND WE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID AND MISS HALL CECIL VERY MUCH THE LEADER OF THIS AND HAS DONE WONDERFUL WORK AND TOTALLY AGREES WITH THAT AND HER PLAN ALL ALONG. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE I CAN'T IT IT. >>Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER GRAY AWAY FROM THE MEMBER GRAY AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE NEXT ITEM IS 7.05 APPROVE -- WAIT A MINUTE. APPROVE APPROVE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A CAREER CENTER BUILDING PROJECT IN PLANT CITY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM SUPERINTENDENT TSUNAMI THE PROJECT SCOPE OF DOWNTOWN HE SIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 900-STUDENT CAREER CENTER BUILDING IN PLANT CITY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES THE URGENT NEED NOR ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL/ADULT CENTER IN THIS GROWING AREA PLANT CITY. ESTABLISHING SUCH A ESTABLISHING SUCH A FACILITY IS CRUCIAL IN MEETING THE HIGH DEMAND FOR EXPERIENCED TRADE POSITIONS THAT WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS AND UTILIZING THE IN GMP PROCESS ON MANY PRIOR OCCASIONS HAVE CONSISTENTLY DELIVERED PROJECTS THAT RETURNED SAVINGS TO THE IT IS STRICT. THIS SUCCESS IS A COMMITMENT TO THE OUR K3569. THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF STUDENTS AND STAFF FOSTERING A MORE CONDUCIVE AND EDUCATIONAL SETTING. OUR GMP FOR THE NEW CAREER CENTER IN PLANT CITY. MR. FARKAS IS HERE AND MR. BROOKS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THIS GMP FOR THIS GMP FOR 770 5, CAREER CENTER IN PLANT CITY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 7.05. A MOTION BY MEMBER A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBERS COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS MEMBER COMBS PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I THINK IT WAS VAUGHN. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. WELL, I FIRST WANT TO SAY -- I WELL, I FIRST WANT TO SAY -- I KNOW THE EXCITEMENT OF THIS IN PLANT CITY. I KNOW HOW EX-SUPERINTENDENTING IT IS. GROWTH IN -- OUT EXCITING THIS IS, GROWTH IN PLANT CITY AND REALLY EXCITING. HOW MANY SEATS WILL THAT SERVE? >>Christopher Farkas: 900 STUDENT STATION DURING THE DAY BUT RUN DAY AND NIGHT. MR. BROOKS WILL RUN AN ADULT PROGRAM K-12 BUT ALSO ADULTS AS WELL. SCOTT, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS WILL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO AS WE GROW, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO UTILIZE THE BUILDING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO DAY AND NIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE 900 IN THE DAY AND HALF AS MANY AT NIGHT. WE COULD HAVE 400 TO 500 AT NIGHT. BUILDING CAN BE USED ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN WE HAVE ADULTS AROUND. A LOT OF OUR APPRENTICESHIPS AND GROUPS WE WORK WITH ARE LOW THE CAPED ALL WAS ANY POLK COUNTY, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE. AND SO THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY USE THAT FOR SATURDAY AS WELL. >>Nadia Combs: I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHERE THIS PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. POLK COUNTY. WHERE THEY GOING. >> THEY HAVE THE CAREER CENTER AND DOESN'T HAVE THE OFFERINGS WE WANT. IT WAS A VOID. MAYOR OF PLANT CITY, MAYOR OF PLANT CITY, FORMER MAYOR, CURRENT MAYOR, THERE IS A VOID. WHERE THEY ARE GOING. SOME TO HCC, OTHER PROGRAMS. ARE DRIVE INTO TAMPA. BUT THERE IS A NEED. THAT IS THE REALITY. SOME OF THEM AREN'T GOING BECAUSE IT IS TOO FAR AWAY. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR APPRENTICESHIP FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS. A LOT OF POSITIVE THAT COME OUT OF THIS SCHOOL. >>Nadia Combs: GREAT. I THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE VISION. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU ARE LOOK CAN AT THE FUTURE AND LOOK AT VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN NEED THAT YOU HAVE TO GET DONE NOW, IT IT MAY BE WEEKS BEFORE SOMEBODY CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU THINK WHEN OUR AC BREAKS HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS, RIGHT. AND HOW -- I KNOW IT IS T HAS BEEN A VERY HOT SUMMER TOO. BEEN A VERY HOT SUMMER TOO. TOO. I NEVER CARED ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING UNTIL I GOT ON THIS BOARD, RIGHT. I THINK THE NEED FOR TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT IS TRULY THE FUTURE. KIDS WORKING HANDS-ON. WIPE LOVE TO SEE -- BE IN THIS PROGRAM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS THERE. TEACHING TEACHING KIDS. I THINK IF YOU -- A CHILD LEARNS A TRADE AND A LITTLE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS. HAVING TO OPEN A BUSINESS AND HAVING TO OPEN A BUSINESS AND HAVE A LONG-RANGES LCC AND CREATE A LOGO OR SOMETHING LIKE. IF YOU CREATE THAT, YOU WILL CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR CHILDREN AND I THINK THAT IS I REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT EMBEDDED INTO THE CURRICULUM. JUST A SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A LOT OF QUELLS ABOUT THIS -- THE TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT HERE. SHOW GUESS I CAN ASK YOU. WHEN EXACTLY -- HAVE WE -- THIS IS THE FIRST APPROVAL OF THE MONEY TOWARD THIS PROJECT? >>Christopher Farkas: SO YES, YOU APPROVED THE LAND SWAP WITH PLANT CITY PLANT CITY WHY YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PROJECT BEFORE, THE TWO TIMES YOU SEE THE CONJUNCTION IS FOR GMP AND SENTENCE AND FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE APPROVING THE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT. >>Jessica Vaughn: WE ADVERTISEDED THIS BEFORE WE APPROVED IN MONEY AND APPROVED IN MONEY AND TALKED ABOUT THIS SITE? >>Christopher Farkas: YES. THE WAY THE BOARD POLICY IS, WE GO THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS THROUGH THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. SELECT AN SELECT AN ARCHITECT AND MANAGER. BOTH HAVE TO BE DESIGNED TO GIVE THE GMP TO APPROVE THE PRICE. THEY HAVE TO BE DESIGNED TO GET THE PRICE TOGETHER. AND IF NOT, WE WOULD AND IF NOT, WE WOULD BE GUESS ON A INSTEAD OF AN ACTUAL GUARANTEED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. >>Jessica Vaughn: WHEN DIDN'T WE DECIDE TO ADD THIS PROJECTS. MARCH 8, 2023. >> TALKS ABOUT THIS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS WITH PLANT TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. MARCH 8 WHEN WE DID THE MARCH 8 WHEN WE DID THE WE MARCH 8 WHEN WE DID THE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SOMETHING WE ARE APPROVING FOR SOMETHING WE ARE APPROVING FOR $40 MILLION, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND NOT BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS NOW. WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH THE MONEY FOR MONEY FOR THIS. >>Christopher Farkas: A COMBINATION OF IMPACT FEES AND COMBINATION OF IMPACT FEES AND PROPORTIONAL SHARE. THE OLD PLANT CITY IS NOT THE OLD PLANT CITY. WHERE THE HOMES ARE GOING AROUND I-4 IS WHERE THAT IS AROUND I-4 IS WHERE THAT IS COMING FROM. THE PREPAYMENT OF IMPACT THE PREPAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THE IMPACT FEE IS TO CREATE THE SCHOOLS FOR DEVELOPMENT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A CAREER CENTER. ALSO WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO TO GET THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. >> GREAT QUESTION WITH A DIPLOMA BEARING COURSE. K-12 DURING THE DAY AND K-12 DURING THE DAY AND ADULTS AT NIGHT. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY, THE STHANTSD WOULD NORMALLY NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL TO GO TO. WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHERE STUDENTS GO PREVIOUSLY. ARE WE TALKING OF A DIFFERENT CAREER CENTER OR TALKING ABOUT -- NOW WE ARE CREATING A SCHOOL -- NOW WE ARE CREATING A SCHOOL A ACCOMMODATE OUR A ACCOMMODATE OUR STUDENTS TO GET A HIGH SCHOOL GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. >> THAT IS A GREAT >> THAT IS A GREAT YES. HYBRID. MAY TAKE MATH IN PLANT CITY AND AFTERNOON TIKE WELDING. YOU WILL SEE KIDS DUAL YOU WILL SEE KIDS DUAL ENROLLED IN A HYBRID CLASS. THOSE WHO ARE JUST TAKING THIS CLASS ENROLLED AT THE CAREER CENTER AND ADULTS TAKING CLASS THERE IS. YOU WILL SEE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS TYPES OF STUDENTS AND KIDS IN THAT SCHOOL THAT SCHOOL. >>Jessica Vaughn: HOW WILL THAT WORK WITH THE PER WORK WITH THE PER WORK WITH THE PER  PUPIL FUNDING TO ALLOCATE THE COST OF THE STAFF THAT WE ARE HAVING TO STAFF THE SCHOOL? >> ANOTHER TWO QUESTIONS. MR. BROOKS. AND I WENT AND I WENT PUT TOO MUCH OF HIS BUSINESS. THEY GET FUNDED FROM COURSE COMPLETIONS. ADULTS BEING TRAINED AND THE COURSES THROUGH THAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH FUNDED THROUGH CTE AND MR. BROOKS' COURSES. IF YOU ARE HALF A DAY AT DURANT. AND HALF A DAY AT THE PLANT CITY CAREER CENTER WHATEVER YOU WILL NAME IT, HALF OF THE FTE THROUGH GRANT AND THE OTHER THROUGH THE CAREER CENTER. HALF A DAY THERE, YOU WILL GET HALF OF THAT FTE FUNDING. >>Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW YOU MENTIONED MR. BROOKS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING AND CTE THAT ARE LOOKING AT IN THAT SCHOOL. GO AHEAD AND ASK. SO I HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT. WE SAYS IT CTE. THAT IS VERY BROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE SPECIFIC WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> >> ABSOLUTELY. WE MET WITH THE CONTINGENCY FROM PLANT CITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT IF WE WERE GOING FIND OUT IF WE WERE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING, WE HAD CONTRACTORS AND FOLKS THERE. WE MET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE EDC AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THERE. AND OVERWHELMING THAT THEY AND WITH AND THE TRADES. VAUGHN THE BUILDING VAUGHN THE BUILDING TRADES. >> THE BUILDING TRADES IS WHAT THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY. BUILDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BUILDING CONSTRUCTION HHVAC, ELECTRICITY, WELDING. PROGRAMS WITH THE PROGRAMS WITH THE I-4. FORKLIFT AND OSHA TRAINING SHORT TERM AND TRAIN SOME FOLKS RAPIDLY IN THE EVENING TO GET THEM IN AND OUT AND EMPLOYED. THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE LOOK AT STARTING IN THE BUILDING. VERY, VERY TRADE HEAVY OBJECT WHY USUALLY IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS WHAT THEY SUGGESTED. