##VIDEO ID:oWA1wxo724Q## >>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, PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORK FORCE PROGRAM. >>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 AND OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF 24,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. FREEWAY LYNN OUR LYNN OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND END CATEGORIED. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENT IN THE COMMUNITY INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE TO WALKER WASHINGTON YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET AND E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV AND SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. >> MEET WILLING ARE ALSO STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS PROVIDED ON ALL BROADCASTS AND PAST MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE OR CHIVE. >>Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS, OUR AGENDA AND ANY SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING BEFORE EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AT >>Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS >>Nadia Combs: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE EVERY EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES TODOS LOS DIAS WITH YOUR DIAS WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE HELPING TO SHAPE OUR HELPING TO SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [GAVEL SOUNDING] [. >>Karen Perez: THE GOOD >>Karen Perez: THE GOOD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2024. AND WILL GIVE US A MOMENT OF AND WILL GIVE US A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND OUR WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH IN HONOR OF SPANISH IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUST FOR ALL JUST FOR ALL. >>Jessica Vaughn: GREAT JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THOSE AMAZING THANK YOU TO THOSE AMAZING STUDENTS, PRINCIPAL STUDENTS, PRINCIPAL VICTORIA MORRIS -- I THOUGHT THEY JUST DID IT IN SPANISH. >>Nadia Combs: THEY DID IT IN ENGLISH. >>Jessica Vaughn: SORRY. I CAN'T I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN. [SAYING [SAYING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN SPANISH] . [APPLAUSE] >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU TO THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL WHO DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL VICTORIA MORRIS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL KIMBERLY LEE. THEIR SEARCHER SHEILA RIVERA COHEN AND STUDENT. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE STUDENTS INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >>Patti Rendon: THE KIDS. THEY GO TO THE MIC AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WE WILL GET A NEW WE WILL GET A NEW MIC. >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS FLOY AND I AM IN SECOND GRADE. >>Lynn Gray: GOOD JOB. >> >> HI, MY NAME IS >> HI, MY NAME IS DIEGO AND TIME IN SECOND GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS DRELA AND I AM IN SECOND GRADE. >> HI, MY NAME IS COAN AND I AM IN SECOND GRADE IN SECOND GRADE [APPLAUSE] >>Jessica Vaughn: GREAT >>Jessica Vaughn: GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO COME UP FROM THE SCHOOL AND SAY ANYTHING? >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN, WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DURANT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL GARY ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL GARY GRAHAM AND THE DIRECTOR JAMES EMORY. THESE BRAL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF TODAY'S BOARD MEETING. AT THIS AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS UP HERE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS UP HERE TO INTRODUCE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >> >> ROZ, A >> ROZ, A JUNIOR. >> I AM >> I AM MAYBETH. PLAY CELLO. >> I AM GABRIELLA, A JUNIOR, AND I PLAY THE I PLAY THE VIOLA. >> I AM AMY. I AM A JUNIOR. AND I PLAY THE VIOLIN. >> HELLO, JASON HIMRY, THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA AND DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA AND GUITAR AND PERCUSSION AT DURANT HIGH SCHOOL. OUR COUGAR STRING QUARTET. ONE OF 23 SMALL ONE OF 23 SMALL ENSEMBLES. 400 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MUSIC REPRESENTING 15% OF THE STUDENT REPRESENTING 15% OF THE STUDENT BODY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MUSIC IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND HELPING US TO HELPING US TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE TOP 100 COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jessica Vaughn: GUYS DID >>Jessica Vaughn: GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE ANY PICTURES. ANY PARENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. >>Patti Rendon: I DIDN'T VOTE ANYTHING? >>Jim Porter: PLEASE CLEAR THE BOARD. THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. CLEAR THE BOARD AND A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR. WHEN LIGHTS COME ON, VOTE WHEN LIGHTS COME ON, VOTE AGAIN, PLEASE. >>Patti Rendon: NO, I NEVER VOTED. >>Karen Perez: IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY SEPTEMBER 5 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD WHO BELIEVES THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN 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 EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND OR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER VAUGHN WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, LET ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS WHO HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEET ASKING BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND ON MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND CAN ALSO BE VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVES VIDEO ARCHIVES. >>Karen Perez: THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT RESPONSES. OUR BOARD -- OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE; HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED THAT WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST THE BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER. BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUES. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. OUR CIVILITY POLICY IS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON, EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. AND THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. A RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS. >> HONORED BOARD, MY NAME IS MIKE MIKE PLORE. MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. GO TIGERS. WHEN LAST WE MET, I TOLD YOU ABOUT CT LEADERSHIP THAT HAD ABOUT CT LEADERSHIP THAT HAD DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND HOW IT CAN HAVE DRAMATIC EFFECT ON SCHOOL GRADES. THESE CHANGES DIDN'T INCLUDE TEACHERS AS TEACHERS AS STAKEHOLDERS AND STUDENTS AS STUDENTS AS CLIENTS. THE PROCESS IS THIS IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK I SHOWED YOU LAST TIME. 114 PAGES TO ONE 114 PAGES TO ONE FROM LAST YEAR TO DO THAT. 38 OF THOSE PAGES ARE NOT EVEN SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED. TEACHERS TEACHERS REJECTED THIS POLICY ALONG WITH THE 30-DAY FROM TEST READY FROM TIME THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THIS TEST. WHEN TEACHERS GAVE PUSH BACK, WE DIDN'T GET DIDN'T GET RESPONSES BACK FROM THE THE CT LEADERSHIP. CTE CTE ALSO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE PRACTICE MATERIALS ON HAND. I WAS TOLD JUST YESTERDAY I WAS TOLD JUST YESTERDAY THAT WE CAN'T START OUR REQUIREMENT TO GET THESE TECH PRACTICE EXAMS UNTIL AFTER THE OCTOBER 14 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE THEY CAN APPROPRIATE THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT HAVE NOW BECOME MANDATORY. ADDITIONALLY, THESE PRACTICE EXAMS CAN COST TWICE EXAMS CAN COST TWICE AS MUCH AS THE ACTUAL TEST. WHICH MEANS NOW WE ARE BUILDING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WORTH OF OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE, LISTEN TO THIS PART. IN PRACTICE, STUDENTS MUST NOW PASS A PRACTICE EXAM BY A SCORE THAT IS 20% THAT IS 20% HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATION EXAM SCORE. JUST TO GET THE VOUCHER TO TRY TO TAKE THE TEST. OTHERWISE, THEY ARE RULED UNFIT TO TO TEST. STUDENTS IN MY CLASS ARE NOT UNFIT TO TEST. IF YOU SIGN UP FOR A IF YOU SIGN UP FOR A CTE COURSE, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE THE TEST TAKE THE TEST REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE AND ANYTHING ELSE. CTE LEADERSHIP HAS GONE ROGUE IN THIS MATTER IN THIS THIS MATTER IN THIS ITEM JUST TO TAKE THE TAKE THE VOUCHER TO TAKE THE TEST. TO OVERSCORE TO OVERSCORE TO DO IT IS IRREPREHENSIBLE. DOES NOT PASS THE TEST IS THIS BEST FOR STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER. >> BLAIR ROBERTS. HEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION. I WILL HAVE TO RELY ON MY NOTES BECAUSE I HAVE LIMITED TIME. PLEASE CONCENTRATE OR MONDAY THE CONTENT AND THE DELIVERY THAN WHAT I AM ASKING. I LIVE IN A I LIVE IN A CONDOMINIUM PROJECT. AND THERE IS A BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT. A TURN AROUND 150 YARDS WHERE THE BUS HAS TO TURN AROUND TO PICK UP THE KIDS. NEXT A SMALL BUSINESS PARK RIGHT THERE AND A LARGE COUNTY EASEMENT RIGHT THERE AS WELL. IF -- IF YOU MAKE -- IF YOU MAKE A HARD LEFT FROM -- FROM THAT A HARD LEFT FROM -- FROM THAT -- FROM THAT TURN AROUND, THERE IS A LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX DOWN THERE AND A THERE AND A QUARTER MILE FROM PRESIDENT BUS STOP IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY TO THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. THAT ROAD IS QUITE NARROW AND THERE IS NO SHOULDER ON IT. IT IS VERY POORLY LIT. AS WE ARE GET INTO THE WINTER HOURS, OF COURSE IT WILL BE DARKER SOONER AND LONGER. THERE ARE EMPTY LOTS ALONG THAT ROAD ON. ON THE OTHER SIDE A SMALL PATCH OF WOODS -- A STRIP OF WOODS WITH RAILROAD WITH RAILROAD TRACKS AND A PARKING AREA RIGHT BEHIND THAT WITH THE BUSINESS. SOMEBODY COULD STAGE A VEHICLE THERE. I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOUR IMAGINATION. AND IT IS ALSO A LONG WALK FOR THE CAN ITSED IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. MECHANIC SHOPS AND SPEED SHOPS ALONG THAT ROAD. NOT PATROLLED SO PEOPLE DRAG RACE UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD ALMOST CONSTANTLY. SO WHEN THE PARENTS AND THE KID COME TO OUR PROPERTY WHERE THE BUS STOP IS, THEY BLOCK OFF THE MAIN DRIVE TO OUR PROPERTY WHICH NEEDS PROBABLY TWO THIRD OF THE NEEDS PROBABLY TWO THIRD OF THE RESIDENTS THERE IN COMMUTING HOURS ANOTHER EXIT OR ENTRANCE LEADS TO DATABASE AND YOU CAN GO SOUTHBOUND FROM THERE. THE PARENTS BASICALLY COMMANDEER THAT WHOLE AREA SO THEY CAN MAKE KIND OF A PLAY AREA FOR THEIR KIDS AND MINIMIZE TRAFFIC BY DESIGN. SO AS THESE ARE KNOWN SO AS THESE ARE KNOWN TRESPASSERS, WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION FOR THEM AS PERSONAL INJURY. AND IT IS REALLY NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS TO -- TO US AS OWNERS RESIDENTS TO -- TO US AS OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY TO OF THAT PROPERTY TO SUBJECT US TO LEGAL LIABILITY. I CONTACTED MISS HILL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I WAS REFERRED TO MISS DAVIS. I HAD THREE OR FOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH MISS DAVIS ABOUT THIS THAT ABOUT THIS THAT ULTIMATELY GHOSTED ME. I WENT BACK TO MISS HILL AND THEY SAID CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE EVERYBODY TRESPASSED. I FIND SUN CONSCIOUSNABLE WHO HAS A DUTY TO THE STUDENTS WHO WORK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TELL ME ME TO PLACE THESE KIDS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SUBJECT THEM TO FINES, TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND MISSED DAYS OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT NOTICE TO THE PARENTS TO MOVE THE BUS STOP 150 MOVE THE BUS STOP 150 YARDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. MY NAME IS RICK FERNANDEZ. I AM OUT OF TAMPA HEIGHTS. 2906 NORTH ELMORE AVENUE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND APPEAR ON THEIR BEHALF TODAY. IN JUNE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TPO BOARD VOTED TO SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF NEW CAPACITY. THAT MEANS MORE LANES AND CARS AND AND POLLUTION ON INTERSTATE 275 NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH TO NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH TO BEARSS. I'M HERE I'M HERE TODAY ASKING TO YOU DIRECT REVERSAL OF THAT VOTE AND DO IT QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE NEXT TPO BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 19. IN SUMMARY, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG ALONG I-275 CORRIDOR, TAMPA HEIGHTS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, YBOR HEIGHTS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, YBOR AND POINTS NORTH HAVE OPPOSED THIS INCREASE SINCE THE ROLL OUT OF TBX BACK IN 2015. IN 2021, THE TPO BOARD STREPPED THE CAPACITY PROJECT LANGUAGE FROM THE TIP AND THAT REMAINED THE STATUS QUO SINCE JUNE OF 2024. LAND DURING THE ANNUAL T.I.P. COMMISSIONER WASTAL MADE A MOTION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO REINSTATE THE CAPACITY LANGUAGE. THIS THIS WASHAL MOTOR VEHICLES PASSED WITH 8-7 WITH ONE SWING VOTE BEING CAST BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. SOME VERY UNHAPPY PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE 275 DOWN THE 275 CORRIDOR NORTH OF MALFUNCTION JUNCTION. FOR MANY OF YOU THOSE FOLKS ARE CONSTITUENTS. OF WASAL'S MANEUVER, NO WAY THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN LITIGATED THERE. THAT VOTE, CAST IN YOUR NAME, IS REFLECTIVE OF ONE PERSON'S OPINION. POTENTIALLY IT EXPOSED YOUR POTENTIALLY IT EXPOSED YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS LONG INTO THE FUTURE. PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. CONSIDER THE PROCESS CONSIDER THE PROCESS LEADING US TO THIS MOMENT TO THIS MOMENT. DO YOU WANT TO CARRY THE DO YOU WANT TO CARRY THE BURDEN OF YOUR COLLEAGUE'S VOTE INTO THE FUTURE? YOU HAVE TIME YOU HAVE TIME TO GET ON YOU HAVE TIME TO GET ON RIGHT SIDE OF THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CAN SPEAKERS 6 THROUGH 10 PLEASE LINE UP. >> PROBABLY ONE OF >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DISORGANIZED START OF A BUSINESS MEETING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I AM JASON I AM JASON KROGER. I HAVE A TAXPAYER. IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE. I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL. AND I WANT TO ADVISE WHAT STEPS I WILL TAKE IF IT IS NOT HANDLED. MR. AYRES AND MISS WHEEL, IT IS MY OPINION BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU ARE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CRONYISM AND ABUSE OF AUTHORITIES ARE RUNNING RAMPANT. CRONYISM, WHEN A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AWARDS JOBS SO FRIENDS AND TRUSTED AUTHORITY. ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, EXERCISES POWER IN AN ASH TARRY AND POWER IN AN ASH TARRY AND CAPRICIOUS WAY THAT BENEFITS CAPRICIOUS WAY THAT BENEFITS THEMSELVES OR THEIR PREFERRED ASSOCIATES. WHAT IN FRONT OF WHAT IN FRONT OF YOU IS PART OF THE CFO POSITION AND OF THE WORDING FROM BROWARD, DADE AND ORANGE COUNTY. EXPLAIN TO ME LIKE A KINDERGARTENER, WHY THE CFO REPORT TO THE REPORT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, REPORTS OF A SUPERINTENDENT. EXPLAIN TO ME MR. EXPLAIN TO ME MR. AYRES. YOU SAY IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, THAT MEANS YOU ARE UNQUALIFIED IN THIS POSITION. YOU NEED TO OWN THIS ONE. THIS IS YOURS. QUALIFICATIONS ARE A DAMN JOKE. A MASTER'S DEGREE? FORMER TRAINING IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISION PREFERRED. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL? THOSE ARE THE WORD FOR THE CFO. YOU ARE HIRING YOUR TEACHER TO BE BE CFO BE CFO OF A BE CFO OF A $373 BILLION BE CFO OF A $373 BILLION BUSINESS MR. BUSINESS MR. AYRES AND MRS. WHELAN. A MASTER OF FINANCE IN BROWARD WITH TEN YEARS' WITH TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE. ORANGE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND CPA AND SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT JOB DESCRIPTION AND THAT DESCRIPTION AND THAT POSTING, THAT IS NOT GOING TO GET THE RIGHT APPLICANT FOR A CFO POSITION. YOU ARE ASKING FOR PRINCIPALSES TO APPLY TO BE A CFO WHICH IS TO APPLY TO BE A CFO WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU NEED TO COUNSEL YOUR EMPLOYEE HERE TO COUNSEL YOUR EMPLOYEE HERE AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS BLATANT CRONYISM AND ABUSE OF POWERS. I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT AYRES AND WHEEL HAVE PRESELECT WHO HAD WILL BE THE CFO. YOU KNOW I ALREADY KNOW IT. HOW? THIS JOB DESCRIPTION WAS THIS JOB DESCRIPTION WAS REVISED SEPTEMBER 12. ADVERTISED AND NEVER WENT BEFORE THE BOARD. NOW THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING YOU SAID SOMEONE WILL RESPOND BACK TO ME. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. ON THIS ONE, I DO. BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO HAVE TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND SPEND MONEY ON ATTORNEYS AND THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH MR. THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH MR. PORTER WHEN ETHICS VIOLATION IS SENT IN. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> MARK KLUTHO, >> MARK KLUTHO, LARGO. THAT SHIRT HE IS WEARING A JOKE. YOU CAN'T HAVE FREE SOCIETY WITHOUT WITHOUT TAXATION. THE PROBLEM IS, YOU DON'T SPEND THE MONEY WISELY. SO TWO OF THESE AGENDA SO TWO OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS. WINDOW REPLACEMENTS. THE PROBLEM THE PROBLEM IS, THE BUILDINGS ARE ARE LONG. THERE IS A THERE IS A PERIMETER AROUND SUSTAINABILITY BUILDING SIGNED WAY BACK WHEN BILL BROWNING CAME HERE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS. BEFORE ANY OF BEFORE ANY OF YOU WERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD SCHOOL BOARD. THERE IS A RENDERING OF THERE IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE THE ANASAZE THE ANASAZE INDIANS DID OVER 1500 YEARS AGO. AND THEY KNEW THE FIRST STEP AND THEY KNEW THE FIRST STEP AND WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU BUILD RIGHT. PROPER ORIENTATION. YOU DON'T GET YOU DON'T GET IT. SO WHAT HAPPENS? HERE IS -- EVEN WITH HERE IS -- EVEN WITH CLIMATE, SHORT-TERM THINKING PREVAILS. THAT'S YOU. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE? MOSQUITOES AND MOSQUITOES AND WEST NILE VIRUS CONCERNS ABOUND. AND AND DOWN IN THE EVER SPPD , THE TREE IS TREE IS DISAPPEARING NO MORE. BECAUSE THE SEA LEVEL RISE BECAUSE THE SEA LEVEL RISE. AND WHAT THE AND WHAT THE SECORE GROW, YOU HAVE TO FREEZE THEM. AND WHATEVER BREAKS THE STATE RECORD AGAIN RECORD AGAIN AND THIS IS AFTER RECORD AGAIN AND THIS IS AFTER EL NINO ENDS EL NINO ENDS AND I SHOWED YOU THE GRAPH BEFORE. AND FROM AND FROM AND FROM UF AND FROM UF IAFS FLORIDA, FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING LAUNCHES NEW AWARD. NATURAL RECOGNITION. BUT, SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BUT, SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS. TO HELP WITH THESE TO HELP WITH THESE PROBLEMS THAT I JUST PUT I JUST PUT FORTH. YOU HAVE STUPID LANDSCAPES THAT YOU HAVE STUPID LANDSCAPES THAT GET MUTILATED THAT ADD TO GET MUTILATED THAT ADD TO THE PROBLEM. IT'S GOING TO GET MUCH WORSE. HEAT GAPS IN U.S. HEAT GAPS IN U.S. ABSORBED SINCE 1999. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >> WHAT A LEGACY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HELLO, >> HELLO, ATRIANA >> HELLO, ATRIANA BROCKATESE. I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER PARENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS. MY CONCERN IS SAFETY. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN, I GUESS, THE WAY I AM LOOKING AT IT. MAYBE SOMEBODY A LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENT. BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE OTHER PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, MAYBE IMPLEMENT CLEAR BOOK BAGS OR JUST LIKE BROWARD COUNTY HAS METAL DETECTORS. BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE METAL DETECTORS NOT EVEN IN USE. KID FOUND WITH TWO LOADED GUNS. YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, HUH? I AM SURE YOU ALL DO BECAUSE IT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU HEAR MORE IN THE NUMBER OF POLICE THAT WERE THERE, AT NEWSOM, AND INTO INCIDENT THAT THE SCHOOL. IT HAPPENED AT BLAKE COUNTY AND YOU HAVE OUR KIDS WORRIED NOT WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL. WHEN YOU HAVE OUR KIDS WORRIED. WHAT THAT DOES FOR PARENTS. WE HAVE TO WORK TOO. WE CAN'T WORRY ABOUT OUR KIDS. THEY NEED THEIR EDUCATION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. I WOULD RATHER PAY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY OF MY CHILD THAN PAYING FOR MUSIC PAYING FOR MUSIC INSTRUMENTS. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. LIKE THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO THE WRONG THING. AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE SAYING. WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL AND WHAT ARE Y'ALL GOING TO IMPLEMENT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO. WHAT COUNTY THEY ARE IN. THESE ARE OUR KIDS. AND THEY NEED PROTECTION TOO. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU BUMP A SHOULDER AND SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. GUNS? NICE? LIKE, REALLY? WE HAVE TO DO -- WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING. AND I AM SO TIRED, THIS IS THAT. CERTAIN PROTOCOLS. COME ON, NOW. I KNOW THERE ARE LAWS AND BYLAWS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ARE YOU ALL GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING SERIOUSLY HAPPENS BEFORE YOU START BEFORE YOU START IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS? FIRST ONE, CLEAR BOOK BAGS. IF PARENTS HAVE A IF PARENTS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. KEEP YOUR KID AT HOME. BECAUSE TOO MANY PARENTS OUT THERETO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR KIDS. METAL DETECTORS AT SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS. I KNOW IT I KNOW IT SEEMS FAR FETCH AND A MONEY THING. YOU WOULD YOU IMAGINE HOW MANY PARENTS WILL STICK UP AND PAY THAT MONEY TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS IS SAFE. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE FOR SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS MONICA GADSDEN. I AM A PARENT. A PARENT VOLUNTEER SINCE MY OLDER CHILD WAS IN SCHOOL AND SHE IS NOW SHE IS NOW 34 YEARS OLD. SHOWS SHOWS HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE PARENT IN EDUCATION. MY CONCERN IS THE SAME AS SHE HAD. IT IS THE SCHOOL SAFETY OF ALL THESE THREATS OF SHOOTINGS. I HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD CHILD AT BLAKE. SHE IS VERY SHE IS VERY TALENTED. THERE IS NO REASON THAT MY CHILD SHOULD NOT BE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS AFRAID AND WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE IS GOING TO MAKE IT HOME. HER ANXIETY LEVEL IS UP. OTHER KIDS' ANXIETY LEVELS ARE UP. UP SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF CONCERNING THIS ON MONDAY. AND IT HURT ME TO MY CORE TO KNOW THAT AS MISS BOX SAID, ON FRIDAY, WHEN THE SCHOOL WEEK WAS ENDING, THERE WAS A STUDENT AT BLAKE THAT HAD TWO LOADED GUNS IN HIS BOOKBAG OR THEIR BOOKBAG. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MALE OR FEMALE. THE STUDENT HAD TWO LOADED GUNS; HOWEVER, THE FAKE THREAT AT NEWSOM, THEY HAD OVER 200 POLICE OFFICERS. THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF HELICOPTER THERE. THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS PRESENT THERE, BUT WHEN THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED AT BLAKE, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE. NO ONE ASSURED OUR KIDS THAT THEY WERE SAFE. AND THEY COME THIS MONDAY, THEY HAD MORE POLICE PRESENCE THERE. BOOKBAGS BEING SEARCHED TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR KIDS. MY MY CHILD'S LIFE AND HER CHILD'S LIFE IS NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN ANY OF THESE STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND BE PROTECTED. MY JOB AS A PARENT IS TO MAKE SURE MY DAUGHTER RECEIVES THE YEARS OF EDUCATION THAT YOU REQUIRE HER TO BE IN REQUIRE HER TO BE IN SCHOOL. THE LAW STATES UNTIL SHE IS 16, I HAVE TO HAVE HER THERE. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY CHILD BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOBS. YOU WORK FOR THE STUDENTS. AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB, DESPITE THE ADVERSITIES THEY ARE FACING. THEY STILL SHOW UP. I CRIED AND I CRIED AND BEGGED MY DAUGHTER PLEASE STAY HOME. MOM, YOU TAUGHT ME NOT TO BE FEARFUL. MOM, I HAVE TO GO. AND YOU KNOW WHY SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MISS SCHOOL, BECAUSE SHE IS IN BAND. SHE IS IN CHORUS. SHE IS IN SHE IS IN ORCHESTRA. SHE SINGS WITH THE FLORIDAO IS THAT. SO MUCH TALENT. I REFUSE TO LET SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD LET MY CHILD'S TALENT,ER EDUCATION ANDOY OTHER CHILD'S BE WASTED.DO YOUR JOHN. IMPLEMENT POLICIES IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND HOLD PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE DOING. THEY ARE ONLY AFFECTING OUR KIDS AND THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE POLITICKED. I DON'T WANT TO BE PACIFIED. YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. COLUMBUS WARA AND I AM A COLUMBUS WARA AND I AM A PARENTS OF A CHILD IN OF A CHILD IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE OTHER TWO OTHER TWO SPEAKERS. MY DAUGHTER, AS WELL, HAS ISSUED WITH ANXIETY. MISSED MISSED SCHOOL TODAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT. ONE OF THE OVERRIDING THOUGHT PROCESS, BY CHANCE THIS CHILD WAS CAUGHT WITH TWO GUNS. YOU THINK ABOUT IT. I PICKED UP MY DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL AND MY OTHER DAUGHTER AT TWO SEPARATE HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU HAD TO GET BUZZED TO GET IN. THE CHILD ALREADY HAD THE GUN INSIDE THE SCHOOL GROUND. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS -- ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE PROBABLE ACTIVE? IS THERE FUNDING THERE OR SOMETHING IN THE WORKS AS FAR AS THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, TO COME UP WITH SOME PROTOCOLS HOW TO KEEP THE KID KEEP THE KID SAFE. EVEN WITH POLICE PRESENCE, NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LONG IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LONG LASTING THAT WILL HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT, YOU KNOW. IF IT IS A QUESTION OF FUNDING, CAN PARENTS VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST WITH THIS PROCESS AS WELL? WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN THE WORKS. AND THAT IS OUR CONCERN AND WE BRING IT UP TO YOU GUYS BRING IT UP TO YOU GUYS TODAY. THAT IS MY TIME. THEY PRETTY MUCH SMOKE TO ME AND I AM ECHOING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS LIZ LANE AND I'M HERE TO SHARE MY DAUGHTER'S ANA BELL'S STORY AND ASK FOR A BELL'S STORY AND ASK FOR A POLICY REGARDING MEDICALLY PRESCRIBED DIETS. ANNAN BELL WAS BORN WITH SEVERE FEEDING ISSUES AND HAD A FEEDING TUBE. DESPITE CHANGING FORMULAS, VOMITED DAY AND NIGHT OFTEN LEAD TO CHOKING. HER FATHER AND I WERE IN CONSTANT FEAR SLEEPING IN SHIFTS TO ENSURE SHE DIDN'T CHOKE IN HER SLEEP. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY SICK MAKING HER LIFE MISERABLE. AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL FORMULA OPTION ARE WE WORKED WITH HER OPTION ARE WE WORKED WITH HER DOCTOR AND NUTRITIONIST DOCTOR AND NUTRITIONIST WITH REAL FOOD. HER VOMITING STOPPED. CAME OFF OF ALL CAME OFF OF ALL MEDICATIONS AND NO NO PREPACKAGED FOOD MEETS ALL SPECIFIC MEDICAL NEED. THE BLEND WE CREATED IS THE ONLY DIET THAT WORKS AND THAT IS WHAT WE SEND TO SCHOOL EACH DAY. SINCE ANA BELL BEGAN SCHOOL, SHE WAS FED THE BLENDED DIET WITHOUT ISSUE. IN OCTOBER 2023, THE SCHOOL ABRUPTLY HALTED HER FEEDING CITING CONCERNS OVER VERIFYING THE FOOD'S CONTENTS. ALMOST TWO MONTHS, ANA BELL ALMOST TWO MONTHS, ANA BELL WAS DENIED NECESSARY NUTRITION AT SCHOOL. WE SCRAMBLED TO ENSURE SHE WAS FED AND SOMETIMES SHE HAD TO MISS SCHOOL ENTIRELY. SHE WAS NOT THE ONLY STUDENT SHE WAS NOT THE ONLY STUDENT AFFECTED IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. WE ONLY -- ONLY AFTER WE BROUGHT CONCERNS TO THE MEDIA HER FEEDING RESUMED BUT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME FROM-TO-TO THAT. OTHER STUDENTS BRING HOMEMADE FOOD TO SCHOOL PEOPLE LIKE ANA BELL WAS RESTRICTED. NOT JUST A PERSONAL ISSUE BUT A MATTER OF LEGAL RIGHTS. ADA, ADA, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENTITLED WITH ARE ENTITLED WITH ACCOMMODATIONS INCLUDING MEDICALLY NECESSARY DIETS. ANA BELL'S FEEDING TUBE IS PART OF HER IEP AND WE HAVE DOCTORS ORDERS FOR OTHER BLENDED ORDERS FOR OTHER BLENDED DIET. THE SCHOOL'S THE SCHOOL'S REFUSAL VIOLATED THIS AND RESTRICTED HER ACCESS TO EDUCATION. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL POLICY ENSURING STUDENTS LIKE MAN IN BELL CAN RECEIVE THEIR MEDICALLY PRESCRIBED DIET WITHOUT ANY OBSTACLE. WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE BOARD TO COLLABORATE ON THIS BOARD TO COLLABORATE ON THIS POLICY. NO PARENTS SHOULD HAVE NO PARENTS SHOULD HAVE TO NO PARENTS SHOULD HAVE TO FIGHT TO BE FED IN SCHOOL. LET'S FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT FOR NO MATTER HOW A CHILD IS FED TO MATTER HOW A CHILD IS FED TO SUCCEED IN THE ABILITY TO FEED TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: NEXT >>Karen Perez: NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, BOARD MECHANICS. I AM I AM KINETA DELAN AND HERE WITH THE ONGOING AGGRIEVING OF LACK OF INTEGRITY OF SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL CHEER PROGRAM. I HAVE REQUESTED TO MEET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NO AVAIL. I RECEIVED CALL BACKS BUT I WOULD LIKE MY REQUEST FOR WOULD LIKE MY REQUEST FOR MY RESPONSE WRITING. CHEER PROGRAMS RUNSES FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER AND A TIME-SENSITIVE SUCCESS AND NO REMEDY -- IT HAS RAN DOWN AND NO REMEDY AS OF YET. MY DAUGHTER IS A SENIOR AND HAS BEEN ON THE VARSITY TEAM FOR THREE YEARS. TO BE CUT HER SENIOR YEAR IS TO BE CUT HER SENIOR YEAR IS DEVASTATING. I AM ASKING FOR THIS TO BE RIGHT. NO VALID REASON SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS TEAM. I TURNED IN SEVERAL DOCUMENT, PROOF AND STATEMENTS THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF MAKING THIS TEAM. THE MODEL IS STRONGER THE MODEL IS STRONGER TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO PLEASE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT RIGHT FOR MY DAUGHTER THAT SHE CAN GO ON TO COLLEGIATE LEVEL TO CHEER. TODAY SHE IS AT SPELLMAN COLLEGE FOR A COLLEGE TOUR. I HOPE I GET SOME TYPE OF I HOPE I GET SOME TYPE OF MR. AYERES WHO CAN POSSIBLY MAKE THIS RIGHT. PLEASE, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. APPEAR MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND TAMPA PASSES AND TAMPA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL NOW BE HEARD. UNTIL UNTIL H UNTIL H 1.03, 3.01, UNTIL H 1.03, 3.01, 3.02, UNTIL H 1.03, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, AND 3.04, AND 10.01. ITEM 1.03, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ITEM 1.03, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGREEMENT ADDENDUM ADDENDUM WITH JUST ADDENDUM WITH JUST RIGHT READER, INC. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL INTRODUCE THIS INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TAKE-HOME FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST-GRADE STUDENTS AT 50 OF THE MOST FRAGILE LOOLTS. EACH STUDENT WILL RECEIVE A SET OF TEN BOOKS WITH OUR DAILY YOU FLY PHONICS INSTRUCTION. STUDENTS AND FAMILY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PRACTICE USING THIS REAL AND TEXT. 30 SECONDS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH VIA QR CODE. BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT YOU MEANT WITH MISS BRIGMAN. MET WITH YOU TO SHARE THE PROGRAM AND SHOW YOU THAT THE BOOKS FROM JUST RIGHT READER AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM 1.03. AND MISS BERGMAN IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR JUST RIGHT READER FOR JUST RIGHT READER 1.03. % PER THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C ITEM C 1.03. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. AND SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS, VAUGHN AND GRAY PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER COMBS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Nadia Combs: YES. I JUST HAD A REALLY POSITIVE COMMENT. WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT ESSER FUNDS AND WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO DO. TO MAKE SURE 12,500 STUDENTS WILL GET BOOKS. WE SAY OFTEN A CHILD WE SAY OFTEN A CHILD HOW WELL THEY WILL DO WILL DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS THEIR HOMES AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT. I THINK IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL TO USE OUR TO USE OUR SESSER FUND AND DRILL DOWN AND FIND OUR MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE IT IS NOT JUST A BAND-AID SIX MONTHS. THIS IS A THREE-YEAR PROJECT THAT WILL MAKE SURE THOSE STUDENT HAVE THOSE BOOKS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF MOVEMENT WITH THE YOU FLY AND THE PHONICS PROGRAM. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL. THAT IS THE REASON I PULLED IT JUST TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN AREN'T JUST GETTING A GREAT EDUCATION AT SCHOOL BUT AT SCHOOL BUT WILL TAKE A FURTHER AND HAVE THOSE BOOKS AT HOME. AS I SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ESSER FUNDING IS FOR AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR THAT MOMENT AND HOW WELL THE STUDENTS DO. %% THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. I ECHO I ECHO MEMBER VAUGHN'S I ECHO MEMBER VAUGHN'S COMBS. BOOKS IN KIDS' HOMES. AWESOME. FACT IT IS THREE YEARS AND IT IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT REALLY IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS -- ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND WE ARE SEEING IN REALTIME AND IN THE DATA THAT IS REALLY MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT AND MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR KIDS AROUND READING. SO I WAS REALLY LEAP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. AND FULLY SUPPORT IT WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SOME WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN GREAT DETAIL. I LOVE AN ITEM WHERE JUST LIKE MY FELLOW BOARD MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE ACTUAL GETTING BOOKS IN STUDENTS' HANDS. YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM OF ACCESS TO LITERATURE AND ACCESS TO LITERATURE AND BOOKS. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, GOING THROUGH THIS AND GETTING OUR MONEY AND IN OUR STUDENTS' HANDS AND BACKPACKS AND WORKING WITH OUR FAMILY TO UNDER UNDERSTAND THIS INITIATIVE AND MAKE THIS INITIATIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THEY ARE COMING HOME. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ WITH OUR STUDENT AND BOOKS. THE BEST OF INTENTION IT IS THEY GO IN A GO IN A BACKPACK, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO SEND THESE BOOKS HOME. YOU WERE NICE TO SHARE THE DATES AT SCHOOL TO ENGAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS INITIATIVE. I AM WONDERING HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING THAT AND FOR PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE SITES AND COME AND COME IN. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING VIRTUAL IN LINE. A GOOD PORTION ON HOME LIFE ENGAGEMENT WITH MATERIALS. MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH FAITH AND OTHER THINGS. WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE OUR FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT THIS AND FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT THIS AND SUPPORT THESE BOOKS COMING HOME. >> SO I HAVE THREE ANSWERS FOR YOU ON THAT, MISS VAUGHN. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL KNOW IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR LEARNING, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR EXCITEMENT HOME WITH THEM. WE ARE GOING TO RELY, NUMBER ONE, ON THEIR STUDENTS. THEY ARE LEARNING THROUGHOUT YOU FLY CURRICULUM EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY WILL BRING THE BOOKS HOME THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO READ AND TO SUPPORT THE PARENTS, THE TO SUPPORT THE PARENTS, THE QR CODE. NEXT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY OF TEACHERS AND FAMILIES AND ADDITIONAL WAYS WE WILL ADDITIONAL WAYS WE WILL ADDRESS THEM. I WILL LET MISS BERGMAN ADDRESS THAT AND MR. YOUNG AND MR. BRANDON -- MR. AUSTIN FROM PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> SO WE SHARED >> SO WE SHARED SOME OF THE IDEA AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE READING INITIATIVE AND THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHTS. OTHER THINGS WE ARE WORKING WITH, WITH THE VENDOR ON-SITE HOW THIS USE THOSE BOOKS AND IMPROVE THROUGH COMMUNICATION, DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS, TWITTER, X, BEHAVIOR IT IS TWITTER, X, BEHAVIOR IT IS CALLED, FACEBOOK, ETC. TO PROVIDE WITH THE FAMILIES DURING THEIR DURING THEIR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHTS. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF THE QUICK BURST REMINDERS OF SAYING, HEY, DON'T FORGET. TODAY IS THE BIG DAY. JUST RIGHT JUST RIGHT READERS WITH YOUR CHILD, YOUR CHILD, YOUR CHILD AT X Y, AND CHILD, YOUR CHILD AT X Y, AND Z CHILD, YOUR CHILD AT X Y, AND Z MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ARE EXPLORING WITH THE VENDORS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE VIDEO AND MAKING THEM MORE AWARE IN TERMS OF THAT. REALLY BRINGING THAT AT-HOME REALLY BRINGING THAT AT-HOME LITERACY IN THE PIECES AND PARTS THAT SUPPORT THAT TO THE FOREFRONT ALONGING WITH THIS INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES SEE THAT WE ARE TRULY WORKING TO WORKING TO PUSH THAT CONNECTION AND READING INTO THE HOME. WE ARE WITH THE KIDS SIX HOURS A DAY AND THEY ARE WITH THEM MORE AND EVERY TIME WE CAN ENCOURAGE READING ANY TIME OF THE DAY WE WILL TAKE. THAT IS A BIG PIECE. I KNOW CHIEF I KNOW CHIEF YOUNG WILL ADDRESS THE FACE PIECE, THE FACE PIECE, BUT WE ARE WORK CLOSELY WITH FACE WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND SOME EVER THE SOME EVER THE DATA PIECES. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MISS DAWSON, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. OUR ABILITY TO REINVENT INVOLVEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF PARENTS. TAKING A REALLY INTENTIONAL APPROACH APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT WE EQUIP PARENTS WITH ALL OF THE TOOLS TOLLS SUPPORT LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THERE ARE SOME VERY INTENTIONAL THINGS WE ARE DOING THROUGH ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. AUSTIN TO SHARE STRATEGIES TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND GET PARENTS INVOLVED IN THE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. ONE OF THE THINGS -- I WILL TRY TO BE AS DIRECT AND CLEAR TO THE ANSWER AS I CAN BE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING WITH MISS BERGMAN AROUND HER TEAM, A COMMUNICATION HER TEAM, A COMMUNICATION TOOLKIT, SCRIPTS, TOOLKIT, SCRIPTS, PTA TOOLKIT, SCRIPTS, PTA PPTO, ETC. WE ARE MAKING SURE EVERY STAKE HOLDER IS AWARE OF THIS. AND SIMILAR TO WHAT AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH PANORAMA IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY. WE NOT ONLY WANT TO PEOPLE ARE AWARE BUT MAKE SURE WE ARE IMPROVING AND MEASURING THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. WE WILL BE SHARING MORE INFORMATION AT LATER DATE. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES FOR A $9 MILLION OF OUR ESSER MONEY ALONG WITH THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SAME KIND OF COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY AROUND THIS, NOT JUST ON THESE DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE HAVE WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL HAVE WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW DOING IT A HIGHLIGHT OF IT. PARENT LINK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH COMMUNICATION GO OUT AGAIN FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE BOOKS TO HAVE AN IMPACT BOOKS TO HAVE AN IMPACT SO OUR FAMILY CAN ENGAGE ON THAT. THAT IS MY ASK. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MISS BERGMAN AND TEAM. THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL. AND IT WILL HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON OUR LITERACY AT HOME. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, WHAT BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME WITH THE HISPANIC FORUM. AFRICAN-AMERICAN TASK FORCE. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE STRATEGICALLY CHOSEN BOOKS OF BOOKS OF BOOKS OF DIVERSITY. THE BLACK. THE BROWN. THE HISPANIC CULTURES OF ALL THE HISPANIC CULTURES OF ALL DIMENSIONS. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NO LONGER ONE CULTURE AS YOU WILL KNOW. WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING BOOKS THAT RELATE TO THEM DIRECTLY THAT RELATE TO THEM DIRECTLY WILL INFUSE THEM WITH MORE PRIDE, WHO THEY ARE AND MORE PRIDE, WHO THEY ARE AND MORE HERITAGE AND VERY MEANINGFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MISS BERGMAN OR MISS BERGMAN OR MISS FAUCET, ANY OF YOU. SHAKE AND I -- MEMBER WASHINGTON -- WILL INVITE YOU TO TOWER AFRICAN-AMERICAN TASK FORCE SO YOU CAN THEIR WITH THEM. AND AND WE WILL INVITE TO YOU THE AND WE WILL INVITE TO YOU THE HISPANIC FORUM CHAIRED WHICH HISPANIC FORUM CHAIRED WHICH MEMBER. >>Nadia Combs: OPINION BER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN SAYING THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE VERY FOLKS THAT KNOW THIS. SO THAT'S WHAT HE WE WILL DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AGAIN, FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH, AGAIN, FOR THIS EFFORT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS SO ENTHUSED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM FIRST. I KEPT A BOOK. >> HE ACTUALLY READ IT TOO. >> AND I READ IT. YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT IT. THE FACT WE HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH PHONICS WHICH IS REALLY UNIQUE. AND WE HAVE AND WE HAVE DIVERSITY. THIS BOOK IS REAL FRIENDLY TO STUDENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES BUILDS UP CONFIDENCE AND TALKS OF HOW YOU LOOK AND HOW GREAT THINGS ARE LOOK AND HOW GREAT THINGS ARE GOING. I WILL TELL YOU I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY BOOK. I AM GOING TO READ IT TO MY LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER. SHE IS 13 WEEKS. BUT I WILL READ IT ANYWAY TO HER. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. IN THIS IN THIS PHENOMENAL. AREALLY LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM NEXT ITEM 3.01. SOLE SOURCE SOLE SOURCE WITH CHILDREN'S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING THE SUPPORTING THE EMPOWERING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROGRAM. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ITEM TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT WE SUPPORTED THE SEEDS PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD SINCE 2012. INTEND FOR STUDENTS PRE K TO 5th GRADE INCLUDING STUDENTS AND SIBLINGS. PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT FOCUS MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT FOCUS ON CHILDREN BEING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN, PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AND READING ON LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE. ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES IS THIRD GRADE THIRD GRADE PROFICIENCY. SERVICES THROUGH A FAMILY TEAM SERVICES THROUGH A FAMILY TEAM CONFERENCING MODEL. EACH ARE ASSIGNED A CASEWORKER IN WORKING WITH THE IN WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS TO IMPROVE IMPROVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. OPINIONED THESE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED AS GOALS OF A FAMILY PLAN AND MAY LOOK DIFFERENT FOR A FAMILY. WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHER AND STUDENT SERVICES TEAM. ITEM ITEM 3.01. I THINK A LAG I THINK A LAG WHACK AND HOLLY HOLLY SAYER IS HERE REGARDING ANY SPECIFIC PROGRAM OF THE SEEDS PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTATION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER PULLING THIS ITEM? >>Lynn Gray: YES, MADAM CHAIR. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE ON THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND THANKFUL FOR THIS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING. IT RUNS PARALLEL TO OUR LITERACY EFFORTS EFFORTS THE SEEDS PROJECT. KINDERGARTEN KINDERGARTEN READINESS AS YOU KNOW HITS FRONT AND KNOW HITS FRONT AND CENTER TO PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN AND THE EMPHASIS IS OF THE THIRD GRADE PASSING OF TEST. IT IS A IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO BE SUPPORTED WITH OUR GOALS AND OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DISTRICT BOARDS AND HAVE THE XHIRP'S BOARD COMPLEMENT IT WITH THE FUNDING THAT IS SO MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU, REBECCA BACON, WHEREVER YOU ARE. SHE IS THE CEO FOR HELPING THIS ALONG. AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AYRES IS ALSO ON THE CHILDREN'S BOARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM AND NOTHIN TO DO WITH THE PROGRAM ITSELF ARE, LAST YEAR I SAID WHEN THIS CAME BACK, I CAME BACK, I WANT AN EXPLANATION WERE YOU WE ABLE WERE YOU WE ABLE TO DO HOMEWORK AND GRANT FROM OUR PORTION AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ON WHAT WE STOOD FOR THAT PORTION OF OUR STOOD FOR THAT PORTION OF OUR FINANCIAL PIECE. >>. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. THIS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND WE DO ALREADY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH SUPPORT THROUGH ONE OF OUR TITLE 4 GRANTS. WE SOUGHT OUT OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE MONEY AND FUNDS TO SUPPORT SEEDS AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SECURE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. >>Patti Rendon: AGAIN, NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING EXCEPT THAT, BUT A MATTER OF OUR PORTION FOR IT. HAD THE CHILDREN'S BOARD FINDS MAJORITY OF THIS GRANT AND THIS PROGRAM, WE FIND A PORTION OF IT. BECAUSE IT IS GENERAL REVENUE, I WOULD ASK THAT WE LOOK TO WHERE THE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS WILL COME FROM ANOTHER AIR AND THAT IS WHERE THE GAP WAS. THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW THIS YEAR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. I WANT TO SAY AS A SOCIAL WORKER, FAMILIES TEND TO FALL BEHIND WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SHORTFALLS IN LIFER AND YOU AND YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO TO  MISAL'S LAW OF HIERARCHY OF NEED. ONCE THE SHORTFALLS ARE ADDRESSED THE FAMILY CAN REALLY FOCUSED ON REALLY LIFTING THE FOCUSED ON REALLY LIFTING THE STUDENTS AND HELPING STUDENTS AND HELPING SO HAVING THOSE CASE MANAGERS AT HOME ADDRESSING SHORTFALLS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND SCOPING SKILLS FOR THOSE FAMILIES TRICKLE DOWN TO THE STUDENTS AND REALLY LIFT THOSE STUDENTS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND DOING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AGENCY THAT ALSO ARE THERE FOR OUR ARE THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND CONTINUE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 3.02, ITEM 3.02, SOLE STORES WITH WITH LIVESCHOOL INC. FOR SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO SITE LICENSE. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THESE ITEMS. >>Superintendent Ayres: 3.02 AND 3.03 WITH STUDENT SUPPORT. 3.0. LIVESCHOOL, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT BY REDUCING PAPERWORK AND SAVING TIME AND EFFORTS FOR SCHOOL STAFF. STAFF AWARDS STUDENTS POINTS FOR EXPECTATION IN LIVESCHOOL. REDEEM FOR PRIZES OR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS THAT KEEP STUDENTS MOTIVATED AND ENGAGED. TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAR REPORTS THAT SHOW PATTERN IN SHOW PATTERN IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR THAT HELPS STUDENTS AND MANAGE CLASSROOMS EFFECTIVELY. AND STUDENTS CAN SEE THE POINTS THEIR CHILD IS EARNING AND TEACHER COMMENTS THROUGH A TEACHER COMMENTS THROUGH A USER-FRIENDLY APPLICATION. RECEIVE ANY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANTS, LIVESCHOOL OF OFFICE REFERRALS, IMPROVE OFFICE REFERRALS, IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AND REDUCE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT IS 3.02 WITH OUR AWARD SYSTEM SYSTEM LIVESCHOOL. 3.02 3.02. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE AND SECOND TO APPROVE 3.02. MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER GRAY, PULLED THIS ITEM. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CLAIRE, GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE, I WILL GO DOWN VERY QUICK. EVANS, SENIOR JUDGE AND MYSELF. WE LOOKED AT WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD FACEBOOK THAT WOULD FACEBOOK DIRECTLY INTO INTO DISPROPORTIONALITY OF BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS BEING SUSPENDED. WE FOUND THIS FIDELITY, THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR OF SUPPORTS SUPPORTS PBIS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. FAST FORWARD, WE NOW HAVE -- WE HAVE ALMOST IN EVERY SCHOOL PBIS AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO -- MANY OF THEM HAVE FUNDED THE CHILL ROOMS. THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL THEM. AND AND LETO -- AND CONTINUE -- AS YOU KNOW MEMBER COMBS, LETO HAS ONE OF THE BEST ONES -- OR ONE OF THEM AS MANY OF THE SCHOOLS BUT LETO STANDS OUT BUT LETO STANDS OUT. THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR STUDENTS. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, OBVIOUSLY AT THE DERIVES MORE OF THE STUDENT MORE OF THE STUDENT TO REALLY STRATEGICALLY HELP ANOTHER STUDENT TO APPEAR IN WAYS STUDENT TO APPEAR IN WAYS THAT COMPLEMENT THEIR PERSONALITIES OR THEIR NEED FOR OR THEIR NEED FOR ASSISTANCE. PEER-TO-PEER MEDIATION. PEER TO PEER COUNSELING. PEER TO PEER RELATIONSHIPS INCREASE AS LARGE INCREASE AS LARGE PART OF THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE SCHOOL. LESS FIGHTING AND LESS SUSQUEHANNA SPENGSS. SOME IT IS A VERY WINNABLE THING. THE THE IDEA OF DATA COLLECTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, WHAT IS IT, 2018, 2018, WE DID HAVE -- OH, A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS WHERE YOU CAN PREPARE REFERRALS. CAN YOU HAVE LESS C.O.P. CHANGE OF PLACEMENT AND CUT IN HALF IF THE SCHOOL WAS FULL FIDELITY. IT MEANS THE TEACHERS AND THE CUSTODIANS, THE PRINCIPAL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IF ALL OF THEM FOLLOWED AND BELIEVED IN IT. NOT UNLOOK THE LEADERS MOO NOT UNLOOK THE LEADERS MOO ME HAS TO BE FULL I DID TELL THE. THOSE WHO DID HAVE THAT THOSE WHO DID HAVE THAT PBIS PRACTICE. AND STACEY YOU UNDERSTAND -- I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO YOU MAKE A COMMENT TOO. WE ACTUALLY SAW A DROP WE ACTUALLY SAW A DROP. FAST FORWARD AGAIN. NOW WE HAVE A NOW WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO NOW WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO TRACK THE DATA. I WANT TO YOU SPEAK ON THAT ALL OF THIS, OF THIS, AGAIN, IS TO SUPPORT A OF THIS, AGAIN, IS TO SUPPORT A POSITIVE CULTURE ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE ANGER AND THE WITH THE ANGER AND THE DISSIDENCE BETWEEN TEACHER AND STUDENTS. BETWEEN STUDENT AND STUDENTS. BETWEEN STUDENT AND ADMINISTRATOR. SOME IN THE FACE OF THAT, THIS IS A REALLY -- IS A REALLY -- LOWEST LEVEL OF ANGER. AND WORKS. SO WITH THAT SO WITH THAT DATA, AND THESE ARE TWO ITEMS, WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN TO THE PEST OF YOUR ABILITY HOW THIS WILL WORK IN TERMS OF RETRIEVING THE DATA OF LESS SUSPENSIONS, LESS C.O.P.s, AND THAT KIND OF THING. THANK YOU. >> SURE. SO THESE -- SO THESE -- SCHOOLSES THAT ARE LISTED HERE ALL LISTED HERE ALL GOT TRAINED IN IN PBIS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA THIS SUMMER. THEY HAVE FORMAL TRAINING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF FRAMEWORK OF PBIS. SO THE GRANT IS NOW SUPPLEMENTING THE TOOLS THAT THE SCHOOL CAN USE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE SCHOOLS TO AWARD THE FOR THE SCHOOLS TO AWARD THE POINTS AND TRACK THE POINTS DATA. THE THERE ONE DATA THAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS STRUGGLE WITH SPREADING THEIR OWN SPREADSHEETS AND PAPER TICKETS AND HOW WE TRACK THOSE. THAT IS A STREAMLINED WAY OF THEM DOING IT. SUPER HELPFUL. WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT V OPINION USING IN THE PAST. SOME WERE PBIS TRAINED. SOME WERE NOT. WE THROUGH THE GRANT AGAIN ARE BEING STRATEGIC PROVIDING STRATEGIC SUPPORT FROM MYSELF AND MY COORDINATOR RAUL IN SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS FROM USING THE APP AND ALSO INIMPLEMENTATION WITH FIDELITY WITH WITH PBIS. BOTH OF THE APPS THAT ARE HERE DO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING. THEY ARE THEY ARE JUST DIFFERENT. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: I THINK >>Patti Rendon: I THINK PBIS IS >>Patti Rendon: I THINK PBIS IS AMAZABLE. I THINK WE WILL HAVE A LARGE I THINK WE WILL HAVE A LARGE SUCCESS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING UP WE ARE REALLY UNDERPREPARED FOR ANY OF OUR OF OUR BEHAVIORAL AMALL IN SERVICE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. THE FACT WE HAVE FIVE WORK WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, STRICT PUTS US AT A DISADVANTAGE OF BEHAVIORAL NEEDS FOR BEHAVIORAL NEEDS FOR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE STANDPOINT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT THE POSITIVE PREEVENTUAL WITCH INTERVENTIONS PREEVENTUAL WITCH INTERVENTIONS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH IN A CHAOS ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS NEED STANDARDIZATION. RIGOR AND A STABILIZED ENVIRONMENT. TOP DO THAT WE NEED BEHAVIORAL INTERSECTION IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. HAVING FIVE BEHAVIORAL HAVING FIVE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSTS IN OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE UNDEROUT HIGH-RISING THAT NEED AND SERVICE IN OUR DISTRICT. NO WAY TO PROPERLY SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITHOUT INCREASING THAT NUMBER OF STAFF INCREASING THAT NUMBER OF STAFF I WANT TO COMMEND THROUGH THE PBIS. AND WE NEED TOE LOOK AT THIS FROM A MUCH MORE GLOBAL STANDPOINT THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS THAT BE REALLY NEED THIS BEHAVIOR SUPPORT WHETHER IT IS POSITIVE OR THROUGH A DIRECT BEHAVIORALER. >> VENTUAL TEAM AND PLAN THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS SO I URGE YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, TO REALLY LOOK SUPERINTENDENT, TO REALLY LOOK AT THE NEED FOR THEIR STAFF FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER >> THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT 03. YOU MENTIONED THAT 303 AND 302 IS VERY SIMILAR. WHAT DIFFERENCE AND WHY ARE WE WHAT DIFFERENCE AND WHY ARE WE IMPLEMENT TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME. >> THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. THE REASON WE ARE DOING TWO SEPARATE IS SCHOOL CHOICE. THERE WERE SOME SCHOOLS ON THE LIST THAT ARE ALREADY USING ONE OF THESE APPS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET THE APPLE CART WITH ALL APPLE CART WITH ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE USING THIS YEAR. SO THE SO THE SCHOOLS HAD EXPRESSED THEY WANTED TO USE ONE OR THE OTHER. SO WE WENT BOTH OF THE APPS THROUGH THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND ALLOWED SCHOOLS TOLLS CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE USING. THEY GOT THEY GOT TO PREVIEW THEY GOT TO PREVIEW BOTH. WE DID A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF PROS OF PROS AND CONS. THEY OPERATE ALMOST THEY OPERATE ALMOST IDENTICAL AS FAR AS DAY REPORTING AND EASE OF USE. THEY LOOK SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, BUT THEY -- ISN'T SCHOOL THAT WILL BE AT A DISADVANTAGE OF USING ONE OR THE OTHER. THEY JUST LOOK DIFFERENT THEY JUST LOOK DIFFERENT AND WE WANTED THE SCHOOLS HAVE A CHOICE INSTEAD OF DICTATING TO THEM WHICH ONE TO USE. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS AT TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY TODAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WHAT A GAME CHANGER IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PRINCIPAL HIGHLIGHTED THAT HE SHE LOVES AND TEMPLE TERRACE IS 3.0. I WONDER IF I WONDER IF .03 -- WHILE IT ALLOWS YOU TO YOU REWARD STUDENTS WHO NEED A LOT OF INCENTIVE, IT HAS A PIECE WHERE YOU REDEEM THE POINTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A CONDUCT TO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A CONDUCT CODE TO MEET THAT SO YOU ARE ENCOURAGING NOT ONLY THE BEHAVIOR YOU GET THE REWARD FOR BUT ALSO A CONDUCT TO GO ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED THAT ONCE STUDENTS HAVE MORE CHALLENGES THEY GET UP WITH $100 AND THEY GET TO BUY THE PRIZES AND TAKE THE DATA AND ANALYZE IT TO ENCOURAGE HOLISTIC KIND OF ON-TASK BEHAVIOR. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE 3.03 MASS AS WELL, THAT PIECE OF IT. >> THEY BOTH DO AGAIN. THE SCHOOL DETERMINES HOW THEY AWARD THE POINTS, THE PARAMETERS. THEY WORK THROUGH THE SUMMER OF CREATING THEIR SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION. THE POINTS ARE CREATED OF THE SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATION. HOW THE SCHOOLS DEFINE THEM AND THE PROCESSES IN ORDER TO AWARD THEM. TEMPLE TERRACE, ONE OF OUR STAR SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY WITH LIVESCHOOL AND THEY ARE USING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY HAVE TOTALLY EMBRACED PBIS AND THE MODEL THEY ARE USING THERE. BUT THEY -- AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY, VERY VERY, VERY SIMILAR. SCHOOLS HAVE THE LIBERTY TO SET UP -- IF THEY WANT TO ADD THAT CONDUCT PIECE CONDUCT PIECE IF THEY WANT TO KEEP STRICTLY TO THE EXPECTATION AND HOW THIS AND HOW THIS THEY DESIGNED THEM. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO HOUSE TOP OF THE HOUSE TOP OF THE STUDENTS' INDIVIDUAL POINTS. BONUSES THAT A LOT OF THEM BONUSES THAT A LOT OF THEM OFFER. AND SCHOOLS HAVE THE SYSTEM AND DON'T WANT TO ABANDON WITH INDIVIDUAL POINTS. ADMINISTRATORS CAN DO POWER POINTS. IF YOU CATCH SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND, YOU CAN GIVE BONUS POINTS. LIBERTY FOR SCHOOLS LIBERTY FOR SCHOOLS TO FIT NEED INSTEAD OF THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW WE TALKED OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THIS OF SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T ON THE LIST. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SCHOOLS KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING BEING UTILIZED IN OTHER SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE AN OPTION TO PURCHASE IT AND THE COST OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IF THIS IS KIND OF A GAME CHANGER FOR SCHOOLS ARE REALLY LEANING IN AND EMBRACING THE THE PBIS. ER SCHOOLS REALIZE ER SCHOOLS REALIZE THAT IS SOMETHING AFFORD AND OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE PURCHASE IT BEFORE AND MORE INTERESTED IF AND WHEN THIS GRANT RENEWS AND UTILIZING AND HAVING ACCESS TO IT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 3.03 NOW. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: I WANT TO SAY THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AND BEHAVIORS AND BE BEHAVIORS AND BE ABLE TO BE INCENTIVIZED. I AGREE WE HAVE SCHOOL I AGREE WE HAVE SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST. WE HAVE SCHOOLS WITH NO TEACHERS. TEACHERS TALKING HOW LARGE THE SIZE CLASSES ARE. WITHER NOT PAYING TEACHER. NOT NOT HAVING TEACHERS. WE HAVER RALE SUPPORT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS IN SCHOOL AND SITTING WITH HIGH SAY SAN KEYS. ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING AND NOT STAYING IS WE ARE NOT PAYING THEM. IF WE DON'T REASON IS A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, HARD TO TAKE THE TEACHER OUT AND HAVE THEM AS A BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST AND TO BE ABLE TO I A TRACT AND HAVE BE ABLE TO I A TRACT AND HAVE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST WHEN THE SALARIESES ARE SO LOW IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 3.03. SOLE SOLE SOURCE WITH NAVIGATE 360, 360, LCC, FOR SCHOOL-WIDE ACCESS TO SITE TO SITE LICENSE. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL BE HIGHLIGHT IN ITEM. >> OUR SECOND >> OUR SECOND  PBIS. NAVIGATE. A INDIVIDUAL TOKEN A INDIVIDUAL TOKEN ECONOMY WITH THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND REDEEM. RECOGNIZE WITH POINTS AND REDEEM YOUR POINTS THROUGH EVENTS AND YOUR POINTS THROUGH EVENTS AND RAFFLES. QUICK QUICK IN-THE-MOMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL-WIDE PLATFORM TO EN HIRE CONSISTENCY AND THAT IS AND THAT IS 3.03. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS APPROVE THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Lynn Gray: NO, I INCLUDED IT IN MY LAST REMARKS, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON AWAY FROM THE DAIS. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3.04, APPROVE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT FOR FOR 2023-2024, 2024 FOR 2023-2024, 2024 HAD BEEN 2025, AND 2025, AND 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEARS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU. I AM BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK FOR YOU AGAIN. AS I AM BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF STATE REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR P.I.P. OR PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON WITH OUR PARENTS ADVOCATES THAT WE WILL BE MEETING WITH ON OCTOBER 3 OR OCTOBER 4. TRYING TO CHANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATES. FLORIDA STATUTE UNITS REQUIRE THAT DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS IS ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. THIS DOCUMENT SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, ELIGIBILITY, DETERMINATION AND PLACEMENT DETERMINATION AND PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS FOR EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND THE COMPONENT OF THE APPLICANT'S DISTRICT FOR FUNDS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. AND WEIGHTED COST FACTORS UNDER OUR OUR FEFP FORMULA. IN DOCUMENT WILL GIVE STUDENT AND SCHOOL-BASED PERSONNEL TO AND SCHOOL-BASED PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY. THE THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO PREAPPROVAL TO THE BUREAU OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION AND STUDENT SERVICES STAFF. THIS PREAPPROVAL WAS THIS PREAPPROVAL WAS PROVIDED ON JULY 2 OF 2024. JULY 2nd OF THIS YEAR. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS ITEM MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS ITEM 3.04. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I HAVE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 3.03. A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDOM, MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER VAUGHN PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER RENDOM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER VAUGHN? >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, TODAY I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH MISS BROWN. AND I ALSO TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE A.B.A. KIND OF RIGHTS GROUP. MISS PEREZ I BELIEVE HER NAME IS. AND WE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS BUT SOME THINGS BETWEEN OUR CONVERSATIONS AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HER THAT I JUST WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOCUMENT NEEDS TO GO TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. ; HOWEVER, ANY OF THE POLICIES UNDER THE P.I.P. WHERE THE PARENTS ARE CONCERNED FROM THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO THE MEETING ON OCTOBER, THOSE DETAILS IN THE POLICIES CAN STILL BE CHANGED BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED AT DISTRICT LEVEL AND SENDING THIS TO THE STATE IT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY EFFECT OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE OR ALTER THAT TO MEET THE NEED OF THE PARENTS. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD SO THEY COULD GO INTO THE NEXT SET OF THE MEETINGS IN GOOD FAITH THAT THERE COULD BE MOVEMENT ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE. CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THIS DOCUMENT THAT GOES TO THE STATE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROCEDURES IN HERE THAT ARE WRITTEN IN HERE BY THE STATE AND WE ARE BASICALLY SAYING THAT, YES, WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEM. THE P.I.P. THE P.I.P. IS ONE OF THOSE THAT THE STATE NUTS THERE THAT WE CAN'T EDIT. THERE ARE OTHER DOCUMENTS IN HERE HERE THAT WE CAN EDIT. THE PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WE REPRESENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT FOCUS GROUP ON, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THIS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS DOCUMENT AND EDIT WHERE NECESSARY NECESSARY MEETING WITH THEM ACT NECESSARY MEETING WITH THEM ACT 3rd TO LOOK THE AGREEMENTS IN THE LAST MEETING AND THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND BRING THEM UP ON OCTOBER THEM UP ON OCTOBER 3. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE PROCEDURES THOSE PROCEDURES INTERNALLY AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS DOCUMENT. IT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE. >>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. I WANTON SAY THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE DID PUT INTO IT. AND SEPARATE FROM THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE. ANYTHING THEY BROUGHT UP IN THE E-MAILS -- YOU I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN SHARE WITH YOU. TO WORK ON, CHANGE, ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES ON. APPROVAL OF THIS WILL NOT PROHIBIT US FROM WORKING ON THOSE ITEMS WITH THE FAMILIES? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF MEMBER VAUGHN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE ARE SUBMITTING WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL THINGS. WHEN WE TALK OF OUR CURRENT PROCEDURES IN THE DISTRICT, IF THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE NEED ADDRESS. SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS A BOARD AND YOU AS A DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE CLEAR TO ALL YOU HAVE OUR ESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I KNOW THAT IS A CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SHARE THAT WHATEVER THE PROCEDURES ARE FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT AND HOW IT RELATES TO OUR POLICIES ARE VERY CLEAR TO OUR FAMILIES CLEAR TO OUR FAMILIES WHOEVER WE NEEDED TO DO THAT WITH COMMUNICATION AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO WE ARE WELL AWARE OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS PROCEDURES FOR THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THE STATE SAYS THIS THE STATE SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO WITHIN THE FAMILIES AND POLICIES AND BOARD PROCEDURES IS HOW WE DO IT. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT IN TO DO IT IN HILLSBOROUGH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: SIMILAR TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO COMMENTED, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO MINUTE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR TEAM FOR ALL YOUR MARRED WORK. I MEAN-LOOKING AT THE NEWS LEADER. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. AND AND UNPRECEDENTED TO ME THE TYPE OF WORK THAT TRACYE BROWN AND OF WORK THAT TRACYE BROWN AND DOCTOR DOCTOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU UNPRECEDENTED WORK AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AS WELL. NEWSLETTER, PRESENTATIONS. MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES. I HEARD FROM MANY I HEARD FROM MANY FAMILIES IN THE WESTCHASE COMMUNITY TALKED OF THE EMPOWERMENT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM AND THEIR SUPPORT. VERY DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN THERE ARE ARE VACANCIES EVERYWHERE AND THE POPULATION. IT IS EVEN HARDER AND LOOKING AT SMALL GROUPS AND FIND MORE PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR HARD WORK AND HOW HARD YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND THE FAMILY. >> THANK YOU FOR >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: IT DOESN'T GO BEYOND THIS BOARD THAT YOUR WORK, BOTH OF YOU WORK, BOTH OF YOU, YOU HAVE DONE PROBABLY MORE ECLECTIC AND PROBABLY MORE ECLECTIC AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN SEEING AT LEAST SINCE BEING ON THE BEING ON THE BOARD. I WANT TO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE YOU HAVE EXPANDED NOT ONLY THE PURPOSES OF OF ESC. BUT YOU HAVE EXCITED BUT YOU HAVE EXCITED THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND THE CRITICAL -- THE CRITICAL CRITICAL -- THE CRITICAL INSTRUCTION THAT IS NEEDED AND THE -- I AM THE -- I AM SORRY? OH, THE MORE PARENT EDUCATION THAT YOU ARE GIVING, THEN THEY OWN IT. AND THEY CAN BE PART OF THE VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION WITH THEIR CHILD. SO YOU HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. I AM VERY, VERY PLEASED AND I KNOW PRESIDENT BOARD, YOU KNOW PRESIDENT BOARD, YOU KNOW, IS HAPPY AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. EXCUSE ME FOR CUTTING YOU EXCUSE ME FOR CUTTING YOU OFF. >> THAT IS OKAY. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU FOR DOING A DIFFICULT JOB. ESE IS A DIFFICULT JOB TO WORK IN. YOU AND I YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER AND REALED THE DIFFICULTY OF REALED THE DIFFICULTY OF ESE. PARENTS WANT IS BEST FOR THEIR KIDS. WE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND STAND THAT. AND A FOREFRONT FOR THE KIDS. AND A JOB TO DO AND ABIDE BY THE RULES AND REGULATION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN ESE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. I AM GOING TO PIGGYBACK OF EVERYBODY UP HERE. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT OUR PARENTS -- YOU KNOW OUR KNOW OUR PARENTS AND WITH ESE STUDENTS ARE JUST ANXIETY-RIDDELLED. YOU KNOW THEY -- THEY JUST WANT IS BEST FOR THEIR IS BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS. SOME I AM JUST GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION SAKES. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON THIS AGENDA ITEM THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL PERSONNEL PROCEDURES FOR THE DISTRICT BE. >> THAT AGENDA >> THAT AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT IS THE STATE REQUIREMENT. SOME BASICALLY IT IS A STATE SOME BASICALLY IT IS A STATE STATUTE THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING HERE. AND THE PROCEDURE AND THE POLICY THROUGH THE BOARD THROUGH THE BOARD AND OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PROCEDURE IS HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT STATUTE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING WON THAT FOCUS GROUP OF OUR PROCEDURE AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THAT EVERY DAY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH. >> PERFECT. THE NEWS LETTER THAT YOU HAVE. IS THERE FEEDBACK FROM IS THERE FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS. DO YOU ALLOW DO YOU ALLOW PARENTS TO PROVIDE YOU ARTICLES OR TALK TO EACH OTHER ON THAT OTHER ON THAT NEWSLETTER? >> I JUST -- IT WAS OUR FIRST ONE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I DO WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. SOME I WILL BE SURE TO SEEK SOME I WILL BE SURE TO SEEK SOME INPUT FROM THEM INPUT FROM THEM ARE BUT I ALSO WORK WITH THE PARENT LIAISON AND ALL THE PARENT TRAINING IN THE NEWS LETTER, I WORK WITH THEM OF GATHERING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK PARENT INPUT AS TO SEEK PARENT INPUT AS WELL. >>Karen Perez: PERFECT. HOW MANY PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 238 STUDENTS THAT HAVE PRIVATE PROVIDERS WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE 17 NON WE HAVE 17 NON ESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CLEARED, LIKE, FOR OBSERVATIONS AND THING LIKE THAT. 574 IN THE PROCESS OF BEING 574 IN THE PROCESS OF BEING APPROVED DUE TO NOT HAVING CREDENTIALS COMPLETED CREDENTIALS COMPLETED YET. THIS IS FOR 98 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVE THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS IN THEM THEM AND 68 DIFFERENT AGENCIES REPRESENTED. >>Karen Perez: ALL RIGHT. AND ONE AND ONE MORE. HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO ELABORATE WITH THE ELABORATE WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS MOVING FORWARD THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING TODAY? >> THAT FOCUS GROUP THAT WE STARTED WITH EVEN LAST YEAR AND CONTINUED, WE MET WITH THEM IN AUGUST. WE CAME TO SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WAS AN ATTACHMENT IN YOUR NEWSLETTER ON THURSDAY JUST SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE CAME TO. AND SOME OF THE STILL PENDING AND SOME OF THE STILL PENDING ITEMS THEY WANT TO DISCUSS AND WE WANT TO DISCUSS AS WELL. ON OCTOBER 3, WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO COME BACK TO MEET WITH THEM TO COME BACK TO MEET WITH THEM. I ALSOS HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE MISS PEREZ WITH ABA RIGHTS AND DR. MURDOCH DR. MURDOCH TO DR. MURDOCH TO COLLABORATE WITH TRAINING. COOPERATION WITH P.I. 3678D, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND MOVE INTO A NEXT PHASE OF TRAIN WHAT IS IS ABA THERAPY. WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE WHEN PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE IN THE SCHOOL. WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER TO CREATE SOME TRAINING SOME TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF AND PARENTS AND -- AND OUR SCHOOLS. >> BE. >> YOU WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BOARD ABREAST ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THE COLLABORATIVE WORKING THAT YOU DO YOU? >> >> YES. >> THANK >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: 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 10.01. GARDNER EXECUTIVE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM. >> THIS >> THIS GARDNER >> THIS GARDNER SERVICES FOR FOR GARTNER, INC. IN COMPARING ACROSS THE GLOBE. THIS THIS GARTNER HAS PRACTICE LEAD WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION THAT WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON SYNERGY THAT WE BEGIN WORKING WITH ON SEPTEMBER 20. A NEW A NEW ENGAGEMENT FOR THE A NEW ENGAGEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT WAS BUDGETED IN THE BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR 2024-2025. MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS 10.01. >>Karen Perez: A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 10.01. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. >>Patti Rendon: I DID. I TAKE A DEEP BREATH. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN BRING IN ANY MORE INFORMATION. THIS IS A NEW COMPANY THAT WE WANTED TO BRING IN NOT JUST ABOUT SYNERGY. SYNERGY WAS NOT ON THE TARGET. WE BROUGHT THIS. WE MAY BE THROWING SYNERGY AS A WAY TO WORK WITH WAY TO WORK WITH SYNERGY AND FRANKLY, THIS PARTICULAR COUNTRY HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND BROUGHT IN NOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOOK MUCH OUR WHOLE OVERALL I.T. POP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PRO. AS IT STANDS NOW FOR AS IT STANDS NOW FOR THE PROGRAMS NOT PROPERLY PROGRAMS NOT PROPERLY WORKING. THERE IS NO THERE IS NO WAY I CAN BRING IN MORE MORE CONSULTANTS TO REVAMP MORE CONSULTANTS TO REVAMP OUR I.T. PROGRAM WITH THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE. THROWING MORE MONEY ON THE FIRE. AND THROW GASOLINE ON THE FIRE. LET'S FIX WHAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, WE SAT HERE 12 DAYS AGO AND WE GO THROUGH AND WE GO THROUGH ONE EMERGENCY AFTER ANOTHER EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE DON'T HAVE ACCURATE ATTENDANCE. 12 DAYS. 12 DAYS, SIX WEEKS WE ARE IN SCHOOL. WE DON'T HAVE ACCURATE ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE ROSTERS WITH KIDS THAT WE HAVE ROSTERS WITH KIDS THAT AREN'T EVEN IN THE AREN'T EVEN IN THE CLASSROOM. WE GOT ESC CLASSES THAT HAVE ROSTERS THAT ARE STILL NOT ROSTERS THAT ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING ALL THEIR IEPs. WE HAVE IEPs THAT TAKE THEM ALMOST ALL DAY LONG TO COMPLETE. ONE CLICKS, TWO CLICKS, THREE CLICKS, FOUR CLICKS. WE HAVE STUDENT SUMMARIES WHEN WE PRINT THEM, DOESN'T GIVE 50% INFORMATION THEY NEED INFORMATION THEY NEED FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE COLLEGE APPLICATION FOR THE SSRs. IS IT DOESN'T TELL IS IT DOESN'T TELL THEM WHAT SEMESTER THEY WERE IN. DOESN'T TELL THEM IN THE CLASS RANK IN THE SUMMARIES. IT IS IT IS A COMPLETE MESS AND NO IMPROVEMENT. WE GET LITTLE BITS. WE GET LITTLE BITS AND WE HEAR IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND TAKEN CARE CARE OF, AND YET IT IS NOT. EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL I WENT THROUGH DURING THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE WE HAD THIS, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ARE ABSOLUTELY ASTRONOMICAL ARE ABSOLUTELY ASTRONOMICAL. TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT BENCHMARKS ARE NOT SHOWING. ATHLETIC WAIVER AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT IS SHOWING THEY NEED THE THE CREDITS. WHEN THEY SEND THE TRANSCRIPTS TO THE COLLEGE, IT DOESN'T MEAN TO MEET THE BENCH MARK FOR GRADUATION. UNACCEPTABLE. DOING A PROGRESSION PLAN, ONE CLASS PER STUDENT. WE NEED TO BE THE FTE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE KNOW IDEA BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET PROPER ATTENDANCE. NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON. WHEN THEY ARE DOING IN THEIR PART OF -- ONE OF THE SECTIONS. CALLED THE WALK-IN SCHEDULE. MULTIPLE. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE CHANGE OF SCHEDULE AND TAKES 15 MINUTES TO ADDRESS ONE CLASS. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. IN DOING A IN DOING A WALK-IN SCHEDULE YOU HAVE TO YOU DO THREE SCREEN IN HAVE TO YOU DO THREE SCREEN IN JUST TO FIND OUT WHERE THE CLASS NUMBER IS. A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE IT, THEY HAVE TO KNOW HOW FAR FROM ONE CLASSROOM TO THE OTHER. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW THEY THERE, ST. LIKE -- TWO OF THE 25 ARE FULL? IS THAT ACTUALLY AN IS THAT ACTUALLY AN ACCURATE NUMBER WHEN THREE OPENINGS SOMETHING IN NONE OF THIS SOMETHING IN NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING. GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ARE RUNNING AFTER THEIR TAIL OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE AS A DISTRICT ARE NOT MAKING O DROP THIS SYSTEM. BEGGING US. AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOORS, THEY ARE BEGGING THEY ARE BEGGING US. TODAY TODAY THEY HAVE TODAY THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ONES WHERE -- I THINK WHERE -- I THINK -- I AM WHERE -- I THINK -- I AM MAKING SURE I DON'T LOSE MY TRACK. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE SYSTEMS ARE NOT WORKING. AND AND WHEN WE HEAR THAT TRANSSCRIPPS CORRECTED. THEY ARE NOT. WE HEAR PEOPLE GET ACCESS WE HEAR PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO IEPs. THEY ARE NOT. NOT AT EVERY CLASS. WHEN WE HEAR THEY ARE ACTUALLY FIXED, THEY ARE NOT. NOW YOU WANT TO BRING INSPECTING A NEW A NEW SOME REVAMP OUR A NEW SOME REVAMP OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WHEN BOTH OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT BOTH OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ABSOLUTELY UNREASONABLE THAT SYNERGY AFTER ALL OF INFORM TIME, FIVE YEARS AS YOU TIME, FIVE YEARS AS YOU CORRECTED ME, DR. WEEKS, WE STILL DON'T STILL DON'T REASON IS IT WORK PROPERLY. THE ONLY PEOPLE IN ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE ARE OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A OUR DISTRICT THAT WILL BE SUFFERING IF WE CAN'T GET OUR ACCOUNTS IF WE CAN'T GET OUR ACCOUNTS RIGHT FOR OUR FINANCES RIGHT FOR OUR FINANCES. THESE HUGE PROBLEMS AND I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE NOT VOTE FOR THE SYSTEMS WHEN WE HAVE THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP THAT WE DO. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER REN DORKSON BRINGS UP REAL CONCERNS THAT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF EVERY EVERY DAY. AND I AM CONCERNED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO THE FIRST COUNT, AND BE IN OCTOBER. AND IF THAT IS NOT CORRECT, WE CAN LOSE MILLIONS OF, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND OF DOLLARS AND SO, YOU KNOW, OF DOLLARS AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS -- THAT IS RIGHT UP FRONT FROM MY -- FROM MY FIRST CONCERN, MY CONCERN, MY BIGGEST CONCERN. IF COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH YOUR RATIONALE FOR THERE ARE YOUR RATIONALE FOR THERE ARE CONTRACT. JUST WALK THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE RATIONALE. >> CERTAINLY, DR. HAHN. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS REALLY REALLY GARTNER CAME US TO NOT IN RELATIONSHIP TO RELATIONSHIP TO SYNERGY. GARTNEV A RESEARCH FIRM THAT HELPS US -- TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL TO EVALUATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM A MULTITUDE OF VENDORS. GARTNER WILL NOT LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT SYNERGY. WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THEM WHEN THEY WERE ENGAGING PRIOR TO THIS BOARD MEETING, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WITH SYNERGY AND THEY IDENTIFIED THEY HAVE A NATIONAL PRACTICE WEEK THAT DEVOTES TOE SCHOOLS WITH SYNERGY. SOMEBODY SAID TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH BEFORE WE KNEW THAT YOU -- WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE APPROVED, BUT THEY AGREED THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONVERSATION. GARTNER ITSELF GARTNER ITSELF MOVED FORWARD AS A DISTRICT TO VET THE PLANS WE DON'T HAVE MACE TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE FUTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. GARTNER WOULD HAVE BEEN GARTNER WOULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC, FIVE YEARS AGO UNDERGOING THE EVALUATION PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF RECESS S SEARCH THEY BRING TO THE THE TABLE. >>Stacy Hahn: WHAT ARE THE DELIVERABLES THE END OF THIS WHAT ARE ARE THE WHAT ARE ARE THE DELIVERABLES TO GAIN. >> OUTSIDE OF JUST INTERACTION >> OUTSIDE OF JUST INTERACTION WITH PRACTICE SINNER FEE AND PRACTICE LEAD. WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING THEM VET PLANS LIKE OUR STRATEGIC PLANS LIKE OUR STRATEGIC I.T. PLAN. WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT. AS WE LOOK AT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, WE ARE ABOUT TO START LOOKING AT REPLACING SOME OF THE HARDWARE THAT'S AGING. WE UTILIZE AND WE UTILIZE AND RELY ON SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BEST PATHS FORWARD. >>Stacy Hahn: WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT EXPERTISE TO DO THAT WITHIN OUR OWN OUR OWN -- WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO SO ALL THE THINGS DEPARTMENT TO SO ALL THE THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED. YOU WRITE A STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU WROTE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT. YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY COME AND REVIEW IT. WHY IS THERE EXPERTISE -- WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF REASSURANCE FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE? >> ONE OF THE THINGS >> ONE OF THE THINGS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE RECOVER FORWARD EFFORT FROM LAST AUGUST'S INCIDENT WAS BASICALLY NOT REINVINTING THE WHEEL. UTILIZING PARTNER UTILIZING PARTNER WHERE IS WE CAN TO HELP MOVE EFFORTS FORWARD. WE DO -- WE ARE CREATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS YOU SAID INTERNALLY; HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE SOMEBODY HURT TO HAVE SOMEBODY EVALUATED FROM A MORE HOLISTIC VIEWPOINT. THEY HAVE A LARGE EDUCATION NETWOULD, WHERE THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION. K-12 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY WILL LOOK AT AND EVALUATE THE WORK PRODUCT WE ARE LOOKING TO DELIVER COMPARED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN NATIONALLY AND IN SOME CASES SOME CASES GLOBALLY. WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE EXPERTISE AND CONTINUE TO RELY ON HE CAN PER TEASE. AND AND WITH THOSE CASES, LEVERAGING SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAVE UNDERGONE THE EFFORT. >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: I THINK -- AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE LOST THE CONFIDENCE OF LEADERSHIP CONFIDENCE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ARENA. BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW WHEN WE GO TO SCHOOL WHEN WE GO TO SCHOOL TOP SCHOOL, THE PIN PAL, THE STAFF, THE TEACHERS, THEY HAVE LOST A LOT OF THE OF THE ENTHUSIASM, THE ENERGY TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THEIR DAY-TO-DAY TEACHING AND DAY-TO-DAY TEACHING AND RUNNING A SCHOOL. AND THEY ARE DRAINED. AND THEN -- WE KNOW THAT AND THEN -- WE KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT UNDER SUPERINTENDENT UNDER SUPERINTENDENT ADDISON DAVIS -- JEFF AIKENS, THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND WE KNOW THEY NEEDED A YEAR AT LEAST FOR AT LEAST FOR TRAINING TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS. AT LEAST A YEAR. WE KNEW WE KNEW WE HAD A PILOT TO WE KNEW WE HAD A PILOT TO -- SOME OF THOSE ISSUES COULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED AND ANSWERED. AND WE ALSO KNOW WE NEED A GROUP -- A -- A WORK GROUP -- A WORK GROUP AND EVERYBODY BE IN SILOS WITH SYNERGY. ONE WORK GROUP -- THIS WILL BE GRADE LEVEL. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. ONE WOULD BE FOR ADMINISTRATORS. ONE WOULD BE FOR TEACHERS. BECAUSE EVERY -- ONE WOULD BE EVEN NOR EVEN NOR -- FOR EVEN NOR -- FOR SECRETARIES. THE ACCESSIBILITY IS ALSO A PROBLEM. I HAVE ONE SECRETARY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAVE ACCESS AND THE OTHERS DON'T. I AM NOT I AM NOT TALKING THE HEAD SECRETARY. SO WILLY-NILLY IS HAPPENING AND I KNOW THAT SAN I KNOW THAT SAN OLD-FASHIONED WORD. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO -- THE BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO -- THE CONFIDENCE IS GONE AND I CAN'T STAY AND SAY HERE THAT I WANTON SPEND MORE MONEY ON ANOTHER SPEND MORE MONEY ON ANOTHER -- THIS MAY HELP THAT THE DIVISIONS -- EACH -- EACH DIVISIONS ARE THEY MUST OWN -- YES, THERE ARE IS A CHALLENGE, BUT THEY MUST OWN THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN IT AND IN TURN, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM, THEY HAD NO TIME GIVEN, AND NOW WE ARE ASKING THEM TO TAKE THE LITTLE BIT OF TIME THEY MAY HAVE IN THEIR DAY WITHOUT PAY TO DO SMALL CLASSES. WHEN IN FACT THESE STORMS ARE SO LONG AND INTEGRAL IN DETAIL, IT -- IT JUST WON'T -- WON'T OCCUR. UNREALISTIC. AND SO DR. WEEKS, I HAD TO TELL YOU, AND I AM AGREEING WITH SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THEIR COMMENTS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT YET ANOTHER SUPPORT YET ANOTHER INVESTITURE OF SOMETHING OF SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW -- ONLY BY ONLY BY COINCIDENCE THAT ONLY BY COINCIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE A SAYING FOR YOU VERBALLY THAT IT IS A THAT IT IS A COINCIDENCE. IT IS NOT A IT IS NOT A STRATEGIC MOVE. WITH $1 2,000 WITH $1 2,000 THAT -- I WOULD WANT AND THE BOARD I AM SURE WANT AND THE BOARD I AM SURE EXPECT STRATEGY. I HIRED THIS I HIRED THIS GARTNER BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP WITH PUTTING TOGETHER WORK GROUPS TO HELP THEM FILL OUT FORMS ACCORDING TO THEIR DIVISION. YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT THAT KIND OF STATEMENT, THAT DEFINITIVE STATEMENT STATEMENT AND SOLUTIONS. PROBLEMS ARE A LOT. AND WHAT IS THE GOAL AND WHAT IS THE SOLUTION. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HEAR SOLUTIONS. AND I CERTAINLY AND I CERTAINLY DON'T FIND THAT PAYING FOR ANOTHER PAYING FOR ANOTHER CONSULTING GROUP IS A SOLUTION. SO SO THAT IS MY RATIONALE FOR NEGATING IT AND YOU ARE FREE TO SPEAK ON IT, FOR SURE. WOULD YOU WANT TO WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLAY? >> I >> I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID MEMBER GRAY AND MANY CASES YOU AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT WRONG. THE PRODUCT ITSELF IS A CHALLENGE FOR US. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE IT BETTER. AGAIN, THAT IS THE BEST I CAN SAY A ON THAT. GARTNER, WAS NOT -- GARTNER, WAS NOT -- GARTNER IS NOT BROUGHT IN LIKE SOME OF THE NOT BROUGHT IN LIKE SOME OF THE PARTNERS WE BROUGHT NEW TO ADDRESS THE ADDRESS THE ISSUES. THEY ARE NOT BEING ENGAGEDED TO TACKLE A. HE SPECIFIC ISSUE. GARTNEV WIDE REACHING ONE OF THE MOST MOST TRUSTED WHEN IT COMES TOP TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS ALL I WILL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. >>Lynn Gray: I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BE WHAT WE DO KNOW THIS SYNERGY IS HERE TO STAY. AND OAT NEWS -- SUPERINTENDENT AND OAT NEWS -- SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES IF THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR IT. I BELIEVE THE I BELIEVE THE BOARD DOES ALSO. AND STAFF AND TEACHERS, ETC. WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: DR. WEEKS, MY QUESTION IS KIND OF SIMPLE, DO WE NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN THOUSAND MAKE IT BE GO. >> WE ARE LEARNING JUST THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT IS THE MOST HONEST ANSWER I CAN GIVE. THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING LONG TERM. SOME ONLY SOME ONLY WORKING ON IT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS. THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE SYSTEM WE WENT FROM TO THE SYSTEM WE WENT WENT TO. SYSTEM WE WENT FROM WE DESIGNED AND WE HAVE THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM WHEN IT COMES TO MODIFY THE PROGRAM THE PROGRAM DIRECTLY. AND LIMITED INSIGHT INTO IT FROM A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND EVEN LESS EVEN LESS ACCESSIBILITY TO IT FROM A BACK-END PERSPECTIVE. WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH EDGER POINT FOR THE MOST PART WE CAN CHANGE BASIC CONFIGURATION SETTING BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE IT UNDER THE UNDER THE HOOD. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: SO -- SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE COMPANY -- THE COMPANY -- THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO USE, CAN THEY HELP YOU BE PRODUCTIVE IN THAT? >> FOR THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT, THAT IS NOT THEIR FORTE. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HELP US THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HELP US UNDER THE HOOD. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US WITH WITH EDUPOINT WITH WITH EDUPOINT WITH EDUPOINT PROBLEMS IS PROBLEMS IS YOUEDUPOINT. SYNERGY IS THEIR PROBLEM. ONLY ONES TO WORK UNDER THE HOOD OF THAT PRODUCT. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: OKAY, THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I FEEL SIMILAR. I CAN'T CONTINUE PUTTING MONEY -- CONTINUING TO PUT MONEY IN PRODUCTS THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HANG. I THINK THE ONE I THINK THE ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS. WE TALKED TO SYNERGY THE OTHER DAY AND WE SPOKE WITH THEM. FAIRFAX, THEY HAD COUNTIES AS LARGE AS US AND THEIR PERFORMANCE. WE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH PERFORMANCE. BUT THE END OF THE BUT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IT WAS IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS. SUMMER SESSIONS, A LOT OF WASN'T A BIG PLAN OF A BIG PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OCCURRED, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS USE THIS THIS USE THIS PROPERLY AND THEY ARE IN SCHOOL, DEALING ARE IN SCHOOL, DEALING WITH CHALLENGES IN SCHOOL, DEALING WITH PARENTS IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THE MEAN TIME, TRYING TO LEARN A PROGRAM. ALWAYS LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE ISSUE? NO. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION. IT WAS IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY. AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO USE THAT. INSTEAD.SPENDING MONEY ON LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT PRODUCTS. SPEND MOST OF THAT TIME LOOKING HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO HAVE PAYROLLS. HAVE HOURS FOR PEOPLE HAVE TO USE SOME OF OUR FUND BALANCE. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAINED PROPERLY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID, THEY ARE NOT DOING IT NOT DOING IT CORRECTLY, SO TYING UP THE PERFORMANCE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE REQUESTING SOMETHING THAT ASK ONE ASK ONE TIME AND ASK 00 TIMES. FOR TO YOU SAYS IT THE SINNER FOR TO YOU SAYS IT THE SINNER -- SYNERGY IT WORKED IN FAIRFAX VAR HAVE VAR HAVE A. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS IMPLEMENTATION OPINIONED LOOK AT HOW TO UPDATE IT HOW TO UPDATE IT AND WHICH WAS A YUM OF YUM OF TEACHERS AND WHEN I SAID SYNERGY, SUCH AN ENERGY AND WASN'T A POSITIVE ENERGY. SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES CHALLENGES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH A PRODUCT THAT IS CHALLENGING, REMEMBER THE IDEA OF PERFORMANCE, NO. THE IMPLEMENTATION AND YOU SHOULD BE SPENDING TIME HOW CAN IMPLEMENT THIS BET PER.HOW CAN I TRAIN BETTER. WHAT CAN I TO DO MAKE SURE THESE TEACHERS ARE -- THESE TEACHERS ARE -- THESE TEACHERS ARE ARE ESC,E OR AP ARE ESC,E OR APs. THEY ARE SORE FRUSTRATED. I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ANYTHING UNTIL I ANYTHING UNTIL I SEE 'STRONG ANYTHING UNTIL I SEE 'STRONG REPRESENTATION. >>Karen Perez: MA THANK YOU, MADAM COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: WE SEE OUR ATTEND BEGAN. MANUALLY DIVISIVE. FOR HIGH SCHOOL, A FOR HIGH SCHOOL, A 8:30, ATTEND S WHERE IT IS AT. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AFTER 8:30 HAS TO BE MANUALLY CHANGED BUT YOU CAN'T. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK MULTIPLE SCREENS AND CERTAIN WAYS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT CORRECT AND ACCURATE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEING ENTERED AS ACCURATE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY TAKING PHYSICAL HEAD COUNTS. AND SOME OF THEIR ROSTERS WILL SHOW THE REMOVAL OF THE STUDENT FROM ONE FROM ONE CLASS AND INTO OTHER CLASS. NO ACCURACY AS WELL. AND A SAFETY CONCERN, A NUMBS CONCERNS AND A FINANCIAL CONCERN THE SECOND CONCERN IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS SOMEBODY FAMILIES HAVING CLEAR COMMUNICATION. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF WE HAVE NOT GONE INTO AN INDIVIDUAL RECORD AND MARK THE LITTLE TIP MOBILE, THEY ARE NOT GETTING THEIR COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR SCHOOLS. FROM TODAY'S WORLD, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. THE RESPONSE FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR OUR SCHOOLS GO FOR OUR SCHOOLS GO IN AND MANUALLY CLICK. BECAUSE IT DIDN'T PULL OVER FROM OTHER SYSTEM. NOT ACCEPTABLE. THEY DO NOT NEED TO SAKE OUT THEIR TIME AND THEIR DAY OF PROVIDING EDUCATION, SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GO INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY THIS DISTRICT. I THINK MY QUESTION IS, WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH YOU? WHEN IS THE DEADLINE? ARE WE GOING TO SET THAT IF THESE THINGS. OUR COMMUNICATION AND ATTENDANCE. NOT CORRECT AT A MINIMUM AND LET ALONE ALL THE HUNDREDS OTHER ALONE ALL THE HUNDREDS OTHER ISSUES WE ARE HAVING. WHERE IS THE DEADLINE OF THIS DISTRICT THAT WE SAY ENOUGH DISTRICT THAT WE SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND WE WILL PUT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FIRST. >>Superintendent Ayres: I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS SITTING PRETTY CLOSE AND DO NOT, IS THE A DEADLINE. SYNERGY, A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE THAT CAUSED THE CULTURE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT FOR PEOPLE FRUSTRATE OVER THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. THE DEADLINE DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET YET, BUT SET YET, BUT CAUSED IN THIS DISTRICT ISSUES FOR OUR TEACHER AND STAFF. SYSTEMS THAT EVERYBODY USES. FRUSTRATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. MISS MISS RENDON, TO ANSWER YOU CORRECTLY. I AM GETTING CLOSE TO THAT POINT OF WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AROUND THE STUD STENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. >>Patti Rendon: AS BOARD MEMBER, I CAN'T SPEAK WITH MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT AS FAR AS THIS BOARD MEMBER IS CONCERNED. I AM LOOKING FOR THE NEXT TWEAK HAVE A DEADLINE BECAUSE HAVE A DEADLINE BECAUSE STARTING ON THE 18th TO BE LOOKING AT -- SORRY, I THOUGHT MY MIC IS ON. AS THIS BOARD MEMBER. I CAN'T SPEAK TO EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR THE BUT I AM LOOKING FOR THE NEXT TWEAK HAVE THE ANSWER AS TO WREN YOUR DECISION IS, BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE CAN'T GENT GOOD NUMBERS AND NOT KNOW WHERE STUDENTS ARE. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN WE IMPACT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IMPACT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THIS DISTRICT AND WE ARE. I AM LOOKING FOR -- YOU HAVE SEVEN DAY TO BE ABLE TO GET ME A DATE. I ALMOST THINK THIS IS TOO LATE AND START LOOKING AT AND START LOOKING AT NUMBERS. START TURNING IN THINGS AND WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION WE ARE PROVIDING IS INFORMATION WE ARE PROVIDING IS ACCURATE. BUT WE ARE HERE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. VAURZ VAURZ THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN -- CHAIRPERSON. I AM GLAD YOU ADDRESSED THIS. BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS FOR YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WHILE DR. WEEKS, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THERE ARE. YOU ARE THE CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY, SO, OF COURSE, THE FRUSTRATION ALSO FALL WITH YOU. BUT I KNOW WE HAVE BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT. AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ALL PART OF THIS PROJECT. BY AGREE IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING COULD BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS HAVE AND ALWAYS ADDRESS. HOWEVER, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS POINT, RIGHT. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION GOES DR. WEEKS, WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU AS A SUPERINTENDENT AND THE LEADER OF THIS DISTRICT TO TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP OF THIS AND GIVE US DIRECTION ON THIS. SO I AM GLAD YOU ARE SO I AM GLAD YOU ARE ANSWERED. I AM GLAD THAT MEMBER I AM GLAD THAT MEMBER RENDON ASKED FOR A CLEAR TIMELINE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AS BOARD MEMBERSES HAVE GONE AS BOARD MEMBERSES HAVE GONE INTO SCHOOLS AND SAILED WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST ASK AND THINGS TO HELP YOU WITH. HELP YOU WITH. SYNERGY PROBLEM IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NEVER-ENDING AND CAUSES SO MANY PRORNS. AGAIN, FIRST HAND, MY SON IS TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO HIS 504s SO SO HIS TEACHER'S SO HIS TEACHER'S UNDERSTANDING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH SYNERGY. I THOUGHT THINGS WERE GET FIXED AND THEY ARE NOT. ANY CAB DENT THAT HAS ANY CAB DENT THAT HAS ANY PIECE WITH SYNERGY. A PIECE OF THIS. I AM HOLD DOCTORING WEEKS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE AS A DISTRICT NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEING THIS. NOT JUST DR. WEEKS. I AM GLAD YOU TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THIS AND A TIMELINE ON IT AND I THINK WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR RESOLUTION ON THIS. THAT IS MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO FURTHER SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT FAILS. SOME -- >>Nadia Combs: UNANIMOUSLY. >>Karen Perez: UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WILL TAKE EMPLOYEE INPUT. EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEET, SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYEES OF OUR DISTRICT TO ATTEND MEETINGS AT 4:00. THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, INCLUDING THROUGH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, E-MAIL, FROM CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. BOARD WANTS TO THE HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. WE ARE SETTIN ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB ISSUES RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR THE DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL CALL THE FIRST AND ONLY SPEAKER. ROSH CRIETE, CTA. HAY TOYOTA BE THE GUY JUMP OFF THE TOP ROPE AND HIT THE SYNERGY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, BUT THAT'S REALLY HERE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. YOU GUYS HAVE HIT IT PRETTY HARD. THE EMPLOYEE ARE FRUSTRATED. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS I WILL MAKE LET'S COMMUNICATE WITH THEM WHERE WE ARE AT, WHERE WE ARE GOING AROUND WHAT THE PLAN IS AND WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN NEW -- SAN FERNANDO POSITIONS ARE BEING REQUIRED TO DO WORK TO GET CAUGHT UP. BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL TO GET IT DONE. CLEARLY YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT IT AS WELL. LET'S FIND A WAY TO COMPENSATE THOSE JOBS AND IT IS A TOX MAKE SURE WE ARE COMPLIANT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WITH THAT, I DON'T LIKE TO JUMP OFF THE TOP ROPE ON THESE THING. I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY HANDLED IT SUFFICIENTLY. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE YOUR COMMIT TO STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES OUT THERETO DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB. WE LOWERED OUR D AND F SCHOOLS. CONGRATULATION, SUPERINTENDENT. BECAUSE OF THE GREAT WORK OUR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF NEWMAN AND THE GREAT JOB THAT HE AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL SEE UP SOON. STAY SAFE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HERE WE GO. WE LOOK FORWARD FOR CELEBRATING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH OCTOBER 15. STUDENTS, STAFF AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WILL RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITIES WILL RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HISPANIC-AMERICANS AND THEIR ANCESTORSES HAVE MADE THROUGH HISTORY. SUGGESTED ACTIVITY PROVIDED TO SCHOOL SITES AS WE CELEBRATE THIS RICH AND DIP VERSE CULTURE. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. A TIME TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST TO SUICIDE, ACKNOWLEDGE THE MILLIONS MORE HIS OR HER EXPERIENCED SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND THE MANY INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACT BY SUICIDE. A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SHARED SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SHARED MESSAGES OF HOPE. THAT WEEK AGAIN, START WITH HELLO WEEK. STUDENT, STAFF AND COMMUNITIES ARE PARTICIPATED THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAVE BEEN WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THE START WITH HELLO WEEK. THIS CALL TO ACTION PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY THE SANDY HOOK PROMISE AND TEACHES STUDENTS IN ALL GRADE LEVELS TO BE MORE SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE AND CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS FORM NEW SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND CREATE A SENSE OF CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGINGS AMONG THEIR PE AMONG THEIR PE REFRESHES,S. SUPPORT OF SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE STAFF AT CULTURE STAFF AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL EMMA W. FOR TRUE DRAGON PRIDE. WELCOMING A NEW STUDENT WHO ONLY SPEAKS FRENCH. STEPPED UP AS AN INTERPRETER TO MAKE SURE THE MAKE SURE THE STUDENT FELT WELCOMED TO NEW SCHOOL COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS EMMA WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DRAGON. ON THE RIGHT STUDENTS AND STAFF REMEMBERED THE VICTIMS OF REMEMBERED THE VICTIMS OF 9/11. HOWEVER ONE SCHOOL WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SHARE AND BEYOND TO SHARE GRATITUDE TO THEIR VERY ONLY OFFICER RITA WHO WAS NEW YORK DURING WAS NEW YORK DURING THE CLASSIC EVENT 22 YEARS AGO. WROTE A CARD AND A POSTER TO THANK FOR THE SACRIFICES AND SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY -- COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE OFFICER. I THINK ONE BOARD MEMBER -- SOMEBODY WAS TALKING OF KINGSWITH. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO. MISS MISS RENDON. HILLSBOROUGH READS. I -- OUR I -- OUR DISTRICT-WIDE LIT A CAMPAIGN. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING OF THE OPERATIONAL END. NOT TOO TOUCHDOWN WHAT IS HAPPENING INSTRUCTIONALLY TONIGHT. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW LITERACY CAMPAIGN TAKING PLACE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT IN YEAR. HILLSBOROUGH READS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON GRADE LEVEL. EACH YEAR THE DISTRICT WILL FOCUS ON STRATEGIES, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. FIRST YEAR, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET CAUGHT READING. MYON AND BEAN STACK FOR MONTHLY REEDING AND MINUTE CHALLENGES FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ALL FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ALL GRADE LEVELS. THIRD GRADE, 5% THIRD GRADE, 5% INCREASE. OVER 750 STUDENTS MORE OVER 750 STUDENTS MORE PROFICIENT IN THIRD GRADE THAN PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ARE PROVIDING UPDATES. LAST YEAR BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAD UPDATES AROUND OUR PM, PROGRESS MONITORING DATA. JUST YOU ARE AWARE, LAST DAY SEPTEMBER 27. INITIAL PROGRESS MONITORING FOR THERE ARE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS AT SEPTEMBER 22. AND THE AND THE SCHOOLSES HAVE UNTIL THAT DATE. WE WILL PROVIDE TO YOU MISS FAUCET AT A SUSPENDED AGENDA UPDATE. TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE SIT THIS YEAR FOR OUR PM 1 DATA THE SAME WAY WE DID LAST YEAR. THAT WILL THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AT THE OCTOBER 15 BOARD OCTOBER 15 BOARD MEETING. AMERICAN DREAM AWARD. EVERY YEAR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KATHY CASTOR HOSTS THEIR KATHY CASTOR HOSTS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM AWARD TO AMERICAN DREAM AWARD TO RECOGNIZE THE IMMIGRANTS THAT MADE CONTRIBUTION OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE. REPRESENTATIVE CASTOR THE STORY OF CARROLL MAYO. YOU KNOW CARROLL. SUPERVISOR OF MIGRANT SUPERVISOR OF MIGRANT PROGRAM AND SUPERVISOR. CAROL WAS BORN IN GUATEMALA AND ATTENDED BILING QUAL AND MOVED TO LA TO LA BELLE, FLORIDA. AND HER PARENTS INSTILLED AND HER PARENTS INSTILLED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. MANY WORKED WITH HER AND HELPING THOSE IN THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHING INDUSTRIES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCE. HER GROUP IS COMMITTED TO HER GROUP IS COMMITTED TO EMPOWER PARENTS AND STUDENTS WITH THEMSELVES AND ACT VENTILATOR WITH SCHOOLS TO HAVE POSITIVE CHANGE. FINALLY AROUND OUR FINALLY AROUND OUR FOURTH PRIORITY, FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. THIS MORNING RIGHT OFF OF PARK ROAD, A NEW TECHNICAL COLLEGE GROUNDBREAKING IN PLANT CITY. GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A NEW TECH COLLEGE COMING TO THE PLANT CITY COMMUNITY NEXT FALL. VERY COOL. ADULT STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TAKE OPPORTUNITY TAKE COURSES IN TRADES LIKE WILLING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND HVAC. AND ABLE TO AND ABLE TO DUAL AND ABLE TO DUAL AWARD, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORK FORCE. MAYOR RICK LOTT. FORMER AND CURRENT PLANT CITY MAYOR. AND PLANT CITY VICE-MAYOR JASON SHOWN FOR THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE. THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE IN THE FALL OF 2025. WE WILL HAVE YOU A PLANT CITY VOCATIONAL CENTER. CLOSE TO 40, 50 YEARS SINCE WE HAD A NEW CAREER HAD A NEW CAREER HAD A NEW CAREER CENTER. AROUND OUR SUSPENDED AGENDA, COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I DID WANT TO MENTION WE HAD SIX ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT EDGE THAT EVENING TOTALING $27 MILLION FROM OUR HALF-PENNY SALES TAX REFERENDUM IMPACTING 51 SITES. ONE OF THOSE AROUND BRANDON AND ALL THE UPGRADE THAT HAPPENED AT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL. AND BOARD MEMBERS, FOR OUR LAST TOPIC THIS EVENING, I TOPIC THIS EVENING, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS. WE TALKED OF THE WE TALKED OF THE ISSUES AROUND WE TALKED OF THE ISSUES AROUND SYNERGY. EVER SINCE SEPTEMBER 4, SCHOOLS ARE DEALING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND FRUSTRATION THERE IS. OUR SCHOOL SITES HAD A RASH OF RECENT SCHOOL THREATS SINCE SEPTEMBER 4. WE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 WE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 FOUR TO FIVE THREATS THAT COME THROUGH. LET ME BE CLEAR, NOT JUST HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THESE FALSE THREATS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKE EACH ONE SERIOUSLY AND THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE WHERE THE THREAT CAME FROM AND THE THE THREAT CAME FROM AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THAT BEHAVIOR. SCHOOL THREATS ARE NOT A JOKE AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE ZERO THOL RANCE FOR THIS TYPE OF THREAT. OUR PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT -- AND THIS IS A FACT -- OUR PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE ARRESTED 11 STUDENTS AND DIRECT FILE TWO OTHERS FOR FILE TWO OTHERS FOR FALSE REPORTING A MASS CASUALTY EVENT WHICH IS A FELONY. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, RESTED TWO. OF MASS EVENT. THERE IS ANXIETY OF SCHOOL THREATS FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE, THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. WE WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. IF A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER SEES OR HEARS SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS. YOU NEED TO YOU NEED TO REPORT IT. THESE FALSE THREATS WILL HAVE TO STOP AND STUDENTS WILL BE ARRESTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LONG-LASTING LONG-LASTING CONSEQUENCES ON THEIR FUTURE. THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, EIGHT TIMES THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT TIMES THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT TIMES THE AMOUNT OF FALSE THREATS THROUGH THE APP. THEY HAVE TO STOP. WE PUT PSAs OUT THERE. I WILL SHOW ONE. THIS A FEW MINUTES. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS TO STOP. ONE OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS, ONE OF THE THIS I THINK SO WE TO CAN HE CUSS ON IS INSTRUCTION. CONSTANTLY CHASING OUR TAILS CONSTANTLY CHASING OUR TAILS AROUND THE FAKE AND BOGUS THREATS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO AND MUST TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM SERIOUSLY. OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT THAT THOSE THREATS HAVE TO STOP. THE FAKE BOGUS THREATS HAVE TO GOT TO THE STOP GOT TO THE STOP IN OUR SCHOOLS. I HAVE CHIEF NEWMAN IS HERE AS WELL. ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD PARTICIPATED SOME OF THE ISSUE US WE HAVE AROUND THE SCHOOL THE PAST TWO WEEKS, SIR? >> I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I KNOW EVERYONE'S PHONES HAVE BEEN PRETTY LIVELY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE SEPTEMBER 4 WITH THE SHOOTING UP IN GEORGIA. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T DIDN'T THANK MY TEAM. THEY PIVOTED VERY QUICKLY WHAT WE NORMALLY TO DO ALL THESE THREATS. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TAMPA IMPLEMENT, PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE, THEIR ASSIST NANCE THESE CASES ASSIST NANCE THESE CASES 24-7. THEY ARE GETTING THEM DONE. THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WHEN OUR FOLKS GET TO THE CAMPUS, A FACULTY MEMBER OR SOMEONE FROM THE OPERATIONAL SIDE THE HOUSE OR ONE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING STUDENTS ARE COMING IN A SAFETY ENVIRONMENT WHERE WHERE HE WANT THEM TO LEARN AND NOT ANYTHING THAT DISTRACT THEM FROM THE THANK GOAL. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT SUPPORT AND I CAN'T AGREE WT SUPERINTENDENT ANYMORE. TYPE OF STUFF HAS TO STOP. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A STUDENT GET ARREST FORWARD FELONY. AND NONE OF THE AGENCIES HAVE A PROBLEM DOING IT. AND A DECISION THAT WILL IMPACT THEM FOR A VERY, VERY THEM FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND WE WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE PLACES AND WE DON'T WANT YOU GUY TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BOGUS THREATS. THE AMOUNT OF CURRENCY AND SWEAT EQUITY THAT GOES INTO RUNNING THESE THINGS DOWN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT THEY ARE NOT CRED SOFTBALL PRETTY ENORMOUS. WE WANT THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR TO STOP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THE SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WANT TO SHOW THE PSA WE WANT TO SHOW THE PSA WE CREATED OF THE FAKE BOGUS THREATS. JOHN WILL BE HERE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION, A FOLLOW-UP FROM OUR MEETING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ANY FOLLOW-UP WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. OUR PSA AROUND "THINK OF YOUR OUR PSA AROUND "THINK OF YOUR FUTURE." ? >> GUY, NOT FUNNY. NOT A JOKE. A VERY SERIOUS THEME. CONSEQUENCES ARE EVEN MORE SERIOUS. THINK OF YOUR FUTURE. >> NOT COOL EVERYONE WANTS WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL AND BE SAFE. PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT MAKES EVERYONE FEEL NOT SAFE. >> PUT NEW JAIL AND ALTER YOUR ENTIRE FUTURE. >> TRYING TO GET A JOB. TRYING TO GET EVEN SCHOOL. IT WILL FOLLOW IT WILL FOLLOW YOU FOREVER. >> THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE. THEY ARE NOT PLAYING AROUND. AND NOT ANY BIT OF A JOKE ANYMORE. >> I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE CON ACCEPT QUESTIONS COMING FROM YOUR FROM YOUR DECISION. >> YOU HAVE TO STOP JOKING FROM IF YOU WERE FUTURE. >> TAKE IT FROM YOUR >> TAKE IT FROM YOUR MEERS, MAKING A FALSE THREAT AGAINST YOUR SCHOOL IS NOT A JOKE. FRIGHTENING, WASTES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES CANNED FACE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. EVERY SINGLE THREAT AGAINST A SCHOOL, VERBAL, POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WRITTEN ON A BATHROOM WALL IS INVESTIGATED. ALSO THIS YEAR, ALSO THIS YEAR, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ARRESTED SEVERAL STUDENTS HAS ARRESTED SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO MADE A BOGUS THREAT AGAINST WHO MADE A BOGUS THREAT AGAINST A SCHOOL AND TRACKED DOWN. NOW I WANT TO BE CLEAR. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, REPORT IT TO AN ADULT. SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. OUR MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY IS OUR MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY IS THINK BEFORE YOU MAKE AN OFF-HANDED COMMENT OR OFF-HANDED COMMENT OR POST A THREAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT IS NOT A SCREENING AND IT WILL FOLLOW YOU FOR YEARS TO COME. THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. >> THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. >> THINK OF YOUR FUTURE. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS THIS EVENING. ANY FOLLOW-UP, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS EVENING AROUND WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW-UP WHAT WE MET ON MET ON EARLIER. >>Jim Porter: LET ME STOP YOU. YOU NEED TO IT BE CAREFUL OF TALKING ABOUT ANY SECURITY ISSUES IN PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THEM. BUT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. THE SECURITY IS VERY SERIOUS. I WOULD JUST CAUTION YOU ABOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH OF A CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE ISSUES. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WE WILL MOVE ON INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TEACH SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. I AM GOING TO START THIS EVENING. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND BOARD MEMBERS, AT THE LAST BOARD MEMBER, WE NAMED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN SCHOOL IN WIMAUMA, TWO ROSE TO THE STOP AND RECEIVED SOME SUPPORT. SOME COMMENTS MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT WE NAMED SUGGESTION THAT WE NAMED SUGGESTION THAT WE NAMED EJ SALCINES FOR -- MORE SALCINES FOR -- MORE APPROPRIATE AREA-WEST TAMPA. WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED AND MADED MOST IMPACT. I HEARD YOU. I HEARD THIS COMMUNITY MANAGING THAT SUGGESTION. AND OUR AND OUR POLICY ALLOWS FOR EXISTING SCHOOLS TO BE EXISTING SCHOOLS TO BE RENAMED. I WOULD LIKE TO -- FOR US TO CONSIDER RENAMING WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY E.J. ELEMENTARY E.J. SALCINES ELEMENTARY. ELEMENTARY. I MOVE THAT WE ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD PROCESS TO INITIATE THE RENAMING OF WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY TO ELEMENTARY TO E.J. SALCINES ELEMENTARY. AND PURSUANT TO OUR POLICY PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COMMENT. >>Jim Porter: MISS VAUGHN, THAT REQUIRES IS SECOND IF YOU ARE REQUIRE A SECOND. CLEAR THE BOARD, PLEASE. LET ME JUST SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MINUTE. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN ACT ON TONIGHT. IT IS AN ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE MOTION. YOUR POLICY PROVIDES FOR THE RENAMING THAT CAN BE INITIATED BY A BOARD MEMBER. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO BE ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COME BACK WITH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T GET INTO A DISCUSSION OF RENAMING IT TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS JUST A MOTION TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT BRING BACK SOMETHING FOR A SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. MEETING. >> SEEING THAT THE MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THE MOTION? SO IN CLARITY, IF WE VOTE YES, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE MOTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. >>Jim Porter: ALL IT IS TO COME BACK WITH A AGENDA ITEM. YOU CAN FREELY VOTE YES OR NO. MOTION WILL BE TO INSTRUCT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE. TO GIVE YOU SOME CON PARTICULARS, THE BOARD IN THE PAST HAVE RENAMED PAST HAVE RENAMED SCHOOLS. THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS LEE ELEMENTARY AND THE BOARD CHANGE IT TO I THINK TAMPA HEIGHTS IT TO I THINK TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. SO THERE IS THE POLICY ALLOWS FOR IT AND PRECEDENT FOR THAT. THIS IS JUST TO PUT IT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. >>Patti Rendon: MORE OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION. BY VOTING YES, WE WILL BRING IT ON THE AGENDA -- ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM BUT WILL REFOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURES IN THE PAST FOR ANY OTHER NAMING OF A SCHOOL? PORTE COCHERE FOR NOT NECESSARILY. LET ME READ THE POLICY BECAUSE LET ME READ THE POLICY BECAUSE THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. POLICY POLICY 72.50. AND SUBSECTIONS H, DEALS WITH THE RENAMING OF A SCHOOL. I AM GOING TO READ IT SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE LAY OF THE LAND IS. ONCE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, THE NAME OF A NEW OR EXISTING SCHOOL SHALL BE CONSIDERED PERMANENT. IF THE BOARD IF THE BOARD SUBSEQUENTLY INITIAL YATE YATES OR CALLED UPON TO CONSIDER A NAME CHANGE, THE BOARD SHALL -- THIS IS WHERE THE PROCEDURE THAT COMES IN THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP. THE BOARD SHALL ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DISCUSSION AND DEBATE PRIOR TO TAKING ACTION. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROCEDURE SET UP FOR NAMING A NEW SCHOOL. AND IT IS NOT THE EXACT EQUIVALENT WHAT HAPPENED WITH LEE BECAUSE THAT WAS AN OPEN PROCESS. THIS IS THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR A NAME TO BE CONSIDERED. HE AND HIS STAFF WILL HAVE DEVELOP THE PROCESS AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND DISCUSS IT BACK TO YOU AND DISCUSS IT AT THAT TIME. >>Jim Porter: YOU ARE RUNNING THE THE MEET. >>Jessica Vaughn: ASK A QUESTION? MEMBER MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: STAY SOMETHING RESPECTFUL. I HAVE THE PROCEDURAL -- DOES THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY GET TO NOMINATE A NAME? BUT YOU ARE SAYING NO, THAT HE IS RECOMMENDING A SPECIFIC NAME IS RECOMMENDING A SPECIFIC NAME, UP OR DOWN THAT WE UP OR DOWN THAT WE VOTE UP OR DOWN? >>Jim Porter: LET'S TALK -- HE IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANYTHING. >>Stacy Hahn: IF HE BRINGS IT TO THE THE BOARD. >>Jim Porter: REPPING A PROCESS OF COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ALLOW FOR OTHER NAMES TO BE CONSIDERED. >>Stacy Hahn: THE AGENDA ITEM WOULDN'T BE TO NAME THE SCHOOL AFTER ONE SPECIFIC WESTERN. IT WOULD BE TO BE RENAME THE SCHOOL. AND WOULD YOU HAVE TO SET UP A AND WOULD YOU HAVE TO SET UP A NEW PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY NEW PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT'S CORRECT. >>Stacy Hahn: AND THAT COMMUNITY INPUT THAT'S A COUPLE WEEK TO PLAY OUT. >>Jim Porter: THEIR IS IT WHAT WE WILL DEVELOPMENT. >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY, SURE. THANK YOU. >>Superintendent Ayres: THE LAST TWO I CAN TWO I CAN REMEMBER. MR. PORTER MENTIONED ROBERT E. LEE IN 2017. OTHER ONE WAS CALHOUN VAN BUREN THAT WE DID IN 2017. AN OPEN PROCESS. BOTH OF THOSE WERE OPEN PROCESS OPEN NAMING AND THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT. I WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH STAFF WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. >>Stacy Hahn: WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT IS IT? >>Jim Porter: I CAN EXPLAIN >>Jim Porter: I CAN EXPLAIN IT. WITH LEE, THE SCHOOL FELT IS SHOULDN'T BE NAMED AFTER A CONFEDERATE WAR GENERAL AND AN OPEN PROCESS. THIS IS A REQUEST TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL NAME GOING FOR A SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PERSON AHEAD OF TIME. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT BUT NOT AN EXACT EQUIVALENT. >>Stacy Hahn: IF IT IS NAMING IT FOR A SPECIFIC WESTERN, IS YOUR PROCESS TO -- SO WITHIN YOUR PROCESS HAVE CAN PEOPLE NOMINATE OTHER PEOPLE? >>Jim Porter: WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROCESS -- FIGURING OUT A WAY TO ENGAGE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN GENERAL THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO RENAME THIS E.J. SAM SEEN NECESSARY. OTHER NAMES -- IF THAT PERCOLATES UP. YOU CAN DECIDE TO DO THAT. I THINK HE HAS TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS. >>Stacy Hahn: I AM FINE WITH THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE OTHER NAMES AND PUT OTHER NAMES FORWARD THAT THEN WILL BE ON OUR BALLOT TO WILL BE ON OUR BALLOT TO CONSIDER. >>Jim Porter: THAT IS FAIR. >>Stacy Hahn: I DON'T WANT -- SO I JUST WANT THIS ON THE RECORD I JUST WANT THIS ON THE RECORD THAT IT IS GOING TO BE -- TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS SIMILAR FOR WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, BUT -- BUT THEN YOU ARE SAYING IT'S GOT TO BE SPECIFIC TO THIS PERSON. SO THAT'S WHY -- WHERE. >>Patti Rendon: I AM GETTING CONFUSED. >>Jim Porter: YOU ARE RIGHT ON POINT. THE FIRST STATEMENT YOU MADE WAS ACCURATE. AND WE WILL JUST GO WITH AND WE WILL JUST GO WITH THAT. THERE HAS BEEN THERE HAS BEEN A RECOMMENDATION OR THOUGHT TO NAME IT AFTER E.J. SALCINES. IF YOU HAVE THE PROCESS AND THE NAMES, WE WILL CONSIDER THAT. AND CERTAINLY IN BOARD AND CERTAINLY IN BOARD CAN. YOU ARE NOT BOUND ANY ANY OF IT. >>Stacy Hahn: I FEEL THAT NO MATTER WE ARE NAMING A NEW SCHOOL OR RENAMING A SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT NAMES OPPORTUNITY TO PUT NAMES FORTH. >>Jim Porter: YOUR POLICY REQUIRES THAT. >>Stacy Hahn: REGARDLESS IF ONE OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A NAME IN MIND. WHICH IS FINE, BUT I THINK IT IS AS VERY AS VERY TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC PROCESS. BECAUSE IF WE GET BECAUSE IF WE GET --FISH WE SET A RESIDENT OF A RESIDENT OF CHANGING NAMES FOR SCHOOLS FOR ONE SCHOOLS FOR ONE PERSON. NOT FOR ONE PERSON, BUT NOT FOR ONE PERSON, BUT NAMING NOT FOR ONE PERSON, BUT NAMING NAMES OF SCHOOLS AND NAMES OF SCHOOLS AND SWAPPING OUT. THAT IS BY FAR A NORMAL PRACTICE. AND I CERTAINLY WOULD OPEN UP -- FOLLOWING OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALLIANCE WITH OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE. OTHERWISE SET A PRECEDENT FOR SWAPPING OUT NAMES AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAN ROAD. AS LONG AS YOU ARE SAYING THIS PROCESS WILL PROCESS WILL ALIGN WITH WHAT WE PROCESS WILL ALIGN WITH WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, I AM FIND WITH THAT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT IS THE WAY I SEE IT. LAST TWO WAS ROBERT E. LEE WHICH WAS OPEN AND CARTER G. WOODSON. CALHOUN AND VAN BUREN WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO IT WILL BE NAMED AFTER. I JUST SEE THE PROCESS BEING VERY SIMILAR IF WE WERE TO MOVE VERY SIMILAR IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NAMING OF WEST TAMPA. THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE A THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD MEMBER MADE AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I DO SEE IT VERY SIMILAR AND I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE IT THAT WAY AS YOU DO. >> OKAY. AS LONG AS I GET THAT AS LONG AS I GET THAT REASSURANCE, I AM FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD. >>Jim Porter: YOUR POLICY REQUIRES THAT. >>Stacy Hahn: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Jessica Vaughn: I ECHO A LOT OF DR. HAHN AGENCIES QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. MY OWN QUESTION IS, JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPE OF TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING ON THAT? I KNOW IT IS KIND OF A NEW -- YOU KNOW, A NEW MOTION, BUT I AM TRYING TO GET AN IDEA AS THIS HAPPENS, AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHAT KIND OF A TIMELINE ARE WE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS? >> THE TIMELINE, IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD WITH IT AND GIVES ME THAT HE DIRECTION, THE TIMELINE THAT IS OPENED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY SIM THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY SIM TO WHAT WE HAD WITH WIMAUMA WHICH IS ONE MONTH OF OPEN NAMING, FIVE WEEKS IS WHAT WE FIVE WEEKS IS WHAT WE UTILIZED FOR WIMAUMA. SITTING HERE TODAY. IF WE WERE TO OPEN IT UP, IT THE SAME THING FOR SAME THING FOR WIMAUMA AS SAME THING FOR WIMAUMA AS ADUM IN THE PAST FOR NAMING OF THAT SCHOOL. >> WOULDN'T TAKE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TOP PUT IN DIFFERENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN THAT PROCESS TSUNAMI >>Superintendent Ayres: NO, BECAUSE FOLLOW THE SAME PRACTICE OF NAMING AND THE BOARD TO MAKE THE DECISION AT A LATER DATE. >>Jessica Vaughn: CLARIFY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION. NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU TO VOTE ON THE PROCEDURES BUT OPEN UP TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WHETHER WE WANT TO RENAME THE SCHOOL OR WANT TO RENAME THE SCHOOL OR NOT AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OPENING IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT'S HOW I KIND OF SEE IT. IT WOULD COME FORWARD -- AT THE OCTOBER 1 BOARD MEETING, AN AGENDA ITEM WOULD YOU NEED TO GIVE ME DIRECTION IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO CHANGE THE NAME OF WEST TAMPA. YOU GIVE ME THAT DRINK AND I WILL COME BACK WITH THE PROCEDURES BEHIND THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: IF FOR SOME REASON, YOU COME WITH THAT PROCEDURE BUT WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME AT ALL, THAT IS STILL AN OPTION? >>Jim Porter: YES. NEW SEVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. KEEP IT THE SAME. CHANGE IT. COME UP WITH ANOTHER NAME. THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL. >>Jessica Vaughn: I WANT TO BE CLEAR DEPENDING ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY WE ARE NOT ANY ANY OBLIGATION IF WE OPENED THIS. YOU AND NOBODY IS FRUSTRATE IF WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND DECIDE TO KEEP IT THE SAME. >>Jim Porter: IF I CAN HELP THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT. DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO ALL INITIATE ANYTHING. YOU CAN'T SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND VOTE ON IT THAT NIGHT. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET ANYTHING MOVING. I SEE IT AS A PROCEDURAL I SEE IT AS A PROCEDURAL THING. YOU MAKE A CHANGE IN THE FEW CHURP. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. MEMBER GRAY MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: IT IS A VERY INTERESTING SITUATION. WE ACTUALLY -- I WON'T MENTION ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, BUT ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS AMONG THE COMMUNITY OF E.J. SALCINES TO HAVE WEST TAMPA. AND THERE IS COMMUNITY PUSH BACK AS WELL. AND THIS PROCESS ALTHOUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THAT WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT ONE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REMINDED THAT ROBERT E. LEE TO TAMPA BAY HEIGHTS, WE DID THAT -- A NEW -- WHOLE SCHOOL WAS WHOLE SCHOOL WAS RENOVATED BECAUSE IT WAS BURNT DOWN. NOT A PRECEDENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PARTICULAR ASK IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MOTION MEANS. AND I ALSO THOUGHT IF AND I ALSO THOUGHT IF WE CAN PUT NEW A MIX PERHAPS IF WE START THINKING OF WEST TAMPA. AND THIS IS UP TO YOU, AND THIS IS UP TO YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. THAT THEY CAN THINK OF HAVING THE MEDIA CENTER IN WEST TAMPA NAMED AND THAT IS ANOTHER TYPE OF DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT ALSO OF DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT ALSO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF BROADEN THE SCOPE OF PUTTING THIS WONDERFUL MAN INTO THE -- INTO THE NAMING POSITION. BUT THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. THAT IS JUST MY FEEDBACK. NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. WE WILL PROBABLY GET BACK TOCK THIS IN-DEPTH LATER THIS IN-DEPTH LATER ON. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER COMBS? >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AS SOMEBODY WHO REPRESENTS A LARGE GROUP OF HISPANIC COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE BE WONDERFUL, BUT I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST. WE NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY IF THEY WILL WANT COMMUNITY IF THEY WILL WANT TO CHANGE TO WEST TAMPA I THINK THAT -- I DON'T WANT TO DECIDE -- I THINK FIRST STEP IS TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT, DO THEY WANT TO OUT, DO THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME TO ANYTHING. OR DO THEY WANT TO KEEP IT TO WEST TAMPA. I THINK THE FIRST I THINK THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING TO FIND OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IF NOT, WE COULD BE DOING THIS ALL DAY LONG WITH MANY SCHOOLS. I THINK -- WE NEED TO I THINK -- WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT DOES THE COMMUNITY EVEN DOES THE COMMUNITY EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT THAT THE OR DO THEY NOT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS THEN TO GO THROUGH THE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKE WE DUALS. I DON'T FEEL I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING SPEAKING FOR ALL OF WEST TAMPA. AND THAT DOES FALL IN DISTRICT ONE. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT UNTIL WE ENGAGE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE I DON'T BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF WHY IT WAS WEST TAMPA AND THE CONNECTIVITY ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE START SETTING A PRECEDENT LIKE THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW -- I DON'T MIND. I CAN STAY HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALL NIGHT. I CAN BE A NIGHT OWL. STAY HERE UNTIL 3:00 IN THE MORNING. IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT SPENDING TIME NAMING SCHOOLS AND REMEMBERING SOME PEOPLE AND NOT REMEMBERING OTHER PEOPLE. AND SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- I THINK THIS EVEN WHEN WE THINK THIS EVEN WHEN WE VOTED LAST TIME. SOME PEOPLE WHO HIGHWAY NAMED MANY TIMES MORE, RIGHT. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET AN EXAMPLE SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER WE DO, BUT I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS NOT COMING TO US. >> GOING OUT TO THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY AND FINDING OUT FROM WEST TAMPA IF WE EVEN WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME AND KEEP THE NAME THE WAY IT IS. THAT IS MY FEEDBACK ON THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: I AGREE WITH MEMBER COMBS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WILL BE OPENING THE IS WILL BE OPENING THE FLOODGATES. OTHER FOLKS WITH PARTICULAR PEOPLE IN MIND TO SAY LET'S EIGHT GO TO X, Y, Z SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A COMMUNITY AND NOT A PERSON AND GET THAT NAME CHANGED. I I DO LIKE THE IDEA. FEEL MORE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF THERE BEEN SOME TYPE OF DATA, SURVEY OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO STAY, HEY, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF CONSIDERING A NAME CHANGE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC NAME BUT A SPECIFIC NAME BUT A NAME CHANGE IN GENERAL IN GENERAL HOW MANY SCHOOLS DO YOU HAVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD THAT AREN'T NAMED AFTER PEOPLE? >>Superintendent Ayres: A BUNCH. >>Stacy Hahn: SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, >>Stacy Hahn: SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, APOLLO BEACH. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, AND I JUST FEEL THAT. I KNOW THIS IS PERSONAL TO MEMBER PEREZ AND I RESPECT HER CHAMPIONING THIS EFFORT. AND I JUST -- I DO HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THAT. A SCHOOL. I THINK IT IS -- IT IS AS GREAT PROCESS WE HAVE. WHAT IS THE COST OF RENAMING A SCHOOL THAT IS ALREADY BUILT AND ALREADY HAS SIGNAGE AND LETTER HEAD AND, YOU KNOW, BRANDING HEAD AND, YOU KNOW, BRANDING AROUND AROUND IT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE SCHOOL HAS BRANDING WITHIN THE SCHOOL. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE FLOOR TILES AND AND PAINTING. WHAT IS WHAT IS DO -- DID YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT THE OVERALL COST WILL BE? >> THE PART OF PROCESS THAT SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT. THE MARQUEE, FLOORING, THINGS THAT ARE THE SIGNAGE. WE WILL GET INFORMATION. >>Stacy Hahn: HERE IS THE PROBLEM. YOU WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE ARE DOING THE NAMING. I WANT THAT INFORMATION BEFORE I EVEN AGREE TO RENAME A SCHOOL. >> THAT IS FAIR. WE CAN GET IT TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CAN. >>Stacy Hahn: BUT I AM VOTING IN THREE MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS. I DON'T LIKE BEING PUT NEW THIS POSITION. BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE INSPECT COMMUNITY AND WE ARE BEING PUT IN THIS POSITION WITHOUT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO RENAMING A SCHOOL RENAMING A SCHOOL. AND NOW GETTING AS WE ARE TALKING THROUGH THE CONCERNS MORE AND MORE UNEASY WITH THIS VOTE TONIGHT. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION. AND I AM VERY UNEASY WITH SUPPORTING THIS. I HATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. BUT THERE IS A COST TO THIS. THERE IS A COMMUNITY INPUT PIECE TO TO THIS. AND A PRECEDENT TO THIS IN A LOT OF WAYS. I AM GOING TO LISTEN TOP SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND MAYBE THAT WILL ALEVE SOME OF CONCERNS. >> IF I JUMP IN REAL QUICK. IF I GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY DO I WANT THIS. NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS WELL. THAT PROCESS IS NEVER. PRIOR RENAMING. >>Stacy Hahn: ROBERT >>Stacy Hahn: ROBERT E. LEE WE DIDN'T. >> NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS NAME. JUST OPEN. >>Stacy Hahn: IT WAS A RENAMING? TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT YES, MA'AM. >>Stacy Hahn: SIMILAR IN >>Stacy Hahn: SIMILAR IN THAT REGARD AND THE COMMUNITY DEMANDED THAT. >>Superintendent Ayres: GOOD POINT. >>Stacy Hahn: THE COMMUNITY DEMANDED THE RENAMING. >>Jim Porter: THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE -- AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POUTER TO PLACE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. ANOTHER OPTION WOULD TO BE SORT OF MODIFY THE MOTION AND HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT BRING BACK AN AGENDA ITEM WITH ANSWERING SOME OF YOURS QUESTIONS AT THE VERY NEXT MEETING. >>Stacy Hahn: GET SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THIS AND SUPPORT IT, BUT I DO -- I AM CURIOUS. I HAVE NO IDEA. IT COULD BE $10,000. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RENAMING. >>Jim Porter: IF THE NEWSCASTER OF THE MOTION IS ACCEPTABLE AND I DON'T WANT TO THE CUT ANY BOARD MEMBERS OFF. THE BETTER APPROACH TOE ASK HIM -- AND YOU DON'T NEED THE VOTE TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT NEXT MEETING -- YOU HEARD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS. AND THEN THAT WILL GIVE IT MORE FIDELITY. AND, AGAIN, I AM TYPICALLY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ANY MOTIONS A THIS STAGE. BOARD MEETING AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND A WAY TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. IF THE MAKER -- OR THE CHAIR IF THE MAKER -- OR THE CHAIR IS OKAY, YOU CAN WITHDRAW THAT MOTION. >>Stacy Hahn: EVEN IF WE WAIT ONE MEETING AND GET ONE MEETING AND GET US INFORMATION TO BE MORE CONFIDENT IN SUPPORTING IT. I UNDERSTAND -- LOOK, IT MAX SENSE, BUT I THINK FOR TRANSPARENCY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THIS SO TO DO THIS SO THEN WE ARE NOT GETTING INUNDATED WITH THESE -- GETTING INUNDATED WITH THESE -- WE NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF IT COMES AGAIN WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, WE CAN SAY, WELL, WE NEED THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. >>Jim Porter: IF YOU WERE OKAY AND WITHDRAW MOTION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IS OKAY WITH AN AGENDA ITEM COMING BACK. >>Superintendent Ayres: CLARITY AROUND THIS AGENDA ITEM SO WE ARE CLEAR. NEXT BOARD MEETING TO OCTOBER 1. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ENOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ENOUGH TURN-AROUND TIME. SO OCTOBER -- >>Jim Porter: I THINK WHAT THEY ARE ASKING YOU IS -- IT LANDED AND ENDED VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM WHERE IT STARTED. HAVE AN ACTUAL ONLY ITEM WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. I CAN WORK -- >>Stacy Hahn: THE FINANCIAL PIECE AND THE COMMUNITY PIECE. >>Jim Porter: THAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. THAT NOT THAT NOT A LOT. >>Stacy Hahn: THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND SOMETHING TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. A POLL. TO PUT UP ON THE WEB SITE TO PROVIDE INPUT. I DON'T KNOW HOW DO YOU IT. >>Superintendent Ayres: WHAT I AM HEARING FOR DRINK, OCTOBER 1 BOARD MEETING WITH AN AGENDA ITEM TO BRING DISCUSSION AROUND THE RENAMING OF WEST TAMPA WITH FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT. THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE ONLY. >>Stacy Hahn: YOU SEEM TO HAVE A COMMENT COMMENT. >> ANYTHING BEHIND THE THE TWO PIECES OF -- PIECES OF -- >>Stacy Hahn: MY TIME IS STILL STICKING SO I WILL KEEP GOING. THAT'S OKAY. THAT IS FINE. I I LIKE CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK MEMBER PEREZ HAS MADE IT CLEAR, HER PRIORITY IS THE SCHOOL. SOME, YOU KNOW, I AM SOME, YOU KNOW, I AM FINE WITH THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. BEFORE WE TAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. WE ARE SEEING IF MEMBER PEREZ WILL BE OPEN TO WITHDRAWING HER MOTION AND MOTION AND INSTEAD, THE SUPERINTENDENT WORK AGO ON THAT MOTION AS AN ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM WITH THE QUESTION THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ASKED BEFORE WE VOTE TO EVEN OPEN UP THE PROCESS. JUST BASICALLY BRINGING HER MOTION BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM. SO MEMBER PEREZ. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER VAUGHN. YES. I AM GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION. AND WILL YOU BE WILLING TO BRING THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE NEXT -- IN THE NEXT BOARD NEXT -- IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO CLARIFY THOSE TWO MEETING TO CLARIFY THOSE TWO AREAS OR MAYBE POSSIBLY THREE AS FAR AS WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND. >>Superintendent Ayres: IF WE DO OCTOBER 1, THE COMMUNITY INPUT -- THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION, COMMUNITY INPUT AND GIVING ME A WEEK AND A HALF, THAT WOULD BE -- >>Karen Perez: IT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE. WE JUST NEED A WE JUST NEED A TEMPLATES -- I THINK WHAT THAT IS WHAT MEMBER HAHN IS LOOKING FOR. WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE FINANCIAL AND -- FINANCIAL AND -- >>Superintendent Ayres: FROM CLARITY FROM THE BOARD, DO WE WANT ON OCTOBER 1 OR 15, THE COMMUNITY INPUT PART. DO YOU WANT TO SEE DATA, OR SURVEY AROUND, DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT THIS OR NOT SNAP WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS? >>Stacy Hahn: I MEAN I THINK MEMBER COMBS ALSO SPOKE ABOUT IT, SO NOT JUST ME WHO WOULD WANT THAT INFORMATION. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER -- YOU KNOW -- SO I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT DECIDES THAT. I WANT I WANT SOMETHING TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DRILL DOWN AND MAKE IT THAT TIGHT, BUT I THINK WE NEED SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR. MAT THAT TAKES. I AM NOT AN I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: CAN WE GET MORE CLARIFICATION WHAT YOU NEED FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO PREPARE THAT AGENDA ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: I CAN DO THAT. I THINK FOR NOW OCTOBER 1 IS TOO SOON, IN MY OPINION. SO OCTOBER -- IF WE WANT COMMUNITY INPUT WHICH CAN BE WITH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, OCTOBER 15 WILL GIVE ME MORE TIME TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION. SO IF -- IF THE BOARD IS OCTOBER WITH A OCTOBER 15 BOARD AGENDA ITEM, I CAN HAVE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT AROUND THE WEST TAMPA AROUND THE WEST TAMPA RENAME WILLING. >>Jessica Vaughn: WITHDRAW THAT MOTION THAT ENDS DISCUSSION AND PASS THE GAVEL BACK TO CHAIR PEREZ. >>Jim Porter: BACK WITH BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS AND MISS PEREZ WAS STILL UP. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE THE >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE THE CHAIR NOW. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BOARD YOUR BOARD COMMENT. >>Nadia Combs: I WANT CLARIFICATION, MY THOUGHT IS NO WAY YOU WILL HAVE INPUT BY OCTOBER 1. JUST NO WAY. OCTOBER -- EVEN OCTOBER 15, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY SHORT NOTICE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LIKE LIKE FOR YOU TO GET THAT COMMUNITY INPUT. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE TO -- TO START GETTING THAT INPUT AND ALREADY AND ALREADY STARTING THAT -- THAT -- STARTING THAT, THAT IS OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS. I THINK ON OCTOBER 1, I AM SAYING PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE SAYING PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- THIS IS THE IMPLICATION OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATION. AND THIS IS WHAT AND THIS IS WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF I ENGAGE WITH THE IF I ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE IDEA OF ALREADY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THE DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. AND I THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU NEED MUCH LONGER THAN TWO OR THREE WEEKS .THAT IS JUST MY -- THAT IS JUST MY THINKING. YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING WEST YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING WEST TAMPA, I THINK IT'S -- YOU GOT TO REALLY -- BEFORE YOU ENGAGE PEOPLE AND GETTING PEOPLE NERVOUS AND HAVING TONS OF PEOPLE LINING UP HERE AND SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME. WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME. I THINK IT IS BETTER FOR US TO -- WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW WILL YOU ENGAGE PEOPLE AND LATER ON START ENGAGING. I DON'T WANT TO START ENGAGING PEOPLE QUICKLY AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING SOMETHING RUSHED. I THINK IT IS SETTING A PRECEDENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT FOR A LONG TIME FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I THINK OF SEMINOLE OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. ALL THESE SCHOOLS. BEFORE YOU SAY WE WILL ENGAGE SHOULD WE DO IT. LET'S TALK OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE TO LOOK LIKE TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. >>Superintendent Ayres: THAT REQUEST CAN BE OCTOBER 1. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OCTOBER 1 AND WHAT THAT PROCESS. I CAN HAVE THAT ON OCTOBER 1. >>Nadia Combs: THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ARE SO HIGH, PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY FIRST, RIGHT. LET'S LOOK AT THAT FIRST BEFORE WE MAKE A QUICK DECISION. THAT IS JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS. >>Superintendent Ayres: AGAIN THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS A FOUR TO FIVE-WEEK PROCESS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. I WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS ONE. OCTOBER 1, I COULD MEET THAT DEADLINE WITH FINANCIAL DEADLINE WITH FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND WHAT COMMUNITY INPUT WILL LOOK LIKE BY OCTOBER 1 1. >>Stacy Hahn: I MEAN, I THOUGHT YOU SAID BEFORE WE VOTED ON WHETHER TO CHANGE NAME OR NOT. YOU WOULD SEE IF THE COMMUNITY EVEN WANTED TO CHANGE A NAME. WE CAN TALK -- I AM NOT TIED TO -- AT THIS POINT. I AM JUST TRYING TO GET -- AND, YOU KNOW, SO -- YOU ARE SAYING OCTOBER 1 BRING IT FOR A VOTE IF WE WANT TO CHANGE A NAME OR NOT? SUPERINTENDENT SOUP NO, OCTOBER 1, I WILL BRING -- >>Stacy Hahn: INFORMATION. NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: SO MR. PORTER, CORRECT ME, I CAN BRING AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM WITH WEST TAMPA, FINANCIAL IMPLICATION OF NAME CHANGE AND WHAT COMMUNITY INPUT WILL LOOK LIKE WHERE THE BOARD WOULDN'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. THAT IS PROBABLY THE WAY TO DO IT. AN INFORMATION ITEM WITH THOSE TWO THINGS THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A VOTE NOR THE BOARD. >>Stacy Hahn: FIVE WEEKS OF GATHERING GATHERING INFORMATION. FOR ME THAT IS AROUND THE ACTUAL NAME CHANGE, BUT THEN THERE IS A STEP BEFORE THAT THAT MEMBER COMBS SUGGESTED AND I -- COMBS SUGGESTED AND I -- MANY OF US AGREED ON THAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW BEFORE WE VOTED ON TO CHANGE THE NAME OR NOT CHANGE THE NAME OR NOT THE COMMUNITY OF WEST TAMPA. THREE STEPS. BRING US THE BRING US THE FINANCES AND THE PROCESS AS AN INFORMATION ITEM AND BAA TOBACCO TO THE COMMUNITY AFTER WE DISCUSSED THE AFTER WE DISCUSSED THE PROCESS AND SAY, OKAY, DOES WEST TAMPA WANT THIS. IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY YES, THEN THE AGENDA ITEM COMES TO CHA CHANGE CHA CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL. GOT IT. APPRECIATE THE TIME FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. OPINION. >>Karen Perez: WE GOT IT. >>Superintendent Ayres: GOT IT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. AND SO -- I WANTED TO -- THE -- TO FINISH UP MY LAST THREE MINUTES. I SIT ON THE SAFE AND SOUND BOARD. ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, STATE ATTORNEY, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TPD, PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, TERRACE, USF, CLERK OF THE COURT, THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH GUN OUR STUDENTS WITH GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THERE IS A -- YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR -- THINK OF YOUR FUTURE PSA. AND I REALLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU PUTTING TOGETHER A CALL TO ACTION IN THIS CALL TO ACTION IN THIS PSA. THERE IS A FILM CALLED THERE IS A FILM CALLED LINK THAT TALKS ABOUT TALKS ABOUT AND HUGE OUR TALKS ABOUT AND HUGE OUR STUDENTS TO PLEASE THINK TWICE STUDENTS TO PLEASE THINK TWICE AND TAKES 17 MINUTES AND TAKES 17 MINUTES AND PACKS SO MUCH INTO THAT 17 MINUTES AND FOCUS ON THE FOCUS ON THE DECISIONS OUR CHILDREN MAKE WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION TO PICK UP A GUN. AND WITH REGARD TO THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER. AND I AM ON THE SAFE AND SOUND WEB SITE AND ALSO ON WEB SITE AND ALSO ON YOUTUBE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. HAVE WE MADE A DECISION YET TO HAVE WE MADE A DECISION YET TO POSSIBLY SHOW THIS POSSIBLY SHOW THIS GIVEN GIVEN ALL THIS WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IN DISTRICT? I KNOW IT IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE, A STATEWIDE ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS COME -- YEAH, WE ALWAYS BROKEN SOME BARRIERS. AND WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. AND BEEN FIRST ON THE FOREFRONT AND THINGS IN THE STATE. WHAT IS YOUR DECISION TO POSSIBLY SHOW THAT FILM? TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. NEXT STEPS. CURRENTLY TALKED WITH SOME OF THE SAFE AND SOUND LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD. TODAY SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE ARE GOING TO MEET IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT ACTION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WHAT THAT PLAN MAY BE TO BE MOVE THAT FORWARD. MR. YOUNG AND I WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE SAFE AND SOUND LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD. TO KIND OF HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT. THE VIDEO OF AND I JUST APPRECIATE THEM BEING OUT IN THE FOREFRONT HERE AND FOREFRONT HERE AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND GUN SAFETY AND SAFETY AND PREVENTION. SO WE DO HAVE THE MEETING SET UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF SAFE AND SOUND TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS PARTICIPATED WHAT THAT MIGHT PARTICIPATED WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. PARTICULARLY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU, MR. >> THANK YOU, MR. AYRES, I KNOW, I WORK FOR I WORK FOR THE COURT SYSTEM AS WELL. AND WHEN I AM SEEING THESE CHILDREN UP IN OUR COURTS, THIS ONE SECOND CHANGES THEIR LIVES ONE SECOND CHANGES THEIR LIVES FOR REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND OUR CHILDREN DON'T REALIZE IT. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO DISCONNECTED FROM DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT ONE -- ONE SECOND AND THE ONE SECOND AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS. THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DO HELP THEM REALIZE, YOU KNOW, TO CHANGE THEIR FUTURE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO IT. AND WE NEED TO HELP THEM. BUT THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I AM GOING TO I AM GOING TO START WITH THE SERIES AND GO TO THE SERIES AND GO TO THE EVENTS. DEAR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, I RECOGNIZE THAT SCHOOL SAFETY IS NO LONGER THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM BUT RATHER FRONT AND CENTER OF YOUR ATTENTION. THIS IS TRUE THIS IS TRUE NATIONWIDE AS SCHOOL SHOOTING THREATS ARE AT ANNUAL-TIME HIGH. I AM COMFORTED -- WE ARE COMFORTED THAT OUR DISTRICT IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CHIEF JOHN NEWMAN LEAD THIS DISTRICT AND MUCH OF THE STATE WITH SCHOOL SAFETY SCHOOL SAFETY MEASURES. I KNOW OF THREE THINGS I KNOW OF THREE THINGS TO BE TRUE. OUR CITY OF TAMPA POLICE, OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICES ARE HIGHLY TRAINED IN SCHOOL SCHOOL THREATS WITH CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING WHICH INCLUDES TRAINING WHICH INCLUDES ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL S THEY ARE COMMITTED TO SCHOOL SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS. SECONDLY OUR SCHOOL STAFF TAKE PART IN PART IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND SIMULATION OF SCHOOL OF SCHOOL SHOOTING DRILLS. THEY ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO SCHOOL SAFETY. AND LAST, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, CHIEF JOHN NEWMAN AND LOCAL LEGISLATURES ARE LEGISLATURES ARE LASER FOCUSED ON NEEDING HUMAN RESOURCES ON NEEDING HUMAN RESOURCES TO DEEP SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS SAFE. AGAIN, THEY ARE COMMITTED AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SCHOOL ARE COMMITTED TO SCHOOL SAFETY FOR OUR FOR OUR STUDENTS. ALL THIS IS TO SAYS THERE A GREAT AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT GREAT AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT AND TRAINING TO SECURE A LITTLE TRAINING TO SECURE A LITTLE BIT MORE -- A LOT MORE SAFETY MORE -- A LOT MORE SAFETY THOUGHTS TO OUR PARENTS OR THOUGHTS TO OUR PARENTS OR WORRIED PARENTS. SO JUST KNOW THOSE ARE -- ALL OF US ARE FACTORING INTO THE COMMITMENT OF STUDENT SAFETY AND STAFF SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR STAFF SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. CHANGE OF SUBJECT. SO OUR NEXT HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATE WILL BE AT YOUR DATE WILL BE AT YOUR K-8 ON SEPTEMBER 26 AT SEPTEMBER 26 AT 5:30 P.M. OUR PANEL DOES INCLUDE THE OUR PANEL DOES INCLUDE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE FBI, KNOW MORE FOUNDATION THE FBI, KNOW MORE FOUNDATION AND A LOT OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. NOT A LOT BUT A FEW OF THEM THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. NEXT -- I KNOW MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT MEMBERS WENT TO PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS. I THINK MEMBER WASHINGTON, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AND MEMBER COMBS AND MEMBER PEREZ. WELL, WELL, GREAT VENUE, ALL ABOUT GIVING OUR FEMALE STUDENTS A SECOND CHANCE FOR MENTAL RECOVERY AND SOCIAL WELLNESS AND CAREER PATHS FOR CAREER PATHS FOR THEIR FUTURE. PACE WAS DEVELOPED HERE IN TAMPA BY, AND I DON'T KNOW IT SANDY BY, AND I DON'T KNOW IT SANDY MERMAN AND MERMAN AND UNDIRECTION OF MERMAN AND UNDIRECTION OF THATS HAD REPORTED THIS SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND THIS GENERATES A LOT OF SATISFACTION. THEY HAVE A 95% OR MORE GRADUATION RATE FOR EACH OF THE GRADUATION RATE FOR EACH OF THE 60 OR MORE FEMALE STUDENTS. THIS IS, AGAIN, GIVING MANY OF OUR STUDENTS A SECOND CHANCE WHICH WE ALL KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THEY MAKE MISTAKES THEY MAKE MISTAKES AS THEY GROW UP GIVING THEM THE SECOND CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THE MUCH MORE TO ACHIEVE THE MUCH MORE STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY AS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A HUMAN BEING AS A BEING AS A PERSON. NEXT. AND I THINK -- SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, YOU MENTION IT BUT AT THE SHERIFF HISPANIC ADVISORY SHERIFF HISPANIC ADVISORY THE SHERIFF HISPANIC ADVISORY THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED CAROL MAYO, ONE OF OUR OWN RECEIVED THE 2020 HISPANIC ADVOCACY AWARD. CAROL AS MOST OF US HAVE BEEN REMINDED TONIGHT HAVE SPENT YEARS HELPING OUR MIGRANT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NAVIGATE THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND PATH IN OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND LAST -- I HAVE ONE SLIDE. PABLO -- IT IS NOT A SERIES, BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT, AGAIN, WE THANK OUR EARLY MORNING THANK OUR EARLY MORNING COALITION FOR PUTTING TOGETHER COALITION FOR PUTTING TOGETHER -- AND I KNOW MEMBER COMBS WAS THERE. THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN SUMMIT HEADED BY DR. FRED HICKS. AND, AGAIN, THERE IS PARALLEL AND ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS SUMMIT SHARED THE RATIONALE OF WHAT EARLY LEARNING LITERACY IS THE KEY FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO EMBRACE. SO -- JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS SO -- JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, OF COURSE, THING MEMBER COMBS WILL ANNOUNCE HER COMBS WILL ANNOUNCE HER HISPANIC POWWOW COMING UP IN OCTOBER AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING WE ARE RECOGNIZING LATIN HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU, OWEN YOUNG AND THE FACE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER. I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME. AND I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OURS. >> I SPANNIC COMMUNITY. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER FRAY. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: OH, I AM SORRY. IN LIGHT OF IN LIGHT OF SO IN LIGHT OF SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE HALVED COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUD VENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE VENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. WANT REATE RATE WANT REATE RATE THE FACT THAT PARENTS HAVE, DEREI WILL RATE THAT YOUR CHILDREN TALK TO PARENT. MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THISSER SAYING CLEAR AND CONCISE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION. IT IS TRULY VITALLY IT IS TRULY VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO AA WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO AA THREAT, IT IS A CLEAR AND CONCISE THREAT THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE STUDENTS OF, OF OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN IT IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT, IT TAKES TIME AND RESOURCE AWAY FROM STUDENTS THAT HAVE NEED OF OUR ATTENTION. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE FACULTY, THE SCHOOL SECURITY AMONG ALL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEMPLE TERRACE POLICE DEPARTMENT. PLANT CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALL OF WHICH WORKS WITH US ON AN ONGOING BASIS EVERY SINGLE DAY ONGOING BASIS EVERY SINGLE DAY INVESTIGATING AND WORKING WITH NEWS PARTNERSHIP ON MAKING SHOO YOU ARE THAT THE DISTRICT RESAFE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DO NOT WORK ALONE. WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AMONGST ALL OF OUR COUNTY AND WE ARE HELPING THE ADVICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IT IS CRITICALLY IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE ADVICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BURR WE ARE ASKING YOU PARENTS TO PLEASE HAVE TO PLEASE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN. THEIR FUTURE AND THE THEIR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF EVERY OTHER CHILD DEPENDS ON IT. KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD IS AT. KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD HAS. KNOW WHAT YOUR KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD IS POSTING. IT IS THEIR FUTURE THEY BELIEVE IS THE MOST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. CHILDREN OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN SAFE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I CANNOT THANK THE FACULTY AND THE ADMINISTRATORS OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR THEIR REACTIONS AND THEIR PATIENCE AND THEIR CARE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND IT WILL AND IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT WILL TAKE OUR FAMILIES TO ACTIVELY BE ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION. SO I URGE YOU ALL TO PLAY ACTIVE ROLES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU WANT TO THANK PLANT CITY PERSONALLY FOR OUR COMMITMENT TODAY WITH OUR FUTURE CAREER CENTER IN PLANT CITY. IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN EAST COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO BRING THE ATTENTION TO A ATTENTION TO A PARENT FORUM I AM HOSTING WITH HOSTING WITH PARTNERSES WITH TEAM IMPACT ON TEAM IMPACT ON MONDAY THE 23rd OF SEPTEMBER AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL AT 6:30. A TIME WHEN PARENTS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO YOU COME. TALK TO YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING THE CHILDREN AND THE DISCUSSION ALSO BE HEAVY. WE WANT IT IN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR KIDS CAN TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT HARD DECISIONS. ABOUT DIFFICULT BEHAVIOR. AND GIVE YOUR WAY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR STUDENT. AND WE COURAGE YOU TO AND WE COURAGE YOU TO BE THERE. HAVE OTHER FORMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND DISTRICT AND COUNTY PARTNERING WITH TEEN IMPACT TO HAVE PARTNER IN OUR CONVERSATION AND HAVE PARTNERS WITH OUR SCHOOL. GET INVOLVED. BE A PART OF OUR SCHOOL. BE A PART OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE YOU I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE YOU -- THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER YOU AREN'T. BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO BE PART OF THE TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED NO MATTER WHERE THAT IS IN NO MATTER WHERE THAT IS IN YOUR SCHOOL. BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY OF THAT DISTRICT. WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD BUT WE ARE ALSO ASKING YOU FORRIER HELP, PARENTS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER MEMBER RENTON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TALKING OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY IN OUR -- IN OUR SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, BE SMART. LIKE, LOCK UP THE GUNS. I MEAN, KIDS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE GUNS. AND MOST OF THE GUNS ARE COMING FROM THEIR HOMES AND COMING FROM UNLOCKED CARS. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE GUNS LOCKED AND THOSE GUNS LOCKED AND SECURED. A GREAT ORGANIZATION -- OF -- I KNOW WE DID A KNOW WE DID A PSA ON THAT AND WE BROUGHT THAT OUT TO FAMILIES TO BE SMART AND BE SMART AND MAKING SURE THAT THE GUNS ARE LOCKED UP AND THE GUNS ARE LOCKED UP AND NOT ACCESSIBLE. I AM GLAD THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS SAFETY. AND OUR NUMBER TWO ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT SINNER GEE AND WORKING AND RESOLVING THAT. IF IT IS PAYROLL OR FUND BALANCE. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. SO CRITICAL AND IMPACTING EVERY SINGLE PERSON. AS I SAID, SOMETIMES WE ARE SO REMOVED AND NOT IN THE SCHOOLS DAY TO DAY. WE FORGET HOW CRITICAL WE FORGET HOW CRITICAL THAT IS. A CAP A CAP COUPLE OF GREAT EVENTS. HISPANIC HERITAGE IN AT LETO. WE HAVE 25 BUSINESSES AND 24 SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE EVENT. I HOPE MANY OF YOU COME ON SATURDAY. PABLO, MEMBER GRAY AND I, WE WENT TO THE MID AUTUMN HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL THIS IS AN EVENT. MY FOURTH YEAR. CELEBRATING THE AGENT COMMUNITY AND I WAS ABLE TO GIVE OUT AND I WAS ABLE TO GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND ANN SCHOLARSHIPS AND ANN NUGENT THERE, SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB RECOGNIZING. THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL. IT WAS AMAZING IN CARROLLWOOD. I KNOW MEMBER GRAY -- THIS WAS MY FOURTH YEAR AND ALL THESE STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SOME FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS AND RECOGNIZEDED WITH SCHOLARSHIP. WHEN I WAS THERE, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO THE GAITHER GAITHER ROTC. AND THAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE. JUST SUCH GREAT, GREAT -- THESE WERE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND I DID HAVE TO SAY SHOUT OUT. IF YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, MASTER CHIEF JOSE SIDE, MASTER CHIEF JOSE SIDE, MASTER CHIEF JOSE ROBLES THERE. BUT ALSO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THIS YOUNG MAN -- I AM TRYING TO CONFIRM IT. BUT HE IS A BUT HE IS A RESERVE COAST GUARD CURRENTLY LISTED. HE IS A SENIOR AT GAITHER, BUT HE ALSO IS IN THE RESERVES IN THE COAST GUARD. AND WE THINK HE AND WE THINK HE MAY BE THE AND WE THINK HE MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON MAYBE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO IS CURRENTLY IN THE RESERVE, THE ACTIVE RESERVE. HE THINKS THERE IS ONE MORE PERSON IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THIS PERSON HAS GREAT PERSONALITY AND I WILL SPOTLIGHT YOU GUYS AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. WHAT THE FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT. THESE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG LADIERS WERE JUST AMAZING AND THEY VOLUNTEERED. LAST COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT OFF. I LIKE TO GO OUT TO SCHOOLS VERY OFTEN AND I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I WAS AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, MICHELLE PEREZ IS DOING SUCH MICHELLE PEREZ IS DOING SUCH YOU A GREAT JOB. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE FACTS. I GO OUT TO SCHOOLS. I GO OUT THERE ALL WEEK. SHE HAS TWO TEACH FOR AMERICA TEACHERS. FIVE EPI TEACHERSES FROM FIVE EPI TEACHERSES FROM JAMAICA. FOUND SEVERAL TEACHERS FROM INDEED HERSELF THIS INDEED HERSELF THIS SUMMER. I WENT TO THE I WENT TO THE KINDERGARTEN AS OF TODAY, TODAY, THERE ARE TWO FOR 105 STUDENTS, ONLY TWO CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ARE BEING TAUGHT BY TAUGHT BY LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES AND SHORT-TERM SUBSTITUTES. THIS IS A FACT OUR THIS IS A FACT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE MORE. BY HEARD THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE CAN GET A CONTRACT AND TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END OF TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SELF-INSURANCE. NONE OF THAT WILL GENERATE EVEN A FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF THE 177 MILLION THAT IS MILLAGE WOULD BRING. CAN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO CAN'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE. BUT I CAN TELL THAT YOU THERE IS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE FOR TEACHERS. I SAW TODAY ON A I SAW TODAY ON A FACEBOOK POST. HEY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR TEACHERS. SHORT THREE SCIENCE TEACHERS AT A HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS SO, SO THIS IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU LOOK WHAT IS HANG WITH OUR STUDENTS AND BEING LOST. THOSE KIDS AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T GET THAT FOUNDATION IN KIVENLD. PLEASE, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS. WE CAN'T DISCUSS A CONTRACT OR WE DON'T NEED THIS. EVERY SURROUNDING DISTRICT HASES THAT MILLAGE AND THAT MILLAGE AND WE HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE MORE. THIS IS A CRISIS -- YOU KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS -- YOU KNOW THIS IS A CRISIS THIS IS A CRISIS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND LASTLY, I LIVE RIGHT BY CITRUS PARK MALL. ON SATURDAY WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS OF A JUVENILE BEING KILLED. I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT MYSELF. I AM SURE ONE OF THE I AM SURE ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SUPERINTENDENT AND I WENT TO JEFFERSON YESTERDAY WHEN PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL WILHEIM INSTITUTED AN AMAZING JOB. THE CRISIS SAME DID AGREE JOB. WE LOST A YOUNG MAN IN 11th GRADE. AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT PASSED AWAY RIGHT THERE AT THE CITRUS PARK MALL. THIS IS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MESSAGE IS REALLY THAT MESSAGE IS REALLY CLEAR. THE IDEA OF MOVING THE AGE FROM 21 TO 18 IS OUTRAGEOUS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE 18 UNIVERSITIES OLD IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SELL PARENTS TO LOCK GUNS, PROTECT THEM AND OUR PROTECT THEM AND OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE THE MOST THEY ARE THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET AND WE NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER FOR THEM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: YES, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE STUDENT THAT WE HAVE LOST. I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING OF THAT. WE LOST A FEW STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND IT IS HEARTBREAKING. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I DO WANT TO SAY FOR ALL THE I DO WANT TO SAY FOR ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE TALK ABOUT ISSUES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A FOLLOW-UP ON THOSE. I JOTTED DOWN SOME OF THOSE THE FEEDING TUBE FEEDING TUBE ISSUE THAT WE HAD OR INDUSTRY, AND THE BUS ROUTE THAT THE PERSON SPOKE TO. CAN WE GET A FOLLOW-UP SPO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SPEAK AT OUR BOARD MEETING. I WANT TO OFFICIALLY ASK FOR THAT. HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT MONTH LOOKS LIKE. I AM TAKING PART I AM TAKING PART OF THE THE EVENTS AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT THAT MEMBER COMBS HOSTS. AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT. QUICKLY, I KNOW PABLO PUT QUICKLY, I KNOW PABLO PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN ON THE SCREEN. TODAY I HAD THE TODAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY AND MANY OF KNOW THE WOMAN ON THE LEFT, WOMAN ON THE LEFT, MAR IE WOMAN ON THE LEFT, MAR IE ORTIZ. WINNER OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AS FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF. AMAZING SECRETARY IN TEMPLE TERRACE AND GREETING THE STUDENTS, DECIDED TO GO IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO BE A KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR. SHE WAS A PARABEFORE. SHE WENT BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. THE GASPARILLA BOWL, THE UNION HOME MORTGAGE GASPARILLA BOWL HOME MORTGAGE GASPARILLA BOWL SELECTED HER AS THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER OF THE TEACHER OF THE ESPN EXTRA YARD RECIPIENT. WE GOT TO GO TO THE CLASSROOM. SHE GOT SHE GOT A LOT OF GOODIES. A FEW MORE PICTURES OF STUDENTS SUPER EXCITED AND PHOTO RELEASE ON ALL OF THEM. DON'T WORRY. KIDS GOT DOUGHNUTS AND THE BEADS. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO WENT BACK IN OUR CLASSROOM. MISS ORTIZ IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND SO HAPPY SHE GOT RECOGNIZED AND I WANT TO SHARE WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE WAS. AND INTHEN FINALLY, AND INTHEN FINALLY, I DO WANT TO TALK OF TALK OF SCHOOL SECURITY. DID YOU AN UPDATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBER. WE HAVE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A BOARD. I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE THREATS WHERE, YOU NOE ARE JUST CALLING THEM IN. I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU MR. PORTER -- DON'T WORRY, I WON'T TALK OF THE DETAILS THAT HAPPENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT IS THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE. THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR A LOT OF THE ANSWERS AND THE ANSWERS WE WILL VOLUME OF AROUND SENSITIVE MATERIALS THAT MAKE US HE WILL HAVE INITIAL HE WILL HAVE INITIAL EXPOSING IT OR TALKING PERSONAL OR TALKING PERSONAL STUDENT DATA. I I KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE CASE AND EVERY INSTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND INDIVIDUALLY AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY. THINGS AS A BOARD THAT WE ARE TAKE BEING THAT TAKE BEING THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REVOLVE AROUND THAT AND THE CHALLENGE THAT COME WITH METAL DETECTORS AND CLEAR BACKPACKS. AND LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTIES, OUR SIZE AND SCOPE. BROWARD BEING ONE OF THEM THAT IMPLEMENTED THE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND CHANGED THAT POLICY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OBSTACLES TO IT. NOT EASY TO IMPLEMENT IT IN THE SCHOOLS. I KNOW THEY ARE HAVING A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE MEDAL DETECTOR AND TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A BOARD. I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK BECAUSE IT IS NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THE SAME KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH CHIEF NEWMAN OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND NOT RESPONDING TO ALL OF THE CONCERNS, MAKING SURE IT THERE ARE HE CAN WITH A TIE IN HOW WE RESPOND TO THINGS. AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS SO DIFFERENT. THINGS THAT I DID LEARN ABOUT THOUGH WERE THINGS LIKE WHAT A THREAT ASSESSMENT LOOKS LIKE AS A STUDENT COMES BACK. AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD JUST EASE THEM. AS A BOARD, ONE THING WE WALKED OUT IS BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH A COMMUNITY AND FOLLOW-UP A COMMUNITY AND FOLLOW-UP ON THE ISSUES. BECAUSE I THINK IN LACK OF COMMUNICATION WHERE SOME OF THE ANXIETY IS COMING IN. WHAT I WANTED TO ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HOST ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE WHERE WE HAVE EXPERTS AND CHIEF NEWMAN THERE WHERE WE CAN AS MEMBER MEMBER RENDON IS DOING GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWING FAMILIES TO COME IN. ARE WE ABLE -- CITY COUNCIL DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAD SHOOTINGS IN THE AREA WHERE HAD SHOOTINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND REMEMBER ADDRESSING IT. ARE WE ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT BE? >>Superintendent Ayres: WE CAN ABSOLUTELY OFFER IT. WOULD IT BE -- ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT AS A BOARD -- A -- A ABOUT AS A BOARD -- A -- A. >>Jessica Vaughn: MORE OF A DISTRICT WITH CHIEF NEWMAN. WE CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY OR GO TO SCHOOL SITES. FAMILIES THAT WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY ALL THE INFORMATION WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. AND SOME WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE, BUT KNOWING THAT PARENTS CAN COME AND CAN COME AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND AS A DISTRICT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OURSELVES AIL VEILIBLE TO ANSWER THAT. AND SOME RELIEF TO SOME OF THE AND SOME RELIEF TO SOME OF THE ANXIETY OF NOT ANXIETY OF NOT KNOWING. >> SURE. WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE WITH MISS GRAY WHERE WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING. A LOT OF THE THREAT ASSESSMENT STUFFER WILL BE VERY STUFFER WILL BE VERY INTERESTING. AND PEOPLE ASK AND PEOPLE ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF OUR SECURITY AND WE ARE MEASURED ON THE RESPONSE AND WE HAD TOWN HALLS AND FORGET THE NAME IN SOUTH COUNTY, NAME IN SOUTH COUNTY, NEWSOM. WE WILL IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO INVOTED HOLLY INVOTED HOLLY SAAH AND THEIR GROUP AND LILLIAN PEREZ TO TALK OF THE THREAT ASSESSMENTS. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. >>Jessica Vaughn: YEAH, IF WE CAN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVEN IF IT IS JUST IF IT IS JUST VIRTUAL. DON'T WANT TO DEFINE A SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITE AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AND STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. TALKING WHAT A THREAT ASSESSMENT LOOKS LIKE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW EACH SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND FINDING GUN IS MAYBE DIFFERENT THAN A THREAT AND HOW THAT IS ALL HANDLED AND PROVIDE WILLING THAT CLARITY WILL, AGAIN, ALEVE A LOT OF ANXIETY. YOU AS SUPERINTENDENT WANT SOME UPDATES. WE TALKED OF METAL DETECTORS AS A BOARD AND BARRIERS OF KIDS GETTING IN SCHOOL AND ACCESS AND OTHER COUNTIES AND CHALLENGES THEY HAD AND JUST BEING REALISTIC. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD WE ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE OUR STUDENTS' SAFETY AS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND WE DO THAT VERY WELL AND YOU HAVE DONE GREAT -- I AM GETTING WRAPPED UP. ANYWAY, CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT I WILL DEFER OUR THAT I WILL DEFER OUR TIME. >>Karen Perez: YOU DON'T ANY TIME. YOUR TIME HAS BEEN YOUR TIME HAS BEEN FINISHED. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER MEMBER HAHN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US ON THIS BOARD, SAFETY IS ON THIS BOARD, SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY. AND WE HAVE ALL OF US HAVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE CARE OF THEM BEING IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND I ECHO MY BOARD MEMBERS. I I WANT TO EXTEND MY I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO CHIEF NEWMAN FOR HIM AND HIS STAFF. 24-7 FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANK CHIEF THANK CHIEF BERCAW AND SHERIFF CHRONISTER FOR THEIR STEAMS FOR COORDINATING WITH US AND MESSAGING AND HELPING TO REASSURE PARENTS. I THINK THAT -- THAT IS THE MAIN GOAL RIGHT NOW TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE HOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP TO KEEP SCHOOL TO KEEP SCHOOL SAFE. HOW WE ARE HOW WE ARE PROVIDING REASSURANCE. AS A MOM A STRESS. EMOTIONAL TIME IF YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND NOT -- YOU KNOW, IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DAY FOR PARENTS. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, ALSO FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS. AND YOUR STAFF. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK SEVEN DAY AS WEEK AS WELL. SO I ALSO WANT TO SO I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT FROM 9/21 TO KNOW THAT FROM 9/21 TO SEPTEMBER 29 IS BLUE STAR WELCOME WEEK. BLUE STAR FAMILIES WITH A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT SPEARHEAD THIS EVENT. AIM TO BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. AND, YOU KNOW, IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALONE, WE HAVE 4500 ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND 8500 ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND 8500 MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES THAT MOVE IN AND OUT OF OUR DISTRICT EVERY YEAR TO THREE YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MOVE TO A NEW PLACE, IT IS A NEW PLACE, IT IS HARD TO MEET PEOPLE YOU SOMETIMES FEELS ISOLATED. SO THIS WEEK IS REALLY A WAY TOO MR. MR. COMMUNITY. THAT INCLUDES THAT INCLUDES THESE NEW FAMILIES AND THEY FEEL WELCOME IN OUR FAMILIES AND FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION. WE KNOW THAT FEELING WE KNOW THAT FEELING BELONGING TO A CLIENT TO A CLIENT IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE. AND SO I HOPE -- LIKE FORWARD TO HEARING HOW SCHOOLS ARE BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE BLUE STAR WELCOME WEEK. AND I AM SURE YOU WILL PROBABLY GET INVITES OUT TO DIFFERENT EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HELP OUR MILITARY FAMILIES FEEL WELCOME IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY. SO -- AND I APPRECIATE MEMBER COMBS HIGHLIGHTING THE COMBS HIGHLIGHTING THE ROTC. IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND GO IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND GO NAVY. THAT IS FOR MY HUSBAND. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE -- WELL, I WILL TAKE THE NEXT FEW SECONDS TO WISH MY TO WISH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY TONIGHT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ASK THEM TO SAVE ME SOME SAVE ME SOME CAKE. SO THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY IN ESSENCE, WHEN WHEN STUDENTS DO NOT FEEL WHEN STUDENTS DO NOT FEEL SAFE, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERS. NEGATIVELY IMPACTING NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE TO DEFINE ACADEMICALLY,LY MOTION ALLEY AND SOCIALLY, STUDENTS REQUIRE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS. CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND YOU ALWAYS WORKED FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ALSO I WANT TO THANK CHIEF CHIEF BERCAW FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HE IS DOING. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF. SHERIFF CHRONISTER. ALL THE HARD WORK. BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE. THAT IS WHAT WE DO. ALL OF FACULTY, ALL THE MEMBERS. YOU GOT TO CONTINUE TO WORK, THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY. HEY, THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR -- A FAMILY AFFAIR HERE. NOT JUST THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THE COMMUNITY, THE THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS, EVERYBODY HAS TO CHIP IN AND DO A GREAT JOB. SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR STAFF THERE ALL THE HAVING YOUR STAFF THERE ALL THE TIME WHEN THIS TIMES OF NEED AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. WE ALWAYS WORK HARD BECAUSE WE WANT THE BEST FOR OUR WANT THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. SAFETY AND SAFETY AND ACADEMICALLY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE ARE HERE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP STUDENTS. THAT IS NUMBER ONE. THAT IS NUMBER ONE IN OUR LIVES TO HELP THE STUDENTS. MOVING AWAY FROM YOU THAT, GOING TO -- PROBABLY, I AM GOING TO -- I HAVE SOMETHING ON -- WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 7. MRS. EDGECOMB AND THANK YOU, MISS GRAY FOR BEING THERE. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AS YOU CAN SEE. I TELL YOU, I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE PEOPLE I HAD NOT SEEN SEE PEOPLE I HAD NOT SEEN IN YEARS. FOLKS, I HAVEN'T SEEN MISS FOLKS, I HAVEN'T SEEN MISS EYA. MARY ELLEN WAS THERE, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT. I HAD I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE KEN I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE KEN OTERA, CAPTAIN CAPTAIN VALDES, AND A LOT CAPTAIN VALDES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WE GREW UNDER CHRIS AND SUE AND SUE AND MARIE. WE HAD A CHANCE WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM. WE HADN'T SEEN THEM IN A LONG TIME. I TELL YOU IT WAS GREAT. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS DORRIE THAT EDGECOMB. DORETHA EDGECOMB. SHE IS ELEGANT. A GREAT PERSON. A COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY PERSON. ALWAYS THERE FOR PEOPLE. THAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE TO BE THERE FOR PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT I AM THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU GO BACK AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY. BE BACK IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SHE IS ALWAYS THERE. YOU CAN SEE A FAMILY MEMBER. ALISON WAS THERE. ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS. AND -- IT WAS SO -- IT WAS SO RELAXING TO SEE THAT. RELAXING TO SEE THAT. BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THAT TOO MUCH NOW. WE REALLY DON'T. YOU KNOW, BUT THAT DAY WE HAD A GREAT DAY. AS AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ALL WERE THERE SMILING AND HAVING AN OUTSTANDING NICE TIME. SO, MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU, ALL. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. IN CLOSING, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, AND CHIEF NEWMAN. THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU FOR KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE AND OUR STAFF. AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [GAVEL SOUNDING]