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND THOSE WERE THE ITEM THAT WE AND THOSE WERE THE ITEM THAT WE CAME UP WITH. >>Jessica Vaughn: IS THAT GOING TO COMPETE TO COMPETE OTHER TRADE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT THE SCHOOLS LOCALLY? >> NOT REALLY. ONLY COMPETITION WILL PROBABLY BE ERWIN. TO ERWIN. BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH -- WAY MORE BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH -- WAY MORE NEED THAN THE CAPACITY WE HAVE. BY OPENING IN EVER THE BY OPENING IN EVER THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY, WILL ADD A LOT MORE AVAILABLE SEATS FOR THE STUDENTS OVER THERE. AND FIRST TIME OFFER OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. HART PART FOR WELDING AND PLANT CITY. NOW ALL OF THE STUDENTS NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A WELDING CLASS. INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BUILD INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BUILD FIVE WELDING SHOPS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES DIFFERENT FACILITIES. WE ARE ONLY BUILDING ONE. COST OF COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO EXPENSIVE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ARE HOPING THESE MODELS WILL HAVE IT ALL IN THE HAVE IT ALL IN THE CENTRALIZED UNIT. AND HOPEFULLY BRING THE STUDENTS IN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I AM GOING TO LOVE WELDING .THAT IS MUSIC TO MY EARS. NEXT TIME, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I AM ASKING. CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY GO OVER THESE DETAILS BEFORE I HAVE A $40 MILLION ITEM IN FRONT OF THEM THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND INDEED, LONG, LONG, TIME AGO MR. FARKAS, WE SAT WITH FORMER MAYOR RICK MAYOR RICK LOTT AND FORMER SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS. WE -- WE KNEW THE NEED WAS THERE IN PLANT CITY BETWEEN AGRICULTURE STRAWBERRY FARMS OVER AND OVER AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES WITH FARMING, BUT ALSO THE NEED FOR A WORK FORCE SET OF STUDENTS. I MEAN STUDENTS TO GET READY TO BE IN THE BE IN THE WORKFORCE HAS JUST BEEN -- IT IS PERIPHERAL. THAT THE -- THAT THIS BE SERVED THAT THIS PLANT CITY THAT THIS PLANT CITY AREA BE THAT THIS PLANT CITY AREA BE SERVED. AND I THINK THE -- THE FROSTING ON THE CAKE IS ALSO TO MAKE IT A CAREER CENTER. SO WHEN STUDENTS DO GRADUATE, THEY HAVE A CAREER. AND THEY ARE VERY -- THEIR INDUSTRY IS INDUSTRY IS CERTIFIED. ALL THOSE INGREDIENTS COME -- STEM FROM THE PHILOSOPHICAL DESIRE FOR -- FROM THE PLANT CITY LEADERSHIP CITY LEADERSHIP TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS MORE IMPORTANTLY TO BECOME VESTED INTO VESTED INTO THE WORKFORCE WITH THE SKILLS. AND NOW WITH THE YEAR CENTER AND THEIR ALLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE CAREER CENTER, PROBABLY OTHER CAREER CENTER, PROBABLY OTHER CENTERS THAT WILL JOIN IN. I AM JUST VERY EXCITED. AND SO IS PLANT CITY. WHEN IS THE GRAND OPENING. DO DO WE HAVE IT DOWN YET? >>Christopher Farkas: FOR THE OPENING? GREAT QUESTION. >>Lynn Gray: JANUARY 2025 >>Lynn Gray: JANUARY 2025. >>Christopher Farkas: AUGUST. IF YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AGREE OFFICER TORTOISE. WHAT A WE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY AND WITH THE TO GET THEM AND WITH THE TO GET THEM RELOCATED. SUPPOSE $TO BE DONE IN JULY. GOPHER TORTOISES. BIG TURTLES. PUSHING FOR AN OPENING AUGUST 21, RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL STARTS. WE ARE WORKING WITH SCOTT TO MAKE SURE -- ESPECIALLY KIDS AT PLANT CITY AND DURANT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE OPEN AT TIME. INTERESTING IN PLANT CITY. WE FINALLY GOT APPROVAL FOR MOVING TORTOISES. IF YOU EVER RETIRE, GO INTO THE GOPHER TORTOISE-RELIGHT SKATING BUSINESS. I SAY THAT TO SAY WE WILL BE I SAY THAT TO SAY WE WILL BE PUSHING VERY PUSHING VERY HARD FOR THE OPENING STATE. WE WILL MAKE SURE KIDS CAN ENROLL NEXT FALL. PLAN WILL BE DONE. AND SILK FENCE IS UP. AND NOW THAT THE TORTOISES ARE BEING MOVED. A LOT OF WORK THERE. A GROUND BREAKING THAT WILL ALL HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. THAT ALREADY ON THE BOOKS FOR THE BOARD, BUT AN AUGUST OPENING. LONG ANSWER TO A SHORT QUESTION. >>Lynn Gray: I LOVE MEMBER COMBS OF ENTREPRENEURS. I WANT WOMEN TO HAVE THE PROOURL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS. AND A GREAT AND A GREAT SEGUE FOR MAYBE YVONNE FRY. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT TOO. NOTHING GOING ON WITH THAT AGENDA ITEM. JUST A PERSONAL DESIRE. BUT I BUT I -- BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING -- I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND TO WE ARE EXCITED. THANK YOU VERY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I MET WITH THE PLANT CITY CHAMBER. LITERALLY THIS WEEK, I MET WITH AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY AND A PLUMBING COMPANY. AND THE GREAT NEED IT IS OUT THAT THERE. LAKELAND-BASED COMPANY. AND THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING AND THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING AND GROWTH ALONG THE COUNTY LINE ROAD OF SO MUCH INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS ALL IN PLANT CITY, WELL AS ALL IN PLANT CITY, 7,000 NEW HOMES KERR CURRENTLY UNDER NEW HOMES KERR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IN PLANT CITY. PLANT CITY OPENING AT 110% CAPACITY. STRAWBERRY CREST AS WELL OVERCAPACITY AND ONE OR MORE OVERCAPACITY AND ONE OR MORE STUDENTS WANT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND A DIPLOMA AND A CERTIFICATE. WHETHER TO MAKE THAT A CAREER NOR OUR LIVES AND UTILIZE THAT TO BE AND GET HIGHER EDUCATION TO PAY FOR THAT IS SUMP A GREAT NEED. THIS CAREER CENTER IS REALLY BRINGING A HUGE NEED. PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHY ARE WE BUILDING THIS WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE SIMMONS. AT THE ENDS OF THE DAY, AT THE ENDS OF THE DAY, OVER TIME, SIMMONS HAS INVOLVED AND TIME, SIMMONS HAS INVOLVED AND PROVIDING A GREAT NEED TO THE COMMUNITY. EXCUSE ME. A GREAT NEED TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR ESC STUDENTS OUT THERE. THEY HAVE PICKED UP THE SLACK FOR OUR AREA THAT IN A GREAT NEED NOR NEED NOR ESC. SO I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDER STAND THAT CAREER CENTER HAS KIND OF SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET AS MANY OF OUR INDUSTRY NEEDS AS POSSIBLE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAD TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR MORE INDUSTRY OUT AND LOOK FOR MORE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. VERY THANKFUL THAT STRAWBERRY CREST IS SUCH AN IB SCHOOL. AND REALLY HITTING OUR STUD WRENTS A ROBUST IB CURRICULUM. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE WITH SOME OF THE CAREER CURRICULUM. AND SO THERE IS A BIGGER NEED NOW FOR THIS CAREER CENTER. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE I CAN'T IT IT. LOVE THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE BEING ASKED TO AND HAVE THE SKILL AND HAVE A CAREER OUT THERE. MANY COMPANIES ARE BEING BASED OUT OF THAT PLANT CITY AREA THAT IS SCALE-BASED. UNION-BASED COMPANY THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. THAT IS A HUGE NEED. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO -- AND MY MIND IS TOTALLY BLANK NOW. HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS -- WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN FOR THAT PAIR I CAN'T, THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY. OTHER CAREER CENTERS AREN'T ANYWHERE CLOSE. YOU HIT A HIGH 75, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITIES TO BE THERE. FOR SOME OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, IT IS 45 MINUTES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE, YOU ARE WELL OVER TWO HOURS VIA BUS ROUTE. IT IS CRITICAL TO MAKE THESE NEEDS. THE -- THANK YOU TO SCOTT BROOKS THAT WENT TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE COMMITTEE ON A OUR HOUSE COMMITTEE ON A THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ABILITIES AND THEY MADE IT CHANGES TO PAY LOW OUR DISTRICT TO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY WITH THE FINANCIALLY WITH THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS FUNDING THOSE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SAME TIME WE ARE GETTING OUR CTEs. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THAT NEW PART OF THAT NEW LEGISLATION. THANK YOU TO OUR LEGISLATURES FOR BRINGING THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND A CERTIFICATE IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. BRINGS A NEW FINANCIAL NEED TO OUR DISTRICT SO WE ARE NOT GETTING PERSONALIZED FOR STUDENTS THAT LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS A DUAL ABILITY IN THAT. A HUGE A HUGE LIFT. AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT LEGISLATORS OF THE CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I AM VERY I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I HAVE BEEN A THORN IN YOUR SIDE WHEN WE ARE BREAKING GROUND. EVERY THREE WEEKS MY E-MAIL GOES OUT. I'M EXCITED SEPTEMBER WHEN WE CAN BE THERE OFFICIALLY. THANK YOU AGAIN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER RENDN. MEMBER HAWNEN HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THIS IN PLANT CITY, THE JUNIOR CITY, THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CITY, THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM AT PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M KEEP PUSHING FOR THAT. I WILL HAVE TO GET IT HAY CROSS THE FINISH LINE IF I HAVE TO RAISE EVERY DIME MYSELF. IT REALLY WOULD IN ALL SERIOUSNESS MAKE A GREAT PARTNER SCHOOL. IT IS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM LIKE MEMBER COMBS SAID. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS. AND THAT WOULD BE A NICE COMPLEMENT TO THE TRADE PROGRAM AT THE CAREER CENTER. SO I HOPE WE KEEP HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BOUTIQUE PROGRAM FOR KIDS THAT THAT THEY CAN TAKE COURSES AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS. I THINK THAT IS IT WHAT PARENTS I THINK THAT IS IT WHAT PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR. AND THEY -- THAT WILL MAKE US COMPETITIVE, RIGHT. IF PARENTS CAN REALLY BUILD A IF PARENTS CAN REALLY BUILD A BOUTIQUE PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILD TO GET ALL OF THEIR NEEDS MET SO THEY CAN REACH ALL THEIR GOALS. UP LIKE THAT AS ASPECT. I THINK WE CAN PROMOTE THAT MORE WITH OUR FAMILIES WHETHER IN PLANT CITY OR IN OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR COUNTY THAT ACROSS OUR COUNTY THAT FAMILIES ARE DOING IT NOW. THEY ARE DOING IT AT PLANT. THEY ARE DOING IT AT ROBINSON AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. AND THEY ARE FIGURING IT OUT ON THEIR OWN. AND THEY ARE FIGURING IT OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS. THERE IS A -- THERE IS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC ALTERNATIVE OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. SOB THERAPIESING IT TOGETHER THEMSELVES. SO I THINK IT IS -- YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST -- IT IS ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY EDUCATE FAMILIES ON, BECAUSE, I THINK, IF THEY KNOW, IF THEY KNOW, THEY CAN KIND OF CREATE A PROGRAM -- AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILD THAT THEIR MORE THAN LIKELY TO LOOK HERE VERSUS ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING AND I FORGOT ABOUT IT. A BIG ITEM. WE ARE PAYING HALF OF IT WITH OUR IMPACT FEES, THAT'S CORRECT? >>Christopher Farkas: PAY ALL OF IT. PROPORTIONATE SHARE WHICH IS A PREPAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES. IMPACT FEES ARE PAYING FOR THIS SCHOOL. >>Lynn Gray: 2020 IN JUNE, I DO THINK IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, WE RIGHT, WE ACTUALLY -- RIGHT, WE ACTUALLY -- BETTY CASTOROR, MYSELF, THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WITH THE HELP OF THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" WE HAD THE IMPACT FEES DOUBLED FROM PREVIOUS WHICH HELPED FOR THE PAYMENT OF PAYMENT OF THIS BUILDING. I WANT BOARD MEMBERS KNOW THAT FINANCIALLY WE ARE BEING VERY GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR MONEY AND ABOUT DARN TIME WE HAVE IMPACT FEES RAISED. AT ANY RATE, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND SPENT WISELY. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. SEEING NO FURTHER SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT IS AS UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE DAIS. AND WE HAVE OUR LAST ITEM IS ITEM ITEM 7.10, APPROVE THE ITEM 7.10, APPROVE THE ITEM 7.10, APPROVE THE 2024-'25 TENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT OF WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IN EVENING. FLORIDA STATUTE UNIT FLORIDA STATUTE UNIT 10.13.35 REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DEVELOP AND APPROVE AN ANNUAL TENTATIVE DISTRICT TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. PLAN INCLUDES THE SCHEDULE OF ALL MAJOR REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, NEWLY PREPARED CONSTRUCTION, CLASS SIZE, USE OF PORTABLE CLASSROOMS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROJECTED CAPITAL OUTLAY REVENUE FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS HAVE 30 DAYS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS TENTATIVE PLAN. THE FINAL PLAN WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL AT THE OCTOBER 15, 2024 MEET. AGAIN A TENTATIVE PLAN THAT GOES -- INTERLOCALS AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR 30 DAYS AND WILL BRING THE FINAL PLAN BACK BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 15 MEETING THIS OTHER. AND THAT IS ITEM 7:10, THE TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER COMBS, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE PAYMENT DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE PAYMENT PLAN IS -- WILL BE SAID BY ME IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE DISHAVE, STRICT, WHICH IS HUGE. AND WE LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF BUILDINGS, WHICH IS MATCHING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR VARIOUS SCHOOL -- SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT BOARD MECHANICS REPRESENT. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT JUST I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT JUST LISTENING TO WHAT I AM LIST SOMETHING VERY SOMETHING VERY EXCITING. WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE ADAM K-8 WE HAVE THE ADAM K-8 NEWSOM EDITION. NEWSOME WHICH MAY BE HALFWAY COMPLETED. PLANT CITY CAREER CENTER, THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA THAT IS ENTITLED UUU AT THE TIME. TINKER. PRE-K 8 -- I DON'T HAVE MY CLASSES ON. BUT WE HAVE THAT AS A BUT WE HAVE THAT AS A REBUILD. JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A REBUILD. STEWART ELEMENTARY -- SHOULD BE MIDDLE SCHOOL REBUILD. AND THEN WE HAVE AND THEN WE HAVE STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER REBUILD OR ADDITION. ALL THIS IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MATCHING IT WITH ARE MATCHING IT WITH VERY -- ARE MATCHING IT WITH VERY -- LET'S JUST SAY LET'S JUST SAY DYNAMIC LET'S JUST SAY DYNAMIC SOURCE OF FUNDS OF WE HAVE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THE THE CIT, CAPITAL INVESTMENT TAX, THE IMPACT FEES, THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE. THE -- THE MILLAGE IS ADDED TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD ADD THAT OR NOT. AND THE SALES TAX REVENUE. IT YOU MAKE CLEAR ABOUT THE MILLAGE BEING PART OF THIS EQUATION? SUPERINTENDENT TSUNAMI I WILL TAKE IT MR. FARKAS. IF YOU REMEMBER PART OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED EARLIER THIS THIS AFTERNOON, THAT THIS AFTERNOON, THAT 1.5 MILLAGE. THAT IS SET BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT 1.5 IS SET BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND WHAT MISS JOHNSON REFERRED TO. MILLAGE USED TO BE 2.0 AND DROPPED TO 1757. AND 1 5. THAT MILLAGE IS 1.5 AND THAT IS STATE APPROVED. WE CAN NOT CHA I THINK THAT MILLAGE RATE. BUT IT IS INTERESTING YOU BRING THAT UP. BUT, NO, ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND MR. FARKAS HAS SEEN GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS DIFFICULT WORK. NOT EASY TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND THE MONIES NEEDED ARE LOCAL THE MONIES NEEDED ARE LOCAL ISSUES. WE DON'T RECEIVE MONIES FROM THE STATE. LOCAL ISSUES MONIES WE PROVIDE THAT ARE REVENUE THAT COME THAT ARE REVENUE THAT COME IN WITH 1.5 MILLAGE MILL AND WITH 1.5 MILLAGE MILL AND IMPACT FEES TO MR. NEW SCHOOLS. A LOCAL EFFORT PROVIDING REVENUE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT GROWTH AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS EVER GROWING AND GROWING GROWING AND GROWING RAPIDLY WHICH MAKES MR. FARKAS'S JOB TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TO HAVING THE FUNDS. THANKFUL TO THE THANKFUL TO THE TAXPAYERS BAA INCOME 2018, THAT HALF PENNY SALES TAX HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS TO PROVIDE THOSE RENOVATIONS. AND KEEP UP WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OVER THE LAST MAINTENANCE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF NEARS. MR. FARKAS -- >>Lynn Gray: I AM GLAD >>Lynn Gray: I AM GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE GROWTH WHICH IS TREMENDOUS IN EVERY AREA. JUST ABOUT -- WELL, JUST ABOUT EVERY AREA OF THIS DISTRICT. SO WITH THOSE REMARKS, I AM GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT -- OH, I BUT -- OH, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE APOLLO BEACH. CONSTRUCTION. MR. FARKAS. THE PORTABLES. SIXTH GRADE IS FILLED WITH 131 STUDENTS ALREADY STUDENTS ALREADY AND PERHAPS MORE. >>Christopher Farkas: THAT'S CORRECT. THE FINAL NUMBERS GO OUT TOMORROW. LAST PHASE -- LAST PHASE -- WE HAVE OVER 100 AND PORTABLES ALREADY THERE. WE HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S AMOUNT OF WORK FOR POWER. AND THEY ARED FOR AND THEY ARED FOR TEACHERS TO COME BACK TOMORROW MORNING. READY FOR SIXTH GRADE. AS WE TALK AS WE TALK ABOUT DONE THE AS WE TALK ABOUT DONE THE APOLLO BEACH 6-8. PORTABLES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND BUILDING, WE WILL DO A PART OF IT TOO. WHAT IS WHAT IS APPROVED ARE THE PORTABLES AND READY TO GO. SIXTH GRADERS. READY TO WELCOME READY TO WELCOME SIXTH-GRADERS AT APOLLO BEACH. >> MIGHT DART OVER IT TOMORROW AND VERY AND VERY EXCITING TO THEM AND I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF E-MAILS. OVER THE TOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REALLY GETTING ALL OF OUR INPUT AND VISION. AND MR. FARKAS, YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT ABOUT ALL -- ALL MY INPUT. ONE OF THE THINGS I ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING YOU ADDING ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL TO THIS. BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY -- IT IS -- THAT SCHOOL IS REALLY BURSTING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, A CULL FAR IN TREE PROGRAM THERE. I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUDED I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUDED ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. AN A SCHOOL. I KNOW YEARS AGO PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH, I DON'T WANT TO GO A OH, I DON'T WANT TO GO A ALONSO AND NOT EVEN OPEN BECAUSE SUCH A DEMAND AND EVERYBODY THERE. PROUD OF ALONSO'S MUSIC PROGRAM. THEY HAVE AN AMAZING ARTS PROGRAM. THEY HAVE THE LARGEST BAND, I THINK, BY TEN STUDENTS COMPARED TO SICKLES. AND A HUSBAND WIFE WHO ARE BAND DIRECTOR THERE IS WHICH IS SO DIRECTOR THERE IS WHICH IS SO AMAZING. THE WIFE WORKS AT ALONSO. THE HUGS WORKS AT SICKLE, AND THAT PROGRAM HAS REALLY THAT PROGRAM HAS REALLY EXPANDED. I KNOW GOING OVER THERE, IT IS BURSTING, THE MUSIC PROGRAM. NO ROOM FOR THAT LARGE BAND. SO I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE AN ENTIRE WING. AND SOB WHO AND SOB WHO DECIDES ON HOW THAT WORKS, WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE PUT IN THERE? >>Christopher Farkas: A GREAT QUESTION. WE PUT WINGS AT LOTS OF SCHOOLS THAT HAPPEN. AND THAT WORKS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE ONE AND WHEN YOU HAVE ONE WANG, IT IS USUALLY NOT BAD, WHEN YOU ADD 500, 700 KIDS, THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHAT SUFFERS. OFFICES FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND STUDENT ANEIGHBORS. THE CAFETERIA THAT MAY BE TIGHT AND WE EXPANDED THAT AND YOUR CORE -- YOUR LEGTIVES. YOUR BAND ORCHESTRA. ALL THINGS BE IN PART OF IT TOO. WHEN WE GO AND PUT A WING ON, THE PRICE WE QUOTE IS FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE 24 SQUARE FOOTAGE 24 CLASSROOMS, 12 UP AND 12 DOWN. THE SCHOOL UPDATES WHAT THE NEED IS. IS THERE A SCIENCE LAB WE NEED. CORE CLASSROOMS THAT NEED TO BE LARGER. WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BASED ON OUR NEEDS, AND WHAT WE BUILD IS OUR NEEDS, AND WHAT WE BUILD IS COMPLETELY COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WING AT WING AT SUMNER FOUR SCENES LABS AND MAY BE CTE OR BUSINESS CLASSES. WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL WHAT THE WING EXPANSES AND WE DO THAT BUILD. WE HEAR SOME OF THE ELECTIVE LIKE THE CHORUS AND AT MUSIC DEPARTMENT SUSPECT NEED. ASSUMING THAT IS THE SAME CASE WHEN WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO. THEY DICTATE THE NEED. WE DO INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DOE PROGRAM. AND THAT IS WHAT THE NEED IS. >>Nadia Combs: I THINK WHAT >>Nadia Combs: I THINK WHAT IS GREAT OF ALONSO, WE HAD FAMILIES LEAVING THAT NORTHWEST PART OF TAMPA TAMPA AND NOW AN I.T. PROGRAM. THE CHORUS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF SHOWS. IT IS TOP PERFORMING. KIDS GOING TO NYU AND ALL SORTS OF PLACES FOR THE MUSIC AN ART PROGRAM. I THINK IT IS EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. THANK YOU MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LOOK, I APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE DOING AROUND THE COUNTY AND I WILL BE REMISS IF I DON'T BRING AND PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT PLANT CITY IS SITTING AT 110% CAPACITY FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. SEVERAL OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE OVER 100% CAPACITY OR IN THE 90s OR IN THE 90s. STRAWBERRY CREST IS BUSHING AT THEIR THEIR  SEAMS. WE DO NOT SEE WHERE WE NEED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN PLANT CITY. WE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTIRE SIXTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTIRE SIXTH GRADE IS IN PORTABLES IS IN PORTABLES HAVE BEEN BE IN PORTABLES 2,000 STUD POINTS TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE NOT A DRESSING THE EXTREME NEEDS FOR THAT SCHOOL. WE ARE OVERCROWD AND HAVE EXTREME CHARTER SCHOOLS GOING IN THE EAST, SOUTHEAST COUNTY AND WE ARE NOT WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING THAT. I AM THANK THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PORTABLES FOR APOLLO BEACH. BUT I BUT I NEED A PLAN HOW ELSE YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS FOR K-8. A MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS MORE THAN A BUILDING AND WE NEED TO A BUILDING AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE EQUAL PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER OPTION THAT IS THE STUDENTS WILL GENT. WIMAUMA IS BEYOND BUILDING THEIR ROADS. WE ARE DOING NEW ROADS AND NEW FACILITIES. AND YET NOWHERE ON HERE IS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA SO AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ON THE RECORD THAT ALL OF THOSE THE RECORD THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE PUNT ON CONTINUE TO THIS PLAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO IN THE UPCOMING YEARS I STAKE THAT BACK. MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA DONE IN '27-'28. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE -- THREE YEARS THREE YEARS SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THREE YEARS FOR THE POOL WILL. OVER 2,000 OVER 2,000 STUDENTS SITTING AT OVER 2,000 STUDENTS SITTING AT SHIELDS. 2,000. AND THEY ARE IN PORTABLES. WE ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM OF OUR STUDENTS. TALK OF THE BEHAVIOR TALK OF THE BEHAVIOR INCREASES AND STUDENTS IN AND STUDENTS IN PORTABLES AND THE THE ENTIRE SIXED GRADE. AGAIN. I DON'T DIMINISH THE NEED FOR OTHER NEEDS AND THEY ARE GREAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE THESE OTHER NEEDS OUT THERETO NOT BEING MEANT. AND I WANT TO THE MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. WHEN YOU HAVE GOT SCHOOLS THAT WILL ARE WELL OVER CAPACITY AROUND ARE NEEDED. AND I AM GOING AND I AM GOING TO GIVE PERSON WITH WITH BURNIE A SHOUT WITH BURNIE A SHOUT OUT THAT WENT FROM A Q TO A C. AND THEIR STAFF IS AMAZING AND SITTING AT SITTING AT 100% CAPACITY AND 96 FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THEY ARE WORKING AND DOING THE DEED. WE HAVE NO PLACE TO RELIEVE THEM OF THEIR OVERCROWDING IN THAT SCHOOL. WE ARE YEARS AWAY FROM WE ARE YEARS AWAY FROM DOING THAT. AND THERE ARE AND THERE ARE 5,000 HOMES FEEDING INTO KNEES SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW WHERE FAMILIES ARE MOVING IN. SO I NEED SO I NEED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COUNTY HAS GREAT NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING GREAT NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY THIS PLAN ADDRESSED BY THIS PLAN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: WHAT IS HAPPENING AT STEINBRENNER? >>Christopher Farkas: THE PLAN BECAUSE OF GROWTH NOT UNLIKE STRAWBERRY CREST AND ALONSO. OVER 100%. AS KEYSTONE AND OTHER AREAS GROW FOR STEINBRENNER AND OTHER FOR STEINBRENNER AND OTHER AREAS AROUND ALONSO THOSE ARE GROWTH. WINGS. A WING AT STEINBRENNER AND A WING AT STEINBRENNER AND A WING AT ALONSO. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE YOU SAID STRAWBERRY CREST AS WELL AS MEMBER WELL AS MEMBER RENDON. MY NECK QUESTION WITH. WHEN THAT SCHOOL WAS WHEN THAT SCHOOL WAS. AND EVERYTHING IN THE SCHOOLS WERE TINY AND -- AND EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO THAT IB SCHOOL. SO WHY ISN'T THAT ON THE LIST? WHAT CAN I DO THAT MEMBER COMBS DID, SOME MAGIC TO GET THAT ON THE LIST. HOW DOES THIS WORK HERE? >>Christopher Farkas: GREAT THING. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A WING ON STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY CREST. WE WANT TO A PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. PENITENTIARY $20 MILLION TO SET UP THAT HIGH SCHOOL NORTH OF STINGRAY CHEVROLET. THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE AT STRAWBERRY CREST DOES NOT STRAWBERRY CREST DOES NOT ALLOW STRAWBERRY CREST DOES NOT ALLOW IT. THERE WILL BE PORTABILITIES. PORTABLES ARE NOT THE LONG-TERM ANSWER. NOT A BAD THING BUT NOT THE LONG-TERM ANSWER. WHAT MISS WHAT MISS RENDON SAID IS ACCURATE. THERE IS A NEED BUT FINANCES DO NOT IMMEDIATE THE NEED. SHE IS 100% CORRECT. THIS COMING BOARD WILL HAVE THIS COMING BOARD WILL HAVE TO -- NOT THAT I WANT TO SUBMIT A WORKSHOP. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND PAY FOR A NEW SCHOOLS. SAME THING THIS COUNTY FACED IN THE EARLY TO LATE '90s AND WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AND CURRENTLY IN THAT SITUATION. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE ANSWER FOR STRAWBERRY CREST IS THE HIGH SCHOOL IN PLANT CITY. WE GO OUT 15 YEARS IN THAT BUILD. SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OUT. THAT IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE A NEED FOR IT BEFORE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. I WANT TO ALERT YOU THIS. WHEN WE BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL, 1500 TO 2,000 KIDS AT A MINUTE MUM. WE HAVE 300 EXTRA KIDS IN PLANT CITY. 300 AT STRAWBERRY CREST. IF I OPENED UP A HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE FEELING THE FEELING THE NEED AT PLANT CITY AND AND STRAWBERRY CREST, AND STRAWBERRY CREST, 600 THAT LIMITS COURSE LIMITS COURSE OFFERINGS AND ATHLETICS. YOU HAVE TO BE BURSTING TO OPEN UP A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU NEED A PLAN. TAKES TWO TO OR THREE YEARS NO TAKES TWO TO OR THREE YEARS NO DESIGN, BUILD AND FIND THE DESIGN, BUILD AND FIND THE FUNDING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN PLANT CITY IS THE ANSWER. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD IT. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WE NEED TO HELP -- PRESENT TO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND IN TURNS PRESENT TO THE BOARD, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A BOARD OR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FAR AS OUR NEEDS. BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING TO BUILD IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PART OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER, BUT WHAT -- WHICH QUESTION THAT LEADS ME TOO. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ONE OF THE REASONS IT IS OVERCAPACITY IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE IB PROGRAM THERE. AND THEY ARE CHOICING IN AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY. IF WE CAN HAVE AN IB PROGRAM THAT WAS COMPETITIVE, THAT WOULD FREE UP FREE UP MORE SPACE IN THAT HIGH SCHOOL. SO LEADS ME TO ASK ABOUT KING. SINCE WE ARE STALK SINCE WE ARE STALK ABOUT -- I KNOW IT ISN'T THIS AGENDA KNOW IT ISN'T THIS AGENDA ITEM. SOLUTIONS TO MANAGE GROWTH AND WHAT WE WILL DO WITH OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS. KING HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST IB SCORE THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AM I CORRECT? >> SPIN CREASE IN THE COUNTY. WENT UP 14 POINTS. >> INCREASE IN THE COUNTY FOR WHATEVER WHATEVER REASON, THERE IS A PROBLEM. PARENTS ARE NOT CHOOSING THAT FOWLIB. TALKING TALKING OF MANAGING GROWTH AND STRAWBERRY CREST STRAWBERRY CREST BURSTING AT THE THE THE SEAMS. I WANT TO KNOW WHY PARENTS ARE I WANT TO KNOW WHY PARENTS ARE NOT CHOOSING THAT AND WE NEED TO TALK NOT TO MR. AN ENTIRE SCHOOL TO MANAGE THAT PEOPLE CHOICING IN STRAWBERRY CREST AND CHOOSING KING AS ANOTHER IB PROGRAM. AGAIN WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF THESE THINGS, A WAY TO LOOK AT BEING CREATIVE AND WHY PARENTS AREN'T CHOOSING THAT AND HOW WE FORCE AND FORCE AND BOUNDARY THEM THERE. >>Christopher Farkas: MISS VAUGHN, IF YOU CAN GUYS CAN MIX UP THE NAME, SO ASK I. THIS ACTUALLY IS THAT ITEM. GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS PART OF THE INTO I HAVE-YEAR PLAN AND CAPACITY IS PART OF THAT. THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE. AESTHETIC ARE PART OF THE ISSUE AT KING. BUT OTHER THING WE ARE WORKING ON. MR. MR. BASHUM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. YOU SEE VAST IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION -- I THINK WE ARE DOING SOME OF THE THINGS TO ADDRESS IT. SPEAK FOR MR. McCREA AND DR. GRAYS. BUT WHAT YOU BRING UP IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE CAPACITY AT KING. >>Jessica Vaughn: LOOKING FORWARD SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THIS FLUID. APPROVING IT TONIGHT AND IT CAN CHANGE IN SIX MONTHS, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SOME THIS IS NOT -- I JUST DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO LOOK WANT THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY HAPPENING. BECAUSE NONE OF THIS HAPPENS UNTIL -- TONIGHT IT COMES TO THE BOARD AND IT IS APPROVED. THIS IS A PLAN. AND A FLUID PLAN. SO SO AS AREAS CHANGE AND DEVELOP, THESE SCHOOLS MIGHT SHIFT UP AND DOWN OR BE ELIMINATED AND SOMETHING ELSE ADDED. >>Christopher Farkas: IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. 100% THAT IS ACCURATE. IN THE IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I AM PRETTY SURE NO FIVE-YEAR PLAN. >>Stacy Hahn: I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THEY HAVE APPROVED MY SCHOOL AND APPROVED MY SCHOOL AND 100% AND LEADS TO CONFUSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES WITH -- WELL -- IT PASSES WITH MEMBER PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON DISSENTING FROM THE VOTE AND MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE DAIS. AND AND AND NOW WE WILL HAVE AND AND NOW WE WILL HAVE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TO MY SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES THIS EVENING. YOU CAN YOU CAN TURN THAT ON. SO FIRST SO FIRST SLIDE. HERE IT IS. OFFICIALS DAY OF SCHOOL, MONDAY AUGUST 12. 11 DAYS AWAY FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND STARTS WITH ATTENDANCE AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR CAMPAIGN. AINTENDSING SCHOOL REGULARLY IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATION. EVERY DAY MATTERS. HELP THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG. AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS THEY RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM ON MONDAY 12th. SO SOME UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE THE WE ARE EXCITED TO BE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL -- I WILL PREFACE A BUSY SATURDAY COMING UP. BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENT MAGAZINE AUGUST 3 FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. LIVE ACTIVITIES, SPEAKERS, WORK. SHOPS AND SHOPS AND VENDORS WITH VALUABLE SHOPS AND VENDORS WITH VALUABLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION. 1,000 KIDS THIS LINE WILL GET THEIR FREE THEIR FREE BACKPACK AT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR AT WESTSHORE MALL. PRESCHOOL BASH. JOIN ME AND JOIN ME AND STACY HAHN AGAIN AT LAMB LAMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUGUST 3 FROM 9 TO NOON AT LAMB. LEARN MORE OF THE LEARN MORE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ENJOY SCHOOLS AND ENJOY FAMILY ACTIVITIES ARTS AND CRAFTS, FREE FACE PAINTING FACE PAINTING AND MORE LIT EARLY LITERACY CLASSROOM PAGE WILL ALSO BE THERE. CONTROVERSIAL AROUND THE SPELLING OF PAGE. PAIGE TURNER. IT IS LATE. ON SATURDAY, THE COUNTY FAIR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH -- YEAH, PAGE PAGE TURNER. WE HAD A DISCUSSION PAIGE INSTEAD OF PAGE. AND BACK AND FORTH AND MISS BROWN WON THE ARGUMENT. [LAUGHTER] SO OUR -- OUR COUNTY FAIR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PASH AND OTHER EVENTS FROM NOON TO 4. OUR DISTRICT STAFF WILL BE THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS INCLUDING INCLUDING CHILDREN SERVICES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, FAA AND MORE AND OUR COUNTY BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH COUNTY BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH BASH AT THE FAIR. BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH. SPEAKING OF, WE HAD OUR SPEAKING OF, WE HAD OUR BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION BACK-TO-SCHOOL. HENRY "SHAKE" WASHINGTON, NADIA COMBS, STACY HAHN AND I HAD FUN TIME AT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH. 37,000 BACK PACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE PASSED ON SUPPLIES WERE PASSED ON FREE ACCESS TO MEDICAL, DENTAL SERVICES AND SERVICES AND HAIRCUTS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND FAMILY SURE STUDENTS AND FAMILY ARE READY. WE CAN'T THANK TITUS O'NEILL AND THE BULLARD FAMILY FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. TITUS, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY. COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU AGAIN. A BUSY WEEK IN WEEK, ANNUAL KIND OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL JOINT PRINCIPAL AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR MEETING. YESTERDAY AT CHAMBERLAIN FOR YESTERDAY AT CHAMBERLAIN FOR ANNUAL JOINT MEETING. PRINCIPAL JAKE RUSSELL, THAT THAT YOU ARE FOR HIS TEAM HOSTING US. INCREDIBLE GAINS AND THINGS TO FOCUS ON FROM OUR 2024-'25 SCHOOL YEAR AND INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION AND PASSION THAT EACH OF THEM BRING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. A GREAT AMONG YESTERDAY AND OUR ANNUAL KICKOFF TO THE END OF ANNUAL KICKOFF TO THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR SUCCESSES. RAISING THE BAR. WE TALKED A LOT THE AUTO THE JOINT JOINT PRINCIPALS JOINT PRINCIPALS MEETING OF SUCCESS OF STUDENTS GRADE. PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND HIGHLIGHTED IT YESTERDAY WITH THE LEADERS IN THE LEADERS IN THE ROOM. AI MENTIONED WE STARTED WITH AT NUMBER OF 33 AND THAT NUMBER IS 8. AND THAT NUMBER WILL SOON AND THAT NUMBER WILL SOON BE ZERO. TREMENDOUS WORK FROM OUR TEAM OF SCHOOLS AFTER APRIL CROSS THE BOARD. AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. EVERYONE MATTERS TO GET RESULTS LIKE THIS IN ONE YEAR IS BECAUSE OF OF THE COMING TOGETHER OF THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. AND PUNT AGO YOU ARE KIDS FIRST AND GETTING TREMENDOUS RESULTS. SO SO PROUD. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED. YOU TALK OF ONE YOU TALK OF ONE LETTER GRADE IMPROVEMENT. AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE CEMENTS YOU ABREAST OF THE PM DATA AND WHERE WE SAW THINGS HEADED. AND WE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD SEE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. BUT RIGHT HERE IF YOU LOOK AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT HAD ONE LETTER GRADE LETTER GRADE IMPROVEMENTS. 54 SCHOOLS WENT UP A LETTER GRADE. 217 GRADED SCHOOLS. 54 OF THEM WENT UP A LETTER GRADE. SO AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, OUR JOINTS PRINCIPAL JOINTS PRINCIPAL MEETING, WE WENT IN. 96 OF OUR GRADED SCHOOLS. 96.5 PERCENT OF THEM ARE GREAT A, B, AND GREAT A, B, AND Y. SO, SO CLOSE HAVING THAT NUMBER BE A LOT LESS THAN EIGHT. SOB WORK AHEAD OF US FOR THIS YEAR TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN TO ZERO. VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND THE WORK THEY DID THIS WORK THEY DID THIS ENTIRE DISTRICT OF EMPLOYEES THAT HIM TO GET THIS -- TO GET THIS ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE IT IS AT. OTHER ONES, TWO LETTER GRADE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM YESTERDAY. DESOTO AND WEST TAMPA TO MOVE FROM THE C TO THE A. AND POTTER AND AND POTTER AND SHAW THAT MOVED FROM A C TO A FROM A C TO A B, TREMENDOUS GROWTH AT THOSE SCHOOLS. BOARD MEMBERS, SUM SUMMER GRADUATIONS, AWARDED 152 SUMMER DIPLOMAS. THAT IS A GREAT NUMBER THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MEET THE MARK AS FAR AS NEED WILLING A HALF A CREDIT OR A CREDIT THAT NEEDED THE SUMMER, 152 THAT MET THE MARK AND THE QUESTION GETS ASKED, THIS DIPLOMA IS THE SAME DIPLOMA IN MAY. ON THE TRANSCRIPT OUR JUNE DATE. BUT AN EXTRA TIME TO COMPLETE SOME COURSEWORK CREDIT OVER THE SUMMER AND SUMMER AND 152 STUDENTS TO GET THAT DONE. AND, YES, THAT IS MR. FARKAS AT THE CENTER OF THAT THE CENTER OF THAT PICTURE. [LAUGHTER] SO THIS MORNING -- THIS MORNING -- IF I START MUMBLING BECAUSE I AM VERY TIRED. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON A I AND MR. FARKAS WAS AT GRIMES CENTER 6:45 THIS MORNING. WE WELCOME BACK OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. I TELL YOU WHAT, I TOLD THEM THIS MORNING AND MEMBER THIS MORNING AND MEMBER RENDON. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND TALKING TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. MR. FARKAS, 14 -- HOW MANY PEOPLE, 1400 OF OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. YOU TALK OF YOU TALK OF EXCITEMENT. I MEAN, YEAH, WOW, CAME IN THERE AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING. THEY WERE ALL DRESSED UP. THE THEME WAS THE THEME WAS '70s. AND THEY WERE DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO. BUT -- ALWAYS A FUN ONE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEETINGS ALL DAY LONG TO BE IN FRONT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU UP THERE. MR. FARKAS DIDN'T WANT ME TO PUT HIS PICTURE UP THERE. TOUGH. I WILL GET TO THE PICTURE. SO TOMORROW IS THE DAY, AUGUST 2 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY WE ARE TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK OUR TEACHER AND STAFF FROM SUMMER BREAK. STARTING STARTING TOMORROW, 100%, EVERYBODY IS BACK AND MORE EVERYBODY IS BACK AND MORE TRAFFIC. FIRST DAY FOR TEACHERS. OUR TEACHER ALSO OUR TEACHER ALSO HAVE SIX DAY PHOSPHOR PREPLAN ARE, TOMORROW, AUGUST 2 AND LEAD UP TO OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AUGUST 12. PREPLANNING. BOARD MEMBERS -- YOUR CELLED USE WERE FULL AS MINE IS WITH THE NEW BREAKFAST. AND BEING AT OUR SCHOOLS. IT IS DEFINITELY AN EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR. AND ALSO TODAY, WE HAD OUR BUS PATROL SAFETY PRESS PATROL SAFETY PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE WHERE WE ANNOUNCED BUS WHERE WE ANNOUNCED BUS PATROL. AND THIS MORNING IN AND THIS MORNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE ANNOUNCED THAT THE WARNING PERIOD WILL BE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AUGUST 12. A 30-DAY WARNING A 30-DAY WARNING PERIOD. OUR ENTIRE BUS FLEET IS EQUIPPED WITH SCAM WAS AROUND THE SIDE WITH SCAM WAS AROUND THE SIDE THAT WILL CAPTURE THE THAT WILL CAPTURE THE LICENSE PLATE OF STLEEKS PLATE OF STLEEKS ILLEGALLY PLATE OF STLEEKS ILLEGALLY PASSED BUSES OF THIS PASSED BUSES OF THIS INFRACTION. ANY MOTORIST THAT DOES NOT STOP FOR THE SCHOOL BUS AND A STOP ARM IS EXTENDED WILL RECEIVE A WARNING IN THE MAIL FOR NO MONETARY PERSONAL FEE FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS AND SAFETY IS THE IMPORTANT THING FOR STUDENTS. AS I MENTIONED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE, NOT ABOUT COLLECTING TICKETS BUT CHANGING THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN THE STOP ARM GOES OUT. WE ARE TRYING TO EDUCATE AROUND STOPPING AND AFTER THIS 30-DAY PERIOD, A $230 -- $225 -- $225 TICKET THAT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. SO AS WE ARE ON THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE SAFETY ARM AND THE CAMERAS, AND THAT IS -- WE WANT TO EDUCATE DURING THE NEXT 30 NEXT 30 DAYS. AND -- AND OUR THEME, AND -- AND OUR THEME, STRONGER TOGETHER THAT WE TOGETHER THAT WE PLACED AND TALKED ABOUT AT OUR JOINT PRINCIPAL MEETING. WE ARE GOING TO KICK OFF THE NEXT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. INCREDIBLE RESULTS YEAR ONE AND INCREDIBLE YEAR TWO. AND STRONGER TOGETHER AND FORTUNATE TO SEE ALL OF OUR FORTUNATE TO SEE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF TOMORROW AS WE KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WE ARE MEMBER FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. AND MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MALMADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, GREAT PRINCIPALS MEETING AT CHAMBERLAIN. THAT WAS VERY THAT WAS VERY GREAT. EVERYONE WAS EVERYONE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC AND IT WAS A NICE ADDITION OF EVERYONE THERE. A GOOD START. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AT THE DISTRICT. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OUR SCHOOL GRADES OUR SCHOOL GRADES ILLUSTRATE SAN FRANCISCO THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO THE CLASSROOMS. WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT HARD WORK. GO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO EVERYONE. THIS IS THE LAST BOARD THIS IS THE LAST BOARD MEETING WE HAVE BEFORE NOT ONLY TEACHERS GO BACK TOMORROW AND OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THAT OUR STUDENTS GO BACK. I WANT TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO EVERYBODY. A LONG A LONG SUMMER FOR SOME OF US A LONG SUMMER FOR SOME OF US SHORTER FOR OTHERS. AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE FIRST DAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS, EVERYONE MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE READY AND PREPARED TO ACCEPT OUR STUDENTS. AND I REALLY HAVE NOTHING ELSE OTHER THAN I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE KIND OF AN UPDATE AND TALK ABOUT -- I KNOW WHEN WE -- WHEN WE MADE OUR BOUNDARY CHANGES, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAD CLOSED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE REOPENED THEM SUCH AS ADAMS REOPENED THEM SUCH AS ADAMS WAS POSSIBLY ME GOING TO BE A SUCCESS -- SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE NOW THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THE BOUNDARY CHANGES WE HAVE HAD. WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND WHETHER TO HE WAS ARE STILL THE PLANS. I AM GET REQUESTING HE IS FROM THE COMMUNITY IF THAT WILL BE A GIFTED CENTER. WHERE WE GOING TO HAVE A GIFTED CENTER. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ADAMS. WITH PIZZO, REPURPOSING THAT FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND THE COMMUNITY IS ANXIOUS TO GET ANSWERS. IF WE CAN HAVE UPDATES GOING BACK IN THE NEW YEAR AND GIVE THAT BACK THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. OTHER THAN THAT, THANKS, AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. %% THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: EAST BULLARD, HAD A GREAT TIME AT THEIR BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH. I LOVE SEEING THE SMILING FACES OF THE CHILDREN AND THE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES COMING THROUGH OUR LINE TO GET BACK PACKS. AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THEY RECEIVED THAT DAY FROM HAIRCUTS TO GETTING THEIR TEETH CLEANED AND EYEGLASSES. AND FREE FOOD TRUCKS. REALLY A FUN FULL DAY OF GAMES AND MUSIC AND ALL THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THEIR EFFORT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO LIFT A SCHOOL UP. AND OUR SCHOOL GRADES WERE JUST WONDERFUL. WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAVE A LOT MORE HARD WORK TO DO. BUT WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. REALLY I WAS VERY PLEASED TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WE DO HAVE THE KINDERGARTEN PRE-K BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THIS SATURDAY. I AM EXCITED AT LAMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNER WHO WILL BE THERE. FACE FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BE THERE. AS WELL AS SENIORS IN SERVICE, THE EARLY LEARNING DOE LIKES, UNITED WAY UNITED WAY SUNCOAST, GLAZER CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, HOST, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, HOST, VPK, HEAD START, TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, BETTER TOGETHER. TRACY BERGMAN AND HER TRACY BERGMAN AND HER LITERACY AND PAGE, THE AND PAGE, THE LITERACY BUS. A LOT OF FREE GIVEAWAY AND GAMES AND A GOOD TIME. WE ALREADY HAVE OVER 600 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO ATTEND. WE WILL WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN BREAK OUR REGISTRATION RECORD FROM LAST YEAR. ALWAYS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND A LOT LOT OF FUN AND FROM LAMB FROM 9 TO THE NOON. IF IT IS NOT TOO IF IT IS NOT TOO LATE, YOU CAN COME BY SPUR OF THE MOMENT AND REGISTER BEFORE HAND, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN STUFF. ALSO WELCOME BACK TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS ALWAYS EXCITING AND PREPARING FOR THAT IS PART OF THAT EXCITEMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FRESH START AND A NEW YEAR. AND WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT -- THAT EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE COMING BACK OR THEY MIGHT BE NEW TO OUR DISTRICT, AND SO, IT IS JUST AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR. MY OWN BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A TEACHER IN THIS DISTRICT. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FORMER USF STUDENTS THAT ARE TEACHERS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THIS DISTRICT. I WILL SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM SUPER EXCITED I AM SUPER EXCITED IMPLEMENTING BUS PATROL BUS PATROL ON OUR NEW MONITORING SYSTEM ON OUR BUSES EVERY DAY EVERY BUS HAVE THREE INFRACTIONS PER BUS PER DAY. YOU THIS I WE HAVE 1,000 BUSES ON THE ROAD. 3,000 INFRACTIONS EVERY DAY THAT ONLY PUT OUR ONLY PUT OUR STUDENTS' SAFETY AT RISK BUT RISK BUT OUR DRIVERS AT RISK BECAUSE THE VIOLATION OF THE OTHER DRIVERS TAKING AND OF WHAT OUR DRIVERS NEED. IT ADDS TO THE STRESS THAT THEY HAVE. AND PUTS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND DRIVERS AT DRIVERS AT RISK. SUPER EXCITED IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. AS OF AUGUST 1, WE WILL BE THE LARGEST SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SURPASSING MIAMI-DADE. AND NO OTHER COUNTY IS DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS AS LARGE OF A SCALE AS WE ARE. SO THIS IS HUGE. I ALSO I ALSO WANT TO THANK SENATOR BURGESS. HE CHAMPIONED THE BILL THIS YEAR THAT CHANGED ALLOWING THE PROCEEDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GENT FROM THESE DISTRICT GENT FROM THESE POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS NO NOT ONLY GO TO CAPITAL EXPENSES BUT FOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, BONUS FOR BUS DRIVERS, DIRECTLY IMPACTING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE AND GETTING THEM TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAKING OUR STAFF A PRIORITY. SO THAT IS HUGE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER, PLANT CITY CHAMBER, VALRICO FISHHAWK CHAMBER, SOUTH TAMPA CHAMBER, CHAMBER, CHANCE ABILITY. I KNOW MEMBER COMBS WILL HIGHLIGHT HER AREA. ALL OF THESE AND MEMBERS I MISSED THAT ARE OUT THERE GET AGO YOU ARE NEW TEACHERERS, OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES. EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR, BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS THAT IS COLLECTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR OUR CHILDREN. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF OUR CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DAY. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORERS, IF I MISS AN ORGANIZATION, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE IN OUR PRIVATE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PUBLIC SECTOR THAT ARE ONGOINGLY COLLECTING SUPPLIES. I JUST -- WHERE WAS I -- TODAY I WAS AT FRED'S MARKET IN PLANT CITY. AND THERE THEY WERE COLLECTING SCHOOL SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR ALL NEW TEACHER DRIVE FOR THE CHAMBER. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. CRITICAL, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE SO CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND WANT TO THANK THEM VERY MUCH. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE HA WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING OUR USC PICK AND LOOKING FOR THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR -- WE TALKED OF THAT ONE PICK AREA OF THAT ONE PICK AREA OF THAT PIP, IF WE CAN LOOK AT IN COLLECTIVELY TO CAN LOOK AT IN COLLECTIVELY TO ENSURE THAT ANYTHING WE ARE GOING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THAT. A TRANSPARENCY FROM THAT POLICY AND POLICY AND PROCEDURES NOR ESC IS TRANSPARENT. SOMETHING ON OUR WEB SITE THAT IS A POLICY WE ARE DOING. SOMETHING WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT OUR ESC STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW. THEY NEED TO BE IN THE PROGRAM NOT JUST WHAT THE DOE ASKS FOR BUT WHAT THAT YOU ARE BUT WHAT THAT YOU ARE FAMILIES ASK FOR. THEY WANT KNOWLEDGE AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THAT TO THEM. WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THEIR LIVES HARD ARE THAN IT ALREADY IS. THEY CARRY MORE CHALLENGES THAN WE WOULD EVER WANT TO DREAM OF. WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FAMILIES -- WE SHOULDN'T SAY GO FIND IT ON THE WEB SITE. GO LOOK AT IT. I DID REVIEW PAGE 9 OF THAT DOCUMENT THEY HAVE TO SIGN, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE PARENTS, THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS, BUT THE PARENTS ARE. SO MAY BE LEGAL, BUT LET'S ANY ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. FROM THE DAY THEIR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BORN. THEY HAD TO FIGHT EVERY STEP THEY HAD TO FIGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR EVERYTHING THEIR CHILDREN NEED AND THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ADD TO THAT STRESS. WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE. AND GIVING THEIR CHILD THE BEST AND GIVING THEIR CHILD THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM. ONCE THEY LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS, THAT ADULT COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BEAT THEM UP. AND IT IS NOT FUN. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR BETTER JOB HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. I JUST CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO MAKE -- PAY ATTENTION WHAT THAT DOES. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, I WOULD PERSONALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AGAIN, WELCOME BACK TEACHERS! TOMORROW YOU ARE ALL BACK AND SO EXCITED YOU ARE HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO YOU ARE IN HR DEPARTMENT AND IN HR DEPARTMENT AND PRINCIPALS FOR DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR STAFFING ALL YOU HAVE OUR SCHOOLS. STUDENTS, WELCOME BACK ON AUGUST 12. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU >>Lynn Gray: YES, WE ARE GETTING ENTHUSED. CONGRATULATIONS TEACHERS AND STAFF. INDEED, YOU ARE THE TRAIN THAT KEEPS THE STUDENTS MOVING FORWARD. AND WHAT A FORWARD MOVEMENT IT IS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE SHARED THE NUMBER OF ACE SCHOOLS RAISED FROM 57 FROM 57 TO 62, NUMBER OF B SCHOOLS, 38 TO 42, AND DECREASING THE NUMBER OF D SCHOOLS SCHOOLS TO 29 TO 9 AND NO Fs, BUT WE HAVE ONE, RIGHT? NO NO Fs. SO LET'S GET THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BULLOCK MUCH TO THE BULLOCK FOUNDATION. THADDEUS, TITUS O'NEIL, YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE. AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT AND CERTAINLY OUR STUDENTS DEFINITELY LOVE HAVING YOU AS A ROLE MODEL AND AS A MENTOR. SO THANK SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMBERS. THEY ARE SO THEY ARE SO BUSY GAINING AND GETTING ALL THE GOODS NECESSARY FOR STUDENT SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY AND FIRST MONTH AND FIRST PERHAPS FIRST YEAR OF SUPPLIES, WHICH IS GREATLY WHICH IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I WANTED TO SHARE I WANTED TO SHARE RIGHT NOW, OUR HISPANIC FORUM HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. WHO CHAIRS WHO CHAIRS IT? MELISSA MAR GADO. SHE'S NOT HERE, OBVIOUSLY. MEMBER COMBS AND MYSELF, BUT WE'VE BEEN BUSY AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW SHARING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THIS COMING YEAR. IT'S LED BY IT'S LED BY JESSICA DE LA IT'S LED BY JESSICA DE LA PRIDA, HISPANIC AND CULTURAL OUTREACH. CAN WE SEE THE SLIDE BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING. JUST PUT THE NEXT SLIDE ON THERE. WE'RE WORKING ON MANY OF THE OUTREACHES. PARENTS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP, COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNICATION. WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES FACE TO FACE WITH FACE WITH FACE, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT ALL THIS IS TO SAY WE'RE ADDRESSING THE 43 ADDRESSING THE 43 TO 45 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENT BODY BEING HISPANIC. I ALSO WANTED TO I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT DURING THE YEAR THE YEAR OR UPCOMING, UPCOMING, WE'RE HAVING A WE'RE HAVING A BILINGUAL VOLUNTEER POOL TO ADDRESS THE PARENTS COMING IN FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING ALONG -- AND I KNOW MEMBER COMBS YOU ARE, TOO, THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. I'M SO PROUD OF I'M SO PROUD OF OUR HISPANIC FORUM AND THE MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON THERE WITH ON THERE WITH JUST PURE VOLUNTEER EVERY MONTH. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTREACH. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. TEACHERS, STAFF, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT TEAM AND ESPECIALLY SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, IT WAS A BIG MOMENT IN TIME A BIG MOMENT IN TIME THAT TEAMS WAS SPELLED OUT FROM YOU TO ALL OUR LEADERS ON OUR LEADERS ON THE JOINT PRINCIPALS MEETING. ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TEAMWORK IS YOU THINK THAT YOU JUST SAY IT AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO WORK AS A TEAM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID WHEN I WROTE THE THANK-YOU NOTES TO THE PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR GRADES AND I WROTE MANY, I'M SURE BOARD MEMBERS DID THE MEMBERS DID THE SAME. THEY SAID THIS. THEY WROTE BACK IN GRATEFUL MANNER, BUT THEY ALL SAID IT WAS ALL TEAMWORK. AND THEY ALL MEANT IT. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR IT WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR TEAM. AND I HOPE, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE IN THE FUTURE CAN WORK AS A TEAM BECAUSE IT'S VERY NECESSARY FOR THE SAKE OF OUR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU WANT TO PUT FORWARD. SO THE EXAMPLE, THE NON-EXAMPLE LAST NIGHT AT THE HOBNOB WAS UNFORTUNATE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE OURSELVES INTO MORE OF A TEAM-LIKE SPIRIT SUCH AS THE OLYMPICS. THEY ALL WORKED AS A TEAM AND THEY GAINED SO MUCH THEY GAINED SO MUCH SUCCESS. IT WORKS BETTER THAT WAY. SO WITH THOSE SO WITH THOSE COMMENTS, BACK TO SCHOOL COMMENTS INCLUDED, WE WELCOME OUR TEACHERS AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. BYE-BYE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WHEN IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, SEEING THE VISION OF NORTHWEST TAMPA AND THE GROWTH AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE COMING IN AND THE PARENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER, WE HAD IT AT LETO. WE HAD IT IN OTHER AREAS, AND IT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT AREA. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. THANK THANK YOU, MARCOS THANK YOU, MARCOS MURLO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THE VOICE OF THE HISPANIC STUDENTS. I WILL SAY WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD I THOUGHT ABOUT, OH, I'M WORRIED ABOUT REDUCING TESTING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME FROM MY IDEAS AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER. BUT THEN I CAME HERE AND THEN I REALIZED THE NEEDS OF ESE, THE NEEDS OF OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS. AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IS MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE LEADERSHIP WITH HISPANIC OR HISPANIC POPULATION. WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SEE THAT SEE THAT CUSTODIANS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A GREAT JOB AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS COMING IN AND COMING IN WHO ARE EXTREMELY EDUCATED, WHO BRING SO MUCH. I MEAN, WE SAW I MEAN, WE SAW SOMEONE HERE TODAY WHO IS BASICALLY WORKING WITH OUR ESE POPULATION. WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONTINUING WORKING AND I KNOW TERESA CAMPBELL HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD OUR BENCH BUT I REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AND ADVOCATE FOR THAT. I THINK PART OF THAT IS I THINK PART OF THAT IS FINDING POTENTIAL LEADERS AS OUR TEACHERS, AND TRYING TO MOTIVATE THEM AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT BENCH FOR PRINCIPALS AND ABOVE. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY CRITICAL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW OF THAT UNTIL I STARTED REPRESENTING NORTHWEST TAMPA, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. I THINK A GRADE IS JUST ONE PART OF BEING A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT GRADES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT SO MANY OTHER PARTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT THERE IS A SUCCESS OF A SCHOOL. WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY THAT MISSED THAT B BY ONE POINT, RIGHT? AND HOW HARD THAT THEY HAVE WORKED. SO MANY OF THE SCHOOLS I THINK ABOUT WEST TAMPA THAT WENT FROM AN F TO A D, FROM A C TO AN A. AND I HAVE TO SAY, A BIG PART OF THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, THE PTA, BUILDING A THE PTA, BUILDING A PTA THAT THE PTA, BUILDING A PTA THAT WAS NONEXISTENT. GOING IN THERE AND GETTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE THERE IS A GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT CAME FROM CAME FROM CEOs AND SCHOOLS. ED RASNER AND HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER WITH WEST TAMPA AND HE'S WALKED ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTED THAT SCHOOL IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE, THAT COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND WORKING TOGETHER. I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF ALL THE SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY LOOK AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY. AND WEBB HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT C UNTIL NOT ONLY TILL NOW, TOOK THE PHONES OUT. SUDDENLY THEY ARE A B. THE BEHAVIORS ARE BETTER AND YOU'RE SEEING ACADEMIC GAINS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU'RE SEEING KIDS TALKING TO EACH OTHER AT LUNCH AND SEEING SOCIAL GROWTH. THAT MEANS THAT IMPROVES OVERALL THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT IS A VERY HARD TIME IN A CHILD'S LIFE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE. I THINK TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT TEACHING KIDS TO LOOK EYE TO EYE. WELL, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OFTEN THEY ARE LOOKING DOWN. WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THESE -- THE AIR PODS, WALKING WALKING AROUND. WE WANT KIDS TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL WHEN THEY ARE IN SCHOOL, NOT THAT THEY ARE AT THE MALL OR HANGING OUT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY. I JUST WANT TO SAY REGARDLESS, IF YOUR SCHOOL WENT UP OR YOU MAINTAINED, EVERY PRINCIPAL IS WORKING SO HARD. THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE FACING RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE SYSTEM ALL THE SYSTEM PROGRAMS, WITH HIRING. THEY ARE FACING MANY, MANY CHALLENGES, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR PRINCIPALS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE. THEY ARE THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE DAY TO DAY, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO I AM AND THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THEY ALL KNOW WHO THE PRINCIPAL IS AND THAT'S WHO THEY FOLLOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WISH EVERYONE A GREAT BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. THIS IS THE FIRST BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH I MISSED WITH MR. BULLARD BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN, BUT I HEARD IT WAS HEARD IT WAS GREAT AND AMAZING. HE ALWAYS -- HE'S ALWAYS THERE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, AND HE'S ALWAYS INCREDIBLE. I WANT TO SEND I WANT TO SEND OUT A SHOUT-OUT TO HIM. SECOND, SECOND, THE PRINCIPAL MEETING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK OUT AT OUR LEADERSHIP FOR OUR SCHOOLS, THEY ARE LIKE THE MAYORS OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEY MOVE THE NEEDLE IN WHAT THEY DID FOR THIS DISTRICT AND MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD IS INCREDIBLE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD. THIRD, I JUST WANT TO THIRD, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR THE STAFF FOR THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE BOARD AUDITORIUM, NUMBER ONE. HIGHLIGHTING OUR HIGHLIGHTING OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE -- A REMINDER HERE IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM THAT WHO WE REPRESENT, WHO WE'RE TRYING TO LIFT AND WHO WE ARE PREPARING FOR LIFE. IT IS OUR STUDENTS. AND THANK AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER SPARANO FOR ASSISTING IN PLACEMENT OF OUR STRONGER TOGETHER BANNER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING. SHE'S ALWAYS THERE FOR US, FOR THIS BOARD, AND ALWAYS LEADING THE CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO US. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGED HER AND MADE SURE THAT, YES, THERE YOU GO. STRONGER TOGETHER. WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]